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hermes-agent/tools/env_probe.py

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"""Local-environment toolchain probe for the system prompt.
When the terminal backend is local, surface one deterministic line about
Python tooling state (python3/python versions, missing pip module, pip bound
to a different Python than ``python3``, PEP 668 externally-managed) so models
don't discover it by hitting walls. The probe is cheap (~50ms), cached for
the process lifetime, and emits nothing when the environment is clean.
Remote terminal backends (docker, modal, ssh, …) are skipped: the host's
Python state is irrelevant when tools run inside a sandbox, which has its own
probe (``_probe_remote_backend`` in ``agent/prompt_builder.py``).
Toggle via ``agent.environment_probe`` in config.yaml (default True).
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import shutil
import subprocess
import tempfile
import threading
from typing import Optional
from hermes_cli._subprocess_compat import windows_hide_flags
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Concurrency model: the probe runs in exactly ONE background worker thread;
# ``_PROBE_DONE`` signals completion. Callers never execute the probe
# themselves and block at most ``_PROBE_WAIT_TIMEOUT`` seconds on the event
# before failing open with "" — a stuck probe (e.g. a Windows pipe wedged open
# by an orphaned pip descendant) can degrade only the probe line, never
# system-prompt construction.
_CACHE_LOCK = threading.Lock()
_CACHED_LINE: Optional[str] = None # None = not probed yet; "" = probed, nothing to say.
_PROBE_DONE = threading.Event()
_PROBE_THREAD: Optional[threading.Thread] = None
# Generation counter — bumped on every reset so a stale worker (started
# before a test reset) can't publish its result into the fresh generation.
_PROBE_GEN = 0
# Upper bound a prompt build will wait for the probe. Generous vs the ~0.5s
# healthy runtime, but finite: prompt construction must always proceed.
_PROBE_WAIT_TIMEOUT = 10.0
# Once one caller has burned the full wait, later callers only peek at the
# event. If the stuck worker ever finishes, the line resumes appearing.
_WAIT_ALREADY_TIMED_OUT = False
# Keep in sync with agent/prompt_builder.py:_REMOTE_TERMINAL_BACKENDS.
# Duplicated rather than imported to avoid a circular import.
_REMOTE_BACKENDS = frozenset({
"docker", "singularity", "modal", "daytona", "ssh", "managed_modal",
"vercel_sandbox",
})
def _plugin_backend_is_remote(backend: str) -> bool:
"""Whether a plugin-registered terminal backend is remote (fail-soft)."""
if not backend or backend in _REMOTE_BACKENDS or backend == "local":
return False
try:
from agent.terminal_env_registry import provider_flag
return bool(provider_flag(backend, "is_remote", False))
except Exception:
return False
def _run(cmd: list[str], timeout: float = 3.0) -> tuple[int, str, str]:
"""Run a short subprocess. Returns (returncode, stdout, stderr).
Failures (binary missing, timeout, OSError) return (-1, "", "<reason>").
Output is captured through temp files rather than pipes so ``timeout``
bounds the *whole* call, even on native Windows: a console-script launcher
(e.g. ``pip.exe``) can spawn a descendant that inherits the captured
handles and outlives its parent. With OS pipes, ``communicate()``'s reader
threads block until that grandchild closes the write end — which the
timeout does not cover, since killing the direct child leaves the
grandchild holding the pipe (a warm probe could hang ~28 min holding
``_CACHE_LOCK``). Temp files have no reader threads, so ``wait()`` only
waits on the direct child and the probe genuinely fails open on timeout.
