# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Deleting custom env keys leaves empty entries

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where clearing a custom environment variable key in the dashboard does not remove it, instead leaving an empty entry. The work involves allowing empty-value saves to trigger deletion and cleaning up removed keys from the env state.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99310. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99310 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #72552: \[Bug\]: Dashboard cannot delete custom keys from .env; clearing leaves an empty entry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99310: fix(credentials): removed API keys no longer resurrect across .env, auth.json, config.yaml, and the dashboard**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/credential_lifecycle.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_credential_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_env_export_line_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_assignment_env_key_mirror.py`, `web/src/lib/env-state.test.ts`, `web/src/lib/env-state.ts`, `web/src/pages/EnvPage.tsx`
- **#72568: fix(dashboard): remove deleted custom env keys**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99310`, `#72552`
- **#73226: fix(dashboard): allow deleting custom keys from .env via empty-value save (#72552)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#72552`, `#99310`, `#72568`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99310 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`