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Auth keepalive scope and secret scoping fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #120128 on 23 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a warning-generating bug where Nous auth keepalive threads read credentials without proper profile secret scope on multiplexed gateways, alongside related changes to how secret scopes are bounded, validated, and prevented from leaking into os.environ.

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  • #120128 fix(secret-scope): bound scopes carry their home; foreign-home misses fail closed, setup raises release tokens, readers never borrow os.environ

    merged to main

    files: agent/auxiliary_client.py, agent/secret_scope.py, cron/scheduler.py, gateway/kanban_watchers_dispatcher.py, gateway/pairing.py, gateway/run.py, gateway/run_turn.py, gateway/session.py, hermes_cli/config.py, hermes_cli/kanban_db_dispatch.py, hermes_cli/nous_auth_keepalive.py, hermes_cli/web_routers/audio.py, hermes_cli/web_server_mcp.py, hermes_cli/web_server_profiles.py, tests/agent/test_secret_scope.py, tests/agent/test_secret_scope_tier1_migration.py, tests/gateway/test_multiplex_pairing_stores.py, tests/gateway/test_proxy_mode.py, tests/gateway/test_session.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_audio_router_scope.py (+16 more)

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #118222 fix(auth): scope Nous keepalive on multiplexed gateways · merged via another change → b88b3de, #120128
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#118214Nous auth keepalive thread reads credentials with no profile secret scope on a multiplexed gateway (2 WARNINGs per tick, forever)
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23 Sep 2026

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