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"""Shared constants for Hermes Agent.
Import-safe, stdlib-only — importable from anywhere without circular-import risk.
"""
import contextlib
import os
import re
import shutil
import stat
import sys
from contextvars import ContextVar, Token
from pathlib import Path
_profile_fallback_warned: bool = False
_UNSET = object()
_HERMES_HOME_OVERRIDE: ContextVar[str | object] = ContextVar("_HERMES_HOME_OVERRIDE", default=_UNSET)
# TUI busy-indicator styles (CLI /indicator, TUI gateway config, /help registry).
# Keep in sync with INDICATOR_STYLES / DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE in ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts.
INDICATOR_STYLES: tuple[str, ...] = ("ascii", "emoji", "kaomoji", "unicode")
DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE: str = "kaomoji"
def set_hermes_home_override(path: str | Path | None) -> Token:
"""Set a context-local Hermes home override and return its reset token.
Deliberately does not mutate ``os.environ`` (shared by every thread in the process).
"""
value: str | object = _UNSET if path is None else str(path)
return _HERMES_HOME_OVERRIDE.set(value)
def reset_hermes_home_override(token: Token) -> None:
"""Restore the previous context-local Hermes home override."""
_HERMES_HOME_OVERRIDE.reset(token)
def get_hermes_home_override() -> str | None:
"""Return the active context-local Hermes home override, if any."""
override = _HERMES_HOME_OVERRIDE.get()
return str(override) if override is not _UNSET and override else None
def _get_platform_default_hermes_home() -> Path:
"""Return the platform-native default Hermes home path."""
if sys.platform == "win32":
local_appdata = os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA", "").strip()
base = Path(local_appdata) if local_appdata else Path.home() / "AppData" / "Local"
return base / "hermes"
return Path.home() / ".hermes"
def _warn_profile_fallback_once() -> None:
"""Warn once when HERMES_HOME is unset but a non-default profile is sticky-active (wrong fallback)."""
global _profile_fallback_warned
if _profile_fallback_warned:
return
try:
fallback_home = _get_platform_default_hermes_home()
active_path = fallback_home / "active_profile"
active = active_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip() if active_path.exists() else ""
except (UnicodeDecodeError, OSError):
active = ""
if active and active != "default":
_profile_fallback_warned = True
# Direct stderr, not logging: runs at import time (often before logging is
# configured) and root-logger propagation would double-emit.
msg = (
f"[HERMES_HOME fallback] HERMES_HOME is unset but active "
f"profile is {active!r}. Falling back to {fallback_home}, which "
f"is the DEFAULT profile — not {active!r}. Any data this "
f"process writes will land in the wrong profile. The "
f"subprocess spawner should pass HERMES_HOME explicitly "
f"(see issue #18594)."
)
with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
sys.stderr.write(msg + "\n")
sys.stderr.flush()
def get_hermes_home() -> Path:
"""Hermes home: context-local override → ``HERMES_HOME`` env var → platform default."""
override = get_hermes_home_override()
if override:
return Path(override)
if not os.environ.get("HERMES_HOME", "").strip():
_warn_profile_fallback_once()
return get_process_hermes_home()
# Resolved keys, keyed by the path string that was handed in. Path.resolve()
# is a filesystem call, and this function sits under every ToolRegistry
# lookup through current_scope_key(), so without this the registry pays a
# syscall per lookup. A process only ever sees a handful of home paths, so
# the dict stays tiny. Only paths that really exist are stored, see below.
_HOME_KEY_CACHE: dict[str, str] = {}
def hermes_home_key(path: str | Path | None = None) -> str:
"""Stable registry key for a Hermes home/profile dir.
``strict=False`` so profiles whose directories don't exist yet still get a key.
The resolved value is remembered per input path. A directory that does
not exist yet is resolved without touching the cache, because the answer
can change once it is created (e.g. part of the path turns out to be a symlink).
"""
candidate = Path(path) if path is not None else get_hermes_home()
raw = str(candidate)
cached = _HOME_KEY_CACHE.get(raw)
if cached is not None:
return cached
expanded = candidate.expanduser()
try:
resolved = expanded.resolve(strict=True)
except OSError:
# Not on disk yet: lenient resolve, not stored, so the real answer is
# picked up once the directory appears.
return os.path.normcase(str(expanded.resolve(strict=False)))
key = os.path.normcase(str(resolved))
_HOME_KEY_CACHE[raw] = key
return key
def reset_hermes_home_key_cache() -> None:
"""Forget every remembered home key (for tests that move a home dir on disk)."""
_HOME_KEY_CACHE.clear()
def get_process_hermes_home() -> Path:
"""Hermes home of the running process, ignoring task overrides.
For process-level assets (theme YAML, dashboard plugin manifests) that must stay visible while a
request is scoped to another profile (e.g. embedded ``/chat`` under ``--open-profile``).
"""
val = os.environ.get("HERMES_HOME", "").strip()
return Path(val) if val else _get_platform_default_hermes_home()
# get_default_hermes_root() memo keyed on (native home, HERMES_HOME) so it stays
# fresh when a test or plugin mutates HERMES_HOME; saves ~80us/call at 31+ sites.
_default_hermes_root_memo: "tuple[str, str, Path] | None" = None
def get_default_hermes_root(*, home: str | Path | None = None) -> Path:
"""Root of an explicit home, or the process home when none is supplied."""
global _default_hermes_root_memo
native_home = _get_platform_default_hermes_home()
env_home = str(home) if home is not None else os.environ.get("HERMES_HOME", "")
memo = _default_hermes_root_memo
if memo is not None and memo[:2] == (str(native_home), env_home):
return memo[2]
result = native_home
if env_home:
env_path = Path(env_home)
try:
env_path.resolve().relative_to(native_home.resolve()) # under ~/.hermes (normal or profile mode)
except ValueError: # Docker/custom root: <root>/profiles/<name> -> <root>, else HERMES_HOME itself
result = env_path.parent.parent if env_path.parent.name == "profiles" else env_path
_default_hermes_root_memo = (str(native_home), env_home, result)
return result
# Tombstone lives beside the profile dir (not inside) so a stale mkdir or rmtree cannot erase it.
_DELETED_PROFILES_DIR = ".deleted"
# Files marking a real Hermes home; arbitrary dirs with a ``profiles`` segment lack them.
_HERMES_HOME_MARKERS = ("config.yaml", ".env", "state.db")
def _is_hermes_profiles_root(profiles_dir: Path) -> bool:
"""True when *profiles_dir* is provably ``<hermes-home>/profiles``.
