hermes-agent/tests/hermes_cli/test_nous_inference_url_validation.py
Ben Barclay 736e981abf
fix(auth): honor NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL env override for Nous OAuth sessions (#52270)
The host-allowlist hardening (#30611) plus the refresh heal (#49735) left
the documented NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL dev/staging escape hatch unreachable
for OAuth sessions, despite three code comments asserting it still works.

Root cause — resolution precedence in resolve_nous_runtime_credentials:

    inference_base_url = (
        _optional_base_url(state.get("inference_base_url"))  # stored — wins
        or os.getenv("NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL")              # env — unreachable
        or DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL
    )

A staging OAuth login persists its inference_base_url, but the allowlist
rejects the staging host and the refresh heal rewrites the stored value to
the production default. The stored (now prod) value is then read BEFORE the
env var, so the override never takes effect — every request 401s against
prod or is pinned to prod, and setting the env var does nothing.

Fix: the user-set env override is the most-trusted source, so consult it
FIRST for the URL used to build the client / returned to callers — while
keeping the PERSISTED value the validated, network-provenance one (the
override is a runtime overlay, never written to auth.json, so unsetting it
cleanly reverts to prod). Applied at both chokepoints:

- resolve_nous_runtime_credentials (no-refresh read path AND refresh path)
- the nous_portal proxy adapter, which re-validates the resolver's returned
  base_url against the prod allowlist as defense-in-depth and would
  otherwise reject a legitimate staging override at the forward boundary.

New _nous_inference_env_override() / split of stored-vs-effective URL keep
the threat model intact: Portal-returned URLs are still allowlist-validated
at every network site, and the env path stays ungated (trusted OS user).

Also folds in the no-refresh read-path heal (supersedes the approach in
the open #50265): a poisoned stored staging host now heals to the prod
default on read even when no refresh fires.

Tests: TestEnvOverrideWins (env wins on read + refresh paths; override never
persisted; poisoned stored heals) and TestProxyAdapterEnvOverride. Verified
the 4 behavioral tests fail against pre-fix code and pass with the fix; full
inference-validation + nous-provider suites green (85 passed). E2E-validated
against a real temp HERMES_HOME exercising the real resolver + proxy adapter:
resolver→staging, persisted→prod, proxy→staging, unset→reverts to prod.
2026-06-25 00:11:15 -07:00

