hermes-agent/apps/desktop/electron/ssh-connection.test.cjs
yoniebans a510e1132c fix(desktop): keep SSH ControlPath under sun_path on macOS
First real-hardware connect failed with: unix_listener: path
"/var/folders/8r/.../T/hermes-desktop-ssh/<hash>.sock.VSNDLDxh7gXySb0w" too long
for Unix domain socket.

Root cause: the default control-socket base was os.tmpdir(), which on macOS is
the deeply-nested per-user /var/folders/xx/yyyy.../T/ (~49 bytes). The socket
path itself fit 104, but OpenSSH binds a TEMPORARY listener at
<ControlPath>.<16 random chars> (a 17-byte suffix) while establishing the
master — 89 + 17 = 106 > 104, so bind failed.

Fix: default the POSIX control dir to a short, per-user base
(~/.hermes/desktop-ssh) instead of os.tmpdir(). Worst case is now ~72 bytes incl.
the temp suffix. Per-user (not a shared /tmp) avoids foreign-owned-dir/symlink
surface; still created 0700 in open(). Windows keeps os.tmpdir() (AF_UNIX has no
sun_path limit there). Deliberate divergence from ssh.py, which uses
gettempdir() and would hit this on macOS.

Test: default socket path + 17-byte temp suffix asserted <= 104 and not under
/var/folders/.
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/**
* Tests for electron/ssh-connection.cjs.
*
* Run with: node --test electron/ssh-connection.test.cjs
* (Wired into npm test:desktop:platforms in package.json.)
*
* Pure, electron-free: command construction, secret redaction, error
* classification, and the SshConnection lifecycle are exercised with an
* injected fake `spawn` so no real ssh process is started.
*/
const test = require('node:test')
const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
const { EventEmitter } = require('node:events')
const fs = require('node:fs')
const os = require('node:os')
const path = require('node:path')
const {
SSH_ERROR,
SshConnection,
baseSshOptions,
buildControlArgs,
buildExecArgs,
buildInteractiveSshArgs,
buildMasterArgs,
classifySshError,
controlSocketPath,
forwardSpec,
hostArgs,
redactSecrets,
sshErrorMessage,
target
} = require('./ssh-connection.cjs')
// --- secret redaction -------------------------------------------------------
test('redactSecrets scrubs the spawn-time session token env var', () => {
const line = 'setsid env HERMES_DASHBOARD_SESSION_TOKEN=abc123deadbeef HERMES_DESKTOP=1 hermes dashboard'
const out = redactSecrets(line)
assert.ok(!out.includes('abc123deadbeef'))
assert.match(out, /HERMES_DASHBOARD_SESSION_TOKEN=<redacted>/)
// non-secret env vars are preserved
assert.match(out, /HERMES_DESKTOP=1/)
})
test('redactSecrets scrubs ?token= and ?ticket= URL params', () => {
assert.match(redactSecrets('ws://127.0.0.1:5000/api/ws?token=supersecret'), /\?token=<redacted>/)
assert.match(redactSecrets('ws://127.0.0.1:5000/api/ws?ticket=onetimeticket'), /\?ticket=<redacted>/)
assert.match(redactSecrets('GET /x?a=1&token=zzz HTTP'), /&token=<redacted>/)
assert.ok(!redactSecrets('?token=supersecret').includes('supersecret'))
})
test('redactSecrets scrubs Authorization and X-Hermes-Session-Token headers', () => {
assert.match(redactSecrets('Authorization: Bearer tok_9999'), /Authorization: Bearer <redacted>/)
assert.ok(!redactSecrets('Authorization: Bearer tok_9999').includes('tok_9999'))
assert.match(redactSecrets('X-Hermes-Session-Token: hdr_888'), /X-Hermes-Session-Token: ?<redacted>/)
assert.ok(!redactSecrets('X-Hermes-Session-Token: hdr_888').includes('hdr_888'))
})
test('redactSecrets handles null/undefined and non-secret text untouched', () => {
assert.equal(redactSecrets(null), '')
assert.equal(redactSecrets(undefined), '')
assert.equal(redactSecrets('uname -s -m'), 'uname -s -m')
})
// --- control-socket path ----------------------------------------------------
test('controlSocketPath is stable, short, and host-distinct', () => {
const a = controlSocketPath('me', 'box1', 22, '/tmp/d')
const a2 = controlSocketPath('me', 'box1', 22, '/tmp/d')
const b = controlSocketPath('me', 'box2', 22, '/tmp/d')
assert.equal(a, a2, 'same triple → same socket (ControlMaster reuse)')
assert.notEqual(a, b, 'different host → different socket')
// 16 hex chars + .sock keeps the basename short for sun_path 104-byte limit
assert.match(a, /\/[0-9a-f]{16}\.sock$/)
})
test('controlSocketPath default base stays under sun_path even with the temp-listener suffix', () => {
// OpenSSH binds a temporary listener at `<ControlPath>.<16 random chars>`
// (a 17-byte suffix) while opening the master. The macOS regression was the
// default base under os.tmpdir() (/var/folders/.../T/) pushing 89 → 106 bytes.
