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hermes-agent/acp_adapter/permissions.py
Teknium aac74be2f1 fix(approval): classify CLI/TUI approval timeouts separately from explicit denials
When an approval prompt expired without a response, every CLI-side path
collapsed the timeout into the same 'deny' choice as an explicit user
refusal, so the agent was told the user denied the action when the user
simply never answered. The gateway wait already distinguished the two
('timed out without user response... Silence is not consent.'); this
brings the CLI/TUI/ACP surfaces to parity.

- prompt_dangerous_approval(): input()-path expiry now returns a distinct
  'timeout' choice (still fail-closed).
- cli.py _approval_callback + hermes_cli/callbacks.py approval_callback:
  deadline expiry returns 'timeout' instead of 'deny'.
- check_all_command_guards / _run_approval_gate CLI tails: 'timeout' maps
  to outcome='timeout' with a 'timed out without user response... Silence
  is not consent.' BLOCKED message (matching the gateway wording);
  explicit deny keeps outcome='denied' and gains user_consent=False for
  shape parity.
- computer_use: 'timeout' verdict threads through the CLI adapter and
  yields a 'prompt timed out — the user did not respond' error instead of
  'denied by user'.
- ACP permissions bridge: FutureTimeout returns 'timeout' (other failures
  still 'deny'); elicitation maps 'timeout' to 'cancel' like the gateway's
  unresolved outcome; codex wire mapping documents deny/timeout→decline.
- write_approval already treats unknown choices as 'stage, not drop', so
  a timeout now stages the memory write instead of silently refusing it.

Every timeout path remains fail-closed — the action never runs; only the
classification reported to the agent changes.
2026-08-02 20:21:59 -07:00

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"""ACP permission bridging for Hermes dangerous-command approvals."""
from __future__ import annotations
import asyncio
import logging
from concurrent.futures import TimeoutError as FutureTimeout
from itertools import count
from typing import Callable
from acp.schema import (
AllowedOutcome,
PermissionOption,
)
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Maps ACP permission option ids to Hermes approval result strings.
# Option ids are stable across both the ``allow_permanent=True`` and
# ``allow_permanent=False`` paths even though the option list differs.
_OPTION_ID_TO_HERMES = {
"allow_once": "once",
"allow_session": "session",
"allow_always": "always",
"deny": "deny",
"deny_always": "deny",
}
_PERMISSION_REQUEST_IDS = count(1)
def _permission_option_supports_kind(kind: str) -> bool:
"""Return whether the installed ACP SDK accepts a permission option kind."""
try:
PermissionOption(option_id="__probe__", kind=kind, name="probe")
except Exception:
return False
return True
def _build_permission_options(
*, allow_permanent: bool, smart_denied: bool = False,
) -> list[PermissionOption]:
"""Return ACP options that match Hermes approval semantics."""
options = [PermissionOption(
option_id="allow_once", kind="allow_once", name="Allow once",
)]
if not smart_denied:
options.append(PermissionOption(
option_id="allow_session",
# ACP has no session-scoped kind, so use the closest persistent
# hint while keeping Hermes semantics in the option id.
kind="allow_always",
name="Allow for session",
))
if allow_permanent and not smart_denied:
options.append(
PermissionOption(
option_id="allow_always",
kind="allow_always",
name="Allow always",
),
)
options.append(PermissionOption(option_id="deny", kind="reject_once", name="Deny"))
if not smart_denied and _permission_option_supports_kind("reject_always"):
options.append(
PermissionOption(
option_id="deny_always",
kind="reject_always",
name="Deny always",
),
)
return options
def _build_permission_tool_call(command: str, description: str):
"""Return the ACP tool-call update attached to a permission request.
``request_permission`` expects a ``ToolCallUpdate`` payload — produced
by ``_acp.update_tool_call`` — not a ``ToolCallStart``. Each request
gets a unique ``perm-check-N`` id so concurrent requests don't collide.
"""
import acp as _acp
tool_call_id = f"perm-check-{next(_PERMISSION_REQUEST_IDS)}"
title = f"{description}: {command}" if description else command
content_text = f"{description}\n$ {command}" if description else f"$ {command}"
return _acp.update_tool_call(
tool_call_id,
title=title,
kind="execute",
status="pending",
content=[_acp.tool_content(_acp.text_block(content_text))],
raw_input={"command": command, "description": description},
)
def _map_outcome_to_hermes(outcome: object, *, allowed_option_ids: set[str]) -> str:
"""Map an ACP permission outcome into Hermes approval strings."""
if not isinstance(outcome, AllowedOutcome):
return "deny"
option_id = outcome.option_id
if option_id not in allowed_option_ids:
logger.warning("Permission request returned unknown option_id: %s", option_id)
return "deny"
return _OPTION_ID_TO_HERMES.get(option_id, "deny")
def make_approval_callback(
request_permission_fn: Callable,
loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
session_id: str,
timeout: float = 60.0,
) -> Callable[..., str]:
"""
Return a Hermes-compatible approval callback that bridges to ACP.
The callback accepts ``command`` and ``description`` plus optional
keyword arguments such as ``allow_permanent`` used by
``tools.approval.prompt_dangerous_approval()``.
Args:
request_permission_fn: The ACP connection's ``request_permission`` coroutine.
loop: The event loop on which the ACP connection lives.
session_id: Current ACP session id.
timeout: Seconds to wait for a response before auto-denying.
"""
def _callback(
command: str,
description: str,
*,
allow_permanent: bool = True,
smart_denied: bool = False,
**_: object,
) -> str:
from agent.async_utils import safe_schedule_threadsafe
options = _build_permission_options(
allow_permanent=allow_permanent,
smart_denied=smart_denied,
)
tool_call = _build_permission_tool_call(command, description)
coro = request_permission_fn(
session_id=session_id,
tool_call=tool_call,
options=options,
)
future = safe_schedule_threadsafe(
coro, loop,
logger=logger,
log_message="Permission request: failed to schedule on loop",
)
if future is None:
return "deny"
try:
response = future.result(timeout=timeout)
except FutureTimeout:
future.cancel()
logger.warning("Permission request timed out after %ss", timeout)
# Distinct from an explicit deny: the client never answered.
# tools.approval callers report this as "timed out without user
# response" instead of a user denial.
return "timeout"
except Exception as exc:
future.cancel()
logger.warning("Permission request failed: %s", exc)
return "deny"
if response is None:
return "deny"
allowed_option_ids = {option.option_id for option in options}
return _map_outcome_to_hermes(
response.outcome,
allowed_option_ids=allowed_option_ids,
)
return _callback