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Langfuse Observability Plugin
This plugin ships bundled with Hermes but is opt-in — it only loads when you explicitly enable it.
Enable
# Interactive: credentials + PM preparation of the langfuse extra + enable
hermes tools # → Langfuse Observability
Restart Hermes after setup. If dependency preparation fails, retry through
hermes tools; do not inject the SDK into the selected environment with pip.
For manual source-checkout setup, see the
plugin guide.
Required credentials
Set these in ~/.hermes/.env (or via hermes tools):
HERMES_LANGFUSE_PUBLIC_KEY=pk-lf-...
HERMES_LANGFUSE_SECRET_KEY=sk-lf-...
HERMES_LANGFUSE_BASE_URL=https://cloud.langfuse.com # or your self-hosted URL
Without the SDK or credentials the hooks no-op silently — the plugin fails open.
Verify
hermes plugins list # observability/langfuse should show "enabled"
hermes chat -q "hello" # then check Langfuse for a "Hermes turn" trace
Generation observations include the Hermes system prompt when the provider
uses a separate system param (Anthropic Messages API). Open an LLM call
child span to inspect role: system (truncated via HERMES_LANGFUSE_MAX_CHARS).
Optional tuning
HERMES_LANGFUSE_ENV=production # environment tag
HERMES_LANGFUSE_RELEASE=v1.0.0 # release tag
HERMES_LANGFUSE_SAMPLE_RATE=0.5 # sample 50% of traces
HERMES_LANGFUSE_MAX_CHARS=12000 # max chars per field (default: 12000)
HERMES_LANGFUSE_CAPTURE=sanitized # content capture mode (see below)
HERMES_LANGFUSE_DEBUG=true # verbose plugin logging
Capture modes
HERMES_LANGFUSE_CAPTURE controls how much content (prompts, responses,
tool arguments/results) is exported. Structural metadata — IDs, roles, tool
names, token usage, cost, timing — is always captured in every mode.
| mode | behavior |
|---|---|
metadata |
No content. Each content field is replaced by a shape/size stub ({"omitted": true, "type": "text", "chars": N}). |
sanitized |
(default) Content is exported after secret-pattern redaction (API keys, tokens, JWTs, private keys, password=-style assignments) and truncation. Redaction runs before truncation. |
full |
Raw content, truncated only. Explicit opt-in — traces will contain whatever passed through the conversation, including injected memory and file contents. |
The active mode is recorded on every trace as metadata.capture_mode.
Note: sanitized is pattern-based defense in depth, not a DLP guarantee.
For personal sessions or shared Langfuse projects, prefer metadata.
Error + shutdown coverage
- Failed model requests (
api_request_errorhook) close their generation withlevel=ERROR, status code, retry counters, and a capture-mode-scrubbed error message. Non-retryable failures also finish the turn trace. - Session end/finalize closes any still-open traces for that session and flushes queued events, so interrupted or tool-only turns don't dangle.
Disable
hermes plugins disable observability/langfuse