From 9bbd7f97c866633ec652070bb2e368c1c690e90f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Teknium <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 12:06:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] test: pin module-level _AUTH_JSON_PATH to tmp store in
 salvaged windows-encoding test

---
 tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_store_windows_encoding.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_store_windows_encoding.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_store_windows_encoding.py
index 3082863e9a..0f45be6b45 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_store_windows_encoding.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_auth_store_windows_encoding.py
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ class TestAuthJsonSiblingReaders:
 
         import agent.auxiliary_client as aux
 
+        # _AUTH_JSON_PATH is resolved at module import time, so the
+        # HERMES_HOME env from the fixture doesn't reach it — point it at
+        # the tmp store explicitly.
+        monkeypatch.setattr(aux, "_AUTH_JSON_PATH", hermes_home / "auth.json")
+
         # _read_nous_auth consults the credential pool FIRST and returns early
         # when a pool entry exists, never reaching the auth.json read. Force the
         # pool-absent path so the auth.json code under test actually runs.