# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Secret redaction gap in tool-result egress path

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #77162: fix(security): exact-value applied-secret redaction missing on tool-result -> provider egress path

These items address a security issue where exact applied-secret values were not being redacted or masked when tool-result content was sent outbound to a provider. The fix targets the specific egress path where this redaction was missing.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77162: fix(security): exact-value applied-secret redaction missing on tool-result -> provider egress path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77179: fix(security): mask applied secret values in tool-result egress content**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77198`
- **#123373: fix(security): exact-value applied-secret redaction missing on tool-result -> provider egress path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2d0442351fa939586b53d2333e8de04a2ce1f4f1`, `9fc7f17906eab1dd81ddfdf8a1edeecac1e79940`, `d0288be5b3330d2442e3907185b8e9d0958297bb`, `71a2fe399bbd7a219c71f9d9fca2b313b01f2057`, `9c1e3852e3f4ca8c6e5166118adf470ef64c2d7b`, `#77162`, `#77198`, `#77179`, `#93943`, `#95028`, `#92618`, `#118029`

## Fix status

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