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fix(agent): bound sequential tool calls — salvage #84795 + timeouts.tools.sequential_call (#85125 2a) - #86311

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fix(agent): bound sequential tool calls — salvage #84795 + timeouts.tools.sequential_call (#85125 2a)#86311
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Summary

A hung tool on the sequential execution path can no longer wedge the turn until process restart — sequential calls now get the same deadline semantics as concurrent batches. Salvages #84795 by @fangliquanflq (3 commits, authorship preserved) onto current main, plus a follow-up wiring the deadline into the unified timeouts: resolver (#85125 Phase 2a).

Closes #84719. Part of #85125.

Changes

Cherry-picked from #84795 (@fangliquanflq):

  • agent/tool_executor.py_run_sequential_tool_execution_middleware: daemon-worker bounding with the concurrent path's deadline; synthesizes a canonical tool_timeout disposition on expiry; interrupts + abandons the wedged worker; later sequential calls continue
  • model_tools.py — context-local suppress_post_tool_call_hook so the outer executor owns terminal observer emission (no late success events from an abandoned worker)
  • clarify (interactive tools / _NEVER_PARALLEL_TOOLS) exempted — human waits own their timeout
  • tests/run_agent/test_sequential_tool_timeout.py — 8 tests

Follow-up (ours):

  • _resolve_sequential_tool_timeout() — new timeouts.tools.sequential_call config key; unset, it inherits the concurrent batch deadline (same 420s default, same HERMES_CONCURRENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_S legacy bridge) so the two executor paths cannot drift; set, it tunes/disables the sequential bound independently
  • documented in cli-config.yaml.example; 5 contract tests pinning inheritance + independence

Deliberately not on run_bounded_sync: the executors extend deadlines dynamically during human approval waits (authorization-gate excluded seconds — the #80297 invariant, preserved by the contributor's design). The shared primitive is fixed-deadline; docstring records this so nobody "simplifies" it later.

Validation

Check Result
test_sequential_tool_timeout.py + test_model_tools.py 28 passed
deadline + sequential-resolver contract tests 49 passed
executor-adjacent sweep (-k 'sequential or concurrent or batch or timeout or executor') 118 passed, 2 skipped
persistence/segmentation/start-order suites 72 passed, 1 skipped
Behavior-parity vs origin/main (subprocess-pinned shape tuples: success / exception / clarify / resolver default) 4/4 identical
E2E (isolated HERMES_HOME, real config.yaml sequential_call: 2) wedged call bounded at 2.5s with tool_timeout disposition; next call runs; clarify bypasses
windows-footgun lint + ruff clean

Credit

Sequential-deadline design and implementation by @fangliquanflq (#84795) — commits cherry-picked with authorship preserved. Merge via rebase to keep per-commit attribution.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable timeouts for sequential tool operations, inheriting the concurrent-operation setting by default.
    • Human approval and clarification waits are excluded from timeout limits.
    • Timed-out operations are clearly reported and subsequent tools can continue running.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented stalled tools from blocking the remaining workflow.
    • Improved timeout status reporting and prevented duplicate or misleading completion events.

fangliquanflq and others added 4 commits August 15, 2026 01:27
Clarify waits on a human for up to 3600s or unlimited. The generic sequential timeout was aborting that wait at 420s and leaving the prompt and worker active.
…ential_call (NousResearch#85125 2a)

Follow-up on the NousResearch#84795 salvage: the sequential deadline gets its own
resolver key. Unset, it inherits the concurrent batch deadline (same
value, same HERMES_CONCURRENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_S bridge) so the two executor
paths cannot drift by default; set, it can be tuned or disabled
independently. Documented in cli-config.yaml.example; 5 contract tests.

Deliberately NOT on run_bounded_sync: the executors extend deadlines
dynamically during human approval waits (authorization-gate excluded
seconds) — the shared primitive is fixed-deadline. Noted in the docstring.
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Walkthrough

Sequential tool calls now use configurable deadlines. Timed-out calls return marked results, emit terminal timeout telemetry, interrupt daemon workers, suppress duplicate post-tool events, and preserve human-approval waits.

