# NousResearch/hermes-agent · API key redaction in auth.json error messages

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #71994: API keys persisted to auth.json via upstream error messages
- PR #72004: fix: redact API keys from error messages before persisting to auth.json
- PR #72015: fix(agent): redact API keys from error messages before persisting to auth.json (#71994)

These members concern a security issue where API keys appear in error messages that get persisted to auth.json. The focus is on redacting sensitive keys before they are written to disk.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71994: API keys persisted to auth.json via upstream error messages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72004: fix: redact API keys from error messages before persisting to auth.json**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool.py`
- **#72015: fix(agent): redact API keys from error messages before persisting to auth.json (#71994)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/credential_pool.py`, `tests/agent/test_credential_pool.py`

## Fix status

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