hermes-agent/tests/test_command_secret_source.py
Michael Valentin 3d5dd8efa5 feat(secrets): add command secret source + unified secrets.provider selector
Brings the agent's secret-source system to parity with the desktop app's
`command` secrets provider (hermes-desktop src/main/secrets/commandProvider.ts),
so a vault helper configured for the desktop also resolves on the gateway/CLI.

NEW agent/secret_sources/command.py — ports the TS provider's security model:
- Runs a user-configured helper via `/bin/sh -c`; the requested key travels
  ONLY in the HERMES_SECRET_KEY env var, never interpolated into the command
  string, so a hostile key name is inert data (not code).
- parse_secret_output mirrors the TS parser: exact dotenv-key match wins; >=2
  env-shaped lines without the wanted key -> None; otherwise a bare value;
  base64 '='-padding disambiguation; cross-key misroute guard (a single
  OTHER_KEY=realvalue line never leaks into a different wanted key).
- Hard 3s timeout (kills the whole process group via killpg, so a forking
  helper can't keep the pipe open), 1 MiB output cap, POSIX-only (Windows
  degrades to an empty result + warning). Every failure degrades to "no value";
  it never raises and never blocks startup.
- Logs ONLY structured fields (code=/signal=/errno=) to stderr; the helper's
  stderr is piped and DISCARDED; the command string and secret values are
  never logged. Reuses bitwarden.py's FetchResult so env_loader consumes both
  sources identically.

hermes_cli/env_loader.py — _apply_external_secret_sources now reads a unified
`secrets.provider` selector ("env" | "command" | "bitwarden"):
- provider=command routes to apply_command_secrets, records the provenance as
  "command" in _SECRET_SOURCES (so format_secret_source_suffix labels keys
  "(from command)" — already generic, not duplicated), and re-runs the ASCII
  credential sanitizer like the bitwarden path.
- provider=bitwarden keeps the existing behavior byte-for-byte.
- env / unset is a no-op (today's default — zero change for existing users).
- BACK-COMPAT: a config with only `secrets.bitwarden.enabled: true` and no
  `provider` key is treated as provider=bitwarden, so existing Bitwarden users
  are unaffected.

Config (the provider selector, command path, timeouts) lives in config.yaml
under `secrets:` per the project rubric — only resolved secret VALUES touch env.

Tests: NEW tests/test_command_secret_source.py — 27 cases, E2E against a real
temp HERMES_HOME with real chmod+x shell helpers (not mocks): bare/dotenv/
base64 round-trip, cross-key misroute, injection-inert key (canary not
created), timeout kill within bound, non-zero-exit degrade, no-secret-in-logs,
precedence/override, dispatch via config.yaml provider:command, idempotency,
and back-compat bitwarden routing. 27 new + 50 baseline green; wider
secrets/env_loader/config surface 229 passed / 5 skipped, no regression.
2026-07-22 04:39:28 -07:00

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"""E2E tests for the ``command`` secret source.
These exercise the REAL resolution path: real helper shell scripts written
to a temp dir (chmod +x), real ``/bin/sh -c`` subprocesses, and a real temp
HERMES_HOME with a config.yaml routing ``secrets.provider: command`` through
``hermes_cli.env_loader._apply_external_secret_sources``.
Security invariants under test (ported from the desktop TS provider):
* the requested key travels ONLY via the ``HERMES_SECRET_KEY`` env var —
never interpolated into the shell string (hostile key names are inert);
* cross-key misroute guard: a single env-shaped line for a DIFFERENT key
never leaks as the wanted key's value;
* base64 '=' padding is not misclassified as a dotenv line;
* hard timeout + degrade-to-empty on every failure mode, never raise;
* failure logging carries structured fields only — never the command
string or any secret value.
