* fix(tui): honor documented mouse_tracking config key
The TUI runtime was reading display.tui_mouse while docs and user-facing
examples pointed users at display.mouse_tracking. That made persistent
mouse-disable config look like a no-op for users trying to restore native
terminal selection/copy behavior on Linux/SSH/tmux terminals.
Use display.mouse_tracking as the canonical key, keep display.tui_mouse as
a legacy fallback, and have /mouse write the documented key. Both gateway
config.get and client-side config sync now share the same precedence: the
canonical key wins, then the legacy key, then default on.
* review(copilot): align mouse tracking config coercion
- Load gateway config once before deriving display.mouse_tracking state.
- Use key-presence precedence on the TUI client too, so canonical
mouse_tracking wins over legacy tui_mouse even when the value is null.
- Treat numeric 0 as disabled on both gateway and client, matching the
existing string "0" handling.
- Widen ConfigDisplayConfig mouse fields because config.get full returns raw
YAML, not normalized booleans.
* feat(tui): pluggable busy-indicator styles (kaomoji/emoji/unicode/ascii)
The status-bar `FaceTicker` rotated through wide-and-variable kaomoji
glyphs (`(｡•́︿•̀｡)`, `( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)`, …) every 2.5s. Real display widths range
from ~5 to ~16 columns, so the rest of the bar (cwd, ctx %, voice,
bg counter) shifted on every cycle. Padding the verb alone (#17116)
helped but didn't address the dominant jitter source — the glyph
itself.
Add four indicator styles, configurable + hot-swappable:
* `kaomoji` (default — preserves the existing vibe; verb is now
pad-stable so the only width churn left is the kaomoji itself).
* `emoji` — single 2-col emoji frame (`⚕ 🌀🤔✨🍵🔮`).
* `unicode` — `unicode-animations` braille spinner (1-col, smooth).
* `ascii` — `| / - \` (1-col, max compat).
Wires:
* `display.tui_status_indicator` in `DEFAULT_CONFIG` (default
`kaomoji`).
* New JSON-RPC `config.set/get indicator` keys, narrow allow-list.
* `applyDisplay` reads the field and patches `UiState.indicatorStyle`,
so the existing `mtime` poll picks up `~/.hermes/config.yaml` edits
within ~5s without a TUI restart.
* `/indicator [style]` slash command (alias `/indicator-style`,
subcommand completion `kaomoji|emoji|unicode|ascii`). Bare form
shows the current style; setter fires `config.set` and
optimistically `patchUiState({ indicatorStyle })` so the live TUI
swaps immediately, matching the `/skin` UX.
* `CommandDef("indicator", ..., subcommands=...)` so classic CLI
autocomplete + TUI `complete.slash` both surface it.
* `FaceTicker` decouples spinner cadence from verb cadence — the
glyph runs at the spinner's authored interval (or `FACE_TICK_MS`
for kaomoji), the verb stays on the original 2.5s cycle, and both
re-arm cleanly when style changes.
Tests:
* `normalizeIndicatorStyle` rejects unknown / non-string input.
* `applyDisplay → tui_status_indicator` covers fan-out + fallback.
* `/indicator <style>` hot-swaps `UiState.indicatorStyle` after a
successful `config.set`.
* `/indicator sparkle` rejects with the usage hint and never hits
the gateway.
* Slash-parity matrix gets `'/indicator'` → `config.get`.
Validation:
cd ui-tui && npm run type-check — clean; npm test --run — 398/398.
scripts/run_tests.sh tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py
tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py — 220/220.
* chore(tui): drop /indicator-style alias to declutter autocomplete
* fix(tui): drop verb-width pad — /indicator handles glyph jitter directly
* fix(tui): unicode indicator style hides the verb (cleanest option)
* refactor(tui): single source of truth for INDICATOR_STYLES; cleaner error format
Round 1 Copilot review on PR #17150:
- Exported `INDICATOR_STYLES` const tuple from `interfaces.ts`;
`IndicatorStyle` union type is derived from it. `useConfigSync`
builds its validation Set from the tuple, and `session.ts` uses it
for both the usage hint and the runtime allow-list — adding/removing
a style now touches one line.