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"""Regression tests for Nous Portal inference_base_url host-allowlist validation.
A poisoned ``inference_base_url`` from a Portal refresh response (network
MITM, malicious response injection) would otherwise be persisted to
auth.json and forwarded with the user's legitimate invoke JWT
bearer on every subsequent proxy request, exfiltrating their inference
budget and opening a response-injection channel into the IDE / chat
client. ``_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network()`` blocks any URL
outside the allowlist at the source.
These tests verify:
1. The validator's host + scheme rules.
2. Each of the two NETWORK call sites in ``auth.py`` calls the validator
rather than the unrestricted ``_optional_base_url`` helper.
3. The proxy adapter applies the validator as belt-and-suspenders.
4. The env-var override path (``NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL``) is NOT
gated by the validator — that's the documented dev/staging escape
hatch.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
from hermes_cli.auth import (
DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL,
_ALLOWED_NOUS_INFERENCE_HOSTS,
_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network,
)
class TestValidatorRules:
def test_allowlisted_https_host_returned(self):
url = "https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1"
assert _validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(url) == url
def test_trailing_slash_stripped(self):
url = "https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1/"
assert _validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(url) == url.rstrip("/")
def test_attacker_host_rejected(self, caplog):
with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="hermes_cli.auth"):
assert (
_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network("https://attacker.com/v1")
is None
)
assert any("attacker.com" in rec.message for rec in caplog.records)
def test_subdomain_of_allowlist_host_rejected(self):
"""*.nousresearch.com is NOT in the allowlist — exact hostname only.
A subdomain takeover or DNS hijack of *.nousresearch.com would
otherwise pass — keep the gate tight.
"""
assert (
_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(
"https://evil.inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1"
)
is None
)
def test_http_scheme_rejected(self, caplog):
with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="hermes_cli.auth"):
assert (
_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(
"http://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1"
)
is None
)
assert any("non-https" in rec.message for rec in caplog.records)
def test_file_scheme_rejected(self):
assert (
_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network("file:///etc/passwd") is None
)
def test_javascript_scheme_rejected(self):
assert (
_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(
"javascript:alert(document.cookie)"
)
is None
)
def test_empty_string_rejected(self):
assert _validate_nous_inference_url_from_network("") is None
def test_whitespace_only_rejected(self):
assert _validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(" ") is None
def test_none_rejected(self):
assert _validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(None) is None
def test_non_string_rejected(self):
assert _validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(12345) is None # type: ignore[arg-type]
assert _validate_nous_inference_url_from_network({"url": "x"}) is None # type: ignore[arg-type]
def test_malformed_url_rejected(self):
"""Even garbled input must fall back safely, not raise."""
assert (
_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network("not://a real url at all")
is None
)
def test_default_inference_url_is_in_allowlist(self):
"""Sanity check: DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL must itself validate.
If anyone retargets the default away from
``inference-api.nousresearch.com``, they MUST update the allowlist
in the same change — otherwise the allowlist would reject the
Portal's own legitimate default and break every install.
"""
assert (
_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL)
== DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL.rstrip("/")
)
def test_allowlist_contains_inference_api_host(self):
"""The default's host must be in the allowlist set."""
from urllib.parse import urlparse
host = urlparse(DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL).hostname
assert host in _ALLOWED_NOUS_INFERENCE_HOSTS
class TestCallSiteWiring:
"""Verify the validator is actually wired into all auth.py NETWORK call sites.
These are not behaviour-end-to-end tests (the surrounding code is
several hundred lines per site with extensive HTTP mocking
requirements). They're text-grep contracts: if anyone replaces
``_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network`` with the un-validated
``_optional_base_url`` again, the test catches it.
Each site lives inside ``resolve_nous_runtime_credentials`` and one
helper (``_extend_state_from_refresh``). The shape we guard against
is ``<helper>_url = _optional_base_url(<payload>.get("inference_base_url"))``
— that's what the unsafe pre-fix code looked like, and the only
semantic difference between the safe and unsafe helpers is the
host-allowlist check.
"""
def _read_auth_source(self):
import hermes_cli.auth as _auth_mod
from pathlib import Path
return Path(_auth_mod.__file__).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
def test_no_unvalidated_inference_base_url_assignments_remain(self):
"""No remaining ``_optional_base_url(...inference_base_url...)`` reads
from Portal payloads. If you see a failure here, you've either
added a new NETWORK site that needs validation, or downgraded an
existing one back to the unsafe helper."""
source = self._read_auth_source()
for needle in (
'_optional_base_url(refreshed.get("inference_base_url"))',
'_optional_base_url(mint_payload.get("inference_base_url"))',
):
assert needle not in source, (
f"Found unvalidated network read: {needle!r}. "
f"Use _validate_nous_inference_url_from_network() instead."
)
def test_validator_wired_at_all_known_call_sites(self):
"""All 2 known auth.py NETWORK sites use the validator. If this count
drops, someone removed protection; if it grows, audit the new