NOTE: tests assert on key NAMES, lengths, and presence — never log secret
values themselves.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import os
import stat
import sys
import time
from pathlib import Path
import pytest
ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
if str(ROOT) not in sys.path:
sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT))
from agent.secret_sources.command import ( # noqa: E402
apply_command_secrets,
get_command_secret,
list_command_secrets,
parse_secret_output,
unquote_dotenv_value,
)
from hermes_cli import env_loader # noqa: E402
pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
os.name == "nt", reason="the command secret provider is POSIX-only"
)
def _write_helper(tmp_path: Path, body: str, name: str = "helper.sh") -> Path:
"""Write a real executable helper script and return its path."""
script = tmp_path / name
script.write_text("#!/bin/sh\n" + body + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
script.chmod(script.stat().st_mode | stat.S_IXUSR | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IXOTH)
return script
@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def _clean_env(monkeypatch):
"""Each test starts with a clean source map, applied-home guard, and no
leftover test keys in os.environ."""
env_loader._SECRET_SOURCES.clear()
env_loader.reset_secret_source_cache()
for key in ("CMDTEST_API_KEY", "CMDTEST_TOKEN", "CMDTEST_OTHER_KEY"):
monkeypatch.delenv(key, raising=False)
yield
env_loader._SECRET_SOURCES.clear()
env_loader.reset_secret_source_cache()
for key in ("CMDTEST_API_KEY", "CMDTEST_TOKEN", "CMDTEST_OTHER_KEY"):
os.environ.pop(key, None)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parsing semantics (pure functions, mirroring the TS parseSecretOutput)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_unquote_strips_one_layer_of_matching_quotes():
assert unquote_dotenv_value('"abc"') == "abc"
assert unquote_dotenv_value("'abc'") == "abc"
assert unquote_dotenv_value('""') == ""
assert unquote_dotenv_value('"') == '"' # lone quote left intact
assert unquote_dotenv_value(" plain ") == "plain"
def test_parse_base64_padding_not_misclassified_as_dotenv():
# "dGVzdA==" looks env-shaped (key `dGVzdA`, value `=`) but is a bare
# base64 secret and must round-trip unchanged.
assert parse_secret_output("dGVzdA==\n", "CMDTEST_API_KEY") == "dGVzdA=="
def test_parse_cross_key_misroute_resolves_none():
# A single env-shaped line for a NON-matching key with a non-trivial
# value part is a misrouted dotenv entry → None, never another key's
# value flowing into the wanted key's Authorization header.
assert parse_secret_output("CMDTEST_OTHER_KEY=realvalue\n", "CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
def test_parse_whitespace_only_resolves_none():
assert parse_secret_output(" \n\t\n", "CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
# Quoted whitespace placeholder in a dotenv line is also "no value".
assert parse_secret_output('CMDTEST_API_KEY=" "\n', "CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
def test_parse_multikey_dump_without_wanted_key_resolves_none():
out = "A_KEY=1\nB_KEY=2\n"
assert parse_secret_output(out, "CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Real-subprocess resolution
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_bare_value_helper_resolves_single_value(tmp_path):
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'sk-test-bare-12345'")
value = get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_API_KEY")
assert value == "sk-test-bare-12345"
def test_dotenv_blob_helper_resolves_multiple_keys(tmp_path):
helper = _write_helper(
tmp_path,
"cat <<'EOF'\n"
"# tmpfs vault dump\n"
"CMDTEST_API_KEY=sk-from-blob\n"
"CMDTEST_TOKEN='tok-quoted'\n"
"EOF",
)
# Specific keys are selectable from the blob.
assert get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_API_KEY") == "sk-from-blob"
assert get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_TOKEN") == "tok-quoted"
# And the list path (HERMES_SECRET_KEY="") sees the full map.
listed = list_command_secrets(command=str(helper))
assert set(listed) == {"CMDTEST_API_KEY", "CMDTEST_TOKEN"}
def test_base64_padding_value_roundtrips_through_real_helper(tmp_path):
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'dGVzdA=='")
assert get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_API_KEY") == "dGVzdA=="
def test_cross_key_misroute_real_helper_resolves_none(tmp_path):
# A sloppy helper (head -1 of an env file) emits the WRONG key's line.
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'CMDTEST_OTHER_KEY=realvalue'")
assert get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
def test_helper_receives_key_via_env_var(tmp_path):
# The helper echoes HERMES_SECRET_KEY back — proving the key arrives
# as env DATA through the real /bin/sh path.
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, 'printf \'%s\' "$HERMES_SECRET_KEY"')
assert (
get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_API_KEY")
== "CMDTEST_API_KEY"
)
def test_hostile_key_name_is_inert_data(tmp_path):
"""A command-injection-looking key name must never execute: it travels
only inside HERMES_SECRET_KEY, never interpolated into the shell string."""