Accepts the classic ``~/.hermes`` layout, a root carrying Hermes-home marker files, a
``profiles/.deleted`` tombstone dir (only ``profile delete`` creates it), or the default root.
"""
root = profiles_dir.parent
if root.name == ".hermes":
return True
try:
if (profiles_dir / _DELETED_PROFILES_DIR).is_dir() or any(
(root / marker).exists() for marker in _HERMES_HOME_MARKERS
):
return True
except OSError:
pass
try:
return root.resolve(strict=False) == get_default_hermes_root().resolve(strict=False)
except OSError:
return False
def named_profile_home(path: str | Path) -> Path | None:
"""Return ``<root>/profiles/<name>`` when *path* is that home or under it.
Requires ``<name>`` not to start with ``.`` and the ``profiles`` parent to be a real Hermes home;
a default home whose path merely contains a ``profiles`` segment is not a named profile.
"""
current = Path(path)
for candidate in (current, *current.parents):
if (candidate.parent.name == "profiles" and not candidate.name.startswith(".")
and _is_hermes_profiles_root(candidate.parent)):
return candidate
if candidate.name == ".hermes": # default home: a coincidental profiles/ ancestor is not a root
return None
return None
def profile_name_for_home(path: str | Path | None) -> str | None:
"""Return the canonical profile id owning *path*, or ``None`` when it is not a profile home.
The default home is the Hermes root itself, so its basename is an installation detail (``.hermes``
on POSIX and commonly ``hermes`` on Windows), not the profile id ``default``.
"""
if path is None or not str(path).strip():
return None
current = Path(path).expanduser()
try:
default_root = get_default_hermes_root()
for candidate in (current, current.resolve(strict=False)):
if candidate == default_root or candidate == default_root.resolve(strict=False):
return "default"
named = named_profile_home(candidate)
if named is not None:
return named.name
# A stored profile home is authoritative: its owner already resolved it, so the
# <root>/profiles/<name> shape names the profile even when <root> carries no markers.
if candidate.parent.name == "profiles" and not candidate.name.startswith("."):
return candidate.name
except (OSError, RuntimeError, ValueError):
return None
return None
def profile_tombstone_path(profile_home: Path) -> Path:
return profile_home.parent / _DELETED_PROFILES_DIR / profile_home.name
def named_profile_is_deleted(profile_home: str | Path) -> bool:
return profile_tombstone_path(Path(profile_home)).exists()
def mark_named_profile_deleted(profile_home: str | Path) -> None:
marker = profile_tombstone_path(Path(profile_home))
marker.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
marker.write_text("deleted\n", encoding="utf-8")
def clear_named_profile_deleted(profile_home: str | Path) -> None:
profile_tombstone_path(Path(profile_home)).unlink(missing_ok=True)
def assert_named_profile_home_live(path: str | Path) -> None:
"""Refuse missing or tombstoned named profile homes."""
home = named_profile_home(path)
if home is not None and (named_profile_is_deleted(home) or not home.exists()):
raise FileNotFoundError(
f"Named profile home does not exist: {home}. "
"Create the profile explicitly before using it."
)
def mkdir_under_hermes_home(path: str | Path) -> Path:
"""Create *path*, but never materialize a deleted/missing named profile."""
target = Path(path)
assert_named_profile_home_live(target)
target.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
return target
def _packaged_dir(env_var: str, default: Path | None, subdir: str) -> Path:
"""Resolve a package-manager-relocatable directory.
Order: *env_var* (Nix wrapper / explicit override) → caller ``default`` (source checkout) →
``<HERMES_HOME>/<subdir>``.
"""
override = os.getenv(env_var, "").strip()
return Path(override) if override else default if default is not None else get_hermes_home() / subdir
def get_optional_skills_dir(default: Path | None = None) -> Path:
"""Return the optional-skills directory, honoring package-manager wrappers."""
return _packaged_dir("HERMES_OPTIONAL_SKILLS", default, "optional-skills")
def get_optional_mcps_dir(default: Path | None = None) -> Path:
"""Return the optional-mcps directory, honoring package-manager wrappers (``HERMES_OPTIONAL_MCPS``)."""
return _packaged_dir("HERMES_OPTIONAL_MCPS", default, "optional-mcps")
def get_bundled_skills_dir(default: Path | None = None) -> Path:
"""Return the bundled skills directory, honoring package-manager wrappers (``HERMES_BUNDLED_SKILLS``)."""
return _packaged_dir("HERMES_BUNDLED_SKILLS", default, "skills")
def get_hermes_dir(new_subpath: str, old_name: str, *, home: Path | None = None) -> Path:
"""Resolve a Hermes subdirectory, honouring a populated legacy ``<old_name>/`` (no migration).
An empty legacy dir does NOT count (install scaffolds, manual mkdir) so it cannot shadow the new path.
A bare empty ``<old_name>/`` directory does **not** count as "the legacy install is in use" — install
scaffolds, manual ``mkdir`` work, and cleared-then-abandoned locations all create empty stubs that would
otherwise silently shadow real data populated at ``<new_subpath>/``. See #27602 for the pairing-store
regression where a dormant empty ``pairing/`` orphaned approved-user data in ``platforms/pairing/``.
"""
home = home or get_hermes_home()
old_path = home / old_name
return old_path if _legacy_path_has_content(old_path) else home / new_subpath
def iter_hermes_node_dirs(home: Path | None = None) -> list[Path]:
"""Hermes-managed Node dirs in lookup order; both Windows and POSIX shapes so migrated installs work.
Keep in sync with hermesManagedNodePathEntries() in apps/desktop/electron/backend-env.ts.