- Backend `config.set indicator` error message: switched
`sorted(allowed)` list repr to `pick one of ascii|emoji|kaomoji|unicode`
(matches the TUI usage hint), and reports the normalized `raw`
instead of the original `value`. Backend allowed tuple now has a
comment pointing back at `INDICATOR_STYLES` so the two stay aligned.
Note: kept the verb portion unpadded per design intent — fixed-width
padding was the exact UX the `/indicator` command was added to remove.
Stable width comes from the glyph; verbs cycling is part of the kawaii
aesthetic. Reply on the verb thread will explain.
* fix(tui): drop type collapse + gate verb timer + DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE
Round 2 Copilot review on PR #17150:
- `tui_status_indicator?: 'ascii' | ... | string` collapses to `string`
in TS — consumers got no narrowing. Documented as plain `string` with
a comment about runtime validation via `normalizeIndicatorStyle`.
- `FaceTicker` always started a 2.5s verb interval, even for the
`unicode` style which hides the verb entirely. Now gated on
`showVerb` from `renderIndicator` — `unicode` stays calm.
Pre-emptive self-review (avoid round 3):
- Three call sites duplicated the literal `'kaomoji'` default
(uiStore, normalizeIndicatorStyle, slash command). Added
`DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE` to interfaces.ts and threaded it through
so changing the default touches one line.
* fix(tui-gateway): normalize config.get indicator output to match TUI render
Round 4 Copilot review on PR #17150: `config.get` for `indicator`
returned the raw `display.tui_status_indicator` value without
validation, so a hand-edited config.yaml with stray casing or an
unknown style would leave `/indicator` printing one thing while
the TUI rendered the kaomoji default (frontend's
`normalizeIndicatorStyle` does this normalization on receive).
Lifted the allow-list to module scope as `_INDICATOR_STYLES` /
`_INDICATOR_DEFAULT`, reused by both `config.set` and `config.get`.
Comment notes the alignment with `INDICATOR_STYLES` /
`DEFAULT_INDICATOR_STYLE` in interfaces.ts so adding/removing a
style is a one-line change on each end.
Tests cover: known value verbatim, casing/whitespace normalize,
unknown→default, unset→default.
* fix(tui-gateway): preserve falsy-input diagnostics in config.set indicator error
Round 5 Copilot review on PR #17150: `raw = str(value or "").strip().lower()`
collapsed any falsy non-string (`0`, `False`, `[]`) to empty string,
so the error message read `unknown indicator: ` with nothing after —
losing the original input.
Switched to `("" if value is None else str(value)).strip().lower()`
so only `None` (the genuine 'no value' case) becomes blank. Used
`{raw!r}` in the error so the diagnostic is unambiguous (`'0'` vs `0`).
Tests:
- known-value happy path (`'EMOJI'` → `'emoji'`)
- falsy non-string inputs (`0` / `False` / `[]`) surface meaningfully
- `None` keeps the blank-repr error
* fix(tui): make /browser connect actually take effect on the live agent
Reports were that `/browser connect <url>` (and "changes to CDP url
don't get picked up") didn't propagate to the live agent in `--tui`,
forcing users to fall back to setting `browser.cdp_url` in
`config.yaml` and restarting. Tracing the path on current main shows
the protocol wiring is already correct — `/browser` is registered in
`ui-tui/src/app/slash/commands/ops.ts` and dispatches `browser.manage`
through the gateway RPC, NOT the slash worker (covered by the
`browser.manage` row in `slashParity.test.ts`). But three real gaps
left the experience flaky:
1. `cleanup_all_browsers()` ran AFTER `os.environ["BROWSER_CDP_URL"]`
was rewritten. `_ensure_cdp_supervisor(...)` reads the env to
resolve its target URL, so a tool call landing in that brief window
could re-attach the supervisor to the OLD CDP endpoint just before
we reaped sessions, leaving the agent talking to a dead URL.
Reorder to clean first, swap env, clean again so the supervisor
for the default task is definitively closed.
2. `browser.manage status` reported only the env var, ignoring
`browser.cdp_url` from config.yaml. `_get_cdp_override()` (the
resolver the agent itself uses) consults both — match it so
`/browser status` answers the same question the next
`browser_navigate` will see. Closes a stealth bug where users
saw "browser not connected" while their CDP URL was perfectly
set in config.yaml.
