* fix(matrix): isolate room context and inbound dispatch
* test(matrix): cover room isolation and dispatch regressions
* docs(matrix): document room isolation and session scope
* fix(matrix): stabilize CI requirement checks
* test(matrix): isolate mautrix stubs in requirements tests
* fix(matrix): port room-scoped status and resume to slash commands mixin
Move Matrix /status scope output and /resume same-room guards from the
pre-refactor gateway/run.py into gateway/slash_commands.py so PR #18505
foundation behavior survives the upstream god-file decomposition.
Uses i18n keys for Matrix resume/status messages. Preserves upstream
session.py fixes (role_authorized, DM user_id isolation).
* docs(matrix): explain inbound dispatch via handle_sync loop
Document why Hermes uses an explicit sync loop with handle_sync() rather than
client.start(), aligning with upstream #7914 diagnostics while preserving
Hermes background maintenance tasks.
* fix(i18n): add Matrix resume/status keys to all locale catalogs
The Matrix /resume and /status slash-command keys added in the foundation
PR must exist in every supported locale file. tests/agent/test_i18n.py
asserts key and placeholder parity across catalogs.
Non-English locales use English strings as interim placeholders until
community translators can localize them.
* fix(matrix): restore gateway authz for allowed_users; honor config require_mention
Revert the early MATRIX_ALLOWED_USERS gate in _on_room_message so inbound
sender authorization stays in gateway authz like main. Parse require_mention
from config.extra (platforms.matrix / top-level matrix yaml) with env fallback,
matching thread_require_mention and fixing Forge when require_mention is set
only in profile config.yaml.
* fix(matrix): harden status scope and allowlisted DMs
* fix(matrix): use session store lookup for resume scope
Follow-ups to #38199/#43354 found in post-merge review:
- Inline CLI memory approval never worked: the per-thread approval callback
was not passed to prompt_dangerous_approval, so the prompt_toolkit
fail-closed guard (#15216) denied every gated foreground write without
showing a prompt. Now invokes the registered callback directly; a crashed
prompt falls back to staging instead of a silent deny.
- Gateway sessions claimed inline support but prompt_dangerous_approval has
no gateway round-trip (that lives in the pending-approval queue), so gated
gateway memory writes hit the input() fallback and denied. Gateway
contexts now stage for /memory pending review.
- /skills pending|approve|reject|diff|approval now works on the gateway
(gateway_config_gate on skills.write_approval), so skills staged from a
messaging session can be reviewed there. Diff output truncated for chat.
- memory_tool validates required params before the gate so invalid writes
are rejected immediately instead of staged and failing at approve time.
- Stale tri-state write_mode docstrings updated to the boolean gate; docs
table corrected (inline prompt is interactive-CLI-only).
- 6 new tests covering the interactive approve/deny/error paths, gateway
staging, skills never-prompt invariant, and pre-gate validation.
Two fixes for the reported Slack thread approval UX:
1. Slack Block Kit approval/confirm sends silently overflowed the
3000-char section-block cap (flat 2900-char truncation + header +
reason), so long execute_code approvals failed with invalid_blocks
and fell back to the plain-text prompt with no buttons. Budget the
command preview against the rendered fixed parts so blocks never
exceed the cap (send_exec_approval + send_slash_confirm).
2. The text fallbacks told users to reply /approve — which Slack blocks
inside threads and Matrix clients reserve client-side. Add a
typed_command_prefix capability flag on BasePlatformAdapter
(default "/"; Slack and Matrix set "!" to match their existing
bang-prefix rewrite) and use it in the shared fallback prompt
builders (exec approval, update prompt, destructive slash confirm,
expensive-model confirm) plus Matrix's reaction-prompt text.
The slash-confirm text-intercept now also accepts bang-prefixed
replies (!always, !cancel) since those keywords aren't registered
commands and the adapters' rewrite doesn't touch them.
