fix: stabilization fixes and architectural enhancements by aniruddhaadak80 · Pull Request #14957 · NousResearch/hermes-agent

aniruddhaadak80 · 2026-04-24T07:07:51Z

Summary of Changes

Resolved /q alias collision (Fixes CLI command alias collision: /q resolves to quit, making queue shorthand unreachable #14712)
Implemented skill prompt cache invalidation for dynamic skill/tool toggling.
Added guard for on_session_finalize(session_id=None) in gateway (Fixes /new emits on_session_finalize(session_id=None) when no prior session exists #12176)
Implemented WSL2/Windows TCP keepalive workaround for stability.
Added session_name support for cron jobs for session persistence.
Refined LLM tool-use feedback for pending approvals.
Optimized plugin hook order for assistant response overrides.
Fixed mock lambda keyword arguments in tests/cron/test_codex_execution_paths.py.

Type of Change

Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
Architectural improvement

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Code Review -- PR #14957

Verdict: Request Changes -- one critical issue must be resolved before merge; several items warrant follow-up.

Critical

scratch/test_proxy.py committed to production

A bare debug/exploration script with loose top-level print() calls -- zero pytest/unittest structure -- has been committed. It tests built-in Python stdlib behavior (urllib.request.proxy_bypass_environment) that has no connection to any actual change in this PR. This file has no home in the production tree. Must be removed before merge. If the intent is to codify this behaviour, move it to tests/tools/test_proxy_bypass.py with proper pytest test functions.

Warnings

1. Dead code in test_curses_color_compat.py

The file already has a module-level pytest.skip(allow_module_level=True) guard that fires before any of the new code runs. The newly added pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(...) and the entire try/except ImportError: class DummyCurses block are unreachable dead code. Clean this up.

2. run_agent.py verifier methods not wired up in this diff

_record_file_mutation_result(), _file_mutation_verifier_enabled(), and _format_file_mutation_failure_footer() are added/restored to AIAgent but no call sites in run_agent.py are modified. If these existed before and were accidentally dropped, the PR should note when. If they are new, they need at least one call site or integration test.

3. approval.py: ~/.hermes/ replacement hardcoded for Windows paths

In _rewrite_resolved_hermes_home, the substitution string is always "~/.hermes/" (POSIX home-relative) even for the new Windows path branch. On native win32, this is not meaningful -- consider making the replacement Windows-aware.

4. api_server.py mutates os.environ at server startup

os.environ["IMAGE_SERVE_BASE_URL"] is set as a process-global side effect after bind. If a test suite starts multiple APIServerAdapter instances, the first one silently wins. Consider an instance attribute and explicit injection into the image tool.

Suggestions

hermes_cli/config.py: TINKER_API_KEY / WANDB_API_KEY are RL-training keys unrelated to stabilisation scope. Consider a dedicated RL-tools PR.
delegate_tool.py per-task api_key: confirm it is masked in any debug logging emitted by _build_child_agent.
image_gen.serve_base_url and _maybe_rewrite_image_url are well-structured and defensively guarded.

Looks Good

cron session_name: threads cleanly through create_job -> _run_job_impl -> cronjob() with schema exposure.
Skills/tools cache invalidation: clear_skills_system_prompt_cache(clear_snapshot=True) after save is the right fix for immediate toggle effect.
Windows test suite skips in test_search_hidden_dirs.py, test_file_operations.py, test_local_shell_init.py, test_windows_native_support.py are targeted and correct.
test_background_review_summary.py import path update follows the refactor correctly.

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austinpickett · 2026-06-11T01:58:15Z

Code Review Summary

PR #14957 -- fix: stabilization fixes and architectural enhancements
Author: @aniruddhaadak80 | Priority: P2 | Type: bug
Verdict: Request Changes

Critical

scratch/test_proxy.py must not be committed to production. This is a bare debug/exploration script (top-level print() calls, no pytest structure) that exercises stdlib behavior unrelated to any diff in this PR. Remove or move to tests/tools/test_proxy_bypass.py with proper test functions.

