Fix three regressions introduced by PR #18370 (lazy session creation):
1. _finalize_session() uses stale session_key after compression (#20001)
2. session_key not synced after auto-compression in run_conversation (#20001)
3. pending_title ValueError leaves title wedged forever (#19029)
4. Gateway silently swallows null responses when agent did work (#18765)
5. One-time cleanup for accumulated ghost compression continuations (#20001)
Changes:
- tui_gateway/server.py: _finalize_session() now uses agent.session_id
(falls back to session_key when agent is None). Refactor
_sync_session_key_after_compress() with clear_pending_title and
restart_slash_worker policy flags. Call it post-run_conversation()
to sync session_key after auto-compression. Add ValueError handler
to pending_title flush.
- gateway/run.py: Extract _normalize_empty_agent_response() helper that
consolidates failed/partial/null response handling. Surfaces user-facing
error when agent did work (api_calls > 0) but returned no text.
- hermes_state.py: Add finalize_orphaned_compression_sessions() — marks
ghost continuation sessions as ended (non-destructive, preserves data).
- cli.py: One-time startup migration for orphaned compression sessions.
Test changes:
- tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py: Update pending_title ValueError test
for post-#18370 architecture (title applied post-message, not at create).
- tests/test_lazy_session_regressions.py: 14 new regression tests covering
all fixed paths.
The fix-lockfiles script used 'nix build .#tui.npmDeps' to detect stale
hashes. This always succeeds when the OLD derivation is cached in Cachix
or cache.nixos.org — even when the source package-lock.json has changed.
Fix: use prefetch-npm-deps to compute the hash directly from the lockfile
and compare against what's in the nix file. Falls back to nix build only
if prefetch-npm-deps fails.
The resilient restart settings from PR #18639 only took effect when
the gateway was started via `hermes gateway start` or `hermes gateway
restart` — both of which call refresh_systemd_unit_if_needed() which
writes the new unit and runs daemon-reload.
However, when the gateway self-restarts via exit-code-75 (stale-code
detection after `hermes update`, or the /restart command), systemd
respawns the process directly without going through any CLI function.
The unit file on disk stays stale, and systemd keeps using the old
cached settings (StartLimitBurst=5, RestartSec=30) until someone
manually runs `hermes gateway restart`.
This meant that after PR #18639 was deployed, users who never ran
`hermes gateway restart` manually were still vulnerable to the
permanent-death-on-network-outage bug.
Fix: call refresh_systemd_unit_if_needed() at the top of run_gateway()
(the foreground entry point that systemd's ExecStart invokes). This
ensures that on every boot — whether triggered by systemd restart,
exit-75 respawn, or manual foreground run — the unit definition and
daemon state are current. The call is best-effort (exceptions caught)
and a no-op when the unit is already current (one stat + string compare).
The tool-matrix.md had a vague 'Gemini multimodal / Claude vision' entry
in the external tools table that didn't point to the actual built-in
Hermes tools. Now that video_analyze exists (merged in #19301), update
the skill to reference it properly:
- Add 'Built-in Hermes tools for media review' section with proper
toolset names, enablement instructions, and capability details
- Add video + vision toolsets to cinematographer, editor, and reviewer
profile configs
- Update role-archetypes.md to reference tools by name
- Update API key table to explain video_analyze routing
The old CWD heuristic was fooled by:
1. TERMINAL_CWD persisted to .env by `hermes config set terminal.cwd`
2. Inherited TERMINAL_CWD from parent hermes processes
3. Only resolved when config had a placeholder value (not explicit paths)
Fix:
- load_cli_config() unconditionally uses os.getcwd() for local backend
- TERMINAL_CWD always force-exported in CLI mode (overrides stale values)
- Gateway sets _HERMES_GATEWAY=1 marker so lazy cli.py imports don't clobber
- Remove terminal.cwd from config-set .env sync map (prevents re-poisoning)
- Clarify setup wizard label as 'Gateway working directory'
Closes#19214
CLI/TUI sessions on the local backend now unconditionally use
os.getcwd() as the working directory. The terminal.cwd config value is
only consumed by gateway/cron/delegation modes (where there's no shell
to cd from).
Previously, 'hermes setup' would write an absolute path (e.g. $HOME)
into terminal.cwd which then pinned the CLI to that directory regardless
of where the user launched hermes from. This was a silent foot-gun —
the user's 'cd' was being ignored.
Changes:
1. cli.py: Restructured CWD resolution — if TERMINAL_CWD is not already
set by the gateway, and the backend is local, always use os.getcwd().
Config terminal.cwd is irrelevant for interactive CLI/TUI sessions.
2. setup.py: Moved the cwd prompt from setup_terminal_backend() to
setup_gateway(). It now only appears when configuring messaging
platforms and is labeled 'Gateway working directory'.
3. Tests: Rewrote test_cwd_env_respect.py to validate the new behavior:
explicit config paths are ignored for CLI, gateway pre-set values are
preserved, non-local backends keep their config paths.
4. Docs: Updated configuration.md, profiles.md, and
environment-variables.md to clarify that terminal.cwd only affects
gateway/cron mode on local backend.
Closes#19214
* feat: add video_analyze tool for native video understanding
Adds a video_analyze tool that sends video files to multimodal LLMs
(e.g. Gemini) for analysis via the OpenRouter-compatible video_url
content type. Mirrors vision_analyze in structure, error handling,
and registration pattern.
Key design:
- Base64 encodes entire video (no frame extraction, no ffmpeg dep)
- Uses 'video_url' content block type (OpenRouter standard)
- Supports mp4, webm, mov, avi, mkv, mpeg formats
- 50 MB hard cap, 20 MB warning threshold
- 180s minimum timeout (videos take longer than images)
- AUXILIARY_VIDEO_MODEL env override, falls back to AUXILIARY_VISION_MODEL
- Same SSRF protection, retry logic, and cleanup as vision_analyze
Default disabled: registered in 'video' toolset (not in _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS).