3. `/browser disconnect` only cleared `BROWSER_CDP_URL` and reaped
once, leaving the same swap window as connect. Symmetrical
double-cleanup here too.
Frontend (`ops.ts`):
* Echo "next browser tool call will use this CDP endpoint" on success
so users see immediate confirmation that the gateway accepted the
swap, even before any tool runs.
* Mention `browser.cdp_url` in `config.yaml` in the usage hint and
the not-connected status line. Persistent config is the correct
fix for some terminal-multiplexer / sub-agent flows where env
inheritance is unreliable; surfacing it makes that workaround
discoverable.
Tests (4 new, all hermetic):
* `status` returns the resolved URL when only `browser.cdp_url` is
set in config.yaml.
* `connect` writes env AND cleans before/after, in that order.
* `connect` against an unreachable endpoint does NOT mutate env or
reap.
* `disconnect` removes env and cleans twice.
Validation:
scripts/run_tests.sh tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py — 94/94 pass.
cd ui-tui && npm run type-check — clean; npm test --run — 389/389.
* review(copilot): always defer to _get_cdp_override; normalize bare host:port
* review(copilot): collapse discovery-style CDP paths so /json/version isn't duplicated
* fix(tui): /browser status must not perform CDP discovery I/O
Copilot review on PR #17120: previous version routed through
`tools.browser_tool._get_cdp_override`, which calls
`_resolve_cdp_override` and performs an HTTP probe to /json/version
with a multi-second timeout for discovery-style URLs. That blocks
the TUI on `/browser status` whenever the configured host is slow
or unreachable.
Status now reads env-then-config directly with no network I/O. The
WS normalization still happens in `browser_navigate` for actual
tool calls, so behaviour-on-call is unchanged.
* fix(tui): skip /json/version probe for concrete ws://devtools/browser endpoints
Round 2 Copilot review on PR #17120: hosted CDP providers (Browserbase,
browserless, etc.) return concrete `ws[s]://.../devtools/browser/<id>`
URLs which are already directly connectable but don't serve the HTTP
discovery path. The previous `/json/version` probe rejected these
valid endpoints with 'could not reach browser CDP'.
For `ws[s]://...` URLs whose path starts with `/devtools/browser/` we
now do a TCP-level reachability check (`socket.create_connection`)
instead of the HTTP probe. The actual CDP handshake happens on the
next `browser_navigate` call, so we still surface unreachable hosts
as 5031 errors — just without the false negatives.
Discovery-style URLs (`http://host:port[/json[/version]]`) keep the
HTTP probe path unchanged. Updated existing test + added two new
ones (TCP-only success, TCP unreachable → 5031).
* feat(tui): opt-in auto-resume of the most recent session
`hermes --tui` always forges a fresh session at startup unless the user
sets `HERMES_TUI_RESUME=<id>`. Disconnects, terminal-window crashes,
and accidental Ctrl+D therefore lose every piece of in-flight context
even though `state.db` still has the full history a `/resume` away.
Add an opt-in path that mirrors classic CLI's `hermes -c` muscle
memory: when `display.tui_auto_resume_recent: true` is set in
`~/.hermes/config.yaml`, the TUI looks up the most recent human-facing
session and resumes it instead of starting fresh. Default off so
existing users aren't surprised; explicit `HERMES_TUI_RESUME` always
wins.
Wires:
* New `session.most_recent` JSON-RPC in `tui_gateway/server.py` that
returns the first non-`tool` row from `list_sessions_rich`, or
`{"session_id": null}` when none. Uses the same deny-list as
`session.list` so sub-agent rows can't sneak in.
* `createGatewayEventHandler.handleReady` re-ordered: explicit
`STARTUP_RESUME_ID` first (unchanged), then conditional auto-resume
via `config.get full → display.tui_auto_resume_recent`, then the
legacy `newSession()` fallback. Failures of either RPC fall back
to `newSession()` so the path is always finite.
* Default `display.tui_auto_resume_recent: False` added to
`DEFAULT_CONFIG` in `hermes_cli/config.py` (no `_config_version`
bump per AGENTS.md — deep-merge handles the additive key).
Tests:
* 4 new vitest cases in `createGatewayEventHandler.test.ts` cover
every gate-and-fallback combination (env wins, config off, config
on with hit, config on with miss).