// The default base must keep socket + 17-byte suffix comfortably under 104.
const p = controlSocketPath('hermes', 'vbuddy-ubuntu', 22) // no baseDir → default
const worstCase = `${p}.0123456789abcdef` // mimic the .<16-char> temp suffix
assert.ok(
worstCase.length <= 104,
`default control socket + temp suffix must fit sun_path (got ${worstCase.length}: ${worstCase})`
)
// And it must NOT live under the deeply-nested macOS per-user temp dir.
assert.ok(!p.includes('/var/folders/'), 'default base must not be os.tmpdir() on macOS')
})
// --- command construction ---------------------------------------------------
test('baseSshOptions carries the house ControlMaster/BatchMode/accept-new policy', () => {
const opts = baseSshOptions('/tmp/x.sock', 15000)
const joined = opts.join(' ')
assert.match(joined, /ControlPath=\/tmp\/x\.sock/)
assert.match(joined, /ControlMaster=auto/)
assert.match(joined, /ControlPersist=\d+/)
assert.match(joined, /BatchMode=yes/)
assert.match(joined, /StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new/)
assert.match(joined, /ConnectTimeout=15/)
assert.ok(!joined.includes('StrictHostKeyChecking=no'), 'never disables host-key checking')
})
test('hostArgs adds -p only for non-default port and -i only with a key', () => {
assert.deepEqual(hostArgs({ port: 22 }), [])
assert.deepEqual(hostArgs({ port: 2222 }), ['-p', '2222'])
assert.deepEqual(hostArgs({ port: 22, keyPath: '/k' }), ['-i', '/k'])
assert.deepEqual(hostArgs({ port: 2200, keyPath: '/k' }), ['-p', '2200', '-i', '/k'])
})
test('target builds user@host or bare host', () => {
assert.equal(target('me', 'box'), 'me@box')
assert.equal(target('', 'box'), 'box')
})
test('buildExecArgs ends with host then the remote command', () => {
const conn = { user: 'me', host: 'box', port: 22, keyPath: '', controlPath: '/tmp/x.sock' }
const args = buildExecArgs(conn, 'command -v hermes', 15000)
assert.equal(args[args.length - 1], 'command -v hermes')
assert.equal(args[args.length - 2], 'me@box')
assert.ok(args.includes('BatchMode=yes'))
})
test('buildControlArgs places -O <op> first and never appends a remote command', () => {
const conn = { user: 'me', host: 'box', port: 2222, keyPath: '/k', controlPath: '/tmp/x.sock' }
const args = buildControlArgs(conn, 'forward', ['-L', forwardSpec(5000, 6000)], 15000)
assert.equal(args[0], '-O')
assert.equal(args[1], 'forward')
assert.ok(args.includes('-L'))
assert.ok(args.includes('127.0.0.1:5000:127.0.0.1:6000'))
assert.equal(args[args.length - 1], 'me@box')
})
test('buildMasterArgs requests a backgrounded master (-M -N -f)', () => {
const conn = { user: 'me', host: 'box', port: 22, keyPath: '', controlPath: '/tmp/x.sock' }
const args = buildMasterArgs(conn, 15000)
assert.ok(args.includes('-M'))
assert.ok(args.includes('-N'))
assert.ok(args.includes('-f'))
})
test('forwardSpec binds the local end to 127.0.0.1 only', () => {
assert.equal(forwardSpec(5000, 6000), '127.0.0.1:5000:127.0.0.1:6000')
assert.ok(forwardSpec(5000, 6000).startsWith('127.0.0.1:'))
assert.ok(!forwardSpec(5000, 6000).startsWith('0.0.0.0'))
})
test('buildInteractiveSshArgs requests a PTY, reuses the control master, execs a login shell', () => {
const conn = { user: 'me', host: 'box', port: 22, keyPath: '', controlPath: '/tmp/x.sock' }
const args = buildInteractiveSshArgs(conn, '', 15000)
assert.equal(args[0], '-tt', 'forces a PTY so the remote sees a real terminal')
assert.ok(args.join(' ').includes('ControlPath=/tmp/x.sock'), 'reuses the existing master (no new auth)')
assert.equal(args[args.length - 2], 'me@box')