canary = tmp_path / "pwned.canary"
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, 'printf \'%s\' "$HERMES_SECRET_KEY"')
hostile_key = f'"; touch {canary}; echo "'
value = get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key=hostile_key)
# No shell execution of the key:
assert not canary.exists(), "hostile key name was executed by the shell"
# The hostile string came back verbatim as data (bare-value echo).
assert value == hostile_key
def test_timeout_kills_hung_helper_and_degrades_to_empty(tmp_path):
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "sleep 30")
start = time.monotonic()
value = get_command_secret(
command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_API_KEY", timeout_seconds=2.0
)
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
assert value is None
assert elapsed < 6.0, f"helper not killed within the bound (took {elapsed:.1f}s)"
def test_apply_timeout_degrades_to_empty_result(tmp_path):
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "sleep 30")
start = time.monotonic()
result = apply_command_secrets(command=str(helper), timeout_seconds=2.0)
elapsed = time.monotonic() - start
assert result.applied == []
assert result.error is None # degraded, not fatal
assert result.warnings # the failure is surfaced as a warning
assert elapsed < 6.0
def test_nonzero_exit_degrades_to_empty_no_raise(tmp_path):
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "echo 'oops secret-ish stderr' >&2\nexit 3")
assert get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
result = apply_command_secrets(command=str(helper))
assert result.applied == []
assert result.error is None
def test_failure_logging_never_leaks_command_or_secret(tmp_path, capfd):
secret_value = "sk-super-secret-value-do-not-log"
helper = _write_helper(
tmp_path,
f"echo '{secret_value}' >&2\nexit 7",
name="my-distinctive-helper-name.sh",
)
value = get_command_secret(command=str(helper), key="CMDTEST_API_KEY")
assert value is None
captured = capfd.readouterr()
combined = captured.out + captured.err
# Structured fields only — never the command string, the helper's
# stderr, or any secret value.
assert "my-distinctive-helper-name" not in combined
assert secret_value not in combined
assert "code=7" in combined # the structured field IS logged
def test_spawn_failure_degrades_and_logs_structured_only(tmp_path, capfd):
# /bin/sh runs fine but the helper path doesn't exist → non-zero exit
# (127). Still must not leak the path.
missing = str(tmp_path / "no-such-helper-xyz")
assert get_command_secret(command=missing, key="CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
combined = "".join(capfd.readouterr())
assert "no-such-helper-xyz" not in combined
def test_precedence_existing_env_wins_unless_override(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'CMDTEST_API_KEY=from-helper\\n'")
monkeypatch.setenv("CMDTEST_API_KEY", "from-dotenv")
result = apply_command_secrets(command=str(helper))
assert "CMDTEST_API_KEY" in result.skipped
assert "CMDTEST_API_KEY" not in result.applied
assert os.environ["CMDTEST_API_KEY"] == "from-dotenv"
result = apply_command_secrets(command=str(helper), override_existing=True)
assert "CMDTEST_API_KEY" in result.applied
assert os.environ["CMDTEST_API_KEY"] == "from-helper"
def test_apply_dotenv_blob_sets_environ(tmp_path):
helper = _write_helper(
tmp_path,
"printf 'CMDTEST_API_KEY=sk-applied\\nCMDTEST_TOKEN=tok-applied\\n'",
)
result = apply_command_secrets(command=str(helper))
assert sorted(result.applied) == ["CMDTEST_API_KEY", "CMDTEST_TOKEN"]
assert result.error is None
assert os.environ["CMDTEST_API_KEY"] == "sk-applied"
assert os.environ["CMDTEST_TOKEN"] == "tok-applied"
def test_apply_bare_value_helper_applies_nothing(tmp_path):
