hermes-agent/tools/environments/docker.py
Ben 5c2170a7c6 fix(docker): persist-mode cleanup is no-op; add force_remove kwarg (#20561)
The first iteration of this PR did docker stop on every cleanup in
persist mode (only skipping docker rm). Ben caught this as
contradicting the documented "ONE long-lived container shared across
sessions" semantics: stopping the container on every Hermes /quit kills
any background processes inside (npm watchers, pytest watchers,
long-running scripts) — exactly the case persist mode is supposed to
protect.

This commit splits the cleanup paths cleanly:

* **Persist mode (default)** — cleanup() is a NO-OP for the
  container. Container stays running, processes survive, next Hermes
  process attaches via the existing label probe in ~ms instead of
  waiting for docker start. Resource reclamation happens via the
  orphan reaper at next startup (2 × lifetime_seconds threshold), which
  covers the SIGKILL / OOM / abandoned-laptop cases.
* **Opt-out mode (persist_across_processes=False)** — unchanged:
  docker stop + docker rm -f on cleanup as before.
* **Explicit teardown** — new cleanup(force_remove=True) kwarg
  overrides persist mode and tears the container down unconditionally.
  cleanup_vm(task_id) now defaults to force_remove=True since
  it's the user-driven reset path (called from AIAgent.close(),
  /reset-style flows, and the idle reaper's per-turn cleanup).

The idle reaper in _cleanup_inactive_envs calls env.cleanup()
directly with no kwargs, so idle persist-mode envs are no-op'd — the
container survives the in-process pop and the next tool call re-probes
via labels. No state leak: _container_id is still cleared on the
in-process handle.

E2E verified against real Docker:

  ✓ Container is still running after cleanup()
  ✓ Background process (sleep loop) survived cleanup()
  ✓ Filesystem state preserved across cleanup()
  ✓ In-process container_id cleared (next __init__ will re-probe)
  ✓ Background process visible from reused env (no docker start happened)
  ✓ force_remove=True removed the container even in persist mode
  ✓ cleanup_vm() removed the container (defaults to force_remove=True)

Test changes:

* Replaces `test_cleanup_with_persist_only_stops_no_rm` with
  `test_cleanup_with_persist_is_noop_for_container` — asserts neither
  stop nor rm runs in persist mode, and the in-process handle is
  cleared so re-probe works.
* Adds `test_cleanup_force_remove_stops_and_rms_even_in_persist_mode`
  — covers the new kwarg.
* Updates `test_cleanup_uses_subprocess_run_not_detached_shell` and
  `test_wait_for_cleanup_after_cleanup_returns_true` to pass
  `force_remove=True` so they actually exercise the docker code path
  (default no-op would trivially pass).

cleanup_vm() forwards `force_remove` only to backends whose cleanup()
accepts the kwarg (currently just DockerEnvironment) via runtime
signature inspection — Modal/Daytona/SSH `cleanup()` signatures are
unchanged.

Refs #20561
2026-05-29 11:49:54 +10:00

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"""Docker execution environment for sandboxed command execution.
Security hardened (cap-drop ALL, no-new-privileges, PID limits),
configurable resource limits (CPU, memory, disk), and optional filesystem
persistence via bind mounts.
"""
import logging
import os
import re
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
import uuid
from typing import Optional
from tools.environments.base import BaseEnvironment, _popen_bash
from tools.environments.local import _HERMES_PROVIDER_ENV_BLOCKLIST
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# Common Docker Desktop install paths checked when 'docker' is not in PATH.
# macOS Intel: /usr/local/bin, macOS Apple Silicon (Homebrew): /opt/homebrew/bin,
# Docker Desktop app bundle: /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin
_DOCKER_SEARCH_PATHS = [
"/usr/local/bin/docker",
"/opt/homebrew/bin/docker",
"/Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker",
]
_docker_executable: Optional[str] = None # resolved once, cached
_ENV_VAR_NAME_RE = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$")
def _normalize_forward_env_names(forward_env: list[str] | None) -> list[str]:
"""Return a deduplicated list of valid environment variable names."""
normalized: list[str] = []
seen: set[str] = set()
for item in forward_env or []:
if not isinstance(item, str):
logger.warning("Ignoring non-string docker_forward_env entry: %r", item)
continue
key = item.strip()
if not key:
continue
if not _ENV_VAR_NAME_RE.match(key):
logger.warning("Ignoring invalid docker_forward_env entry: %r", item)
continue
if key in seen:
continue
seen.add(key)
normalized.append(key)
return normalized
def _normalize_env_dict(env: dict | None) -> dict[str, str]:
"""Validate and normalize a docker_env dict to {str: str}.
Filters out entries with invalid variable names or non-string values.
