Previously, all/new tool progress modes always hard-truncated previews
to 40 chars, ignoring the display.tool_preview_length config. This made
it impossible for gateway users to see meaningful command/path info
without switching to verbose mode (which shows too much detail).
Now all/new modes read tool_preview_length from config:
- tool_preview_length: 0 (default/unset) → 40 chars (no regression)
- tool_preview_length: 120 → 120-char previews in all/new mode
- verbose mode: unchanged (already respected the config)
Users who want longer previews can set:
display:
tool_preview_length: 120
Reported by demontut_ on Discord.
Move _merge_caption helper from TelegramAdapter to BasePlatformAdapter
so all adapters inherit it. Fix the same substring-containment bug in:
- gateway/platforms/base.py (photo burst merging)
- gateway/run.py (priority photo follow-up merging)
- gateway/platforms/feishu.py (media batch merging)
The original fix only covered telegram.py. The same bug existed in base.py
and run.py (pure substring check) and feishu.py (list membership without
whitespace normalization).
Memory plugins (Mem0, Honcho) used static identifiers ('hermes-user',
config peerName) meaning all gateway users shared the same memory bucket.
Changes:
- AIAgent.__init__: add user_id parameter, store as self._user_id
- run_agent.py: include user_id in _init_kwargs passed to memory providers
- gateway/run.py: pass source.user_id to AIAgent in primary + background paths
- Mem0 plugin: prefer kwargs user_id over config default
- Honcho plugin: override cfg.peer_name with gateway user_id when present
CLI sessions (user_id=None) preserve existing defaults. Only gateway
sessions with a real platform user_id get per-user memory scoping.
Reported by plev333.
When the agent waits for dangerous-command approval, the typing
indicator (_keep_typing loop) kept refreshing. On Slack's Assistant
API this is critical: assistant_threads_setStatus disables the
compose box, preventing users from typing /approve or /deny.
- Add _typing_paused set + pause/resume methods to BasePlatformAdapter
- _keep_typing skips send_typing when chat_id is paused
- _approval_notify_sync pauses typing before sending approval prompt
- _handle_approve_command / _handle_deny_command resume typing after
Benefits all platforms — no reason to show 'is thinking...' while
the agent is idle waiting for human input.
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.
* fix: repair 57 failing CI tests across 14 files
Categories of fixes:
**Test isolation under xdist (-n auto):**
- test_hermes_logging: Strip ALL RotatingFileHandlers before each test
to prevent handlers leaked from other xdist workers from polluting counts
- test_code_execution: Force TERMINAL_ENV=local in setUp — prevents Modal
AuthError when another test leaks TERMINAL_ENV=modal
- test_timezone: Same TERMINAL_ENV fix for execute_code timezone tests
- test_codex_execution_paths: Mock _resolve_turn_agent_config to ensure
model resolution works regardless of xdist worker state
**Matrix adapter tests (nio not installed in CI):**
- Add _make_fake_nio() helper with real response classes for isinstance()
checks in production code
- Replace MagicMock(spec=nio.XxxResponse) with fake_nio instances
- Wrap production method calls with patch.dict('sys.modules', {'nio': ...})
so import nio succeeds in method bodies
- Use try/except instead of pytest.importorskip for nio.crypto imports
(importorskip can be fooled by MagicMock in sys.modules)
- test_matrix_voice: Skip entire file if nio is a mock, not just missing
**Stale test expectations:**
- test_cli_provider_resolution: _prompt_provider_choice now takes **kwargs
(default param added); mock getpass.getpass alongside input
- test_anthropic_oauth_flow: Mock getpass.getpass (code switched from input)
- test_gemini_provider: Mock models.dev + OpenRouter API lookups to test
hardcoded defaults without external API variance
- test_code_execution: Add notify_on_complete to blocked terminal params
- test_setup_openclaw_migration: Mock prompt_choice to select 'Full setup'
(new quick-setup path leads to _require_tty → sys.exit in CI)
- test_skill_manager_tool: Patch get_all_skills_dirs alongside SKILLS_DIR
so _find_skill searches tmp_path, not real ~/.hermes/skills/
**Missing attributes in object.__new__ test runners:**
- test_platform_reconnect: Add session_store to _make_runner()
- test_session_race_guard: Add hooks, _running_agents_ts, session_store,
delivery_router to _make_runner()
**Production bug fix (gateway/run.py):**
- Fix sentinel eviction race: _AGENT_PENDING_SENTINEL was immediately
evicted by the stale-detection logic because sentinels have no
get_activity_summary() method, causing _stale_idle=inf >= timeout.