Users opt in via: hermes tools enable video, or enabled_toolsets=['video'].
* feat(video): add models.dev capability pre-check + CONFIGURABLE_TOOLSETS entry
- Pre-checks model video capability via models.dev modalities.input
before expensive base64 encoding. Fails early with helpful message
suggesting video-capable alternatives (gemini, mimo-v2.5-pro).
- Passes optimistically if model unknown or lookup fails.
- Adds ModelInfo.supports_video_input() helper.
- Adds 'video' to CONFIGURABLE_TOOLSETS and _DEFAULT_OFF_TOOLSETS
so 'hermes tools enable video' works from CLI.
- 8 new tests for the capability check (37 total).
* refactor(video): remove models.dev capability pre-check
Removes _check_video_model_capability and ModelInfo.supports_video_input.
The vision_analyze tool doesn't pre-check image capability either — both
tools rely on the same pattern: send request, handle API errors gracefully
with categorized user-facing messages. The pre-check was inconsistent
(only worked for some providers/models) so drop it for parity.
* cleanup: compress comments, fix fragile timeout coupling
- Replace _VISION_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT * 2 with hardcoded 60s (no silent
breakage if vision timeout changes independently)
- Strip verbose comments and redundant log lines throughout
- No behavioral changes
Point users to xAI's custom voices feature — clone your voice in the
console, paste the voice_id into tts.xai.voice_id. No code changes
needed; the existing TTS pipeline already handles arbitrary voice IDs.
- config.py: link to xAI custom voices docs in voice_id comment
- setup.py: prompt accepts custom voice IDs during xAI TTS setup
- tts.md: short section linking to xAI console and docs
The old defaults (StartLimitIntervalSec=600, StartLimitBurst=5,
RestartSec=30) meant any network outage over ~5 minutes would
permanently kill the gateway until manual intervention.
Changes:
- StartLimitIntervalSec=0 (never give up)
- Restart=always (not just on-failure)
- RestartSec=60 with RestartMaxDelaySec=300, RestartSteps=5
(exponential backoff: 60 → 120 → 180 → 240 → 300s cap)
- After=network-online.target + Wants= (both units now wait for
actual connectivity, not just network.target)
Power outage → internet down → internet back = auto-recovery.
When the dashboard is bound to 0.0.0.0 with --insecure (e.g. behind
Tailscale Serve), WebSocket endpoints (/api/pty, /api/ws, /api/pub,
/api/events) rejected connections from non-loopback client IPs with
code 4403 — causing 'events feed disconnected' in the UI.
Extract the repeated loopback check into _ws_client_is_allowed() which
respects the public bind flag. Session token auth still guards all
endpoints regardless of bind mode.
Prevents ghost sessions from accumulating in state.db when the TUI/web
dashboard is opened and closed without sending a message.
Changes:
- run_agent.py: Add _ensure_db_session() gate method, called at
run_conversation() entry. Remove eager create_session() from __init__.
Handle compression rotation flag correctly.
- tui_gateway/server.py: Remove eager db.create_session() in
_start_agent_build(). Add post-first-message pending_title re-apply.
- hermes_state.py: Extract _insert_session_row() shared helper (DRY).
Add prune_empty_ghost_sessions() for one-time migration.
- cli.py: One-time ghost session prune on startup. Fix _pending_title
to call _ensure_db_session() before set_session_title().
- hermes_cli/main.py: Guard TUI exit summary on message_count > 0.
- tests: Update test_860_dedup to call _ensure_db_session() before
direct _flush_messages_to_session_db() calls.
Closes: ghost session clutter in hermes sessions list and web dashboard.
Telegram's client does not display empty forum topics in the chat's
topic list. After createForumTopic succeeds, send a short pin message
into the new topic so it becomes immediately visible to the user.
Only fires for newly created topics (no thread_id in config yet).
Failure to send the seed is non-fatal (debug-logged, topic still works).
* fix(nix): replace magic-nix-cache with Cachix
magic-nix-cache caused recurring CI failures (TwirpErrorResponse
ResourceExhausted) by hitting GitHub Actions Cache's 10 GB limit and
200 req/min rate limit. This was flagged as 'unfixable infra flake' in
#17836 but is actually a fixable architecture choice.
Switch to Cachix (dedicated binary cache, no GHA quota dependency):
- Replace DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action with cachix/cachix-action
- Add cachix-auth-token input to nix-setup composite action
- Pass CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN secret through all three nix workflows
- continue-on-error: true so cache failures never block CI
Cache 'hermes-agent' is public at hermes-agent.cachix.org.
Devs can pull locally with: cachix use hermes-agent
* fix: correct cachix-action commit SHA pin
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Co-authored-by: Hermes Agent <hermes@nousresearch.com>
2026-04-30 17:38:58 +05:30
Siddharth BalyanandCopilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
* ci(nix): auto-fix stale npm hashes on push to main
When a PR merges to main with updated package-lock.json or package.json
in ui-tui/ or web/, the new auto-fix-main job detects stale npmDepsHash
values and pushes a fix commit directly to main.
This eliminates the recurring manual hash-bump PRs (#15420, #15314,
#15272, #15244) by reusing the existing fix-lockfiles --apply pipeline.
The fix commit only touches nix/*.nix files, which are outside the push
path filter (package-lock.json / package.json), so it cannot re-trigger
itself.
Closes#15314
* fix(ci): use GitHub App token for auto-fix-main push
GITHUB_TOKEN commits are invisible to workflow triggers (GitHub's
infinite-loop prevention). The auto-fix-main job pushes directly to
main, so the fix commit never triggered downstream nix.yml verification.
Mint a short-lived token via the repo's GitHub App (daimon-nous, APP_ID
+ APP_PRIVATE_KEY secrets) so the push is treated as a real event and
nix.yml fires to verify the corrected hashes.
