hermes-agent/tests/hermes_cli/test_subparser_routing_fallback.py
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fix(cli): defensive subparser routing for argparse bpo-9338 (#10113)
On some Python versions, argparse fails to route subcommand tokens when
the parent parser has nargs='?' optional arguments (--continue).  The
symptom: 'hermes model' produces 'unrecognized arguments: model' even
though 'model' is a registered subcommand.

Fix: when argv contains a token matching a known subcommand, set
subparsers.required=True to force deterministic routing.  If that fails
(e.g. 'hermes -c model' where 'model' is consumed as the session name
for --continue), fall back to the default optional-subparsers behaviour.

Adds 13 tests covering all key argument combinations.

Reported via user screenshot showing the exact error on an installed
version with the model subcommand listed in usage but rejected at parse
time.
2026-04-14 23:13:02 -07:00

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"""Tests for the defensive subparser routing workaround (bpo-9338).
The main() function in hermes_cli/main.py sets subparsers.required=True
when argv contains a known subcommand name. This forces deterministic
routing on Python versions where argparse fails to match subcommand tokens
when the parent parser has nargs='?' optional arguments (--continue).
If the subcommand token is consumed as a flag value (e.g. `hermes -c model`
to resume a session named 'model'), the required=True parse raises
SystemExit and the code falls back to the default required=False behaviour.
"""
import argparse
import io
import sys
import pytest
def _build_parser():
"""Build a minimal replica of the hermes top-level parser."""
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="hermes")
parser.add_argument("--version", "-V", action="store_true")
parser.add_argument("--resume", "-r", metavar="SESSION", default=None)
parser.add_argument(
"--continue", "-c",
dest="continue_last",
nargs="?",
const=True,
default=None,
metavar="SESSION_NAME",
)
parser.add_argument("--worktree", "-w", action="store_true", default=False)
parser.add_argument("--skills", "-s", action="append", default=None)
parser.add_argument("--yolo", action="store_true", default=False)
parser.add_argument("--pass-session-id", action="store_true", default=False)
subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", help="Command to run")
chat_p = subparsers.add_parser("chat")
chat_p.add_argument("-q", "--query", default=None)
subparsers.add_parser("model")
subparsers.add_parser("gateway")
subparsers.add_parser("setup")
return parser, subparsers
def _safe_parse(parser, subparsers, argv):
"""Replica of the defensive parsing logic from main()."""
known_cmds = set(subparsers.choices.keys()) if hasattr(subparsers, "choices") else set()
has_cmd_token = any(t in known_cmds for t in argv if not t.startswith("-"))
if has_cmd_token:
subparsers.required = True
saved_stderr = sys.stderr
try:
sys.stderr = io.StringIO()
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
sys.stderr = saved_stderr
return args
except SystemExit:
sys.stderr = saved_stderr
subparsers.required = False
return parser.parse_args(argv)
else:
subparsers.required = False
return parser.parse_args(argv)
class TestSubparserRoutingFallback:
"""Verify the bpo-9338 defensive routing works for all key cases."""
def test_direct_subcommand(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["model"])
assert args.command == "model"
def test_subcommand_with_flags(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["--yolo", "model"])
assert args.command == "model"
assert args.yolo is True
def test_bare_hermes_defaults_to_none(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, [])
assert args.command is None
def test_flags_only_defaults_to_none(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["--yolo"])
assert args.command is None
assert args.yolo is True
def test_continue_flag_alone(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["-c"])
assert args.command is None
assert args.continue_last is True
def test_continue_with_session_name(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["-c", "myproject"])
assert args.command is None
assert args.continue_last == "myproject"
def test_continue_with_subcommand_name_as_session(self):
"""Edge case: session named 'model' — should be treated as session name, not subcommand."""
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["-c", "model"])
assert args.command is None
assert args.continue_last == "model"
def test_continue_with_session_then_subcommand(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["-c", "myproject", "model"])
assert args.command == "model"
assert args.continue_last == "myproject"
def test_chat_with_query(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["chat", "-q", "hello"])
assert args.command == "chat"
assert args.query == "hello"
def test_resume_flag(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["-r", "abc123"])
assert args.command is None
assert args.resume == "abc123"
def test_resume_with_subcommand(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["-r", "abc123", "chat"])
assert args.command == "chat"
assert args.resume == "abc123"
def test_skills_flag_with_subcommand(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["-s", "myskill", "chat"])
assert args.command == "chat"
assert args.skills == ["myskill"]
def test_all_flags_with_subcommand(self):
parser, sub = _build_parser()
args = _safe_parse(parser, sub, ["--yolo", "-w", "-s", "myskill", "model"])
assert args.command == "model"
assert args.yolo is True
assert args.worktree is True
assert args.skills == ["myskill"]