Add /fast slash command to toggle OpenAI Codex service_tier between
normal and priority ('fast') inference. Only exposed for models
registered in _FAST_MODE_BACKEND_CONFIG (currently gpt-5.4).
- Registry-based backend config for extensibility
- Dynamic command visibility (hidden from help/autocomplete for
non-supported models) via command_filter on SlashCommandCompleter
- service_tier flows through request_overrides from route resolution
- Omit max_output_tokens for Codex backend (rejects it)
- Persists to config.yaml under agent.service_tier
Salvage cleanup: removed simple_term_menu/input() menu (banned),
bare /fast now shows status like /reasoning. Removed redundant
override resolution in _build_api_kwargs — single source of truth
via request_overrides from route.
Co-authored-by: Hermes Agent <hermes@nousresearch.com>
* feat: API server model name derived from profile name
For multi-user setups (e.g. OpenWebUI), each profile's API server now
advertises a distinct model name on /v1/models:
- Profile 'lucas' -> model ID 'lucas'
- Profile 'admin' -> model ID 'admin'
- Default profile -> 'hermes-agent' (unchanged)
Explicit override via API_SERVER_MODEL_NAME env var or
platforms.api_server.model_name config for custom names.
Resolves friction where OpenWebUI couldn't distinguish multiple
hermes-agent connections all advertising the same model name.
* docs: multi-user setup with profiles for API server + Open WebUI
- api-server.md: added Multi-User Setup section, API_SERVER_MODEL_NAME
to config table, updated /v1/models description
- open-webui.md: added Multi-User Setup with Profiles section with
step-by-step guide, updated model name references
- environment-variables.md: added API_SERVER_MODEL_NAME entry
Replace 6 identical copies of the Termux detection function across
cli.py, browser_tool.py, voice_mode.py, status.py, doctor.py, and
gateway.py with a single shared implementation in hermes_constants.py.
Each call site imports with its original local name to preserve all
existing callers (internal references and test monkeypatches).
* 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: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Co-authored-by: Siddharth Balyan <alt-glitch@users.noreply.github.com>
The setup wizard's OpenClaw migration previously ran immediately with
aggressive defaults (overwrite=True, preset=full) after a single
'Would you like to import?' prompt. This caused several problems:
- Config values with different semantics (e.g. tool_call_execution:
'auto' in OpenClaw vs 'off' for Hermes yolo mode) were imported
without translation
- Gateway tokens were hijacked from OpenClaw without warning, taking
over Telegram/Slack/Discord channels
- Instruction files (.md) containing OpenClaw-specific setup/restart
procedures were copied, causing Hermes restart failures
Now the migration:
1. Asks 'Would you like to see what can be imported?' (softer framing)
2. Runs a dry-run preview showing everything that would be imported
3. Displays categorized warnings for high-impact items (gateway
takeover, config value differences, instruction files)
4. Asks for explicit confirmation with default=No
5. Executes with overwrite=False (preserves existing Hermes config)
Also extracts _load_openclaw_migration_module() for reuse and adds
_print_migration_preview() with keyword-based warning detection.
Tests updated for two-phase behavior + new test for decline-after-preview.
/pr <anything> silently resolved to /prompt via the shortest-match
tiebreaker in prefix expansion, permanently overwriting the system
prompt and persisting to config. The command's functionality (setting
agent.system_prompt) is available via config.yaml and /personality
covers the common use case.
Removes: CommandDef, dispatch branch, _handle_prompt_command handler,
docs references, and updates subcommand extraction test.
list_authenticated_providers() was using env var names from the external
models.dev registry to detect credentials. This registry has incorrect
mappings for 5 providers: minimax-cn, zai, opencode-zen, opencode-go,
and kilocode — causing them to not appear in /model even when the
correct API key is set.
Now checks PROVIDER_REGISTRY from auth.py first (our source of truth),
falling back to models.dev only for providers not in our registry.
Fixes#6620. Based on devorun's investigation in PR #6625.
The credential pool seeder (_seed_from_env) hardcoded the base URL
for API-key providers without running provider-specific auto-detection.
For kimi-coding, this caused sk-kimi- prefixed keys to be seeded with
the legacy api.moonshot.ai/v1 endpoint instead of api.kimi.com/coding/v1,
resulting in HTTP 401 on the first request.
Import and call _resolve_kimi_base_url for kimi-coding so the pool
uses the correct endpoint based on the key prefix, matching the
runtime credential resolver behavior.
Also fix a comment: sk-kimi- keys are issued by kimi.com/code,
not platform.kimi.ai.
Fixes#5561
Two bugs in the model fallback system:
1. Nous login leaves stale model in config (provider=nous, model=opus
from previous OpenRouter setup). Fixed by deferring the config.yaml
provider write until AFTER model selection completes, and passing the
selected model atomically via _update_config_for_provider's
default_model parameter. Previously, _update_config_for_provider was
called before model selection — if selection failed (free tier, no
models, exception), config stayed as nous+opus permanently.
2. Codex/stale providers in auxiliary fallback can't connect but block
the auto-detection chain. Added _is_connection_error() detection
(APIConnectionError, APITimeoutError, DNS failures, connection
refused) alongside the existing _is_payment_error() check in
call_llm(). When a provider endpoint is unreachable, the system now
falls back to the next available provider instead of crashing.
Adds a new CLI command that outputs a compact, plain-text dump of the
user's Hermes setup — version, OS, model/provider, API key presence,
toolsets, gateway status, platforms, cron jobs, skills, and any
non-default config overrides.
Designed for support context: no ANSI colors, ready to paste into
Discord/GitHub/Telegram. Secrets shown as 'set/not set' by default;
--show-keys reveals redacted prefixes (first/last 4 chars).
Files:
- hermes_cli/dump.py (new) — run_dump() implementation
- hermes_cli/main.py — parser + cmd_dump wiring
- hermes_cli/profiles.py — shell completions + subcommand set
The old setup wizard (pre-March 2026) wrote LLM_MODEL to ~/.hermes/.env
across 12 provider flows. Commit 9302690e removed the writes but never
cleaned up existing .env files, leaving a dead variable that:
- Nothing in the codebase reads (zero os.getenv calls)
- The docs incorrectly claimed the gateway still used as fallback
- Caused user confusion when debugging model resolution issues
Changes:
- config.py: Bump _config_version 12 → 13, add migration to clear
LLM_MODEL and OPENAI_MODEL from .env (both dead since March 2026)
- environment-variables.md: Remove LLM_MODEL row, fix HERMES_MODEL
description to stop referencing it
- providers.md: Update deprecation notice from 'deprecated' to 'removed'
Parse x-ratelimit-* headers from inference API responses (Nous Portal,
OpenRouter, OpenAI-compatible) and display them in the /usage command.
- New agent/rate_limit_tracker.py: parse 12 rate limit headers (RPM/RPH/
TPM/TPH limits, remaining, reset timers), format as progress bars (CLI)
or compact one-liner (gateway)
- Hook into streaming path in run_agent.py: stream.response.headers is
available on the OpenAI SDK Stream object before chunks are consumed
- CLI /usage: appends rate limit section with progress bars + warnings
when any bucket exceeds 80%
- Gateway /usage: appends compact rate limit summary
- 24 unit tests covering parsing, formatting, edge cases
Headers captured per response:
x-ratelimit-{limit,remaining,reset}-{requests,tokens}{,-1h}
Example CLI display:
Nous Rate Limits (captured just now):
Requests/min [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0.1% 1/800 used (799 left, resets in 59s)
Tokens/hr [░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░] 0.0% 49/336.0M (336.0M left, resets in 52m)
Updated the logic for determining the probed_url in the probe_api_models function to use the first tried URL instead of the last. This change ensures that the most relevant URL is returned when probing for models. Additionally, improved the output message in the _model_flow_custom function to provide clearer guidance based on the suggested_base_url.
The BlueBubbles adapter was merged but missing setup wizard support:
- Add _setup_bluebubbles() guided setup (server URL, password, allowlist,
home channel, webhook port)
- Add to _GATEWAY_PLATFORMS registry so it appears in 'hermes setup gateway'
- Add to any_messaging check and home channel missing warning
- Add to gateway status display in 'hermes setup'
- Add BLUEBUBBLES_SERVER_URL, BLUEBUBBLES_PASSWORD, BLUEBUBBLES_ALLOWED_USERS
to OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS with descriptions and categories
Previously the only way to configure BlueBubbles was manually editing .env.
Two issues resolved:
1. Add opencode.ai to _URL_TO_PROVIDER mapping so base_url routes through
models.dev lookup (which has mimo-v2-pro at 1M context) instead of
falling back to probing /models (404) and defaulting to 128K.
2. Fix _format_context_length to round cleanly: 1048576 → '1M' instead
of '1.048576M'. Applies same rounding logic to K values.
Introduce gateway_timeout_warning (default 900s) as a pre-timeout alert
layer. When inactivity reaches the warning threshold, a single
notification is sent to the user offering to wait or reset. If
inactivity continues to the gateway_timeout (default 1800s), the full
timeout fires as before.
This gives users a chance to intervene before work is lost on slow
API providers without disabling the safety timeout entirely.
Config: agent.gateway_timeout_warning in config.yaml, or
HERMES_AGENT_TIMEOUT_WARNING env var (0 = disable warning).
Step c in switch_model() blindly converted the first colon to a slash for
aggregator providers, even when the model name already contained a slash
(vendor/model format). This mangled variant tags like :free into /free,
causing 400 Bad Request from the API.
Fix: skip the colon→slash conversion when the model already has a slash,
since the colon is a variant tag, not a vendor separator. The module
docstring already documented this intent (line 17-18) but the
implementation didn't enforce it.
Reported via Discord. Related to PR #6088 (which identified the same bug
but placed the fix in model_normalize.py instead of model_switch.py where
the actual mangling occurs).
Fixes#4647 — Signal replies duplicated when gateway streaming is enabled.
Root cause: stream_consumer.py did not handle the case where send() returns
success=True but no message_id (Signal behavior). Every stream delta produced
a separate send() call (7+ messages instead of 2), plus the gateway sent
another full duplicate since already_sent was never set.
Changes:
- stream_consumer.py: Add elif branch for success-without-message_id — enters
fallback mode (sets already_sent, disables editing, sends only continuation)
- signal.py send(): Extract timestamp from signal-cli RPC result as message_id
so stream consumer follows normal edit→fallback path
- signal.py: Add public stop_typing() delegating to _stop_typing_indicator()
so base adapter's _keep_typing finally block can clean up typing tasks
- gateway/run.py: Per-platform tool_progress_overrides (#6164) — lets users
set e.g. signal: off while keeping telegram: all
- hermes_cli/config.py: Add tool_progress_overrides to DEFAULT_CONFIG
Refs: #4647, #6164
Add configurable reply-reference behavior for Discord, matching the
existing Telegram (TELEGRAM_REPLY_TO_MODE) and Mattermost
(MATTERMOST_REPLY_MODE) implementations.
Modes:
- 'off': never reply-reference the original message
- 'first': reply-reference on first chunk only (default, current behavior)
- 'all': reply-reference on every chunk
Set DISCORD_REPLY_TO_MODE=off in .env to disable reply-to messages.
Changes:
- gateway/config.py: parse DISCORD_REPLY_TO_MODE env var
- gateway/platforms/discord.py: read reply_to_mode from config, respect
it in send() — skip fetch_message entirely when 'off'
- hermes_cli/config.py: add to OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS for hermes setup
- 23 tests covering config, send behavior, env var override
- docs: discord.md env var table + environment-variables.md reference
Closes community request from Stuart on Discord.
* 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: zerone0x <zerone0x@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add HERMES_QWEN_BASE_URL to OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS in config.py (was missing
despite being referenced in code)
- Remove redundant qwen-oauth entry from _API_KEY_PROVIDER_AUX_MODELS
(non-aggregator providers use their main model for aux tasks automatically)
Based on #6079 by @tunamitom with critical fixes and comprehensive tests.
