# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Warn on unknown keys in website_blocklist config

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #76946: security.website_blocklist silently accepts unknown keys, so a typo makes a policy that looks deployed and fences nothing
- PR #76983: fix(web): warn on unknown security.website_blocklist keys (#76946)

These issues and PRs address a problem where unrecognized keys in the security.website_blocklist configuration are silently ignored, potentially causing misconfigured policies to appear valid. The work involves adding warnings when unknown keys are detected in that config.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #76946: security.website_blocklist silently accepts unknown keys, so a typo makes a policy that looks deployed and fences nothing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76960: fix(security): warn on unknown keys in website_blocklist config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#76983: fix(web): warn on unknown security.website_blocklist keys (#76946)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f0f2db7be950`, `#76946`, `#77069`, `#76960`, `#76983`, `#77525`, `#374151`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_website_policy.py`, `tools/website_policy.py`
- **#77069: fix(security): warn on unknown website blocklist keys**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#76960`
- **#77525: fix(web): warn on ignored website blocklist keys (#76946)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76960`

## Fix status

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