Tested via workflow_dispatch dry-run: app token minted successfully,
checkout with app token succeeded, fix job correctly gated.
Resolves review feedback from Bugbot (r3144569551).
* ci(nix): rename lockfile check job for required status check
Rename 'check' → 'nix-lockfile-check' so the status check name is
unambiguous when added as a required check on main.
* fix(ci): harden auto-fix-main against races, loops, and silent failures
Address adversarial review findings:
1. Race condition (#1): Job-level concurrency with cancel-in-progress
collapses back-to-back pushes; ref: main checkout always gets latest
branch state; explicit push target (origin HEAD:main).
2. Loop prevention (#2): File-whitelist check before commit aborts if
any file outside nix/{tui,web}.nix was modified, preventing
accidental self-triggering.
3. Silent infra failures (#8): nix-lockfile-check now fails explicitly
when fix-lockfiles exits without reporting stale status (catches nix
setup failures, network errors, script bugs that bypass continue-on-error).
4. Commit traceability (#11): Auto-fix commits include source SHA and
workflow run URL in the commit body.
5. Explicit push target (#12): git push origin HEAD:main instead of
bare git push.
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* fix(nix): make extraPackages actually work — wire into per-user profile
#17030 deprecated extraPackages because it only set the systemd service
PATH, which the terminal backend's login-shell snapshot discards.
Instead of deprecating, fix it: set users.users.${cfg.user}.packages
so NixOS builds a per-user profile at /etc/profiles/per-user/hermes/bin.
This path is included in PATH by /etc/set-environment, which the login
shell sources, so the terminal backend's snapshot picks it up.
One line of actual logic:
users.users.${cfg.user}.packages = cfg.extraPackages;
Verified in a NixOS VM test: su - hermes -c 'which hello' resolves
to /etc/profiles/per-user/hermes/bin/hello.
Reverts the deprecation warning and docs changes from #17030, restores
extraPackages as the recommended way to give the agent extra tools.
Container mode is unaffected — extraPackages was always native-only
(the systemd path line is inside !cfg.container.enable).
* nix: clarify additive merge semantics for extraPackages user profile
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Co-authored-by: Siddharth Balyan <daimon@noreply.github.com>
extraPackages adds packages to the systemd service PATH, but the
terminal backend's login-shell snapshot rebuilds PATH from NixOS system
profiles, so tools added via extraPackages are invisible to terminal
commands, skills, and cron jobs — the entire use case.
Changes:
- Mark the option description as deprecated with explanation
- Emit a NixOS warning when extraPackages is non-empty, including a
ready-to-paste environment.systemPackages replacement
- Update docs: quick-reference table, plugin example, and options
reference all point to environment.systemPackages
The option still functions (non-breaking) so existing configs keep
working while users migrate.
* feat(nix): parameterize dependency-groups in python.nix
* refactor(nix): extract package to callPackage-able hermes-agent.nix
Makes the package overridable via .override{} and adds
extraPythonPackages parameter for PYTHONPATH injection.
Includes build-time collision check using PEP 503 name
canonicalization.
* feat(nix): add overlay for external NixOS consumption
External flakes can now add overlays = [ inputs.hermes-agent.overlays.default ]
to get pkgs.hermes-agent with full .override support.
* test(nix): add check for extraPythonPackages PYTHONPATH injection
Verifies wrapper has PYTHONPATH when extras provided, and
base package has no PYTHONPATH without extras.
* feat(nix): add extraPlugins option for directory-based plugins
Symlinks plugin packages into HERMES_HOME/plugins/ at activation time.
Validates plugin.yaml presence. Asserts unique plugin names at eval time.
Hermes discovers them automatically via its directory scan.
* feat(nix): add extraPythonPackages option for entry-point plugins
Overrides the hermes package with PYTHONPATH injection when
extraPythonPackages is non-empty. Plugin .dist-info directories
become visible to importlib.metadata for entry-point discovery.
Works in both native systemd and container modes.
* docs: add NixOS declarative plugin installation to nix-setup, plugins, and build-a-plugin guides
- nix-setup.md: new Plugins section with extraPlugins/extraPythonPackages
examples, overlay usage, collision checking note, options reference rows
- plugins.md: Nix row in discovery table, NixOS declarative plugins section
- build-a-hermes-plugin.md: Distribute for NixOS section after pip section
* fix: address review feedback — remove unrelated umask, fix fetchFromGitHub naming, simplify checks
- Remove accidentally introduced umask/migration changes (unrelated to plugins)
- Add pluginName helper, fix fetchFromGitHub producing name='source'
- Show name= in extraPlugins example docs
- Simplify checks.nix: use hermes-agent.override instead of re-callPackage
- Fix fragile grep shell logic in checks
* refactor: address simplify feedback — lib.getName, drop unused inputs', Python list for extras
- Use lib.getName instead of custom pluginName helper
- Drop unused inputs' from checks.nix perSystem args
- Pass extraPythonPackages as Python list literal instead of colon-split string
* fix: walk propagatedBuildInputs for plugin PYTHONPATH and collision check
Uses python312.pkgs.requiredPythonModules to resolve the full transitive
closure of extraPythonPackages. Without this, a plugin with third-party
deps (e.g. requests) would fail at runtime if those deps weren't already
in the sealed uv2nix venv. The collision check now also scans the full
closure, catching transitive conflicts.
* cleanup: fold plugins into subdir loop, use find for symlink cleanup, inline lib.getName
- Add 'plugins' to the existing cron/sessions/logs/memories subdir loop
instead of a separate mkdir/chown/chmod block
- Replace fragile for-glob with find -delete for stale symlink cleanup
- Inline lib.getName at both call sites, remove pluginName wrapper
* fix: bypass FTS5 for CJK queries in session_search
FTS5 default tokenizer splits CJK characters into individual tokens,
so multi-character queries like "大别山项目" become AND of single chars.
