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hermes-agent/tests/hermes_cli/test_approvals_test.py
Teknium 563f0a6fde feat(cli): add hermes approvals test — dry-run approval verdict CLI
Answers "what would the approval system do with this command?" without
executing it, prompting anyone, or persisting anything. Composes the
REAL runtime evaluators from tools/approval.py in the same order as
check_all_command_guards: container-skip gate, hardline blocklist,
sudo-stdin guard, user approvals.deny rules, yolo/mode-off bypass,
permanent command_allowlist, dangerous-pattern detection. Because the
same functions run — including _command_detection_variants's
normalization/de-obfuscation path — an obfuscated command gets exactly
the verdict its plain form would get at runtime, and the output shows
the normalized-variant trace the detectors actually evaluated.

- hermes_cli/approvals_test.py: evaluate_command() + text/JSON output.
  Script-friendly exit codes: 0 allow, 1 usage, 2 ask-approval, 3 deny
  (hardline / sudo-stdin / user deny rule).
- hermes_cli/subcommands/approvals.py: `test` subparser with --env-type
  (default local), --json, and a REMAINDER command (dest command_words —
  NOT "command", which main.py's startup path reads as the top-level
  subcommand name).
- hermes_cli/approvals_suggest.py: dispatch `test` and mention it in the
  bare-`hermes approvals` usage text.
- tests/hermes_cli/test_approvals_test.py: verdict matrix (benign /
  hardline / dangerous / user-deny from config / container skip /
  mode=off vs hardline), obfuscated==plain verdict parity with
  normalized trace, spy proof that the real runtime detectors are the
  ones invoked, read-only invariants (nothing executed; prompt and
  persistence paths rigged to explode), JSON shape, dispatcher and
  parser wiring.

Read-only by construction: only detection/matching functions are
called; the approval gate, prompts, gateway notify, and allowlist
writers are never reached.

Inspired by: Amp `permissions test` (idea-level, proprietary — zero code)
2026-08-07 08:57:39 -07:00