Guard _should_evict with 'is not _AGENT_PENDING_SENTINEL'.
* fix: address remaining CI failures
- test_setup_openclaw_migration: Also mock _offer_launch_chat (called at
end of both quick and full setup paths)
- test_code_execution: Move TERMINAL_ENV=local to module level to protect
ALL test classes (TestEnvVarFiltering, TestExecuteCodeEdgeCases,
TestInterruptHandling, TestHeadTailTruncation) from xdist env leaks
- test_matrix: Use try/except for nio.crypto imports (importorskip can be
fooled by MagicMock in sys.modules under xdist)
* feat: notify_on_complete for background processes
When terminal(background=true, notify_on_complete=true), the system
auto-triggers a new agent turn when the process exits — no polling needed.
Changes:
- ProcessSession: add notify_on_complete field
- ProcessRegistry: add completion_queue, populate on _move_to_finished()
- Terminal tool: add notify_on_complete parameter to schema + handler
- CLI: drain completion_queue after agent turn AND during idle loop
- Gateway: enhanced _run_process_watcher injects synthetic MessageEvent
on completion, triggering a full agent turn
- Checkpoint persistence includes notify_on_complete for crash recovery
- code_execution_tool: block notify_on_complete in sandbox scripts
- 15 new tests covering queue mechanics, checkpoint round-trip, schema
* docs: update terminal tool descriptions for notify_on_complete
- background: remove 'ONLY for servers' language, describe both patterns
(long-lived processes AND long-running tasks with notify_on_complete)
- notify_on_complete: more prescriptive about when to use it
- TERMINAL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION: remove 'Do NOT use background for builds'
guidance that contradicted the new feature
* fix(gateway): /stop and /new bypass Level 1 active-session guard
The base adapter's Level 1 guard intercepted ALL messages while an
agent was running, including /stop and /new. These commands were queued
as pending messages instead of being dispatched to the gateway runner's
Level 2 handler. When the agent eventually stopped (via the interrupt
mechanism), the command text leaked into the conversation as a user
message — the model would receive '/stop' as input and respond to it.
Fix: Add /stop, /new, and /reset to the bypass set in base.py alongside
/approve, /deny, and /status. Consolidate the three separate bypass
blocks into one. Commands in the bypass set are dispatched inline to the
gateway runner, where Level 2 handles them correctly (hard-kill for
/stop, session reset for /new).
Also add a safety net in _run_agent's pending-message processing: if the
pending text resolves to a known slash command, discard it instead of
passing it to the agent. This catches edge cases where command text
leaks through the interrupt_message fallback.
Refs: #5244
* test: regression tests for command bypass of active-session guard
17 tests covering:
- /stop, /new, /reset bypass the Level 1 guard when agent is running
- /approve, /deny, /status bypass (existing behavior, now tested)
- Regular text and unknown commands still queued (not bypassed)
- File paths like '/path/to/file' not treated as commands
- Telegram @botname suffix handled correctly
- Safety net command resolution (resolve_command detects known commands)
- Raise max_models from 8 to 50 so all curated models come through
- Add _build_model_keyboard() helper with 8-per-page pagination
- Next ▶ / ◀ Prev buttons with page counter (e.g. 2/4)
- mg:<page> callback data for page navigation
- Catch-all query.answer() for noop buttons
/model with no args now shows an interactive UI on Telegram and Discord
instead of a text list:
Telegram: Inline keyboard buttons — two-step drill-down.
Step 1: Provider buttons with model counts (e.g. 'OpenRouter (15)')
Step 2: Model buttons within the selected provider
Edits the same message in-place as the user navigates.
Back/Cancel buttons for navigation.
Discord: Embed + Select dropdown menus via discord.ui.View.
Step 1: Provider dropdown with model counts
Step 2: Model dropdown within the selected provider
Back/Cancel buttons. Auth-gated to allowed users.
Platforms without picker support (Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, etc.)
fall back to the existing text list.
