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Teknium 3f871425af fix(modal): persistent sandbox snapshots no longer expire after 30 days (modal 1.5.5, ttl=None) (#126740)
* fix(modal): keep persistent-sandbox snapshots past the SDK's 30-day TTL

modal>=1.5 gives Sandbox.snapshot_filesystem() a default ttl of 30 days, so an idle
persistent Modal sandbox silently lost its filesystem and restarted from the base image.
Pass ttl=None (retain until deleted) and bump the modal extra from 1.3.4 (no ttl
parameter; legacy RPC) to 1.5.5 so the kwarg exists on every install.

* fix(modal): drop the dead modal.Mount credential-mount block

modal.Mount left the public API in modal 1.0, so _modal.Mount.from_local_file raised
AttributeError into the surrounding except on every sandbox start and the block never
mounted anything. The FileSyncManager created right after already uploads the same
credential, skills and cache files (iter_sync_files), so delete the duplicate; the test
fake stops exporting a Mount the real SDK does not have.

* chore: retrigger CI (zero-job dispatch failure, auto-heal)
2026-09-28 12:31:03 -07:00

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"""Modal cloud execution environment using the native Modal SDK directly
(``Sandbox.create()`` + ``Sandbox.exec()``) with persistent snapshots across sessions."""
import asyncio
import base64
import io
import logging
import shlex
import tarfile
import threading
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Optional
from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
from tools.environments.base import BaseEnvironment, _load_json_store, _save_json_store
from tools.environments.base_output import _ThreadedProcessHandle
from tools.environments.file_sync import (
FileSyncManager, iter_sync_files, quoted_mkdir_command, quoted_rm_command, unique_parent_dirs)
from tools.environments.remote_common import bash_argv, ensure_lazy_dep
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def _snapshot_store() -> Path:
# Resolved per call: the multiplexed gateway serves every profile from one process, so an
# import-time path would keep every profile's snapshots in the launch profile's home.
return get_hermes_home() / "modal_snapshots.json"
def _load_snapshots() -> dict:
return _load_json_store(_snapshot_store())
def _save_snapshots(data: dict) -> None:
_save_json_store(_snapshot_store(), data)
def _get_snapshot_restore_candidate(task_id: str) -> tuple[str | None, bool]:
"""Return (snapshot_id, from_legacy_key); the namespaced key wins over the legacy bare task id."""
snapshots = _load_snapshots()
for key, legacy in ((f"direct:{task_id}", False), (task_id, True)):
snapshot_id = snapshots.get(key)
if isinstance(snapshot_id, str) and snapshot_id:
return snapshot_id, legacy
return None, False
def _store_direct_snapshot(task_id: str, snapshot_id: str) -> None:
snapshots = _load_snapshots()
snapshots[f"direct:{task_id}"] = snapshot_id
snapshots.pop(task_id, None)
_save_snapshots(snapshots)
def _delete_direct_snapshot(task_id: str, snapshot_id: str | None = None) -> None:
snapshots = _load_snapshots()
stale = [k for k in (f"direct:{task_id}", task_id)
if snapshots.get(k) is not None and snapshot_id in (None, snapshots[k])]
for key in stale:
snapshots.pop(key)
if stale:
_save_snapshots(snapshots)
def _resolve_modal_image(image_spec: Any) -> Any:
"""Convert registry references or snapshot ids into Modal image objects. Registry images
get pip repaired (ensurepip) before Modal's bootstrap; ubuntu/debian also get python3."""
ensure_lazy_dep("modal")
import modal as _modal
if not isinstance(image_spec, str):
return image_spec
if image_spec.startswith("im-"):
return _modal.Image.from_id(image_spec)
setup_commands = [
"RUN rm -rf /usr/local/lib/python*/site-packages/pip* 2>/dev/null; "
"python -m ensurepip --upgrade --default-pip 2>/dev/null || true"]
if any(base in image_spec.lower() for base in ("ubuntu", "debian")):
setup_commands.insert(0,
"RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq python3 python3-venv > /dev/null 2>&1 || true")
return _modal.Image.from_registry(image_spec, setup_dockerfile_commands=setup_commands)
