Merge branch 'main' of github.com:NousResearch/hermes-agent into bb/gui

# Conflicts:
#	tui_gateway/server.py

hermes_cli/web_server.py

@@ -4168,10 +4168,19 @@ _LOOPBACK_HOSTS = frozenset({"127.0.0.1", "::1", "localhost", "testclient"})
 def _ws_client_is_allowed(ws: "WebSocket") -> bool:
     """Check if the WebSocket client IP is acceptable.
 
-    Loopback mode: only loopback clients allowed — the legacy
+    Loopback bind: only loopback clients allowed — the legacy
     ``?token=<_SESSION_TOKEN>`` path is the only auth we have, so we
     don't want LAN hosts guessing tokens.
 
+    Explicit non-loopback bind (``--host 0.0.0.0``, ``--host ::``, or a
+    specific address such as a Tailscale/LAN IP, always with
+    ``--insecure``): allow any peer. The operator explicitly opted into
+    non-loopback exposure, so the loopback-only peer restriction does not
+    apply. DNS-rebinding is still blocked by the Host/Origin guard in
+    :func:`_ws_host_origin_is_allowed`, which mirrors the HTTP layer and
+    requires the Host header to match the bound interface — the same
+    defence ``_is_accepted_host`` applies to non-loopback HTTP requests.
+
     Gated mode: any peer is allowed — uvicorn's ``proxy_headers=True``
     (enabled when the OAuth gate is active so cookies can pick up
     ``X-Forwarded-Proto``) rewrites ``ws.client.host`` to the
@@ -4182,6 +4191,14 @@ def _ws_client_is_allowed(ws: "WebSocket") -> bool:
     """
     if getattr(app.state, "auth_required", False):
         return True
+    # Any explicit non-loopback bind (0.0.0.0, ::, or a specific LAN /
+    # Tailscale address) means the operator opted into non-loopback
+    # access via --insecure.  The loopback-only peer gate only applies to
+    # an actual loopback bind; otherwise the WS handshake is rejected even
+    # though same-bind HTTP requests pass _is_accepted_host.
+    bound_host = (getattr(app.state, "bound_host", "") or "").strip().lower()
+    if bound_host and bound_host not in _LOOPBACK_HOSTS:
+        return True
     client_host = ws.client.host if ws.client else ""
     if not client_host:
         return True