# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Secret redaction gaps with control characters

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address cases where secret masking can be bypassed or incomplete, specifically involving control characters embedded in secrets and environment-name variant patterns that may escape redaction.

## 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 #80965. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #80965 (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-80965`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #55319: Masked secret display can preserve control characters

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80965: fix(secrets): close redaction emission gaps — env-name variants, control-splits, process(list), mask_secret, checkpoint (salvage #80643 + #77768)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#55321: fix(redact): strip controls from masked secrets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#58079`
- **#58079: fix(redact): strip controls before masking secrets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#55321`
- **#77768: fix(secrets): close redaction gaps - env-name variants, control-char splits, process(list)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80965`, `#80643`, `#80643`, `#77484`, `#55319`, `#55321`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #80965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.
- Subsystem: `agent`