"""Regression for the stale-``utils``-module ImportError after a hot ``git pull``. Real incident (gateway session 1518671026962174144):: Sorry, I encountered an error (ImportError). cannot import name 'env_float' from 'utils' (~/.hermes/hermes-agent/utils.py) Mechanism: 1. A long-running gateway/agent process imported ``utils`` BEFORE ``env_float`` existed (added in 06ca1e99, 2026-06-20 14:00). The cached module object in ``sys.modules`` therefore has no ``env_float`` attribute. 2. ``hermes update`` ran ``git pull``, updating ``utils.py`` (now defining ``env_float``) and ~22 consumer modules (now doing ``from utils import env_float``) on disk -- WITHOUT restarting the process. 3. Switching the live session's model (anthropic/opus -> opencode/glm) forced the FIRST import of a consumer module on the new provider's code path. Its top-level ``from utils import env_float`` resolved against the STALE cached ``utils`` -> ImportError. The path in parentheses is the consumer-reported ``utils.__file__`` on disk (which *does* define ``env_float``), which is why the error is so confusing: the file on disk is fine, the in-memory module is not. ``hermes_cli/main.py`` (the ``hermes update`` flow, ~line 9326) already acknowledges this exact hazard -- "source files on disk are newer than cached Python modules in this process" -- and reloads ``hermes_constants`` after the pull, but NOT ``utils``. Any ``utils`` consumer added in the same release stays exposed until the process restarts. The messaging client (Discord/Telegram/Feishu/...) is incidental: the trigger is a fresh import on a stale process, not the platform. We assert that below by reproducing the failure with the Discord adapter's exact import line. """ import sys import types import pytest def _import_fresh_consumer(name: str, source: str) -> types.ModuleType: """Import a brand-new module whose body runs ``source`` -- mimicking a consumer module being imported for the first time on the model-switch path.""" mod = types.ModuleType(name) mod.__file__ = f"{name}.py" sys.modules.pop(name, None) exec(compile(source, mod.__file__, "exec"), mod.__dict__) sys.modules[name] = mod return mod class TestStaleUtilsModuleImport: def test_fresh_consumer_import_fails_against_stale_utils(self, monkeypatch): """The bug: stale in-memory ``utils`` + fresh ``from utils import env_float``.""" import utils # Sanity: today's on-disk source is healthy. assert hasattr(utils, "env_float") # Simulate the pre-06-20 cached module (monkeypatch auto-restores after). monkeypatch.delattr(utils, "env_float") with pytest.raises(ImportError, match=r"cannot import name 'env_float' from 'utils'"): _import_fresh_consumer("stale_switch_path_consumer", "from utils import env_float\n") def test_client_is_incidental_discord_import_line_fails_identically(self, monkeypatch): """Same failure via the Discord adapter's exact import line -- the client does not determine the bug, the stale process does.""" import utils monkeypatch.delattr(utils, "env_float") # plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py:106 with pytest.raises(ImportError, match=r"cannot import name 'env_float' from 'utils'"): _import_fresh_consumer( "stale_discord_consumer", "from utils import atomic_json_write, env_float\n", ) def test_healthy_process_imports_consumer_fine(self): """Control: when the cached ``utils`` matches disk (env_float present), the same consumer import succeeds -- proving the harness isolates the staleness, not an unrelated import error.""" import utils assert hasattr(utils, "env_float") mod = _import_fresh_consumer( "healthy_consumer", "from utils import env_float\nVALUE = env_float('UNSET_FOR_TEST', 1.5)\n", ) assert mod.VALUE == 1.5