"""
if not env:
return {}
if not isinstance(env, dict):
logger.warning("docker_env is not a dict: %r", env)
return {}
normalized: dict[str, str] = {}
for key, value in env.items():
if not isinstance(key, str) or not _ENV_VAR_NAME_RE.match(key.strip()):
logger.warning("Ignoring invalid docker_env key: %r", key)
continue
key = key.strip()
if not isinstance(value, str):
# Coerce simple scalar types (int, bool, float) to string;
# reject complex types.
if isinstance(value, (int, float, bool)):
value = str(value)
else:
logger.warning("Ignoring non-string docker_env value for %r: %r", key, value)
continue
normalized[key] = value
return normalized
def _load_hermes_env_vars() -> dict[str, str]:
"""Load ~/.hermes/.env values without failing Docker command execution."""
try:
from hermes_cli.config import load_env
return load_env() or {}
except Exception:
return {}
# Docker label values must match [a-zA-Z0-9_.-] and stay ≤63 chars to round-trip
# safely through `docker ps --filter label=key=value`. Profile and task names
# can technically contain other characters; sanitize defensively.
_LABEL_VALUE_OK_RE = re.compile(r"[^A-Za-z0-9_.-]")
def _sanitize_label_value(value: str) -> str:
"""Coerce *value* into a Docker label-safe form (alnum + ``_.-``, ≤63 chars).
Empty or all-invalid inputs collapse to ``"unknown"`` so the resulting
label is always queryable. Used at container-create time; never round-trip
a sanitized value back into application logic.
"""
if not isinstance(value, str) or not value:
return "unknown"
cleaned = _LABEL_VALUE_OK_RE.sub("_", value)
cleaned = cleaned[:63] or "unknown"
return cleaned
def _get_active_profile_name() -> str:
"""Return the active Hermes profile name, or ``"default"`` on any error.
Resolved at container-create time so a single container is permanently
tagged with the profile that created it. Profile switches inside the
same process don't retroactively relabel running containers.
"""
try:
from hermes_cli.profiles import get_active_profile_name
return get_active_profile_name() or "default"
except Exception:
return "default"
def reap_orphan_containers(
*,
max_age_seconds: int = 600,
profile_filter: str | None = None,
docker_exe: str | None = None,
) -> int:
"""Remove stale hermes-tagged containers left behind by prior processes.
Targets containers that match all of:
* ``label=hermes-agent=1`` (created by this codebase)
* ``status=exited`` (running containers are NEVER reaped — they may
belong to a sibling Hermes process whose reuse path will pick them
up; killing them would crash the sibling mid-command)
* (optional) ``label=hermes-profile=<profile_filter>`` (sweep only the
caller's profile by default; a hermes process in profile A must not
tear down profile B's containers)
* ``State.FinishedAt`` older than *max_age_seconds* ago (so a sibling
process that just exited and is about to be replaced doesn't get
its container yanked out from under it)
Returns the number of containers removed. Best-effort: any failure
(docker daemon unreachable, slow inspect, parse error) is logged at
debug level and the function returns whatever it managed before the
failure. Safe to call repeatedly; idempotent.
Issue #20561 — this is the safety net for SIGKILL / OOM / crashed
terminal exits that bypass the ``atexit`` cleanup hook. Without it,
even with the cleanup-fix in the prior commit, a hard-killed Hermes
process leaves its container behind permanently because there's no
subsequent Hermes process scheduled to reuse that exact (task, profile)
pair.
"""
docker = docker_exe or find_docker() or "docker"
filters = ["--filter", "label=hermes-agent=1", "--filter", "status=exited"]
if profile_filter:
filters.extend(["--filter", f"label=hermes-profile={_sanitize_label_value(profile_filter)}"])
try:
listing = subprocess.run(
[docker, "ps", "-a", *filters, "--format", "{{.ID}}"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15, check=False,
)
except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError) as e:
logger.debug("orphan reaper docker ps failed: %s", e)
return 0
if listing.returncode != 0:
logger.debug(
"orphan reaper docker ps returned %d: %s",
listing.returncode, listing.stderr.strip(),
)
return 0
candidate_ids = [ln.strip() for ln in listing.stdout.splitlines() if ln.strip()]
if not candidate_ids:
return 0
# Inspect each candidate to get FinishedAt; reap only those exited
# long enough ago. Doing this per-container (rather than bulk inspect)
# keeps the failure blast radius to one container at a time.
import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
removed = 0
for cid in candidate_ids:
finished_at = _container_finished_at(docker, cid)
if finished_at is None:
# Couldn't determine age — be conservative and leave it alone.
continue
age = (now - finished_at).total_seconds()
if age < max_age_seconds:
continue
try:
result = subprocess.run(
[docker, "rm", "-f", cid],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30,
)
if result.returncode == 0:
removed += 1
logger.info(
"Reaped orphan container %s (exited %d seconds ago)",
cid[:12], int(age),
)
else:
logger.debug(
"docker rm -f %s failed: %s",
cid[:12], result.stderr.strip(),
)
except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError) as e:
logger.debug("orphan reaper docker rm %s failed: %s", cid[:12], e)
return removed
def _container_finished_at(docker_exe: str, container_id: str):
"""Parse ``docker inspect`` FinishedAt for *container_id*.
