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hermes-agent/tests/tools/test_mcp_capability_gating.py
teknium1 abd7a4753f test: gate the two remaining MCP-SDK-dependent tests; keep mcp_serve's per-test gates
With the extras simulated absent (blocked imports + hidden distributions) two
listed files were still red after the salvaged gates: the dashboard-flow
helper test that builds OAuthClientMetadata through the SDK model, and the
two capability-gating tests that construct a real MCPError. Both now
importorskip the exact SDK module they need, so the rest of each file keeps
running on a default install.

Dropped from #114068: the module-level importorskip("mcp") in
tests/test_mcp_serve.py — main already gates its SDK-dependent tests
individually and keeps 49 tests (including the "MCP server requires" path)
running without the SDK; the module-level skip would have hidden them.

Part of #114058 (with the salvaged #114068 and #114211 commits).
2026-09-18 10:37:36 -07:00

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"""Tests for capability-gated MCP tool discovery and keepalive.
Prompt-only / resource-only MCP servers do not implement the ``tools/*``
request family. Per the MCP spec, ``InitializeResult.capabilities.tools``
is non-None iff the server supports it. Before the capability gate, Hermes
always called ``tools/list`` during discovery, which raised
``MCPError(-32601 Method not found)`` against such servers, so a prompt-only
server could never stay connected. Discovery/refresh remain capability-gated.
The keepalive probe uses ``ping`` (MCP base-protocol liveness) for every
server regardless of capability: it works uniformly and stays a few bytes
instead of pulling the full ``tools/list`` payload (which is ~1 MB on large
servers like Unreal Engine's editor MCP). Its cadence is configurable via
``keepalive_interval`` so servers with short session TTLs stay alive.
Discovery gating ported from anomalyco/opencode#31271.
"""
import asyncio
from types import SimpleNamespace
from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
import pytest
from tools.mcp_tool import MCPServerTask
def _caps(tools=None, prompts=None, resources=None):
"""Build a fake InitializeResult with the given capability sub-objects."""
return SimpleNamespace(
capabilities=SimpleNamespace(tools=tools, prompts=prompts, resources=resources)
)
class TestAdvertisesTools:
def test_true_when_tools_capability_present(self):
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(tools=SimpleNamespace(listChanged=True))
assert task._advertises_tools() is True
def test_legacy_fallback_no_capabilities_attr(self):
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = SimpleNamespace() # no .capabilities
assert task._advertises_tools() is True
@pytest.mark.asyncio
class TestDiscoverToolsGating:
async def test_skips_list_tools_for_prompt_only_server(self):
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(prompts=SimpleNamespace())
task.session = SimpleNamespace(list_tools=AsyncMock())
task._tools = ["stale"]
await task._discover_tools()
task.session.list_tools.assert_not_called()
assert task._tools == []
async def test_legacy_fallback_still_calls_list_tools(self):
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
list_tools=AsyncMock(return_value=SimpleNamespace(tools=[]))
)
await task._discover_tools()
task.session.list_tools.assert_awaited_once()
@pytest.mark.asyncio
class TestRefreshToolsGating:
async def test_refresh_noop_for_prompt_only_server(self):
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(prompts=SimpleNamespace())
task.session = SimpleNamespace(list_tools=AsyncMock())
await task._refresh_tools()
task.session.list_tools.assert_not_called()
@pytest.mark.asyncio
class TestKeepaliveProbe:
async def _run_one_keepalive_cycle(self, task):
"""Drive _wait_for_lifecycle_event through exactly one keepalive
timeout, then fire shutdown so it returns."""
real_wait = asyncio.wait
cycles = {"n": 0}
async def fake_wait(tasks, timeout=None, return_when=None):
cycles["n"] += 1
if cycles["n"] == 1:
# Simulate keepalive timeout: nothing completed.
return set(), set(tasks)
# Second cycle: let shutdown win.
task._shutdown_event.set()
return await real_wait(
tasks, timeout=0.5, return_when=return_when or asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED
)
import tools.mcp_tool as mcp_mod
orig = mcp_mod.asyncio.wait
mcp_mod.asyncio.wait = fake_wait
try:
return await task._wait_for_lifecycle_event()
finally:
mcp_mod.asyncio.wait = orig
async def test_keepalive_uses_ping_for_prompt_only_server(self):
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task._config = {"url": "https://example.test/mcp"}
task.initialize_result = _caps(prompts=SimpleNamespace())
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
list_tools=AsyncMock(),
send_ping=AsyncMock(),
)
reason = await self._run_one_keepalive_cycle(task)
assert reason == "shutdown"
task.session.send_ping.assert_awaited_once()
task.session.list_tools.assert_not_called()
async def test_keepalive_uses_ping_legacy_fallback(self):
"""No captured capabilities → still pings (no spurious list_tools)."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task._config = {"url": "https://example.test/mcp"}
assert task.initialize_result is None
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
list_tools=AsyncMock(),
send_ping=AsyncMock(),
)
reason = await self._run_one_keepalive_cycle(task)
assert reason == "shutdown"
task.session.send_ping.assert_awaited_once()
task.session.list_tools.assert_not_called()
class TestKeepaliveInterval:
"""The keepalive cadence is configurable so servers with short session
TTLs (e.g. Unreal Engine editor MCP, ~15s) can refresh fast enough to keep
the session alive instead of hitting an expired session on every idle call.
