# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ENV redaction pass missing from some output paths

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #95509: execute_code output skips the ENV-assignment redaction pass, allowing .env-shaped dumps through unmasked
- PR #95515: fix(tools): keep the ENV-assignment redaction pass on execute_code output

These items address cases where the ENV-assignment redaction pass is bypassed for certain outputs, specifically secrets-file content and execute_code results, potentially allowing sensitive values to appear unmasked.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #95509: execute_code output skips the ENV-assignment redaction pass, allowing .env-shaped dumps through unmasked

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95515: fix(tools): keep the ENV-assignment redaction pass on execute_code output**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_code_execution_modes.py`, `tests/tools/test_code_execution_redaction.py`, `tools/code_execution_tool.py`, `tools/code_kernel.py`
- **#107235: fix(security): route secrets-file output to the ENV redaction pass regardless of read command**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#95515`, `#95509`

## Fix status

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