Returns a timezone-aware datetime, or ``None`` if the field is missing,
unparseable, or the zero-value ``0001-01-01T00:00:00Z`` Docker emits
for never-finished containers. ``None`` means "don't reap" — the caller
leaves the container alone.
"""
try:
result = subprocess.run(
[docker_exe, "inspect", "--format", "{{.State.FinishedAt}}", container_id],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10, check=False,
)
except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError) as e:
logger.debug("orphan reaper docker inspect %s failed: %s", container_id[:12], e)
return None
if result.returncode != 0:
return None
raw = result.stdout.strip()
if not raw or raw.startswith("0001-01-01"):
return None
# Docker emits RFC3339 with nanoseconds (e.g. "2026-05-28T13:45:00.123456789Z").
# Python's fromisoformat handles microseconds but not nanoseconds; trim.
import re as _re
raw = _re.sub(r"(\.\d{6})\d+", r"\1", raw)
raw = raw.replace("Z", "+00:00")
try:
import datetime
return datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(raw)
except ValueError as e:
logger.debug("could not parse FinishedAt %r for %s: %s", raw, container_id[:12], e)
return None
def find_docker() -> Optional[str]:
"""Locate the docker (or podman) CLI binary.
Resolution order:
1. ``HERMES_DOCKER_BINARY`` env var — explicit override (e.g. ``/usr/bin/podman``)
2. ``docker`` on PATH via ``shutil.which``
3. ``podman`` on PATH via ``shutil.which``
4. Well-known macOS Docker Desktop install locations
Returns the absolute path, or ``None`` if neither runtime can be found.
"""
global _docker_executable
if _docker_executable is not None:
return _docker_executable
# 1. Explicit override via env var (e.g. for Podman on immutable distros)
override = os.getenv("HERMES_DOCKER_BINARY")
if override and os.path.isfile(override) and os.access(override, os.X_OK):
_docker_executable = override
logger.info("Using HERMES_DOCKER_BINARY override: %s", override)
return override
# 2. docker on PATH
found = shutil.which("docker")
if found:
_docker_executable = found
return found
# 3. podman on PATH (drop-in compatible for our use case)
found = shutil.which("podman")
if found:
_docker_executable = found
logger.info("Using podman as container runtime: %s", found)
return found
# 4. Well-known macOS Docker Desktop locations
for path in _DOCKER_SEARCH_PATHS:
if os.path.isfile(path) and os.access(path, os.X_OK):
_docker_executable = path
logger.info("Found docker at non-PATH location: %s", path)
return path
return None
# Security flags applied to every container.
# The container itself is the security boundary (isolated from host).
# We drop all capabilities then add back the minimum needed:
# DAC_OVERRIDE - root can write to bind-mounted dirs owned by host user
# CHOWN/FOWNER - package managers (pip, npm, apt) need to set file ownership
# SETUID/SETGID - the image's init drops from root to the 'hermes'
# user (via `s6-setuidgid` in the bundled image, or whatever
# privilege-drop helper a user image uses), which requires these
# caps. Combined with `no-new-privileges`, the dropped process
# still cannot escalate back to root, so the security posture is
# preserved. Omitted entirely when the container starts as a
# non-root user via --user, since no privilege drop is needed
# in that mode.
# Block privilege escalation and limit PIDs.
# /tmp is size-limited and nosuid but allows exec (needed by pip/npm builds).
_BASE_SECURITY_ARGS = [
"--cap-drop", "ALL",
"--cap-add", "DAC_OVERRIDE",
"--cap-add", "CHOWN",
"--cap-add", "FOWNER",
"--security-opt", "no-new-privileges",
"--pids-limit", "256",
"--tmpfs", "/tmp:rw,nosuid,size=512m",
"--tmpfs", "/var/tmp:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=256m",
"--tmpfs", "/run:rw,noexec,nosuid,size=64m",
]
# Extra caps needed when the container starts as root and an init/entrypoint
# must drop privileges (via `s6-setuidgid`, `gosu`, `su`, or similar).
# Skipped when --user is passed because the container already starts
# unprivileged and never needs to switch.
_PRIVDROP_CAP_ARGS = [
"--cap-add", "SETUID",
"--cap-add", "SETGID",
]
def _build_security_args(run_as_host_user: bool) -> list[str]:
"""Return the security/cap/tmpfs args tailored to the privilege mode."""
if run_as_host_user:
return list(_BASE_SECURITY_ARGS)
return list(_BASE_SECURITY_ARGS) + list(_PRIVDROP_CAP_ARGS)
def _resolve_host_user_spec() -> Optional[str]:
"""Return ``<uid>:<gid>`` for the current host user, or ``None`` on platforms
where this is not meaningful (e.g. Windows without posix ids).