Follow-ups on top of #26016's expensive-model guard:
- gateway/slash_commands.py: typed '/model <name>' now routes through the
expensive-model confirmation gate (slash-confirm buttons / text fallback)
instead of bypassing the guard the pickers enforce. Cancel leaves the
session override and --global config untouched.
- telegram/discord/web_server: run expensive_model_warning() via
asyncio.to_thread — it can hit models.dev or a /models endpoint on a
cache miss, which would otherwise block the event loop.
- telegram: picker callback no longer toasts 'Model switched!' when the
switch callback raised (both mm: and mc: paths).
- tests: new tests/gateway/test_model_command_expensive_confirm.py pins
the typed-path gate (prompt, confirm-once, cancel, cheap-model no-op).
The shipped tri-state write_mode (on|off|approve) conflated two concepts —
whether writes are enabled and whether they're gated — so 'on' (writes flow
freely, gate inactive) read like 'gating is on'. Replace it with a single
clear boolean gate that defaults off.
memory.write_approval / skills.write_approval:
false (default) — write freely; the approval gate is off (pre-gate behaviour)
true — require approval: memory foreground prompts inline, memory
background-review + all skill writes stage for review
The old 'off = block all writes' mode is dropped; memory_enabled: false already
disables memory entirely, so a third 'block' state was redundant.
- tools/write_approval.py: get_write_mode/MODE_* → write_approval_enabled() bool;
evaluate_gate() loses the config-driven 'blocked' path (blocked now only comes
from an interactive user denial).
- tools/memory_tool.py, tools/skill_manager_tool.py: comment + behaviour follow.
- hermes_cli/config.py: memory/skills write_mode → write_approval (False);
_config_version 28→29 with a 28→29 migration that renames any persisted
write_mode (approve→true, on/off/unset→false) and drops the old key.
- slash commands: '/memory|/skills mode <on|off|approve>' → 'approval <on|off>'
('mode' kept as a back-compat alias); set_mode_fn callback now takes a bool.
- write_approval_commands.py, cli_commands_mixin.py, gateway/slash_commands.py,
commands.py: handlers + registry args/subcommands updated.
- docs + tests rewritten for the boolean model; added migration tests.
Adds memory.write_mode and skills.write_mode (on|off|approve), applied to
both foreground turns and the background self-improvement review fork — the
source of the unprompted 'wrong assumption' saves users reported.
- on (default): write freely, unchanged behaviour
- off: never write; the tool returns a clean disabled result
- approve: don't commit. Memory foreground writes prompt inline (small,
reviewable in a chat bubble); background memory writes and ALL skill writes
stage to a pending store instead (a SKILL.md is too large to review inline,
and a daemon thread can't block on a prompt)
Review staged writes from CLI or any messaging platform:
/memory pending|approve|reject|mode
/skills pending|approve|reject|diff|mode
Skill review respects the size asymmetry: inline you see a one-line gist;
the full unified diff stays out-of-band (/skills diff, dashboard, or the
staged JSON file).
New: tools/write_approval.py (gate + pending store), hermes_cli/
write_approval_commands.py (shared CLI+gateway handlers). Gates wired at the
single entry points memory_tool() and skill_manage(), using the existing
write-origin ContextVar to distinguish foreground from background_review.
The in-session slash commands (/model, /reset, /usage, /compress, /voice, ...)
— 42 _handle_*_command handlers, ~3,200 LOC — move out of gateway/run.py into a
mixin GatewayRunner inherits. self._handle_*_command dispatch + all test
references resolve unchanged via the MRO.
Neutral deps (MessageEvent, EphemeralReply, Platform, t, cfg_get, atomic_*_write,
account-usage helpers, stdlib) imported at the mixin top level. The ~10 run.py-
internal helpers (_hermes_home, _load_gateway_config, _resolve_gateway_model,
_AGENT_PENDING_SENTINEL, ...) imported lazily inside the handlers that need them
to avoid an import cycle.
gateway/run.py 19157 -> 15870 LOC; GatewayRunner direct methods 214 -> 172.
Behavior-neutral: voice/update/model/compress command test suites pass; all 42
resolve to the mixin via MRO.