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"""Tests for ``hermes approvals test`` — dry-run approval verdict CLI.
The tester must compose the REAL runtime evaluators from ``tools.approval``
(detect_hardline_command, _match_user_deny_rule, detect_dangerous_command,
the container-skip gate, and the same ``_command_detection_variants``
normalization/de-obfuscation path) — never reimplement them. It is strictly
read-only: nothing is executed, no prompt fires, nothing is persisted.
Exit-code contract (script-friendly, documented in the CLI help):
0 = allow, 2 = ask-approval, 3 = deny (hardline / user deny rule).
"""
import argparse
import json
import pytest
import tools.approval as A
from hermes_cli import approvals_test as at
def _args(command, env_type="local", as_json=False):
return argparse.Namespace(
command_words=list(command) if isinstance(command, (list, tuple)) else [command],
env_type=env_type,
json=as_json,
)
@pytest.fixture
def isolated_approvals(monkeypatch):
"""Isolate the evaluators from the dev machine's real config/state."""
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "_get_approval_config", lambda: {"mode": "manual"})
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "_YOLO_MODE_FROZEN", False)
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "is_current_session_yolo_enabled", lambda: False)
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "load_permanent_allowlist", lambda: set())
saved = set(A._permanent_approved)
A._permanent_approved.clear()
# The tester must NEVER prompt or persist — make any attempt explode.
def _boom(*_a, **_kw): # pragma: no cover - failure path
raise AssertionError("read-only tester touched a prompt/persistence path")
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "prompt_dangerous_approval", _boom)
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "save_permanent_allowlist", _boom)
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "submit_pending", _boom, raising=False)
yield A
A._permanent_approved.clear()
A._permanent_approved.update(saved)
class TestVerdicts:
def test_benign_command_allows_with_exit_0(self, isolated_approvals, capsys):
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["ls", "-la"]))
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 0
assert "allow" in out
def test_hardline_command_denies_with_rule_name(self, isolated_approvals, capsys):
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["sudo", "re" + "boot"]))
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 3
assert "hardline-deny" in out
assert "system shutdown/reboot" in out
def test_dangerous_command_asks_with_exit_2(self, isolated_approvals, capsys):
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["rm", "-rf", "~/project/build"]))
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 2
assert "ask-approval" in out
assert "recursive delete" in out
def test_user_deny_rule_from_config_honored(self, isolated_approvals, capsys,
monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(
A, "_get_approval_config",
lambda: {"mode": "manual", "deny": ["git push *"]})
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["git", "push", "origin", "main"]))
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 3
assert "user-deny" in out
assert "git push *" in out
def test_container_env_type_skips_guards_like_runtime(self, isolated_approvals,
capsys):
# Mirrors check_all_command_guards: isolated docker skips BEFORE the
# hardline floor, so even a catastrophic command reports allow.
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["rm", "-rf", "/"], env_type="docker"))
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 0
assert "allow" in out
assert "container" in out or "isolated" in out
def test_mode_off_bypasses_dangerous_but_not_hardline(self, isolated_approvals,
capsys, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "_get_approval_config", lambda: {"mode": "off"})
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["rm", "-rf", "~/project/build"]))
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 0
assert "off" in out
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["sudo", "re" + "boot"]))
assert rc == 3
class TestNormalizationParity:
"""The tester must run the same de-obfuscation path as the runtime."""
def test_obfuscated_command_matches_plain_verdict(self, isolated_approvals,
capsys):
rc_plain = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["rm", "-rf", "/"]))
out_plain = capsys.readouterr().out
rc_obf = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["r\\m", "-rf", "/"]))
out_obf = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc_plain == rc_obf == 3
assert "recursive delete of root filesystem" in out_plain
assert "recursive delete of root filesystem" in out_obf
# The trace must show the de-obfuscated form the runtime evaluated.
assert "rm -rf /" in out_obf
def test_normalized_trace_shown_when_command_normalizes(self,
isolated_approvals,
capsys):
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(['git', 'st""atus']))
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 0
assert "git status" in out
def test_composes_real_runtime_detectors(self, isolated_approvals, capsys,
monkeypatch):
"""Prove the tester calls the real evaluators, not a reimplementation."""
calls = {}
def _spy(name, real):
def wrapper(c):
calls[name] = c
return real(c)
return wrapper
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "detect_hardline_command",
_spy("hardline", A.detect_hardline_command))
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "detect_dangerous_command",
_spy("dangerous", A.detect_dangerous_command))
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "_match_user_deny_rule",
_spy("deny", A._match_user_deny_rule))
monkeypatch.setattr(A, "_command_detection_variants",
_spy("variants", A._command_detection_variants))
cmd = "rm -rf ~/project/build"
at.approvals_test_command(_args(cmd.split()))
capsys.readouterr()
assert calls.get("hardline") == cmd
assert calls.get("dangerous") == cmd
assert calls.get("deny") == cmd
assert calls.get("variants") == cmd
class TestReadOnly:
def test_nothing_executed(self, isolated_approvals, capsys, tmp_path):
sentinel = tmp_path / "must_not_exist"
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["touch", str(sentinel)]))
capsys.readouterr()
assert rc == 0
assert not sentinel.exists()
def test_dangerous_command_never_prompts_or_persists(self, isolated_approvals,
capsys):
# isolated_approvals wires prompt/persistence to AssertionError; a
# dangerous command must complete without touching either.
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["rm", "-rf", "~/project/build"]))
capsys.readouterr()
assert rc == 2
class TestOutputAndWiring:
def test_json_output_is_machine_readable(self, isolated_approvals, capsys):
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["sudo", "re" + "boot"], as_json=True))
payload = json.loads(capsys.readouterr().out)
assert rc == 3
assert payload["verdict"] == "hardline-deny"
assert payload["exit_code"] == 3
assert payload["rule"] == "system shutdown/reboot"
assert payload["command"] == "sudo re" + "boot"
assert isinstance(payload["normalized_variants"], list)
def test_empty_command_is_usage_error(self, isolated_approvals, capsys):
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args([]))
assert rc == 1
def test_dispatcher_routes_test_subcommand(self, isolated_approvals, capsys):
from hermes_cli.approvals_suggest import approvals_command
args = _args(["ls"])
args.approvals_command = "test"
rc = approvals_command(args)
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 0
assert "allow" in out
def test_parser_wires_test_subcommand(self, isolated_approvals, capsys):
from hermes_cli.subcommands.approvals import build_approvals_parser
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
sub = parser.add_subparsers()
sentinel = []
build_approvals_parser(sub, cmd_approvals=lambda a: sentinel.append(a) or 0)
args = parser.parse_args(
["approvals", "test", "--env-type", "ssh", "--", "ls", "-la"])
assert args.approvals_command == "test"
assert args.env_type == "ssh"
# argparse REMAINDER keeps the leading "--"; the handler strips it.
# dest is command_words (NOT command) so main.py's startup path can
# keep reading args.command as the top-level subcommand name.
assert args.command_words == ["--", "ls", "-la"]
# The subparser must NOT claim the "command" dest — main.py's startup
# path reads args.command as the top-level subcommand name.
assert getattr(args, "command", None) != ["--", "ls", "-la"]
args.func(args)
assert sentinel
def test_leading_separator_stripped_from_command(self, isolated_approvals,
capsys):
rc = at.approvals_test_command(_args(["--", "ls", "-la"]))
out = capsys.readouterr().out
assert rc == 0
assert "ls -la" in out
assert "-- ls" not in out