# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Session search redaction policy consistency fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #113165: \[Bug\]: session_search returns raw snippets while compaction redacts with force=True; use one redaction policy for both
- PR #113207: fix(session-search): prevent derived metadata from leaking secrets

These items address a bug where session_search returns raw/unredacted snippets while compaction uses a stricter redaction policy, and include fixes to prevent derived metadata from leaking secrets. The work centers on aligning redaction behavior between session search and compaction.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #113165: \[Bug\]: session_search returns raw snippets while compaction redacts with force=True; use one redaction policy for both

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113207: fix(session-search): prevent derived metadata from leaking secrets**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `c881275fea717963bf7bb18f5ac34526e3616b2f`, `#113165`, `#63875`, `#69294`, `#54038`, `#42846`, `#57741`
  - files: `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/redact.py`, `tests/tools/test_session_search.py`, `tools/session_search_tool.py`
- **#113276: fix(session-search): redact derived metadata with compaction reentry policy**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#113207`, `#113165`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`