fix: profile paths broken in Docker — profiles go to /root/.hermes instead of mounted volume (#7170)

In Docker, HERMES_HOME=/opt/data (set in Dockerfile) and users mount
their .hermes directory to /opt/data. However, profile operations used
Path.home() / '.hermes' which resolves to /root/.hermes in Docker —
an ephemeral container path, not the mounted volume.

This caused:
- Profiles created at /root/.hermes/profiles/ (lost on container recreate)
- active_profile sticky file written to wrong location
- profile list looking at wrong directory

Fix: Add get_default_hermes_root() to hermes_constants.py that detects
Docker/custom deployments (HERMES_HOME outside ~/.hermes) and returns
HERMES_HOME as the root. Also handles Docker profiles correctly
(<root>/profiles/<name> → root is grandparent).

Files changed:
- hermes_constants.py: new get_default_hermes_root()
- hermes_cli/profiles.py: _get_default_hermes_home() delegates to shared fn
- hermes_cli/main.py: _apply_profile_override() + _invalidate_update_cache()
- hermes_cli/gateway.py: _profile_suffix() + _profile_arg()
- Tests: 12 new tests covering Docker scenarios
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Teknium 2026-04-10 05:53:10 -07:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -97,10 +97,11 @@ def _apply_profile_override() -> None:
consume = 1
break
# 2. If no flag, check ~/.hermes/active_profile
# 2. If no flag, check active_profile in the hermes root
if profile_name is None:
try:
active_path = Path.home() / ".hermes" / "active_profile"
from hermes_constants import get_default_hermes_root
active_path = get_default_hermes_root() / "active_profile"
if active_path.exists():
name = active_path.read_text().strip()
if name and name != "default":
@ -3313,10 +3314,11 @@ def _invalidate_update_cache():
``hermes update``, every profile is now current.
"""
homes = []
# Default profile home
default_home = Path.home() / ".hermes"
# Default profile home (Docker-aware — uses /opt/data in Docker)
from hermes_constants import get_default_hermes_root
default_home = get_default_hermes_root()
homes.append(default_home)
# Named profiles under ~/.hermes/profiles/
# Named profiles under <root>/profiles/
profiles_root = default_home / "profiles"
if profiles_root.is_dir():
for entry in profiles_root.iterdir():
@ -4053,7 +4055,10 @@ def cmd_profile(args):
print(f" {name} chat Start chatting")
print(f" {name} gateway start Start the messaging gateway")
if clone or clone_all:
profile_dir_display = f"~/.hermes/profiles/{name}"
try:
profile_dir_display = "~/" + str(profile_dir.relative_to(Path.home()))
except ValueError:
profile_dir_display = str(profile_dir)
print(f"\n Edit {profile_dir_display}/.env for different API keys")
print(f" Edit {profile_dir_display}/SOUL.md for different personality")
print()