# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Redacting credentials in URLs and assignments

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #125664: \`redact_sensitive_text\` misses credentials in URL userinfo and \`NAME=user:password\` values (even with \`force=True\`)
- PR #125677: fix(redact): mask userinfo at forced safety boundaries
- PR #125680: fix(redact): mask URL userinfo passwords and force-redact user:pass assignments

These members address gaps in \`redact_sensitive_text\` where credentials embedded in URL userinfo fields and \`NAME=user:password\` style assignments are not masked, including when \`force=True\` is used.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #125664: \`redact_sensitive_text\` misses credentials in URL userinfo and \`NAME=user:password\` values (even with \`force=True\`)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125677: fix(redact): mask userinfo at forced safety boundaries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`
- **#125680: fix(redact): mask URL userinfo passwords and force-redact user:pass assignments**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`

## Fix status

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