* 3 new pytest cases for `session.most_recent` (denied row skip,
tool-only → null, db-unavailable → null).
Validation:
scripts/run_tests.sh tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py — 93/93.
cd ui-tui && npm run type-check — clean; npm test --run — 393/393.
* review(copilot): fold session.most_recent errors into null + extend ConfigDisplayConfig
* review(copilot): cover RPC-rejection fallbacks in auto-resume tests
`/new` after `/model <custom-provider>:<model>` silently reverted to a
native provider whose static catalog happened to contain the same model
name (e.g. `deepseek-v4-pro` → native `deepseek` → 401).
Root cause at the `/model` writeback site: `HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER`
was set unconditionally but `HERMES_TUI_PROVIDER` was only mirrored when
it was already set. On sessions launched without `--provider`,
`HERMES_TUI_PROVIDER` stayed unset, so `_resolve_startup_runtime()` on
`/new` skipped the explicit-provider early return and fell through to
`detect_static_provider_for_model()`.
Fix: set `HERMES_TUI_PROVIDER` unconditionally alongside
`HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER` when `/model` lands. Keeps #15755's
invariant intact — `HERMES_TUI_PROVIDER` remains the canonical
"explicit this process" carrier, `HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER` remains
ambient and does not short-circuit startup resolution.
Bug report and diagnosis: @Bartok9 in #16857 / #16873.
Fixes#16857
Distinguish missing model from unsupported model before enabling fast mode and cover both cases so config and live agent state remain untouched on invalid fast toggles.
Match classic CLI parity by refusing to enable fast mode when the active model cannot produce fast request overrides, avoiding a misleading fast status with no runtime effect.
Make `config.set fast status` read-only and keep live agent request overrides in sync with fast-mode toggles so runtime API kwargs match the selected mode.
Harden busy mode config reads against invalid display config shapes and align /fast help+usage text with accepted aliases, with regression coverage for non-dict display values.
Route /browser, /reload-mcp, /rollback, /stop, /fast, and /busy through direct TUI RPC handlers so state changes hit the live gateway session instead of slash-worker fallback. Add TUI session finalize/reset parity hooks (memory commit + plugin boundaries) and parity matrix tests to keep mutating commands off fallback.
Handle queued-title ValueError cleanup during session init, harden Discord message source building for test stubs, and fix the Dockerfile contract test syntax error. Also refresh the TUI lockfile and Nix build flags so nix ubuntu-latest no longer fails on npm lock/peer resolution drift.
Retry queued pending titles even when the DB already has a non-empty title so explicit user title intents are not silently lost (for example after auto-title). Includes regression coverage.
Tighten pending-title flush during session init and treat row lookup failures during title-set no-op detection as RPC errors instead of silently queueing.
Handle session.title read failures without crashing, distinguish no-op title writes from missing session rows, and use a distinct empty-title error code with regression coverage.
Route TUI /title through session.title RPC and queue titles when the session DB row is still initializing, so renamed sessions reliably appear in /resume and browse flows.
* fix(tui): call maybe_auto_title for TUI sessions (#15961)
The maybe_auto_title() helper is called from cli.py and gateway/run.py
but was never wired into tui_gateway/server.py, so every session started
via 'hermes --tui' landed in state.db with an empty title. Evidence from
the issue reporter: 0/154 TUI sessions titled vs 91/383 CLI.
Mirror the CLI/Gateway pattern: after emitting message.complete, when the
turn finished cleanly, fire-and-forget title generation using the session
key, user prompt, agent response, and current history.
Fixes#15949.
Co-authored-by: math0r-be <math0r-be@github.com>
* chore(release): map math0r-be placeholder email in AUTHOR_MAP
---------
Co-authored-by: math0r-be <math0r-be@github.com>
- expand short model aliases like sonnet/opus via static catalogs during startup runtime resolution
- keep startup alias resolution network-free and add regression tests in models and tui gateway suites
- normalizeStatusBar: trim/lowercase + 'on' → 'top' alias so user-edited
YAML variants (Top, " bottom ", on) coerce correctly
- shift-tab yolo: no-op with sys note when no live session; success-gated
echo and catch fallback so RPC failures don't report as 'yolo off'
- tui_gateway config.set/get statusbar: isinstance(display, dict) guards
mirroring the compact branch so a malformed display scalar in config.yaml
can't raise
Tests: +1 vitest for trim/case/on, +2 pytest for non-dict display survival.