/model <name> continues to work as a direct text switch on all
platforms — the interactive picker is only for bare /model.
Implementation:
- TelegramAdapter.send_model_picker() + _handle_model_picker_callback()
with compact callback_data (mp:/mm:/mb/mx, all within 64-byte limit)
- DiscordAdapter.send_model_picker() + ModelPickerView (discord.ui.View)
with Select menus (up to 25 options per dropdown)
- GatewayRunner._handle_model_command() detects adapter capability via
getattr(type(adapter), 'send_model_picker', None) (safe with mocks)
and sends picker with async callback closure for the switch logic
- Callback performs full switch: switch_model(), cached agent update,
session override, pending model note — same as /model <name>
When a user replies in a Slack thread where the bot has an active
conversation session, the bot now processes the message even without
an explicit @mention. This improves UX for ongoing threaded
discussions.
Changes:
- Added set_session_store() to BasePlatformAdapter for adapters to
check active sessions
- Modified SlackAdapter to detect thread replies and check if a
session exists for that thread before requiring @mentions
- Updated GatewayRunner to inject the session store into adapters
- Added comprehensive tests for the new behavior
Fixes: Thread replies without @jarvis are now processed if there is
an active session, matching user expectations for conversation flow
The _async_flush_memories() helper accepts (session_id) but both the
/new and /resume handlers passed two arguments (session_id, session_key).
The TypeError was silently swallowed at DEBUG level, so memory extraction
never ran when users typed /new or /resume.
One call site (the session expiry watcher) was already fixed in 9c96f669,
but /new and /resume were missed.
- gateway/run.py:3247 — remove stray session_key from /new handler
- gateway/run.py:4989 — remove stray session_key from /resume handler
- tests/gateway/test_resume_command.py:222 — update test assertion
The canonical config key for model name is model.default (used by setup,
auth, runtime_provider, profile list, and CLI startup). But /model --global
wrote to model.name in both gateway and CLI paths.
This caused:
- hermes profile list showing the old model (reads model.default)
- Gateway restart reverting to the old model (_resolve_gateway_model reads model.default)
- CLI startup using the old model (main.py reads model.default)
The only reason it appeared to work in Telegram was the cached agent
staying alive with the in-place switch.
Fix: change all 3 write/read sites to use model.default.
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.
Threads (Telegram forum topics, Discord threads, Slack threads) now default
to shared sessions where all participants see the same conversation. This is
the expected UX for threaded conversations where multiple users @mention the
bot and interact collaboratively.
Changes:
- build_session_key(): when thread_id is present, user_id is no longer
appended to the session key (threads are shared by default)
- New config: thread_sessions_per_user (default: false) — opt-in to restore
per-user isolation in threads if needed
- Sender attribution: messages in shared threads are prefixed with
[sender name] so the agent can tell participants apart
- System prompt: shared threads show 'Multi-user thread' note instead of
a per-turn User line (avoids busting prompt cache)
- Wired through all callers: gateway/run.py, base.py, telegram.py, feishu.py
- Regular group messages (no thread) remain per-user isolated (unchanged)
- DM threads are unaffected (they have their own keying logic)
Closes community request from demontut_ re: thread-based shared sessions.
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.
Agent activity tracking:
- Add _last_activity_ts, _last_activity_desc, _current_tool to AIAgent
- Touch activity on: API call start/complete, tool start/complete,
first stream chunk, streaming request start
- Public get_activity_summary() method for external consumers
Gateway timeout diagnostics:
- Timeout message now includes what the agent was doing when killed:
actively working vs stuck on a tool vs waiting on API response
- Includes iteration count, last activity description, seconds since
last activity — users can distinguish legitimate long tasks from
genuine hangs
- 'Still working' notifications now show iteration count and current
tool instead of just elapsed time
- Stale lock eviction logs include agent activity state for debugging
Stream stale timeout:
- _emit_status when stale stream is detected (was log-only) — gateway
users now see 'No response from provider for Ns' with model and
context size
- Improved logger.warning with model name and estimated context size
Error path notifications (gateway-visible via _emit_status):
- Context compression attempts now use _emit_status (was _vprint only)
- Non-retryable client errors emit summary before aborting
- Max retry exhaustion emits error summary (was _vprint only)
- Rate limit exhaustion emits specific rate-limit message
These were all CLI-visible but silent to gateway users, which is why
people on Telegram/Discord saw generic 'request failed' messages
without explanation.