Changes from #6079:
- Fix: sanitization overwrite bug — Qwen message prep now runs AFTER codex
field sanitization, not before (was silently discarding Qwen transforms)
- Fix: missing try/except AuthError in runtime_provider.py — stale Qwen
credentials now fall through to next provider on auto-detect
- Fix: 'qwen' alias conflict — bare 'qwen' stays mapped to 'alibaba'
(DashScope); use 'qwen-portal' or 'qwen-cli' for the OAuth provider
- Fix: hardcoded ['coder-model'] replaced with live API fetch + curated
fallback list (qwen3-coder-plus, qwen3-coder)
- Fix: extract _is_qwen_portal() helper + _qwen_portal_headers() to replace
5 inline 'portal.qwen.ai' string checks and share headers between init
and credential swap
- Fix: add Qwen branch to _apply_client_headers_for_base_url for mid-session
credential swaps
- Fix: remove suspicious TypeError catch blocks around _prompt_provider_choice
- Fix: handle bare string items in content lists (were silently dropped)
- Fix: remove redundant dict() copies after deepcopy in message prep
- Revert: unrelated ai-gateway test mock removal and model_switch.py comment deletion
New tests (30 test functions):
- _qwen_cli_auth_path, _read_qwen_cli_tokens (success + 3 error paths)
- _save_qwen_cli_tokens (roundtrip, parent creation, permissions)
- _qwen_access_token_is_expiring (5 edge cases: fresh, expired, within skew,
None, non-numeric)
- _refresh_qwen_cli_tokens (success, preserve old refresh, 4 error paths,
default expires_in, disk persistence)
- resolve_qwen_runtime_credentials (fresh, auto-refresh, force-refresh,
missing token, env override)
- get_qwen_auth_status (logged in, not logged in)
- Runtime provider resolution (direct, pool entry, alias)
- _build_api_kwargs (metadata, vl_high_resolution_images, message formatting,
max_tokens suppression)
* fix(tools): skip camofox auto-cleanup when managed persistence is enabled
When managed_persistence is enabled, cleanup_browser() was calling
camofox_close() which destroys the server-side browser context via
DELETE /sessions/{userId}, killing login sessions across cron runs.
Add camofox_soft_cleanup() — a public wrapper that drops only the
in-memory session entry when managed persistence is on, returning True.
When persistence is off it returns False so the caller falls back to
the full camofox_close(). The inactivity reaper still handles idle
resource cleanup.
Also surface a logger.warning() when _managed_persistence_enabled()
fails to load config, replacing a silent except-and-return-False.
Salvaged from #6182 by el-analista (Eduardo Perea Fernandez).
Added public API wrapper to avoid cross-module private imports,
and test coverage for both persistence paths.
Co-authored-by: Eduardo Perea Fernandez <el-analista@users.noreply.github.com>
* fix(doctor): only check the active memory provider, not all providers unconditionally
hermes doctor had hardcoded Honcho Memory and Mem0 Memory sections that
always ran regardless of the user's memory.provider config setting. After
the swappable memory provider update (#4623), users with leftover Honcho
config but no active provider saw false 'broken' errors.
Replaced both sections with a single Memory Provider section that reads
memory.provider from config.yaml and only checks the configured provider.
Users with no external provider see a green 'Built-in memory active' check.
Reported by community user michaelruiz001, confirmed by Eri (Honcho).
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Co-authored-by: Eduardo Perea Fernandez <el-analista@users.noreply.github.com>
Plugins can now subscribe to session boundary events via
ctx.register_hook('on_session_finalize', ...) and
ctx.register_hook('on_session_reset', ...).
on_session_finalize — fires during CLI exit (/quit, Ctrl-C) and
before /new or /reset, giving plugins a chance to flush or clean up.
on_session_reset — fires after a new session is created via
/new or /reset, so plugins can initialize per-session state.
Closes#5592
_deliver_result() now returns Optional[str] — None on success, error
message on failure. All failure paths (unknown platform, platform
disabled, config load error, send failure, unresolvable target)
return descriptive error strings.
mark_job_run() gains delivery_error param, tracked as
last_delivery_error on the job — separate from agent execution errors.
A job where the agent succeeded but delivery failed shows
last_status='ok' + last_delivery_error='...'.
The cronjob list tool now surfaces last_delivery_error so agents and
users can see when cron outputs aren't arriving.
Inspired by PR #5863 (oxngon) — reimplemented with proper wiring.
Tests: 3 new mark_job_run tests + 6 new _deliver_result return tests.
Salvaged fixes from community PRs:
- fix(model_switch): _read_auth_store → _load_auth_store + fix auth store
key lookup (was checking top-level dict instead of store['providers']).
OAuth providers now correctly detected in /model picker.
Cherry-picked from PR #5911 by Xule Lin (linxule).
- fix(ollama): pass num_ctx to override 2048 default context window.
Ollama defaults to 2048 context regardless of model capabilities. Now
auto-detects from /api/show metadata and injects num_ctx into every
request. Config override via model.ollama_num_ctx. Fixes#2708.
Cherry-picked from PR #5929 by kshitij (kshitijk4poor).
- fix(aux): normalize provider aliases for vision/auxiliary routing.
Adds _normalize_aux_provider() with 17 aliases (google→gemini,
claude→anthropic, glm→zai, etc). Fixes vision routing failure when
provider is set to 'google' instead of 'gemini'.
Cherry-picked from PR #5793 by e11i (Elizabeth1979).
- fix(aux): rewrite MiniMax /anthropic base URLs to /v1 for OpenAI SDK.
MiniMax's inference_base_url ends in /anthropic (Anthropic Messages API),
but auxiliary client uses OpenAI SDK which appends /chat/completions →
404 at /anthropic/chat/completions. Generic _to_openai_base_url() helper
rewrites terminal /anthropic to /v1 for OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
Inspired by PR #5786 by Lempkey.
Added debug logging to silent exception blocks across all fixes.
Co-authored-by: Hermes Agent <hermes@nousresearch.com>
Currently, MCP servers are included on all platforms by default. If a
platform's toolset list does not explicitly name any MCP servers, every
globally enabled MCP server is injected. There is no way to opt a
platform out of MCP servers entirely.
This matters for the API server platform when used as an execution
backend — each spawned agent session gets the full MCP tool schema
injected into its system prompt, dramatically inflating token usage
(e.g. 57K tokens vs 9K without MCP tools) and slowing response times.
Add a "no_mcp" sentinel value for platform_toolsets. When present in a
platform's toolset list, all MCP servers are excluded for that platform.
Other platforms are unaffected.
Usage in config.yaml:
platform_toolsets:
api_server:
- terminal
- file
- web
- no_mcp # exclude all MCP servers
The sentinel is filtered out of the final toolset — it does not appear
as an actual toolset name.
* fix(cli): route error messages through ChatConsole inside patch_stdout
Cherry-pick of PR #5798 by @icn5381.
Replace self.console.print() with ChatConsole().print() for 11 error/status
messages reachable during the interactive session. Inside patch_stdout,
self.console (plain Rich Console) writes raw ANSI escapes that StdoutProxy
mangles into garbled text. ChatConsole uses prompt_toolkit's native
print_formatted_text which renders correctly.
Same class of bug as #2262 — that fix covered agent output but missed
these error paths in _ensure_runtime_credentials, _init_agent, quick
commands, skill loading, and plan mode.
* fix(model-picker): add scrolling viewport to curses provider menu
Cherry-pick of PR #5790 by @Lempkey. Fixes#5755.
_curses_prompt_choice rendered items starting unconditionally from index 0
with no scroll offset. The 'More providers' submenu has 13 entries. On
terminals shorter than ~16 rows, items past the fold were never drawn.
When UP-arrow wrapped cursor from 0 to the last item (Cancel, index 12),
the highlight rendered off-screen — appearing as if only Cancel existed.
Adds scroll_offset tracking that adjusts each frame to keep the cursor
inside the visible window.
* feat(cli): skin-aware compact banner + git state in startup banner
Combined salvage of PR #5922 by @ASRagab and PR #5877 by @xinbenlv.
Compact banner changes (from #5922):
- Read active skin colors and branding instead of hardcoding gold/NOUS HERMES
- Default skin preserves backward-compatible legacy branding
- Non-default skins use their own agent_name and colors
Git state in banner (from #5877):
- New format_banner_version_label() shows upstream/local git hashes
- Full banner title now includes git state (upstream hash, carried commits)
- Compact banner line2 shows the version label with git state
- Widen compact banner max width from 64 to 88 to fit version info
Both the full Rich banner and compact fallback are now skin-aware
and show git state.
- Add 7 unit tests for _profile_arg: default home, named profile,
hash path, nested path, invalid name, systemd integration, launchd integration
- Add stt.local.language to config.yaml (empty = auto-detect)
- Both STT code paths now read config.yaml first, env var fallback,
then default (auto-detect for faster-whisper, 'en' for CLI command)
- HERMES_LOCAL_STT_LANGUAGE env var still works as backward-compat fallback
generate_launchd_plist() and generate_systemd_unit() were missing the
--profile <name> argument in ProgramArguments/ExecStart, causing
hermes gateway start to regenerate plists that fell back to
~/.hermes/active_profile instead of the intended profile.
Fix:
- Add _profile_arg(hermes_home?) helper returning '--profile <name>'
only for ~/.hermes/profiles/<name> paths, empty string otherwise.
- Update generate_launchd_plist() to build ProgramArguments array
dynamically with --profile when applicable.
- Update generate_systemd_unit() both user and system service
branches with {profile_arg} in ExecStart.
This ensures hermes --profile <name> gateway start produces a
service definition that correctly scopes to the named profile.
Replace 10 callsites across 6 files that manually opened config.yaml,
called yaml.safe_load(), and handled missing-file/parse-error fallbacks
with the new read_raw_config() helper from hermes_cli/config.py.
Each migrated site previously had 5-8 lines of boilerplate:
config_path = get_hermes_home() / 'config.yaml'
if config_path.exists():
import yaml
with open(config_path) as f:
cfg = yaml.safe_load(f) or {}
Now reduced to:
from hermes_cli.config import read_raw_config
cfg = read_raw_config()
Migrated files:
- tools/browser_tool.py (4 sites): command_timeout, cloud_provider,
allow_private_urls, record_sessions
- tools/env_passthrough.py: terminal.env_passthrough
- tools/credential_files.py: terminal.credential_files
- tools/transcription_tools.py: stt.model
- hermes_cli/commands.py: config-gated command resolution
- hermes_cli/auth.py (2 sites): model config read + provider reset
Skipped (intentionally):
- gateway/run.py: 10+ sites with local aliases, critical path
- hermes_cli/profiles.py: profile-specific config path
- hermes_cli/doctor.py: reads raw then writes fixes back
- agent/model_metadata.py: different file (context_length_cache.yaml)
- tools/website_policy.py: custom config_path param + error types
Move _PS_CHECK_IMAGE and _PS_EXTRACT_IMAGE above both the native Windows
and WSL2 sections so both can share them. Removes the duplicate
_WIN_PS_CHECK / _WIN_PS_EXTRACT constants.
Add win32 platform branch to clipboard.py so Ctrl+V image paste
works on native Windows (PowerShell / Windows Terminal), not just
WSL2.
Uses the same .NET System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard approach as the
WSL path but calls PowerShell directly instead of powershell.exe
(the WSL cross-call path). Tries 'powershell' first (Windows
PowerShell 5.1, always available), then 'pwsh' (PowerShell 7+).
PowerShell executable is discovered once and cached for the process
lifetime.
Includes 14 new tests covering:
- Platform dispatch (save_clipboard_image + has_clipboard_image)
- Image detection via PowerShell .NET check
- Base64 PNG extraction and decode
- Edge cases: no PowerShell, empty output, invalid base64, timeout
16 callsites across 14 files were re-deriving the hermes home path
via os.environ.get('HERMES_HOME', ...) instead of using the canonical
get_hermes_home() from hermes_constants. This breaks profiles — each
profile has its own HERMES_HOME, and the inline fallback defaults to
~/.hermes regardless.
Fixed by importing and calling get_hermes_home() at each site. For
files already inside the hermes process (agent/, hermes_cli/, tools/,
gateway/, plugins/), this is always safe. Files that run outside the
process context (mcp_serve.py, mcp_oauth.py) already had correct
try/except ImportError fallbacks and were left alone.
Skipped: hermes_constants.py (IS the implementation), env_loader.py
(bootstrap), profiles.py (intentionally manipulates the env var),
standalone scripts (optional-skills/, skills/), and tests.
Comprehensive cleanup across 80 files based on automated (ruff, pyflakes, vulture)
and manual analysis of the entire codebase.
Changes by category:
Unused imports removed (~95 across 55 files):
- Removed genuinely unused imports from all major subsystems
- agent/, hermes_cli/, tools/, gateway/, plugins/, cron/
- Includes imports in try/except blocks that were truly unused
(vs availability checks which were left alone)
Unused variables removed (~25):
- Removed dead variables: connected, inner, channels, last_exc,
source, new_server_names, verify, pconfig, default_terminal,
result, pending_handled, temperature, loop
- Dropped unused argparse subparser assignments in hermes_cli/main.py
(12 instances of add_parser() where result was never used)
Dead code removed:
- run_agent.py: Removed dead ternary (None if False else None) and
surrounding unreachable branch in identity fallback
- run_agent.py: Removed write-only attribute _last_reported_tool
- hermes_cli/providers.py: Removed dead @property decorator on
module-level function (decorator has no effect outside a class)
- gateway/run.py: Removed unused MCP config load before reconnect
- gateway/platforms/slack.py: Removed dead SessionSource construction
Undefined name bugs fixed (would cause NameError at runtime):
- batch_runner.py: Added missing logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
- tools/environments/daytona.py: Added missing Dict and Path imports
Unnecessary global statements removed (14):
- tools/terminal_tool.py: 5 functions declared global for dicts
they only mutated via .pop()/[key]=value (no rebinding)
- tools/browser_tool.py: cleanup thread loop only reads flag
- tools/rl_training_tool.py: 4 functions only do dict mutations
- tools/mcp_oauth.py: only reads the global
- hermes_time.py: only reads cached values
Inefficient patterns fixed:
- startswith/endswith tuple form: 15 instances of
x.startswith('a') or x.startswith('b') consolidated to
x.startswith(('a', 'b'))
- len(x)==0 / len(x)>0: 13 instances replaced with pythonic
truthiness checks (not x / bool(x))
- in dict.keys(): 5 instances simplified to in dict
- Redefined unused name: removed duplicate _strip_mdv2 import in
send_message_tool.py
Other fixes:
- hermes_cli/doctor.py: Replaced undefined logger.debug() with pass
- hermes_cli/config.py: Consolidated chained .endswith() calls
Test results: 3934 passed, 17 failed (all pre-existing on main),
19 skipped. Zero regressions.
check_nous_free_tier() now caches its result for 180 seconds to avoid
redundant Portal API calls during a session (auxiliary client init,
model selection, login flow all call it independently).
