# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile export redaction corrupting file contents

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #124523: \[Bug\]: \`hermes profile export\` redacts text inside every exported file, corrupting scripts, skills and config references
- PR #124541: fix(redact): pass whole-token env references through the mask
- PR #124546: fix(profiles): preserve source semantics during export redaction (#124523)

A bug in the profile export redaction process incorrectly masks or corrupts content in exported scripts, skills, and config files. Several fixes address how sensitive text redaction is applied during export to preserve source semantics and handle environment variable references correctly.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #124523: \[Bug\]: \`hermes profile export\` redacts text inside every exported file, corrupting scripts, skills and config references

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124541: fix(redact): pass whole-token env references through the mask**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#124523`, `#124546`, `#83458`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`
- **#124546: fix(profiles): preserve source semantics during export redaction (#124523)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_export_credentials.py`
- **#127837: fix(profile export): pass code_file=True to redact_sensitive_text in export scrub**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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