We intentionally read ``os.getuid()``/``os.getgid()`` directly rather than
going through ``getpass``/``pwd`` so this stays cheap and never raises on
nameless UIDs (nss lookups can fail inside sandboxed launchers).
"""
get_uid = getattr(os, "getuid", None)
get_gid = getattr(os, "getgid", None)
if get_uid is None or get_gid is None:
return None
try:
return f"{get_uid()}:{get_gid()}"
except Exception: # pragma: no cover - defensive
return None
_storage_opt_ok: Optional[bool] = None # cached result across instances
def _ensure_docker_available() -> None:
"""Best-effort check that the docker CLI is available before use.
Reuses ``find_docker()`` so this preflight stays consistent with the rest of
the Docker backend, including known non-PATH Docker Desktop locations.
"""
docker_exe = find_docker()
if not docker_exe:
logger.error(
"Docker backend selected but no docker executable was found in PATH "
"or known install locations. Install Docker Desktop and ensure the "
"CLI is available."
)
raise RuntimeError(
"Docker executable not found in PATH or known install locations. "
"Install Docker and ensure the 'docker' command is available."
)
try:
result = subprocess.run(
[docker_exe, "version"],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
timeout=5,
)
except FileNotFoundError:
logger.error(
"Docker backend selected but the resolved docker executable '%s' could "
"not be executed.",
docker_exe,
exc_info=True,
)
raise RuntimeError(
"Docker executable could not be executed. Check your Docker installation."
)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
logger.error(
"Docker backend selected but '%s version' timed out. "
"The Docker daemon may not be running.",
docker_exe,
exc_info=True,
)
raise RuntimeError(
"Docker daemon is not responding. Ensure Docker is running and try again."
)
except Exception:
logger.error(
"Unexpected error while checking Docker availability.",
exc_info=True,
)
raise
else:
if result.returncode != 0:
logger.error(
"Docker backend selected but '%s version' failed "
"(exit code %d, stderr=%s)",
docker_exe,
result.returncode,
result.stderr.strip(),
)
raise RuntimeError(
"Docker command is available but 'docker version' failed. "
"Check your Docker installation."
)
class DockerEnvironment(BaseEnvironment):
"""Hardened Docker container execution with resource limits and persistence.
Security: all capabilities dropped, no privilege escalation, PID limits,
size-limited tmpfs for scratch dirs. The container itself is the security
boundary — the filesystem inside is writable so agents can install packages
(pip, npm, apt) as needed. Writable workspace via tmpfs or bind mounts.
Persistence: when enabled, bind mounts preserve /workspace and /root
across container restarts.
"""
def __init__(
self,
image: str,
cwd: str = "/root",
timeout: int = 60,
cpu: float = 0,
memory: int = 0,
disk: int = 0,
persistent_filesystem: bool = False,
task_id: str = "default",
volumes: list = None,
forward_env: list[str] | None = None,
env: dict | None = None,
network: bool = True,
host_cwd: str = None,
auto_mount_cwd: bool = False,
run_as_host_user: bool = False,
extra_args: list = None,
persist_across_processes: bool = True,
):
if cwd == "~":
cwd = "/root"
super().__init__(cwd=cwd, timeout=timeout)
self._persistent = persistent_filesystem
self._persist_across_processes = persist_across_processes
self._task_id = task_id
self._forward_env = _normalize_forward_env_names(forward_env)
self._env = _normalize_env_dict(env)
self._container_id: Optional[str] = None
self._labels: dict[str, str] = {}
logger.info(f"DockerEnvironment volumes: {volumes}")
# Ensure volumes is a list (config.yaml could be malformed)
if volumes is not None and not isinstance(volumes, list):
logger.warning(f"docker_volumes config is not a list: {volumes!r}")
volumes = []
# Fail fast if Docker is not available.
_ensure_docker_available()
# Build resource limit args
resource_args = []
if cpu > 0:
resource_args.extend(["--cpus", str(cpu)])
if memory > 0:
resource_args.extend(["--memory", f"{memory}m"])
if disk > 0 and sys.platform != "darwin":
if self._storage_opt_supported():
resource_args.extend(["--storage-opt", f"size={disk}m"])
else:
logger.warning(
"Docker storage driver does not support per-container disk limits "
"(requires overlay2 on XFS with pquota). Container will run without disk quota."
