fix(cron): add attach_to_session normalization to dashboard cron update (#67706)

[webtecnica]

Summary

Fixes #67706: Adds attach_to_session boolean normalization to the dashboard cron update adapter _normalize_dashboard_cron_updates.

Problem

The dashboard adapter was missing explicit handling for attach_to_session. The agent tool path (in cronjob_tools.py) already coerces the value to bool(), but the dashboard path silently passes it through as-is, creating a mismatch between the two paths.

Furthermore, the upcoming whitelist PR (#67660) introduces _DASHBOARD_ALLOWED_UPDATE_FIELDS which will reject unknown keys — attach_to_session needs to be explicitly normalized before that lands.

Changes

• hermes_cli/web_server.py: Added bool() coercion for attach_to_session in _normalize_dashboard_cron_updates, matching the agent tool path in cronjob_tools.py.

How to Test

pytest tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_cron_profiles.py -q

Checklist

• Follows Conventional Commits
• Changes scoped to this fix only
• Cross-platform impact: none (dashboard adapter only)

[alt-glitch]

This was generated by AI during triage.

Related to #67706 and #67637. This branch combines the dashboard cron-field fix with an independent Windows installer diagnostics/retry fix; CI currently fails the installer syntax-probe assertion, so please split the work or update the corresponding test.

[teknium1]

Thanks for isolating the dashboard normalization change. Current main still sends the dashboard update map from hermes_cli/web_server.py:12024-12054 to cron.jobs.update_job unchanged, while cron/scheduler.py:645-647 only recognizes a boolean attach_to_session; the cron premise is therefore still present.

Problems

• This branch also contains an unrelated installer change. As the member triage comment notes, it should be split. It additionally fails the existing regression: tests/test_install_ps1_web_server_syntax_probe.py:41-45 requires the literal syntax-check throw, but the changed installer code uses $diag and throw $diag at scripts/install.ps1:2232-2236.
• No test covers the new cron normalization. The neighboring dashboard normalization test is tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_cron_profiles.py:360-390.

Suggested changes

• Salvage the cron commit independently and add an update-path test asserting attach_to_session is persisted as a boolean.
• Keep the installer diagnostics/retry work in its own PR and update its dedicated regression contract there.

Automated hermes-sweeper review.

[teknium1]

This changes the literal throw asserted by tests/test_install_ps1_web_server_syntax_probe.py:41-45, causing the reported slice-8 CI failure. Please split this installer work from the cron fix and update its regression contract in the installer-specific change.

[GottZ]

This was generated by AI during triage.

Summary

One PR addresses #67706. #67711 adds dashboard-side boolean normalization for attach_to_session, which addresses the scheduler type mismatch but not the reported dashboard/core whitelist drift, and its diff also contains unrelated Windows installer diagnostics and retry changes.

Related pull requests

• fix(cron): add attach_to_session normalization to dashboard cron update (#67706) #67711 best fix — (+49/-9) — n/a: The complete diff normalizes attach_to_session with bool() in hermes_cli/web_server.py, but it does not add the field to a dashboard whitelist; the unrelated scripts/install.ps1 changes alter the syntax-check throw that the contributor review says is asserted by tests/test_install_ps1_web_server_syntax_probe.py:41-45. Consistent with the COMMENTED keep_open review, this recorded best existing fix remains salvageable if the cron change is isolated and covered by an update-path test.

Suggested consolidation

Keep #67711 open with a salvage path: retain the isolated dashboard normalization, add a regression test proving attach_to_session is persisted as a boolean, and split the installer diagnostics/retry work into a separate PR with its regression contract updated. Before closing #67706, also reconcile the applicable dashboard whitelist with the core whitelist or document why the difference is intentional.

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