# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Subprocess environment credential and proxy leakage concerns

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #14372: \[Bug\] Browser tool: subprocess inherits proxy env vars causing ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

These issues and patches address subprocesses inheriting sensitive environment variables—including API keys, OAuth tokens, and proxy settings—from the parent process. Proposed fixes include centralized sanitization helpers, blocklists, and namespace isolation to prevent unintended credential exposure.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #14372: \[Bug\] Browser tool: subprocess inherits proxy env vars causing ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#14393: fix(browser): strip proxy env from agent-browser subprocess**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#15372: fix(tools): strip proxy env vars from browser subprocess to prevent ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE (#14372)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#14393`, `#14372`

## Fix status

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