"""
node_dir = (home or get_hermes_home()) / "node"
return [node_dir, node_dir / "bin"] if sys.platform == "win32" else [node_dir / "bin", node_dir]
_WINDOWS_NODE_SHIMS = {
"npm": ["npm.cmd", "npm.exe", "npm"], "npx": ["npx.cmd", "npx.exe", "npx"], "node": ["node.exe", "node"],
}
def _candidate_node_command_names(command: str) -> list[str]:
base = Path(command).name
if sys.platform != "win32" or "." in base:
return [base]
# Prefer npm.cmd: PowerShell may block npm.ps1 by policy; CreateProcess cannot launch a bare .ps1.
return _WINDOWS_NODE_SHIMS.get(base.lower(), [f"{base}.cmd", f"{base}.exe", base])
def _iter_managed_node_candidates(names: list[str], home: Path | None = None):
"""Yield existing (and on POSIX, executable) ``<node-dir>/<name>`` files."""
for directory in iter_hermes_node_dirs(home):
for name in names:
candidate = directory / name
if candidate.is_file() and (sys.platform == "win32" or os.access(candidate, os.X_OK)):
yield candidate
def _first_runnable_managed(names: list[str]) -> tuple[str | None, bool]:
"""Return ``(first runnable candidate, saw a broken one)``."""
broken = False
for candidate in map(str, _iter_managed_node_candidates(names)):
if node_tool_runnable(candidate):
return candidate, broken
broken = True
return None, broken
def _run_version_probe(argv: list[str], **kwargs):
"""Run a hidden ``--version`` probe; ``None`` when it cannot run."""
import subprocess
try:
from hermes_cli._subprocess_compat import windows_hide_flags
return subprocess.run(
argv, capture_output=True, timeout=10, creationflags=windows_hide_flags(), **kwargs
)
except (OSError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired, ValueError):
return None
def _version_probe_ok(path: str) -> bool:
"""True when ``<path> --version`` exits 0 under the Hermes-managed Node PATH."""
result = _run_version_probe([path, "--version"], env=with_hermes_node_path())
return result is not None and result.returncode == 0
_HERMES_NODE_TARGET_MAJOR = int(os.environ.get("HERMES_NODE_TARGET_MAJOR", "22"))
_managed_node_heal_attempted = False
_NODE_BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "scripts" / "lib" / "node-bootstrap.sh"
# Install tree root (this file lives at <install_root>/hermes_constants.py). Used by secure_parent_dir() to
# skip chmod on the install dir — chmodding it 0700 breaks hermes-user traversal in Docker (UID 10000). See
# #25821, #93050.
_INSTALL_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
def _is_executable_file(path: str) -> bool:
"""``exists()`` follows symlinks, so a dangling link never spawns a probe."""
return os.path.exists(path) and os.access(path, os.X_OK)
def node_tool_runnable(path: str | None) -> bool:
"""True only when *path* is a Node/npm/npx binary that actually runs (``--version`` probe)."""
if not path:
return False
present = Path(path).is_file() if sys.platform == "win32" else _is_executable_file(path)
return present and _version_probe_ok(path)
def hermes_managed_node_tree_present(home: Path | None = None) -> bool:
"""Return True when any Hermes-managed node/npm/npx shim exists on disk."""
names = [n for c in ("node", "npm", "npx") for n in _candidate_node_command_names(c)]
return next(_iter_managed_node_candidates(names, home), None) is not None
def _path_under_any(path: str, roots: list[str]) -> bool:
"""True when *path* sits inside one of *roots* (same drive).
Compared via ``normcase``: psutil and env vars can disagree on Windows drive-letter casing.
"""
path_norm = os.path.normcase(os.path.normpath(path))
for root in roots:
root_norm = os.path.normcase(os.path.normpath(root))
try:
if os.path.commonpath([path_norm, root_norm]) == root_norm:
return True
except ValueError: # different drives on Windows
continue
return False
def managed_node_tree_in_use(home: Path | None = None) -> bool:
"""True when a running process executes from the managed Node tree.
Windows locks running executables against delete/overwrite, so the updater must not rewrite
``%HERMES_HOME%\\node`` while the desktop app holds it (``[WinError 5]`` on ``npm.cmd``).
Always ``False`` on POSIX, which has no equivalent lock semantics. See #80926.
"""
if sys.platform != "win32":
return False
try:
import psutil
except Exception:
return False
dirs: list[str] = []
for directory in iter_hermes_node_dirs(home):
try:
dirs.append(str(Path(directory).resolve()))
except OSError:
continue
if not dirs:
return False
try:
procs = psutil.process_iter(["exe", "cmdline"])
except Exception:
return False
for proc in procs:
try:
info = proc.info
except Exception:
continue
exe = info.get("exe")
if exe:
try:
exe = str(Path(exe).resolve())
except (OSError, ValueError):
exe = str(exe)
if any(_path_under_any(p, dirs) for p in ([exe] if exe else []) + list(info.get("cmdline") or [])):
return True
return False
_managed_node_in_use_notice_printed = False
def _print_managed_node_in_use_notice() -> None:
"""Print the managed-Node deferral notice once per process."""
global _managed_node_in_use_notice_printed
if _managed_node_in_use_notice_printed:
return
_managed_node_in_use_notice_printed = True
print(
"→ Hermes-managed Node.js is in use by a running app; deferring its "
"upgrade until the app is closed (re-run `hermes update` afterwards).", flush=True,
)
def _fetch_url(url: str, timeout: int) -> bytes | None:
import urllib.request
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=timeout) as response:
return response.read()
except OSError:
return None
def _stage_windows_node_zip(home: Path, node_arch: str) -> Path | None:
"""Download the target-major portable Node zip into a sibling ``node.new-*`` dir.
A sibling makes the later swap a same-volume rename. ``None`` on any failure.
