# NousResearch/hermes-agent · RPC token exposure and kernel dir permissions

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern sensitive RPC token data appearing in process arguments or session snapshots, and kernel/RPC directories being accessible to other users on shared systems. The work focuses on restricting directory permissions and removing the token from remote argv.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124262. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124262 (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-124262`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121932: Remote execute_code drops the RPC token and tool data in world/group-accessible paths on shared backends

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124262: fix(code-execution): keep the RPC token out of remote argv and lock down kernel dirs**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/_child_env_fixtures.py`, `tests/tools/test_code_execution.py`, `tests/tools/test_code_execution_file_rpc.py`, `tests/tools/test_code_kernel_remote.py`, `tests/tools/test_tool_result_storage.py`, `tools/code_execution_rpc.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`, `tools/code_kernel_remote.py`, `tools/environments/base_session_env.py`, `tools/tool_result_storage.py`
- **#121936: fix(code-execution): lock down remote kernel/RPC dirs, keep RPC token out of argv**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7eed2de96b`, `#124262`
- **#122440: fix(code-execution): keep the RPC token out of remote argv and the session snapshot**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bbc8a7d6667841ab696d1f47db6edf12b1f40ea6`, `#122072`, `#122073`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124262 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.