site to be sure validation is appropriate."""
source = self._read_auth_source()
refresh_count = source.count(
'_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(refreshed.get("inference_base_url"))'
)
mint_count = source.count(
'_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network(mint_payload.get("inference_base_url"))'
)
assert refresh_count == 2, f"expected 2 refresh sites, found {refresh_count}"
assert mint_count == 0, f"expected 0 mint sites, found {mint_count}"
def test_proxy_adapter_also_validates(self):
"""The Nous proxy adapter applies the validator as defense-in-depth
even though auth.py already validates at the source, so a future
bypass at the source layer still gets caught at the forward
boundary."""
from pathlib import Path
import hermes_cli.proxy.adapters.nous_portal as _nous_adapter
source = Path(_nous_adapter.__file__).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
assert "_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network" in source
class TestEnvOverrideNotGated:
"""The documented dev/staging env-var override must keep working.
``NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL`` is read by ``resolve_nous_runtime_credentials``
via ``os.getenv`` — that path doesn't pass through the validator
(env values are trusted because the user set them themselves).
Verify the env-var read site does NOT consult the validator, so a
user running against a non-allowlisted staging host via env is not
inadvertently broken by this fix.
"""
def test_env_override_path_does_not_call_validator(self):
"""In resolve_nous_runtime_credentials, the env override is
read via os.getenv directly, not via the validator. Grep the
source to confirm: the env line should NOT mention the
validator."""
import hermes_cli.auth as _auth_mod
from pathlib import Path
source = Path(_auth_mod.__file__).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
# Find the env-override read line.
for line in source.splitlines():
if "NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL" in line and "os.getenv" in line:
assert "_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network" not in line, (
"env override path must not gate through the network "
"validator — it would break documented dev/staging use."
)
class TestHealsPoisonedStoredValue:
"""A stored inference_base_url that is NOT in the allowlist (e.g. a
stale ``stg-inference-api.nousresearch.com`` persisted before the
allowlist existed) must be HEALED back to the production default on
the next refresh — not silently retained.
Before the fix, the refresh sites only assigned the validated URL
``if refreshed_url:`` and otherwise left the poisoned value in place,
so the "falling back to default" warning was logged but never
actually took effect — every subsequent call kept hitting the dead
staging endpoint (real incident: opus-4.8 routed to nous, nous pinned
to staging, every request + the aux compression call 401'd).
"""
def test_refresh_resets_rejected_url_to_default(self, monkeypatch):
import hermes_cli.auth as auth
poisoned = "https://stg-inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1"
state = {
"access_token": "tok",
"refresh_token": "rtok",
"client_id": "hermes-cli",
"portal_base_url": auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_PORTAL_URL,
"inference_base_url": poisoned,
}
# Force the refresh branch and return another rejected (staging) URL,
# exercising the validator-returns-None heal path.
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_nous_invoke_jwt_status", lambda *a, **k: "needs_refresh")
monkeypatch.setattr(
auth,
"_refresh_access_token",
lambda **k: {
"access_token": "newtok",
"refresh_token": "newrtok",
"expires_in": 3600,
"inference_base_url": poisoned, # Portal still hands back staging
},
)
# Skip the JWT usability assertions (orthogonal to URL healing).
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_assert_nous_inference_jwt_usable", lambda *a, **k: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_select_nous_invoke_jwt", lambda *a, **k: None)
result = auth.refresh_nous_oauth_from_state(state, force_refresh=True)
assert result["inference_base_url"] == auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL, (
"rejected Portal URL must heal to the production default, "
f"got {result['inference_base_url']!r}"
)
def test_refresh_keeps_valid_url(self, monkeypatch):
"""A legitimate allowlisted URL from the Portal is preserved."""
import hermes_cli.auth as auth
good = "https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1"
state = {
"access_token": "tok",
"refresh_token": "rtok",
"client_id": "hermes-cli",
"portal_base_url": auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_PORTAL_URL,
"inference_base_url": good,
}
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_nous_invoke_jwt_status", lambda *a, **k: "needs_refresh")
monkeypatch.setattr(
auth,
"_refresh_access_token",
lambda **k: {
"access_token": "newtok",
"refresh_token": "newrtok",
"expires_in": 3600,
"inference_base_url": good,
},
)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_assert_nous_inference_jwt_usable", lambda *a, **k: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_select_nous_invoke_jwt", lambda *a, **k: None)
result = auth.refresh_nous_oauth_from_state(state, force_refresh=True)
assert result["inference_base_url"] == good
class TestEnvOverrideWins:
"""``NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL`` must win over the stored value for the
URL used to build the inference client / returned to callers.
This is the documented dev/staging escape hatch. The breakage it
regresses against: the security allowlist (#30611) plus the refresh
heal (#49735) mean a staging login's stored ``inference_base_url`` is
rejected and rewritten to the production default, and the runtime
resolver previously read that stored (prod) value *before* the env
var — so an OAuth user could not reach staging at all, even with the
env override set. The override is consulted FIRST here, while the
PERSISTED value stays the validated, network-provenance one (the env
override is a runtime overlay, never written to auth.json).
"""
STAGING = "https://stg-inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1"
def _patch_no_refresh(self, monkeypatch, auth, state):
import contextlib
