hermes-agent/tests
Teknium 9de893e3b0 feat(windows): close native-Windows install gaps — crash-free startup, UTF-8 stdio, tzdata dep, docs
Native Windows (with Git for Windows installed) can now run the Hermes CLI
and gateway end-to-end without crashing.  install.ps1 already existed and
the Git Bash terminal backend was already wired up — this PR fills the
remaining gaps discovered by auditing every Windows-unsafe primitive
(`signal.SIGKILL`, `os.kill(pid, 0)` probes, bare `fcntl`/`termios`
imports) and by comparing hermes against how Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex,
and Cline handle native Windows.

## What changed

### UTF-8 stdio (new module)
- `hermes_cli/stdio.py` — single `configure_windows_stdio()` entry point.
  Flips the console code page to CP_UTF8 (65001), reconfigures
  `sys.stdout`/`stderr`/`stdin` to UTF-8, sets `PYTHONIOENCODING` + `PYTHONUTF8`
  for subprocesses.  No-op on non-Windows.  Opt out via `HERMES_DISABLE_WINDOWS_UTF8=1`.
- Called early in `cli.py::main`, `hermes_cli/main.py::main`, and
  `gateway/run.py::main` so Unicode banners (box-drawing, geometric
  symbols, non-Latin chat text) don't `UnicodeEncodeError` on cp1252
  consoles.

### Crash sites fixed
- `hermes_cli/main.py:7970` (hermes update → stuck gateway sweep): raw
  `os.kill(pid, _signal.SIGKILL)` → `gateway.status.terminate_pid(pid, force=True)`
  which routes through `taskkill /T /F` on Windows.
- `hermes_cli/profiles.py::_stop_gateway_process`: same fix — also
  converted SIGTERM path to `terminate_pid()` and widened OSError catch
  on the intermediate `os.kill(pid, 0)` probe.
- `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py:2914, 3041`: raw `signal.SIGKILL` →
  `getattr(signal, "SIGKILL", signal.SIGTERM)` fallback (matches the
  pattern already used in `gateway/status.py`).

### OSError widening on `os.kill(pid, 0)` probes
Windows raises `OSError` (WinError 87) for a gone PID instead of
`ProcessLookupError`.  Widened the catch at:
- `gateway/run.py:15101` (`--replace` wait-for-exit loop — without this,
  the loop busy-spins the full 10s every Windows gateway start)
- `hermes_cli/gateway.py:228, 460, 940`
- `hermes_cli/profiles.py:777`
- `tools/process_registry.py::_is_host_pid_alive`
- `tools/browser_tool.py:1170, 1206`

### Dashboard PTY graceful degradation
`hermes_cli/pty_bridge.py` depends on `fcntl`/`termios`/`ptyprocess`,
none of which exist on native Windows.  Previously a Windows dashboard
would crash on `import hermes_cli.web_server` because of a top-level
import.  Now:
- `hermes_cli/web_server.py` wraps the pty_bridge import in
  `try/except ImportError` and sets `_PTY_BRIDGE_AVAILABLE=False`.
- The `/api/pty` WebSocket handler returns a friendly "use WSL2 for
  this tab" message instead of exploding.
- Every other dashboard feature (sessions, jobs, metrics, config
  editor) runs natively on Windows.

### Dependency
- `pyproject.toml`: add `tzdata>=2023.3; sys_platform == 'win32'` so
  Python's `zoneinfo` works on Windows (which has no IANA tzdata
  shipped with the OS).  Credits @sprmn24 (PR #13182).

### Docs
- README.md: removed "Native Windows is not supported"; added
  PowerShell one-liner and Git-for-Windows prerequisite note.
- `website/docs/getting-started/installation.md`: new Windows section
  with capability matrix (everything native except the dashboard
  `/chat` PTY tab, which is WSL2-only).
- `website/docs/user-guide/windows-wsl-quickstart.md`: reframed as
  "WSL2 as an alternative to native" rather than "the only way".
- `website/docs/developer-guide/contributing.md`: updated
  cross-platform guidance with the `signal.SIGKILL` / `OSError`
  rules we enforce now.
- `website/docs/user-guide/features/web-dashboard.md`: acknowledged
  native Windows works for everything except the embedded PTY pane.

## Why this shape

Pulled from a survey of how other agent codebases handle native
Windows (Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Cline):

- All four treat Git Bash as the canonical shell on Windows, same as
  hermes already does in `tools/environments/local.py::_find_bash()`.
- None of them force `SetConsoleOutputCP` — but they don't have to,
  Node/Rust write UTF-16 to the Win32 console API.  Python does not get
  that for free, so we flip CP_UTF8 via ctypes.
- None of them ship PowerShell-as-primary-shell (Claude Code exposes
  PS as a secondary tool; scope creep for this PR).
- All of them use `taskkill /T /F` for force-kill on Windows, which
  is exactly what `gateway.status.terminate_pid(force=True)` does.