Reported during the TUI v2 blitz test: switching from openrouter to
anthropic via `/model <name> --provider anthropic` appeared to succeed,
but the next turn kept hitting openrouter — the provider the user was
deliberately moving away from.
Two gaps caused this:
1. `Agent.switch_model` reset `_fallback_activated` / `_fallback_index`
but left `_fallback_chain` intact. The chain was seeded from
`fallback_providers:` at agent init for the *original* primary, so
when the new primary returned 401 (invalid/expired Anthropic key),
`_try_activate_fallback()` picked the old provider back up without
informing the user. Prune entries matching either the old primary
(user is moving away) or the new primary (redundant) whenever the
primary provider actually changes.
2. `_apply_model_switch` persisted `HERMES_MODEL` but never updated
`HERMES_INFERENCE_PROVIDER`. Any ambient re-resolution of the runtime
(credential pool refresh, compressor rebuild, aux clients) falls
through to that env var in `resolve_requested_provider`, so it kept
reporting the original provider even after an in-memory switch.
Adds three regression tests: fallback-chain prune on primary change,
no-op on same-provider model swap, and env-var sync on explicit switch.
model.options unconditionally overwrote each provider's curated model
list with provider_model_ids() (live /models catalog), so TUI users
saw non-agentic models that classic CLI /model and `hermes model`
filter out via the curated _PROVIDER_MODELS source.
On Nous specifically the live endpoint returns ~380 IDs including
TTS, embeddings, rerankers, and image/video generators — the TUI
picker showed all of them. Classic CLI picker showed the curated
30-model list.
Drop the overwrite. list_authenticated_providers() already populates
provider['models'] with the curated list (same source as classic CLI
at cli.py:4792), sliced to max_models=50. Honor that.
Added regression test that fails if the handler ever re-introduces
a provider_model_ids() call over the curated list.
When a user hits /new or /resume before the previous session finishes
initializing, session.close runs while the previous session.create's
_build thread is still constructing the agent. session.close pops
_sessions[sid] and closes whatever slash_worker it finds (None at that
point — _build hasn't installed it yet), then returns. _build keeps
running in the background, installs the slash_worker subprocess and
registers an approval-notify callback on a session dict that's now
unreachable via _sessions. The subprocess leaks until process exit;
the notify callback lingers in the global registry.
Fix: _build now tracks what it allocates (worker, notify_registered)
and checks in its finally block whether _sessions[sid] still points
to the session it's building for. If not, the build was orphaned by
a racing close, so clean up the subprocess and unregister the notify
ourselves.
tui_gateway/server.py:
- _build reads _sessions.get(sid) safely (returns early if already gone)
- tracks allocated worker + notify registration
- finally checks orphan status and cleans up
Tests (tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py): 2 new cases.
- test_session_create_close_race_does_not_orphan_worker: slow
_make_agent, close mid-build, verify worker.close() and
unregister_gateway_notify both fire from the build thread's
cleanup path.
- test_session_create_no_race_keeps_worker_alive: regression guard —
happy path does NOT over-eagerly clean up a live worker.
Validated: against the unpatched code, the race test fails with
'orphan worker was not cleaned up — closed_workers=[]'. Live E2E
against the live Python environment confirmed the cleanup fires
exactly when the race happens.
agent.switch_model() mutates self.model, self.provider, self.base_url,
self.api_key, self.api_mode, and rebuilds self.client / self._anthropic_client
in place. The worker thread running agent.run_conversation reads those
fields on every iteration. A concurrent config.set key=model or slash-
worker-mirrored /model / /personality / /prompt / /compress can send an
HTTP request with mismatched model + base_url (or the old client keeps
running against a new endpoint) — 400/404s the user never asked for.
Fix: same pattern as the session.undo / session.compress guards
(PR #12416) and the gateway runner's running-agent /model guard (PR
#12334). Reject with 4009 'session busy' when session.running is True.
Two call sites guarded:
- config.set with key=model: primary /model entry point from Ink
- _mirror_slash_side_effects for model / personality / prompt /
compress: slash-worker passthrough path that applies live-agent
side effects
Idle sessions still switch models normally — regression guard test
verifies this.