assert.equal(args[args.length - 1], 'exec "$SHELL" -l')
})
test('buildInteractiveSshArgs cds into the remote cwd (best-effort) before the shell', () => {
const conn = { user: 'me', host: 'box', port: 22, keyPath: '', controlPath: '/tmp/x.sock' }
const args = buildInteractiveSshArgs(conn, '/home/me/project', 15000)
const remoteCmd = args[args.length - 1]
assert.match(remoteCmd, /^cd '\/home\/me\/project' 2>\/dev\/null; exec "\$SHELL" -l$/)
})
test('buildInteractiveSshArgs single-quotes a cwd with quotes safely', () => {
const conn = { user: 'me', host: 'box', port: 22, keyPath: '', controlPath: '/tmp/x.sock' }
const args = buildInteractiveSshArgs(conn, "/tmp/a'b", 15000)
// the embedded quote must be escaped, not break out of the quoting
assert.ok(args[args.length - 1].startsWith("cd '/tmp/a'"))
assert.ok(args[args.length - 1].includes('exec "$SHELL" -l'))
})
// --- error classification ---------------------------------------------------
test('classifySshError detects a changed host key (fail-closed)', () => {
assert.equal(
classifySshError('@@@@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @@@@'),
SSH_ERROR.HOST_KEY_CHANGED
)
assert.equal(classifySshError('Host key verification failed.'), SSH_ERROR.HOST_KEY_CHANGED)
assert.equal(classifySshError('Offending ECDSA key in /home/u/.ssh/known_hosts:5'), SSH_ERROR.HOST_KEY_CHANGED)
})
test('classifySshError detects auth failure', () => {
assert.equal(classifySshError('Permission denied (publickey).'), SSH_ERROR.AUTH_FAILED)
assert.equal(classifySshError('Too many authentication failures'), SSH_ERROR.AUTH_FAILED)
})
test('classifySshError detects unreachable', () => {
assert.equal(classifySshError('ssh: Could not resolve hostname nope'), SSH_ERROR.UNREACHABLE)
assert.equal(classifySshError('connect to host x port 22: Connection refused'), SSH_ERROR.UNREACHABLE)
})
test('sshErrorMessage gives actionable guidance for auth and host-key-change', () => {
const conn = { user: 'me', host: 'box', port: 22 }
assert.match(sshErrorMessage(SSH_ERROR.AUTH_FAILED, conn, 'Permission denied'), /ssh-agent|ssh-add|IdentityFile/)
assert.match(sshErrorMessage(SSH_ERROR.HOST_KEY_CHANGED, conn, 'CHANGED'), /ssh-keygen -R box/)
})
// --- SshConnection lifecycle with injected fake spawn -----------------------
// A fake child process that emits a scripted result on next tick.
function fakeChild({ code = 0, stdout = '', stderr = '', errorEvent = null, hang = false } = {}) {
const child = new EventEmitter()
child.stdout = new EventEmitter()
child.stderr = new EventEmitter()
child.kill = () => {
child._killed = true
}
if (hang) {
return child // never emits close → drives the timeout path
}
process.nextTick(() => {
if (errorEvent) {
child.emit('error', errorEvent)
return
}
if (stdout) child.stdout.emit('data', Buffer.from(stdout))
if (stderr) child.stderr.emit('data', Buffer.from(stderr))
child.emit('close', code)
})
return child
}
// Build a spawnFn that returns scripted children per ssh invocation, recording
// the args it was called with.
function scriptedSpawn(scripts) {
const calls = []
let i = 0
const fn = (_cmd, args) => {
calls.push(args)
const script = typeof scripts === 'function' ? scripts(args, i) : scripts[Math.min(i, scripts.length - 1)]
i += 1
return fakeChild(script || {})
}
fn.calls = calls
return fn
}
test('open() establishes the master when not already alive', async () => {
// `-O check` fails first (not alive) → master opens (code 0). Track which
// ssh ops ran rather than re-probing with the same always-failing check.