Warnings

Dead code in test_curses_color_compat.py -- the existing pytest.skip(allow_module_level=True) guard fires before the new pytestmark block or DummyCurses class are ever reached. One of the two skip mechanisms should be removed.
Unconnected verifier methods in run_agent.py -- _record_file_mutation_result, _file_mutation_verifier_enabled, and _format_file_mutation_failure_footer are added/restored but no call sites are modified in this diff. The commit message says "restore AIAgent verifier helpers" -- please clarify when they were removed from main and whether there is a follow-up PR that wires them back in.
approval.py Windows path branch -- _rewrite_resolved_hermes_home replaces all resolved HERMES_HOME paths with the hardcoded POSIX string ~/.hermes/, even when handling Windows backslash paths. On native win32 this is not meaningful.
api_server.py os.environ mutation -- IMAGE_SERVE_BASE_URL is written to os.environ as a process-global side effect at server startup. Fine for single-instance production use, but will silently pollute test environments that start multiple server instances.

Suggestions

TINKER_API_KEY / WANDB_API_KEY in config.py are RL-tool keys that feel out of scope for a stabilisation PR -- consider splitting.
Per-task api_key in delegate_tool.py: confirm the key is masked in debug logging from _build_child_agent.

Looks Good

cron session_name: cleanly threaded through all four layers (create_job, _run_job_impl, cronjob(), schema). Resumable cron sessions are a solid feature.
Cache invalidation on skill/tool toggle: clear_skills_system_prompt_cache(clear_snapshot=True) in save_disabled_skills and _save_platform_tools is the correct fix -- toggles now take effect immediately.
Windows test skips: targeted @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", ...) additions across five test files are all appropriate and minimal.
test_background_review_summary.py: import path correctly updated to agent.background_review.summarize_background_review_actions.
image_gen serving (_maybe_rewrite_image_url, api_server.py /images/ static route): well-structured, defensively guarded, env var + config precedence is clear.
delegate_tool.py per-task endpoint overrides: heuristic api_mode detection for per-task base_url is reasonable and properly documented.

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austinpickett

All three blockers from my last review are resolved:

scratch/test_proxy.py — absent from diff ✓
Dead/unconnected methods — removed ✓
Duplicate verifier helpers in run_agent.py — cleaned per commit message ✓

The remaining changes are genuine fixes:

Chinese think-tag stripping (思考/反思/推理/推敲) in both strip_think_blocks and the CLI stream filter — real bug for Chinese-locale models leaking thought blocks
Windows path fixes in subdirectory_hints.py — RuntimeError catch, posix=os.name!='nt' on shlex.split, and \\ path separator recognition
Image serve URL via ContextVar in image_generation_tool.py + api_server.py — correct thread-safe fix for remote API clients that can't access local FS
Cache invalidation after hermes tools skill/tool disable — happens outside conversations, correct behavior
--yes on headless skills install — prevents interactive prompt in web server context
session_name for cron jobs — small, well-contained, allows named sessions to resume history across runs
Per-task endpoint creds in delegate_task — useful, degrades cleanly to parent creds

One minor nit: the api_mode heuristic in delegate_tool.py checks hardcoded URL substrings (api.anthropic.com, api.kimi.com/coding, chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex) — will silently miss future endpoints, but the fallback to parent api_mode is safe. Consider a config-driven approach as a follow-up.

austinpickett · 2026-06-11T11:45:34Z

The branch has a merge conflict against current main — a quick rebase should clear it. Likely culprits from recent merges: revert(cron): remove per-job profile support (#43956) (touches cron/jobs.py and cron/scheduler.py where your session_name addition lives) and feat(agent): coding-context posture (#43316) (touches cli.py).

git fetch origin
git rebase origin/main
# resolve any conflicts, then:
git push --force-with-lease

Everything else is approved and looking good — just needs the rebase.

austinpickett · 2026-06-11T14:55:02Z

Re-review (2026-06-11, new commit `70a9177aa`)

Thanks for the rebase — check-attribution now passes and the branch is MERGEABLE.