Tests (tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py): 4 new cases.
- test_config_set_model_rejects_while_running
- test_config_set_model_allowed_when_idle (regression guard)
- test_mirror_slash_side_effects_rejects_mutating_commands_while_running
- test_mirror_slash_side_effects_allowed_when_idle (regression guard)
Validated: against unpatched server.py, the two 'rejects_while_running'
tests fail with the exact race they assert against. With the fix all
4 pass. Live E2E against the live Python environment confirmed both
guards enforce 4009 / 'session busy' exactly as designed.
session.interrupt on session A was blast-resolving pending
clarify/sudo/secret prompts on ALL sessions sharing the same
tui_gateway process. Other sessions' agent threads unblocked with
empty-string answers as if the user had cancelled — silent
cross-session corruption.
Root cause: _pending and _answers were globals keyed by random rid
with no record of the owning session. _clear_pending() iterated
every entry, so the session.interrupt handler had no way to limit
the release to its own sid.
Fix:
- tui_gateway/server.py: _pending now maps rid to (sid, Event)
tuples. _clear_pending takes an optional sid argument and filters
by owner_sid when provided. session.interrupt passes the calling
sid so unrelated sessions are untouched. _clear_pending(None)
remains the shutdown path for completeness.
- _block and _respond updated to pack/unpack the new tuple format.
Tests (tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py): 4 new cases.
- test_interrupt_only_clears_own_session_pending: two sessions with
pending prompts, interrupting one must not release the other.
- test_interrupt_clears_multiple_own_pending: same-sid multi-prompt
release works.
- test_clear_pending_without_sid_clears_all: shutdown path preserved.
- test_respond_unpacks_sid_tuple_correctly: _respond handles the
tuple format.
Also updated tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py to use the new tuple
format for test_block_and_respond and test_clear_pending.
Live E2E against the live Python environment confirmed cross-session
isolation: interrupting sid_a released its own pending prompt without
touching sid_b's. All 78 related tests pass.
Fixes silent data loss in the TUI when /undo, /compress, /retry, or
rollback.restore runs during an in-flight agent turn. The version-
guard at prompt.submit:1449 would fail the version check and silently
skip writing the agent's result — UI showed the assistant reply but
DB / backend history never received it, causing UI↔backend desync
that persisted across session resume.
Changes (tui_gateway/server.py):
- session.undo, session.compress, /retry, rollback.restore (full-history
only — file-scoped rollbacks still allowed): reject with 4009 when
session.running is True. Users can /interrupt first.
- prompt.submit: on history_version mismatch (defensive backstop),
attach a 'warning' field to message.complete and log to stderr
instead of silently dropping the agent's output. The UI can surface
the warning to the user; the operator can spot it in logs.
Tests (tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py): 6 new cases.
- test_session_undo_rejects_while_running
- test_session_undo_allowed_when_idle (regression guard)
- test_session_compress_rejects_while_running
- test_rollback_restore_rejects_full_history_while_running
- test_prompt_submit_history_version_mismatch_surfaces_warning
- test_prompt_submit_history_version_match_persists_normally (regression)
Validated: against unpatched server.py the three 'rejects_while_running'
tests fail and the version-mismatch test fails (no 'warning' field).
With the fix, all 6 pass, all 33 tests in the file pass, 74 TUI tests
in total pass. Live E2E against the live Python environment confirmed
all 5 patches present and guards enforce 4009 exactly as designed.
* feat(steer): /steer <prompt> injects a mid-run note after the next tool call
Adds a new slash command that sits between /queue (turn boundary) and
interrupt. /steer <text> stashes the message on the running agent and
the agent loop appends it to the LAST tool result's content once the
current tool batch finishes. The model sees it as part of the tool
output on its next iteration.
No interrupt is fired, no new user turn is inserted, and no prompt
cache invalidation happens beyond the normal per-turn tool-result
churn. Message-role alternation is preserved — we only modify an
existing role:"tool" message's content.
Wiring
------
- hermes_cli/commands.py: register /steer + add to ACTIVE_SESSION_BYPASS_COMMANDS.
