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+# Pi/OMP status tool-input redaction
+
+Generated tool_call and tool_execution_start hooks sanitize inputs on the agent's
+execution host before passing them to the existing status transport. Inputs that
+reference `.ssh`, `.ssh-mcp`, `.mcp-secrets.env`, or
+`.omp-backups-archive/omp-bak-keyfile` become `{ redacted: true }`. Matching includes
+nested values, property names, Windows separators, case variants and shell token
+boundaries. Sibling names such as `.ssh-backup` remain ordinary data.
+
+The sanitizer copies data descriptors into objects without prototypes. It never
+passes the source object's toJSON or getters to the transport. Cycles, accessors,
+class instances, symbols, functions and non-JSON primitives redact the whole input.
+Repeated ordinary object references are allowed. Depth, visited values, reserved
+array slots (including holes) and inspected text have conservative bounds to avoid
+moving unbounded work into synchronous JSON serialization.
+
+This policy targets credential-path references in status tool inputs. It does not
+scan transcript files, tool outputs, prompts or arbitrary secret values, and does
+not erase previously persisted status. Proxy reflection traps can still run when
+JavaScript inspects a proxy; the sanitizer is not an isolation boundary against a
+malicious extension in the same process.
+
+Ordinary question envelopes and preview input shapes remain unchanged. Older
+clients already accept object-valued tool_input; no RPC fields or opcodes change.
+The same generated code runs on local, WSL and SSH agent hosts; no local filesystem
+lookup or substitution is introduced. Folder workspaces require no special path.
+
+This follows PR #9554's credential-reference policy, with descriptor copying and
+bounded serialization correcting its validation-then-original-object approach.
+
+Run the actual OMP loader/native HTTP smoke with a read-only checkout:
+
+```sh
+ORCA_BACKGROUND_LAUNCH=1 bun tests/tools/omp-status-input-redaction-smoke.mjs /path/to/oh-my-pi
+```
+
+It loads Orca's generated extension through OMP, invokes synthetic tool events,
+and inspects three real loopback HTTP payloads. Home/config/data roots are
+disposable; it makes no model requests and does not claim an interactive tool run.