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hermes-agent/tools/skill_ledger.py
Teknium efe41abde0 feat(curator): per-mutation audit ledger + single-edit rollback
Tracker #79686 P3. Every skill mutation — curator, agent, or user — now
appends one entry to the append-only JSONL ledger at
~/.hermes/skills/.curator_ledger.jsonl, with per-file before/after
manifests whose contents are stored content-addressed (sha256-deduped)
under ~/.hermes/.curator_backups/blobs/.

- tools/skill_ledger.py: append/list/get, blob store, actor derivation
  (curator|agent|user), single-entry rollback that takes a pre-rollback
  safety entry first and FAILS CLOSED when that capture fails (consistent
  with the whole-run tarball rollback hardening from #63366). Path
  containment check so a hand-edited ledger can't write outside
  HERMES_HOME.
- Hooked all three choke points: skill_manage() dispatch (all actors,
  delete intent recorded via absorbed_into/archived evidence),
  archive_skill()/restore_skill(), and curator auto-transitions (tagged
  actor=curator via a ContextVar override).
- Ledger failures never block the mutation — telemetry, not a gate.
  Config gate skills.ledger (default true).
- hermes curator ledger [--skill NAME] [--limit N] and
  hermes curator rollback <entry-id> (whole-tree snapshot rollback
  unchanged).
- Optional TTL purge of skills/.archive/: curator.archive_ttl_days
  (default 0 = never) + explicit hermes curator purge, recorded in the
  ledger with before-blobs so purges stay recoverable.
- Docs: curator.md sections on the ledger, single-edit rollback, and
  archive TTL purge.

Curator invariants unchanged: only created_by:agent skills auto-transition,
never hard-delete autonomously, pinned exempt; foreground user deletes stay
hard-delete (and are now recoverable via the ledger).

Closes #45778, #50875. Tests adapted from #50261 by @yu-xin-c.
2026-08-16 22:06:41 -07:00

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"""Per-mutation skill audit ledger + single-edit rollback (tracker #79686 P3).
Every skill mutation — regardless of actor — appends one JSONL entry to
``~/.hermes/skills/.curator_ledger.jsonl`` describing who changed what, with
before/after file manifests whose contents are stored content-addressed
(sha256-deduped) under ``~/.hermes/.curator_backups/blobs/``.
Design decisions (Teknium-approved):
- JSONL, not the state DB: the ledger is a durable, human-greppable audit
trail that survives DB resets and is trivially rsync/backup friendly.
- The ledger covers ALL actors, tagged ``curator`` / ``agent`` / ``user``.
The curator *invariant* (never hard-delete autonomously) is unchanged and
applies only to autonomous actors; foreground user deletes stay
hard-delete — but they are still ledgered so they're recoverable via
``hermes curator rollback <entry-id>``.
- Per-file content-addressed blobs (not tarballs): a mutation typically
touches one file, so a whole-tree tarball per mutation would be wasteful,
and identical content across entries dedupes to a single blob.
The ledger is TELEMETRY, NOT A GATE: a ledger failure must never block the
mutation it describes. Every public write path here is wrapped so exceptions
are logged and swallowed. The one deliberate exception is ``rollback_entry``,
which FAILS CLOSED when its own pre-rollback safety capture fails (consistent
with the whole-run tarball rollback in agent/curator_backup.py).
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import contextvars
import hashlib
import json
import logging
import os
import uuid
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
ACTOR_CURATOR = "curator"
ACTOR_AGENT = "agent"
ACTOR_USER = "user"
_VALID_ACTORS = {ACTOR_CURATOR, ACTOR_AGENT, ACTOR_USER}
# Explicit actor override for call sites that know who they are acting for:
# the CLI sets "user", the curator's automatic-transition walk sets "curator".
_actor_override: contextvars.ContextVar[Optional[str]] = contextvars.ContextVar(
"skill_ledger_actor", default=None
)
def set_ledger_actor(actor: Optional[str]) -> contextvars.Token:
"""Bind an explicit actor for subsequent ledger records in this context.
Returns a Token; callers must reset_ledger_actor(token) in a finally.
"""
return _actor_override.set(actor)
def reset_ledger_actor(token: contextvars.Token) -> None:
_actor_override.reset(token)
def derive_actor() -> str:
"""Best-effort actor derivation.
