# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Redact secrets from file-read and search results

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #110626: fix(redact): mask assignments in secret-bearing file reads

These items address a gap where read_file and search_files operations returned credentials in cleartext from secret-bearing files such as config.yaml and shell rc files. The work adds masking of opaque credentials and assignments in those file-read paths.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111422. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111422 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-111422`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #110567: redact: read_file/search_files return opaque secrets from config.yaml / shell rc files in cleartext (missing file-read half of #110228)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111422: fix(redact): read_file/search_files mask opaque credentials in secret-bearing files (#110567, salvage #110626)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`, `tests/tools/test_file_tools.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#110626: fix(redact): mask assignments in secret-bearing file reads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`, `tests/tools/test_file_tools.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111422 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `agent`