Signals

2026-06-03 / OpenHands

ACP provider credentials now route through cipher-protected agent_context.secrets, not acp_env

Edited by Michael Ruescher

What this changes for operators

  • Operators running ACP agents must understand provider API keys/base URLs now flow through the cipher-protected secrets channel; the deprecated acp_env channel no longer carries credentials.
  • Changes the persistence and exposure surface for agent provider credentials, with SDK gap-fill logic specifically preventing re-folding into the insecure acp_env channel.
  • Verification path: confirm ACP provider creds appear via agent_context.secrets and are absent from acp_env in agent context.

Signal metadata

Run: 2026-06-03-weekly-digest-2026-05-28_2026-06-03-frontier-v0

Schema: bitter.frontier_signals.v0 / ID: 2026-06-03-openhands-acp-creds-secrets-channel

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