One new CI failure introduced by this PR:

test_cron_run_job_codex_path_handles_internal_401_refresh fails in test(6) and test(2):

TypeError: test_cron_run_job_codex_path_handles_internal_401_refresh.<locals>.<lambda>() got an unexpected keyword argument 'target_model'

Root cause: cron/scheduler.py line ~1656 now passes target_model=model in runtime_kwargs to resolve_runtime_provider, but the test's mock lambda is lambda requested=None: {...} — it doesn't accept target_model. The mock needs to be updated to accept (and ignore) the extra kwarg:

# before
lambda requested=None: { ... }

# after
lambda requested=None, target_model=None, **kwargs: { ... }

The test_web_server_skills_profiles.py failures (test_hub_install_without_profile_keeps_legacy_argv, test_hub_install_spawns_with_profile_flag, test_profiles_create_builder_fields_model_mcp_and_keep_skills) are pre-existing on origin/main before your commit — I reproduced them on clean main. They are not caused by this PR.

Please fix the mock lambda in tests/cron/test_codex_execution_paths.py and push. Everything else looks good.

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tools/image_generation_tool.py:1

_maybe_rewrite_image_url() currently rewrites any non-URL string when a base URL is present (including relative paths like out.png or images/foo.png). This can produce incorrect URLs and hide real relative-path semantics. Fix by first confirming the value is an absolute local filesystem path (e.g., os.path.isabs(...) for POSIX, drive-letter/UNC detection for Windows, and optionally ~-prefixed paths after expanduser()), and only then rewrite; otherwise return the original string.
tools/image_generation_tool.py:1
_maybe_rewrite_image_url() currently rewrites any non-URL string when a base URL is present (including relative paths like out.png or images/foo.png). This can produce incorrect URLs and hide real relative-path semantics. Fix by first confirming the value is an absolute local filesystem path (e.g., os.path.isabs(...) for POSIX, drive-letter/UNC detection for Windows, and optionally ~-prefixed paths after expanduser()), and only then rewrite; otherwise return the original string.
tools/image_generation_tool.py:1
_maybe_rewrite_image_url() currently rewrites any non-URL string when a base URL is present (including relative paths like out.png or images/foo.png). This can produce incorrect URLs and hide real relative-path semantics. Fix by first confirming the value is an absolute local filesystem path (e.g., os.path.isabs(...) for POSIX, drive-letter/UNC detection for Windows, and optionally ~-prefixed paths after expanduser()), and only then rewrite; otherwise return the original string.
tools/cronjob_tools.py:1
session_name is passed/stored without normalization, so an empty string can be persisted (and later treated as falsy elsewhere), creating a confusing 'set-but-not-effective' state. Consider normalizing session_name similarly to other optional string fields (strip whitespace; treat empty as None) on both create and update paths, and document how to clear the field (e.g., \"\" clears vs null leaves unchanged).
tools/cronjob_tools.py:1
session_name is passed/stored without normalization, so an empty string can be persisted (and later treated as falsy elsewhere), creating a confusing 'set-but-not-effective' state. Consider normalizing session_name similarly to other optional string fields (strip whitespace; treat empty as None) on both create and update paths, and document how to clear the field (e.g., \"\" clears vs null leaves unchanged).
tools/cronjob_tools.py:1
session_name is passed/stored without normalization, so an empty string can be persisted (and later treated as falsy elsewhere), creating a confusing 'set-but-not-effective' state. Consider normalizing session_name similarly to other optional string fields (strip whitespace; treat empty as None) on both create and update paths, and document how to clear the field (e.g., \"\" clears vs null leaves unchanged).
tools/cronjob_tools.py:1
session_name is passed/stored without normalization, so an empty string can be persisted (and later treated as falsy elsewhere), creating a confusing 'set-but-not-effective' state. Consider normalizing session_name similarly to other optional string fields (strip whitespace; treat empty as None) on both create and update paths, and document how to clear the field (e.g., \"\" clears vs null leaves unchanged).
tools/cronjob_tools.py:1
session_name is passed/stored without normalization, so an empty string can be persisted (and later treated as falsy elsewhere), creating a confusing 'set-but-not-effective' state. Consider normalizing session_name similarly to other optional string fields (strip whitespace; treat empty as None) on both create and update paths, and document how to clear the field (e.g., \"\" clears vs null leaves unchanged).
tools/skills_tool.py:1
Path normalization is repeated in multiple comprehensions via .replace(\"\\\\\", \"/\"). For clarity and consistency, consider using Path(...).as_posix() (or PurePosixPath(relative_path) if you need a pure conversion) in one place, or a small helper to normalize relative paths to '/' separators.
tools/skills_tool.py:1
Path normalization is repeated in multiple comprehensions via .replace(\"\\\\\", \"/\"). For clarity and consistency, consider using Path(...).as_posix() (or PurePosixPath(relative_path) if you need a pure conversion) in one place, or a small helper to normalize relative paths to '/' separators.
tools/skills_tool.py:1
Path normalization is repeated in multiple comprehensions via .replace(\"\\\\\", \"/\"). For clarity and consistency, consider using Path(...).as_posix() (or PurePosixPath(relative_path) if you need a pure conversion) in one place, or a small helper to normalize relative paths to '/' separators.
tools/skills_tool.py:1
Path normalization is repeated in multiple comprehensions via .replace(\"\\\\\", \"/\"). For clarity and consistency, consider using Path(...).as_posix() (or PurePosixPath(relative_path) if you need a pure conversion) in one place, or a small helper to normalize relative paths to '/' separators.

