# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fail closed on provider blocklist import failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a security-related fix ensuring the system fails closed rather than open when the provider environment variable blocklist cannot be imported. The change appears across env-passthrough, tools, and security contexts.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #54094. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #54094 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-54094`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #37950: fix(env-passthrough): fail closed when provider blocklist import fails

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54094: fix(env-passthrough): fail closed when provider blocklist import fails**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `scripts/release.py`, `tests/tools/test_env_passthrough.py`, `tools/env_passthrough.py`
- **#37951: fix(env-passthrough): fail closed when provider blocklist import fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54094`
- **#38141: fix(tools): fail closed when provider blocklist import fails (#37950)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#37951`, `#37951`
- **#40228: fix(security): fail closed when the provider env blocklist import fails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #54094 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent/secret_sources`