Priority: explicit override (CLI → user, curator walk → curator), then
the background-review provenance signal (→ curator), else agent.
"""
override = _actor_override.get()
if override in _VALID_ACTORS:
return override
try:
from tools.skill_provenance import is_background_review
if is_background_review():
return ACTOR_CURATOR
except Exception:
pass
return ACTOR_AGENT
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Paths + config gate
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def ledger_path() -> Path:
return get_hermes_home() / "skills" / ".curator_ledger.jsonl"
def blobs_dir() -> Path:
return get_hermes_home() / ".curator_backups" / "blobs"
def ledger_enabled() -> bool:
"""Config gate ``skills.ledger`` (default True). Lazy import so this
module stays importable without the CLI config layer."""
try:
from hermes_cli.config import cfg_get, load_config
return bool(cfg_get(load_config(), "skills", "ledger", default=True))
except Exception as e: # pragma: no cover — best-effort config read
logger.debug("skill_ledger: config read failed (%s); defaulting on", e)
return True
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Blob store (content-addressed, deduped)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _store_blob(data: bytes) -> str:
"""Write *data* to the blob store keyed by its sha256. Dedupes: an
existing blob with the same hash is left alone. Returns the hash."""
digest = hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
dest = blobs_dir() / digest
if not dest.exists():
dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
tmp = dest.with_name(f".tmp-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}-{digest}")
tmp.write_bytes(data)
os.replace(tmp, dest)
return digest
def read_blob(sha256: str) -> Optional[bytes]:
"""Return blob content or None when missing/invalid."""
if not sha256 or not all(c in "0123456789abcdef" for c in sha256):
return None
p = blobs_dir() / sha256
try:
return p.read_bytes() if p.exists() else None
except OSError:
return None
def snapshot_paths(root: Optional[Path]) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
"""Capture {path, sha256} for every file under *root* (recursively),
storing each file's content as a blob. Empty list when root is None or
doesn't exist. Raises on I/O failure — callers decide whether that is
fatal (rollback safety capture) or swallowed (telemetry hooks)."""
if root is None:
return []
root = Path(root)
if root.is_file():
files = [root]
elif root.is_dir():
files = sorted(p for p in root.rglob("*") if p.is_file())
else:
return []
out: List[Dict[str, str]] = []
for f in files:
data = f.read_bytes()
out.append({"path": str(f), "sha256": _store_blob(data)})
return out
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Append + read
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def append_entry(
action: str,
skill: str,
before: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None,
after: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None,
actor: Optional[str] = None,
evidence: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
) -> Optional[str]:
"""Append one ledger entry. Returns the entry id, or None when the
ledger is disabled or the write failed (never raises)."""
if not ledger_enabled():
return None
try:
entry = {
"id": uuid.uuid4().hex[:12],
"ts": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
"actor": actor if actor in _VALID_ACTORS else derive_actor(),
"action": action,
"skill": skill,
"evidence": evidence or {},
"before": before or [],
"after": after or [],
}
path = ledger_path()
path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
with open(path, "a", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
fh.write(json.dumps(entry, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
return entry["id"]
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("skill_ledger: failed to append entry (%s) — mutation unaffected", e)
return None
def record_mutation(
action: str,
skill: str,
before_root: Optional[Path] = None,
before: Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]] = None,
after_root: Optional[Path] = None,
actor: Optional[str] = None,
evidence: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
) -> Optional[str]:
"""One-stop hook for mutation call sites: capture after-state from
*after_root* (pre-captured *before* list, or capture from *before_root*)
and append. NEVER raises and never blocks the mutation."""
if not ledger_enabled():
return None
try:
if before is None:
before = snapshot_paths(before_root)
after = snapshot_paths(after_root)
return append_entry(
action, skill, before=before, after=after, actor=actor, evidence=evidence
)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("skill_ledger: record_mutation failed (%s) — mutation unaffected", e)
return None
def capture_before(root: Optional[Path]) -> Optional[List[Dict[str, str]]]:
"""Best-effort pre-mutation capture. Returns None on failure or when the
ledger is disabled (callers pass the result straight to record_mutation)."""
if not ledger_enabled():
return None
try:
return snapshot_paths(root)
except Exception as e:
logger.warning("skill_ledger: before-capture failed (%s) — mutation unaffected", e)
return None
def list_entries(
skill: Optional[str] = None, limit: Optional[int] = None
) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""Read the ledger, newest first. Malformed lines are skipped."""