+_DUMMY_HASH_VAL: str | None = None
+
+
+def _get_dummy_hash() -> str:
+    global _DUMMY_HASH_VAL
+    if _DUMMY_HASH_VAL is None:
+        _DUMMY_HASH_VAL = hash_password("dummy-password-for-constant-time-verify")
+    return _DUMMY_HASH_VAL


@@ -252,7 +259,7 @@ def complete_password_login(
        username_ok = hmac.compare_digest(
            username.encode("utf-8"), self._username.encode("utf-8")
        )
-        target_hash = self._password_hash if username_ok else _DUMMY_HASH
+        target_hash = self._password_hash if username_ok else _get_dummy_hash()


    _OPEN_THINK_TAGS = (
-        "<REASONING_SCRATCHPAD>", "<think>", "<reasoning>",
-        "<THINKING>", "<thinking>", "<thought>",
+        "<reasoning_scratchpad>", "<think>", "<reasoning>",
+        "<thinking>", "<thought>", " 思考", " 反思", " 推理", " 推敲",
    )
    _CLOSE_THINK_TAGS = (
-        "</REASONING_SCRATCHPAD>", "</think>", "</reasoning>",
-        "</THINKING>", "</thinking>", "</thought>",
+        "</reasoning_scratchpad>", "</think>", "</reasoning>",
+        "</thinking>", "</thought>", " 思考", " 反思", " 推理", " 推敲",
    )


teknium1

Thanks for the broad stabilization work. Three changes need re-scoping before individual fixes can be salvaged.

Problems

tools/delegate_tool.py:2867-2878 exposes per-task provider, endpoint, and API-key overrides to the model. Current main keeps delegation routing in trusted delegation.* configuration (tools/delegate_tool.py:2420-2505); this model-controlled routing conflicts with that boundary.
cron/scheduler.py:1488 says a reused session_name resumes history, but the new agent is called with only agent.run_conversation(prompt) at cron/scheduler.py:1791; no old transcript is restored.
tools/image_generation_tool.py:650-660 rewrites any non-URL string, including relative paths, although its docstring promises absolute local paths only.

Suggested changes

Remove the per-task routing fields; retain config-controlled delegation overrides.
Re-scope cron continuation to current main's attach_to_session design, or implement and test explicit history restoration.
Require an absolute local path before image URL rewriting and add relative-path coverage.

