hermes-agent/tools
Teknium c66ecf0bc3
feat(delegation): async background subagents via delegate_task(background=true) (#40946)
* feat(delegation): async background subagents via delegate_task(background=true)

delegate_task(background=true) dispatches a subagent that runs in the
background and returns a handle immediately, so the user and model keep
working while it runs. The full result — plus the original task source —
re-enters the conversation as a new turn when the subagent finishes,
riding the same completion-queue rail as terminal background processes.

- tools/async_delegation.py: daemon-executor registry, capacity cap,
  rich self-contained completion event pushed onto the shared
  process_registry.completion_queue (type='async_delegation').
- delegate_tool.py: background param + single-task dispatch branch;
  batch async rejected (v1).
- process_registry.py: format_process_notification renders the rich
  task-source block (goal/context/toolsets/model/status/result).
- gateway/run.py: dedicated _async_delegation_watcher drains + injects
  results into the originating session (idle + post-turn), session_key
  routing enrichment, shutdown interrupt of dangling delegations.
- config: delegation.max_async_children (default 3).

Reuses the existing idle-drain wiring rather than mutating a running
agent loop, preserving message-role alternation and prompt-cache
invariants. 13 targeted tests; CLI + gateway paths E2E-verified.

* test(delegation): make async non-blocking tests environment-independent

CI 'test (5)' flaked on a cold, 8-worker runner: the first
delegate_task(background=true) call measured 2.27s of one-time setup
(config load + child-agent construction + imports), tripping the
elapsed < 1.0 wall-clock assertion. That assertion was testing setup
overhead, not blocking.

Replace the wall-clock thresholds with the real invariant: dispatch
returns while the child is still gated (active_count == 1, completion
queue empty), which a synchronous impl could not do. Keep only a loose
4s sanity backstop well under the runner's 5s gate.

* fix(delegation): harden async background delegation

Follow-up review fixes:
- Detach background child from parent._active_children at dispatch —
  otherwise parent-turn interrupts (Ctrl+C, mid-turn steering), cache
  evicts (release_clients), and session close (/new) kill/close the
  detached subagent mid-run, defeating the point of background mode.
  Lifecycle is owned by the async registry's interrupt_fn.
- Make the capacity check atomic with the record insert (TOCTOU: two
  concurrent dispatches could both pass active_count() and exceed the cap).
- TUI dedup: key async_delegation events by delegation_id — the
  fallthrough keyed them all as ("", type), suppressing every completion
  after the first in the desktop/TUI status feed.
- CLI /stop now interrupts running background delegations and /agents
  lists them (they live outside the process registry and were invisible).
- Drop stray unbalanced ']' line from the re-injection block and the
  unused _ASYNC_DEFAULT import.

Tests: detach-at-dispatch + concurrent-capacity race added (15 total in
test_async_delegation.py); 137 delegate + 140 process-registry/notify/watch
+ 7 TUI dedup tests pass.