The TTL is short enough that an account upgrade from free to paid is
reflected within 3 minutes. clear_nous_free_tier_cache() is exposed
for explicit invalidation on login/logout.
Adds 4 tests for cache hit, TTL expiry, explicit clear, and TTL bound.
- Show pricing during initial Nous Portal login (was missing from
_login_nous, only shown in the already-logged-in hermes model path)
- Filter free models for paid subscribers: non-allowlisted free models
are hidden; allowlisted models (xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro, xiaomi/mimo-v2-omni)
only appear when actually priced as free
- Detect free-tier accounts via portal api/oauth/account endpoint
(monthly_charge == 0); free-tier users see only free models as
selectable, with paid models shown dimmed and unselectable
- Use xiaomi/mimo-v2-omni as the auxiliary vision model for free-tier
Nous users so vision_analyze and browser_vision work without paid
model access (replaces the default google/gemini-3-flash-preview)
- Unavailable models rendered via print() before TerminalMenu to avoid
simple_term_menu line-width padding artifacts; upgrade URL resolved
from auth state portal_base_url (supports staging/custom portals)
- Add 21 tests covering filter_nous_free_models, is_nous_free_tier,
and partition_nous_models_by_tier
* feat: switch managed browser provider from Browserbase to Browser Use
The Nous subscription tool gateway now routes browser automation through
Browser Use instead of Browserbase. This commit:
- Adds managed Nous gateway support to BrowserUseProvider (idempotency
keys, X-BB-API-Key auth header, external_call_id persistence)
- Removes managed gateway support from BrowserbaseProvider (now
direct-only via BROWSERBASE_API_KEY/BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID)
- Updates browser_tool.py fallback: prefers Browser Use over Browserbase
- Updates nous_subscription.py: gateway vendor 'browser-use', auto-config
sets cloud_provider='browser-use' for new subscribers
- Updates tools_config.py: Nous Subscription entry now uses Browser Use
- Updates setup.py, cli.py, status.py, prompt_builder.py display strings
- Updates all affected tests to match new behavior
Browserbase remains fully functional for users with direct API credentials.
The change only affects the managed/subscription path.
* chore: remove redundant Browser Use hint from system prompt
* fix: upgrade Browser Use provider to v3 API
- Base URL: api/v2 -> api/v3 (v2 is legacy)
- Unified all endpoints to use native Browser Use paths:
- POST /browsers (create session, returns cdpUrl)
- PATCH /browsers/{id} with {action: stop} (close session)
- Removed managed-mode branching that used Browserbase-style
/v1/sessions paths — v3 gateway now supports /browsers directly
- Removed unused managed_mode variable in close_session
* fix(browser-use): use X-Browser-Use-API-Key header for managed mode
The managed gateway expects X-Browser-Use-API-Key, not X-BB-API-Key
(which is a Browserbase-specific header). Using the wrong header caused
a 401 AUTH_ERROR on every managed-mode browser session create.
Simplified _headers() to always use X-Browser-Use-API-Key regardless
of direct vs managed mode.
* fix(nous_subscription): browserbase explicit provider is direct-only
Since managed Nous gateway now routes through Browser Use, the
browserbase explicit provider path should not check managed_browser_available
(which resolves against the browser-use gateway). Simplified to direct-only
with managed=False.
* fix(browser-use): port missing improvements from PR #5605
- CDP URL normalization: resolve HTTP discovery URLs to websocket after
cloud provider create_session() (prevents agent-browser failures)
- Managed session payload: send timeout=5 and proxyCountryCode=us for
gateway-backed sessions (prevents billing overruns)
- Update prompt builder, browser_close schema, and module docstring to
replace remaining Browserbase references with Browser Use
- Dynamic /browser status detection via _get_cloud_provider() instead
of hardcoded env var checks (future-proof for new providers)
- Rename post_setup key from 'browserbase' to 'agent_browser'
- Update setup hint to mention Browser Use alongside Browserbase
- Add tests: CDP normalization, browserbase direct-only guard,
managed browser-use gateway, direct browserbase fallback
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Co-authored-by: rob-maron <132852777+rob-maron@users.noreply.github.com>
The filter in cmd_update() excluded is_default profiles from the
cross-profile skill sync loop. When running 'hermes update' from a
named profile (e.g. hermes -p coder update), the default profile
(~/.hermes) never received new bundled skills.
Remove the 'not p.is_default' condition so all profiles — including
default — are synced regardless of which profile runs the update.
Reported by olafgeibig.
The credential pool seeder and runtime credential resolver hardcoded
api.z.ai/api/paas/v4 for all Z.AI keys. Keys on the Coding Plan (or CN
endpoint) would hit the wrong endpoint, causing 401/429 errors on the
first request even though a working endpoint exists.
Add _resolve_zai_base_url() that:
- Respects GLM_BASE_URL env var (no probe when explicitly set)
- Probes all candidate endpoints (global, cn, coding-global, coding-cn)
via detect_zai_endpoint() to find one that returns HTTP 200
- Caches the detected endpoint in provider state (auth.json) keyed on
a SHA-256 hash of the API key so subsequent starts skip the probe
- Falls back to the default URL if all probes fail
Wire into both _seed_from_env() in the credential pool and
resolve_api_key_provider_credentials() in the runtime resolver,
matching the pattern from the kimi-coding fix (PR #5566).
Fixes the same class of bug as #5561 but for the zai provider.
When resolve_runtime_provider is called with requested='auto' and
auth.json has a stale active_provider (nous or openai-codex) whose
OAuth refresh token has been revoked, the AuthError now falls through
to the next provider in the chain (e.g. OpenRouter via env vars)
instead of propagating to the user as a blocking error.
When the user explicitly requested the OAuth provider, the error
still propagates so they know to re-authenticate.
Root cause: resolve_provider('auto') checks auth.json for an active
OAuth provider before checking env vars. get_nous_auth_status()
reports logged_in=True if any access_token exists (even expired),
so the Nous path is taken. resolve_nous_runtime_credentials() then
tries to refresh the token, fails with 'Refresh session has been
revoked', and the AuthError bubbles up to the CLI bold-red display.
Adds 3 tests: Nous fallthrough, Codex fallthrough, explicit-request
still raises.
signal-cli is not available via apt or snap. Replace the incorrect
'sudo apt install signal-cli' with the official install method:
downloading from GitHub releases (Linux) or brew (macOS).
Updated both signal.md docs and the gateway.py setup hint.
Inspired by PR #4225 (which proposed snap, also incorrect).
Three bugs causing OpenAI Codex sessions to fail silently:
1. Credential pool vs legacy store disconnect: hermes auth and hermes
model store device_code tokens in the credential pool, but
get_codex_auth_status(), resolve_codex_runtime_credentials(), and
_model_flow_openai_codex() only read from the legacy provider state.
Fresh pool tokens were invisible to the auth status checks and model
selection flow.
2. _import_codex_cli_tokens() imported expired tokens from ~/.codex/
without checking JWT expiry. Combined with _login_openai_codex()
saying 'Login successful!' for expired credentials, users got stuck
in a loop of dead tokens being recycled.
3. _login_openai_codex() accepted expired tokens from
resolve_codex_runtime_credentials() without validating expiry before
telling the user login succeeded.
Fixes:
- get_codex_auth_status() now checks credential pool first, falls back
to legacy provider state
- _model_flow_openai_codex() uses pool-aware auth status for token
retrieval when fetching model lists
- _import_codex_cli_tokens() validates JWT exp claim, rejects expired
- _login_openai_codex() verifies resolved token isn't expiring before
accepting existing credentials
- _run_codex_stream() logs response.incomplete/failed terminal events
with status and incomplete_details for diagnostics
- Codex empty output recovery: captures streamed text during streaming
and synthesizes a response when get_final_response() returns empty
output (handles chatgpt.com backend-api edge cases)
Two fixes:
1. Replace all stale 'hermes login' references with 'hermes auth' across
auth.py, auxiliary_client.py, delegate_tool.py, config.py, run_agent.py,
and documentation. The 'hermes login' command was deprecated; 'hermes auth'
now handles OAuth credential management.
2. Fix credential removal not persisting for singleton-sourced credentials
(device_code for openai-codex/nous, hermes_pkce for anthropic).
auth_remove_command already cleared env vars for env-sourced credentials,
but singleton credentials stored in the auth store were re-seeded by
_seed_from_singletons() on the next load_pool() call. Now clears the
underlying auth store entry when removing singleton-sourced credentials.
Two issues caused Matrix E2EE to silently not work in encrypted rooms:
1. When matrix-nio is installed without the [e2e] extra (no python-olm /
libolm), nio.crypto.ENCRYPTION_ENABLED is False and client.olm is
never initialized. The adapter logged warnings but returned True from
connect(), so the bot appeared online but could never decrypt messages.
Now: check_matrix_requirements() and connect() both hard-fail with a
clear error message when MATRIX_ENCRYPTION=true but E2EE deps are
missing.
2. Without a stable device_id, the bot gets a new device identity on each
restart. Other clients see it as "unknown device" and refuse to share
Megolm session keys. Now: MATRIX_DEVICE_ID env var lets users pin a
stable device identity that persists across restarts and is passed to
nio.AsyncClient constructor + restore_login().
Changes:
- gateway/platforms/matrix.py: add _check_e2ee_deps(), hard-fail in
connect() and check_matrix_requirements(), MATRIX_DEVICE_ID support
in constructor + restore_login
- gateway/config.py: plumb MATRIX_DEVICE_ID into platform extras
- hermes_cli/config.py: add MATRIX_DEVICE_ID to OPTIONAL_ENV_VARS
Closes#3521
When the Codex CLI (or VS Code extension) consumes a refresh token before
Hermes can use it, Hermes previously surfaced a generic 401 error with no
actionable guidance.
- In `refresh_codex_oauth_pure`: detect `refresh_token_reused` from the
OAuth endpoint and raise an AuthError explaining the cause and the exact
steps to recover (run `codex` to refresh, then `hermes login`).
- In `run_agent.py`: when provider is `openai-codex` and HTTP 401 is
received, show Codex-specific recovery steps instead of the generic
"check your API key" message.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Follow-up to PR #5470. Replaces hardcoded ~/.hermes/.env references with
display_hermes_home() for correct behavior under profiles. Also updates
PluginManifest.requires_env type hint to List[Union[str, Dict[str, Any]]]
to document the rich format introduced in #5470.
* 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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Co-authored-by: Developers Digest <124798203+developersdigest@users.noreply.github.com>
Skills can now declare config.yaml settings via metadata.hermes.config
in their SKILL.md frontmatter. Values are stored under skills.config.*
namespace, prompted during hermes config migrate, shown in hermes config
show, and injected into the skill context at load time.
Also adds the llm-wiki skill (Karpathy's LLM Wiki pattern) as the first
skill to use the new config interface, declaring wiki.path.
Skill config interface (new):
- agent/skill_utils.py: extract_skill_config_vars(), discover_all_skill_config_vars(),
resolve_skill_config_values(), SKILL_CONFIG_PREFIX
- agent/skill_commands.py: _inject_skill_config() injects resolved values
into skill messages as [Skill config: ...] block
- hermes_cli/config.py: get_missing_skill_config_vars(), skill config
prompting in migrate_config(), Skill Settings in show_config()
LLM Wiki skill (skills/research/llm-wiki/SKILL.md):
- Three-layer architecture (raw sources, wiki pages, schema)
- Three operations (ingest, query, lint)
- Session orientation, page thresholds, tag taxonomy, update policy,
scaling guidance, log rotation, archiving workflow
Docs: creating-skills.md, configuration.md, skills.md, skills-catalog.md
Closes#5100
When an alias like 'claude' can't be resolved on the current provider,
_resolve_alias_fallback() tries other providers. Previously it hardcoded
('openrouter', 'nous') — so '/model claude' on z.ai would resolve to
openrouter even if the user doesn't have openrouter credentials but does
have anthropic.
