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fix(webhook): honor per-route enabled_toolsets in gateway-triggered sessions - #66953

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Summary

When a webhook route subscription includes enabled_toolsets, the gateway-triggered agent session now receives exactly those tools. Without this fix, all webhook-triggered sessions silently fell back to the platform default toolset regardless of the route config.

Root cause

SessionSource had no field for enabled_toolsets, so the value set in a route subscription was never propagated to the agent runner. _run_agent_inner only checked the platform-level toolset override, never the per-source override.

Changes

File Change
gateway/session.py Added enabled_toolsets: Optional[List[str]] = None to SessionSource; wired into to_dict/from_dict
gateway/run.py In _run_agent_inner: if source.enabled_toolsets is not None, use it; else fall back to platform default
gateway/platforms/webhook.py After building the SessionSource, copy route_config.enabled_toolsets onto it
tests/gateway/test_webhook_enabled_toolsets.py 16 new tests covering the full wiring end-to-end

Verification

  • 246 tests passed, 0 failures (2 pre-existing failures on main confirmed pre-existing before this patch)
  • End-to-end verified: webhook session with enabled_toolsets=["file","terminal"] received read_file where previously only web tools were available
  • Rebased cleanly onto current main; conflict with Discord auto-thread fields in session.py resolved with no overlap

…essions

Webhook-triggered agent sessions previously ignored any toolset
configuration and always received only the platform-default web tools
(web_search, web_extract, vision_analyze, clarify), regardless of what
the webhook route intended or what the profile config specified.

Cron jobs already have an enabled_toolsets field that gates what tools
the agent receives for that run. This change adds the same capability to
webhook routes, giving them parity with cron jobs.

Changes
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gateway/session.py
  Add enabled_toolsets: Optional[List[str]] = None field to SessionSource.
  Serialized in to_dict/from_dict so a resumed webhook session keeps its
  toolset scope. None is the backward-compat sentinel (use platform
  default) and is excluded from the wire dict.

gateway/run.py
  Gate in _run_agent_inner at toolset resolution: when
  source.enabled_toolsets is not None, use it verbatim instead of
  calling _get_platform_tools. Matches cron job replace semantics.
  The is-not-None guard preserves the distinction between [] (explicitly
  no tools) and None (unset, fall back to platform default).

gateway/platforms/webhook.py
  Stamp route_config.get(enabled_toolsets) onto source.enabled_toolsets
  after source construction in _handle_webhook. isinstance(list) guard
  means a malformed or absent route value leaves the field as None
  (safe fail-open to platform default).

Usage
-----

Add enabled_toolsets to a webhook subscription in
webhook_subscriptions.json:

  {
    "my-route": {
      "prompt": "...",
      "enabled_toolsets": ["file", "terminal"]
    }
  }

Tests
-----

16 new tests in tests/gateway/test_webhook_enabled_toolsets.py cover:
- SessionSource field defaults and round-trips (None, list, empty list)
- to_dict backward compat (None absent from wire)
- Route config wiring logic (list stamped, non-list left as None)
- run.py gate semantics (override vs fallback, empty list not collapsed)

249 passed, 1 pre-existing failure (TestDualStackBind IPv6 bind test,
confirmed failing on upstream main before this change).
@alt-glitch alt-glitch added type/bug Something isn't working comp/gateway Gateway runner, session dispatch, delivery platform/webhook Webhook / API server P3 Low — cosmetic, nice to have needs-decision Awaiting maintainer decision before any implementation labels Jul 18, 2026
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This was generated by AI during triage.
Related to closed #32902's webhook subscription override work. The current branch is materially stale against main (including a full session.py divergence); please rebase and retain only the focused enabled_toolsets change before review.

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Thanks for tracing the missing local gateway propagation; the premise is confirmed on current main: webhook sources do not carry the route setting, and gateway/run.py:18306 always resolves the platform default.

Problems

  • Proxy-mode sessions return through gateway/run.py:18281-18292 before local toolset resolution. Its request body at gateway/run.py:17884-17888 has no route-toolset field, so this change cannot honor the override in proxy mode.
  • tests/gateway/test_webhook_enabled_toolsets.py mirrors the proposed conditionals instead of executing _handle_webhook and the real agent-construction path. Existing tests/gateway/test_webhook_integration.py:83-145 provides the route-posting pattern needed for an integration regression test.
  • The PR changes gateway/session.py by +2813/-2799 lines while adding one field; GitHub reports the branch is 127 commits behind current main. The focused change should be salvaged without the whole-file rewrite.
  • The supported subscription CLI does not accept or persist this setting (hermes_cli/subcommands/webhook.py:24-64, hermes_cli/webhook.py:174-200).

Suggested changes

  • Carry the override through the proxy protocol or explicitly scope the feature to non-proxy gateway runs, with coverage.
  • Add an end-to-end webhook-to-agent configuration assertion, then reapply only the focused current-main hunks.

Automated hermes-sweeper review.

@teknium1 teknium1 added sweeper:risk-security-boundary Sweeper risk: may affect sandboxing, auth, credentials, or sensitive data sweeper:risk-compatibility Sweeper risk: may break existing users, config, migrations, defaults, or upgrades sweeper:blast-moderate Sweeper blast radius: moderate — a subsystem or single platform area/sessions Session lifecycle, resume, persistence, history labels Jul 19, 2026
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Thanks @mclbills12gmailcom — you identified this gap and built a working fix three weeks before anyone else, and your PR was the first submission for per-route webhook toolsets. Crediting you as the original submitter for this feature.

The capability just landed on main via #85154 with a different wiring, so this PR is now superseded rather than mergeable:

  • Route toolsets are resolved at run time from the route config via an adapter hook (toolsets_for_source()), instead of adding an enabled_toolsets field to SessionSource and its wire format — keeps session serialization untouched.
  • The override list is validated through the same _get_platform_tools path as platform_toolsets config, so unknown or platform-restricted toolset names are dropped rather than passed to the agent raw.
  • Both gateway agent-run call sites are covered (main run path + background-task path).
  • The key is toolsets on the route config (static routes and webhook_subscriptions.json), manual-edit only by design so an agent-created subscription can't self-grant elevated tools.

Docs: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging/webhooks#per-route-toolsets

Closing as superseded by #85154. Appreciate the contribution — sorry we didn't catch the overlap before building.

@teknium1 teknium1 closed this Aug 13, 2026
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