hermes-agent/tests/hermes_cli/test_read_raw_config_readonly.py
teknium1 c2eda92fd0 perf(config): stop deepcopying config on per-turn read-only paths
Four hot-path consumers paid a full config deepcopy per read:

- telemetry gate relay_shared_metrics.enabled() — runs 2-3x per agent
  turn (2x per API call from lifecycle hooks + 1x per tool call) and
  called read_raw_config(), which deepcopies the whole raw config every
  call. New read_raw_config_readonly() serves the cached dict directly:
  248 us -> 4.6 us per call (54x) on Teknium's real 77-key config.
- interruptible_streaming_api_call local-endpoint stale-timeout branch
  called load_config() once per API call for every local-model user.
- gateway get_inbound_media_max_bytes() + _get_ephemeral_system_ttl_default()
  called load_config() on per-message paths. All three switched to
  load_config_readonly() (345 us -> 12 us; PR #28866 lineage).

Together these account for ~90% of the ~1,900 deepcopy primitives per
turn measured in the 26-call stubbed-LLM profile.

read_raw_config_readonly() keeps the (mtime_ns, size) freshness key so
config edits are picked up next call, and preserves the identity
invariant (cache-miss returns the same object later hits serve) —
regression-tested with 'is', per the PR #28866 identity-bug lesson.
The mutable read_raw_config() is unchanged for save-path callers.

581 targeted tests green (config, relay metrics x2, ephemeral reply,
platform base, new readonly suite).
2026-07-29 11:33:41 -07:00

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"""Tests for read_raw_config_readonly() — the no-deepcopy raw config read.
The readonly variant exists for per-turn policy checks (e.g. the
shared-metrics gate) that were paying a full config deepcopy on every call.
Contract under test:
1. identity invariant — repeat calls return the SAME cached object,
including across the very first (cache-miss) call;
2. freshness — an edited config.yaml (mtime/size change) is picked up;
3. parity — content equals read_raw_config()'s result;
4. missing/broken config degrades to {} exactly like read_raw_config().
"""
import os
import time
import pytest
import yaml
@pytest.fixture()
def isolated_hermes_home():
"""Per-test HERMES_HOME dir (already redirected by the autouse conftest
fixture) as a Path, with the raw-config cache cleared around the test."""
from pathlib import Path
import hermes_cli.config as config_mod
home = Path(os.environ["HERMES_HOME"])
home.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
config_mod._RAW_CONFIG_CACHE.clear()
yield home
config_mod._RAW_CONFIG_CACHE.clear()
def _write_config(home, data):
cfg = home / "config.yaml"
cfg.write_text(yaml.safe_dump(data), encoding="utf-8")
return cfg
def test_identity_invariant_from_first_call(isolated_hermes_home):
from hermes_cli.config import read_raw_config_readonly
_write_config(isolated_hermes_home, {"telemetry": {"shared_metrics": {"enabled": True}}})
ro1 = read_raw_config_readonly()
ro2 = read_raw_config_readonly()
assert ro1 is ro2, "cache-miss return must be the same object later hits serve"
assert ro1["telemetry"]["shared_metrics"]["enabled"] is True
def test_parity_with_mutable_read(isolated_hermes_home):
from hermes_cli.config import read_raw_config, read_raw_config_readonly
_write_config(isolated_hermes_home, {"gateway": {"max_inbound_media_bytes": 123}})
assert read_raw_config_readonly() == read_raw_config()
def test_freshness_after_config_edit(isolated_hermes_home):
from hermes_cli.config import read_raw_config_readonly
cfg = _write_config(isolated_hermes_home, {"display": {"ephemeral_system_ttl": 1}})
first = read_raw_config_readonly()
assert first["display"]["ephemeral_system_ttl"] == 1
_write_config(isolated_hermes_home, {"display": {"ephemeral_system_ttl": 7}})
# Force a distinct mtime_ns even on coarse-timestamp filesystems.
st = cfg.stat()
os.utime(cfg, ns=(st.st_atime_ns, st.st_mtime_ns + 1_000_000))
second = read_raw_config_readonly()
assert second["display"]["ephemeral_system_ttl"] == 7
def test_missing_config_returns_empty(isolated_hermes_home):
from hermes_cli.config import read_raw_config_readonly
cfg = isolated_hermes_home / "config.yaml"
if cfg.exists():
cfg.unlink()
assert read_raw_config_readonly() == {}
def test_mutable_variant_still_isolated(isolated_hermes_home):
"""read_raw_config() callers may mutate; that must not corrupt the
readonly cache entry."""
from hermes_cli.config import read_raw_config, read_raw_config_readonly
_write_config(isolated_hermes_home, {"a": {"b": 1}})
mutable = read_raw_config()
mutable["a"]["b"] = 999
assert read_raw_config_readonly()["a"]["b"] == 1