# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack approval buttons bound to secure tokens

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #80283: Security: Slack approval session_key taken from client payload (no defense-in-depth)
- PR #82025: fix(slack): bind approval buttons to exact requests (#80283)

These items address a security concern where Slack approval and slash-confirm buttons relied on client-supplied session keys rather than opaque or server-bound tokens. The changes introduce binding of approval buttons to exact requests or opaque tokens to add defense-in-depth.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80283: Security: Slack approval session_key taken from client payload (no defense-in-depth)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81748: fix(slack): bind approval and slash-confirm buttons to opaque tokens**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#82025`
- **#82025: fix(slack): bind approval buttons to exact requests (#80283)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_approval_buttons.py`

## Fix status

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