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The `@askjo/camofox-browser` npm package was a top-level entry in the root `package.json` `dependencies` block, so `hermes update` ran its postinstall on every user, every update. That postinstall calls `npx camoufox-js fetch`, which silently downloads a ~300MB Firefox-fork browser binary from GitHub Releases — multi-minute on fast connections, and a hard block for users on slow / restricted networks (notably users in China running through a VPN). Camofox is an explicit opt-in browser backend. The runtime check in `tools/browser_tool.py` only routes through Camofox when the user has set `CAMOFOX_URL` (selected via `hermes tools` → Browser Automation → Camofox). Users who never opted in never touched the package at runtime, yet every `hermes update` paid for the binary fetch anyway. This change: * Removes `@askjo/camofox-browser` from root `package.json` dependencies (and the regenerated `package-lock.json` drops Camofox's entire transitive tree, ~2.6k lines). * Updates the Camofox `post_setup` handler in `hermes_cli/tools_config.py` to install `@askjo/camofox-browser@^1.5.2` explicitly when the user selects Camofox, and streams npm output (no `--silent`, no `capture_output`) so the ~300MB download is visible rather than appearing frozen. * Adds `tests/test_package_json_lazy_deps.py` as a regression guard so future PRs can't silently re-add Camofox (or any binary-postinstall package) to eager root dependencies. `agent-browser` stays eager — it is the default Chromium-driving backend used by every session that does not have a cloud browser provider configured, and its postinstall is small. Validation: | | Before | After | |---|---|---| | `hermes update` time on slow network | multi-minute hang at `→ Updating Node.js dependencies...` | seconds (no binary fetch) | | Camofox opt-in install visibility | silent, looked frozen | streamed npm output | | Regression guard against re-adding | none | `test_package_json_lazy_deps.py` | Tests: - `tests/test_package_json_lazy_deps.py`: 3/3 pass - `tests/tools/test_browser_camofox*`: 92/92 pass - `tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py`: 66/66 pass - `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py` + adjacent: green Reported by lulu (Discord, May 2026) — `hermes update` hangs at `→ Updating Node.js dependencies...` in China. Related: #18840, #18869. |
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| test_account_usage.py | ||
| test_atomic_replace_symlinks.py | ||
| test_base_url_hostname.py | ||
| test_batch_runner_checkpoint.py | ||
| test_cli_file_drop.py | ||
| test_cli_manual_compress.py | ||
| test_cli_skin_integration.py | ||
| test_ctx_halving_fix.py | ||
| test_empty_model_fallback.py | ||
| test_evidence_store.py | ||
| test_gateway_streaming_nested_config.py | ||
| test_get_tool_definitions_cache_isolation.py | ||
| test_hermes_bootstrap.py | ||
| test_hermes_constants.py | ||
| test_hermes_home_profile_warning.py | ||
| test_hermes_logging.py | ||
| test_hermes_state.py | ||
| test_hermes_state_wal_fallback.py | ||
| test_honcho_client_config.py | ||
| test_install_sh_browser_install.py | ||
| test_install_sh_pythonpath_sanitization.py | ||
| test_install_sh_setup_wizard_tty_probe.py | ||
| test_install_sh_symlink_stomp.py | ||
| test_install_sh_termux_network_prereqs.py | ||
| test_ipv4_preference.py | ||
| test_lazy_session_regressions.py | ||
| test_lint_config.py | ||
| test_live_system_guard_self_test.py | ||
| test_mcp_serve.py | ||
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| test_minimax_model_validation.py | ||
| test_minimax_oauth.py | ||
| test_minisweagent_path.py | ||
| test_model_picker_scroll.py | ||
| test_model_tools.py | ||
| test_model_tools_async_bridge.py | ||
| test_ollama_num_ctx.py | ||
| test_package_json_lazy_deps.py | ||
| test_packaging_metadata.py | ||
| test_plugin_skills.py | ||
| test_process_loop_event_loop_warning.py | ||
| test_project_metadata.py | ||
| test_retry_utils.py | ||
| test_sanitize_tool_error.py | ||
| test_sql_injection.py | ||
| test_subprocess_home_isolation.py | ||
| test_termux_all_extra_compat.py | ||
| test_timezone.py | ||
| test_toolset_distributions.py | ||
| test_toolsets.py | ||
| test_trajectory_compressor.py | ||
| test_trajectory_compressor_async.py | ||
| test_transform_llm_output_hook.py | ||
| test_transform_tool_result_hook.py | ||
| test_tui_gateway_server.py | ||
| test_utils_truthy_values.py | ||
| test_yuanbao_integration.py | ||
| test_yuanbao_markdown.py | ||
| test_yuanbao_pipeline.py | ||
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