# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Secret store path identity matching fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #128866: \[Bug\]: secret-store checks compare path spelling, so case variants, hardlinks and symlinked store dirs get through
- PR #128813: fix(file-safety): one secret-store list for the read/write guard, chat delivery and dashboard Files

These members address a bug where secret store checks relied on path string comparison rather than file identity, allowing case variants, hardlinks, and symlinks to bypass guards. Related work consolidates secret store lists across read/write, chat delivery, and dashboard file handling.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #128866: \[Bug\]: secret-store checks compare path spelling, so case variants, hardlinks and symlinked store dirs get through

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128813: fix(file-safety): one secret-store list for the read/write guard, chat delivery and dashboard Files**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `f98a1d0639f41ffecedde1435288e577907f9dcc`, `51f532f2b7ef3a1b4dad8c6970a623d2e1689e0e`, `#128856`, `#128868`, `#172554`
  - files: `agent/file_safety.py`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/files.py`, `plugins/platforms/simplex/adapter.py`, `tests/security/test_secret_store_blocklists.py`, `tests/tools/test_approval.py`, `tools/approval_detection.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/simplex.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/secrets/onepassword.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/security.md`
- **#128868: fix(file-safety): match secret stores by file identity, not path spelling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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