# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Redact sensitive fields in terminal error results

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address redacting sensitive or security-relevant fields from terminal error results, exception outputs, and stderr logs. The work spans multiple attempts and related fixes targeting the terminal tool's error handling output.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #81686. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81686 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #38073: fix(terminal-tool): redact terminal error fields before tool results

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81675: fix(security): redact terminal exception results and ACP stderr logs (#77484)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `acp_adapter/entry.py`, `tests/acp_adapter/test_acp_logging_redaction.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_tool_exception_redaction.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#81686: fix(terminal-tool): redact remaining terminal error result fields (salvage #38074)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_terminal_error_redaction.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#38074: fix(terminal-tool): redact terminal error result fields**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81686`, `#81675`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81686 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-08`.
- Subsystem: `agent`