# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Credential write guards anchored to real home directory

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a security gap where file write guards for credentials were anchored only to the process HOME, leaving the real home directory unguarded in profile-home deployment scenarios. The work extends the guards to cover every home directory a write could land in.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114859. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114859 (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-114859`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #113628: security: file write guards anchor on process HOME — real-home credentials unguarded under profile-home deployments

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114859: fix(file-safety): credential write guards cover the real home under profile-home deployments (#113628, salvage #113629)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/file_safety.py`, `tests/agent/test_file_safety_write_credentials.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/security.md`
- **#113629: fix(file-safety): anchor credential write guards to every home a write can land in**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e342248e1ad8`, `#114859`, `#113628`, `#113629`
- **#113859: fix(file_safety): anchor credential write guards on real HOME, not just process HOME**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114859 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.