hermes-agent/tests/tools/test_mcp_failure_classification.py
Teknium 3e6b437762 fix(mcp): unwrap exception groups and park permanent failures immediately (#65673)
- Add module-level _unwrap_exception_group (ported from
  hermes_cli/mcp_config.py, adapted): handles nested groups, prefers
  non-cancellation leaves over the CancelledErrors anyio sprays across
  sibling tasks, and re-raises KeyboardInterrupt/SystemExit leaves.

- Add _classify_mcp_failure(exc) -> 'permanent'|'transient'.
  Permanent: auth 401/403, NonMcpEndpointError, InvalidMcpUrlError,
  FileNotFoundError/ENOENT on the stdio command. Transient: everything
  else (network/EOF/ClosedResource/TaskGroup drops). Permanent failures
  park immediately without burning the retry ladder — every retry
  against a missing binary or a revoked credential hits the same wall.

- Every log site in run() and the keepalive failure log now logs the
  unwrapped root cause as 'TypeName: message', so a dead stdio pipe
  says 'BrokenPipeError' instead of the opaque
  'unhandled errors in a TaskGroup (1 sub-exception)' (and empty
  str(exc) dead-pipe errors are no longer blank).
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"""Tests for exception-group unwrapping and failure classification in
``tools/mcp_tool.py`` (#65673, #66092).
The MCP SDK's anyio TaskGroups wrap real errors in ``BaseExceptionGroup``,
whose ``str()`` is "unhandled errors in a TaskGroup (N sub-exceptions)"
useless in logs. ``_unwrap_exception_group`` digs out the root cause;
``_classify_mcp_failure`` decides whether a failure is worth retrying.
"""
import asyncio
import errno
import logging
import pytest
from tools.mcp_tool import (
InvalidMcpUrlError,
MCPServerTask,
NonMcpEndpointError,
_classify_mcp_failure,
_unwrap_exception_group,
)
def _group(*excs, msg="unhandled errors in a TaskGroup") -> BaseExceptionGroup:
return BaseExceptionGroup(msg, list(excs))
# ── _unwrap_exception_group ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
class TestUnwrapExceptionGroup:
def test_plain_exception_passes_through(self):
exc = ConnectionError("boom")
assert _unwrap_exception_group(exc) is exc
def test_single_level_group(self):
inner = BrokenPipeError()
assert _unwrap_exception_group(_group(inner)) is inner
def test_nested_groups(self):
inner = ConnectionResetError("reset by peer")
nested = _group(_group(_group(inner)))
assert _unwrap_exception_group(nested) is inner
def test_root_cause_name_visible_for_empty_message(self):
# Dead stdio pipes raise BrokenPipeError with an EMPTY str() —
# the log format must rely on type(exc).__name__, and unwrap must
# hand back the BrokenPipeError, not the opaque group.
root = _unwrap_exception_group(_group(BrokenPipeError()))
assert type(root).__name__ == "BrokenPipeError"
def test_prefers_non_cancellation_leaf(self):
# anyio cancellation sprays CancelledError across sibling tasks;
# the real error must win.
real = ConnectionError("server hung up")
g = _group(asyncio.CancelledError(), real, asyncio.CancelledError())
assert _unwrap_exception_group(g) is real
def test_prefers_non_cancellation_leaf_nested(self):
real = TimeoutError("read timed out")
g = _group(_group(asyncio.CancelledError()), _group(real))
assert _unwrap_exception_group(g) is real
def test_all_cancellation_returns_cancellation(self):
g = _group(asyncio.CancelledError())
assert isinstance(_unwrap_exception_group(g), asyncio.CancelledError)
def test_keyboard_interrupt_reraises(self):
with pytest.raises(KeyboardInterrupt):
_unwrap_exception_group(_group(KeyboardInterrupt()))
def test_nested_keyboard_interrupt_reraises(self):
with pytest.raises(KeyboardInterrupt):
_unwrap_exception_group(
_group(ConnectionError("x"), _group(KeyboardInterrupt()))
)
def test_system_exit_reraises(self):
with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
_unwrap_exception_group(_group(SystemExit(2)))
# ── _classify_mcp_failure ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
class TestClassifyMcpFailure:
@pytest.mark.parametrize("exc", [
ConnectionError("connection refused"),
ConnectionResetError("reset by peer"),
BrokenPipeError(),
EOFError(),
TimeoutError("read timeout"),
OSError(errno.ECONNRESET, "reset"),
RuntimeError("something odd"),
])
def test_transient_failures(self, exc):
assert _classify_mcp_failure(exc) == "transient"
def test_transient_taskgroup_drop(self):
g = _group(ConnectionError("sse stream dropped"))