const ops = []
const spawnFn = scriptedSpawn(args => {
ops.push(args.includes('check') ? 'check' : args.includes('-M') ? 'master' : 'other')
if (args.includes('check')) return { code: 255, stderr: 'no control path' }
return { code: 0 }
})
const conn = new SshConnection({ host: 'box', user: 'me' }, { spawnFn, controlDir: '/tmp/d' })
await conn.open()
assert.deepEqual(ops, ['check', 'master'], 'probes liveness first, then opens the master')
})
test('open() is a no-op when the master is already alive', async () => {
const ops = []
const spawnFn = scriptedSpawn(args => {
ops.push(args.includes('check') ? 'check' : 'master')
return { code: 0 } // check succeeds → already alive
})
const conn = new SshConnection({ host: 'box', user: 'me' }, { spawnFn, controlDir: '/tmp/d' })
await conn.open()
assert.deepEqual(ops, ['check'], 'alive master → no second spawn to open it')
})
test('open() creates the control-socket directory if it does not exist', async () => {
const dir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `hermes-ssh-test-${process.pid}-${Date.now()}`)
assert.ok(!fs.existsSync(dir), 'precondition: control dir absent')
const spawnFn = scriptedSpawn(args => (args.includes('check') ? { code: 255 } : { code: 0 }))
const conn = new SshConnection({ host: 'box', user: 'me' }, { spawnFn, controlDir: dir })
try {
await conn.open()
assert.ok(fs.existsSync(dir), 'open() created the control-socket directory before spawning ssh')
} finally {
try {
fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true })
} catch {
/* ignore */
}
}
})
test('open() surfaces a classified auth error', async () => {
const spawnFn = scriptedSpawn(args => {
if (args.includes('check')) return { code: 255 }
return { code: 255, stderr: 'Permission denied (publickey).' }
})
const conn = new SshConnection({ host: 'box', user: 'me' }, { spawnFn, controlDir: '/tmp/d' })
await assert.rejects(() => conn.open(), err => {
assert.equal(err.kind, SSH_ERROR.AUTH_FAILED)
assert.match(err.message, /ssh-agent|ssh-add/)
return true
})
})
test('exec() returns stdout on success and rejects (classified) on failure', async () => {
const okSpawn = scriptedSpawn([{ code: 0, stdout: 'Linux\n' }])
const conn = new SshConnection({ host: 'box', user: 'me' }, { spawnFn: okSpawn, controlDir: '/tmp/d' })
assert.equal((await conn.exec('uname -s')).trim(), 'Linux')
const failSpawn = scriptedSpawn([{ code: 1, stderr: 'ssh: Could not resolve hostname box' }])
const conn2 = new SshConnection({ host: 'box', user: 'me' }, { spawnFn: failSpawn, controlDir: '/tmp/d' })
await assert.rejects(() => conn2.exec('uname -s'), err => {
assert.equal(err.kind, SSH_ERROR.UNREACHABLE)
return true
})
})
test('exec() treats a hung ssh as a timeout (half-open connection)', async () => {
const spawnFn = scriptedSpawn([{ hang: true }])
const conn = new SshConnection({ host: 'box', user: 'me' }, { spawnFn, controlDir: '/tmp/d' })
await assert.rejects(() => conn.exec('uname -s', { timeoutMs: 30 }), err => {
assert.equal(err.kind, SSH_ERROR.TIMEOUT)
return true
})
})
test('forward() issues -O forward with a loopback-bound -L spec', async () => {
const spawnFn = scriptedSpawn([{ code: 0 }])
const conn = new SshConnection({ host: 'box', user: 'me' }, { spawnFn, controlDir: '/tmp/d' })
await conn.forward(5000, 6000)
const args = spawnFn.calls[0]
assert.equal(args[0], '-O')
assert.equal(args[1], 'forward')
assert.ok(args.includes('127.0.0.1:5000:127.0.0.1:6000'))
})
test('lifecycle logging passes through redaction', async () => {
const logs = []
const spawnFn = scriptedSpawn(args => (args.includes('check') ? { code: 255 } : { code: 0 }))
const conn = new SshConnection(
{ host: 'box', user: 'me' },
{ spawnFn, controlDir: '/tmp/d', rememberLog: l => logs.push(l) }
)
await conn.open()
// none of the emitted log lines may carry a raw token-shaped secret
for (const line of logs) {
assert.ok(!/token=[^<]/.test(line))
}
assert.ok(logs.some(l => l.includes('[ssh]')))
})