This produces few/no results compared to LIKE substring search.
For CJK queries, skip FTS5 entirely and use LIKE for accurate
phrase matching.
Fixes NousResearch/hermes-agent#15500
* fix: cache _contains_cjk, escape LIKE wildcards, add regression tests
On top of the CJK FTS5 bypass from #15509:
- Cache _contains_cjk() result in a local var to avoid redundant O(n)
scans on every CJK query
- Escape %, _ in LIKE queries so literal wildcards in user input are
not treated as SQL wildcards (consistent with other LIKE queries in
hermes_state.py that use ESCAPE '\')
- Fix misleading comment ('or CJK fallback' → accurate description)
- Add 3 regression tests:
- test_cjk_partial_fts5_results_supplemented_by_like (#15500 / #14829)
- test_cjk_like_dedup_no_duplicates
- test_cjk_like_escapes_wildcards (new wildcard escaping)
* feat: trigram FTS5 index for CJK search, replace LIKE fallback
Replace the LIKE '%query%' full-table-scan fallback for CJK queries with
a proper trigram FTS5 index (messages_fts_trigram). The trigram tokenizer
creates overlapping 3-byte sequences so substring matching works natively
for any script — CJK, Thai, etc.
For queries with 3+ CJK characters: uses the trigram FTS5 table with
proper ranking, snippets, and indexed lookups. For shorter queries
(1-2 CJK chars): falls back to LIKE since the trigram tokenizer needs
≥9 UTF-8 bytes (3 CJK chars) minimum.
Schema v10 migration creates the trigram table and backfills existing
messages. Triggers keep the index in sync on INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE.
Builds on top of #16276 (bypass FTS5 for CJK, escape LIKE wildcards).
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* fix(nix): use --rebuild in fix-lockfiles to bypass cached FOD store paths
fix-lockfiles checked npm lockfile hashes by running
`nix build .#<attr>.npmDeps`, but fetchNpmDeps is a fixed-output
derivation — if the old store path exists locally, Nix returns it from
cache without re-fetching. This caused the script to report "ok" even
when hashes were stale, while CI (with no cache) failed with a hash
mismatch.
Adding --rebuild forces Nix to re-derive and verify the output hash
against the declared one, catching staleness regardless of local cache
state. Also updates the tui and web npm deps hashes that were stale.
* fix(nix): regenerate ui-tui lockfile to add missing @emnapi entries
npm ci was failing because @emnapi/core and @emnapi/runtime were
missing from ui-tui/package-lock.json despite being required as peer
deps by @napi-rs/wasm-runtime (via @rolldown/binding-wasm32-wasi).
Running npm install --package-lock-only adds the missing entries.
The npmDepsHash reverts to its previous value since fetchNpmDeps was
already fetching these packages as transitive dependencies.
Adds ruff (fast Python linter from Astral) as a dev dependency and sets
up initial config with all files excluded — ruff is entirely disabled
for now, this just lands the config for slow rollout enabling it
module-by-module in follow-up PRs.
* feat(agent): add PLATFORM_HINTS for matrix, mattermost, and feishu
These platform adapters fully support media delivery (send_image,
send_document, send_voice, send_video) but were missing from
PLATFORM_HINTS, leaving agents unaware of their platform context,
markdown rendering, and MEDIA: tag support.
Salvaged from PR #7370 by Rutimka — wecom excluded since main already
has a more detailed version.
Co-Authored-By: Marco Rutsch <marco@rutimka.de>
* test: add missing Markdown assertion for feishu platform hint
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Co-authored-by: Marco Rutsch <marco@rutimka.de>
* perf(docker): layer-cache npm/Playwright and skip redundant web rebuild
Copy package manifests before source so npm install + Playwright only
re-run when lockfiles change. Use COPY --chown instead of chown -R,
set HERMES_WEB_DIST to skip runtime web rebuild, and drop the
USER root / chmod dance since entrypoint.sh is already executable in git.
* Update Dockerfile
The web dashboard (Vite/React frontend) is now built as a separate Nix
derivation and baked into the Hermes package. The build output is
installed to a standard location and exposed via the `HERMES_WEB_DIST`
environment variable, allowing the dashboard command to use pre-built
assets when available (e.g., in packaged releases) instead of rebuilding
on every invocation.
* Add setuptools build dep for legacy alibabacloud packages and updated
stale npm-deps hash
* Add HERMES_NODE env var to pin Node.js version
The TUI requires Node.js 20+ for regex `/v` flag support (used by
string-width). Instead of relying on PATH lookup, explicitly set
HERMES_NODE to the bundled Node 22 in the Nix wrapper, and add a
fallback check in the Python code to use HERMES_NODE if available.
Also upgrade container provisioning to Node 22 via NodeSource (Ubuntu
24.04 ships Node 18 which is EOL) and add a Nix check to verify the
wrapper and Node version at build time.
* - make buffered streaming
- fix path naming to expand `~` for agent.
- fix stripping of matrix ID to not remove other mentions / localports.
* fix(matrix): register MembershipEventDispatcher for invite auto-join
The mautrix migration (#7518) broke auto-join because InternalEventType.INVITE
events are only dispatched when MembershipEventDispatcher is registered on the
client. Without it, _on_invite is dead code and the bot silently ignores all
room invites.
Closes#10094Closes#10725
Refs: PR #10135 (digging-airfare-4u), PR #10732 (fxfitz)
* fix(matrix): preserve _joined_rooms reference for CryptoStateStore
connect() reassigned self._joined_rooms = set(...) after initial sync,
orphaning the reference captured by _CryptoStateStore at init time.
find_shared_rooms() returned [] forever, breaking Megolm session rotation
on membership changes.
Mutate in place with clear() + update() so the CryptoStateStore reference
stays valid.
Refs #8174, PR #8215
* fix(matrix): remove dual ROOM_ENCRYPTED handler to fix dedup race
mautrix auto-registers DecryptionDispatcher when client.crypto is set.
