# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Redactor missing AQ.-prefix Gemini key pattern

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #66920: Redactor misses bare AQ.-format Gemini authorization keys
- PR #116009: fix(redact): bare AQ.-prefix Gemini auth keys are redacted (#66920)

These issues and PRs concern a gap in the secret redactor where bare AQ.-format Google Gemini authorization keys were not being detected and redacted. Multiple fix attempts address adding this key prefix pattern to the redactor.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 5 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #66920: Redactor misses bare AQ.-format Gemini authorization keys

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#66926: fix(redact): also catch bare AQ.-prefix Gemini authorization keys (#66920)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116009`, `#66920`
- **#66991: fix(redact): add Gemini AQ. prefix key pattern to secret redactor**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#66926`, `#66920`, `#116009`
- **#66998: fix(redact): catch bare AQ.-prefix Gemini authorization keys**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#66926`
- **#67416: fix(redact): add Google Gemini AQ. key prefix pattern to redactor**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#66926`
- **#67433: fix(redactor): detect bare AQ.-format Gemini authorization keys**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#66926`
- **#116009: fix(redact): bare AQ.-prefix Gemini auth keys are redacted (#66920)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#66926`, `#66998`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`

## Fix status

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