"""
try:
with tempfile.TemporaryFile() as out_f, tempfile.TemporaryFile() as err_f:
try:
result = subprocess.run(
cmd,
stdout=out_f,
stderr=err_f,
timeout=timeout,
check=False,
stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
# CREATE_NO_WINDOW (0 on POSIX): windowless hosts (pythonw
# gateway / kanban workers) would otherwise flash a console
# window per probe subprocess.
creationflags=windows_hide_flags(),
)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
return -1, "", "timeout"
out_f.seek(0)
err_f.seek(0)
out = out_f.read().decode("utf-8", "replace").strip()
err = err_f.read().decode("utf-8", "replace").strip()
return result.returncode, out, err
except FileNotFoundError:
return -1, "", "not found"
except OSError as exc:
return -1, "", f"oserror: {exc}"
def _python_version_of(binary: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""Return a short version string like ``3.12.4`` for ``binary``, or None."""
if not shutil.which(binary):
return None
rc, out, err = _run([binary, "-c", "import sys; print(f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}.{sys.version_info.micro}')"])
return out if rc == 0 and out else None
def _has_pip_module(binary: str) -> bool:
"""True if ``<binary> -m pip --version`` succeeds."""
if not shutil.which(binary):
return False
rc, _out, _err = _run([binary, "-m", "pip", "--version"])
return rc == 0
def _detect_pep668(binary: str) -> bool:
"""True when ``<binary>`` is PEP-668 externally-managed (``EXTERNALLY-MANAGED``
marker next to the stdlib, as Debian/Ubuntu ship)."""
if not shutil.which(binary):
return False
code = (
"import sys, os;"
"stdlib = os.path.dirname(os.__file__);"
"marker = os.path.join(stdlib, 'EXTERNALLY-MANAGED');"
"print('yes' if os.path.exists(marker) else 'no')"
)
rc, out, _err = _run([binary, "-c", code])
return rc == 0 and out.strip() == "yes"
def _pip_python_version() -> Optional[str]:
"""If ``pip`` is on PATH, return the Python version it's bound to.
Parses the trailing ``(python X.Y)`` of ``pip --version`` output, e.g.
``pip 24.0 from /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip (python 3.12)`` → ``"3.12"``.
"""
if not shutil.which("pip"):
return None
rc, out, _err = _run(["pip", "--version"])
if rc != 0 or not out:
return None
if "(python " in out and out.endswith(")"):
return out.rsplit("(python ", 1)[1][:-1].strip()
return None
def _resolve_terminal_backend() -> str:
"""Scope-aware terminal backend name (``local`` when unresolvable)."""
try:
from tools.terminal_scope import terminal_env
return (terminal_env("TERMINAL_ENV") or "local").strip().lower()
except Exception: # never let policy resolution break prompt building
logger.debug("terminal backend resolution failed", exc_info=True)
return "local"
def _build_probe_line() -> str:
"""Build the one-liner. Returns "" when nothing notable is detected —
the goal is to save the model from an avoidable wall, not narrate a
healthy environment."""
py3_ver = _python_version_of("python3")
py_ver = _python_version_of("python") # for systems with a `python` alias
py3_has_pip = _has_pip_module("python3") if py3_ver else False
pip_bound_to = _pip_python_version()
py3_pep668 = _detect_pep668("python3") if py3_ver else False
# Bare which() is correct here, unlike Hermes's own uv call sites: this
# reports the environment *the model will see* in the terminal tool, whose
# PATH (via local.py) includes the Hermes-managed $HERMES_HOME/bin.
# Claiming uv the model cannot invoke would be worse than claiming none.
has_uv = shutil.which("uv") is not None
mismatch = bool(pip_bound_to and py3_ver and not py3_ver.startswith(pip_bound_to))
silent_conditions = (
py3_ver is not None
and py3_has_pip
and not mismatch
and (not py3_pep668 or has_uv)
)
if silent_conditions:
return ""
# Compact factual summary; ONE line so it doesn't dominate the prompt.
bits: list[str] = []
if py3_ver:
py3_bit = f"python3={py3_ver}"
if not py3_has_pip:
py3_bit += " (no pip module)"
bits.append(py3_bit)
else:
bits.append("python3=missing")
if py_ver and py_ver != py3_ver:
bits.append(f"python={py_ver}")
elif not py_ver and py3_ver:
# Common on Debian/Ubuntu — stop the model typing `python`.
bits.append("python=missing (use python3)")
if pip_bound_to:
if mismatch:
bits.append(f"pip→python{pip_bound_to} (mismatch)")
elif not py3_has_pip:
# pip script works but `python3 -m pip` doesn't.
bits.append(f"pip→python{pip_bound_to}")
elif not py3_has_pip:
# (when `pip` is off PATH but `python3 -m pip` works, say nothing)
bits.append("pip=missing")
if py3_pep668:
bits.append("PEP 668=yes (use venv or uv)")
if has_uv:
bits.append("uv=installed")
return "Python toolchain: " + ", ".join(bits) + "."