The adapter also registered _on_encrypted_event for the same event type.
_on_encrypted_event had zero awaits and won the race to mark event IDs
in the dedup set, causing _on_room_message to drop successfully decrypted
events from DecryptionDispatcher. The retry loop masked this by re-decrypting
every message ~4 seconds later.
Remove _on_encrypted_event entirely. DecryptionDispatcher handles decryption;
genuinely undecryptable events are logged by mautrix and retried on next
key exchange.
Refs #8174, PR #8215
* fix(matrix): re-verify device keys after share_keys() upload
Matrix homeservers treat ed25519 identity keys as immutable per device.
share_keys() can return 200 but silently ignore new keys if the device
already exists with different identity keys. The bot would proceed with
shared=True while peers encrypt to the old (unreachable) keys.
Now re-queries the server after share_keys() and fails closed if keys
don't match, with an actionable error message.
Refs #8174, PR #8215
* fix(matrix): encrypt outbound attachments in E2EE rooms
_upload_and_send() uploaded raw bytes and used the 'url' key for all
rooms. In E2EE rooms, media must be encrypted client-side with
encrypt_attachment(), the ciphertext uploaded, and the 'file' key
(with key/iv/hashes) used instead of 'url'.
Now detects encrypted rooms via state_store.is_encrypted() and
branches to the encrypted upload path.
Refs: PR #9822 (charles-brooks)
* fix(matrix): add stop_typing to clear typing indicator after response
The adapter set a 30-second typing timeout but never cleared it.
The base class stop_typing() is a no-op, so the typing indicator
lingered for up to 30 seconds after each response.
Closes#6016
Refs: PR #6020 (r266-tech)
* fix(matrix): cache all media types locally, not just photos/voice
should_cache_locally only covered PHOTO, VOICE, and encrypted media.
Unencrypted audio/video/documents in plaintext rooms were passed as MXC
URLs that require authentication the agent doesn't have, resulting
in 401 errors.
Refs #3487, #3806
* fix(matrix): detect stale OTK conflict on startup and fail closed
When crypto state is wiped but the same device ID is reused, the
homeserver may still hold one-time keys signed with the previous
identity key. Identity key re-upload succeeds but OTK uploads fail
with "already exists" and a signature mismatch. Peers cannot
establish new Olm sessions, so all new messages are undecryptable.
Now proactively flushes OTKs via share_keys() during connect() and
catches the "already exists" error with an actionable log message
telling the operator to purge the device from the homeserver or
generate a fresh device ID.
Also documents the crypto store recovery procedure in the Matrix
setup guide.
Refs #8174
* docs(matrix): improve crypto recovery docs per review
- Put easy path (fresh access token) first, manual purge second
- URL-encode user ID in Synapse admin API example
- Note that device deletion may invalidate the access token
- Add "stop Synapse first" caveat for direct SQLite approach
- Mention the fail-closed startup detection behavior
- Add back-reference from upgrade section to OTK warning
* refactor(matrix): cleanup from code review
- Extract _extract_server_ed25519() and _reverify_keys_after_upload()
to deduplicate the re-verification block (was copy-pasted in two
places, three copies of ed25519 key extraction total)
- Remove dead code: _pending_megolm, _retry_pending_decryptions,
_MAX_PENDING_EVENTS, _PENDING_EVENT_TTL — all orphaned after
removing _on_encrypted_event
- Remove tautological TestMediaCacheGate (tested its own predicate,
not production code)
- Remove dead TestMatrixMegolmEventHandling and
TestMatrixRetryPendingDecryptions (tested removed methods)
- Merge duplicate TestMatrixStopTyping into TestMatrixTypingIndicator
- Trim comment to just the "why"
Centralize container detection in hermes_constants.is_container() with
process-lifetime caching, matching existing is_wsl()/is_termux() patterns.
Dedup _is_inside_container() in config.py to delegate to the new function.
Add _run_systemctl() wrapper that converts FileNotFoundError to RuntimeError
for defense-in-depth — all 10 bare subprocess.run(_systemctl_cmd(...)) call
sites now route through it.
Make supports_systemd_services() return False in containers and when
systemctl binary is absent (shutil.which check).
Add Docker-specific guidance in gateway_command() for install/uninstall/start
subcommands — exit 0 with helpful instructions instead of crashing.
Make 'hermes status' show 'Manager: docker (foreground)' and 'hermes dump'
show 'running (docker, pid N)' inside containers.
Fix setup_gateway() to use supports_systemd instead of _is_linux for all
systemd-related branches, and show Docker restart policy instructions in
containers.
Replace inline /.dockerenv check in voice_mode.py with is_container().
Fixes#7420
Co-authored-by: teknium1 <teknium1@users.noreply.github.com>
Fixes#7952 — Matrix E2EE completely broken after mautrix migration.
- Replace MemoryCryptoStore + pickle/HMAC persistence with mautrix's
PgCryptoStore backed by SQLite via aiosqlite. Crypto state now
persists reliably across restarts without fragile serialization.
- Add handle_sync() call on initial sync response so to-device events
(queued Megolm key shares) are dispatched to OlmMachine instead of
being silently dropped.
- Add _verify_device_keys_on_server() after loading crypto state.
Detects missing keys (re-uploads), stale keys from migration
(attempts re-upload), and corrupted state (refuses E2EE).
- Add _CryptoStateStore adapter wrapping MemoryStateStore to satisfy
mautrix crypto's StateStore interface (is_encrypted,
get_encryption_info, find_shared_rooms).
- Remove redundant share_keys() call from sync loop — OlmMachine
already handles this via DEVICE_OTK_COUNT event handler.
- Fix datetime vs float TypeError in session.py suspend_recently_active()
that crashed gateway startup.
- Add aiosqlite and asyncpg to [matrix] extra in pyproject.toml.