"""
import tempfile
import uuid
import zipfile
index_url = f"https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v{_HERMES_NODE_TARGET_MAJOR}.x/"
index_bytes = _fetch_url(index_url, 60)
if index_bytes is None:
return None
pattern = rf"node-v{_HERMES_NODE_TARGET_MAJOR}\.\d+\.\d+-win-{node_arch}\.zip"
match = re.search(pattern, index_bytes.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"))
if not match:
return None
zip_name = match.group(0)
zip_bytes = _fetch_url(f"{index_url}{zip_name}", 300)
if zip_bytes is None:
return None
staged = home / f"node.new-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
try:
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
tmp_path = Path(tmp_dir)
(tmp_path / zip_name).write_bytes(zip_bytes)
extract_dir = tmp_path / "extract"
extract_dir.mkdir()
with zipfile.ZipFile(tmp_path / zip_name) as archive:
archive.extractall(extract_dir)
extracted = next(extract_dir.glob("node-v*"), None)
if extracted is None or not extracted.is_dir():
return None
shutil.move(str(extracted), str(staged))
except OSError:
return None
return staged
def _swap_node_tree(target: Path, staged: Path) -> bool | None:
"""Rename the live tree aside (``node.old-*``) and *staged* into place.
``None`` when the OS refuses to move the live tree (in use; untouched, retried next time),
``False`` when the staged tree cannot be moved in (live tree rolled back).
"""
backup = target.parent / f"node.old-{staged.name.removeprefix('node.new-')}"
had_live = target.exists()
if had_live:
try:
os.replace(str(target), str(backup))
except OSError:
_print_managed_node_in_use_notice()
shutil.rmtree(staged, ignore_errors=True)
return None
# Rename preserves mtime: touch the backup (best-effort) so a concurrent heal's
# litter sweep never removes it mid-swap.
with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
os.utime(backup, None)
try:
os.replace(str(staged), str(target))
except OSError:
if had_live: # roll the live tree back
with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
os.replace(str(backup), str(target))
shutil.rmtree(staged, ignore_errors=True)
return False
if had_live:
# Locked files may keep the old tree on disk until the next heal; safe.
shutil.rmtree(backup, ignore_errors=True)
return True
def _heal_managed_node_windows(home: Path | None = None) -> bool | None:
"""Redownload the portable Node zip into ``%HERMES_HOME%\\node`` on Windows.
``True`` on success, ``False`` on genuine failure (offline, bad archive), ``None`` when the
tree is in use and the heal is deferred — callers must not record the once-per-process attempt
for ``None``. Staging-first (extract to ``node.new-*``, rename live aside, rename staged in) so
an interrupted heal cannot gut the install; a refused rename *is* the in-use signal.
The replacement is staging-first: the new tree is fully downloaded and extracted to a sibling
``node.new-*`` directory, then the live tree is renamed aside (``node.old-*``) and the staged tree
renamed into place. The live tree is never deleted before its replacement is ready, so an interrupted
heal cannot gut the running installation. Windows allows renaming a tree whose executables are running
(images are mapped with ``FILE_SHARE_DELETE`` — the same mechanism as the hermes.exe quarantine); when
the OS refuses the rename, that refusal *is* the in-use signal and the heal defers instead of forcing
the write and crashing with ``PermissionError: [WinError 5]`` on ``npm.cmd`` (#80926).
"""
import time
arch = (os.environ.get("PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432") or os.environ.get("PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE", "")).lower()
node_arch = {"amd64": "x64", "x86_64": "x64", "arm64": "arm64", "x86": "x86"}.get(arch)
if node_arch is None:
return False
home = home or get_hermes_home()
target = home / "node"
# Cheap pre-check; the rename-based swap is the authoritative guard.
if managed_node_tree_in_use(home):
_print_managed_node_in_use_notice()
return None
# Sweep litter from interrupted runs; only dirs >10 min old so a concurrent in-flight swap survives.
cutoff = time.time() - 600
for stale in (*home.glob("node.old-*"), *home.glob("node.new-*")):
try:
if stale.stat().st_mtime < cutoff:
shutil.rmtree(stale, ignore_errors=True)
except OSError:
continue
staged = _stage_windows_node_zip(home, node_arch)
if staged is None:
return False
return _swap_node_tree(target, staged) and node_tool_runnable(str(target / "node.exe"))
def _run_node_bootstrap(func: str, *, timeout: int, **extra_env: str) -> bool:
"""Source ``scripts/lib/node-bootstrap.sh`` and run shell function *func*."""
if not _NODE_BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT.is_file():
return False
import subprocess
try:
result = subprocess.run(
["bash", "-c", f'source "{_NODE_BOOTSTRAP_SCRIPT}" && {func}'],
env={**os.environ, "HERMES_HOME": str(get_hermes_home()), **extra_env},
capture_output=True, timeout=timeout, check=False,
)
except (OSError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
return False
return result.returncode == 0
def bootstrap_hermes_managed_node() -> str | None:
"""Install a Hermes-managed Node tree under ``$HERMES_HOME/node`` and return its npm path.
Hermes never modifies a user-owned toolchain (system, nvm, brew, Nix) that fails ``engines``.
"""
existing = find_hermes_node_executable("npm")
if existing:
return existing
if sys.platform == "win32":
ok = _heal_managed_node_windows()
else:
# HERMES_NODE_SKIP_LINKS=1 keeps node/npm/npx out of ~/.local/bin: never shadow the user toolchain.
ok = _run_node_bootstrap("_nb_install_bundled_node", timeout=600, HERMES_NODE_SKIP_LINKS="1")
if not ok:
return None
return _first_runnable_managed(_candidate_node_command_names("npm"))[0]
def heal_hermes_managed_node() -> bool:
"""Redownload Hermes-managed Node when the tree exists but is broken; at most once per process.
A Windows in-use deferral does NOT record the attempt so a later call can heal once free.
POSIX installs shell out to ``heal_managed_node`` in ``scripts/lib/node-bootstrap.sh``; Windows
downloads the portable zip directly (same source as ``install.ps1``). See #80926.
