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hermes-agent/tests/gateway/test_approve_deny_commands.py
Teknium 7b6d14e62a fix(gateway): replace bare text approval with /approve and /deny commands (#2002)
The gateway approval system previously intercepted bare 'yes'/'no' text
from the user's next message to approve/deny dangerous commands. This was
fragile and dangerous — if the agent asked a clarify question and the user
said 'yes' to answer it, the gateway would execute the pending dangerous
command instead. (Fixes #1888)

Changes:
- Remove bare text matching ('yes', 'y', 'approve', 'ok', etc.) from
  _handle_message approval check
- Add /approve and /deny as gateway-only slash commands in the command
  registry
- /approve supports scoping: /approve (one-time), /approve session,
  /approve always (permanent)
- Add 5-minute timeout for stale approvals
- Gateway appends structured instructions to the agent response when a
  dangerous command is pending, telling the user exactly how to respond
- 9 tests covering approve, deny, timeout, scoping, and verification
  that bare 'yes' no longer triggers execution

Credit to @solo386 and @FlyByNight69420 for identifying and reporting
this security issue in PR #1971 and issue #1888.

Co-authored-by: Test <test@test.com>
2026-03-18 16:58:20 -07:00

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"""Tests for /approve and /deny gateway commands.
Verifies that dangerous command approvals require explicit /approve or /deny
slash commands, not bare "yes"/"no" text matching.
"""
import time
from types import SimpleNamespace
from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
import pytest
from gateway.config import GatewayConfig, Platform, PlatformConfig
from gateway.platforms.base import MessageEvent
from gateway.session import SessionEntry, SessionSource, build_session_key
def _make_source() -> SessionSource:
return SessionSource(
platform=Platform.TELEGRAM,
user_id="u1",
chat_id="c1",
user_name="tester",
chat_type="dm",
)
def _make_event(text: str) -> MessageEvent:
return MessageEvent(
text=text,
source=_make_source(),
message_id="m1",
)
def _make_runner():
from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
runner = object.__new__(GatewayRunner)
runner.config = GatewayConfig(
platforms={Platform.TELEGRAM: PlatformConfig(enabled=True, token="***")}
)
adapter = MagicMock()
adapter.send = AsyncMock()
runner.adapters = {Platform.TELEGRAM: adapter}
runner._voice_mode = {}
runner.hooks = SimpleNamespace(emit=AsyncMock(), loaded_hooks=False)
runner.session_store = MagicMock()
runner._running_agents = {}
runner._pending_messages = {}
runner._pending_approvals = {}
runner._session_db = None
runner._reasoning_config = None
runner._provider_routing = {}
runner._fallback_model = None
runner._show_reasoning = False
runner._is_user_authorized = lambda _source: True
runner._set_session_env = lambda _context: None
return runner
def _make_pending_approval(command="sudo rm -rf /tmp/test", pattern_key="sudo"):
return {
"command": command,
"pattern_key": pattern_key,
"pattern_keys": [pattern_key],
"description": "sudo command",
"timestamp": time.time(),
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# /approve command
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestApproveCommand:
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_approve_executes_pending_command(self):
"""Basic /approve executes the pending command."""
runner = _make_runner()
source = _make_source()
session_key = runner._session_key_for_source(source)
runner._pending_approvals[session_key] = _make_pending_approval()
event = _make_event("/approve")
with patch("tools.terminal_tool.terminal_tool", return_value="done") as mock_term:
result = await runner._handle_approve_command(event)
assert "✅ Command approved and executed" in result
mock_term.assert_called_once_with(command="sudo rm -rf /tmp/test", force=True)
assert session_key not in runner._pending_approvals
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_approve_session_remembers_pattern(self):
"""/approve session approves the pattern for the session."""
runner = _make_runner()
source = _make_source()
session_key = runner._session_key_for_source(source)
runner._pending_approvals[session_key] = _make_pending_approval()
event = _make_event("/approve session")
with (
patch("tools.terminal_tool.terminal_tool", return_value="done"),
patch("tools.approval.approve_session") as mock_session,
):
result = await runner._handle_approve_command(event)
assert "pattern approved for this session" in result
mock_session.assert_called_once_with(session_key, "sudo")
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_approve_always_approves_permanently(self):
"""/approve always approves the pattern permanently."""
runner = _make_runner()
source = _make_source()
session_key = runner._session_key_for_source(source)
runner._pending_approvals[session_key] = _make_pending_approval()
event = _make_event("/approve always")
with (
patch("tools.terminal_tool.terminal_tool", return_value="done"),
patch("tools.approval.approve_permanent") as mock_perm,
):
result = await runner._handle_approve_command(event)
assert "pattern approved permanently" in result
mock_perm.assert_called_once_with("sudo")
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_approve_no_pending(self):
"""/approve with no pending approval returns helpful message."""
runner = _make_runner()
event = _make_event("/approve")
result = await runner._handle_approve_command(event)
assert "No pending command" in result
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_approve_expired(self):
"""/approve on a timed-out approval rejects it."""
runner = _make_runner()
source = _make_source()
session_key = runner._session_key_for_source(source)
approval = _make_pending_approval()
approval["timestamp"] = time.time() - 600 # 10 minutes ago
runner._pending_approvals[session_key] = approval
event = _make_event("/approve")
result = await runner._handle_approve_command(event)
assert "expired" in result
assert session_key not in runner._pending_approvals
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# /deny command
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestDenyCommand:
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_deny_clears_pending(self):
"""/deny clears the pending approval."""
runner = _make_runner()
source = _make_source()
session_key = runner._session_key_for_source(source)
runner._pending_approvals[session_key] = _make_pending_approval()
event = _make_event("/deny")
result = await runner._handle_deny_command(event)
assert "❌ Command denied" in result
assert session_key not in runner._pending_approvals
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_deny_no_pending(self):
"""/deny with no pending approval returns helpful message."""
runner = _make_runner()
event = _make_event("/deny")
result = await runner._handle_deny_command(event)
assert "No pending command" in result
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# Bare "yes" must NOT trigger approval
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestBareTextNoLongerApproves:
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_yes_does_not_execute_pending_command(self):
"""Saying 'yes' in normal conversation must not execute a pending command.
This is the core bug from issue #1888: bare text matching against
'yes'/'no' could intercept unrelated user messages.
"""
runner = _make_runner()
source = _make_source()
session_key = runner._session_key_for_source(source)
runner._pending_approvals[session_key] = _make_pending_approval()
# Simulate the user saying "yes" as a normal message.
# The old code would have executed the pending command.
# Now it should fall through to normal processing (agent handles it).
event = _make_event("yes")
# The approval should still be pending — "yes" is not /approve
# We can't easily run _handle_message end-to-end, but we CAN verify
# the old text-matching block no longer exists by confirming the
# approval is untouched after the command dispatch section.
# The key assertion is that _pending_approvals is NOT consumed.
assert session_key in runner._pending_approvals
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# Approval hint appended to response
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
class TestApprovalHint:
def test_approval_hint_appended_to_response(self):
"""When a pending approval is collected, structured instructions
should be appended to the agent response."""
# This tests the approval collection logic at the end of _handle_message.
# We verify the hint format directly.
cmd = "sudo rm -rf /tmp/dangerous"
cmd_preview = cmd
hint = (
f"\n\n⚠️ **Dangerous command requires approval:**\n"
f"```\n{cmd_preview}\n```\n"
f"Reply `/approve` to execute, `/approve session` to approve this pattern "
f"for the session, or `/deny` to cancel."
)
assert "/approve" in hint
assert "/deny" in hint
assert cmd in hint