Add POST /v1/runs to start async agent runs and GET /v1/runs/{run_id}/events
for SSE streaming of typed lifecycle events (tool.started, tool.completed,
message.delta, reasoning.available, run.completed, run.failed).
Changes the internal tool_progress_callback signature from positional
(tool_name, preview, args) to event-type-first
(event_type, tool_name, preview, args, **kwargs). Existing consumers
filter on event_type and remain backward-compatible.
Adds concurrency limit (_MAX_CONCURRENT_RUNS=10) and orphaned run sweep.
Fixes logic inversion in cli.py _on_tool_progress where the original PR
would have displayed internal tools instead of non-internal ones.
Co-authored-by: Mibayy <mibayy@users.noreply.github.com>
Previously, typing a /command that isn't a built-in, plugin, or skill
would silently fall through to the LLM as plain text. The model often
interprets it as a loose instruction and invents unrelated tool calls —
e.g. a stray /claude_code slipped through and the model fabricated a
delegate_task invocation that got stuck in an OAuth loop.
Now we check GATEWAY_KNOWN_COMMANDS after the skill / plugin /
unavailable-skill lookups and return an actionable message pointing the
user at /commands. The user gets feedback, and the agent doesn't waste
a round-trip guessing what /foo-bar was supposed to mean.
Telegram's Bot API disallows hyphens in command names, so
_build_telegram_menu registers /claude-code as /claude_code. When the
user taps it from autocomplete, the gateway dispatch did a direct
lookup against skill_cmds (keyed on the hyphenated form) and missed,
silently falling through to the LLM as plain text. The model would
then typically call delegate_task, spawning a Hermes subagent instead
of invoking the intended skill.
Normalize underscores to hyphens in skill and plugin command lookup,
matching the existing pattern in _check_unavailable_skill.
The _session_expiry_watcher retried failed memory flushes forever
because exceptions were caught at debug level without setting
memory_flushed=True. Expired sessions with transient failures
(rate limits, network errors) would retry every 5 minutes
indefinitely, burning API quota and blocking gateway message
processing via 429 rate limit cascades.
Observed case: a March 19 session retried 28+ times over ~17 days,
causing repeated 429 errors that made Telegram unresponsive.
Add a per-session failure counter (_flush_failures) that gives up
after 3 consecutive attempts and marks the session as flushed to
break the loop.
Salvaged from PRs #3767 (chalkers), #5236 (ygd58), #2641 (buntingszn).
Three improvements to Matrix cron delivery:
1. Live adapter path: when the gateway is running, cron delivery now uses
the connected MatrixAdapter via run_coroutine_threadsafe instead of
the standalone HTTP PUT. This enables delivery to E2EE rooms where
the raw HTTP path cannot encrypt. Falls back to standalone on failure.
Threads adapters + event loop from gateway -> cron ticker -> tick() ->
_deliver_result(). (from #3767)
2. HTML formatted_body: _send_matrix() now converts markdown to HTML
using the optional markdown library, with h1-h6 to bold conversion
for Element X compatibility. Falls back to plain text if markdown
is not installed. Also adds random bytes to txn_id to prevent
collisions. (from #5236)
3. Origin fallback: when deliver="origin" but origin is null (jobs
created via API/scripts), falls back to HOME_CHANNEL env vars
in order: matrix -> telegram -> discord -> slack. (from #2641)
Cherry-picked run.py portion from PR #3495 by dlkakbs.
When Matrix sends non-image files (text, YAML, JSON, etc.), the MIME
type may be empty or application/octet-stream. Falls back to
extension-based detection so text files are properly injected into
agent context.
- 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>
Users hitting the 10-minute default during complex tool chains.
Bumps both the execution cap and stale-lock eviction timeout.
Still overridable via HERMES_AGENT_TIMEOUT env var (0 = unlimited).
* 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.
* 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.
