# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Redacting dotted and prefixed API keys in output

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern gaps in secret-redaction logic where API keys containing embedded dots or specific prefixes (such as Alibaba and Zhipu token formats) were not fully masked in terminal and tool output. The work focuses on extending redaction patterns to cover these key formats.

## 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 #114839. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114839 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-114839`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #78128: \[Bug\]: redact — dotted sk-sp- keys (Alibaba Token Plan) leak past the sk- prefix pattern on the code_file path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114839: fix(redact): dotted sk- keys and prefix-less Zhipu keys are fully masked in tool output (#113901, #78128, #106508, salvage #113908)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/redact.py`, `tests/agent/test_redact.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_tool.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_common.py`
- **#78138: fix(security): redact dotted Alibaba token-plan keys (#78128)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#106535: fix(terminal): mask JWT-format keys with embedded dots**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114839 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `agent`