* fix(delegation): harden async background completion drains
2026-06-15 13:33:12 -07:00
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computer_use fix(xai): accept Grok Build code during loopback wait + tiny screenshot guard 2026-06-09 23:21:24 -07:00
environments fix: make profile subprocess HOME policy explicit 2026-06-14 03:20:21 -07:00
neutts_samples
__init__.py
ansi_strip.py
approval.py fix(approval): gate in-place edits to sensitive user files 2026-06-13 14:35:27 -07:00
async_delegation.py feat(delegation): async background subagents via delegate_task(background=true) (#40946) 2026-06-15 13:33:12 -07:00
binary_extensions.py
blueprints.py refactor(cron): rebrand Cron Recipes -> Automation Blueprints 2026-06-11 10:49:47 -07:00
browser_camofox.py fix(browser): rewrite Camofox Docker loopback URLs (#25541) 2026-05-29 15:43:55 +10:00
browser_camofox_state.py
browser_cdp_tool.py fix(deps): declare websockets as core dep + relax dev setuptools pin (salvage #45486, #44693) (#46744) 2026-06-15 12:44:44 -04:00
browser_dialog_tool.py feat: auto-launch Chromium-family browser for CDP 2026-05-19 22:34:05 -07:00
browser_supervisor.py fix(browser): recover from CDP DOM-node serialization crash in browser_console (#35385) 2026-05-30 07:31:25 -07:00
browser_tool.py fix: harden salvaged session and browser improvements 2026-06-15 07:46:34 -07:00
budget_config.py chore: remove Atropos RL environments and tinker-atropos integration (#26106) 2026-05-15 10:36:38 +05:30
checkpoint_manager.py fix: prevent TUI gateway stdin EOF crash across all TUI-context subprocess calls 2026-06-08 22:46:57 -07:00
clarify_gateway.py feat(gateway): wire clarify tool with inline keyboard buttons on Telegram (#24199) 2026-05-12 16:33:33 -07:00
clarify_tool.py
code_execution_tool.py fix: make profile subprocess HOME policy explicit 2026-06-14 03:20:21 -07:00
computer_use_tool.py feat(computer-use): cua-driver backend, universal any-model schema 2026-05-08 11:07:38 -07:00
credential_files.py fix(slack): make video attachments available to agents (#45512) 2026-06-13 03:33:27 -07:00
cronjob_tools.py revert(cron): remove per-job profile support (PR #28124) (#43956) 2026-06-10 20:46:17 -07:00
debug_helpers.py
delegate_tool.py feat(delegation): async background subagents via delegate_task(background=true) (#40946) 2026-06-15 13:33:12 -07:00
discord_tool.py feat: add Discord message deletion action 2026-05-07 05:11:09 -07:00
env_passthrough.py harden(env_passthrough): apply GHSA-rhgp-j443-p4rf filter to config.yaml path (#27794) 2026-05-25 03:35:23 -07:00
env_probe.py fix: prevent TUI gateway stdin EOF crash across all TUI-context subprocess calls 2026-06-08 22:46:57 -07:00
fal_common.py refactor(image_gen): port FAL backend to plugins/image_gen/fal 2026-05-22 04:10:45 -07:00
feishu_doc_tool.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
feishu_drive_tool.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
file_operations.py fix(search): keep partial results on search timeout (#36142) 2026-06-13 14:35:21 -07:00
file_state.py feat(delegate): cross-agent file state coordination for concurrent subagents (#13718) 2026-04-21 16:41:26 -07:00
file_tools.py refactor(tools): extract shared sentinel-free abs cwd validator 2026-06-15 14:03:41 +05:30
fuzzy_match.py fix(patch): widen new_string \t/\r unescape to all match strategies (#33733) 2026-05-28 03:27:20 -07:00
homeassistant_tool.py
image_generation_tool.py refactor(image_gen): delegate cache-path mapping to shared helper 2026-06-06 13:19:07 -07:00
interrupt.py fix(interrupt): propagate to concurrent-tool workers + opt-in debug trace (#11907) 2026-04-17 20:39:25 -07:00
kanban_tools.py fix(kanban): kanban_create inherits the spawning worker's task workspace (#37182) 2026-06-01 21:26:29 -07:00
lazy_deps.py fix(teams): package Microsoft Teams SDK as an installable extra (salvage #43945) (#46764) 2026-06-15 14:35:15 -04:00
managed_tool_gateway.py fix(managed-gateway): keep tool availability scans off the Nous token-refresh path 2026-05-30 07:58:08 -07:00
mcp_oauth.py fix(mcp): fail fast for noninteractive oauth without tokens 2026-06-15 04:22:07 -07:00
mcp_oauth_manager.py fix(mcp): fail fast for noninteractive oauth without tokens 2026-06-15 04:22:07 -07:00
mcp_tool.py fix(mcp): block suspicious stdio configs before probe (#46112) 2026-06-14 04:46:54 -07:00
memory_tool.py fix(memory,skills): repair write-approval inline prompt, gateway staging, and gateway /skills review (#43452) 2026-06-10 02:57:15 -07:00
microsoft_graph_auth.py feat(msgraph): add auth and client foundation 2026-05-08 09:27:26 -07:00
microsoft_graph_client.py fix(msgraph): stream download_to_file body instead of buffering 2026-05-08 09:27:26 -07:00
