#security

A practical operator guide to Hermes Agent v0.21.6: dashboard auth hardening, git filter lockdown, and the email sender fix, with an update checklist.

Configure Hermes Agent approval modes, cron_mode, approvals.deny rules, the hardline blocklist and command_allowlist for safe headless operation.

Keep real API keys out of Hermes Agent Docker sandboxes: iron-proxy swaps opaque proxy tokens for real credentials on the host, with honest v1 limits.

Hermes supports seven terminal backends—local, docker, ssh, modal, daytona, vercel_sandbox, singularity—selected by terminal.backend. Local executes…

Hermes Agent v0.22.2 security: approval modes, hardline blocklist, approvals.deny, protected write paths, SSRF protection and secret redaction.