# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Vault secret redaction length and boundary fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #120655: fix(vault): vault fill scrubber substring-masks short field values (no min length / word boundary)
- PR #120657: fix(vault): bound registered secret redaction
- PR #120659: fix(redact): ignore vault redaction registrations shorter than 12 chars

These changes address edge cases in vault secret redaction, including ignoring registrations shorter than a minimum length, bounding registered secrets, and handling substring masking of short field values without enforcing word boundaries.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120655: fix(vault): vault fill scrubber substring-masks short field values (no min length / word boundary)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120657: fix(vault): bound registered secret redaction**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `df35a1c7683f8aea6402c135a5fb67dc827ce8a7`, `111a431100f5ce014f14363e95c821f786bb6301`, `0087827510b6a184d512c90b08d4566fcf68b346`, `111a431100f5ce014f14363e95c821f786bb6301`, `cc75e8f4021f7efab99158f57601be4d691a6da9`, `#120659`, `#131363`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_browser_vault.py`, `tools/browser_vault_tool.py`
- **#120659: fix(redact): ignore vault redaction registrations shorter than 12 chars**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2ddce89ffb`, `#120655`, `#120655`, `#120657`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_vault.py`, `tools/browser_vault_tool.py`

## Fix status

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