# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Subprocess env credential blocking and blocklist controls

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address blocking sensitive credentials (sandbox, gateway, and tool secrets) from being passed into subprocess environments, and introduce a CLI for managing blocklist defaults.

## 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 #1658. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1658 (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-1658`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #1264: fix(security): expand subprocess env blocklist to include gateway and tool secrets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1658: fix(security): block sandbox backend creds from subprocess env (#1264)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_local_env_blocklist.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`
- **#1277: feat: add blocklist CLI and defaults**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#1571: fix(security): block sandbox backend creds from subprocess env**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1658`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1658 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-17`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `environments`