# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Auth keepalive scope and secret scoping fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120128. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120128 (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-120128`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118214: Nous auth keepalive thread reads credentials with no profile secret scope on a multiplexed gateway (2 WARNINGs per tick, forever)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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)
- **#118222: fix(auth): scope Nous keepalive on multiplexed gateways**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `b88b3de6e3`, `#120128`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120128 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.