hermes_cli/runtime_provider._getenv was a 4-line copy of get_secret(name,
default) or default; it becomes agent.secret_scope.get_secret_str (returns
default only when the secret is genuinely unset, still raises
UnscopedSecretError — a child's unscoped read is a spawn-site bug). The
runtime_provider_backends/_custom siblings call it directly instead of via
the origin module.
tools/tts_tool, tools/transcription_tools and tools/xai_http each carried an
identical get_env_value re-export kept "so tests can patch" it; the seam is
hermes_cli.config.get_env_value, read lazily at call time. Callers
(tts_streaming, tts_tool_providers, transcription_cloud, voice_client_config,
tools_config) go there directly; resolve_provider_secret already defaults to
it so the env_getter kwarg is gone. Tests repointed at the canonical; the two
tests that only proved the shim forwarded are deleted.
Behavior change: none.
For each issue anchor present in BASE 63279301bc non-test .py and absent on HEAD, the BASE comment/docstring block was re-attached at the HEAD location of the code it explained (matched by the distinctive code line / enclosing def). Sentences already covered by an existing HEAD comment were deduped; the issue number always survives. Insert-only: no code lines changed.