path = ledger_path()
if not path.exists():
return []
rows: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
try:
with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
for line in fh:
line = line.strip()
if not line:
continue
try:
row = json.loads(line)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
continue
if isinstance(row, dict):
rows.append(row)
except OSError:
return []
if skill:
rows = [r for r in rows if r.get("skill") == skill]
rows.reverse()
if limit is not None and limit >= 0:
rows = rows[:limit]
return rows
def get_entry(entry_id: str) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
if not entry_id:
return None
for row in list_entries():
if row.get("id") == entry_id:
return row
return None
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Single-edit rollback
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def _is_within(root: Path, path: Path) -> bool:
"""True when *path* (normalized, no symlink resolution needed for the
containment check itself) sits under *root*. Handles ``..`` traversal."""
try:
root_r = Path(os.path.normpath(str(root)))
path_r = Path(os.path.normpath(str(path)))
return path_r == root_r or root_r in path_r.parents
except Exception:
return False
def _validate_entry_paths(entry: Dict[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
"""All paths in an entry must live under HERMES_HOME. Defense in depth —
a hand-edited ledger must not become a write-anywhere primitive."""
home = get_hermes_home()
for section in ("before", "after"):
for item in entry.get(section) or []:
p = Path(str(item.get("path", "")))
if not _is_within(home, p):
return f"entry references a path outside {home}: {p}"
return None
def rollback_entry(entry_id: str) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
"""Restore the before-state of the single mutation *entry_id*.
Fail-closed semantics (mirrors agent/curator_backup.rollback + #63366):
1. Every needed before-blob must exist — verified BEFORE any change.
2. A pre-rollback safety ledger entry capturing the CURRENT state of
every touched path is appended first; if that capture fails, the
rollback aborts and nothing is changed.
"""
entry = get_entry(entry_id)
if entry is None:
return False, f"no ledger entry with id '{entry_id}'"
path_err = _validate_entry_paths(entry)
if path_err:
return False, f"refusing rollback: {path_err}"
before = entry.get("before") or []
after = entry.get("after") or []
# Pre-check every blob we need so we never fail mid-restore.
for item in before:
if read_blob(str(item.get("sha256", ""))) is None:
return False, (
f"missing blob {item.get('sha256')} for {item.get('path')}; "
"rollback aborted, nothing was changed"
)
# Touched paths = union of before/after. Capture their CURRENT state as
# the safety entry so the rollback itself is undoable. FAIL CLOSED.
touched = {str(i["path"]) for i in before + after if i.get("path")}
try:
safety_before: List[Dict[str, str]] = []
for p in sorted(touched):
fp = Path(p)
if fp.is_file():
safety_before.append({"path": p, "sha256": _store_blob(fp.read_bytes())})
safety_id = append_entry(
"pre-rollback",
entry.get("skill", "?"),
before=safety_before,
after=safety_before,
evidence={"rollback_target": entry_id},
)
except Exception as e:
return False, (
f"pre-rollback safety capture failed ({e}); rollback aborted and "
"current skills were not changed"
)
if safety_id is None:
return False, (
"pre-rollback safety capture failed (ledger disabled or "
"unwritable); rollback aborted and current skills were not changed"
)
# Restore: write every before-file, remove files the mutation created.
before_paths = {str(i["path"]) for i in before}
restored = 0
removed = 0
for item in before:
fp = Path(str(item["path"]))
data = read_blob(str(item["sha256"]))
assert data is not None # pre-checked above
fp.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
fp.write_bytes(data)
restored += 1
for item in after:
p = str(item.get("path", ""))
if p and p not in before_paths:
fp = Path(p)
try:
if fp.is_file():
fp.unlink()
removed += 1
except OSError as e:
logger.warning("skill_ledger: could not remove %s during rollback: %s", p, e)
append_entry(
"rollback",
entry.get("skill", "?"),
before=safety_before,
after=before,
evidence={"rollback_target": entry_id, "restored": restored, "removed": removed},
)
return True, (
f"rolled back entry {entry_id} ({entry.get('action')} on "
f"'{entry.get('skill')}'): {restored} file(s) restored, {removed} removed. "
f"Safety entry {safety_id} captured the pre-rollback state."
)