Now the fallback uses the user's actual authenticated providers (detected
via list_authenticated_providers which is backed by the models.dev
in-memory cache). If no authenticated providers are found, falls back to
the old ('openrouter', 'nous') for backwards compatibility.
New helper: get_authenticated_provider_slugs() returns just the slug
strings from list_authenticated_providers().
launchctl kickstart returns exit code 113 ("Could not find service") when
the plist exists but the job hasn't been bootstrapped into the runtime domain.
The existing recovery path only caught exit code 3 ("unloaded"), causing an
unhandled CalledProcessError.
Exit code 113 means the same thing practically -- the service definition needs
bootstrapping before it can be kicked. Add it to the same recovery path that
already handles exit 3, matching the existing pattern in launchd_stop().
Follow-up: add a unit test covering the 113 recovery path.
Centralize the skill → slash command registration that Telegram already had
in commands.py so Discord uses the exact same priority system, filtering,
and cap enforcement:
1. Core/built-in commands (never trimmed)
2. Plugin commands (never trimmed)
3. Skill commands (fill remaining slots, alphabetical, only tier trimmed)
Changes:
hermes_cli/commands.py:
- Rename _TG_NAME_LIMIT → _CMD_NAME_LIMIT (32 chars shared by both platforms)
- Rename _clamp_telegram_names → _clamp_command_names (generic)
- Extract _collect_gateway_skill_entries() — shared plugin + skill
collection with platform filtering, name sanitization, description
truncation, and cap enforcement
- Refactor telegram_menu_commands() to use the shared helper
- Add discord_skill_commands() that returns (name, desc, cmd_key) triples
- Preserve _sanitize_telegram_name() for Telegram-specific name cleaning
gateway/platforms/discord.py:
- Call discord_skill_commands() from _register_slash_commands()
- Create app_commands.Command per skill entry with cmd_key callback
- Respect 100-command global Discord limit
- Log warning when skills are skipped due to cap
Backward-compat aliases preserved for _TG_NAME_LIMIT and
_clamp_telegram_names.
Tests: 9 new tests (7 Discord + 2 backward-compat), 98 total pass.
Inspired by PR #5498 (sprmn24). Closes#5480.
Telegram Bot API requires command names to contain only lowercase a-z,
digits 0-9, and underscores. Skill/plugin names containing characters
like +, /, @, or . caused set_my_commands to fail with
Bot_command_invalid.
Two-layer fix:
- scan_skill_commands(): strip non-alphanumeric/non-hyphen chars from
cmd_key at source, collapse consecutive hyphens, trim edges, skip
names that sanitize to empty string
- _sanitize_telegram_name(): centralized helper used by all 3 Telegram
name generation sites (core commands, plugin commands, skill commands)
with empty-name guard at each call site
Closes#5534
OpenCode Go model names with dots (minimax-m2.7, glm-4.5, kimi-k2.5)
were being mangled to hyphens (minimax-m2-7), causing HTTP 401 errors.
Two code paths were affected:
1. model_normalize.py: opencode-go was incorrectly in DOT_TO_HYPHEN_PROVIDERS
2. run_agent.py: _anthropic_preserve_dots() did not check for opencode-go
Fix:
- Remove opencode-go from _DOT_TO_HYPHEN_PROVIDERS (dots are correct for Go)
- Add opencode-go to _anthropic_preserve_dots() provider check
- Add opencode.ai/zen/go to base_url fallback check
- Add regression tests in tests/test_model_normalize.py
Co-authored-by: jacob3712 <jacob3712@users.noreply.github.com>
When agent_key is missing from auth state (expired, not yet minted,
or mint failed silently), the fallback chain fell through to
access_token — an OAuth bearer token for the Nous portal API, not
an inference credential. The Nous inference API returns 404 because
the OAuth token is not a valid inference key.
Remove the access_token fallback so an empty agent_key correctly
triggers resolve_nous_runtime_credentials() to mint a fresh key.
Closes#5562
After restarting a service-managed gateway (systemd/launchd), the
stale-process sweep calls find_gateway_pids() which returns ALL gateway
PIDs via ps aux — including the one just spawned by the service manager.
The sweep kills it, leaving the user with a stopped gateway and a
confusing 'Restart manually' message.
Fix: add _get_service_pids() to query systemd MainPID and launchd PID
for active gateway services, then exclude those PIDs from the sweep.
Also add exclude_pids parameter to find_gateway_pids() and
kill_gateway_processes() so callers can skip known service-managed PIDs.
Adds 9 targeted tests covering:
- _get_service_pids() for systemd, launchd, empty, and zero-PID cases
- find_gateway_pids() exclude_pids filtering
- cmd_update integration: service PID not killed after restart
- cmd_update integration: manual PID killed while service PID preserved
- Rename per-LLM-call hooks from pre_llm_request/post_llm_request for clarity vs pre_llm_call
- Emit summary kwargs only (counts, usage dict from normalize_usage); keep env_var_enabled for HERMES_DUMP_REQUESTS
- Add is_truthy_value/env_var_enabled to utils; wire hermes_cli.plugins._env_enabled through it
- Update Langfuse local setup doc; add scripts/langfuse_smoketest.py and optional ~/.hermes plugin tests
Made-with: Cursor
Add validate_config_structure() that catches common config.yaml mistakes:
- custom_providers as dict instead of list (missing '-' in YAML)
- fallback_model accidentally nested inside another section
- custom_providers entries missing required fields (name, base_url)
- Missing model section when custom_providers is configured
- Root-level keys that look like misplaced custom_providers fields
Surface these diagnostics at three levels:
1. Startup: print_config_warnings() runs at CLI and gateway module load,
so users see issues before hitting cryptic errors
2. Error time: 'Unknown provider' errors in auth.py and model_switch.py
now include config diagnostics with fix suggestions
3. Doctor: 'hermes doctor' shows a Config Structure section with all
issues and fix hints
Also adds a warning log in runtime_provider.py when custom_providers
is a dict (previously returned None silently).
Motivated by a Discord user who had malformed custom_providers YAML
and got only 'Unknown Provider' with no guidance on what was wrong.
17 new tests covering all validation paths.
All 35 subprocess.run() calls in hermes_cli/gateway.py lacked timeout
parameters. If systemctl, launchctl, loginctl, wmic, or ps blocks,
hermes gateway start/stop/restart/status/install/uninstall hangs
indefinitely with no feedback.
Timeouts tiered by operation type:
- 10s: instant queries (is-active, status, list, ps, tail, journalctl)
- 30s: fast lifecycle (daemon-reload, enable, start, bootstrap, kickstart)
- 90s: graceful shutdown (stop, restart, bootout, kickstart -k) — exceeds
our TimeoutStopSec=60 to avoid premature timeout during shutdown
Special handling: _is_service_running() and launchd_status() catch
TimeoutExpired and treat it as not-running/not-loaded, consistent with
how non-zero return codes are already handled.
Inspired by PR #3732 (dlkakbs) and issue #4057 (SHL0MS).
Reimplemented on current main which has significantly changed launchctl
handling (bootout/bootstrap/kickstart vs legacy load/unload/start/stop).
The _login_nous() call site was pre-filling portal_base_url,
inference_base_url, client_id, and scope with pconfig defaults before
passing them to _nous_device_code_login(). Since pconfig defaults are
always truthy, the env var checks inside the function (HERMES_PORTAL_BASE_URL,
NOUS_PORTAL_BASE_URL, NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL) could never take effect.
Fix: pass None from the call site when no CLI flag is provided, letting
the function's own priority chain handle defaults correctly:
explicit CLI flag > env var > pconfig default.
Addresses the issue reported in PR #5397 by jquesnelle.
Display live per-million-token pricing from /v1/models when listing
models for OpenRouter or Nous Portal. Prices are shown in a
column-aligned table with decimal points vertically aligned for
easy comparison.
Pricing appears in three places:
- /provider slash command (table with In/Out headers)
- hermes model picker (aligned columns in both TerminalMenu and
numbered fallback)
Implementation:
- Add fetch_models_with_pricing() in models.py with per-base_url
module-level cache (one network call per endpoint per session)
- Add _format_price_per_mtok() with fixed 2-decimal formatting
- Add format_model_pricing_table() for terminal table display
- Add get_pricing_for_provider() convenience wrapper
- Update _prompt_model_selection() to accept optional pricing dict
- Wire pricing through _model_flow_openrouter/nous in main.py
- Update test mocks for new pricing parameter
The gateway previously used a hard wall-clock asyncio.wait_for timeout
that killed agents after a fixed duration regardless of activity. This
punished legitimate long-running tasks (subagent delegation, reasoning
models, multi-step research).
Now uses an inactivity-based polling loop that checks the agent's
built-in activity tracker (get_activity_summary) every 5 seconds. The
agent can run indefinitely as long as it's actively calling tools or
receiving API responses. Only fires when the agent has been completely
idle for the configured duration.
Changes:
- Replace asyncio.wait_for with asyncio.wait poll loop checking
agent idle time via get_activity_summary()
- Add agent.gateway_timeout config.yaml key (default 1800s, 0=unlimited)
- Update stale session eviction to use agent idle time instead of
pure wall-clock (prevents evicting active long-running tasks)
- Preserve all existing diagnostic logging and user-facing context
Inspired by PR #4864 (Mibayy) and issue #4815 (BongSuCHOI).
Reimplemented on current main using existing _touch_activity()
infrastructure rather than a parallel tracker.
Nous Research Hermes 3 & 4 models lack tool-calling capabilities and
are not suitable for agent workflows. Add a warning that fires in two
places:
- /model switch (CLI + gateway) via model_switch.py warning_message
- CLI session startup banner when the configured model contains 'hermes'
Both paths suggest switching to an agentic model (Claude, GPT, Gemini,
DeepSeek, etc.).
Reject "." as a plugin name — it resolves to the plugins directory
itself, which in force-install flows causes shutil.rmtree to wipe the
entire plugins tree.
- reject "." early with a clear error message
- explicit check for target == plugins_resolved (raise instead of allow)
- switch boundary check from string-prefix to Path.relative_to()
- add regression tests for sanitizer + install flow
Co-authored-by: Dusk1e <yusufalweshdemir@gmail.com>
Add ctx.register_cli_command() to PluginContext for general plugins and
discover_plugin_cli_commands() to memory plugin system. Plugins that
provide a register_cli(subparser) function in their cli.py are
automatically discovered during argparse setup and wired into the CLI.
- Remove 95-line hardcoded honcho argparse block from main.py
- Move honcho subcommand tree into plugins/memory/honcho/cli.py
via register_cli() convention
- hermes honcho setup now redirects to hermes memory setup (unified path)
- hermes honcho (no subcommand) shows status instead of running setup
- Future plugins can register CLI commands without touching core files
- PluginManager stores CLI registrations in _cli_commands dict
- Memory plugin discovery scans cli.py for register_cli at argparse time
main.py: -102 lines of hardcoded plugin routing
Removing an env-seeded credential (e.g. from OPENROUTER_API_KEY) via
'hermes auth' previously had no lasting effect -- the entry was deleted
from auth.json but load_pool() re-created it on the next call because
the env var was still set.
Now auth_remove_command detects env-sourced entries (source starts with
'env:') and calls the new remove_env_value() to strip the var from both
.env and os.environ, preventing re-seeding.
Changes:
- hermes_cli/config.py: add remove_env_value() -- atomically removes a
line from .env and pops from os.environ
- hermes_cli/auth_commands.py: auth_remove_command clears env var when
removing an env-seeded pool entry
- 8 new tests covering remove_env_value and the full zombie-credential
lifecycle (remove -> reload -> stays gone)
Replace the two-step stop/start restart with a single
launchctl kickstart -k call. When the gateway triggers a
restart from inside its own process tree, the old stop
command kills the shell before the start half is reached.
kickstart -k lets launchd handle the kill+restart atomically.
launchctl load/unload/start/stop are deprecated on macOS since 10.10
and fail silently on modern versions. This replaces them with the
current equivalents:
- load -> bootstrap gui/<uid> <plist>
- unload -> bootout gui/<uid>/<label>
- start -> kickstart gui/<uid>/<label>
- stop -> kill SIGTERM gui/<uid>/<label>
Adds _launchd_domain() helper returning the gui/<uid> target domain.
Updates test assertions to match the new command signatures.
Fixes#4820
- Firecrawl scrape: 60s timeout via asyncio.wait_for + to_thread
(previously could hang indefinitely)
- Summarizer retries: 6 → 2 (one retry), reads timeout from
auxiliary.web_extract.timeout config (default 360s / 6min)
- Summarizer failure: falls back to truncated raw content (~5000 chars)
instead of useless error message, with guidance about config/model
- Config default: auxiliary.web_extract.timeout bumped 30 → 360s
for local model compatibility
Addresses Discord reports of agent hanging during web_extract.
Cherry-picked from PR #5136 by thakoreh.
setup_gateway() uses shutil.which('uv') at line 2126 but shutil was
never imported at module level, causing NameError during Matrix E2EE
auto-install. Adds top-level import and regression test.
