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fail-open error handling for managed env loading

Cluster 73401 · hermes cli. Data as of

3 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

The short answer

1open issue
2open PRs
6items grouped
Known?
Yes. 6 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 3 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this unresolved. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
1 issue and 2 PRs.

Multiple fixes and a related bug report address uncaught PermissionErrors in managed .env loading that could crash startup, contradicting the documented fail-open behavior. The changes wrap the relevant code paths in try/except blocks to restore the intended contract.

Open issues1

  • Issue#73401_apply_managed_env() can crash startup with an uncaught PermissionError, contradicting its own documented fail-open contract

Open PRs2

  • PR#73418fix(env): keep managed scope permission errors fail-open
  • PR#73485fix(cli): catch PermissionError in _apply_managed_env() to honor fail-open contract

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2 · duplicate 1

  • #73408 fix(env_loader): wrap managed .env load in fail-open try/except · superseded by another PR → #73418
  • #73413 fix(cli): catch PermissionError in _apply_managed_env() (#73401) · duplicate → #73408, #73401
  • #73837 fix(config): keep managed env loading fail-open · superseded by another PR → #73418
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.33: the share of item 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.

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3 PRs closed without merging

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