hermes-agent/agent
Teknium 775c0e22cf
perf(models_dev): cache-first lookup, skip network when disk cache is fresh (#22808)
`fetch_models_dev()` is on the hot path of every `AIAgent.__init__`
(via `context_compressor → get_model_context_length`). The previous
policy was "always try network first, only fall back to disk if
network fails," so every fresh `hermes chat` / `hermes gateway` /
batch / cron process paid 250-500 ms re-fetching a 2 MB JSON registry
that was already on disk from earlier runs.

Add a stage 2 between in-mem and network: if
`models_dev_cache.json` exists and its mtime is younger than the
existing `_MODELS_DEV_CACHE_TTL` (1 hour, same TTL the in-mem cache
already uses), load from disk and skip the network call.

The in-mem TTL is anchored to the disk file's age, so a 50-min-old
cache stays in-memory for only 10 more minutes — no surprise
extension of staleness window.

Invariants preserved:
- `force_refresh=True` still always hits the network and only falls
  back to disk on failure (`hermes config refresh` semantics).
- Missing disk cache → fall through to network (first-ever run).
- Stale disk cache (mtime > TTL) → fall through to network.
- Negative file age (clock skew) → fall through to network.
- Network failure → existing stage-4 stale-disk fallback unchanged.

Measured impact (3-run medians, 9950X3D, fresh process per run):
  fetch_models_dev cold:  256 → 17 ms  (-93%)
  hermes chat -q wall:   4.00 → 3.73 s (-7% median)
                         3.99 → 3.60 s (-10% min)

The chat-end-to-end win is bounded below by API latency variance, but
the fetch_models_dev microbenchmark is the cleanest signal: 239 ms
shaved off every fresh-process agent construction.

Win compounds with the previous perf PRs:
  #22681 google_chat lazy-load
  #22766 doctor parallel + IMDS off
  #22790 gateway.platforms PEP 562