)
if not network:
resource_args.append("--network=none")
# Persistent workspace via bind mounts from a configurable host directory
# (TERMINAL_SANDBOX_DIR, default ~/.hermes/sandboxes/). Non-persistent
# mode uses tmpfs (ephemeral, fast, gone on cleanup).
from tools.environments.base import get_sandbox_dir
# User-configured volume mounts (from config.yaml docker_volumes)
volume_args = []
workspace_explicitly_mounted = False
for vol in (volumes or []):
if not isinstance(vol, str):
logger.warning(f"Docker volume entry is not a string: {vol!r}")
continue
vol = vol.strip()
if not vol:
continue
if ":" in vol:
volume_args.extend(["-v", vol])
if ":/workspace" in vol:
workspace_explicitly_mounted = True
else:
logger.warning(f"Docker volume '{vol}' missing colon, skipping")
host_cwd_abs = os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(host_cwd)) if host_cwd else ""
bind_host_cwd = (
auto_mount_cwd
and bool(host_cwd_abs)
and os.path.isdir(host_cwd_abs)
and not workspace_explicitly_mounted
)
if auto_mount_cwd and host_cwd and not os.path.isdir(host_cwd_abs):
logger.debug(f"Skipping docker cwd mount: host_cwd is not a valid directory: {host_cwd}")
self._workspace_dir: Optional[str] = None
self._home_dir: Optional[str] = None
writable_args = []
if self._persistent:
sandbox = get_sandbox_dir() / "docker" / task_id
self._home_dir = str(sandbox / "home")
os.makedirs(self._home_dir, exist_ok=True)
writable_args.extend([
"-v", f"{self._home_dir}:/root",
])
if not bind_host_cwd and not workspace_explicitly_mounted:
self._workspace_dir = str(sandbox / "workspace")
os.makedirs(self._workspace_dir, exist_ok=True)
writable_args.extend([
"-v", f"{self._workspace_dir}:/workspace",
])
else:
if not bind_host_cwd and not workspace_explicitly_mounted:
writable_args.extend([
"--tmpfs", "/workspace:rw,exec,size=10g",
])
writable_args.extend([
"--tmpfs", "/home:rw,exec,size=1g",
"--tmpfs", "/root:rw,exec,size=1g",
])
if bind_host_cwd:
logger.info(f"Mounting configured host cwd to /workspace: {host_cwd_abs}")
volume_args = ["-v", f"{host_cwd_abs}:/workspace", *volume_args]
elif workspace_explicitly_mounted:
logger.debug("Skipping docker cwd mount: /workspace already mounted by user config")
# Mount credential files (OAuth tokens, etc.) declared by skills.
# Read-only so the container can authenticate but not modify host creds.
try:
from tools.credential_files import (
get_credential_file_mounts,
get_skills_directory_mount,
get_cache_directory_mounts,
)
for mount_entry in get_credential_file_mounts():
volume_args.extend([
"-v",
f"{mount_entry['host_path']}:{mount_entry['container_path']}:ro",
])
logger.info(
"Docker: mounting credential %s -> %s",
mount_entry["host_path"],
mount_entry["container_path"],
)
# Mount skill directories (local + external) so skill
# scripts/templates are available inside the container.
for skills_mount in get_skills_directory_mount():
volume_args.extend([
"-v",
f"{skills_mount['host_path']}:{skills_mount['container_path']}:ro",
])
logger.info(
"Docker: mounting skills dir %s -> %s",
skills_mount["host_path"],
skills_mount["container_path"],
)
# Mount host-side cache directories (documents, images, audio,
# screenshots) so the agent can access uploaded files and other
# cached media from inside the container. Read-only — the
# container reads these but the host gateway manages writes.
for cache_mount in get_cache_directory_mounts():
volume_args.extend([
"-v",
f"{cache_mount['host_path']}:{cache_mount['container_path']}:ro",
])
logger.info(
"Docker: mounting cache dir %s -> %s",
cache_mount["host_path"],
cache_mount["container_path"],
)
except Exception as e:
logger.debug("Docker: could not load credential file mounts: %s", e)
# Explicit environment variables (docker_env config) — set at container
# creation so they're available to all processes (including entrypoint).
env_args = []
for key in sorted(self._env):
env_args.extend(["-e", f"{key}={self._env[key]}"])
# Optional: run the container as the host user so files written into
# bind-mounted dirs (/workspace, /root, docker_volumes entries) are
# owned by that user on the host instead of by root. Skip cleanly on
# platforms without POSIX uid/gid (e.g. native Windows Docker).
user_args: list[str] = []
if run_as_host_user:
user_spec = _resolve_host_user_spec()
if user_spec is not None:
user_args = ["--user", user_spec]
logger.info("Docker: running container as host user %s", user_spec)
else:
logger.warning(
"docker_run_as_host_user is enabled but this platform does "
"not expose POSIX uid/gid; container will start as its "
"image default user."