async def _stream_stdin(proc, payload: str, chunk_size: int) -> None:
"""Write byte-exact UTF-8 payload chunks to ``proc.stdin``, then EOF."""
data = payload.encode("utf-8", "surrogateescape")
for offset in range(0, len(data), chunk_size):
proc.stdin.write(data[offset:offset + chunk_size])
await proc.stdin.drain.aio()
proc.stdin.write_eof()
await proc.stdin.drain.aio()
def _as_text(value) -> str:
return value.decode("utf-8", errors="replace") if isinstance(value, bytes) else value
class _AsyncWorker:
"""Background thread with its own event loop for async-safe Modal calls."""
def __init__(self):
self._loop: Optional[asyncio.AbstractEventLoop] = None
self._thread: Optional[threading.Thread] = None
self._started = threading.Event()
def start(self):
def _run_loop():
self._loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
asyncio.set_event_loop(self._loop)
self._started.set()
self._loop.run_forever()
self._thread = threading.Thread(target=_run_loop, daemon=True)
self._thread.start()
self._started.wait(timeout=30)
def run_coroutine(self, coro, timeout=600):
from agent.async_utils import safe_schedule_threadsafe
# safe_schedule_threadsafe closes the coroutine and returns None for a missing/closed loop.
future = safe_schedule_threadsafe(coro, self._loop)
if future is None:
raise RuntimeError("AsyncWorker loop is not running")
return future.result(timeout=timeout)
def stop(self):
if self._loop and self._loop.is_running():
self._loop.call_soon_threadsafe(self._loop.stop)
if self._thread:
self._thread.join(timeout=10)
class ModalEnvironment(BaseEnvironment):
"""Modal cloud execution via native Modal sandboxes: spawn-per-call via _ThreadedProcessHandle
wrapping async SDK calls, cancel_fn wired to sandbox.terminate for interrupt support."""
_stdin_mode = "payload"
_snapshot_timeout = 60 # Modal cold starts can be slow
# Modal SDK stdin buffer limit: the command-router path allows 16 MB but the legacy server
# path caps at 2 MB, so chunks stay under 2 MB and each is flushed individually via drain().
_STDIN_CHUNK_SIZE = 1 * 1024 * 1024
def __init__(self, image: str, cwd: str = "/root", timeout: int = 60,
modal_sandbox_kwargs: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
persistent_filesystem: bool = True, task_id: str = "default"):
super().__init__(cwd=cwd, timeout=timeout)
self._persistent, self._task_id = persistent_filesystem, task_id
self._sandbox = self._app = None
self._worker = _AsyncWorker()
self._sync_manager: FileSyncManager | None = None # initialized after sandbox creation
restored_snapshot_id, restored_from_legacy_key = (
_get_snapshot_restore_candidate(self._task_id) if self._persistent else (None, False))
if restored_snapshot_id:
logger.info("Modal: restoring from snapshot %s", restored_snapshot_id[:20])
ensure_lazy_dep("modal")
import modal as _modal
self._worker.start()
def _create(image_spec: Any) -> None:
async def _create_sandbox():
app = await _modal.App.lookup.aio("hermes-agent", create_if_missing=True)
create_kwargs = dict(modal_sandbox_kwargs or {})
sandbox = await _modal.Sandbox.create.aio(
"sleep", "infinity", image=image_spec, app=app,
timeout=int(create_kwargs.pop("timeout", 3600)), **create_kwargs)
return app, sandbox
self._app, self._sandbox = self._worker.run_coroutine(_create_sandbox(), timeout=300)
try:
try:
_create(_resolve_modal_image(restored_snapshot_id or image))
except Exception as exc:
if not restored_snapshot_id:
raise
logger.warning("Modal: failed to restore snapshot %s, retrying with base image: %s",
restored_snapshot_id[:20], exc)
_delete_direct_snapshot(self._task_id, restored_snapshot_id)
_create(_resolve_modal_image(image))
else:
if restored_snapshot_id and restored_from_legacy_key:
_store_direct_snapshot(self._task_id, restored_snapshot_id)
except Exception:
self._worker.stop()
raise
logger.info("Modal: sandbox created (task=%s)", self._task_id)
self._sync_manager = FileSyncManager(
get_files_fn=lambda: iter_sync_files("/root/.hermes"),
upload_fn=self._modal_upload, delete_fn=self._modal_delete,
bulk_upload_fn=self._modal_bulk_upload, bulk_download_fn=self._modal_bulk_download)
self._sync_manager.sync(force=True)
self.init_session()