"""
global _managed_node_heal_attempted
if _managed_node_heal_attempted or not hermes_managed_node_tree_present():
return False
if sys.platform == "win32":
result = _heal_managed_node_windows()
else:
result = _run_node_bootstrap("heal_managed_node", timeout=300)
if result is None: # in-use deferral: leave the attempt flag clear
return False
_managed_node_heal_attempted = True
return bool(result)
def _managed_node_tree_outdated(home: Path | None = None) -> bool:
"""True when the managed node runs but is below the target major (heals like a broken tree)."""
for candidate in _iter_managed_node_candidates(_candidate_node_command_names("node"), home):
result = _run_version_probe([str(candidate), "--version"])
if result is None:
return False # broken, not outdated — the runnable probe handles it
try:
version = result.stdout.decode().strip().lstrip("v")
major = int(version.split(".")[0])
except (ValueError, IndexError):
return False
# A pre-release is outdated whatever its major: nodejs.org publishes headers only for
# final releases, so node-gyp cannot build node-pty. Mirrors node_satisfies_build() in install.sh.
if "-" in version:
return True
return major < _HERMES_NODE_TARGET_MAJOR
return False
def find_hermes_node_executable(command: str) -> str | None:
"""Hermes-managed Node/npm path, healing broken/outdated trees; heal failure still returns old Node."""
names = _candidate_node_command_names(command)
resolved, broken_present = _first_runnable_managed(names)
needs_heal = broken_present or (resolved is not None and _managed_node_tree_outdated())
if needs_heal and heal_hermes_managed_node():
healed, _ = _first_runnable_managed(names)
if healed:
return healed
return resolved
def find_node_executable_on_path(command: str) -> str | None:
"""Node/npm from PATH; on Windows prefer ``.cmd``/``.exe`` (CreateProcess cannot run the bare shim)."""
if sys.platform != "win32":
return shutil.which(command)
command_str = str(command)
if any(sep and sep in command_str for sep in (os.sep, os.altsep, "/", "\\")):
return command_str if Path(command_str).is_file() else None
directories = [d for d in os.environ.get("PATH", "").split(os.pathsep) if d]
for name in _candidate_node_command_names(command_str):
for directory in directories:
if (Path(directory) / name).is_file():
return str(Path(directory) / name)
return None
def find_node_executable(command: str) -> str | None:
"""Resolve a Node command, preferring a healthy managed install.
A managed tree that exists but cannot be healed yields ``None`` rather than system Node.
"""
managed = find_hermes_node_executable(command)
if managed:
return managed
if hermes_managed_node_tree_present():
return None
return find_node_executable_on_path(command)
def with_hermes_node_path(env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> dict[str, str]:
"""Return *env* with Hermes-managed Node directories prepended to PATH."""
merged = dict(os.environ if env is None else env)
parts = [p for p in merged.get("PATH", "").split(os.pathsep) if p]
for entry in reversed([str(path) for path in iter_hermes_node_dirs() if path.is_dir()]):
if entry not in parts:
parts.insert(0, entry)
merged["PATH"] = os.pathsep.join(parts)
return merged
def agent_browser_runnable(path: str | None) -> bool:
"""True when *path* is an agent-browser CLI that runs (``--version`` exits 0) or the npx fallback.
Dead/wrong-arch/hung binaries are rejected so callers try the next candidate.
A bare presence check (``shutil.which`` / ``Path.exists``) is not enough: agent-browser's npm
``postinstall`` re-points a *global* install symlink (e.g. ``/opt/homebrew/bin/agent-browser``) at our
local ``node_modules/agent-browser/bin/...`` binary, which then disappears on the next ``hermes update``
— leaving a **dangling symlink** that ``which`` still reports but exec fails on with exit 127 (issue
#48521). Callers that trust such a path silently break every browser tool.
"""
if not path:
return False
# The npx fallback is a two-token command string, not a path; npx validates at run time.
if " " in path and path.split()[0].endswith("npx"):
return True
return _is_executable_file(path) and _version_probe_ok(path)
def _legacy_path_has_content(path: Path) -> bool:
"""True iff *path* is a non-directory file or a populated directory.
Non-not-found ``OSError`` means "assume occupied" (never orphan legacy data). Symlinks are
judged on their target; a dangling one does NOT count.
"""
try:
st = path.lstat()
if stat.S_ISLNK(st.st_mode):
st = path.stat() # judge a symlink on its target; dangling → FileNotFoundError
except FileNotFoundError:
return False
except OSError: # e.g. PermissionError on a parent: assume occupied
return True
if not stat.S_ISDIR(st.st_mode):
return True
try:
next(path.iterdir())
except StopIteration:
return False
except OSError:
pass
return True
def display_hermes_home() -> str:
"""User-facing ``~/`` display string for HERMES_HOME (``~/.hermes/profiles/coder``)."""
home = get_hermes_home()
try: # as_posix(): str() on Windows yields chimeras like ~/AppData\Local\hermes/skills/
return "~/" + home.relative_to(Path.home()).as_posix()
except ValueError:
return str(home)
def secure_parent_dir(path: Path) -> None:
"""Chmod ``0o700`` on *path*'s parent, refusing ``/`` and top-level dirs (misresolved HERMES_HOME)."""
parent = path.parent.resolve()
if parent == Path("/") or len(parent.parts) < 3:
return
# Refuse the install tree: chmod 0700 breaks hermes-user traversal in Docker (UID 10000).
# A credential file here means HERMES_HOME misresolved; surface it (caused production lockouts).
# See #25821, #93050.
if parent == _INSTALL_ROOT or _INSTALL_ROOT in parent.parents:
import logging
logging.getLogger(__name__).warning(
"Not restricting permissions on %s: it is inside the "
"hermes-agent install directory (%s). Credential files are "
"normally stored under the hermes home directory instead.", parent, _INSTALL_ROOT,
)
return
with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
os.chmod(parent, 0o700)
def _norm_home_path(path: str | None) -> str:
"""Return a comparable absolute path string, or ``""`` for empty input."""
raw = (path or "").strip()
if not raw:
return ""
try:
return os.path.normcase(os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(raw)))
except Exception:
return os.path.normcase(raw)
def _profile_home_path(env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> str | None:
"""Return ``{HERMES_HOME}/home`` when the profile-home directory exists."""
hermes_home = get_hermes_home_override() or (env or {}).get("HERMES_HOME") or os.getenv("HERMES_HOME")
if not hermes_home:
return None
profile_home = os.path.join(hermes_home, "home")
return profile_home if os.path.isdir(profile_home) else None
def _is_profile_home(candidate: str | None, profile_home: str | None) -> bool:
return bool(candidate and profile_home and _norm_home_path(candidate) == _norm_home_path(profile_home))
def _env_get(env: dict[str, str], key: str, default: str = "") -> str:
"""Stripped *key* from *env*, falling back to the process environment."""