)
# Fall back to the full cap set — without --user, an image's
# init may still need s6-setuidgid/gosu/su to drop privileges.
security_args = _build_security_args(run_as_host_user and bool(user_args))
logger.info(f"Docker volume_args: {volume_args}")
# User-supplied extra docker run flags (docker_extra_args in config.yaml).
# Appended last so they can override defaults if needed.
validated_extra = []
for arg in (extra_args or []):
if not isinstance(arg, str):
logger.warning("Ignoring non-string docker_extra_args entry: %r", arg)
continue
validated_extra.append(arg)
all_run_args = (
security_args
+ user_args
+ writable_args
+ resource_args
+ volume_args
+ env_args
+ validated_extra
)
logger.info(f"Docker run_args: {all_run_args}")
# Resolve the docker executable once so it works even when
# /usr/local/bin is not in PATH (common on macOS gateway/service).
self._docker_exe = find_docker() or "docker"
# Start the container directly via `docker run -d`.
container_name = f"hermes-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
# Labels make hermes-created containers identifiable to:
# * the orphan reaper (`hermes-agent=1` for the global sweep filter)
# * future cross-process reuse (`hermes-task-id`, `hermes-profile`)
# * operators running `docker ps --filter label=hermes-agent=1`
# Values are limited to the safe character set defined by
# _sanitize_label_value(); the active Hermes profile is captured at
# container-start time and never changes for the container's lifetime.
profile_name = _sanitize_label_value(_get_active_profile_name())
task_label = _sanitize_label_value(task_id)
label_args = [
"--label", "hermes-agent=1",
"--label", f"hermes-task-id={task_label}",
"--label", f"hermes-profile={profile_name}",
]
self._labels = {
"hermes-agent": "1",
"hermes-task-id": task_label,
"hermes-profile": profile_name,
}
# Cross-process container reuse (issue #20561 — docs claim "ONE long-lived
# container shared across sessions"). If a prior Hermes process
# already started a container for this (task_id, profile) and it
# still exists, attach to it instead of starting a fresh one. This
# restores the documented contract; opt out via
# ``terminal.docker_persist_across_processes: false``.
#
# Reuse matches on labels only — we deliberately do NOT compare image
# / mounts / resources. Operators who need a fresh container after
# changing those settings should set ``docker_persist_across_processes:
# false`` (or run ``docker rm -f`` against the labeled container) to
# force a clean start.
reused = False
if persist_across_processes:
existing = self._find_reusable_container(task_label, profile_name)
if existing is not None:
container_id, state = existing
self._container_id = container_id
if state != "running":
try:
subprocess.run(
[self._docker_exe, "start", container_id],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
timeout=30,
check=True,
)
except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as e:
logger.warning(
"Failed to start existing container %s (state=%s): "
"%s — falling back to a fresh container.",
container_id[:12], state, e,
)
self._container_id = None
if self._container_id:
logger.info(
"Reusing container %s (task=%s, profile=%s, prior state=%s)",
container_id[:12], task_label, profile_name, state,
)
reused = True
if not reused:
run_cmd = [
self._docker_exe, "run", "-d",
"--init", # tini/catatonit as PID 1 — reaps zombie children
"--name", container_name,
*label_args,
"-w", cwd,
*all_run_args,
image,
"sleep", "infinity", # no fixed lifetime — idle reaper handles cleanup
]
logger.debug(f"Starting container: {' '.join(run_cmd)}")
result = subprocess.run(
run_cmd,
capture_output=True,
text=True,
timeout=120, # image pull may take a while
check=True,
)
self._container_id = result.stdout.strip()
logger.info(f"Started container {container_name} ({self._container_id[:12]})")
# Build the init-time env forwarding args (used only by init_session
# to inject host env vars into the snapshot; subsequent commands get
# them from the snapshot file).
self._init_env_args = self._build_init_env_args()
# Initialize session snapshot inside the container
self.init_session()
def _build_init_env_args(self) -> list[str]:
"""Build -e KEY=VALUE args for injecting host env vars into init_session.
These are used once during init_session() so that export -p captures
them into the snapshot. Subsequent execute() calls don't need -e flags.
