hermes-agent/tests/test_empty_model_fallback.py
HumphreySun98 97375e0f06 fix(models): route bare-provider /model switch through the cost-safe default
`detect_static_provider_for_model` handles a bare provider name typed as a
model (e.g. `/model nous`) by returning `_PROVIDER_MODELS[provider][0]` — the
first curated entry. For metered aggregators whose curated list is ordered
most-capable-first (Nous Portal), entry [0] is the priciest flagship, so
`/model nous` silently switched to it.

This is exactly the billing footgun `_PROVIDER_SILENT_DEFAULT_OVERRIDES` /
`get_default_model_for_provider` exist to prevent (per their docstring, a
missing model "escalated to Opus and billed 863 requests before the user
noticed"). The non-interactive fallback already routes through that cost-safe
helper; the interactive `/model <provider>` path did not.

Route this path through `get_default_model_for_provider` too. Providers
without a silent-default override are unchanged (the helper returns
`models[0]`), so only overridden providers (currently `nous`) change — from
the flagship to the low-cost default.

Adds regression tests: `/model nous` resolves to the cost-safe default, and
non-overridden providers still resolve to their first catalog model.
2026-07-15 00:10:31 -07:00

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"""Tests for empty model fallback — when provider is configured but model is missing."""
from unittest.mock import patch
class TestGetDefaultModelForProvider:
"""Unit tests for hermes_cli.models.get_default_model_for_provider."""
def test_known_provider_returns_first_model(self):
from hermes_cli.models import get_default_model_for_provider
result = get_default_model_for_provider("openai-codex")
# Should return first model from _PROVIDER_MODELS["openai-codex"]
assert result
assert isinstance(result, str)
def test_openrouter_returns_preferred_silent_default(self):
"""OpenRouter has no static catalog (live fetch), but the silent
default must still resolve — to the cost-safe preferred model, never
the curated list's Anthropic flagship (claude-fable-5)."""
from hermes_cli.models import (
PREFERRED_SILENT_DEFAULT_MODEL,
get_default_model_for_provider,
)
result = get_default_model_for_provider("openrouter")
assert result == PREFERRED_SILENT_DEFAULT_MODEL
assert "claude" not in result.lower()
def test_unknown_provider_returns_empty(self):
from hermes_cli.models import get_default_model_for_provider
assert get_default_model_for_provider("nonexistent-provider") == ""
def test_custom_provider_returns_empty(self):
"""Custom provider has no model catalog — should return empty."""
from hermes_cli.models import get_default_model_for_provider
# Custom providers don't have entries in _PROVIDER_MODELS
assert get_default_model_for_provider("some-random-custom") == ""
def test_nous_silent_default_is_not_the_expensive_flagship(self):
"""Nous Portal is a metered aggregator whose curated list is ordered
most-capable-first, so entry [0] is the priciest flagship
(anthropic/claude-opus-4.8). The silent fallback (provider set, no model)
must NOT escalate to it — otherwise an unconfigured profile silently
bills the most expensive model. Regression for the billing footgun.
"""
from hermes_cli.models import (
_PROVIDER_MODELS,
_PROVIDER_SILENT_DEFAULT_OVERRIDES,
get_default_model_for_provider,
)
result = get_default_model_for_provider("nous")
assert result, "nous must resolve to a usable default model"
assert "opus" not in result.lower(), (
f"silent default escalated to an expensive flagship: {result!r}"
)
assert result != _PROVIDER_MODELS["nous"][0], (
"silent default must not be the most-capable/priciest catalog entry"
)
# The override must point at a model that actually exists in the catalog.
assert result == _PROVIDER_SILENT_DEFAULT_OVERRIDES["nous"]
assert result in _PROVIDER_MODELS["nous"]
def test_override_falls_back_to_catalog_when_missing(self):
"""If an override model is no longer in the catalog, fall back to [0]
rather than returning a stale/absent id."""
from unittest.mock import patch
from hermes_cli import models as models_mod
with patch.dict(
models_mod._PROVIDER_SILENT_DEFAULT_OVERRIDES,
{"openai-codex": "does-not-exist-model"},
clear=False,
):
result = models_mod.get_default_model_for_provider("openai-codex")
assert result == models_mod._PROVIDER_MODELS["openai-codex"][0]
class TestDetectStaticProviderCostSafeDefault:
"""detect_static_provider_for_model must apply the same cost-safe default