return str(env.get(key) or os.getenv(key, default)).strip()
def _iter_real_home_candidates(env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> list[str]:
"""Return likely OS-user home candidates in trust order."""
env = env or {}
candidates = [_env_get(env, "HERMES_REAL_HOME"), _env_get(env, "HOME")]
with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
import pwd
candidates.append(pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir.strip()) # windows-footgun: ok — POSIX-only module inside try/except
candidates.append(_env_get(env, "USERPROFILE"))
drive, path = _env_get(env, "HOMEDRIVE"), _env_get(env, "HOMEPATH")
if drive and path:
candidates.append(f"{drive}{path}" if path.startswith(("\\", "/")) else os.path.join(drive, path))
expanded = os.path.expanduser("~")
if expanded != "~":
candidates.append(expanded)
return [c for c in candidates if c]
def get_real_home(env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> str:
"""The OS user's real home, avoiding the Hermes profile HOME.
``HOME`` belongs to the OS account and external CLIs keeping credentials under ``~``; a parent
already running with ``HOME={HERMES_HOME}/home`` is repaired back when possible.
"""
profile_home = _profile_home_path(env)
seen: set[str] = set()
for candidate in _iter_real_home_candidates(env):
key = _norm_home_path(candidate)
if not key or key in seen:
continue
seen.add(key)
if not _is_profile_home(candidate, profile_home):
return candidate
return "/tmp"
_HOME_MODE_ALIASES = {"isolated": "profile", "profile_home": "profile", "profile-home": "profile",
"host": "real", "user": "real", "real_home": "real", "real-home": "real"}
def get_subprocess_home(env: dict[str, str] | None = None) -> str | None:
"""Subprocess ``HOME`` override, or ``None``.
``auto``: hosts keep real HOME (repairing a profile-home parent), containers use
``{HERMES_HOME}/home``; ``real``: always real HOME; ``profile``: always the profile home.
"""
env = env or {}
profile_home = _profile_home_path(env)
mode = _env_get(env, "TERMINAL_HOME_MODE", "auto").lower() or "auto"
mode = _HOME_MODE_ALIASES.get(mode, mode)
if mode == "profile":
return profile_home
real_home = get_real_home(env)
current_home = _env_get(env, "HOME")
repaired = real_home if _norm_home_path(real_home) != _norm_home_path(current_home) else None
if mode == "real":
return repaired
if profile_home and is_container():
return profile_home
if _is_profile_home(current_home, profile_home):
return repaired
return None
def apply_subprocess_home_env(env: dict[str, str]) -> None:
"""Apply Hermes' subprocess HOME contract to *env* in-place."""
real_home = get_real_home(env)
if real_home:
env["HERMES_REAL_HOME"] = real_home
home = get_subprocess_home(env)
if home:
env["HOME"] = home
VALID_REASONING_EFFORTS = ("minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max", "ultra")
def parse_reasoning_effort(effort) -> dict | None:
"""Parse a reasoning effort level into a config dict.
``None`` for empty/unrecognized input (caller uses the default); ``{"enabled": False}`` for
"none"/"false"/"disabled"/YAML False — ``reasoning_effort: false`` must mean disabled.
"""
if effort is None or effort is True:
return None
effort = str(effort).strip().lower() # False -> "false" -> disabled; "" matches neither set
if effort in {"none", "false", "disabled"}:
return {"enabled": False}
if effort in VALID_REASONING_EFFORTS:
return {"enabled": True, "effort": effort}
return None
def _canonical_model_variants(model: str) -> list[str]:
"""Spelling variants for tolerant override matching, exact first, deduped in order.
Dot/dash recovery runs on EACH base form so ``x-4.5``, ``x-4-5`` and ``x.4.5`` share one variant set.
"""
_dash_to_dot = lambda s: re.sub(r'(\d)-(\d)', r'\1.\2', s)
_dot_to_dash = lambda s: re.sub(r'(\d)\.(\d)', r'\1-\2', s)
seen: set[str] = set()
variants: list[str] = []
def _add(*values):
for v in values:
if v and v not in seen:
seen.add(v)
variants.append(v)
def _add_with_derivatives(s):
dashed, dotted = s.replace('.', '-'), s.replace('-', '.')
_add(s, dashed, dotted, _dash_to_dot(s), _dot_to_dash(s), _dash_to_dot(dashed), _dot_to_dash(dotted))
_add_with_derivatives(model)
parts = model.split('/')
if len(parts) >= 2: # bare model (strip provider/aggregator prefix)
_add_with_derivatives(parts[-1])
if len(parts) >= 3: # strip aggregator only: "openrouter/anthropic/x" → "anthropic/x"
_add_with_derivatives('/'.join(parts[1:]))
known_providers = (
'anthropic', 'openai', 'google', 'openrouter', 'groq', 'mistral',
'xai', 'cohere', 'perplexity', 'together', 'fireworks', 'deepseek',
)
for v in [v for v in variants if '/' not in v]:
_add(*(f"{provider}/{v}" for provider in known_providers))
known_aggregators = ('openrouter', 'opencode', 'fireworks', 'groq', 'together')
for v in [v for v in variants if v.count('/') == 1]:
_add(*(f"{agg}/{v}" for agg in known_aggregators))
return variants
def resolve_per_model_reasoning_effort(model: str, overrides: dict | None) -> dict | None:
"""Per-model reasoning_effort override with spelling tolerance; first non-None parse wins.
Order: exact → dots↔dashes → provider stripped → aggregator stripped → known prefixes added.
