# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway sanitize auth error message leaks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #55071: Gateway chat sanitizer leaks unexpected-status 401 auth envelopes
- PR #55072: fix(gateway): sanitize unexpected-status auth errors

These issues and PRs address a specific problem where unexpected-status authentication error messages (e.g., 401 Unauthorized) were leaking through the gateway into chat output. Fixes involve sanitizing agent error messages and validating webhook arguments to prevent exposure of internal auth envelopes.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #55071: Gateway chat sanitizer leaks unexpected-status 401 auth envelopes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55072: fix(gateway): sanitize unexpected-status auth errors**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#55071`, `#38013`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_noise_filter.py`
- **#55199: fix: sanitize 'unexpected status 401 Unauthorized' in gateway chat output**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#55072`, `#55071`

## Fix status

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