"""
async def _run_lifecycle_cycles(self, config, idle_timeout=None):
"""Run two lifecycle cycles on a server with the *full* ``config``: the first
``asyncio.wait`` times out (no event fired) and the loop's clock is advanced by
that timeout, the second is ended by shutdown.
Returns ``(task, [timeout_of_cycle_1, timeout_of_cycle_2])``."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task._config = config
task._idle_timeout_seconds = idle_timeout
task.session = SimpleNamespace(send_ping=AsyncMock())
timeouts = []
real_wait = asyncio.wait
elapsed = [0.0]
async def fake_wait(tasks, timeout=None, return_when=None):
timeouts.append(timeout)
if len(timeouts) == 1:
elapsed[0] += timeout or 0.0
return set(), set(tasks) # simulate the timeout firing
task._shutdown_event.set()
return await real_wait(
tasks, timeout=0.5, return_when=return_when or asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED
)
import tools.mcp_tool as mcp_mod
import tools.mcp_tool_server_run as run_mod
orig, orig_time = mcp_mod.asyncio.wait, run_mod.time
mcp_mod.asyncio.wait = fake_wait
run_mod.time = SimpleNamespace(monotonic=lambda: orig_time.monotonic() + elapsed[0])
try:
assert await task._wait_for_lifecycle_event() == "shutdown"
finally:
mcp_mod.asyncio.wait, run_mod.time = orig, orig_time
return task, timeouts
async def _captured_interval(self, config):
"""Capture the first ``asyncio.wait`` timeout of a remote (HTTP) server."""
_task, timeouts = await self._run_lifecycle_cycles(
{"url": "https://example.test/mcp", **config})
return timeouts[0]
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_default_interval_when_unset(self):
from tools.mcp_tool import _DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL
assert await self._captured_interval({}) == _DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL
# An explicit interval is honoured on stdio too (where there is no default).
_task, timeouts = await self._run_lifecycle_cycles(
{"command": "example-mcp", "keepalive_interval": 42})
assert timeouts[0] == 42
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_interval_clamped_to_floor(self):
from tools.mcp_tool import _MIN_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL
# A sub-floor value must clamp up, never busy-loop the keepalive.
assert (
await self._captured_interval({"keepalive_interval": 0.1})
== _MIN_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL
)
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_default_stdio_connection_waits_without_keepalive(self):
"""A healthy local pipe must not be probed solely because it is idle — but surviving a
full default interval idle must still prove the session (clears the rapid-drop budget);
once proven, the loop waits without any timeout. An earlier wake caused by a shorter
idle limit is NOT proof: the budget stays armed until the full interval has passed."""
from tools.mcp_tool import _DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL
task, timeouts = await self._run_lifecycle_cycles({"command": "example-mcp"})
assert timeouts[0] == pytest.approx(_DEFAULT_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL, abs=0.05)
assert timeouts[1] is None
assert task._session_proven is True
task.session.send_ping.assert_not_called()
task, timeouts = await self._run_lifecycle_cycles({"command": "example-mcp"}, idle_timeout=60)
assert timeouts[0] == pytest.approx(60, abs=0.05) # woke for the idle deadline, not the proof
assert task._session_proven is False
task.session.send_ping.assert_not_called()
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_stdio_recycle_wakes_after_active_rpc(self):
"""Lock release must expose an elapsed recycle deadline without sending a ping."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task._config = {"command": "example-mcp"}
session = task.session = SimpleNamespace(send_ping=AsyncMock())
task._idle_timeout_seconds = 0.01
task._last_tool_call_at = task._lifecycle_started_at - 1.0
async with task._rpc_lock:
lifecycle = asyncio.create_task(task._wait_for_lifecycle_event())
await asyncio.sleep(0)
assert not lifecycle.done()
assert await asyncio.wait_for(lifecycle, timeout=2.0) == "recycle"
session.send_ping.assert_not_called()
def _mcp_error(code, message="boom"):
"""Build a real MCPError carrying a JSON-RPC error code.
mcp 2.0 renamed ``McpError`` to ``MCPError`` and replaced its
``ErrorData`` positional with flat ``code`` / ``message`` arguments. The
``.error.code`` attribute ``_is_method_not_found_error`` inspects survives
unchanged, which is the point of the structural check.
"""
exceptions = pytest.importorskip("mcp.shared.exceptions", reason="MCP SDK not installed")
return exceptions.MCPError(code=code, message=message)
class TestMethodNotFoundDetection:
"""``_is_method_not_found_error`` underpins the ping→list_tools fallback."""
