# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Secret values missing from redaction in env output

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #129165: Secret-source values aren't registered for exact-value redaction, so multi-line secrets leak through line-processed \`env\` output
- PR #129166: fix(security): register secret-source values for redaction
- PR #129169: fix(redact): register applied secret-source values for exact-value redaction
- PR #136875: Private key lines stay redacted when only part of the key is printed (#129165, salvage #129169 + #129166)

A bug where secret-source values were not registered for exact-value redaction, causing them to potentially leak through line-processed output. The members cover the problem report and corresponding fixes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #129165: Secret-source values aren't registered for exact-value redaction, so multi-line secrets leak through line-processed \`env\` output

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129166: fix(security): register secret-source values for redaction**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d9bb9dc9f50704194ff003796d3c4e9d5b0693fe`, `f42f579cf8bac4918ac9599bece71618afadd846`, `7239625ae1b786827c952a8ace41fa6fd7f2eec5`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `agent/secret_sources/registry.py`, `tests/agent/test_command_secret_source.py`
- **#129169: fix(redact): register applied secret-source values for exact-value redaction**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#136875`
  - files: `agent/secret_sources/registry.py`, `tests/secret_sources/test_applied_secret_redaction.py`
- **#136875: Private key lines stay redacted when only part of the key is printed (#129165, salvage #129169 + #129166)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0058021a9dfac2bd65bc3b1e8fa0785a46d03974`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `agent/secret_sources/registry.py`, `tests/secret_sources/test_applied_secret_redaction.py`

## Fix status

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