def _exec(self, cmd: str, *, timeout: int, stdin: str | None = None, fail_label: str | None = None,
capture: bool = False):
"""Run ``bash -c cmd`` in the sandbox. ``stdin`` is streamed in chunks; ``capture`` returns
stdout; ``fail_label`` turns a non-zero exit into RuntimeError (with stderr unless capturing)."""
async def _run():
proc = await self._sandbox.exec.aio("bash", "-c", cmd)
if stdin is not None:
await _stream_stdin(proc, stdin, self._STDIN_CHUNK_SIZE)
data = await proc.stdout.read.aio() if capture else None
exit_code = await proc.wait.aio()
if fail_label and exit_code != 0:
detail = "" if capture else f": {await proc.stderr.read.aio()}"
raise RuntimeError(f"Modal {fail_label} failed (exit {exit_code}){detail}")
return data
return self._worker.run_coroutine(_run(), timeout=timeout)
def _modal_upload(self, host_path: str, remote_path: str) -> None:
"""Upload a single file via base64 piped through stdin."""
cmd = f"mkdir -p {shlex.quote(str(Path(remote_path).parent))} && base64 -d > {shlex.quote(remote_path)}"
self._exec(cmd, stdin=base64.b64encode(Path(host_path).read_bytes()).decode("ascii"), timeout=30)
def _modal_bulk_upload(self, files: list[tuple[str, str]]) -> None:
"""Upload many files as one in-memory gzipped tar streamed through stdin
into ``base64 -d | tar xzf -``, avoiding the SDK's 64 KB exec-arg limit."""
if not files:
return
buf = io.BytesIO()
with tarfile.open(fileobj=buf, mode="w:gz") as tar:
for host_path, remote_path in files:
tar.add(host_path, arcname=remote_path.lstrip("/"))
payload = base64.b64encode(buf.getvalue()).decode("ascii")
cmd = f"{quoted_mkdir_command(unique_parent_dirs(files))} && base64 -d | tar xzf - -C /"
self._exec(cmd, stdin=payload, timeout=120, fail_label="bulk upload")
def _modal_bulk_download(self, dest: Path) -> None:
"""Download remote .hermes/ as a tar archive (sandboxes run as root, so /root/.hermes)."""
# --exclude: live sockets cannot be archived ("socket ignored") and must not fail the download.
data = self._exec("tar cf - --exclude='*.sock' -C / root/.hermes", timeout=120, fail_label="bulk download", capture=True)
dest.write_bytes(data.encode() if isinstance(data, str) else data)
def _modal_delete(self, remote_paths: list[str]) -> None:
self._exec(quoted_rm_command(remote_paths), timeout=15)
def _before_execute(self) -> None:
self._sync_manager.sync() # rate-limited internally
def _run_bash(self, cmd_string: str, *, login: bool = False, timeout: int = 120, stdin_data: str | None = None):
sandbox, worker = self._sandbox, self._worker
def cancel():
worker.run_coroutine(sandbox.terminate.aio(), timeout=15)
def exec_fn() -> tuple[str, int]:
async def _do():
process = await sandbox.exec.aio(*bash_argv(cmd_string, login), timeout=timeout)
if stdin_data is not None:
await _stream_stdin(process, stdin_data, self._STDIN_CHUNK_SIZE)
stdout = _as_text(await process.stdout.read.aio())
stderr = _as_text(await process.stderr.read.aio())
exit_code = await process.wait.aio()
return "\n".join(part for part in (stdout, stderr) if part), exit_code
return worker.run_coroutine(_do(), timeout=timeout + 30)
return _ThreadedProcessHandle(exec_fn, cancel_fn=cancel)
def cleanup(self):
"""Snapshot the filesystem (if persistent) then stop the sandbox."""
if self._sandbox is None:
return
if self._sync_manager:
logger.info("Modal: syncing files from sandbox...")
self._sync_manager.sync_back()
if self._persistent:
async def _snapshot():
# ttl=None: the SDK default (30 days) would silently expire an idle
# persistent sandbox's snapshot; Hermes owns its lifetime.
return (await self._sandbox.snapshot_filesystem.aio(ttl=None)).object_id
try:
snapshot_id = self._worker.run_coroutine(_snapshot(), timeout=60)
except Exception:
snapshot_id = None # snapshot errors are non-fatal; the sandbox is still terminated
if snapshot_id:
try:
_store_direct_snapshot(self._task_id, snapshot_id)
logger.info("Modal: saved filesystem snapshot %s for task %s", snapshot_id[:20], self._task_id)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("Modal: filesystem snapshot failed: %s", e)
try:
self._worker.run_coroutine(self._sandbox.terminate.aio(), timeout=15)
except Exception:
pass
finally:
self._worker.stop()
self._sandbox = self._app = None