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Outcome

Hermes Portable stopped-container recovery now reuses one live executable proof within each qualified lifecycle transaction. Intermediate commands keep exact executable metadata and receipt-owned socket guards, while entry and final qualification still perform full executable validation, exact container and policy checks, authenticated health, ambiguity reconciliation, and rollback.

The probe also settles a transient final Hermes readiness-publication health result with two bounded retries before failing closed.

Reason

Repeated full executable hashing and behavior checks dominated the measured stopped-container recovery path. Senthil's merged OpenClaw and Hermes optimizations established the operation-scoped pattern: fully qualify authority, retain it only inside the transaction, revalidate currentness around commands, and return stale or changed state to checked recovery.

The prior debug-seat ceiling experiment reduced startup from 17.080 seconds to 7.063 seconds, a 10.017-second (58.6%) improvement. That unconditional experiment is not included. This guarded slice preserves the checked entry and final boundaries; guarded live timing remains separate.

Related issues

Closes #10822
Relates to #10423

Changes

  • Reuse the schema-8 operation's fully qualified OpenShell executable path instead of repeating its version and full-content proof before every command.
  • Sandwich each retained OpenShell command with operation-currentness checks.
  • Change retained OpenShell file currentness from a full content hash to exact canonical path, device, inode, owner, mode, size, mtime, ctime, and directory-chain validation.
  • Keep Podman commands on their existing adapter-minted operation proof, per-command executable metadata checks, periodic full rehash, failure latching, and exact receipt-owned socket guards.
  • Preserve a separate full final qualify() after authenticated health, plus full qualification for rollback reconciliation.
  • Keep schema-7 and unknown authority on the existing fully checked path.
  • Retry only typed final Hermes publication-health failures after 100 ms and 250 ms. Persistent health failure remains nonzero; identity, configuration, policy, and evidence failures are not retried.

Verification

  • npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-lifecycle.test.ts src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-operating-authority.test.ts src/lib/actions/sandbox/connect-hermes-accepted-readiness.test.ts — 82 tests passed.
  • npm run typecheck:cli — passed.
  • npm run build:cli — passed.
  • npm run review:local — exited 0 with no published actionable findings.
  • Independent final focused review of 244cf8fac171776138a343174c6f7b09723c334d — no blockers found for per-command guards, metadata/socket currentness, full entry/final qualification, rollback, fallback, or bounded publication settlement.
  • Pre-push CLI TypeScript hook — passed.
  • npm run validate:pr — every applicable PR-diff check passed except the current-main ci/e2e-assertion-budget.json drift in unrelated test/e2e/live/hermes-discord.test.ts. This PR changes no test/e2e/** or assertion-budget file.
  • Diff and gitleaks hook — no secrets, credentials, private keys, environment values, or command output are included.

Review notes

The 10.017-second result is the prior unconditional debug-seat ceiling, not a timing claim for this guarded implementation. A live stopped-container attempt on the existing GFN seat did not reach mutation or timing: current source correctly rejected the older receipt because its stored startup authority disagreed with the candidate manifest. The exact receipt-owned container remained running and healthy with full ID 53b3a635d88fc529c8b8d3e44036aac5d35e4d4ad6a7f061860cfa7acd77f7b9; no rollback or replacement occurred. A same-source guarded timing sample remains pending.

The unsafe root-owned GFN JSON attestation design from the first draft revision was removed completely. This revision does not infer trust from a hostname, mutable image tag, environment variable, or local statement. It reuses only live authority minted by the existing full qualification and keeps the fully checked fallback and final proof.


Signed-off-by: Julie Yaunches jyaunches@nvidia.com

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved Hermes launch-readiness handling by retrying temporary health-validation failures before reporting success or failure.
    • Added bounded handling for persistent readiness failures to prevent indefinite attempts.
    • Improved command authorization checks so execution remains aligned with the latest transaction or receipt state.
    • Strengthened OpenShell and Podman executable-authority validation during onboarding and runtime operations.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for temporary recovery and persistent launch-readiness failures.

