The hermes console entry point is hermes_cli.main:main, and main.py imports
dotenv (via env_loader) and yaml (via config) at module level. In the #57828
failure state — a failed lazy backend refresh wiping a core package's import
files while metadata survives — a normal launch crashed while importing
main.py, before _recover_from_interrupted_install() and the recovery markers
from PR #58004 could act.
- hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py: stdlib-only bootstrap repair invoked at the
very top of main.py, before any third-party import. Probes the fragile
core packages via real imports, force-reinstalls broken ones using the
pyproject.toml pins, shares main.py's single-flight recovery lock, and
never clears markers (the confirmed lifecycle stays with the full recovery
path in main.py).
- Probe/repair tables now have one canonical home in _early_recovery, reused
by main.py so the two layers cannot drift.
- Manual --force-reinstall fallback commands now print pinned specs via
_lazy_refresh_repair_specs() instead of bare package names.
- tests: entry-point lifecycle coverage proving a broken dotenv import
crashes main.py without repair and imports cleanly with it, a stdlib-only
import guard for _early_recovery, and unit coverage for marker gating,
lock single-flight, pinned specs, and marker preservation.