- HERMES_AGENT_TIMEOUT=0 now means no limit (infinite execution)
- Periodic 'still working' notifications every 10 minutes for long tasks
- Timeout error message now tells users how to increase the limit
- Stale-lock eviction handles infinite timeout correctly (float inf TTL)
The config key skills.external_dirs and core resolution (get_all_skills_dirs,
get_external_skills_dirs in agent/skill_utils.py) already existed but several
code paths still only scanned SKILLS_DIR. Now external dirs are respected
everywhere:
- skills_categories(): scan all dirs for category discovery
- _get_category_from_path(): resolve categories against any skills root
- skill_manager_tool._find_skill(): search all dirs for edit/patch/delete
- credential_files.get_skills_directory_mount(): mount all dirs into
Docker/Singularity containers (external dirs at external_skills/<idx>)
- credential_files.iter_skills_files(): list files from all dirs for
Modal/Daytona upload
- tools/environments/ssh.py: rsync all skill dirs to remote hosts
- gateway _check_unavailable_skill(): check disabled skills across all dirs
Usage in config.yaml:
skills:
external_dirs:
- ~/repos/agent-skills/hermes
- /shared/team-skills
The tool_preview_length: 0 (unlimited) config change from e314833c
removed truncation from gateway progress messages in all/new modes.
This caused full terminal commands, code blocks, and file paths to
appear as permanent messages in Telegram -- the old 40-char truncation
was the correct behavior for messaging platforms.
Now:
- all/new modes: always truncate previews to 40 chars (old behavior)
- verbose mode: respects tool_preview_length config for JSON args cap
Reported by Paulclgro and socialsurfer on Discord.
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.
Two fixes for Discord exec approval:
1. Register /approve and /deny as native Discord slash commands so they
appear in Discord's command picker (autocomplete). Previously they
were only handled as text commands, so users saw 'no commands found'
when typing /approve.
2. Wire up the existing ExecApprovalView button UI (was dead code):
- ExecApprovalView now calls resolve_gateway_approval() to actually
unblock the waiting agent thread when a button is clicked
- Gateway's _approval_notify_sync() detects adapters with
send_exec_approval() and routes through the button UI
- Added 'Allow Session' button for parity with /approve session
- send_exec_approval() now accepts session_key and metadata for
thread support
- Graceful fallback to text-based /approve prompt if button send fails
Also updates test mocks to include grey/secondary ButtonStyle and
purple Color (used by new button styles).
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 the agent is blocked on a dangerous command approval (threading.Event
wait inside tools/approval.py), incoming /approve and /deny commands were
falling through to the generic interrupt path instead of being dispatched
to their command handlers. The interrupt sets _interrupt_requested on the
agent, but the agent thread is blocked on event.wait() — not checking the
flag. Result: approval times out after 300s (5 minutes) before executing.
Fix: intercept /approve and /deny in the running-agent early-intercept
block (alongside /stop, /new, /queue) and route directly to
_handle_approve_command / _handle_deny_command.
Three fixes for long-running gateway sessions that enter a death spiral
when API disconnects prevent token data collection, which prevents
compression, which causes more disconnects:
Layer 1 — Stale token counter fallback (run_agent.py in-loop):
When last_prompt_tokens is 0 (stale after API disconnect or provider
returned no usage data), fall back to estimate_messages_tokens_rough()
instead of passing 0 to should_compress(), which would never fire.
Layer 2 — Server disconnect heuristic (run_agent.py error handler):
When ReadError/RemoteProtocolError hits a large session (>60% context
or >200 messages), treat it as a context-length error and trigger
compression rather than burning through retries that all fail the
same way.
Layer 3 — Hard message count limit (gateway/run.py hygiene):
Force compression when a session exceeds 400 messages, regardless of
token estimates. This catches runaway growth even when all token-based
checks fail due to missing API data.
Based on the analysis from PR #2157 by ygd58 — the gateway threshold
direction fix (1.4x multiplier) was already resolved on main.
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 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()
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.
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.
The PR changed prev_tools from list[str] to list[dict] with name/result
keys. The gateway's _step_callback_sync passed this directly to hooks
as 'tool_names', breaking user-authored hooks that call
', '.join(tool_names).
Now:
- 'tool_names' always contains strings (backward-compatible)
- 'tools' carries the enriched dicts for hooks that want results
Also adds summary logging to register_mcp_servers() and comprehensive
tests for all three PR changes:
- sanitize_mcp_name_component edge cases
- register_mcp_servers public API
- _register_session_mcp_servers ACP integration
- step_callback result forwarding
- gateway normalization backward compat
