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Multiplex profile .env leaking into shared process env

Cluster 77562 · agent/secret sources. Data as of 2026-10-25 11:21 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #101244 on 2 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern a bug where loading a profile-scoped .env file with override=True writes that profile's variables into the shared process environment, potentially exposing credentials across profiles in multiplex mode. The group includes a bug report and two proposed fixes targeting the same issue.

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#101244 fix(gateway): routed multiplex profiles stop leaking .env into os.environ or borrowing default creds (#77562 #84079 #88441, salvage #77592 #84154 #100211)

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files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], docs/design/multiplexing-gateway.md, gateway/pairing.py, gateway/run.py, hermes_cli/config.py, hermes_cli/env_loader.py, tests/gateway/test_multiplex_adapter_registry.py, tests/gateway/test_multiplex_credential_isolation.py, tests/gateway/test_multiplex_pairing_stores.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_config_env_expansion.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py, tests/test_env_loader_secret_sources.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md

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From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

#77592 fix(security): prevent multiplex dotenv credential leakage · merged via another change → 0fd9218, #101244
#77970 fix(gateway): profile-scoped .env load clobbers shared env under multiplex · done elsewhere → dbb6acd, #77592, #77562

Closed issues · 1

Closed#77562[Bug]: multiplex — a turn-scoped load_hermes_dotenv() writes the active profile's entire .env into the shared process os.environ (override=True), cross-contaminating every other profile

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Subsystem: agent/secret sources
Merged PRs: #101244
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 2 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 2 Sep 2026

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