- Update test mocks for PgCryptoStore/Database and add query_keys mock
for key verification. 174 tests pass.
- Add E2EE upgrade/migration docs to Matrix user guide.
* perf(ssh,modal): bulk file sync via tar pipe and tar/base64 archive
SSH: symlink-staging + tar -ch piped over SSH in a single TCP stream.
Eliminates per-file scp round-trips. Handles timeout (kills both
processes), SSH Popen failure (kills tar), and tar create failure.
Modal: in-memory gzipped tar archive, base64-encoded, decoded+extracted
in one exec call. Checks exit code and raises on failure.
Both backends use shared helpers extracted into file_sync.py:
- quoted_mkdir_command() — mirrors existing quoted_rm_command()
- unique_parent_dirs() — deduplicates parent dirs from file pairs
Migrates _ensure_remote_dirs to use the new helpers.
28 new tests (21 SSH + 7 Modal), all passing.
Closes#7465Closes#7467
* fix(modal): pipe stdin to avoid ARG_MAX, clean up review findings
- Modal bulk upload: stream base64 payload through proc.stdin in 1MB
chunks instead of embedding in command string (Modal SDK enforces
64KB ARG_MAX_BYTES — typical payloads are ~4.3MB)
- Modal single-file upload: same stdin fix, add exit code checking
- Remove what-narrating comments in ssh.py and modal.py (keep WHY
comments: symlink staging rationale, SIGPIPE, deadlock avoidance)
- Remove unnecessary `sandbox = self._sandbox` alias in modal bulk
- Daytona: use shared helpers (unique_parent_dirs, quoted_mkdir_command)
instead of inlined duplicates
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* feat(nix): container-aware CLI — auto-route all subcommands into managed container
When container.enable = true, the host `hermes` CLI transparently execs
every subcommand into the managed Docker/Podman container. A symlink
bridge (~/.hermes -> /var/lib/hermes/.hermes) unifies state between host
and container so sessions, config, and memories are shared.
CLI changes:
- Global routing before subcommand dispatch (all commands forwarded)
- docker exec with -u exec_user, env passthrough (TERM, COLORTERM,
LANG, LC_ALL), TTY-aware flags
- Retry with spinner on failure (TTY: 5s, non-TTY: 10s silent)
- Hard fail instead of silent fallback
- HERMES_DEV=1 env var bypasses routing for development
- No routing messages (invisible to user)
NixOS module changes:
- container.hostUsers option: lists users who get ~/.hermes symlink
and automatic hermes group membership
- Activation script creates symlink bridge (with backup of existing
~/.hermes dirs), writes exec_user to .container-mode
- Cleanup on disable: removes symlinks + .container-mode + stops service
- Warning when hostUsers set without addToSystemPackages
* fix: address review — reuse sudo var, add chown -h on symlink update
- hermes_cli/main.py: reuse the existing `sudo` variable instead of
redundant `shutil.which("sudo")` call that could return None
- nix/nixosModules.nix: add missing `chown -h` when updating an
existing symlink target so ownership stays consistent with the
fresh-create and backup-replace branches
* fix: address remaining review items from cursor bugbot
- hermes_cli/main.py: move container routing BEFORE parse_args() so
--help, unrecognised flags, and all subcommands are forwarded
transparently into the container instead of being intercepted by
argparse on the host (high severity)
- nix/nixosModules.nix: resolve home dirs via
config.users.users.${user}.home instead of hardcoding /home/${user},
supporting users with custom home directories (medium severity)
- nix/nixosModules.nix: gate hostUsers group membership on
container.enable so setting hostUsers without container mode doesn't
silently add users to the hermes group (low severity)
* fix: simplify container routing — execvp, no retries, let it crash
- Replace subprocess.run retry loop with os.execvp (no idle parent process)
- Extract _probe_container helper for sudo detection with 15s timeout
- Narrow exception handling: FileNotFoundError only in get_container_exec_info,
catch TimeoutExpired specifically, remove silent except Exception: pass
- Collapse needs_sudo + sudo into single sudo_path variable
- Simplify NixOS symlink creation from 4 branches to 2
- Gate NixOS sudoers hint with "On NixOS:" prefix
- Full test rewrite: 18 tests covering execvp, sudo probe, timeout, permissions
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* fix(matrix): pass required args to MemoryCryptoStore for mautrix ≥0.21
MemoryCryptoStore.__init__() now requires account_id and pickle_key
positional arguments as of mautrix 0.21. The migration from matrix-nio
(commit 1850747) didn't account for this, causing E2EE initialization
to fail with:
MemoryCryptoStore.__init__() missing 2 required positional arguments:
'account_id' and 'pickle_key'
Pass self._user_id as account_id and derive pickle_key from the same
user_id:device_id pair already used for the on-disk HMAC signature.
Update the test stub to accept the new parameters.
Fixes#7803
* fix: use consistent fallback for pickle_key derivation
Address review: _pickle_key now uses _acct_id (which has the 'hermes'
fallback) instead of raw self._user_id, so both values stay consistent
when user_id is empty.
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* fix(nix): gate matrix extra to Linux in [all] profile
matrix-nio[e2e] depends on python-olm which is upstream-broken on modern
macOS (Clang 21+, archived libolm). Previously the [matrix] extra was
completely excluded from [all], meaning NixOS users (who install via [all])
had no Matrix support at all.
Add a sys_platform == 'linux' marker so [all] pulls in [matrix] on Linux
(where python-olm builds fine) while still skipping it on macOS. This
fixes the NixOS setup path without breaking macOS installs.
Update the regression test to verify the Linux-gated marker is present
rather than just checking matrix is absent from [all].
Fixes#4594
* chore: regenerate uv.lock with matrix-on-linux in [all]
* feat(nix): shared-state permission model for interactive CLI users
Enable interactive CLI users in the hermes group to share full
read-write state (sessions, memories, logs, cron) with the gateway
service via a setgid + group-writable permission model.
