Runtime identity resolved through hermes_cli.__version__ (a static 0.0.0
on source installs, rewritten by release stamping) leaked v0.0.0 into
About, /api/health, User-Agents, and plugin compat, and source updates
showed "couldn't reach update server" because identity and channel
authority disagreed with the checkout.
Now: get_version_info() resolves install stamp -> live git -> unknown,
never pyproject metadata, never a package constant. Source checkouts
derive identity from their reachable release tag; the completion tail of
every successful install/update/historical takeover atomically rewrites
install-stamp.json with that identity; a stale source stamp whose commit
no longer matches HEAD defers to live git. ACP/TUI use derived_version
for display and base_version for protocol fields; all ~44 runtime
__version__ consumers migrated; hermes_cli.__version__ and generated
_version.py are gone; release stamping only touches the native manifests
external builders consume (nix/tauri/cargo) and passes release identity
straight into write_install_stamp.py; pyproject.toml stays inert 0.0.0.
Desktop no longer synthesizes a competing install-stamp.json: the
checkout owns its stamp, and desktop-bootstrap classification keys on
the bootstrap-complete marker. verify-bootstrap-version-stamp.py now
cross-checks the checkout's stamp (baseVersion + commit == HEAD).
Validation: 31-file focused suite green (version identity, stamping,
adoption, providers, gateway, acp/tui runtime identity, api server via
extras env, release graph); desktop tsc + 25 vitest green; real-repo
probe: base=unknown derived=git.0635606.dirty source=git on this
checkout; clean-env imports resolve entirely from this tree; windows
footgun + compat-pointer scans clean.
A cloned profile carried the source's TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN, DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN,
allowlists, WHATSAPP_ENABLED, API_SERVER_KEY and the platforms:/telegram:/
discord: config sections byte-for-byte. Standalone, that made two gateways
fight over one bot's long-poll; under multiplex it blocked
`hermes gateway migrate --multiplex` with one duplicate-credential finding
per platform per clone (18 on a real 10-profile install).
Every clone entry point (CLI --clone/--clone-from/--clone-all, dashboard
POST /api/profiles, TUI/Desktop profiles.create incl. its mirror_credentials
.env copy) now strips channel settings after the copy. The key set is derived
from the adapters — Platform enum + plugin registry (required_env,
allowed_users_env, allow_all_env, cron_deliver_env_var), the gateway env table
(gateway.config_env._ENV_STEPS / _ENV_ENABLE_CREDENTIALS) and each platform's
env prefix — so a new adapter is covered without a hand list. --clone-all also
drops pairing/WhatsApp-session/gateway ledgers. Provider and tool keys, the
model block, memory, skills and SOUL.md are untouched.
`--clone-channels` (REST/RPC: clone_channels) keeps them; it is refused when a
live multiplexer already serves the source and otherwise warns which
platforms are now shared. `hermes profile list` prints the same warning for
existing clones whose bot credential is byte-identical to the default's.
The dashboard's per-platform env-prefix table moves into profile_channels so
Channels-page cards and the clone stripper share one definition.