Changes

Sequential timeout handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Timeout resolution and execution middleware
agent/tool_executor.py, cli-config.yaml.example, tests/agent/test_deadline.py
Sequential calls resolve timeout settings, run through daemon-thread middleware, interrupt timed-out workers, emit timeout telemetry, and continue to later calls. Configuration inheritance and disabling behavior are tested.
Hook suppression and timeout result ownership
model_tools.py, agent/tool_executor.py
Executor-controlled dispatch suppresses nested post-tool hooks. The executor owns terminal events and marks timed-out tool results with effect_disposition="unknown".
Sequential timeout behavior validation
tests/run_agent/test_sequential_tool_timeout.py
Tests cover timeout recovery, continuation, terminal events, late-event suppression, and clarification waits.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f4277

The PR prevents hung sequential tools from wedging a turn and adds configurable deadline inheritance, but an interactive terminal sudo prompt may still outlive the generic sequential deadline and return a timeout while remaining active. This is a bounded runtime concern requiring owner awareness; the change is otherwise mergeable with normal checks.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Agent
  participant execute_tool_calls_sequential
  participant ToolWorker
  participant Telemetry
  participant ToolResult
  Agent->>execute_tool_calls_sequential: submit sequential tool call
  execute_tool_calls_sequential->>ToolWorker: run with configured deadline
  ToolWorker-->>execute_tool_calls_sequential: return result or timeout marker
  execute_tool_calls_sequential->>Telemetry: emit terminal timeout event
  execute_tool_calls_sequential->>ToolResult: set unknown effect disposition on timeout
  execute_tool_calls_sequential-->>Agent: return tool result
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agent/tool_executor.py (3)

1756-1761: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Rename the local funnel so it does not shadow the module-level function.

The nested _run_agent_tool_execution_middleware has the same name as the module-level function that _run_sequential_tool_execution_middleware calls at Line 723 and Line 736. The code works because the wrapper body resolves the module global, not the local name. A future move of this nested function into module scope, or a change of the call inside the wrapper, produces unbounded recursion.

A distinct name removes that hazard.

♻️ Proposed refactor
-    # Keep every runtime-tool branch on one bounded execution funnel without
-    # duplicating timeout policy across the branch-specific callbacks below.
-    def _run_agent_tool_execution_middleware(agent, **kwargs):
-        return _run_sequential_tool_execution_middleware(agent, **kwargs)
+    # Keep every runtime-tool branch on one bounded execution funnel without
+    # duplicating timeout policy across the branch-specific callbacks below.
+    # NOTE: intentionally not named _run_agent_tool_execution_middleware; the
+    # bounded wrapper calls that module-level function internally.
+    def _run_bounded_tool_execution(agent, **kwargs):
+        return _run_sequential_tool_execution_middleware(agent, **kwargs)

Update the branch callbacks in this function to call _run_bounded_tool_execution.

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In `@agent/tool_executor.py` around lines 1756 - 1761, Rename the nested
_run_agent_tool_execution_middleware funnel to a distinct local name and update
its branch callbacks to call _run_bounded_tool_execution, avoiding shadowing of
the module-level function while preserving the existing execution behavior.

2199-2223: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Extract the duplicated _execute dispatch.

Lines 2199-2223 and Lines 2281-2305 now contain the same 22-line handle_function_call invocation, including the new suppress_post_tool_call_hook() wrapper and every skip flag. Two copies must stay in sync for the hook-ownership contract in Lines 2371-2377 to hold in both branches.

A module-level helper that takes agent, function_name, next_args, effective_task_id, tool_call_id, and middleware_trace removes the copy.

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In `@agent/tool_executor.py` around lines 2199 - 2223, Extract the duplicated
_execute dispatch into a module-level helper accepting agent, function_name,
next_args, effective_task_id, tool_call_id, and middleware_trace. Move the
complete handle_function_call invocation, including
suppress_post_tool_call_hook() and all skip flags, into the helper, then replace
both dispatch blocks so the hook-ownership contract remains identical in each
branch.

749-767: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Avoid duplicate sequential-tool heartbeats. excluded_seconds() is cumulative and preserves the approval-wait deadline extension. However, a dynamically shortened poll can trigger _touch_activity at 30s and 34s because both satisfy elapsed % 30 < 5; track the next heartbeat deadline to emit at most once per 30s.

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In `@agent/tool_executor.py` around lines 749 - 767, Update the sequential-tool
polling heartbeat logic around excluded_seconds() and _touch_activity to track
the next heartbeat deadline, ensuring dynamically shortened polls cannot emit
duplicate heartbeats within the same 30-second interval while preserving the
approval-wait deadline extension.
tests/agent/test_deadline.py (1)

507-513: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert that the concurrent timeout remains enabled.

This test sets concurrent_batch to 300 but checks only _resolve_sequential_tool_timeout(). A regression that disables both timeouts would still pass. Add an assertion that the concurrent resolver returns 300.0 under the same configuration.