Changes:
nix/nixosModules.nix:
- Directories use setgid 2770 (was 0750) so new files inherit the
hermes group. home/ stays 0750 (no interactive write needed).
- Activation script creates HERMES_HOME subdirs (cron, sessions, logs,
memories) — previously Python created them but managed mode now skips
mkdir.
- Activation migrates existing runtime files to group-writable (chmod
g+rw). Nix-managed files (config.yaml, .env, .managed) stay 0640/0644.
- Gateway systemd unit gets UMask=0007 so files it creates are 0660.
hermes_cli/config.py:
- ensure_hermes_home() splits into managed/unmanaged paths. Managed mode
verifies dirs exist (raises RuntimeError if not) instead of creating
them. Scoped umask(0o007) ensures SOUL.md is created as 0660.
hermes_logging.py:
- _ManagedRotatingFileHandler subclass applies chmod 0660 after log
rotation in managed mode. RotatingFileHandler.doRollover() creates new
files via open() which uses the process umask (0022 → 0644), not the
scoped umask from ensure_hermes_home().
Verified with a 13-subtest NixOS VM integration test covering setgid,
interactive writes, file ownership, migration, and gateway coexistence.
Refs: #6044
* Fix managed log file mode on initial open
Co-authored-by: Siddharth Balyan <alt-glitch@users.noreply.github.com>
* refactor: simplify managed file handler and merge activation loops
- Cache is_managed() result in handler __init__ instead of lazy-importing
on every _open()/_chmod_if_managed() call. Avoids repeated stat+env
checks on log rotation.
- Merge two for-loops over the same subdir list in activation script
into a single loop (mkdir + chown + chmod + find in one pass).
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Co-authored-by: Siddharth Balyan <alt-glitch@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(nix): export HERMES_HOME system-wide when addToSystemPackages is true
The `addToSystemPackages` option's documentation (and the `:::tip` block in
`website/docs/getting-started/nix-setup.md`) promises that enabling it both
puts the `hermes` CLI on PATH and sets `HERMES_HOME` system-wide so interactive
shells share state with the gateway service. The module only did the former,
so running `hermes` in a user shell silently created a separate `~/.hermes/`
directory instead of the managed `${stateDir}/.hermes`.
Implement the documented behavior by also setting
`environment.variables.HERMES_HOME = "${cfg.stateDir}/.hermes"` in the same
mkIf block, and update the option description to match.
Fixes#6044
* fix(nix): preserve group-readable permissions in managed mode
The NixOS module sets HERMES_HOME directories to 0750 and files to 0640
so interactive users in the hermes group can share state with the gateway
service. Two issues prevented this from working:
1. hermes_cli/config.py: _secure_dir() unconditionally chmod'd HERMES_HOME
to 0700 on every startup, overwriting the NixOS module's 0750. Similarly,
_secure_file() forced 0600 on config files. Both now skip in managed mode
(detected via .managed marker or HERMES_MANAGED env var).
2. nix/nixosModules.nix: the .env file was created with 0600 (owner-only),
while config.yaml was already 0640 (group-readable). Changed to 0640 for
consistency — users granted hermes group membership should be able to read
the managed .env.
Verified with a NixOS VM integration test: a normal user in the hermes group
can now run `hermes version` and `hermes config` against the managed
HERMES_HOME without PermissionError.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* refactor: re-architect tests to mirror the codebase
* Update tests.yml
* fix: add missing tool_error imports after registry refactor
* fix(tests): replace patch.dict with monkeypatch to prevent env var leaks under xdist
patch.dict(os.environ) can leak TERMINAL_ENV across xdist workers,
causing test_code_execution tests to hit the Modal remote path.
* fix(tests): fix update_check and telegram xdist failures
- test_update_check: replace patch("hermes_cli.banner.os.getenv") with
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME") — banner.py no longer imports os
directly, it uses get_hermes_home() from hermes_constants.
- test_telegram_conflict/approval_buttons: provide real exception classes
for telegram.error mock (NetworkError, TimedOut, BadRequest) so the
except clause in connect() doesn't fail with "catching classes that do
not inherit from BaseException" when xdist pollutes sys.modules.
* fix(tests): accept unavailable_models kwarg in _prompt_model_selection mock
* feat(tools): add Firecrawl cloud browser provider
Adds Firecrawl (https://firecrawl.dev) as a cloud browser provider
alongside Browserbase and Browser Use. All browser tools route through
Firecrawl's cloud browser via CDP when selected.
- tools/browser_providers/firecrawl.py — FirecrawlProvider
- tools/browser_tool.py — register in _PROVIDER_REGISTRY
- hermes_cli/tools_config.py — add to onboarding provider picker
- hermes_cli/setup.py — add to setup summary
- hermes_cli/config.py — add FIRECRAWL_BROWSER_TTL config
- website/docs/ — browser docs and env var reference
Based on #4490 by @developersdigest.
Co-Authored-By: Developers Digest <124798203+developersdigest@users.noreply.github.com>
* refactor: simplify FirecrawlProvider.emergency_cleanup
Use self._headers() and self._api_url() instead of duplicating
env-var reads and header construction.
* fix: recognize Firecrawl in subscription browser detection
_resolve_browser_feature_state() now handles "firecrawl" as a direct
browser provider (same pattern as "browser-use"), so hermes setup
summary correctly shows "Browser Automation (Firecrawl)" instead of
misreporting as "Local browser".
Also fixes test_config_version_unchanged assertion (11 → 12).
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Activation script, tmpfiles, and container entrypoint now agree on
0750 for all directories. Tighten config.yaml and workspace documents
from 0644 to 0640 (group-readable, no world access). Add explicit
chmod for .managed marker and container $TARGET_HOME to eliminate
umask dependence. Secrets (auth.json, .env) remain 0600.