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Hermes readiness publication now retries health validation failures. Hermes lifecycle qualification distinguishes transaction-backed authority from receipt-only authority and validates currentness around command execution and final qualification.

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Hermes authority and readiness

Layer / File(s) Summary
Lifecycle authority integration
src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-lifecycle.ts, src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-operating-authority.ts, src/lib/adapters/openshell/resolve-shared.ts, src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-podman-authority.ts, src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-lifecycle.test.ts
Transaction-backed commands use the stored executable and transaction currentness checks. Receipt-only commands retain executable requalification. Final validation selects transaction or receipt currentness. OpenShell and Podman paths use full executable authority validation.
Readiness publication settlement
src/lib/actions/sandbox/connect.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/connect-hermes-accepted-readiness.test.ts
Hermes publication retries health validation failures with bounded delays. Persistent failures stop after the initial attempt and three settlement attempts. Non-Hermes publication remains single-attempt.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 6717f

Hermes managed authority may not be bound to the recovery receipt and immutable image identity, potentially allowing recovery to use mismatched authority. Resolve this before merge.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-gfn-managed-authority.ts`:
- Line 132: Update the qualification checks in the authority validation flow
near the SHA256 digest test to require attestation.image.digest to match
receipt.container.imageId before returning a qualified authority; also validate
catalogIdentity and generation when they are part of the authority contract,
preserving rejection of mismatched fixtures.

In `@src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-lifecycle.ts`:
- Around line 867-872: Update the initialCommandAuthority selection around
attestedManagedAuthority so attested executable reuse occurs only when managed
operating qualification is active; otherwise use
buildHermesPortableOpenShellCommandAuthority for the normal requalification
path. Add a regression covering an active receipt without snapshot.successor
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The two CodeRabbit findings on a07d8018ef are obsolete. The corrected head 244cf8fac171776138a343174c6f7b09723c334d removes both GFN attestation files and all attested-path logic. The PR now reuses only operation-scoped live executable proof from full qualification; intermediate commands keep metadata/socket guards and final qualification remains fully checked.

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Latest-head CI classification: the failed CI / Pull Request run skipped all source jobs because its OpenShell SDK package dependency could not locate a base-controlled run; cli-tests and aggregate checks then failed from skipped dependencies. The codebase growth guard passed on the same head. Requested one failed-job rerun; no code change is implicated.

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PR Review Advisor classification: Migration Completion and Operability/Recovery failed before producing review artifacts because the model provider exhausted five bounded retries with HTTP 429. No review text or code finding was produced. Other completed specialists passed, including Architecture, Customer Value, Documentation, Reduction, and Verification; local review and an independent focused recovery/security review also found no blockers.

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Final Advisor classification: Delivery/Workflow timed out with textBytes=0, and Security/Built-in Quality exhausted provider retries with HTTP 429 and textBytes=0. Neither produced an artifact or finding. All five produced specialist reports passed. The independent current-head security/recovery review found no blocker.

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src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-lifecycle.test.ts (1)

339-340: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise executable-authority drift through lifecycle outcomes.

lifecycleDeps injects executable-authority callbacks that return /usr/bin/openshell without validating their authority arguments. The tests check successful results and callback invocation, but they do not cover executable-authority drift for receipt-only and successor-backed lifecycle paths. Add public lifecycle cases that expect rejection after authority changes. Keep callback-call assertions supplemental.

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In `@src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-lifecycle.test.ts` around lines
339 - 340, Extend the public lifecycle tests using lifecycleDeps and the
executable-authority callbacks to cover authority drift for both receipt-only
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- Around line 339-340: Extend the public lifecycle tests using lifecycleDeps and
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## Outcome

The Hermes portable Podman authority test now matches the retained
proof's full executable-content validation, allowing the affected main
CI shard to complete.