@pytest.mark.usefixtures("require_mcp_2_sdk")
def test_structural_code_match(self):
from tools.mcp_tool_errors import _is_method_not_found_error
assert _is_method_not_found_error(_mcp_error(-32601)) is True
def test_unrelated_exception_is_not_match(self):
from tools.mcp_tool_errors import _is_method_not_found_error
assert _is_method_not_found_error(TimeoutError()) is False
assert _is_method_not_found_error(Exception("session terminated")) is False
@pytest.mark.asyncio
class TestKeepaliveProbeFallback:
"""The probe prefers ``ping`` but falls back to ``list_tools`` for servers
that don't implement the optional ping utility — without reconnect-looping,
and without regressing servers that DO support ping."""
async def test_uses_ping_when_supported(self):
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(tools=SimpleNamespace())
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
send_ping=AsyncMock(),
list_tools=AsyncMock(),
)
await task._keepalive_probe()
task.session.send_ping.assert_awaited_once()
task.session.list_tools.assert_not_called()
assert task._ping_unsupported is False
async def test_falls_back_on_unknown_method_string(self):
"""Regression for #50028: a server that surfaces method-not-found as a
plain "Unknown method: ping" string (no structural -32601 code) must
still latch the fallback and use list_tools, NOT reconnect-loop."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(tools=SimpleNamespace())
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
send_ping=AsyncMock(side_effect=Exception("Unknown method: ping")),
list_tools=AsyncMock(return_value=SimpleNamespace(tools=[])),
)
await task._keepalive_probe()
task.session.send_ping.assert_awaited_once()
task.session.list_tools.assert_awaited_once()
assert task._ping_unsupported is True
async def test_real_liveness_failure_propagates_not_swallowed(self):
"""A non-(-32601) ping error is a genuine connection failure: it must
propagate so the caller reconnects, and must NOT latch the fallback."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(tools=SimpleNamespace())
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
send_ping=AsyncMock(side_effect=Exception("session terminated")),
list_tools=AsyncMock(),
)
with pytest.raises(Exception, match="session terminated"):
await task._keepalive_probe()
task.session.list_tools.assert_not_called()
assert task._ping_unsupported is False
@pytest.mark.usefixtures("require_mcp_2_sdk")
async def test_no_ping_no_tools_propagates_method_not_found(self):
"""A server advertising neither working ping nor tools has no cheaper
probe — the -32601 must propagate rather than calling list_tools on a
server that doesn't support it."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(prompts=SimpleNamespace()) # not tool-capable
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
send_ping=AsyncMock(side_effect=_mcp_error(-32601)),
list_tools=AsyncMock(),
)
with pytest.raises(Exception):
await task._keepalive_probe()
task.session.list_tools.assert_not_called()
async def test_discover_resets_latch(self):
"""A fresh connection (_discover_tools) re-enables the cheap ping path."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(tools=SimpleNamespace())
task._ping_unsupported = True
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
list_tools=AsyncMock(return_value=SimpleNamespace(tools=[])),
)
await task._discover_tools()
assert task._ping_unsupported is False
async def test_silent_ping_drop_falls_back_to_list_tools(self):
"""Regression for #97245: a server that silently drops ping (no
response at all) produces a TimeoutError. If list_tools succeeds,
the transport is alive — latch _ping_unsupported and return
normally instead of reconnect-looping."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(tools=SimpleNamespace())
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
send_ping=AsyncMock(side_effect=asyncio.TimeoutError()),
list_tools=AsyncMock(return_value=SimpleNamespace(tools=[])),
)
# Should NOT raise — the server is alive.
await task._keepalive_probe()
task.session.send_ping.assert_awaited_once()
task.session.list_tools.assert_awaited_once()
assert task._ping_unsupported is True
async def test_silent_ping_drop_both_fail_propagates(self):
"""When both ping AND list_tools time out, it is a genuine liveness
failure — propagate so the caller reconnects."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(tools=SimpleNamespace())
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
send_ping=AsyncMock(side_effect=asyncio.TimeoutError()),
list_tools=AsyncMock(side_effect=asyncio.TimeoutError()),
)
with pytest.raises((TimeoutError, asyncio.TimeoutError)):
await task._keepalive_probe()
assert task._ping_unsupported is False
async def test_silent_ping_drop_no_tools_propagates(self):
"""A server that has no tools capability and times out on ping has no
fallback probe — the timeout must propagate immediately."""
task = MCPServerTask("test")
task.initialize_result = _caps(prompts=SimpleNamespace()) # no tools
task.session = SimpleNamespace(
send_ping=AsyncMock(side_effect=asyncio.TimeoutError()),
list_tools=AsyncMock(),
)
with pytest.raises((TimeoutError, asyncio.TimeoutError)):
await task._keepalive_probe()
# list_tools must not be called — no tools capability advertised.
task.session.list_tools.assert_not_called()
assert task._ping_unsupported is False