as get_default_model_for_provider when a bare provider name is typed as a
model (e.g. ``/model nous``)."""
def test_bare_nous_does_not_escalate_to_flagship(self):
from hermes_cli.models import (
_PROVIDER_MODELS,
get_default_model_for_provider,
detect_static_provider_for_model,
)
result = detect_static_provider_for_model("nous", "openrouter")
assert result is not None
provider, model = result
assert provider == "nous"
# Must match the cost-safe silent default, NOT the priciest catalog
# entry [0]. Regression: this path returned _PROVIDER_MODELS["nous"][0]
# directly, re-introducing the billing footgun on the interactive
# ``/model nous`` path.
assert model == get_default_model_for_provider("nous")
assert "opus" not in model.lower()
assert model != _PROVIDER_MODELS["nous"][0]
def test_provider_without_override_still_uses_first_model(self):
"""Providers with no silent-default override are unchanged."""
from hermes_cli.models import (
_PROVIDER_MODELS,
_PROVIDER_SILENT_DEFAULT_OVERRIDES,
detect_static_provider_for_model,
)
for provider in ("anthropic", "xai"):
if provider in _PROVIDER_SILENT_DEFAULT_OVERRIDES:
continue
result = detect_static_provider_for_model(provider, "openrouter")
assert result is not None
assert result[1] == _PROVIDER_MODELS[provider][0]
class TestGatewayEmptyModelFallback:
"""Test that _resolve_session_agent_runtime fills in empty model from provider catalog."""
def test_empty_model_filled_from_provider(self):
"""When config has no model but provider is openai-codex, use first codex model."""
from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
runner = object.__new__(GatewayRunner)
runner._session_model_overrides = {}
# Mock _resolve_gateway_model to return empty string
# Mock _resolve_runtime_agent_kwargs to return openai-codex provider
with patch("gateway.run._resolve_gateway_model", return_value=""), \
patch("gateway.run._resolve_runtime_agent_kwargs", return_value={
"provider": "openai-codex",
"api_key": "test-key",
"base_url": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex",
"api_mode": "codex_responses",
}):
model, kwargs = runner._resolve_session_agent_runtime()
# Model should have been filled in from provider catalog
assert model, "Model should not be empty when provider is known"
assert isinstance(model, str)
assert kwargs["provider"] == "openai-codex"
def test_nonempty_model_not_overridden(self):
"""When config has a model set, don't override it."""
from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
runner = object.__new__(GatewayRunner)
runner._session_model_overrides = {}
with patch("gateway.run._resolve_gateway_model", return_value="gpt-5.4"), \
patch("gateway.run._resolve_runtime_agent_kwargs", return_value={
"provider": "openai-codex",
"api_key": "test-key",
"base_url": "https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex",
"api_mode": "codex_responses",
}):
model, kwargs = runner._resolve_session_agent_runtime()
assert model == "gpt-5.4", "Explicit model should not be overridden"
def test_empty_model_no_provider_stays_empty(self):
"""When both model and provider are empty, model stays empty."""
from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
runner = object.__new__(GatewayRunner)
runner._session_model_overrides = {}
with patch("gateway.run._resolve_gateway_model", return_value=""), \
patch("gateway.run._resolve_runtime_agent_kwargs", return_value={
"provider": "",
"api_key": "test-key",
"base_url": "https://example.com",
"api_mode": "chat_completions",
}):
model, kwargs = runner._resolve_session_agent_runtime()
# Can't fill in a default without knowing the provider
assert model == ""
class TestResolveGatewayModel:
"""Test _resolve_gateway_model reads model from config correctly."""
def test_returns_default_key(self):
from gateway.run import _resolve_gateway_model
assert _resolve_gateway_model({"model": {"default": "gpt-5.4"}}) == "gpt-5.4"
def test_returns_model_key_fallback(self):
from gateway.run import _resolve_gateway_model
assert _resolve_gateway_model({"model": {"model": "gpt-5.4"}}) == "gpt-5.4"
def test_returns_empty_when_missing(self):
from gateway.run import _resolve_gateway_model
assert _resolve_gateway_model({"model": {}}) == ""
def test_returns_empty_when_no_model_section(self):
from gateway.run import _resolve_gateway_model
assert _resolve_gateway_model({}) == ""
def test_string_model_config(self):
from gateway.run import _resolve_gateway_model
assert _resolve_gateway_model({"model": "my-model"}) == "my-model"