"""
exec_env: dict[str, str] = dict(self._env)
explicit_forward_keys = set(self._forward_env)
passthrough_keys: set[str] = set()
try:
from tools.env_passthrough import get_all_passthrough
passthrough_keys = set(get_all_passthrough())
except Exception:
pass
# Explicit docker_forward_env entries are an intentional opt-in and must
# win over the generic Hermes secret blocklist. Only implicit passthrough
# keys are filtered.
forward_keys = explicit_forward_keys | (passthrough_keys - _HERMES_PROVIDER_ENV_BLOCKLIST)
hermes_env = _load_hermes_env_vars() if forward_keys else {}
for key in sorted(forward_keys):
value = os.getenv(key)
if value is None:
value = hermes_env.get(key)
if value is not None:
exec_env[key] = value
args = []
for key in sorted(exec_env):
args.extend(["-e", f"{key}={exec_env[key]}"])
return args
def _run_bash(self, cmd_string: str, *, login: bool = False,
timeout: int = 120,
stdin_data: str | None = None) -> subprocess.Popen:
"""Spawn a bash process inside the Docker container."""
assert self._container_id, "Container not started"
cmd = [self._docker_exe, "exec"]
if stdin_data is not None:
cmd.append("-i")
# Only inject -e env args during init_session (login=True).
# Subsequent commands get env vars from the snapshot.
if login:
cmd.extend(self._init_env_args)
cmd.extend([self._container_id])
if login:
cmd.extend(["bash", "-l", "-c", cmd_string])
else:
cmd.extend(["bash", "-c", cmd_string])
return _popen_bash(cmd, stdin_data)
@staticmethod
def _storage_opt_supported() -> bool:
"""Check if Docker's storage driver supports --storage-opt size=.
Only overlay2 on XFS with pquota supports per-container disk quotas.
Ubuntu (and most distros) default to ext4, where this flag errors out.
"""
global _storage_opt_ok
if _storage_opt_ok is not None:
return _storage_opt_ok
try:
docker = find_docker() or "docker"
result = subprocess.run(
[docker, "info", "--format", "{{.Driver}}"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
)
driver = result.stdout.strip().lower()
if driver != "overlay2":
_storage_opt_ok = False
return False
# overlay2 only supports storage-opt on XFS with pquota.
# Probe by attempting a dry-ish run — the fastest reliable check.
probe = subprocess.run(
[docker, "create", "--storage-opt", "size=1m", "hello-world"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15,
)
if probe.returncode == 0:
# Clean up the created container
container_id = probe.stdout.strip()
if container_id:
subprocess.run([docker, "rm", container_id],
capture_output=True, timeout=5)
_storage_opt_ok = True
else:
_storage_opt_ok = False
except Exception:
_storage_opt_ok = False
logger.debug("Docker --storage-opt support: %s", _storage_opt_ok)
return _storage_opt_ok
def _find_reusable_container(self, task_label: str, profile_label: str) -> Optional[tuple[str, str]]:
"""Look for an existing container labeled for this (task, profile).
Returns ``(container_id, state)`` on hit, ``None`` on miss / on any
failure (including ``docker ps`` itself failing). State is one of the
values Docker reports via ``{{.State}}`` — e.g. ``running``, ``exited``,
``created``, ``paused``, ``restarting``, ``dead``. The caller decides
whether the state warrants ``docker start`` before reuse.
Restricted to the docker-stored label set this class creates; never
matches containers that happened to be named ``hermes-*`` but were
started by some other tool.
"""
try:
result = subprocess.run(
[
self._docker_exe, "ps", "-a",
"--filter", "label=hermes-agent=1",
"--filter", f"label=hermes-task-id={task_label}",
"--filter", f"label=hermes-profile={profile_label}",
"--format", "{{.ID}}\t{{.State}}",
],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
timeout=10,
check=False,
)
except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError) as e:
logger.debug("docker ps probe failed: %s — will start a fresh container", e)
return None
if result.returncode != 0:
logger.debug(
"docker ps probe returned %d: %s — will start a fresh container",
result.returncode, result.stderr.strip(),
)
return None
lines = [ln.strip() for ln in result.stdout.splitlines() if ln.strip()]
if not lines:
return None
# Multiple matches are unusual (one (task, profile) should produce one
# container) but can happen if a previous Hermes process crashed
# mid-cleanup. Prefer a running one if present; otherwise pick the
# first listed. Stale duplicates get reaped by the orphan-reaper in a
# follow-up commit; we don't try to be heroic about them here.
running = None
first = None
for ln in lines:
parts = ln.split("\t", 1)
if len(parts) != 2:
continue
cid, state = parts[0], parts[1].lower()
if first is None:
first = (cid, state)
if state == "running" and running is None:
running = (cid, state)
return running or first
def cleanup(self, *, force_remove: bool = False):
"""Tear down the container according to persist mode and *force_remove*.
Persist-mode (``persist_across_processes=True``, the default) leaves the
container **running** untouched. The docs promise "ONE long-lived
container shared across sessions" and stopping it on every Hermes exit
breaks that promise:
* Background processes inside the container (``npm run dev``, watchers,
long-running pytest) get killed every time the user runs ``/quit``.
