# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard saves overwriting secrets with masked previews

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where saving dashboard settings pages writes masked/preview values back into .env, destroying live credentials. The cluster includes the bug report and multiple fix attempts addressing this credential-masking boundary issue.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #121250. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121250 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #121002: \[Bug\]: Saving dashboard settings pages writes masked key previews back into .env, destroying live secrets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121250: Dashboard saves no longer overwrite secrets with their masked preview (#121002, salvage #121051)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_routers/_common.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/config_env.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/messaging.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#121011: fix(dashboard): preserve secrets from masked saves**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b9a50ddf1e`, `#121002`, `#121250`, `#121051`, `#121250`
- **#121043: fix(dashboard): preserve credential previews at their source boundary**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121051`, `#121002`
- **#121051: fix(dashboard): reject credential previews before mutation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b9a50ddf1e`, `af4c9286d5`, `#121250`, `#121051`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121250 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.