Tests: all 30 `tests/agent/test_models_dev.py` pass (added 4 new ones
covering the new disk-cache-first path, force_refresh override, stale
disk fallback, and missing-disk-cache fall-through). Full `tests/agent/`
suite: 2560 passed, 0 failed.
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transports feat(transports/codex): pass reasoning.effort to xAI Responses API 2026-05-09 13:23:02 -07:00
__init__.py Refactor Terminal and AIAgent cleanup 2026-02-21 22:31:43 -08:00
account_usage.py feat(account-usage): add per-provider account limits module 2026-04-21 01:56:35 -07:00
anthropic_adapter.py feat(computer-use): cua-driver backend, universal any-model schema 2026-05-08 11:07:38 -07:00
auxiliary_client.py refactor(gmi): move User-Agent to profile.default_headers 2026-05-08 03:22:11 -07:00
bedrock_adapter.py fix(bedrock): preserve reasoningContent across converse normalization 2026-05-07 05:17:16 -07:00
codex_responses_adapter.py fix(agent): preserve Codex message items for replay 2026-04-25 18:22:06 -07:00
context_compressor.py fix(context): handle JSON decode errors in compression — salvage of #22248 (#22416) 2026-05-09 01:47:15 -07:00
context_engine.py fix(compress): don't reach into ContextCompressor privates from /compress (#15039) 2026-04-24 02:55:43 -07:00
context_references.py fix(agent): fall back when rg is blocked for @folder references 2026-04-20 01:56:41 -07:00
copilot_acp_client.py feat(cross-platform): psutil for PID/process management + Windows footgun checker 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
credential_pool.py fix(auth): shorten credential 401 cooldown 2026-05-07 06:15:33 -07:00
credential_sources.py feat(minimax-oauth): full integration with peer OAuth providers 2026-04-29 09:53:42 -07:00
curator.py codebase: add encoding='utf-8' to all bare open() calls (PLW1514) 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
curator_backup.py fix(curator): authoritative absorbed_into on delete + restore cron skill links on rollback (#18671) (#18731) 2026-05-02 01:29:57 -07:00
display.py feat(computer-use): background focus-safe backend — set_value, structured windows, MIME detection 2026-05-08 11:07:38 -07:00
error_classifier.py fix(tool-schemas): reactive strip of pattern/format on llama.cpp grammar 400s 2026-05-05 04:25:18 -07:00
file_safety.py fix(security): apply file safety to copilot acp fs 2026-04-21 01:31:58 -07:00
gemini_cloudcode_adapter.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
gemini_native_adapter.py fix(gemini): extract usageMetadata from streaming chunks for token tracking 2026-05-04 02:33:30 -07:00
gemini_schema.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
google_code_assist.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
google_oauth.py fix(google_oauth): close TOCTOU window when saving credentials 2026-05-04 03:16:19 -07:00
i18n.py feat(i18n): add Turkish (tr) locale 2026-05-05 17:29:12 -07:00
image_gen_provider.py feat(plugins): pluggable image_gen backends + OpenAI provider (#13799) 2026-04-21 21:30:10 -07:00
image_gen_registry.py feat(plugins): pluggable image_gen backends + OpenAI provider (#13799) 2026-04-21 21:30:10 -07:00
image_routing.py fix(image-routing): sniff magic bytes for image MIME, ignore misleading suffix 2026-05-07 05:58:11 -07:00
insights.py Merge branch 'main' into feat/dashboard-skill-analytics 2026-04-20 05:25:49 -07:00
lmstudio_reasoning.py feat(agent): add lmstudio integration 2026-04-28 12:27:36 -07:00
manual_compression_feedback.py fix(compression): include system prompt + tool schemas in token estimates (#18265) 2026-04-30 23:03:54 -07:00
memory_manager.py fix: salvage batch — compaction guidance, memory authority, cache eviction after compression 2026-05-05 22:33:45 -07:00
memory_provider.py docs(agent): remove stale BuiltinMemoryProvider references from memory module docstrings 2026-05-05 13:33:49 -07:00
model_metadata.py codebase: add encoding='utf-8' to all bare open() calls (PLW1514) 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
models_dev.py perf(models_dev): cache-first lookup, skip network when disk cache is fresh (#22808) 2026-05-09 13:32:38 -07:00
moonshot_schema.py fix(moonshot): also strip nullable/enum after anyOf collapse 2026-04-30 23:14:31 -07:00
nous_rate_guard.py codebase: add encoding='utf-8' to all bare open() calls (PLW1514) 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
onboarding.py docs(onboarding): lead OpenClaw residue banner with migrate, warn that cleanup breaks OpenClaw (#17507) 2026-04-29 08:08:36 -07:00
prompt_builder.py fix(memory): tighten MEMORY_GUIDANCE against ephemeral PR/issue/SHA notes (#22781) 2026-05-09 12:48:25 -07:00
prompt_caching.py fix(prompt-caching): skip top-level cache_control on role:tool for OpenRouter 2026-03-21 16:54:43 -07:00
rate_limit_tracker.py refactor: remove dead code — 1,784 lines across 77 files (#9180) 2026-04-13 16:32:04 -07:00
redact.py feat(security): enable secret redaction by default (#17691, #20785) (#21193) 2026-05-07 05:10:33 -07:00
retry_utils.py feat(agent): add jittered retry backoff 2026-04-08 00:41:36 -07:00
shell_hooks.py codebase: add encoding='utf-8' to all bare open() calls (PLW1514) 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
skill_commands.py fix(skills): rescan skill_commands cache when platform scope changes (#18739) 2026-05-02 01:36:53 -07:00
skill_preprocessing.py fix(skills): apply inline shell in skill_view 2026-04-24 15:15:07 -07:00
skill_utils.py perf(cli): cut ~19s from 'hermes' cold start (skills cache + lazy Feishu + no Nous HTTP) (#22138) 2026-05-08 16:39:32 -07:00
subdirectory_hints.py fix(agent): catch PermissionError in subdirectory hint discovery 2026-04-09 03:10:30 -07:00
think_scrubber.py fix(agent): stateful streaming scrubber for reasoning-block leaks (#17924) (#20184) 2026-05-05 04:33:38 -07:00
title_generator.py fix: improve telegram topic mode setup 2026-05-04 12:07:17 -07:00
tool_guardrails.py fix(guardrails): preserve display _detect_tool_failure semantics 2026-04-30 20:43:15 -07:00
trajectory.py Refactor Terminal and AIAgent cleanup 2026-02-21 22:31:43 -08:00
usage_pricing.py fix(analytics): prevent silent token loss and add Claude 4.5–4.7 pricing (#21455) 2026-05-07 13:24:31 -07:00