## Reason

PR #10999 intentionally restored full executable authority validation
for retained proofs, but its test still asserted that the executable
bytes were never read. The contradictory assertion deterministically
failed main CI even though the production security check was operating
as intended.

## Changes

- Remove only the obsolete readFile spy and no-call assertion while
preserving the test's contract that retained proof validation does not
invoke the Podman process.
- Keep the adjacent executable metadata-drift and full authority
boundary tests unchanged so content and identity validation remain
covered.

## Verification

- Contributor validation: npm run validate:pr passed pre-commit,
commitlint, and pre-push checks after rebuilding exact-base plugin
artifacts.
- Tests: npx vitest run --project cli
src/lib/onboard/experimental/hermes-portable-podman-authority.test.ts —
12 tests passed; npm run validate:pr — passed.
- Secrets review: The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials

## Review notes

- Sensitive-path review: Self-review confirmed this is test-only and
removes a stale performance assertion without weakening production
executable authority validation or the adjacent security regression
tests.

---

Signed-off-by: Carlos Villela <cvillela@nvidia.com>


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Tests**
* Simplified an executable file-proof reuse test to focus on verifying
authority reuse without invoking Podman.

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## Outcome

Adds the canonical dated documentation entry for v0.0.120 and records
the release's material user-facing changes before tag planning. The
Hermes rebuild guide now also documents the fail-closed immutable-base
requirement for legacy sandboxes without an image hint.

## Reason

Release planning requires a merged `docs/changelog/2026-09-04.mdx`
containing exactly one `## v0.0.120` heading. The existing automation
draft does not contain that required changelog and does not cover the
full release scope, so this PR provides a fresh, independently reviewed
release-docs update.

### Related issues

Relates to #10919

## Changes

- Add three release-note lead paragraphs and detailed, user-facing
v0.0.120 changes with canonical documentation routes.
- Cover configuration export and doctor (#11015, #11012); Hermes
runtime, recovery, and Discord policy (#10595, #11071, #11024, #10927,
#10983, #10988, #10999, #11019, #10682); Shields retirement (#10722,
#10996); OpenShell forwarding and runtime authority (#10695, #10814,
#10815, #10810); onboarding and recovery (#10690, #10900, #11046,
#10882, #10864); inference behavior (#10956, #10910, #11070); Deep
Agents MCP projection safety (#10911, #10909); and provider-profile
validation (#10884, #10895).
- Scope the legacy Hermes immutable-base rebuild guidance to the
Hermes-rendered recovery page.

## Verification

- `npx vitest run --project integration
test/generation/check-docs-links.test.ts
test/generation/check-docs-published-routes.test.ts
test/generation/post-merge-docs.test.ts` — 3 files and 125 tests passed.
- `npm run docs` — passed with 0 errors and 5 existing Fern warnings.
- Independent documentation audit — reconciled all 71 commits in
`v0.0.119..origin/main`, validated all 29 PR links and published routes,
and found no unsupported product claims or remaining corrections.
- Normal `pre-commit`, `commit-msg`, and `pre-push` hooks — passed.
- `git diff --check` — passed.
- GitHub commit verification —
`a22fe0989fd72c7daaa9b2e7a4734a3edc069aba` is Verified with reason
`valid`.
- Secret review — the diff contains no secrets, API keys, or
credentials.

## Review notes

The existing automation draft #10919 is intentionally left untouched.
This PR supersedes its release-docs content with the complete canonical
changelog and a variant-correct Hermes recovery update.

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Signed-off-by: Charan Jagwani <cjagwani@nvidia.com>


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Documentation**
- Added release notes covering verified configuration export, host and
gateway diagnostics, service forwarding, sandbox recovery, onboarding
safeguards, inference retries, MCP projection safety, provider setup,
and Discord runtime policy.
- Clarified sandbox rebuild behavior, including use of the
release-pinned immutable base image when required.
- Documented that rebuilds stop before modifying sandbox data when the
required image cannot be resolved or validated.

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