execute_code: set PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 + PYTHONUTF8=1 in child env

Third Windows-specific sandbox bug (after WinError 10106 and the UTF-8
file-write bug): user scripts that print non-ASCII to stdout crash with

    UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2192'
                        in position N: character maps to <undefined>

Root cause: Python's sys.stdout on Windows is bound to the console code
page (cp1252 on US-locale installs) when the process is attached to a
pipe without PYTHONIOENCODING set.  LLM-generated scripts routinely
print em-dashes, arrows, accented chars, and emoji — all of which cp1252
can't encode.

Fix: spawn the sandbox child with:

    PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8   # sys.stdin/stdout/stderr all UTF-8
    PYTHONUTF8=1             # PEP 540 UTF-8 mode — open() defaults to UTF-8 too

PYTHONUTF8 is the belt-and-suspenders half: LLM scripts that call
open(path, 'w') without encoding= in user code will now produce UTF-8
files by default, matching what the sandbox already does for its own
staging files.

The parent side already decodes child stdout/stderr as UTF-8 with
errors='replace' (lines 1345-1347) so the end-to-end chain is clean.

On POSIX these values usually match the locale default already, so
setting them is harmless belt-and-suspenders for C/POSIX-locale
containers and minimal base images.

Tests added (4) — total file now at 28 passed, 1 skipped on Windows:
  - test_popen_env_sets_pythonioencoding_utf8 (source grep)
  - test_popen_env_sets_pythonutf8_mode (source grep)
  - test_live_child_can_print_non_ascii (cross-platform live test)
  - test_windows_child_without_utf8_env_would_fail (Windows negative
    control — actually reproduces the bug without our env overrides,
    proving the fix is load-bearing on this system)
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@ -563,3 +563,136 @@ class TestSandboxWritesUtf8:
pass
finally:
os.unlink(tmp_path)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# UTF-8 stdio regression test
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# The third Windows-specific sandbox bug: after the UTF-8 file-write fix
# let the child import hermes_tools, a user script that printed non-ASCII
# to stdout still crashed with:
#
# UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character '\u2192'
# in position N: character maps to <undefined>
#
# Python's sys.stdout on Windows is bound to the console code page
# (cp1252 on US-locale installs) when the process is attached to a pipe
# without PYTHONIOENCODING set. LLM-generated scripts routinely print
# em-dashes, arrows, accented chars, emoji — all of which break.
#
# Fix: spawn the child with PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 and PYTHONUTF8=1.
# The latter also makes open()'s default encoding UTF-8 (PEP 540),
# belt-and-suspenders for user scripts that do their own file I/O.
class TestChildStdioIsUtf8:
"""Verify the sandbox child is spawned with UTF-8 stdio encoding,
so LLM scripts can print non-ASCII without crashing on Windows."""
def test_popen_env_sets_pythonioencoding_utf8(self):
"""Source-level check: the Popen call site must set
PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 in child_env."""
import tools.code_execution_tool as cet
src = open(cet.__file__, encoding="utf-8").read()
assert 'child_env["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8"' in src, (
"PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 missing from child env — Windows "
"scripts that print non-ASCII will crash with "
"UnicodeEncodeError."
)
def test_popen_env_sets_pythonutf8_mode(self):
"""Source-level check: PYTHONUTF8=1 must be set too — it makes
open()'s default encoding UTF-8 in user-written file I/O."""
import tools.code_execution_tool as cet
src = open(cet.__file__, encoding="utf-8").read()
assert 'child_env["PYTHONUTF8"] = "1"' in src, (
"PYTHONUTF8=1 missing from child env — user scripts that "
"call open(path, 'w') without encoding= will produce "
"locale-encoded files on Windows."
)
def test_live_child_can_print_non_ascii(self):
"""Live regression: spawn a Python child with the same env
treatment the sandbox uses (PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8 + PYTHONUTF8=1)
