# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Block ambient cloud credentials in multiplexed profiles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a security concern where multiplexed profiles could inherit or mint cloud credentials (Azure/AWS) from the launch profile's ambient credential chain. The work focuses on refusing or isolating such credential access when a multiplexed profile lacks its own explicit credentials.

## 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 #116963. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116963 (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-116963`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116313: Multiplexed profiles can mint the launch profile's ambient Azure/AWS credential chain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116963: fix(agent): multiplexed profiles without their own Azure/AWS credentials are refused instead of minting the launch identity (#116313, salvage #116317)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/azure_identity_adapter.py`, `agent/bedrock_adapter.py`, `tests/agent/test_azure_identity_adapter.py`, `tests/agent/test_bedrock_adapter.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/multiplexing-gateway.md`, `website/docs/guides/azure-foundry.md`
- **#116317: fix(agent): refuse ambient credential chains for multiplex profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `297ebd506e9b`, `#116963`, `#116313`, `#116317`
- **#116370: fix(agent): isolate ambient cloud credentials across multiplexed profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `297ebd506e9b`, `#116963`, `#116313`, `#116317`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116963 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.