- Add OLLAMA_API_KEY to credential resolution chain for ollama.com endpoints
- Update requested_provider/_explicit_api_key/_explicit_base_url after /model
switch so _ensure_runtime_credentials() doesn't revert the switch
- Pass base_url/api_key from fallback config to resolve_provider_client()
- Add DirectAlias system: user-configurable model_aliases in config.yaml
checked before catalog resolution, with reverse lookup by model ID
- Add /model tab completion showing aliases with provider metadata
Co-authored-by: LucidPaths <LucidPaths@users.noreply.github.com>
* feat(gateway): live-stream /update output + forward interactive prompts
Adds real-time output streaming and interactive prompt forwarding for
the gateway /update command, so users on Telegram/Discord/etc see the
full update progress and can respond to prompts (stash restore, config
migration) without needing terminal access.
Changes:
hermes_cli/main.py:
- Add --gateway flag to 'hermes update' argparse
- Add _gateway_prompt() file-based IPC function that writes
.update_prompt.json and polls for .update_response
- Modify _restore_stashed_changes() to accept optional input_fn
parameter for gateway mode prompt forwarding
- cmd_update() uses _gateway_prompt when --gateway is set, enabling
interactive stash restore and config migration prompts
gateway/run.py:
- _handle_update_command: spawn with --gateway flag and
PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 for real-time output flushing
- Store session_key in .update_pending.json for cross-restart
session matching
- Add _update_prompt_pending dict to track sessions awaiting
update prompt responses
- Replace _watch_for_update_completion with _watch_update_progress:
streams output chunks every ~4s, detects .update_prompt.json and
forwards prompts to the user, handles completion/failure/timeout
- Add update prompt interception in _handle_message: when a prompt
is pending, the user's next message is written to .update_response
instead of being processed normally
- Preserve _send_update_notification as legacy fallback for
post-restart cases where adapter isn't available yet
File-based IPC protocol:
- .update_prompt.json: written by update process with prompt text,
default value, and unique ID
- .update_response: written by gateway with user's answer
- .update_output.txt: existing, now streamed in real-time
- .update_exit_code: existing completion marker
Tests: 16 new tests covering _gateway_prompt IPC, output streaming,
prompt detection/forwarding, message interception, and cleanup.
* feat: interactive buttons for update prompts (Telegram + Discord)
Telegram: Inline keyboard with ✓ Yes / ✗ No buttons. Clicking a button
answers the callback query, edits the message to show the choice, and
writes .update_response directly. CallbackQueryHandler registered on
the update_prompt: prefix.
Discord: UpdatePromptView (discord.ui.View) with green Yes / red No
buttons. Follows the ExecApprovalView pattern — auth check, embed color
update, disabled-after-click. Writes .update_response on click.
All platforms: /approve and /deny (and /yes, /no) now work as shorthand
for yes/no when an update prompt is pending. The text fallback message
instructs users to use these commands. Raw message interception still
works as a fallback for non-command responses.
Gateway watcher checks adapter for send_update_prompt method (class-level
check to avoid MagicMock false positives) and falls back to text prompt
with /approve instructions when unavailable.
* fix: block /update on non-messaging platforms (API, webhooks, ACP)
Add _UPDATE_ALLOWED_PLATFORMS frozenset that explicitly lists messaging
platforms where /update is permitted. API server, webhook, and ACP
platforms get a clear error directing them to run hermes update from
the terminal instead.
ACP and API server already don't reach _handle_message (separate
codepaths), and webhooks have distinct session keys that can't collide
with messaging sessions. This guard is belt-and-suspenders.
Persist structured exhaustion metadata from provider errors, use explicit reset timestamps when available, and expose label-based credential targeting in the auth CLI. This keeps long-lived Codex cooldowns from being misreported as one-hour waits and avoids forcing operators to manage entries by list position alone.
Constraint: Existing credential pool JSON needs to remain backward compatible with stored entries that only record status code and timestamp
Constraint: Runtime recovery must keep the existing retry-then-rotate semantics for 429s while enriching pool state with provider metadata
Rejected: Add a separate credential scheduler subsystem | too large for the Hermes pool architecture and unnecessary for this fix
Rejected: Only change CLI formatting | would leave runtime rotation blind to resets_at and preserve the serial-failure behavior
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Preserve structured rate-limit metadata when new providers expose reset hints; do not collapse back to status-code-only exhaustion tracking
Tested: Focused pytest slice for auth commands, credential pool recovery, and routing (272 passed); py_compile on changed Python files; hermes -w auth list/remove smoke test with temporary HERMES_HOME
Not-tested: Full repository pytest suite, broader gateway/integration flows outside the touched auth and pool paths
Plugin context from pre_llm_call hooks was injected into the system
prompt, breaking the prompt cache prefix every turn when content
changed (typical for memory plugins). Now all plugin context goes
into the current turn's user message — the system prompt stays
identical across turns, preserving cached tokens.
The system prompt is reserved for Hermes internals. Plugins
contribute context alongside the user's input.
Also adds comprehensive documentation for all 6 plugin hooks:
pre_tool_call, post_tool_call, pre_llm_call, post_llm_call,
on_session_start, on_session_end — each with full callback
signatures, parameter tables, firing conditions, and examples.
Supersedes #5138 which identified the same cache-busting bug
and proposed an uncached system suffix approach. This fix goes
further by removing system prompt injection entirely.
Co-identified-by: OutThisLife (PR #5138)
When --yolo, -w, -s, -r, -c, and --pass-session-id exist on both the parent
parser and the 'chat' subparser with explicit defaults (default=False or
default=None), argparse's subparser initialization overwrites the parent's
parsed value. So 'hermes --yolo chat' silently drops --yolo, making it appear
broken.
Fix: use default=argparse.SUPPRESS on all duplicated arguments in the chat
subparser. SUPPRESS means 'don't set this attribute if the user didn't
explicitly provide it', so the parent parser's value survives through.
Affected flags: --yolo, --worktree/-w, --skills/-s, --pass-session-id,
--resume/-r, --continue/-c.
Adds 15 regression tests covering flag-before-subcommand, flag-after-subcommand,
no-subcommand, and env var propagation scenarios.
Bring Matrix feature parity with Discord by adding mention gating and
auto-threading. Both default to true, matching Discord behavior.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add an optional 'script' parameter to cron jobs that references a Python
script. The script runs before each agent turn, and its stdout is injected
into the prompt as context. This enables stateful monitoring — the script
handles data collection and change detection, the LLM analyzes and reports.
- cron/jobs.py: add script field to create_job(), stored in job dict
- cron/scheduler.py: add _run_job_script() executor with timeout handling,
inject script output/errors into _build_job_prompt()
- tools/cronjob_tools.py: add script to tool schema, create/update handlers,
_format_job display
- hermes_cli/cron.py: add --script to create/edit, display in list/edit output
- hermes_cli/main.py: add --script argparse for cron create/edit subcommands
- tests/cron/test_cron_script.py: 20 tests covering job CRUD, script
execution, path resolution, error handling, prompt injection, tool API
Script paths can be absolute or relative (resolved against ~/.hermes/scripts/).
Scripts run with a 120s timeout. Failures are injected as error context so
the LLM can report the problem. Empty string clears an attached script.
Add docker_env option to terminal config — a dict of key-value pairs that
get set inside Docker containers via -e flags at both container creation
(docker run) and per-command execution (docker exec) time.
This complements docker_forward_env (which reads values dynamically from
the host process environment). docker_env is useful when Hermes runs as a
systemd service without access to the user's shell environment — e.g.
setting SSH_AUTH_SOCK or GNUPGHOME to known stable paths for SSH/GPG
agent socket forwarding.
Precedence: docker_env provides baseline values; docker_forward_env
overrides for the same key.
Config example:
terminal:
docker_env:
SSH_AUTH_SOCK: /run/user/1000/ssh-agent.sock
GNUPGHOME: /root/.gnupg
docker_volumes:
- /run/user/1000/ssh-agent.sock:/run/user/1000/ssh-agent.sock
- /run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:/root/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent
* feat: add /branch (/fork) command for session branching
Inspired by Claude Code's /branch command. Creates a copy of the current
session's conversation history in a new session, allowing the user to
explore a different approach without losing the original.
Works like 'git checkout -b' for conversations:
- /branch — auto-generates a title from the parent session
- /branch my-idea — uses a custom title
- /fork — alias for /branch
Implementation:
- CLI: _handle_branch_command() in cli.py
- Gateway: _handle_branch_command() in gateway/run.py
- CommandDef with 'fork' alias in commands.py
- Uses existing parent_session_id field in session DB
- Uses get_next_title_in_lineage() for auto-numbered branches
- 14 tests covering session creation, history copy, parent links,
title generation, edge cases, and agent sync
* fix: clear ghost status-bar lines on terminal resize
When the terminal shrinks (e.g. un-maximize), the emulator reflows
previously full-width rows (status bar, input rules) into multiple
narrower rows. prompt_toolkit's _on_resize only cursor_up()s by the
stored layout height, missing the extra rows from reflow — leaving
ghost duplicates of the status bar visible.
Fix: monkey-patch Application._on_resize to detect width shrinks,
calculate the extra rows created by reflow, and inflate the renderer's
cursor_pos.y so the erase moves up far enough to clear ghosts.
The Anthropic SDK appends /v1/messages to the base_url, so OpenCode's
base URL https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1 produced a double /v1 path
(https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1/v1/messages), causing 404s for MiniMax
models. Strip trailing /v1 when api_mode is anthropic_messages.
Also adds MiMo-V2-Pro, MiMo-V2-Omni, and MiniMax-M2.5 to the OpenCode
Go model lists per their updated docs.
Fixes#4890
gateway stop and restart previously called kill_gateway_processes() which
scans ps aux and kills ALL gateway processes across all profiles. Starting
a profile gateway would nuke the main one (and vice versa).
Now:
- hermes gateway stop → only kills the current profile's gateway (PID file)
- hermes -p work gateway stop → only kills the 'work' profile's gateway
- hermes gateway stop --all → kills every gateway process (old behavior)
- hermes gateway restart → profile-scoped for manual fallback path
- hermes update → discovers and restarts ALL profile gateways (systemctl
list-units hermes-gateway*) since the code update is shared
Added stop_profile_gateway() which uses the HERMES_HOME-scoped PID file
instead of global process scanning.
Three fixes for memory+profile isolation bugs:
1. memory_tool.py: Replace module-level MEMORY_DIR constant with
get_memory_dir() function that calls get_hermes_home() dynamically.
The old constant was cached at import time and could go stale if
HERMES_HOME changed after import. Internal MemoryStore methods now
call get_memory_dir() directly. MEMORY_DIR kept as backward-compat
alias.
2. profiles.py: profile create --clone now copies MEMORY.md and USER.md
from the source profile. These curated memory files are part of the
agent's identity (same as SOUL.md) and should carry over on clone.
3. holographic plugin: initialize() now expands $HERMES_HOME and
${HERMES_HOME} in the db_path config value, so users can write
'db_path: $HERMES_HOME/memory_store.db' and it resolves to the
active profile directory, not the default home.
Tests updated to mock get_memory_dir() alongside the legacy MEMORY_DIR.
Three interconnected bugs caused `hermes skills config` per-platform
settings to be silently ignored:
1. telegram_menu_commands() never filtered disabled skills — all skills
consumed menu slots regardless of platform config, hitting Telegram's
100 command cap. Now loads disabled skills for 'telegram' and excludes
them from the menu.
2. Gateway skill dispatch executed disabled skills because
get_skill_commands() (process-global cache) only filters by the global
disabled list at scan time. Added per-platform check before execution,
returning an actionable 'skill is disabled' message.
3. get_disabled_skill_names() only checked HERMES_PLATFORM env var, but
the gateway sets HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM instead. Added
HERMES_SESSION_PLATFORM as fallback, plus an explicit platform=
parameter for callers that know their platform (menu builder, gateway
dispatch). Also added platform to prompt_builder's skills cache key
so multi-platform gateways get correct per-platform skill prompts.
Reported by SteveSkedasticity (CLAW community).
When config.yaml has 'mcp_servers:' with no value, YAML parses it as
None. dict.get('mcp_servers', {}) only returns the default when the key
is absent, not when it's explicitly None. Use 'or {}' pattern to handle
both cases, matching the other two assignment sites in the same file.
Follow-up for salvaged PR #2352:
- Replace hardcoded Path(os.getenv('HERMES_HOME', ...)) with
get_hermes_home() from hermes_constants (2 places)
- Consolidate redundant git_cmd_base into the existing git_cmd
variable, constructed once before fork detection
- Update autostash tests for the unmerged index check added
in the previous commit
- Detect if origin points to a fork (not NousResearch/hermes-agent)
- Show warning when updating from a fork: origin URL
- After pulling from origin/main on a fork:
- Prompt to add upstream remote if not present
- Respect ~/.hermes/.skip_upstream_prompt to avoid repeated prompts
- Compare origin/main with upstream/main
- If origin has commits not on upstream, skip (don't trample user's work)
- If upstream is ahead, pull from upstream and try to sync fork
- Use --force-with-lease for safe fork syncing
Non-main branches are unaffected - they just pull from origin/{branch}.