mixture_of_agents_tool.py chore: ruff auto-fix C401, C416, C408, PLR1722 (#23940) 2026-05-11 11:20:58 -07:00
neutts_synth.py
openrouter_client.py
osv_check.py fix(osv_check): honor npx --package/-p install target when parsing package arg (#40567) 2026-06-06 18:30:39 -07:00
patch_parser.py fix(lint): skip per-file shell linter when LSP will handle the file (#29054) 2026-05-20 01:46:40 -05:00
path_security.py
process_registry.py feat(delegation): async background subagents via delegate_task(background=true) (#40946) 2026-06-15 13:33:12 -07:00
read_extract.py feat(read): extract notebook and office documents (#37082) 2026-06-13 14:42:51 -07:00
read_terminal_tool.py feat(desktop): resizable VS Code-themed terminal pane + palette polish (#42521) 2026-06-09 23:15:20 -05:00
registry.py security: sanitize tool error strings before injecting into model context (#26823) 2026-05-16 00:57:39 -07:00
schema_sanitizer.py fix(tools): strip default from $ref nodes in tool schemas 2026-06-12 00:30:51 -05:00
send_message_tool.py fix(messaging): route WhatsApp group JIDs to the target, not the home DM 2026-06-15 05:51:47 -07:00
session_search_tool.py feat(desktop): composer status stack, live subagent windows, editable prompts (#44630) 2026-06-12 08:30:06 -05:00
skill_manager_tool.py refactor(memory,skills): replace tri-state write_mode with boolean write_approval (default off) (#43354) 2026-06-09 23:21:14 -07:00
skill_provenance.py fix(curator): only mark agent-created for background-review sediment (#19621) 2026-05-04 02:42:16 -07:00
skill_usage.py fix(curator): protect load-bearing built-in skills from archival/consolidation (#41817) 2026-06-07 22:23:29 -07:00
skills_ast_audit.py refactor(skills): slim AST diagnostic to single entry point 2026-05-23 17:47:26 -07:00
skills_guard.py fix(skills-guard): stop flagging benign skill content + honor skill ignore files (#36231) 2026-06-01 01:58:48 -07:00
skills_hub.py fix(skills): let ClawHub index build walk past the 12s browse budget (#44500) 2026-06-11 18:03:11 -04:00
skills_sync.py fix(skills): make bundled-update backup handling crash-safe and idempotent 2026-06-13 15:01:42 -07:00
skills_tool.py fix(skills): apply global|platform disabled union to all resolution sites 2026-06-14 22:54:54 +05:30
slash_confirm.py fix(async): close unscheduled coroutines in all threadsafe bridges (#26584) 2026-05-15 14:00:01 -07:00
terminal_tool.py refactor(tools): consolidate task-override lookup into one helper 2026-06-15 14:02:17 +05:30
thread_context.py fix(code-exec): propagate agent-turn context into tool worker threads 2026-05-29 03:44:49 -07:00
threat_patterns.py feat(security): promptware defense — shared threat patterns + memory load-time scan + tool-result delimiters (#32269) 2026-05-25 14:52:24 -07:00
tirith_security.py fix: prevent TUI gateway stdin EOF crash across all TUI-context subprocess calls 2026-06-08 22:46:57 -07:00
todo_tool.py hardening(todo): bound TodoStore item content length and count 2026-06-07 18:06:27 -07:00
tool_backend_helpers.py feat(tools): surface the free tool pool in entitlement + setup (#36153) 2026-06-01 06:32:48 +05:30
tool_output_limits.py fix: tool_output_limits re-reads config on every call (no caching) 2026-05-31 00:50:19 -07:00
tool_result_storage.py fix(tool-result-storage): persist via stdin to bypass 128 KB exec-arg cap (#22913) 2026-05-09 18:44:58 -07:00
tool_search.py fix(tool-search): scope bridge catalog + dispatch to the session's toolsets 2026-05-29 02:04:12 -07:00
transcription_tools.py fix: prevent TUI gateway stdin EOF crash across all TUI-context subprocess calls 2026-06-08 22:46:57 -07:00
tts_tool.py feat(tts): add Gemini audio tag rewrite 2026-06-10 02:57:39 -07:00
url_safety.py fix(tools): percent-encode non-ascii URL components 2026-06-07 11:42:26 -06:00
video_generation_tool.py fix(xai): route video models by modality 2026-06-01 19:00:30 -07:00
vision_tools.py fix(deps): force prompt=False on the two mid-session lazy-install tool paths 2026-06-06 18:44:15 -07:00
voice_mode.py fix: prevent TUI gateway stdin EOF crash across all TUI-context subprocess calls 2026-06-08 22:46:57 -07:00
web_tools.py revert(web): remove keyless Parallel search fallback (#46350) 2026-06-14 16:47:57 -07:00
website_policy.py chore(web): remove web_crawl tool + provider crawl plumbing (#33824) 2026-05-28 04:52:42 -07:00
write_approval.py fix(memory,skills): repair write-approval inline prompt, gateway staging, and gateway /skills review (#43452) 2026-06-10 02:57:15 -07:00
x_search_tool.py chore: prune unused imports and duplicate import redefinitions 2026-05-28 22:26:25 -07:00
xai_http.py feat(web): add xAI Web Search provider plugin 2026-05-19 19:27:34 -07:00
yuanbao_tools.py Fix unsafe gateway media path delivery 2026-05-23 01:40:35 -07:00