def get_environment_probe_line(*, force_refresh: bool = False) -> str:
"""Return the cached probe line (building it on first call).
Returns "" when the environment is clean — the system prompt assembler
should drop the section rather than emit an empty heading. The probe runs
in a single background worker; this waits at most ``_PROBE_WAIT_TIMEOUT``
seconds on its completion event and then fails open with "", so a wedged
probe subprocess can never block system-prompt construction.
``force_refresh`` is for tests; real callers should never need it.
"""
global _WAIT_ALREADY_TIMED_OUT
if force_refresh:
_reset_cache_for_tests()
# Resolve the backend HERE, in the caller's context: under gateway
# multiplexing the routed profile's backend lives in the per-turn terminal
# scope, which the bare probe worker thread does not inherit. A remote
# backend answers "" without consulting the cache — the cached line
# describes the HOST toolchain, not where that profile's tools run.
backend = _resolve_terminal_backend()
if backend in _REMOTE_BACKENDS or _plugin_backend_is_remote(backend):
return ""
if _PROBE_DONE.is_set():
return _CACHED_LINE or ""
_ensure_probe_started()
wait_timeout = 0.05 if _WAIT_ALREADY_TIMED_OUT else _PROBE_WAIT_TIMEOUT
if not _PROBE_DONE.wait(timeout=wait_timeout):
# Probe stuck or pathologically slow: the line is a nice-to-have,
# blocking prompt construction is an outage. Fail open.
if not _WAIT_ALREADY_TIMED_OUT:
_WAIT_ALREADY_TIMED_OUT = True
logger.warning(
"env_probe did not finish within %.0fs; building the system "
"prompt without the Python toolchain line",
_PROBE_WAIT_TIMEOUT,
)
return ""
return _CACHED_LINE or ""
def _probe_worker(gen: int) -> None:
"""Body of the single probe thread — computes and publishes the line."""
global _CACHED_LINE
try:
line = _build_probe_line()
except Exception as exc: # never let probe failure propagate
logger.debug("env_probe failed: %s", exc)
line = ""
with _CACHE_LOCK:
if gen != _PROBE_GEN:
return # superseded by a reset (tests) — discard stale result
_CACHED_LINE = line
_PROBE_DONE.set()
def _ensure_probe_started() -> None:
"""Start the probe worker if it isn't running and hasn't finished."""
global _PROBE_THREAD
with _CACHE_LOCK:
if _PROBE_DONE.is_set():
return
if _PROBE_THREAD is not None and _PROBE_THREAD.is_alive():
return
_PROBE_THREAD = threading.Thread(
target=_probe_worker,
args=(_PROBE_GEN,),
name="env-probe",
daemon=True,
)
_PROBE_THREAD.start()
def warm_environment_probe_async() -> None:
"""Start the probe in the background so the first system-prompt build
doesn't pay the ~0.5s of subprocess calls on the time-to-first-token path.
Idempotent and fail-safe; ``get_environment_probe_line`` waits (bounded)
on the same worker instead of recomputing. Called from agent init.
"""
_ensure_probe_started()
def _reset_cache_for_tests() -> None:
"""Test helper — clear the cache between probe scenarios."""
global _CACHED_LINE, _PROBE_THREAD, _PROBE_GEN, _WAIT_ALREADY_TIMED_OUT
with _CACHE_LOCK:
_CACHED_LINE = None
_PROBE_DONE.clear()
_PROBE_THREAD = None
_PROBE_GEN += 1
_WAIT_ALREADY_TIMED_OUT = False