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In `@tests/agent/test_deadline.py` around lines 507 - 513, Update the test
configuration using concurrent_batch to also assert that
_resolve_concurrent_tool_timeout() returns 300.0, while preserving the existing
assertion for _resolve_sequential_tool_timeout().
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Inline comments:
In `@agent/tool_executor.py`:
- Around line 706-723: Update the terminal execution wrapper to detect and
handle the interactive sudo prompt before applying the generic sequential
deadline, ensuring the terminal callback path remains active until the prompt is
resolved instead of returning tool_timeout while it is still waiting.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@agent/tool_executor.py`:
- Around line 1756-1761: Rename the nested _run_agent_tool_execution_middleware
funnel to a distinct local name and update its branch callbacks to call
_run_bounded_tool_execution, avoiding shadowing of the module-level function
while preserving the existing execution behavior.
- Around line 2199-2223: Extract the duplicated _execute dispatch into a
module-level helper accepting agent, function_name, next_args,
effective_task_id, tool_call_id, and middleware_trace. Move the complete
handle_function_call invocation, including suppress_post_tool_call_hook() and
all skip flags, into the helper, then replace both dispatch blocks so the
hook-ownership contract remains identical in each branch.
- Around line 749-767: Update the sequential-tool polling heartbeat logic around
excluded_seconds() and _touch_activity to track the next heartbeat deadline,
ensuring dynamically shortened polls cannot emit duplicate heartbeats within the
same 30-second interval while preserving the approval-wait deadline extension.

In `@tests/agent/test_deadline.py`:
- Around line 507-513: Update the test configuration using concurrent_batch to
also assert that _resolve_concurrent_tool_timeout() returns 300.0, while
preserving the existing assertion for _resolve_sequential_tool_timeout().
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Comment thread agent/tool_executor.py
Comment on lines +706 to +723
Interactive input tools such as ``clarify`` wait on a human. Their own
timeout (``agent.clarify_timeout``: default 3600s, or unlimited when
``<= 0``) owns that wait. Applying the generic tool deadline here would
return ``tool_timeout`` while the prompt and worker stay active.
"""
timeout_s = _resolve_sequential_tool_timeout()
kwargs = {
"function_name": function_name,
"function_args": function_args,
"effective_task_id": effective_task_id,
"tool_call_id": tool_call_id,
"execute": execute,
"scope_block": scope_block,
"display_index": display_index,
"middleware_trace": middleware_trace,
}
if timeout_s is None or function_name in _NEVER_PARALLEL_TOOLS:
return _run_agent_tool_execution_middleware(agent, **kwargs)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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for node in tree.body:
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        isinstance(t, ast.Name) and t.id == "_NEVER_PARALLEL_TOOLS"
        for t in node.targets
    ):
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print("Potential tool-side human-input paths:")
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    except Exception:
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for node in tree.body:
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sed -n '487,575p' tools/terminal_tool.py

printf '%s\n' '--- human-wait accounting definitions ---'
rg -n -C 10 'human_wait_window|human_wait_seconds|excluded_seconds|remaining' tools/approval.py agent/tool_executor.py | head -n 400

printf '%s\n' '--- tests for terminal prompts and timeout interaction ---'
rg -n -C 10 'sudo|approval|interactive|sequential_call|tool_timeout' tests/tools tests/run_agent tests/agent --glob '*.py' | rg -i 'terminal|sudo|sequential|timeout|interactive' | head -n 400

Repository: NousResearch/hermes-agent

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Handle terminal's interactive sudo prompt before applying the generic deadline. Its callback path can wait beyond the sequential timeout, so the wrapper can return tool_timeout while the password prompt remains active.

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In `@agent/tool_executor.py` around lines 706 - 723, Update the terminal execution
wrapper to detect and handle the interactive sudo prompt before applying the
generic sequential deadline, ensuring the terminal callback path remains active
until the prompt is resolved instead of returning tool_timeout while it is still
waiting.

@alt-glitch alt-glitch added type/bug Something isn't working comp/agent Core agent runtime: loop, agent_init, prompt builder, context-compression, responses endpoint comp/tools Tool registry, model_tools, toolsets area/config Config system, migrations, profiles sweeper:risk-compatibility Sweeper risk: may break existing users, config, migrations, defaults, or upgrades P1 High — major feature broken, no workaround labels Aug 14, 2026
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kshitijk4poor merged commit 367f0c2 into NousResearch:main Aug 14, 2026
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Sequential tool calls have no deadline — a hung single tool call wedges the turn until process restart

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