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https://entire.io/gh/jdx/mise/trails/878

The fnox secrets page explained every rule but left readers to work out why they would want task grants, how to use a real secret store, and how to run it in CI. This adds that guidance:

• Why not [env]? A table comparing an [env] value (SOPS, age or plain) with an fnox grant: who receives the value, when it is fetched, and redaction.
• Real provider in the quick start. A 1Password reference in fnox.toml, plus a pointer to fnox's age provider for committed ciphertext.
• A profile per environment. mise.toml with profile = "dev" and mise.prod.toml with profile = "prod", so MISE_ENV=prod mise run deploy reads production values.
• Run in CI. A GitHub Actions workflow that runs mise run deploy with OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN on the step. It also says that experimental must be in the committed mise.toml or MISE_EXPERIMENTAL=1, to install the provider CLI with mise, that a task's raw/interactive setting does not turn off redaction without a terminal, and that mise-action does not mask mise x --secrets output.
• Troubleshooting checklist. mise secrets ls, mise tasks validate, fnox check --all and MISE_DEBUG=1, each checking a different layer.
• Migration before/after. A mise.toml using _.fnox-env next to its [secrets.fnox] replacement, plus a note for tasks that wrap fnox exec.

The quick start now puts experimental = true under [settings] in the example mise.toml. The old mise settings experimental=true wrote only to the global config, so teammates and CI did not get the setting. The sign-in/CI/daemon section now comes before the security reference. All existing anchors are kept.

Validation: hk check (oxfmt, markdownlint, llms render), mise run docs:build with its link check, and the schema_matches_parser test, which checks every new mise.toml example against the schema and parser.

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Overview
Documentation-only expansion of the fnox secrets guide and a small tweak to the secrets index setup flow.

The fnox page now leads with a minimal mise.toml grant example and a Why not [env]? comparison table (who gets secrets, fetch timing, redaction). Quick start drops the global mise settings experimental=true step in favor of [settings] experimental = true in committed mise.toml, adds real-provider examples (1Password reference, age ciphertext), and documents profiles per environment via mise.<env>.toml and MISE_ENV.

Sign-in / CI / daemon content is reordered (before the security reference): new Run in CI GitHub Actions example with OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN, notes on MISE_EXPERIMENTAL, provider CLIs, step-scoped creds, and limits of mise-action masking for mise x --secrets. Daemon caching detail moves with that section. Redaction clarifies that raw/interactive only disable redaction when mise has a terminal (CI still redacts). Troubleshooting adds a four-command checklist; migration adds before/after _.fnox-env vs [secrets.fnox] examples.

The secrets index mirrors the setup change: mise use fnox first, then enable experimental in project config.

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• Documentation
  • Expanded the fnox guide with task-scoped secret grants, provider setup examples, profile selection, and migration examples.
  • Clarified fnox’s interactive and CI behavior, daemon cache hits and misses, and when secrets are resolved through the CLI.
  • Documented when task output is unredacted, and added troubleshooting commands for checking secret sources, validating grants, testing resolution, and reviewing debug output.
  • Updated setup instructions to separate adding fnox from enabling the experimental feature and configuring fnox as the secrets source.

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The fnox guide now covers task-scoped secret grants, provider and profile configuration, runtime and CI behavior, daemon resolution, troubleshooting, and migration. The secrets index updates fnox setup instructions to enable the experimental feature in mise.toml.

Changes: fnox secret documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Secret grants and configuration docs/environments/secrets/fnox.md, docs/environments/secrets/index.md	The guide explains task grants, compares them with [env], and adds experimental-setting instructions, provider examples, and profile-selection details.
Execution, CI, and daemon behavior docs/environments/secrets/fnox.md	The guide documents environment inheritance, terminal prompting, CI invocation, daemon cache behavior, CLI fallback conditions, and output redaction.
Troubleshooting and migration docs/environments/secrets/fnox.md	The guide adds commands to inspect and test secret resolution, plus before-and-after migration examples.

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Summary

Expands the fnox guide with setup, profiles, CI, troubleshooting, and migration examples.

• The fnox guide shows how to set up task-scoped secrets with real providers.
• The fnox guide explains how sign-in, CI, daemon caching, and troubleshooting fit together.
• Readers can match an fnox profile to each mise environment.
• The fnox guide shows how to move from _.fnox-env to task-scoped grants.

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Review comments at @docs/environments/secrets/fnox.md:
- Around line 34-35: Update the `[env]` description to distinguish loading from
decryption: state that all values are loaded when mise loads the config, while
only SOPS and age values are decrypted then.
- Line 44: Update the fnox redaction table and accompanying CI guidance to state
that task-level raw or interactive mode bypasses redaction only when mise
provides an attended terminal; clarify that --raw and the global raw setting do
not bypass redaction for tasks receiving [secrets.fnox] values. Keep mise x
--secrets separate and state that its output is not redacted.
- Around line 55-62: Update the fnox setup documentation so `experimental =
true` is defined in the committed `mise.toml`, rather than relying on `mise
settings --local experimental=true`. Revise the example and accompanying
explanation to clarify that `--local` may write to an uncommitted
`mise.local.toml`.
- Around line 388-390: Update the cache-miss explanation to limit the daemon
cache-hit claim to cacheable keys. Clarify that keys requiring a lease use the
CLI on each resolution, and avoid promising that their next lookup will hit the
cache.

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benchmark	trend	instructions	Δ	wall (min)	Δ
env	▇▁▅█▅▆▆	30,806,829 → 30,809,185	+0.01%	20.38 → 20.46ms	+0.42%
hook-env	▃▁▂▇█▆▁	33,085,638 → 33,047,887	-0.11%	21.70 → 21.41ms	-1.32%
ls	▆▅██▁▄▂	35,040,060 → 35,028,411	-0.03%	22.56 → 22.26ms	-1.31%
registry	▅▃▁▆██▁	43,918,665 → 43,801,242	-0.27%	18.82 → 18.98ms	+0.84%
startup	▄▄▁▄█▃▃	12,009,534 → 12,006,922	-0.02%	12.53 → 12.38ms	-1.19%

No instruction-count regression above 1%.

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