# No refresh fires: the stored access token is a usable invoke JWT.
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_nous_invoke_jwt_status", lambda *a, **k: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(
auth, "_auth_store_lock", lambda *a, **k: contextlib.nullcontext()
)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_load_auth_store", lambda *a, **k: {})
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_load_provider_state", lambda store, pid: state)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_save_provider_state", lambda *a, **k: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_save_auth_store", lambda *a, **k: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_write_shared_nous_state", lambda *a, **k: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_sync_nous_pool_from_auth_store", lambda *a, **k: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_resolve_verify", lambda *a, **k: True)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_assert_nous_inference_jwt_usable", lambda *a, **k: None)
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_select_nous_invoke_jwt", lambda *a, **k: None)
def _base_state(self, auth, stored):
return {
"access_token": "tok",
"refresh_token": "rtok",
"client_id": "hermes-cli",
"portal_base_url": auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_PORTAL_URL,
"inference_base_url": stored,
"agent_key": "ak-123",
}
def test_no_refresh_env_override_wins_over_prod_stored(self, monkeypatch):
"""The exact regression: a prod-pinned stored value (the state a
staging login lands in after the heal) must NOT shadow the env
override on the steady-state read path."""
import hermes_cli.auth as auth
state = self._base_state(auth, auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL)
self._patch_no_refresh(monkeypatch, auth, state)
monkeypatch.setenv("NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL", self.STAGING)
result = auth.resolve_nous_runtime_credentials()
assert result["base_url"] == self.STAGING, (
"env override must win over the stored production URL on the "
f"no-refresh read path, got {result['base_url']!r}"
)
def test_no_refresh_env_override_not_persisted(self, monkeypatch):
"""The env override is a runtime overlay: it must never be written
back into the stored state (auth.json)."""
import hermes_cli.auth as auth
state = self._base_state(auth, auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL)
self._patch_no_refresh(monkeypatch, auth, state)
monkeypatch.setenv("NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL", self.STAGING)
auth.resolve_nous_runtime_credentials()
assert state["inference_base_url"] == auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL, (
"env override leaked into persisted state — it must stay a "
f"runtime overlay, got {state['inference_base_url']!r}"
)
def test_no_refresh_no_env_uses_stored_default(self, monkeypatch):
"""With no env override, the validated stored value is used."""
import hermes_cli.auth as auth
state = self._base_state(auth, auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL)
self._patch_no_refresh(monkeypatch, auth, state)
monkeypatch.delenv("NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL", raising=False)
result = auth.resolve_nous_runtime_credentials()
assert result["base_url"] == auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL
def test_no_refresh_heals_poisoned_stored_without_env(self, monkeypatch):
"""A poisoned stored staging host (persisted before the allowlist)
still heals to the default when no env override is present — the
#50265 no-refresh-read-path heal, folded in here."""
import hermes_cli.auth as auth
state = self._base_state(auth, self.STAGING)
self._patch_no_refresh(monkeypatch, auth, state)
monkeypatch.delenv("NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL", raising=False)
result = auth.resolve_nous_runtime_credentials()
assert result["base_url"] == auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL, (
"poisoned stored URL must heal to the production default on the "
f"no-refresh read path, got {result['base_url']!r}"
)
def test_refresh_env_override_wins_but_persists_validated(self, monkeypatch):
"""On the refresh path: env override is used for the returned/client
URL, but the PERSISTED stored value is the validated network one
(production default when the Portal hands back a rejected host)."""
import hermes_cli.auth as auth
state = self._base_state(auth, auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL)
self._patch_no_refresh(monkeypatch, auth, state)
# Force the refresh branch; Portal hands back a (rejected) staging host.
monkeypatch.setattr(auth, "_nous_invoke_jwt_status", lambda *a, **k: "needs_refresh")
monkeypatch.setattr(
auth,
"_refresh_access_token",
lambda **k: {
"access_token": "newtok",
"refresh_token": "newrtok",
"expires_in": 3600,
"inference_base_url": self.STAGING,
},
)
monkeypatch.setenv("NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL", self.STAGING)
result = auth.resolve_nous_runtime_credentials(force_refresh=True)
assert result["base_url"] == self.STAGING, (
"env override must win for the returned URL on the refresh path"
)
assert state["inference_base_url"] == auth.DEFAULT_NOUS_INFERENCE_URL, (
"refresh path must persist the validated network value (prod "
f"default), not the env override, got {state['inference_base_url']!r}"
)
class TestProxyAdapterEnvOverride:
"""The Nous proxy adapter is the second chokepoint: it re-validates the
base_url returned by resolve_nous_runtime_credentials() against the prod
allowlist. That re-validation must not clobber a legitimate
NOUS_INFERENCE_BASE_URL staging override.
"""
def test_proxy_adapter_consults_env_override(self):
"""Grep contract: the proxy adapter's forward-boundary base_url
resolution consults the env override before the network validator,
so a staging override survives the defense-in-depth re-validation."""
from pathlib import Path
import hermes_cli.proxy.adapters.nous_portal as _nous_adapter
source = Path(_nous_adapter.__file__).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
assert "_nous_inference_env_override()" in source, (
"proxy adapter must layer the env override on top of the network "
"validator, else a staging override is rejected at the forward boundary"
)
# The validator must still be present (defense-in-depth preserved).
assert "_validate_nous_inference_url_from_network" in source