# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Debug share credential redaction and hardening

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where debug share uploads and the gateway /debug endpoint exposed sensitive credentials—including API keys, URL tokens, and passwords—unredacted. Multiple fixes address masking and hardening redaction at various points in the debug data pipeline.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #127207. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127207 (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-127207`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #126129: \[Bug\]: debug share and gateway /debug include fallback_providers API keys from the dump unredacted

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127207: fix(debug): redact fallback provider credentials in hermes dump, debug share and /debug**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `hermes_cli/debug.py`, `hermes_cli/dump.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_debug.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#127749: fix(debug): mask URL tokens and passwords in debug share uploads**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/debug.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_debug.py`
- **#126132: fix(debug): redact the system dump in debug share and gateway /debug**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127207`, `#127207`
- **#126168: fix(debug): harden dump redaction at upload boundary**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127207`, `#127207`
- **#127426: fix(debug): mask URL tokens and passwords in debug share uploads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127749`, `#127207`, `#126129`, `#127207`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127207 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.