"""
if not overrides or not isinstance(overrides, dict) or not model:
return None
for variant in _canonical_model_variants(model):
if variant in overrides:
result = parse_reasoning_effort(overrides[variant])
if result is not None:
return result
return None
def resolve_per_model_provider_routing(model: str, models: dict | None) -> dict:
"""``provider_routing.models.<id>`` entry for *model*, spelling-tolerant like
``reasoning_overrides``; ``{}`` when none matches. Only the keys a user sets per model
are returned so unset ones fall through to the flat ``provider_routing`` values."""
if not model or not isinstance(models, dict):
return {}
for variant in _canonical_model_variants(model):
entry = models.get(variant)
if isinstance(entry, dict):
return entry
return {}
def resolve_reasoning_config(cfg: dict | None, model: str = "") -> dict | None:
"""Effective reasoning config for *model*: per-model override, then global ``agent.reasoning_effort``.
Single chokepoint for every surface (CLI, gateway, TUI, cron, ``/model``, fallback activation).
"""
cfg = cfg if isinstance(cfg, dict) else {}
agent_cfg = cfg.get("agent") if isinstance(cfg.get("agent"), dict) else {}
if not model:
model_cfg = cfg.get("model")
if isinstance(model_cfg, dict):
model_cfg = model_cfg.get("default") or model_cfg.get("model") or ""
model = model_cfg.strip() if isinstance(model_cfg, str) else ""
per_model = resolve_per_model_reasoning_effort(model, agent_cfg.get("reasoning_overrides") or {})
if per_model is not None:
return per_model
# Keep the raw value: ``or ""`` would turn a YAML False into "" and silently re-enable thinking.
effort = agent_cfg.get("reasoning_effort", "")
result = parse_reasoning_effort(effort)
if effort and str(effort).strip() and result is None:
import logging
logging.getLogger(__name__).warning("Unknown reasoning_effort '%s', using default (medium)", effort)
return result
def is_termux() -> bool:
"""True inside Termux (Android): ``TERMUX_VERSION`` or the Termux-specific ``PREFIX`` path."""
prefix = os.getenv("PREFIX", "")
return bool(os.getenv("TERMUX_VERSION") or "com.termux/files/usr" in prefix)
_wsl_detected: bool | None = None
def is_wsl() -> bool:
"""True inside WSL1/WSL2 (``microsoft`` marker in ``/proc/version``); cached per process."""
global _wsl_detected
if _wsl_detected is None:
try:
with open("/proc/version", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
_wsl_detected = "microsoft" in f.read().lower()
except Exception:
_wsl_detected = False
return _wsl_detected
def windows_path_to_wsl(path: str) -> str | None:
"""Convert a Windows drive path (``C:\\...``) to its ``/mnt/<drive>/...`` form."""
match = re.match(r"^([A-Za-z]):[\\/](.*)$", str(path or "").strip())
return f"/mnt/{match.group(1).lower()}/{match.group(2).replace(chr(92), '/')}" if match else None
def wsl_unc_path_to_posix(path: str) -> str | None:
"""Convert a ``\\\\wsl.localhost\\<distro>\\...`` (or legacy ``\\\\wsl$``) UNC path to POSIX."""
normalized = str(path or "").strip().replace("/", "\\")
match = re.match(r"^\\\\wsl(?:\.localhost|\$)\\[^\\]+\\(.*)$", normalized, re.IGNORECASE)
return "/" + match.group(1).replace("\\", "/") if match else None
def translate_cwd_for_wsl_backend(cwd: str) -> str:
"""Map a Windows-host cwd (drive path or ``\\\\wsl.localhost\\`` UNC) to POSIX when Hermes runs in WSL.
No-op off WSL and for paths already POSIX.
"""
if not is_wsl():
return cwd
for translator in (wsl_unc_path_to_posix, windows_path_to_wsl):
translated = translator(cwd)
if translated is not None:
return translated
return cwd
_container_detected: bool | None = None
def is_container() -> bool:
"""True inside a container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes markers); cached per process.
See: NousResearch/hermes-agent#47111
"""
global _container_detected
if _container_detected is None:
_container_detected = _detect_container()
return _container_detected
def _read_proc(path: str) -> str:
try:
with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
return f.read()
except OSError:
return ""
def _proc_file_has_marker(path: str, markers: tuple[str, ...]) -> bool:
content = _read_proc(path)
return any(marker in content for marker in markers)
def _detect_container() -> bool:
if (
os.path.exists("/.dockerenv")
or os.path.exists("/run/.containerenv")
or os.environ.get("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST")
or _proc_file_has_marker("/proc/1/cgroup", ("docker", "podman", "/lxc/", "kubepods", "containerd", "crio"))
):
return True
# cgroup v2: /proc/1/cgroup is just "0::/"; the runtime still shows in mountinfo — but ONLY on
# the root ("/") mount line. A host that merely *runs* containers exposes every container's
# overlay lowerdir (``lowerdir=/var/lib/containerd/...``) at non-root mount points, which a
# whole-file scan misread as "inside a container" and flipped subprocess HOME (#58135).
return _root_mount_has_marker("/proc/self/mountinfo", ("kubepods", "containerd", "crio"))
def _root_mount_has_marker(path: str, markers: tuple[str, ...]) -> bool:
"""mountinfo field 5 (index 4) is the mount point; only the root ("/") line is the process's own rootfs."""
root_lines = [line for line in _read_proc(path).splitlines() if len(f := line.split()) >= 5 and f[4] == "/"]
return any(marker in line for line in root_lines for marker in markers)
def get_config_path() -> Path:
"""Return the path to ``config.yaml`` under HERMES_HOME."""
return get_hermes_home() / "config.yaml"
def get_skills_dir() -> Path:
"""Return the path to the skills directory under HERMES_HOME."""
return get_hermes_home() / "skills"
def get_env_path() -> Path:
"""Return the path to the ``.env`` file under HERMES_HOME."""
return get_hermes_home() / ".env"
def apply_ipv4_preference(force: bool = False) -> None:
"""Monkey-patch ``socket.getaddrinfo`` to prefer IPv4 when *force* is True.
Broken-IPv6 hosts hang on AAAA for the full TCP timeout; ``AF_UNSPEC`` resolves as ``AF_INET``,
falling back to full resolution when no A record exists (pure-IPv6 hosts still work).
