# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Block reads of quarantined auth store files

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121278: \[Bug\]: read_file and search_files return auth.json.corrupt, the quarantined copy of an unparseable auth store
- PR #121288: fix: block quarantined auth stores from file reads

These issues and PRs address a bug where file read operations could return quarantined or corrupt auth store files. The work focuses on preventing such files from being accessible through normal read and search operations.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121278: \[Bug\]: read_file and search_files return auth.json.corrupt, the quarantined copy of an unparseable auth store

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121288: fix: block quarantined auth stores from file reads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `a510d6c64a61582688133b5f54c8191e190a1f49`
  - files: `agent/file_safety.py`, `tests/agent/test_file_safety_credentials.py`
- **#121588: fix(file-safety): deny reads of quarantined auth store**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#121278`

## Fix status

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