# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Redact Bearer credentials in MCP diagnostics output

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and a related security report addressing Bearer token fragments being exposed in MCP test output, probe errors, and dashboard diagnostics. The work focuses on ensuring credential headers are fully redacted in these contexts.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108695. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108695 (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-108695`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #97460: security: MCP test and dashboard errors can expose Bearer fragments

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108695: fix(mcp): fully redact credential headers in MCP probe errors and test display (salvage #97466)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_config.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/mcp.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_probe_redaction.py`
- **#97466: fix(mcp): fully redact Bearer values in mcp test output**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#108695`
- **#97470: fix(mcp): redact Bearer fragments from mcp test output and probe errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#97466`
- **#97541: fix(mcp): fully redact bearer credentials in diagnostics**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#97466`, `#97460`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108695 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.