# NousResearch/hermes-agent · E.164 phone number redaction classification and control

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #68911: \[Bug\]: Gateway force-redacts standalone E.164 phone numbers with no trusted-profile opt-in
- PR #68916: gateway: add preserve_e164_chat_responses config opt-in for E.164 phone numbers (#68911)
- PR #69890: fix(redact): reclassify E.164 phone numbers as PII, not secrets

These members address how E.164 phone numbers are categorized (PII vs. secrets) and whether they are redacted by default, including a bug report about unwanted redaction and a config opt-in to preserve them in responses.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68911: \[Bug\]: Gateway force-redacts standalone E.164 phone numbers with no trusted-profile opt-in

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68916: gateway: add preserve_e164_chat_responses config opt-in for E.164 phone numbers (#68911)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_redact_e164.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#69890: fix(redact): reclassify E.164 phone numbers as PII, not secrets**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `8dd03467a511b15636c74d99478906d5`, `#82196`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`

## Fix status

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