- run_agent.py: add _pending_steer state, AIAgent.steer(), _drain_pending_steer(),
_apply_pending_steer_to_tool_results(); drain at end of both parallel and
sequential tool executors; clear on interrupt; return leftover as
result['pending_steer'] if the agent exits before another tool batch.
- cli.py: /steer handler — route to agent.steer() when running, fall back to
the regular queue otherwise; deliver result['pending_steer'] as next turn.
- gateway/run.py: running-agent intercept calls running_agent.steer(); idle-agent
path strips the prefix and forwards as a regular user message.
- tui_gateway/server.py: new session.steer JSON-RPC method.
- ui-tui: SessionSteerResponse type + local /steer slash command that calls
session.steer when ui.busy, otherwise enqueues for the next turn.
Fallbacks
---------
- Agent exits mid-steer → surfaces in run_conversation result as pending_steer
so CLI/gateway deliver it as the next user turn instead of silently dropping it.
- All tools skipped after interrupt → re-stashes pending_steer for the caller.
- No active agent → /steer reduces to sending the text as a normal message.
Tests
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- tests/run_agent/test_steer.py — accept/reject, concatenation, drain,
last-tool-result injection, multimodal list content, thread safety,
cleared-on-interrupt, registry membership, bypass-set membership.
- tests/gateway/test_steer_command.py — running agent, pending sentinel,
missing steer() method, rejected payload, empty payload.
- tests/gateway/test_command_bypass_active_session.py — /steer bypasses
the Level-1 base adapter guard.
- tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py — session.steer RPC paths.
72/72 targeted tests pass under scripts/run_tests.sh.
* feat(steer): register /steer in Discord's native slash tree
Discord's app_commands tree is a curated subset of slash commands (not
derived from COMMAND_REGISTRY like Telegram/Slack). /steer already
works there as plain text (routes through handle_message → base
adapter bypass → runner), but registering it here adds Discord's
native autocomplete + argument hint UI so users can discover and
type it like any other first-class command.
- tui_gateway: new `setup.status` RPC that reuses CLI's
`_has_any_provider_configured()`, so the TUI can ask the same question
the CLI bootstrap asks before launching a session
- useSessionLifecycle: preflight `setup.status` before both `newSession`
and `resumeById`, and render a clear "Setup Required" panel when no
provider is configured instead of booting a session that immediately
fails with `agent init failed`
- createGatewayEventHandler: drop duplicate startup resume logic in
favor of the preflighted `resumeById`, and special-case the
no-provider agent-init error as a last-mile fallback to the same
setup panel
- add regression tests for both paths
- tui_gateway: route approvals through gateway callback (HERMES_GATEWAY_SESSION/
HERMES_EXEC_ASK) so dangerous commands emit approval.request instead of
silently falling through the CLI input() path and auto-denying
- approval UX: dedicated PromptZone between transcript and composer, safer
defaults (sel=0, numeric quick-picks, no Esc=deny), activity trail line,
outcome footer under the cost row
- text input: Ctrl+A select-all, real forward Delete, Ctrl+W always consumed
(fixes Ctrl+Backspace at cursor 0 inserting literal w)
- hermes-ink selection: swap synchronous onRender() for throttled
scheduleRender() on drag, and only notify React subscribers on presence
change — no more per-cell paint/subscribe spam
- useConfigSync: silence config.get polling failures instead of surfacing
'error: timeout: config.get' in the transcript
All 61 TUI-related tests green across 3 consecutive xdist runs.
tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py:
- rename `get_messages` → `get_messages_as_conversation` on mock DB (method
was renamed in the real backend, test was still stubbing the old name)
- update tool-message shape expectation: `{role, name, context}` matches
current `_history_to_messages` output, not the legacy `{role, text}`
tests/hermes_cli/test_tui_resume_flow.py:
- `cmd_chat` grew a first-run provider-gate that bailed to "Run: hermes
setup" before `_launch_tui` was ever reached; 3 tests stubbed
`_resolve_last_session` + `_launch_tui` but not the gate
- factored a `main_mod` fixture that stubs `_has_any_provider_configured`,
reused by all three tests
tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py:
- `test_config_set_personality_resets_history_and_returns_info` was flaky
under xdist because the real `_write_config_key` touches
`~/.hermes/config.yaml`, racing with any other worker that writes
config. Stub it in the test.
