fix: openviking sync recall + increase API retry limit

[libinghui123]

Summary

Three fixes for the OpenViking memory provider:

1. prefetch() sync recall: now performs a synchronous search with the current query instead of waiting for the previous turn's background search. Previously memories were always injected one turn late, and the first turn received no memories at all.
2. viking_remember() immediate commit: now commits the session immediately after storing the message, so memories are indexed and searchable across all sessions right away.
3. max_retries: increased from 3 to 10 to improve resilience against transient provider errors.

Changes

File	Change
plugins/memory/openviking/__init__.py	prefetch() sync recall with current query; viking_remember() commits immediately
run_agent.py	max_retries increased from 3 to 10
tests/plugins/memory/test_openviking_provider.py	11 unit tests

Test Results

• tests/plugins/memory/test_openviking_provider.py: 11/11 passed
• tests/agent/test_memory_provider.py: 54/54 passed (no regression)

How to Test

1. prefetch fix: Store a fact in OpenViking in session A, then ask the same question in session B. Verify it is recalled on the first turn.
2. viking_remember fix: Call viking_remember content="My favorite color is blue". Immediately switch to another channel (new session) and ask "What is my favorite color?". Verify it recalls correctly.
3. max_retries fix: Trigger a transient API error and verify it is retried up to 10 times.

Platforms Tested

• Linux

Note

Ensure OPENVIKING_ENDPOINT and related env vars are set in ~/.hermes/.env (or the active dotenv) and that no_proxy includes the internal endpoint address to bypass corporate proxies.

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[ZaynJarvis]

Review: Sync Recall + Retry Fixes

Verdict: Request Changes — please split into two PRs

This PR bundles two independent concerns: (1) sync recall implementation and (2) reliability fixes (max_retries, trust_env). The reliability fixes are good and mergeable today; the sync recall approach conflicts with #5838.

Blocking Issues

1. Sync recall in prefetch() conflicts with #5838's architecture

This PR implements sync recall by modifying prefetch() to do a synchronous search inline, overriding the background prefetch result. #5838 implements the same feature at the manager layer with a config gate, which is architecturally cleaner (the manager decides recall strategy, providers stay stateless). The two approaches conflict on both plugins/memory/openviking/__init__.py and run_agent.py. Since #5838 is the recommended merge, please extract the sync recall changes from this PR.

2. max_retries=10 changes the run loop retry count, not the HTTP retry count

The max_retries = 10 change is in the conversation loop's retry-on-API-error block — this is a good resilience improvement but should be in a separate PR so it doesn't get blocked by the sync recall conflict.

Cherry-Pick Candidates (extract into separate PR)

These two changes are clean, independent, and ready to merge:

# 1. In _VikingClient.__init__ — bypass corporate proxies for local endpoints
httpx_module = self._httpx
self._httpx = httpx_module.Client(trust_env=False)

# 2. In run_conversation() — increase API retry limit
max_retries = 10  # was 3

Note on trust_env=False: This creates an httpx.Client instance stored as self._httpx. Since _VikingClient.get() calls self._httpx.get(), this correctly routes through the client's connection pool. However, the health() method also uses self._httpx.get() — verify that the timeout kwarg passes through cleanly on an httpx Client instance (it does, but worth a test).

What Is Good

• 206-line test suite is thorough and the FakeHttpx fixture pattern (supporting both module-call and Client-call semantics) is well-designed. Please port the non-sync-recall tests into the cherry-pick PR.
• Immediate commit after viking_remember is an interesting feature — but it belongs in a dedicated PR after the base session lifecycle is settled.