"""Tests for typed block reasons + the unblock-loop breaker. Covers the built-in fix for the kanban "blocked loop" — a worker blocks a task, a cron unblocks it, the worker re-blocks for the same reason, repeat forever. The fix gives ``block_task`` a typed ``kind`` and a persistent ``block_recurrences`` counter: * ``dependency`` blocks route to ``todo`` (parent-gated, auto-resumed) and never enter the human ``blocked`` bucket a cron would keep unblocking. * ``needs_input`` / ``capability`` / un-typed blocks land in ``blocked``; each same-cause re-block after an unblock increments ``block_recurrences``, and at ``BLOCK_RECURRENCE_LIMIT`` the task routes to ``triage`` for a human. * ``unblock_task`` deliberately does NOT reset ``block_recurrences`` (the amnesia that let the loop run unbounded). * A successful ``complete_task`` resets the loop memory. """ from __future__ import annotations from pathlib import Path import pytest from hermes_cli import kanban_db as kb @pytest.fixture def kanban_home(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Path: home = tmp_path / ".hermes" home.mkdir() monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(home)) monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "home", lambda: tmp_path) kb.init_db() return home def _running_task(conn, title="t"): """Create a task and drive it to ``running`` so block_task can act.""" tid = kb.create_task(conn, title=title, assignee="worker") with kb.write_txn(conn): conn.execute("UPDATE tasks SET status='ready' WHERE id=?", (tid,)) claimed = kb.claim_task(conn, tid, claimer="worker") assert claimed is not None return tid def _make_running_again(conn, tid): with kb.write_txn(conn): conn.execute("UPDATE tasks SET status='ready' WHERE id=?", (tid,)) assert kb.claim_task(conn, tid, claimer="worker") is not None # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Loop breaker # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def test_first_typed_block_lands_in_blocked(kanban_home: Path) -> None: with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) assert kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="which key?", kind="needs_input") t = kb.get_task(conn, tid) assert t.status == "blocked" assert t.block_kind == "needs_input" assert t.block_recurrences == 1 def test_unblock_does_not_reset_recurrence_counter(kanban_home: Path) -> None: """The crux of the fix: unblock must preserve the loop counter.""" with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="x", kind="needs_input") assert kb.get_task(conn, tid).block_recurrences == 1 assert kb.unblock_task(conn, tid) t = kb.get_task(conn, tid) assert t.status == "ready" assert t.block_recurrences == 1 # NOT reset to 0 assert t.block_kind == "needs_input" # kind preserved for comparison def test_same_cause_reblock_routes_to_triage(kanban_home: Path) -> None: """Dale's loop: block → unblock → re-block same kind → triage.""" with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="need creds", kind="needs_input") kb.unblock_task(conn, tid) _make_running_again(conn, tid) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="still need creds", kind="needs_input") t = kb.get_task(conn, tid) assert t.status == "triage" assert t.block_recurrences == 2 def test_untyped_block_loop_also_protected(kanban_home: Path) -> None: """Legacy un-typed blocks (kind=None) still trip the breaker.""" with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="a") kb.unblock_task(conn, tid) _make_running_again(conn, tid) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="a again") assert kb.get_task(conn, tid).status == "triage" def test_different_kinds_do_not_compound(kanban_home: Path) -> None: """A re-block for a DIFFERENT reason resets the counter to 1.""" with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="a", kind="needs_input") kb.unblock_task(conn, tid) _make_running_again(conn, tid) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="b", kind="capability") t = kb.get_task(conn, tid) assert t.status == "blocked" assert t.block_recurrences == 1 def test_block_loop_detected_event_emitted(kanban_home: Path) -> None: with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="x", kind="capability") kb.unblock_task(conn, tid) _make_running_again(conn, tid) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="x", kind="capability") events = [e for e in kb.list_events(conn, tid) if e.kind == "block_loop_detected"] assert events, "expected a block_loop_detected event" payload = events[-1].payload or {} assert payload.get("recurrences") == 2 assert payload.get("kind") == "capability" # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Dependency routing # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def test_dependency_block_routes_to_todo(kanban_home: Path) -> None: """Dependency waits never enter the human 'blocked' bucket.""" with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) assert kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="need X first", kind="dependency") t = kb.get_task(conn, tid) assert t.status == "todo" assert t.block_kind == "dependency" def test_dependency_then_parent_done_promotes(kanban_home: Path) -> None: """A dependency-parked child becomes ready once its parent completes.""" with kb.connect_closing() as conn: parent = kb.create_task(conn, title="parent", assignee="worker") child = _running_task(conn, title="child") kb.link_tasks(conn, parent_id=parent, child_id=child) kb.block_task(conn, child, reason="wait", kind="dependency") assert kb.get_task(conn, child).status == "todo" # Finish the parent, then let recompute_ready run. with kb.write_txn(conn): conn.execute("UPDATE tasks SET status='ready' WHERE id=?", (parent,)) kb.claim_task(conn, parent, claimer="worker") kb.complete_task(conn, parent, result="done") kb.recompute_ready(conn) assert kb.get_task(conn, child).status == "ready" # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Completion resets loop memory # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def test_completion_clears_block_memory(kanban_home: Path) -> None: with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="x", kind="capability") kb.unblock_task(conn, tid) assert kb.get_task(conn, tid).block_recurrences == 1 kb.complete_task(conn, tid, result="done") t = kb.get_task(conn, tid) assert t.status == "done" assert t.block_recurrences == 0 assert t.block_kind is None # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Validation + back-compat # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- def test_invalid_kind_rejected(kanban_home: Path) -> None: with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) with pytest.raises(ValueError): kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="x", kind="bogus") def test_block_without_kind_is_backward_compatible(kanban_home: Path) -> None: """Existing callers that pass no kind keep the old single-block behaviour.""" with kb.connect_closing() as conn: tid = _running_task(conn) assert kb.block_task(conn, tid, reason="legacy") t = kb.get_task(conn, tid) assert t.status == "blocked" assert t.block_kind is None