# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Teams SDK import leaks dotenv into gateway processes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where importing the Microsoft Teams SDK at import time loads .env files as a side effect, polluting environment variables across gateway processes and breaking secret isolation. Two fix attempts address suppressing this behavior without clearing existing environment state.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #76438. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #76438 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #62935: \[Bug\]: microsoft-teams-apps import side effect loads foreign .env into every gateway process — breaks profile secret isolation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76438: fix(teams): suppress SDK import-time dotenv leak (salvage #62947)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/teams/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_teams.py`, `tests/gateway/test_teams_dotenv_isolation.py`
- **#62947: fix(teams): suppress SDK import-time dotenv without clearing environ**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `eec6d3efde`, `a98c8eeed1`, `#76438`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #76438 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`