# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Secret redaction gap in file tool outputs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a security issue where sensitive credentials visible in file tool outputs (e.g., read_file) are not redacted, unlike terminal outputs. The work involves applying consistent automatic secret redaction across tool output types.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.45`: 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

- #363: Security: File Tool Output Redaction Gap — Secrets Exposed via read_file but Masked via Terminal
- #18595: Security: Auto-redact sensitive credentials from tool outputs (read_file, terminal, etc.)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#372: fix: apply secret redaction to file tool outputs**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._

## Fix status

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