hermes-agent/website
Ben 3c6e70aef1 docs(docker): document new persist-across-processes contract and orphan reaper (#20561)
Updates the Docker Backend section of the user-guide configuration page
to match the actual behavior shipped in PR #33645. Pre-PR the docs
claimed "container is stopped and removed on shutdown," which was
never quite true for the documented happy path and is now actively
wrong: in default mode the container survives across Hermes processes
so background processes (npm watchers, dev servers, long-running
pytest) carry over the way the "ONE long-lived container shared
across sessions" promise requires.

Changes to `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`:

* Reworked the intro paragraph at the top of the Docker Backend
  section to describe the actual cross-process reuse contract.
* Expanded the YAML example with the new keys
  `docker_persist_across_processes` and `docker_orphan_reaper`, plus
  the pre-existing-but-undocumented `docker_env`, `timeout`, and
  `lifetime_seconds`.  Clarified the `container_persistent` comment
  to disambiguate from `docker_persist_across_processes`.
* Added a `docker_env` vs `docker_forward_env` explainer (one
  injects literal KEY=value, the other forwards values from the
  host/.env — easy to confuse).
* Replaced the one-line "Container lifecycle" paragraph with a full
  subsection covering:
    - the three labels Hermes tags every container with
      (hermes-agent, hermes-task-id, hermes-profile)
    - the label-probe reuse mechanism on startup
    - a teardown-trigger table with four rows for every situation
      that destroys the container in default mode
    - edge cases (OOM kill, profile switching)
* Added an "Environment variable overrides" table covering all
  TERMINAL_* env vars relevant to the Docker backend, including the
  previously-undocumented `TERMINAL_DOCKER_ENV` and
  `HERMES_DOCKER_BINARY`.

Changes to `website/docs/user-guide/docker.md`:

* Extended the cross-link admonition (around l.227) so the
  Hermes-in-Docker page points at the new terminal-backend keys
  (`docker_env`, `docker_persist_across_processes`,
  `docker_orphan_reaper`) alongside the ones already mentioned.

No code changes.  Behavior already covered by tests added in earlier
commits on this branch (#33645 commits 1-5).

Refs #20561
2026-05-29 11:49:54 +10:00
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docs docs(docker): document new persist-across-processes contract and orphan reaper (#20561) 2026-05-29 11:49:54 +10:00
i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current docker: opt in to dashboard --insecure via env var, never derive from bind host 2026-05-29 09:56:40 +10:00
scripts perf(skills-page): lazy-fetch the catalog instead of bundling 34MB into JS (#33809) 2026-05-28 03:41:43 -07:00
src fix(skills-page): source pills and category sidebar collapsed to All only (#34194) 2026-05-28 17:11:40 -07:00
static feat: add claude-opus-4.8 and claude-opus-4.8-fast (#34003) 2026-05-28 10:31:59 -07:00
.gitignore feat(skills-hub): health checks, freshness badge, and a watchdog cron (#32345) 2026-05-25 23:10:45 -07:00
docusaurus.config.ts fix(website): cross-locale doc links + drop empty ko locale (#31895) 2026-05-24 23:16:20 -07:00
package-lock.json fix(website): pin serialize-javascript and uuid via npm overrides 2026-05-28 00:07:54 -07:00
package.json fix(website): pin serialize-javascript and uuid via npm overrides 2026-05-28 00:07:54 -07:00
README.md docs: replace ASCII diagrams with Mermaid/lists, add linting note 2026-03-21 17:58:30 -07:00
sidebars.ts docs: 30-day overhaul — correctness audit, PR coverage, Nous Portal weave, sidebar reorg (#33782) 2026-05-28 02:41:36 -07:00
tsconfig.json feat: add documentation website (Docusaurus) 2026-03-05 05:24:55 -08:00

Website

This website is built using Docusaurus, a modern static website generator.

Installation

yarn

Local Development

yarn start

This command starts a local development server and opens up a browser window. Most changes are reflected live without having to restart the server.

Build

yarn build

This command generates static content into the build directory and can be served using any static contents hosting service.

Deployment

Using SSH:

USE_SSH=true yarn deploy

Not using SSH:

GIT_USER=<Your GitHub username> yarn deploy

If you are using GitHub pages for hosting, this command is a convenient way to build the website and push to the gh-pages branch.

Diagram Linting

CI runs ascii-guard to lint docs for ASCII box diagrams. Use Mermaid (````mermaid`) or plain lists/tables instead of ASCII boxes to avoid CI failures.