Co-authored-by: Avery <avery@hermes-agent.ai>
* fix(gateway): race condition, photo media loss, and flood control in Telegram
Three bugs causing intermittent silent drops, partial responses, and
flood control delays on the Telegram platform:
1. Race condition in handle_message() — _active_sessions was set inside
the background task, not before create_task(). Two rapid messages
could both pass the guard and spawn duplicate processing tasks.
Fix: set _active_sessions synchronously before spawning the task
(grammY sequentialize / aiogram EventIsolation pattern).
2. Photo media loss on dequeue — when a photo (no caption) was queued
during active processing and later dequeued, only .text was
extracted. Empty text → message silently dropped.
Fix: _build_media_placeholder() creates text context for media-only
events so they survive the dequeue path.
3. Progress message edits triggered Telegram flood control — rapid tool
calls edited the progress message every 0.3s, hitting Telegram's
rate limit (23s+ waits). This blocked progress updates and could
cause stream consumer timeouts.
Fix: throttle edits to 1.5s minimum interval, detect flood control
errors and gracefully degrade to new messages. edit_message() now
returns failure for flood waits >5s instead of blocking.
* fix(gateway): downgrade empty/None response log from WARNING to DEBUG
This warning fires on every successful streamed response (streaming
delivers the text, handler returns None via already_sent=True) and
on every queued message during active processing. Both are expected
behavior, not error conditions. Downgrade to DEBUG to reduce log noise.
* fix(gateway): prevent stuck sessions with agent timeout and staleness eviction
Three changes to prevent sessions from getting permanently locked:
1. Agent execution timeout (HERMES_AGENT_TIMEOUT, default 10min):
Wraps run_in_executor with asyncio.wait_for so a hung API call or
runaway tool can't lock a session indefinitely. On timeout, the
agent is interrupted and the user gets an actionable error message.
2. Staleness eviction for _running_agents:
Tracks start timestamps for each session entry. When a new message
arrives and the entry is older than timeout + 1min grace, it's
evicted as a leaked lock. Safety net for any cleanup path that
fails to remove the entry.
3. Cron job timeout (HERMES_CRON_TIMEOUT, default 10min):
Wraps run_conversation in a ThreadPoolExecutor with timeout so a
hung cron job doesn't block the ticker thread (and all subsequent
cron jobs) indefinitely.
Follows grammY runner's per-update timeout pattern and aiogram's
asyncio.wait_for approach for handler deadlines.
* fix(gateway): STT config resolution, stream consumer flood control fallback
Three targeted fixes from user-reported issues:
1. STT config resolution (transcription_tools.py):
_has_openai_audio_backend() and _resolve_openai_audio_client_config()
now check stt.openai.api_key/base_url in config.yaml FIRST, before
falling back to env vars. Fixes voice transcription breaking when
using a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint via config.yaml.
2. Stream consumer flood control fallback (stream_consumer.py):
When an edit fails mid-stream (e.g., Telegram flood control returns
failure for waits >5s), reset _already_sent to False so the normal
final send path delivers the complete response. Previously, a
truncated partial was left as the final message.
3. Telegram edit_message comment alignment (telegram.py):
Clarify that long flood waits return failure so streaming can fall
back to a normal final send.
* refactor: simplify and harden PR fixes after review
- Fix cron ThreadPoolExecutor blocking on timeout: use shutdown(wait=False,
cancel_futures=True) instead of context manager that waits indefinitely
- Extract _dequeue_pending_text() to deduplicate media-placeholder logic
in interrupt and normal-completion dequeue paths
- Remove hasattr guards for _running_agents_ts: add class-level default
so partial test construction works without scattered defensive checks
- Move `import concurrent.futures` to top of cron/scheduler.py
- Progress throttle: sleep remaining interval instead of busy-looping
0.1s (~15 wakeups per 1.5s window → 1 wakeup)
- Deduplicate _load_stt_config() in transcription_tools.py:
_has_openai_audio_backend() now delegates to _resolve_openai_audio_client_config()
* fix: move class-level attribute after docstring, clarify throttle comment
Follow-up nits for salvaged PR #4577:
- Move _running_agents_ts class attribute below the docstring so
GatewayRunner.__doc__ is preserved.
- Add clarifying comment explaining the throttle continue behavior
(batches queued messages during the throttle interval).
* fix(update): handle conflicted git index during hermes update
When the git index has unmerged entries (e.g. from an interrupted
merge or rebase), git stash fails with 'needs merge / could not
write index'. Detect this with git ls-files --unmerged and clear
the conflict state with git reset before attempting the stash.
Working-tree changes are preserved.
Reported by @LLMJunky — package-lock.json conflict from a prior
merge left the index dirty, blocking hermes update entirely.
---------
Co-authored-by: kshitijk4poor <82637225+kshitijk4poor@users.noreply.github.com>
launchd_restart() already prints stop/start confirmation via its
internal helpers — the extra 'Gateway restarted via launchd' line
was redundant. Update test assertion to match.
Previously, `hermes gateway install --system` hard-refused to create a
service running as root, even when explicitly requested via
`--run-as-user root`. This forced LXC/container users (where root is
the only user) to either create throwaway users or comment out the check
in source.
Changes:
- Auto-detected root (no explicit --run-as-user) still raises, but with
a message explaining how to override
- Explicit `--run-as-user root` now allowed with a warning about
security implications
- Interactive setup wizard prompt accepts 'root' as a valid username
(warning comes from _system_service_identity downstream)
- Added tests for all three paths: auto-detected root rejection,
explicit root allowance, and normal non-root passthrough
* feat(memory): add pluggable memory provider interface with profile isolation
Introduces a pluggable MemoryProvider ABC so external memory backends can
integrate with Hermes without modifying core files. Each backend becomes a
plugin implementing a standard interface, orchestrated by MemoryManager.
Key architecture:
- agent/memory_provider.py — ABC with core + optional lifecycle hooks
- agent/memory_manager.py — single integration point in the agent loop
- agent/builtin_memory_provider.py — wraps existing MEMORY.md/USER.md
Profile isolation fixes applied to all 6 shipped plugins:
- Cognitive Memory: use get_hermes_home() instead of raw env var
- Hindsight Memory: check $HERMES_HOME/hindsight/config.json first,
fall back to legacy ~/.hindsight/ for backward compat
- Hermes Memory Store: replace hardcoded ~/.hermes paths with
get_hermes_home() for config loading and DB path defaults
- Mem0 Memory: use get_hermes_home() instead of raw env var
- RetainDB Memory: auto-derive profile-scoped project name from
hermes_home path (hermes-<profile>), explicit env var overrides
- OpenViking Memory: read-only, no local state, isolation via .env
MemoryManager.initialize_all() now injects hermes_home into kwargs so
every provider can resolve profile-scoped storage without importing
get_hermes_home() themselves.
Plugin system: adds register_memory_provider() to PluginContext and
get_plugin_memory_providers() accessor.
Based on PR #3825. 46 tests (37 unit + 5 E2E + 4 plugin registration).
* refactor(memory): drop cognitive plugin, rewrite OpenViking as full provider
Remove cognitive-memory plugin (#727) — core mechanics are broken:
decay runs 24x too fast (hourly not daily), prefetch uses row ID as
timestamp, search limited by importance not similarity.
Rewrite openviking-memory plugin from a read-only search wrapper into
a full bidirectional memory provider using the complete OpenViking
session lifecycle API:
- sync_turn: records user/assistant messages to OpenViking session
(threaded, non-blocking)
- on_session_end: commits session to trigger automatic memory extraction
into 6 categories (profile, preferences, entities, events, cases,
patterns)
- prefetch: background semantic search via find() endpoint
- on_memory_write: mirrors built-in memory writes to the session
- is_available: checks env var only, no network calls (ABC compliance)
Tools expanded from 3 to 5:
- viking_search: semantic search with mode/scope/limit
- viking_read: tiered content (abstract ~100tok / overview ~2k / full)
- viking_browse: filesystem-style navigation (list/tree/stat)
- viking_remember: explicit memory storage via session
- viking_add_resource: ingest URLs/docs into knowledge base
Uses direct HTTP via httpx (no openviking SDK dependency needed).
Response truncation on viking_read to prevent context flooding.
* fix(memory): harden Mem0 plugin — thread safety, non-blocking sync, circuit breaker
- Remove redundant mem0_context tool (identical to mem0_search with
rerank=true, top_k=5 — wastes a tool slot and confuses the model)
- Thread sync_turn so it's non-blocking — Mem0's server-side LLM
extraction can take 5-10s, was stalling the agent after every turn
- Add threading.Lock around _get_client() for thread-safe lazy init
(prefetch and sync threads could race on first client creation)
- Add circuit breaker: after 5 consecutive API failures, pause calls
for 120s instead of hammering a down server every turn. Auto-resets
after cooldown. Logs a warning when tripped.
- Track success/failure in prefetch, sync_turn, and all tool calls
- Wait for previous sync to finish before starting a new one (prevents
unbounded thread accumulation on rapid turns)
- Clean up shutdown to join both prefetch and sync threads
* fix(memory): enforce single external memory provider limit
MemoryManager now rejects a second non-builtin provider with a warning.
Built-in memory (MEMORY.md/USER.md) is always accepted. Only ONE
external plugin provider is allowed at a time. This prevents tool
schema bloat (some providers add 3-5 tools each) and conflicting
memory backends.
The warning message directs users to configure memory.provider in
config.yaml to select which provider to activate.
Updated all 47 tests to use builtin + one external pattern instead
of multiple externals. Added test_second_external_rejected to verify
the enforcement.
* feat(memory): add ByteRover memory provider plugin
Implements the ByteRover integration (from PR #3499 by hieuntg81) as a
MemoryProvider plugin instead of direct run_agent.py modifications.
ByteRover provides persistent memory via the brv CLI — a hierarchical
knowledge tree with tiered retrieval (fuzzy text then LLM-driven search).
Local-first with optional cloud sync.
Plugin capabilities:
- prefetch: background brv query for relevant context
- sync_turn: curate conversation turns (threaded, non-blocking)
- on_memory_write: mirror built-in memory writes to brv
- on_pre_compress: extract insights before context compression
Tools (3):
- brv_query: search the knowledge tree
- brv_curate: store facts/decisions/patterns
- brv_status: check CLI version and context tree state
Profile isolation: working directory at $HERMES_HOME/byterover/ (scoped
per profile). Binary resolution cached with thread-safe double-checked
locking. All write operations threaded to avoid blocking the agent
(curate can take 120s with LLM processing).
* fix(memory): thread remaining sync_turns, fix holographic, add config key
Plugin fixes:
- Hindsight: thread sync_turn (was blocking up to 30s via _run_in_thread)
- RetainDB: thread sync_turn (was blocking on HTTP POST)
- Both: shutdown now joins sync threads alongside prefetch threads
Holographic retrieval fixes:
- reason(): removed dead intersection_key computation (bundled but never
used in scoring). Now reuses pre-computed entity_residuals directly,
moved role_content encoding outside the inner loop.
- contradict(): added _MAX_CONTRADICT_FACTS=500 scaling guard. Above
500 facts, only checks the most recently updated ones to avoid O(n^2)
explosion (~125K comparisons at 500 is acceptable).
Config:
- Added memory.provider key to DEFAULT_CONFIG ("" = builtin only).
No version bump needed (deep_merge handles new keys automatically).
* feat(memory): extract Honcho as a MemoryProvider plugin
Creates plugins/honcho-memory/ as a thin adapter over the existing
honcho_integration/ package. All 4 Honcho tools (profile, search,
context, conclude) move from the normal tool registry to the
MemoryProvider interface.
The plugin delegates all work to HonchoSessionManager — no Honcho
logic is reimplemented. It uses the existing config chain:
$HERMES_HOME/honcho.json -> ~/.honcho/config.json -> env vars.
Lifecycle hooks:
- initialize: creates HonchoSessionManager via existing client factory
- prefetch: background dialectic query
- sync_turn: records messages + flushes to API (threaded)
- on_memory_write: mirrors user profile writes as conclusions
- on_session_end: flushes all pending messages
This is a prerequisite for the MemoryManager wiring in run_agent.py.
Once wired, Honcho goes through the same provider interface as all
other memory plugins, and the scattered Honcho code in run_agent.py
can be consolidated into the single MemoryManager integration point.