# A bare-value helper can't be enumerated — startup apply is a warned
# no-op, not an error.
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'just-one-bare-secret'")
result = apply_command_secrets(command=str(helper))
assert result.applied == []
assert result.error is None
assert result.warnings
def test_apply_empty_command_sets_error(tmp_path):
result = apply_command_secrets(command=" ")
assert result.applied == []
assert result.error is not None
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Dispatch E2E through env_loader against a real temp HERMES_HOME
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_dispatch_provider_command_applies_and_records_source(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
helper = _write_helper(
tmp_path, "printf 'CMDTEST_API_KEY=sk-dispatch\\nCMDTEST_TOKEN=tok-dispatch\\n'"
)
(tmp_path / "config.yaml").write_text(
"secrets:\n"
" provider: command\n"
f" command: {helper}\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
env_loader._apply_external_secret_sources(tmp_path)
assert os.environ.get("CMDTEST_API_KEY") == "sk-dispatch"
assert env_loader.get_secret_source("CMDTEST_API_KEY") == "command"
assert env_loader.get_secret_source("CMDTEST_TOKEN") == "command"
# Provenance suffix comes from the existing generic fallback.
assert (
env_loader.format_secret_source_suffix("CMDTEST_API_KEY")
== " (from command)"
)
def test_dispatch_status_line_printed_once_per_home(tmp_path, monkeypatch, capsys):
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'CMDTEST_API_KEY=sk-once\\n'")
(tmp_path / "config.yaml").write_text(
f"secrets:\n provider: command\n command: {helper}\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
for _ in range(3): # idempotency guard: only the first call does work
env_loader._apply_external_secret_sources(tmp_path)
err = capsys.readouterr().err
assert err.count("Command secret source: applied 1 secret") == 1
def test_dispatch_provider_env_is_noop(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'CMDTEST_API_KEY=sk-should-not-load\\n'")
(tmp_path / "config.yaml").write_text(
f"secrets:\n provider: env\n command: {helper}\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
env_loader._apply_external_secret_sources(tmp_path)
assert "CMDTEST_API_KEY" not in os.environ
assert env_loader.get_secret_source("CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
def test_dispatch_unset_provider_without_bitwarden_is_noop(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'CMDTEST_API_KEY=sk-no\\n'")
(tmp_path / "config.yaml").write_text(
f"secrets:\n command: {helper}\n", # no provider key at all
encoding="utf-8",
)
env_loader._apply_external_secret_sources(tmp_path)
assert "CMDTEST_API_KEY" not in os.environ
def test_dispatch_failing_helper_does_not_block_startup(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
(tmp_path / "config.yaml").write_text(
"secrets:\n provider: command\n command: exit 9\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
# Must not raise — config/helper errors never block startup.
env_loader._apply_external_secret_sources(tmp_path)
assert env_loader.get_secret_source("CMDTEST_API_KEY") is None
def test_dispatch_backcompat_bitwarden_enabled_without_provider(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
"""Existing users with only `secrets.bitwarden.enabled: true` (no
`provider` key) must keep routing to bitwarden untouched."""
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
(tmp_path / "config.yaml").write_text(
"secrets:\n"
" bitwarden:\n"
" enabled: true\n"
" project_id: test-project\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
from agent.secret_sources.bitwarden import FetchResult
import agent.secret_sources.bitwarden as bw_module
calls = {"n": 0}
def _fake_apply(**_kwargs):
calls["n"] += 1
return FetchResult(
secrets={"CMDTEST_API_KEY": "sk-bw"}, applied=["CMDTEST_API_KEY"]
)
monkeypatch.setattr(bw_module, "apply_bitwarden_secrets", _fake_apply)
env_loader._apply_external_secret_sources(tmp_path)
assert calls["n"] == 1, "back-compat path did not route to bitwarden"
assert env_loader.get_secret_source("CMDTEST_API_KEY") == "bitwarden"
def test_dispatch_explicit_provider_command_wins_over_bitwarden_block(
tmp_path, monkeypatch
):
"""When `provider: command` is explicit, the bitwarden block (even if
enabled) is not consulted."""
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
helper = _write_helper(tmp_path, "printf 'CMDTEST_API_KEY=sk-cmd-wins\\n'")
(tmp_path / "config.yaml").write_text(
"secrets:\n"
" provider: command\n"
f" command: {helper}\n"
" bitwarden:\n"
" enabled: true\n"
" project_id: test-project\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
import agent.secret_sources.bitwarden as bw_module
def _fail_if_called(**_kwargs): # pragma: no cover - assertion guard
raise AssertionError("bitwarden must not be consulted when provider=command")
monkeypatch.setattr(bw_module, "apply_bitwarden_secrets", _fail_if_called)
env_loader._apply_external_secret_sources(tmp_path)
assert os.environ.get("CMDTEST_API_KEY") == "sk-cmd-wins"
assert env_loader.get_secret_source("CMDTEST_API_KEY") == "command"