The lockfile was still pinned to hermes-agent 0.4.0 after the v0.5.0
release, causing downstream consumers (e.g. the Nix package built via
uv2nix) to report the wrong version. Also drops stale transitive deps
(bashlex, boto3, swe-rex) that were carried over from the removed
swe-rex integration.
* refactor: suffix runtimeDeps PATH so apt-installed tools take priority
Changes makeWrapper from --prefix to --suffix. In container mode,
tools installed via apt in /usr/bin now win over read-only nix store
copies. Nix store versions become dead-letter fallbacks. Native NixOS
mode unaffected — tools in /run/current-system/sw/bin already precede
the suffix.
* feat(container): first-boot apt provisioning for agent tools
Installs nodejs, npm, curl via apt and uv via curl on first container
boot. Uses sentinel file so subsequent boots skip. Container recreation
triggers fresh install. Combined with --suffix PATH change, agents get
mutable tools that support npm i -g and uv without hitting read-only
nix store paths.
* docs: update nixosModules header for tool provisioning
* feat(container): consolidate first-boot provisioning + Python 3.11 venv
Merge sudo and tool apt installs into a single apt-get update call.
Move uv install outside the sentinel so transient failures retry on
next boot. Bootstrap a Python 3.11 venv via uv (--seed for pip) and
prepend ~/.venv/bin to PATH so agents get writable python/pip/node
out of the box.
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* feat: nix flake, uv2nix build, dev shell and home manager
* fixed nix run, updated docs for setup
* feat(nix): NixOS module with persistent container mode, managed guards, checks
- Replace homeModules.nix with nixosModules.nix (two deployment modes)
- Mode A (native): hardened systemd service with ProtectSystem=strict
- Mode B (container): persistent Ubuntu container with /nix/store bind-mount,
identity-hash-based recreation, GC root protection, symlink-based updates
- Add HERMES_MANAGED guards blocking CLI config mutation (config set, setup,
gateway install/uninstall) when running under NixOS module
- Add nix/checks.nix with build-time verification (binary, CLI, managed guard)
- Remove container.nix (no Nix-built OCI image; pulls ubuntu:24.04 at runtime)
- Simplify packages.nix (drop fetchFromGitHub submodules, PYTHONPATH wrappers)
- Rewrite docs/nixos-setup.md with full options reference, container
architecture, secrets management, and troubleshooting guide
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Update config.py
* feat(nix): add CI workflow and enhanced build checks
- GitHub Actions workflow for nix flake check + build on linux/macOS
- Entry point sync check to catch pyproject.toml drift
- Expanded managed-guard check to cover config edit
- Wrap hermes-acp binary in Nix package
- Fix Path type mismatch in is_managed()
* Update MCP server package name; bundled skills support
* fix reading .env. instead have container user a common mounted .env file
* feat(nix): container entrypoint with privilege drop and sudo provisioning
Container was running as non-root via --user, which broke apt/pip installs
and caused crashes when $HOME didn't exist. Replace --user with a Nix-built
entrypoint script that provisions the hermes user, sudo (NOPASSWD), and
/home/hermes inside the container on first boot, then drops privileges via
setpriv. Writable layer persists so setup only runs once.
Also expands MCP server options to support HTTP transport and sampling.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix group and user creation in container mode
* feat(nix): persistent /home/hermes and MESSAGING_CWD in container mode
Container mode now bind-mounts ${stateDir}/home to /home/hermes so the
agent's home directory survives container recreation. Previously it lived
in the writable layer and was lost on image/volume/options changes.
Also passes MESSAGING_CWD to the container so the agent finds its
workspace and documents, matching native mode behavior.
Other changes:
- Extract containerDataDir/containerHomeDir bindings (no more magic strings)
- Fix entrypoint chown to run unconditionally (volume mounts always exist)
- Add schema field to container identity hash for auto-recreation
- Add idempotency test (Scenario G) to config-roundtrip check
* docs: add Nix & NixOS setup guide to docs site
Add comprehensive Nix documentation to the Docusaurus site at
website/docs/getting-started/nix-setup.md, covering nix run/profile
install, NixOS module (native + container modes), declarative settings,
secrets management, MCP servers, managed mode, container architecture,
dev shell, flake checks, and full options reference.
- Register nix-setup in sidebar after installation page
- Add Nix callout tip to installation.md linking to new guide
- Add canonical version pointer in docs/nixos-setup.md
* docs: remove docs/nixos-setup.md, consolidate into website docs
Backfill missing details (restart/restartSec in full example,
gateway.pid, 0750 permissions, docker inspect commands) into
the canonical website/docs/getting-started/nix-setup.md and
delete the old standalone file.
* fix(nix): add compression.protect_last_n and target_ratio to config-keys.json
New keys were added to DEFAULT_CONFIG on main, causing the
config-drift check to fail in CI.
* fix(nix): skip checks on aarch64-darwin (onnxruntime wheel missing)
The full Python venv includes onnxruntime (via faster-whisper/STT)
which lacks a compatible uv2nix wheel on aarch64-darwin. Gate all
checks behind stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux. The package and devShell
still evaluate on macOS.
* fix(nix): skip flake check and build on macOS CI
onnxruntime (transitive dep via faster-whisper) lacks a compatible
uv2nix wheel on aarch64-darwin. Run full checks and build on Linux
only; macOS CI verifies the flake evaluates without building.
* fix(nix): preserve container writable layer across nixos-rebuild
The container identity hash included the entrypoint's Nix store path,
which changes on every nixpkgs update (due to runtimeShell/stdenv
input-addressing). This caused false-positive identity mismatches,
triggering container recreation and losing the persistent writable layer.
- Use stable symlink (current-entrypoint) like current-package already does
- Remove entrypoint from identity hash (only image/volumes/options matter)
- Add GC root for entrypoint so nix-collect-garbage doesn't break it
- Remove global HERMES_HOME env var from addToSystemPackages (conflicted
with interactive CLI use, service already sets its own)
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Siddharth Balyan