* feat(memory): wire MemoryManager into run_agent.py
Adds 8 integration points for the external memory provider plugin,
all purely additive (zero existing code modified):
1. Init (~L1130): Create MemoryManager, find matching plugin provider
from memory.provider config, initialize with session context
2. Tool injection (~L1160): Append provider tool schemas to self.tools
and self.valid_tool_names after memory_manager init
3. System prompt (~L2705): Add external provider's system_prompt_block
alongside existing MEMORY.md/USER.md blocks
4. Tool routing (~L5362): Route provider tool calls through
memory_manager.handle_tool_call() before the catchall handler
5. Memory write bridge (~L5353): Notify external provider via
on_memory_write() when the built-in memory tool writes
6. Pre-compress (~L5233): Call on_pre_compress() before context
compression discards messages
7. Prefetch (~L6421): Inject provider prefetch results into the
current-turn user message (same pattern as Honcho turn context)
8. Turn sync + session end (~L8161, ~L8172): sync_all() after each
completed turn, queue_prefetch_all() for next turn, on_session_end()
+ shutdown_all() at conversation end
All hooks are wrapped in try/except — a failing provider never breaks
the agent. The existing memory system, Honcho integration, and all
other code paths are completely untouched.
Full suite: 7222 passed, 4 pre-existing failures.
* refactor(memory): remove legacy Honcho integration from core
Extracts all Honcho-specific code from run_agent.py, model_tools.py,
toolsets.py, and gateway/run.py. Honcho is now exclusively available
as a memory provider plugin (plugins/honcho-memory/).
Removed from run_agent.py (-457 lines):
- Honcho init block (session manager creation, activation, config)
- 8 Honcho methods: _honcho_should_activate, _strip_honcho_tools,
_activate_honcho, _register_honcho_exit_hook, _queue_honcho_prefetch,
_honcho_prefetch, _honcho_save_user_observation, _honcho_sync
- _inject_honcho_turn_context module-level function
- Honcho system prompt block (tool descriptions, CLI commands)
- Honcho context injection in api_messages building
- Honcho params from __init__ (honcho_session_key, honcho_manager,
honcho_config)
- HONCHO_TOOL_NAMES constant
- All honcho-specific tool dispatch forwarding
Removed from other files:
- model_tools.py: honcho_tools import, honcho params from handle_function_call
- toolsets.py: honcho toolset definition, honcho tools from core tools list
- gateway/run.py: honcho params from AIAgent constructor calls
Removed tests (-339 lines):
- 9 Honcho-specific test methods from test_run_agent.py
- TestHonchoAtexitFlush class from test_exit_cleanup_interrupt.py
Restored two regex constants (_SURROGATE_RE, _BUDGET_WARNING_RE) that
were accidentally removed during the honcho function extraction.
The honcho_integration/ package is kept intact — the plugin delegates
to it. tools/honcho_tools.py registry entries are now dead code (import
commented out in model_tools.py) but the file is preserved for reference.
Full suite: 7207 passed, 4 pre-existing failures. Zero regressions.
* refactor(memory): restructure plugins, add CLI, clean gateway, migration notice
Plugin restructure:
- Move all memory plugins from plugins/<name>-memory/ to plugins/memory/<name>/
(byterover, hindsight, holographic, honcho, mem0, openviking, retaindb)
- New plugins/memory/__init__.py discovery module that scans the directory
directly, loading providers by name without the general plugin system
- run_agent.py uses load_memory_provider() instead of get_plugin_memory_providers()
CLI wiring:
- hermes memory setup — interactive curses picker + config wizard
- hermes memory status — show active provider, config, availability
- hermes memory off — disable external provider (built-in only)
- hermes honcho — now shows migration notice pointing to hermes memory setup
Gateway cleanup:
- Remove _get_or_create_gateway_honcho (already removed in prev commit)
- Remove _shutdown_gateway_honcho and _shutdown_all_gateway_honcho methods
- Remove all calls to shutdown methods (4 call sites)
- Remove _honcho_managers/_honcho_configs dict references
Dead code removal:
- Delete tools/honcho_tools.py (279 lines, import was already commented out)
- Delete tests/gateway/test_honcho_lifecycle.py (131 lines, tested removed methods)
- Remove if False placeholder from run_agent.py
Migration:
- Honcho migration notice on startup: detects existing honcho.json or
~/.honcho/config.json, prints guidance to run hermes memory setup.
Only fires when memory.provider is not set and not in quiet mode.
Full suite: 7203 passed, 4 pre-existing failures. Zero regressions.
* feat(memory): standardize plugin config + add per-plugin documentation
Config architecture:
- Add save_config(values, hermes_home) to MemoryProvider ABC
- Honcho: writes to $HERMES_HOME/honcho.json (SDK native)
- Mem0: writes to $HERMES_HOME/mem0.json
- Hindsight: writes to $HERMES_HOME/hindsight/config.json
- Holographic: writes to config.yaml under plugins.hermes-memory-store
- OpenViking/RetainDB/ByteRover: env-var only (default no-op)
Setup wizard (hermes memory setup):
- Now calls provider.save_config() for non-secret config
- Secrets still go to .env via env vars
- Only memory.provider activation key goes to config.yaml
Documentation:
- README.md for each of the 7 providers in plugins/memory/<name>/
- Requirements, setup (wizard + manual), config reference, tools table
- Consistent format across all providers
The contract for new memory plugins:
- get_config_schema() declares all fields (REQUIRED)
- save_config() writes native config (REQUIRED if not env-var-only)
- Secrets use env_var field in schema, written to .env by wizard
- README.md in the plugin directory
* docs: add memory providers user guide + developer guide
New pages:
- user-guide/features/memory-providers.md — comprehensive guide covering
all 7 shipped providers (Honcho, OpenViking, Mem0, Hindsight,
Holographic, RetainDB, ByteRover). Each with setup, config, tools,
cost, and unique features. Includes comparison table and profile
isolation notes.
- developer-guide/memory-provider-plugin.md — how to build a new memory
provider plugin. Covers ABC, required methods, config schema,
save_config, threading contract, profile isolation, testing.
Updated pages:
- user-guide/features/memory.md — replaced Honcho section with link to
new Memory Providers page
- user-guide/features/honcho.md — replaced with migration redirect to
the new Memory Providers page
- sidebars.ts — added both new pages to navigation
* fix(memory): auto-migrate Honcho users to memory provider plugin
When honcho.json or ~/.honcho/config.json exists but memory.provider
is not set, automatically set memory.provider: honcho in config.yaml
and activate the plugin. The plugin reads the same config files, so
all data and credentials are preserved. Zero user action needed.
Persists the migration to config.yaml so it only fires once. Prints
a one-line confirmation in non-quiet mode.
* fix(memory): only auto-migrate Honcho when enabled + credentialed
Check HonchoClientConfig.enabled AND (api_key OR base_url) before
auto-migrating — not just file existence. Prevents false activation
for users who disabled Honcho, stopped using it (config lingers),
or have ~/.honcho/ from a different tool.
* feat(memory): auto-install pip dependencies during hermes memory setup
Reads pip_dependencies from plugin.yaml, checks which are missing,
installs them via pip before config walkthrough. Also shows install
guidance for external_dependencies (e.g. brv CLI for ByteRover).
Updated all 7 plugin.yaml files with pip_dependencies:
- honcho: honcho-ai
- mem0: mem0ai
- openviking: httpx
- hindsight: hindsight-client
- holographic: (none)
- retaindb: requests
- byterover: (external_dependencies for brv CLI)
* fix: remove remaining Honcho crash risks from cli.py and gateway
cli.py: removed Honcho session re-mapping block (would crash importing
deleted tools/honcho_tools.py), Honcho flush on compress, Honcho
session display on startup, Honcho shutdown on exit, honcho_session_key
AIAgent param.
gateway/run.py: removed honcho_session_key params from helper methods,
sync_honcho param, _honcho.shutdown() block.
tests: fixed test_cron_session_with_honcho_key_skipped (was passing
removed honcho_key param to _flush_memories_for_session).
* fix: include plugins/ in pyproject.toml package list
Without this, plugins/memory/ wouldn't be included in non-editable
installs. Hermes always runs from the repo checkout so this is belt-
and-suspenders, but prevents breakage if the install method changes.
* fix(memory): correct pip-to-import name mapping for dep checks
The heuristic dep.replace('-', '_') fails for packages where the pip
name differs from the import name: honcho-ai→honcho, mem0ai→mem0,
hindsight-client→hindsight_client. Added explicit mapping table so
hermes memory setup doesn't try to reinstall already-installed packages.
* chore: remove dead code from old plugin memory registration path
- hermes_cli/plugins.py: removed register_memory_provider(),
_memory_providers list, get_plugin_memory_providers() — memory
providers now use plugins/memory/ discovery, not the general plugin system
- hermes_cli/main.py: stripped 74 lines of dead honcho argparse
subparsers (setup, status, sessions, map, peer, mode, tokens,
identity, migrate) — kept only the migration redirect
- agent/memory_provider.py: updated docstring to reflect new
registration path
- tests: replaced TestPluginMemoryProviderRegistration with
TestPluginMemoryDiscovery that tests the actual plugins/memory/
discovery system. Added 3 new tests (discover, load, nonexistent).
* chore: delete dead honcho_integration/cli.py and its tests
cli.py (794 lines) was the old 'hermes honcho' command handler — nobody
calls it since cmd_honcho was replaced with a migration redirect.
Deleted tests that imported from removed code:
- tests/honcho_integration/test_cli.py (tested _resolve_api_key)
- tests/honcho_integration/test_config_isolation.py (tested CLI config paths)
- tests/tools/test_honcho_tools.py (tested the deleted tools/honcho_tools.py)
Remaining honcho_integration/ files (actively used by the plugin):
- client.py (445 lines) — config loading, SDK client creation
- session.py (991 lines) — session management, queries, flush
* refactor: move honcho_integration/ into the honcho plugin
Moves client.py (445 lines) and session.py (991 lines) from the
top-level honcho_integration/ package into plugins/memory/honcho/.
No Honcho code remains in the main codebase.
- plugins/memory/honcho/client.py — config loading, SDK client creation
- plugins/memory/honcho/session.py — session management, queries, flush
- Updated all imports: run_agent.py (auto-migration), hermes_cli/doctor.py,
plugin __init__.py, session.py cross-import, all tests
- Removed honcho_integration/ package and pyproject.toml entry
- Renamed tests/honcho_integration/ → tests/honcho_plugin/
* docs: update architecture + gateway-internals for memory provider system
- architecture.md: replaced honcho_integration/ with plugins/memory/
- gateway-internals.md: replaced Honcho-specific session routing and
flush lifecycle docs with generic memory provider interface docs
* fix: update stale mock path for resolve_active_host after honcho plugin migration
* fix(memory): address review feedback — P0 lifecycle, ABC contract, honcho CLI restore
Review feedback from Honcho devs (erosika):
P0 — Provider lifecycle:
- Remove on_session_end() + shutdown_all() from run_conversation() tail
(was killing providers after every turn in multi-turn sessions)
- Add shutdown_memory_provider() method on AIAgent for callers
- Wire shutdown into CLI atexit, reset_conversation, gateway stop/expiry
Bug fixes:
- Remove sync_honcho=False kwarg from /btw callsites (TypeError crash)
- Fix doctor.py references to dead 'hermes honcho setup' command
- Cache prefetch_all() before tool loop (was re-calling every iteration)
ABC contract hardening (all backwards-compatible):
- Add session_id kwarg to prefetch/sync_turn/queue_prefetch
- Make on_pre_compress() return str (provider insights in compression)
- Add **kwargs to on_turn_start() for runtime context
- Add on_delegation() hook for parent-side subagent observation
- Document agent_context/agent_identity/agent_workspace kwargs on
initialize() (prevents cron corruption, enables profile scoping)
- Fix docstring: single external provider, not multiple
Honcho CLI restoration:
- Add plugins/memory/honcho/cli.py (from main's honcho_integration/cli.py
with imports adapted to plugin path)
- Restore full hermes honcho command with all subcommands (status, peer,
mode, tokens, identity, enable/disable, sync, peers, --target-profile)
- Restore auto-clone on profile creation + sync on hermes update
- hermes honcho setup now redirects to hermes memory setup
* fix(memory): wire on_delegation, skip_memory for cron/flush, fix ByteRover return type
- Wire on_delegation() in delegate_tool.py — parent's memory provider
is notified with task+result after each subagent completes
- Add skip_memory=True to cron scheduler (prevents cron system prompts
from corrupting user representations — closes#4052)
- Add skip_memory=True to gateway flush agent (throwaway agent shouldn't
activate memory provider)
- Fix ByteRover on_pre_compress() return type: None -> str
* fix(honcho): port profile isolation fixes from PR #4632
Ports 5 bug fixes found during profile testing (erosika's PR #4632):
1. 3-tier config resolution — resolve_config_path() now checks
$HERMES_HOME/honcho.json → ~/.hermes/honcho.json → ~/.honcho/config.json
(non-default profiles couldn't find shared host blocks)
2. Thread host=_host_key() through from_global_config() in cmd_setup,
cmd_status, cmd_identity (--target-profile was being ignored)
3. Use bare profile name as aiPeer (not host key with dots) — Honcho's
peer ID pattern is ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$, dots are invalid
4. Wrap add_peers() in try/except — was fatal on new AI peers, killed
all message uploads for the session
5. Gate Honcho clone behind --clone/--clone-all on profile create
(bare create should be blank-slate)
Also: sanitize assistant_peer_id via _sanitize_id()
* fix(tests): add module cleanup fixture to test_cli_provider_resolution
test_cli_provider_resolution._import_cli() wipes tools.*, cli, and
run_agent from sys.modules to force fresh imports, but had no cleanup.