and verify it can print em-dashes, arrows, and emoji to stdout
without crashing. This is the exact scenario that broke in live
usage.
Runs on every OS on POSIX the fix is belt-and-suspenders but
still load-bearing for C.ASCII locale environments.
"""
script = textwrap.dedent("""
import sys
# Mix of chars that cp1252 can't encode: arrow, emoji.
print("em-dash \\u2014 arrow \\u2192 emoji \\U0001f680")
sys.exit(0)
""").strip()
# Build a scrubbed env the same way the sandbox does, then apply
# the stdio overrides.
scrubbed = _scrub_child_env(os.environ, is_passthrough=_no_passthrough)
scrubbed["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8"
scrubbed["PYTHONUTF8"] = "1"
result = subprocess.run(
[sys.executable, "-c", script],
env=scrubbed,
capture_output=True,
timeout=15,
# Don't decode at the subprocess boundary — we want to check
# the raw bytes match UTF-8, same as what the sandbox does.
)
assert result.returncode == 0, (
f"Child crashed printing non-ASCII:\n"
f" stdout (raw): {result.stdout!r}\n"
f" stderr (raw): {result.stderr!r}"
)
decoded = result.stdout.decode("utf-8")
assert "\u2014" in decoded, f"em-dash missing from output: {decoded!r}"
assert "\u2192" in decoded, f"arrow missing from output: {decoded!r}"
assert "\U0001f680" in decoded, f"emoji missing from output: {decoded!r}"
@pytest.mark.skipif(
sys.platform != "win32",
reason="cp1252 stdout default is Windows-specific",
)
def test_windows_child_without_utf8_env_would_fail(self):
"""Negative control: spawn a Python child *without* our env
overrides and prove that on Windows, printing non-ASCII fails.
If this ever starts passing, Python has changed its default
stdio encoding on Windows and the fix may be obsolete but
keep the env vars anyway for belt-and-suspenders."""
script = textwrap.dedent("""
import sys
print("em-dash \\u2014 arrow \\u2192")
sys.exit(0)
""").strip()
# Scrubbed env WITHOUT the PYTHONIOENCODING / PYTHONUTF8 overrides.
# Also scrub PYTHONUTF8 and PYTHONIOENCODING from the inherited
# env so we reproduce the buggy state even if the parent test
# runner has them set.
scrubbed = _scrub_child_env(os.environ, is_passthrough=_no_passthrough)
for k in ("PYTHONIOENCODING", "PYTHONUTF8", "PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSSTDIO"):
scrubbed.pop(k, None)
result = subprocess.run(
[sys.executable, "-c", script],
env=scrubbed,
capture_output=True,
text=False,
timeout=15,
)
# Either the child crashed (expected), or modern Python handled
# it anyway — in which case the fix is still defensive but no
# longer strictly required. Skip with a note if so.
if result.returncode == 0 and b"\xe2\x80\x94" in result.stdout:
pytest.skip(
"This Python/Windows build handles non-ASCII stdout even "
"without PYTHONIOENCODING/PYTHONUTF8 — fix is defensive "
"but no longer strictly load-bearing. Keep the env vars "
"for older Python builds and C.ASCII-locale containers."
)
# Otherwise: crash OR garbled output — both count as proving the
# bug is real on this system.

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@ -1175,6 +1175,25 @@ def execute_code(
child_env = _scrub_child_env(os.environ)
child_env["HERMES_RPC_SOCKET"] = rpc_endpoint
child_env["PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE"] = "1"
# Force UTF-8 for the child's stdio and default file encoding.
#
# Without this, on Windows sys.stdout is bound to the console code
# page (cp1252 on US-locale installs), and any script that does
# ``print("café")`` or ``print("→")`` crashes with:
#
# UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character
# '\u2192' in position N: character maps to <undefined>
#
# PYTHONIOENCODING fixes sys.stdin/stdout/stderr.
# PYTHONUTF8=1 enables "UTF-8 mode" (PEP 540) which additionally
# makes ``open()``'s default encoding UTF-8, so user scripts that
# write files without specifying encoding= also work correctly.
#
# On POSIX both values usually match the locale default already,
# so setting them is harmless belt-and-suspenders for environments
# with a C/POSIX locale (containers, minimal base images).
child_env["PYTHONIOENCODING"] = "utf-8"
child_env["PYTHONUTF8"] = "1"
# Ensure the hermes-agent root is importable in the sandbox so
# repo-root modules are available to child scripts. We also prepend
# the staging tmpdir so ``from hermes_tools import ...`` resolves even