# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Surface scrubbed provider credentials in terminal output

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #71788: DX: surface when terminal scrub removes a provider credential (silent 'not set')
- PR #98354: fix(terminal): surface scrubbed provider credentials in tool results (#71788) (salvage of #71821)

These issues and pull requests address a developer experience gap where terminal scrubbing silently removes provider credentials without notifying the user. The work focuses on making scrubbed credential removal visible in tool results rather than failing silently.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71788: DX: surface when terminal scrub removes a provider credential (silent 'not set')

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71821: fix(terminal): surface scrubbed provider credentials in tool results**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98354`
- **#98354: fix(terminal): surface scrubbed provider credentials in tool results (#71788) (salvage of #71821)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_env_passthrough.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`, `tools/code_kernel.py`, `tools/env_passthrough.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_result.py`

## Fix status

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