This poisoned all subsequent tests on the same xdist worker — mocks
targeting tools.file_tools, tools.send_message_tool, etc. patched the
NEW module object while already-imported functions still referenced
the OLD one. Caused ~25 cascade failures: send_message KeyError,
process_registry FileNotFoundError, file_read_guards timeouts,
read_loop_detection file-not-found, mcp_oauth None port, and
provider_parity/codex_execution stale tool lists.
Fix: autouse fixture saves all affected modules before each test and
restores them after, matching the pattern in
test_managed_browserbase_and_modal.py.
Cherry-picked from PR #4363 by @bennyhodl with follow-up fixes:
- Skip 'No home channel' prompt for webhook platform (webhooks deliver
to configured targets, not a home channel)
- Disable tool progress for webhooks (no message editing support)
- Add webhook to PLATFORMS in tools_config.py and skills_config.py
- Add hermes-webhook toolset to toolsets.py + hermes-gateway includes
- Removed overly aggressive <50 char content filter that blocked
legitimate short responses (tool progress already handled at source)
Co-authored-by: bennyhodl <bennyhodl@users.noreply.github.com>
OpenCode Zen and Go are mixed-API-surface providers — different models
behind them use different API surfaces (GPT on Zen uses codex_responses,
Claude on Zen uses anthropic_messages, MiniMax on Go uses
anthropic_messages, GLM/Kimi on Go use chat_completions).
Changes:
- Add normalize_opencode_model_id() and opencode_model_api_mode() to
models.py for model ID normalization and API surface routing
- Add _provider_supports_explicit_api_mode() to runtime_provider.py
to prevent stale api_mode from leaking across provider switches
- Wire opencode routing into all three api_mode resolution paths:
pool entry, api_key provider, and explicit runtime
- Add api_mode field to ModelSwitchResult for propagation through the
switch pipeline
- Consolidate _PROVIDER_MODELS from main.py into models.py (single
source of truth, eliminates duplicate dict)
- Add opencode normalization to setup wizard and model picker flows
- Add opencode block to _normalize_model_for_provider in CLI
- Add opencode-zen/go fallback model lists to setup.py
Tests: 160 targeted tests pass (26 new tests covering normalization,
api_mode routing per provider/model, persistence, and setup wizard
normalization).
Based on PR #3017 by SaM13997.
Co-authored-by: SaM13997 <139419381+SaM13997@users.noreply.github.com>
- hermes honcho sync: scan all profiles, create missing host blocks
- hermes update: automatically syncs Honcho config to all profiles
after skill sync (existing users get profile mapping on next update)
- sync_honcho_profiles_quiet() for silent use from update path
- hermes honcho --target-profile <name> <command>: target another
profile's Honcho config without switching profiles. Works with all
subcommands (status, peer, mode, tokens, enable, disable, etc.)
- hermes honcho status now shows user peer card and AI peer
representation when connected (fetched live from Honcho API)
- Eagerly create AI and user peers in Honcho when a profile is created
(not deferred to first message). Uses idempotent peer() SDK call.
- hermes honcho enable: turn on Honcho for active profile, clone
settings from default if first time, create peer immediately
- hermes honcho disable: turn off Honcho for active profile
- _ensure_peer_exists() helper for idempotent peer creation
When a profile is created and Honcho is already configured on the
default host, automatically creates a host block for the new profile
with inherited settings (memory mode, recall mode, write frequency,
peer name, etc.) and auto-derived workspace/aiPeer.
Zero-friction path: hermes profile create coder -> Honcho config
cloned as hermes.coder with all settings inherited.
- hermes honcho status: shows active profile name + host key
- hermes honcho status --all: compact table of all profiles with mode,
recall, write frequency per host block
- hermes honcho peers: cross-profile peer identity table (user peer,
AI peer, linked hosts)
- All write commands (peer, mode, tokens) print [host_key] label when
operating on a non-default profile
Setup wizard now shows existing allowed_users when reconfiguring a
platform and preserves them if the user presses Enter. Previously the
wizard would display a misleading "No allowlist set" warning even when
the .env still held the original IDs.
Also downgrades the "provider X has no API key configured" log from
WARNING to DEBUG in resolve_provider_client — callers already handle
the None return with their own contextual messages. This eliminates
noisy startup warnings for providers in the fallback chain that the
user never configured (e.g. minimax).
hermes update only cleared .update_check for the active HERMES_HOME,
leaving other profiles showing stale 'N commits behind' in their banner.
Now _invalidate_update_cache() iterates over ~/.hermes/ (default) plus
every directory under ~/.hermes/profiles/ to clear all caches. The git
repo is shared across profiles so a single update brings them all current.
Reported by SteveSkedasticity on Discord.
_load_installable_optional_extras() was returning ALL extras from
pyproject.toml except 'all', which included 'rl' and 'yc-bench' —
extras not referenced by [all] that install heavy research deps
(atroposlib, tinker, wandb) from git repos. Changed to parse the
[all] group's references and only retry those 18 extras.
Also moved tomllib import to function-level since it only runs
during the rare fallback path.
- Add missing `from agent.credential_pool import load_pool` import to
auxiliary_client.py (introduced by the credential pool feature in main)
- Thread `args` through `select_provider_and_model(args=None)` so TLS
options from `cmd_model` reach `_model_flow_nous`
- Mock `_require_tty` in test_cmd_model_forwards_nous_login_tls_options
so it can run in non-interactive test environments
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
No model, base_url, or provider is assumed when the user hasn't
configured one. Previously the defaults dict in cli.py, AIAgent
constructor args, and several fallback paths all hardcoded
anthropic/claude-opus-4.6 + openrouter.ai/api/v1 — silently routing
unconfigured users to OpenRouter, which 404s for anyone using a
different provider.
Now empty defaults force the setup wizard to run, and existing users
who already completed setup are unaffected (their config.yaml has
the model they chose).
Files changed:
- cli.py: defaults dict, _DEFAULT_CONFIG_MODEL
- run_agent.py: AIAgent.__init__ defaults, main() defaults
- hermes_cli/config.py: DEFAULT_CONFIG
- hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py: is_fallback sentinel
- acp_adapter/session.py: default_model
- tests: updated to reflect empty defaults
* fix: force-close TCP sockets on client cleanup, detect and recover dead connections
When a provider drops connections mid-stream (e.g. OpenRouter outage),
httpx's graceful close leaves sockets in CLOSE-WAIT indefinitely. These
zombie connections accumulate and can prevent recovery without restarting.
Changes:
- _force_close_tcp_sockets: walks the httpx connection pool and issues
socket.shutdown(SHUT_RDWR) + close() to force TCP RST on every socket
when a client is closed, preventing CLOSE-WAIT accumulation
- _cleanup_dead_connections: probes the primary client's pool for dead
sockets (recv MSG_PEEK), rebuilds the client if any are found
- Pre-turn health check at the start of each run_conversation call that
auto-recovers with a user-facing status message
- Primary client rebuild after stale stream detection to purge pool
- User-facing messages on streaming connection failures:
"Connection to provider dropped — Reconnecting (attempt 2/3)"
"Connection failed after 3 attempts — try again in a moment"
Made-with: Cursor
* fix: pool entry missing base_url for openrouter, clean error messages
- _resolve_runtime_from_pool_entry: add OPENROUTER_BASE_URL fallback
when pool entry has no runtime_base_url (pool entries from auth.json
credential_pool often omit base_url)
- Replace Rich console.print for auth errors with plain print() to
prevent ANSI escape code mangling through prompt_toolkit's stdout patch
- Force-close TCP sockets on client cleanup to prevent CLOSE-WAIT
accumulation after provider outages
- Pre-turn dead connection detection with auto-recovery and user message
- Primary client rebuild after stale stream detection
- User-facing status messages on streaming connection failures/retries
Made-with: Cursor
* fix(gateway): persist memory flush state to prevent redundant re-flushes on restart
The _session_expiry_watcher tracked flushed sessions in an in-memory set
(_pre_flushed_sessions) that was lost on gateway restart. Expired sessions
remained in sessions.json and were re-discovered every restart, causing
redundant AIAgent runs that burned API credits and blocked the event loop.
Fix: Add a memory_flushed boolean field to SessionEntry, persisted in
sessions.json. The watcher sets it after a successful flush. On restart,
the flag survives and the watcher skips already-flushed sessions.
- Add memory_flushed field to SessionEntry with to_dict/from_dict support
- Old sessions.json entries without the field default to False (backward compat)
- Remove the ephemeral _pre_flushed_sessions set from SessionStore
- Update tests: save/load roundtrip, legacy entry compat, auto-reset behavior
The original PR excluded auth.json from _DEFAULT_EXPORT_EXCLUDE_ROOT and
filtered both auth.json and .env from named profile exports, but missed
adding .env to the default profile exclusion set. Default exports would
still leak .env containing API keys.
Added .env to _DEFAULT_EXPORT_EXCLUDE_ROOT, added test coverage, and
updated the existing test that incorrectly asserted .env presence.
- stderr handler now uses RedactingFormatter to match file handlers
- restart path uses verbose=0 (int) instead of verbose=False (bool)
- test mock updated with new run_gateway(verbose, quiet, replace) signature
By default 'hermes gateway run' now prints WARNING+ to stderr so
connection errors and startup failures are visible in the terminal
without having to tail ~/.hermes/logs/gateway.log.
- gateway/run.py: start_gateway() accepts verbosity: Optional[int]=0.
When not None, attaches a StreamHandler to stderr with level mapped
from the count (0=WARNING, 1=INFO, 2+=DEBUG). Root logger level is
also lowered when DEBUG is requested so records are not swallowed.
- hermes_cli/gateway.py: run_gateway() gains verbose: int and
quiet: bool params. -q translates to verbosity=None (no stderr
handler). Wired through gateway_command().
- hermes_cli/main.py: -v changed from store_true to action=count so
-v/-vv/-vvv each increment the level. -q/--quiet added as a new flag.
Behaviour summary:
hermes gateway run -> WARNING+ on stderr (default)
hermes gateway run -q -> silent
hermes gateway run -v -> INFO+
hermes gateway run -vv -> DEBUG
When `sudo hermes gateway install --system --run-as-user <user>` generates
the systemd unit, get_hermes_home() resolves to /root/.hermes because
Path.home() returns root's home under sudo. The unit correctly sets
HOME= and User= via _system_service_identity(), but HERMES_HOME was
computed independently and pointed to root's config directory.
Add _hermes_home_for_target_user() which remaps the current HERMES_HOME
to the equivalent path under the target user's home. This handles:
- Default ~/.hermes → target user's ~/.hermes
- Profiles (e.g. ~/.hermes/profiles/coder) → preserves relative structure
- Custom paths (e.g. /opt/hermes) → kept as-is
Supersedes #3861 which only handled the default case and left profiles
broken (also flagged by Copilot review).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
PR #4419 was based on pre-credential-pools main where _config_version was 10.
The squash merge downgraded it from 11 (set by #2647) back to 10.
Also fixes the test assertion.
Adds two Camofox features:
1. Persistent browser sessions: new `browser.camofox.managed_persistence`
config option. When enabled, Hermes sends a deterministic profile-scoped
userId to Camofox so the server maps it to a persistent browser profile
directory. Cookies, logins, and browser state survive across restarts.
Default remains ephemeral (random userId per session).
2. VNC URL discovery: Camofox /health endpoint returns vncPort when running
in headed mode. Hermes constructs the VNC URL and includes it in navigate
responses so the agent can share it with users.
Also fixes camofox_vision bug where call_llm response object was passed
directly to json.dumps instead of extracting .choices[0].message.content.
Changes from original PR:
- Removed browser_evaluate tool (separate feature, needs own PR)
- Removed snapshot truncation limit change (unrelated)
- Config.yaml only for managed_persistence (no env var, no version bump)
- Rewrote tests to use config mock instead of env var
- Reverted package-lock.json churn
Co-authored-by: analista <psikonetik@gmail.com.com>
Show inline diffs in the CLI transcript when write_file, patch, or
skill_manage modifies files. Captures a filesystem snapshot before the
tool runs, computes a unified diff after, and renders it with ANSI
coloring in the activity feed.
Adds tool_start_callback and tool_complete_callback hooks to AIAgent
for pre/post tool execution notifications.
Also fixes _extract_parallel_scope_path to normalize relative paths
to absolute, preventing the parallel overlap detection from missing
conflicts when the same file is referenced with different path styles.
Gated by display.inline_diffs config option (default: true).
Based on PR #3774 by @kshitijk4poor.