assert _classify_mcp_failure(g) == "transient"
def test_closed_resource_transient(self):
anyio = pytest.importorskip("anyio")
assert _classify_mcp_failure(anyio.ClosedResourceError()) == "transient"
@pytest.mark.parametrize("exc_factory", [
lambda: FileNotFoundError("no such file: nonexistent-mcp-cmd"),
lambda: OSError(errno.ENOENT, "No such file or directory"),
lambda: NonMcpEndpointError("url serves text/html"),
lambda: InvalidMcpUrlError("bad scheme"),
])
def test_permanent_failures(self, exc_factory):
assert _classify_mcp_failure(exc_factory()) == "permanent"
@pytest.mark.parametrize("status", [401, 403])
def test_http_auth_status_permanent(self, status):
httpx = pytest.importorskip("httpx")
req = httpx.Request("POST", "http://x/mcp")
resp = httpx.Response(status, request=req)
exc = httpx.HTTPStatusError("auth", request=req, response=resp)
assert _classify_mcp_failure(exc) == "permanent"
def test_http_5xx_transient(self):
httpx = pytest.importorskip("httpx")
req = httpx.Request("POST", "http://x/mcp")
resp = httpx.Response(503, request=req)
exc = httpx.HTTPStatusError("unavailable", request=req, response=resp)
assert _classify_mcp_failure(exc) == "transient"
def test_permanent_inside_taskgroup(self):
# Classification must apply to the UNWRAPPED root cause.
g = _group(_group(FileNotFoundError("cmd not found")))
assert _classify_mcp_failure(g) == "permanent"
# ── Keepalive failure log surfaces the root cause ────────────────────────────
@pytest.mark.no_isolate
def test_keepalive_failure_logs_root_cause(monkeypatch, tmp_path, caplog):
"""A keepalive that dies with a TaskGroup-wrapped BrokenPipeError (empty
str) must log 'BrokenPipeError', not 'unhandled errors in a TaskGroup'."""
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
from tools import mcp_tool
class _Task(MCPServerTask):
async def _keepalive_probe(self):
raise _group(BrokenPipeError())
task = _Task("pipey")
task._config = {"keepalive_interval": 0.01}
task.session = object()
monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_tool, "_MIN_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL", 0.01)
async def _scenario():
with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="tools.mcp_tool"):
reason = await task._wait_for_lifecycle_event()
assert reason == "reconnect"
asyncio.run(_scenario())
keepalive_logs = [
r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records if "keepalive failed" in r.getMessage()
]
assert keepalive_logs, "keepalive failure was not logged"
assert any("BrokenPipeError" in m for m in keepalive_logs), keepalive_logs
assert not any("unhandled errors in a TaskGroup" in m for m in keepalive_logs)
# ── run() parks permanent failures immediately ───────────────────────────────
@pytest.mark.no_isolate
def test_permanent_failure_parks_without_retry_ladder(monkeypatch, tmp_path, caplog):
"""A stdio command that doesn't exist (FileNotFoundError) must park after
ONE attempt — not burn _MAX_INITIAL_CONNECT_RETRIES identical warnings."""
monkeypatch.setenv("HERMES_HOME", str(tmp_path))
from tools import mcp_tool
_real_sleep = asyncio.sleep
async def _fast_sleep(_delay, *a, **kw):
await _real_sleep(0)
monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_tool.asyncio, "sleep", _fast_sleep)
state = {"transport_calls": 0, "parked": False}
async def _scenario():
class _Task(MCPServerTask):
def _is_http(self):
return False
def _deregister_tools(self):
state["parked"] = True
self._registered_tool_names = []
async def _run_stdio(self, config):
state["transport_calls"] += 1
raise FileNotFoundError("nonexistent-mcp-command")
task = _Task("missing-cmd")
with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG, logger="tools.mcp_tool"):
run_task = asyncio.ensure_future(task.run({"command": "nope"}))
for _ in range(500):
await _real_sleep(0)
if state["parked"]:
break
assert state["parked"], "permanent failure never parked"
assert state["transport_calls"] == 1, (
f"permanent failure burned {state['transport_calls']} attempts — "
"should park immediately"
)
task._shutdown_event.set()
task._reconnect_event.set()
try:
await asyncio.wait_for(run_task, timeout=15)
except (asyncio.TimeoutError, asyncio.CancelledError, Exception):
run_task.cancel()
asyncio.run(_scenario())
park_warnings = [
r for r in caplog.records
if r.levelno == logging.WARNING and "permanent error" in r.getMessage()
]
assert len(park_warnings) == 1
assert "FileNotFoundError" in park_warnings[0].getMessage()