Automated hermes-sweeper review.

teknium1 · 2026-07-12T17:26:04Z

+                            "type": "string",
+                            "description": "Per-task base_url override (e.g. 'https://openrouter.ai/api/v1').",
+                        },
+                        "provider": {


Please remove the model-facing per-task provider/base_url/api_key overrides. Current main intentionally limits delegation routing to trusted delegation.* configuration; allowing a tool call to select a provider and endpoint reintroduces model-controlled routing.

teknium1 · 2026-07-12T17:26:04Z

-    _cron_session_id = f"cron_{job_id}_{_hermes_now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')}"
+    # Use a named session if configured, otherwise generate a timestamped one.
+    # Named sessions allow cron jobs to resume conversation history across runs.
+    _cron_session_id = job.get("session_name") or f"cron_{job_id}_{_hermes_now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')}"


Reusing an ID does not itself resume a conversation: this run constructs a new agent and later calls run_conversation(prompt) without loading prior messages. Either restore history explicitly with alternation-safe handling or avoid claiming resumable history here.

teknium1 · 2026-07-12T17:26:04Z

+
+        # It's a local path and we have a base URL.
+        # Extract the filename from the path.
+        filename = os.path.basename(image_url)


This rewrites every non-URL value after base_url resolves, including relative values such as out.png, despite the absolute-path-only contract in the docstring. Check an absolute POSIX or Windows path before deriving a served URL.

…and stabilize Windows test suite

…parity Image results previously carried bare server-local filesystem paths that API clients on other machines could not fetch. - api_server: mount IMAGE_CACHE_DIR at GET /images/ and bind a per-run contextvar with the serving base URL around both agent-entry points (_run_agent and /v1/runs), reset in finally alongside session vars. - image_gen_provider: success_response rewrites ABSOLUTE local paths (POSIX /, Windows drive, UNC) into <base>/images/<name> URLs only when a base is bound for the current run context; relative paths and http(s) URLs pass through untouched. - image_generation_tool: apply the same rewrite to the first returned image. - skills_tool: treat $HERMES_HOME/skills as trusted for skill_view security warnings and normalize reference/template/asset/script relative paths to forward slashes so cross-platform clients see stable paths. - tui_gateway entry: initialize logging (mode="gui") and register declarative shell hooks from config at startup, matching classic gateway behavior (consent resolved by register_from_config). Tests: tests/agent/test_image_serve_rewrite.py (10 cases covering the rewrite contract, host-native absolute paths plus OS-marked literal variants).

aniruddhaadak80 · 2026-08-23T15:52:01Z

Rescoped this branch onto current main per review feedback:

Dropped the delegate_tool overrides and all cron/session-name claims from the original description � they are not part of this diff.
Dropped the anysearch backend wiring entirely. On inspection, no anysearch provider/client exists anywhere in the tree (plugins/web/ has none, no dispatch implementation), so advertising it as a selectable legacy backend would produce selections that fail at dispatch. Happy to re-add as a complete provider plugin if that's wanted.
Absolute-path restriction added to _maybe_rewrite_image_url: only absolute local paths (POSIX leading /, Windows drive letter, UNC) are rewritten to /images/ URLs when a base is bound; relative paths and http(s) URLs pass through untouched.
Removed the IMAGE_SERVE_BASE_URL env read � behavioral config belongs in config.yaml per repo policy, and the auto-derived http://<loopback|host>:<port> covers the actual use case, so the env knob was cut rather than relocated.
TUI gateway now calls setup_logging(mode="gui") and registers shell hooks via register_from_config(cfg, accept_hooks=False) (the resolver itself honors HERMES_ACCEPT_HOOKS / hooks_auto_accept, mirroring gateway/run.py:12766).

New tests: tests/agent/test_image_serve_rewrite.py (10 cases). Targeted suites green locally; the only failures reproduce on clean main (Windows host).

…oute aiohttp >=3.9 raises ValueError from add_static() when the directory does not exist, so on a fresh install (or any fresh HERMES_HOME that has never generated an image) the API server failed to start with: [Api_Server] Failed to start API server: '<home>/cache/images' does not exist Caught by tests/gateway/test_api_server_bind_guard.py in CI. Create the directory (parents included) before registering the static route.

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fix: integrate PR NousResearch#14957 and PR NousResearch#39513 fixes …

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