"""
if not force:
return
import socket
if getattr(socket.getaddrinfo, "_hermes_ipv4_patched", False):
return
_original_getaddrinfo = socket.getaddrinfo
def _ipv4_getaddrinfo(host, port, family=0, type=0, proto=0, flags=0):
if family == 0: # AF_UNSPEC — caller didn't request a specific family
try:
return _original_getaddrinfo(host, port, socket.AF_INET, type, proto, flags)
except socket.gaierror: # no A record — pure-IPv6 host
return _original_getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags)
return _original_getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags)
_ipv4_getaddrinfo._hermes_ipv4_patched = True # type: ignore[attr-defined]
socket.getaddrinfo = _ipv4_getaddrinfo # type: ignore[assignment]
PARTIAL_STREAM_STUB_ID = "partial-stream-stub"
FINISH_REASON_LENGTH = "length"
OPENROUTER_BASE_URL = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1"
OPENROUTER_MODELS_URL = f"{OPENROUTER_BASE_URL}/models"
AI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL = "https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
def venv_bin_dir(venv_dir, *, windows: bool | None = None) -> Path:
"""Venv executable dir (``Scripts``/``bin``); *windows* lets tests exercise Windows paths on Linux.
Returned unconditionally — callers differ on whether a missing venv is an error.
Canonical helper for venv layout. This was open-coded in seven places across four ``hermes_cli`` modules
using three different Windows predicates (``platform.system()``, ``is_windows()``, ``_is_windows()``);
each new call site had to re-derive it, and #76091 shipped an eighth copy because the correct behaviour
lived 2400 lines away in another function. A few sites outside ``hermes_cli``
(``tools/code_execution_tool.py``, ``agent/lsp/install.py``, ``agent/lsp/servers.py``) still hand-roll
it — convert them as they are touched.
"""
windows = sys.platform == "win32" if windows is None else windows
return Path(venv_dir) / ("Scripts" if windows else "bin")
def project_venv_dir(project_root) -> Path | None:
"""The project's ``venv`` or ``.venv`` dir when one exists (``uv venv`` defaults to ``.venv``).
``uv venv`` defaults to ``.venv`` while our installers create ``venv``, so both layouts are in the wild.
Call sites that only knew about ``venv`` silently no-oped on a ``.venv`` install — that is how the
Windows shim-lock preflight skipped itself entirely (#79542). ``venv`` wins when both exist, matching
what the installers write.
"""
root = Path(project_root)
return next((root / n for n in ("venv", ".venv") if (root / n).is_dir()), None)
def venv_python_path(venv_dir, *, windows: bool | None = None) -> Path:
"""Path to the Python interpreter inside *venv_dir* (may not exist)."""
bin_dir = venv_bin_dir(venv_dir, windows=windows)
return bin_dir / ("python.exe" if bin_dir.name == "Scripts" else "python")
# First-party roots: an ImportError naming one means our own tree is inconsistent. The
# update post-probe shares this set so the guard that BLOCKS and the hint that EXPLAINS agree.
FIRST_PARTY_MODULE_ROOTS = frozenset({
"agent", "acp_adapter", "cli", "cron", "gateway", "model_tools", "plugins",
"providers", "tools", "toolsets", "run_agent", "tui_gateway", "utils",
})
def is_first_party_module(name: str | None) -> bool:
"""True when *name* ships with Hermes (exact first segment; ``startswith`` would claim ``agentops``)."""
root = str(name).split(".")[0] if name else ""
return bool(root) and (root in FIRST_PARTY_MODULE_ROOTS or root.startswith("hermes_"))
def partial_update_hint(exc: BaseException) -> list[str]:
"""Recovery guidance lines when *exc* looks like a half-updated tree, else ``[]``."""
# A missing third-party dep (bad venv, missing extra) is a different problem.
if (not isinstance(exc, ImportError) or isinstance(exc, ModuleNotFoundError)
or not is_first_party_module(getattr(exc, "name", None))):
return []
return [
"",
"This looks like a partially-updated install: one module was refreshed "
"and a related one was not.",
"Re-run the update to bring the whole tree to the same version:",
" hermes update",
"If that also fails, reinstall: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com",
]
def emit_partial_update_hint(exc: BaseException, *, file=None) -> bool:
"""Print recovery guidance for a half-updated tree."""
lines = partial_update_hint(exc)
if not lines:
return False
for line in (f"Error: {exc}", *lines):
print(line, file=sys.stderr if file is None else file)
return True
def _pm_node_executable(command: str) -> str | None:
"""The pm store's node/npm/npx binary for *command*, when installed.
node and npm are pm packages; npx ships inside npm's store entry, so it
resolves as a sibling of the npm binary. Returns ``None`` when pm has not
installed the package (the caller falls back to PATH).
"""
base = Path(str(command)).name.lower()
for suffix in (".cmd", ".exe", ".ps1"):
if base.endswith(suffix):
base = base[: -len(suffix)]
package_name = {"node": "node", "npm": "npm", "npx": "npm"}.get(base)
if package_name is None:
return None
try:
import pm
if not pm.is_installed(package_name):
return None
from pm.ensure import _facts, _store
from pm.registry import get_package
from pm.store import current_target
fact = _facts().get(package_name)
if fact is None:
return None
binary = get_package(package_name).binary(
_store().entry(fact["entry"]), current_target()
)
if binary is None or not binary.is_file():
return None
if base == "npx":
for name in _candidate_node_command_names("npx"):
candidate = binary.parent / name
if candidate.is_file():
return str(candidate)
return None
return str(binary)
except Exception:
pass
return None
def normalize_scope(scope: str | Path | None) -> str | None:
"""Normalize a WRITE-side registry scope key, preserving ``None``.
Two different contracts live on the same registries — do not unify them:
* **Write / slot paths** (``register_*``, ``snapshot_registration``,
``restore_registration``, tool-registry slot lookup): ``None`` means
the process-global layer and must stay ``None``. Use this function.
* **Read paths** (``list_providers``, ``get_provider``): ``None`` means
"the active home's scope" and must go through :func:`hermes_home_key`
(falsy input resolves to the active default home). Using this
function there hides every scoped registration — the exact bug
fixed after e66a627aa5.
Both normalize non-None values identically (resolved absolute path,
normcase on Windows) so writes and reads agree on the key.
"""
return hermes_home_key(scope) if scope is not None else None