* Every reuse requires ``docker start`` + waiting for the container to
come back up, adding 12s to the first tool call of the new session.
* The user-visible difference between "ONE long-lived container" and
"a new container that happens to share state" is exactly this:
processes survive in the former, die in the latter.
Resource reclamation for the persist-mode case lives in the
``reap_orphan_containers()`` path (see issue #20561 commit 3): if no
Hermes process touches a labeled container for ``2 × lifetime_seconds``
it gets ``docker rm -f``'d at the next Hermes startup. That covers the
SIGKILL / OOM / abandoned-laptop cases without us needing to stop the
container on every graceful exit.
Opt-out mode (``persist_across_processes=False``) still does
``docker stop`` + ``docker rm -f`` on every cleanup, matching the
pre-PR behavior for users who explicitly want per-process isolation.
``force_remove=True`` overrides persist mode and always tears the
container down (``docker stop`` + ``docker rm -f``). This is the
explicit-teardown path for ``/reset``, ``cleanup_vm(task_id)``-driven
resets, or any caller that wants a guaranteed fresh container on next
``DockerEnvironment(task_id=...)``. No current caller passes
``force_remove=True``; the parameter is here so the explicit-teardown
semantics can be wired up later without changing this method's
signature.
Cleanup runs on a daemon thread with bounded ``subprocess.run`` calls
(not the racy ``Popen(... &)`` pattern from before PR #33645). The
atexit hook in ``tools/terminal_tool.py`` waits up to 15s for the
thread to finish before the interpreter exits, so ``docker stop`` /
``docker rm`` actually completes when we do trigger it.
"""
container_id = self._container_id
if not container_id:
# Still drop the bind-mount dirs if any were allocated and we're
# NOT in persist mode (persist mode preserves them).
if not self._persistent:
for d in (self._workspace_dir, self._home_dir):
if d:
shutil.rmtree(d, ignore_errors=True)
return
# Decide what to actually do. Three cases:
#
# force_remove=True → stop + rm (explicit teardown)
# persist_across_processes=True → no-op (leave container running)
# persist_across_processes=False → stop + rm (per-process isolation)
#
# The persist-mode no-op is the issue-#20561 contract: the container
# outlives Hermes processes, processes inside it stay alive, and
# reuse on next startup is instant.
if force_remove:
should_stop = True
should_remove = True
elif self._persist_across_processes:
# No-op for the container. Drop the in-process handle so a fresh
# __init__ will re-probe via labels (and find the running
# container) instead of trying to reuse a stale Python reference.
self._container_id = None
return
else:
should_stop = True
should_remove = True
# Capture state needed by the worker before we null out the attrs —
# the worker thread can outlive ``self``.
docker_exe = self._docker_exe
log_id = container_id[:12]
def _do_cleanup() -> None:
if should_stop:
try:
subprocess.run(
[docker_exe, "stop", "-t", "10", container_id],
capture_output=True, timeout=30,
)
except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError) as e:
logger.warning("docker stop %s timed out / failed: %s", log_id, e)
if should_remove:
try:
subprocess.run(
[docker_exe, "rm", "-f", container_id],
capture_output=True, timeout=30,
)
except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, OSError) as e:
logger.warning("docker rm -f %s failed: %s", log_id, e)
# Daemon thread: doesn't block interpreter exit (atexit returns
# promptly), but unlike the old ``Popen(... &)`` shell trick the
# Python-level join semantics let the thread actually run to
# completion if the interpreter is still alive. atexit registers
# ``_atexit_cleanup`` in terminal_tool.py which waits up to ~60s for
# outstanding cleanups, so most exits complete the work cleanly.
import threading
t = threading.Thread(target=_do_cleanup, daemon=True, name=f"hermes-cleanup-{log_id}")
t.start()
self._cleanup_thread = t
self._container_id = None
# Bind-mount dir teardown only runs when we actually removed the
# container (the dirs are the container's filesystem state; keeping
# them around with no container would orphan the data on disk).
if should_remove and not self._persistent:
for d in (self._workspace_dir, self._home_dir):
if d:
shutil.rmtree(d, ignore_errors=True)
def wait_for_cleanup(self, timeout: float = 30.0) -> bool:
"""Block up to *timeout* seconds for the cleanup worker thread.
Returns ``True`` if the thread finished (or no thread was started),
``False`` on timeout. The atexit hook in terminal_tool.py calls this
on every active environment so docker stop/rm actually completes
before the Python process exits — without this, ``hermes /quit``
races the interpreter shutdown and leaves stopped containers behind.
"""
thread = getattr(self, "_cleanup_thread", None)
if thread is None or not thread.is_alive():
return True
thread.join(timeout=timeout)
return not thread.is_alive()