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Preventing OpenAI/OpenRouter API key leakage to custom provider endpoints

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #29606 on 21 May 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
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A fix was merged to main in PR #29606. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #29606. That is separate from the fix event.
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The members concern OPENAI_API_KEY and OPENROUTER_API_KEY environment variables being used as a fallback when a custom provider base_url points to a non-OpenAI host. One issue describes the cross-provider credential leak, and two pull requests propose security changes to limit key use to appropriate hosts.

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Fixes on record

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  • #29606 fix(security): gate OPENAI_API_KEY / OPENROUTER_API_KEY env fallback on host (#28660)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py, scripts/release.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #28884 fix(security): prevent API key leakage to non-authoritative custom endpoints · merged via another change → #29606
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#28660OPENAI_API_KEY / OPENROUTER_API_KEY leak to non-OpenAI custom-provider base_urls (cross-provider credential leak)
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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21 May 2026

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