diff --git a/plugins/codex-lcm/src/redact-assignments.ts b/plugins/codex-lcm/src/redact-assignments.ts
index 2bb3fa4..607d1d9 100644
--- a/plugins/codex-lcm/src/redact-assignments.ts
+++ b/plugins/codex-lcm/src/redact-assignments.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ export function isBenignTokenMetric(key: string, value: unknown): boolean {
 }
 
 export function shouldRedactSecretKey(key: string, value: unknown): boolean {
-  return isSecretAssignmentKey(key) && !isBenignTokenMetric(key, value);
+  const parts = keyParts(key);
+  return isSecretAssignmentKey(key) &&
+    !isBenignTokenMetric(key, value) &&
+    !(typeof value === "boolean" && parts.length === 1 && parts[0] === "private");
 }
 
 function redactSecretAssignmentLine(value: string, path: string, redactions: RedactionRecord[]): string {
diff --git a/plugins/codex-lcm/tests/redact.test.ts b/plugins/codex-lcm/tests/redact.test.ts
index fac1882..db3b396 100644
--- a/plugins/codex-lcm/tests/redact.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/codex-lcm/tests/redact.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ test("redacts secret-like object keys recursively", () => {
   assert.equal(result.truncations.length, 0);
 });
 
+test("preserves a benign private package flag", () => {
+  const result = sanitizeForStorage({ private: true });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(result.value, { private: true });
+  assert.equal(result.redactions.length, 0);
+});
+
 test("preserves benign token budget and count metadata", () => {
   const result = sanitizeForStorage({
     token_budget: 1200,