## Non-goals (deliberate scope limits)

- No PowerShell-as-a-second-shell tool — worth designing separately.
- No terminal routing rewrite (#12317, #15461, #19800 cluster) — that's
  the hardest design call and needs a separate doc.
- No wholesale `open()` → `open(..., encoding="utf-8")` sweep (Tianworld
  cluster) — will do as follow-up if users hit actual breakage; most
  modern code already specifies it.

## Validation

- 28 new tests in `tests/tools/test_windows_native_support.py` — all
  platform-mocked, pass on Linux CI.  Cover:
  - `configure_windows_stdio` idempotency, opt-out, env-preservation
  - `terminate_pid` taskkill routing, failure → OSError, FileNotFoundError fallback
  - `getattr(signal, "SIGKILL", …)` fallback shape
  - `_is_host_pid_alive` OSError widening (Windows-gone-PID behavior)
  - Source-level checks that all entry points call `configure_windows_stdio`
  - pty_bridge import-guard present in `web_server.py`
  - README no longer says "not supported"
- 12 pre-existing tests in `tests/tools/test_windows_compat.py` still pass.
- `tests/hermes_cli/` ran fully (3909 passed, 9 failures — all confirmed
  pre-existing on main by stash-test).
- `tests/gateway/` ran fully (5021 passed, 1 pre-existing failure).
- `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py` + `test_browser_*` pass.
- Manual smoke: `import hermes_cli.stdio; import gateway.run;
  import hermes_cli.web_server` — all clean, `_PTY_BRIDGE_AVAILABLE=True`
  on Linux (as expected).

## Files

- New: `hermes_cli/stdio.py`, `tests/tools/test_windows_native_support.py`
- Modified: `cli.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`,
  `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`,
  `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/pty_bridge.py`,
  `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tools/browser_tool.py`,
  `tools/process_registry.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `README.md`, and 4
  docs pages.

Credits to everyone whose prior PR work informed these fixes — see
the co-author trailers.  All of the PRs listed in
`~/.hermes/plans/windows-support-prs.md` fixing `os.kill` / `signal.SIGKILL`
/ UTF-8 stdio / tzdata / README patterns found the same issues; this PR
consolidates them.

Co-authored-by: Philip D'Souza <9472774+PhilipAD@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Arecanon <42595053+ArecaNon@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: XiaoXiao0221 <263113677+XiaoXiao0221@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Lars Hagen <1360677+lars-hagen@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Luan Dias <65574834+luandiasrj@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ruzzgar <ruzzgarcn@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: sprmn24 <oncuevtv@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: adybag14-cyber <252811164+adybag14-cyber@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Prasanna28Devadiga <54196612+Prasanna28Devadiga@users.noreply.github.com>
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acp fix(acp): preserve assistant reasoning metadata in session persistence 2026-05-05 10:18:28 -07:00
acp_adapter feat(acp): pass image file attachments through as image_url parts 2026-05-07 09:24:32 -07:00
agent feat(computer-use): cua-driver backend, universal any-model schema 2026-05-08 11:07:38 -07:00
cli fix(goals): Ctrl+C during /goal loop auto-pauses the goal (#21888) 2026-05-08 06:53:13 -07:00
cron feat(cron): routing intent — deliver=all fans out to every connected channel (#21495) 2026-05-08 04:17:21 -07:00
e2e fix(gateway): move quick-command dispatch before built-in handlers 2026-05-04 01:39:23 -07:00
environments/benchmarks
fakes
gateway fix(teams-pipeline): add skill asset and fix async test env 2026-05-08 12:41:41 -07:00
hermes_cli feat(teams-pipeline): add plugin runtime and operator cli 2026-05-08 11:18:14 -07:00
hermes_state fix(resume): redirect --resume to the descendant that actually holds the messages 2026-04-24 03:04:42 -07:00
honcho_plugin feat(honcho): explain why when honcho_profile returns an empty card 2026-04-27 12:37:33 -07:00
integration fix(discord): strip RTP padding before DAVE/Opus decode (#11267) 2026-04-16 16:50:15 -07:00
openviking_plugin fix(openviking): pre-check fs/stat to route file URIs before hitting directory-only endpoints 2026-04-30 02:35:29 -07:00
plugins fix(teams-pipeline): fill in missing delivery URL in adapter-reuse test 2026-05-08 12:00:09 -07:00
providers feat(providers): make all 33 providers pluggable under plugins/model-providers/ 2026-05-05 13:40:01 -07:00
run_agent fix(computer-use): harden image-rejection fallback + AUTHOR_MAP 2026-05-08 11:07:38 -07:00
skills fix(google-workspace): restore required_credential_files in SKILL.md (#16452) 2026-05-04 12:43:14 -07:00
stress feat(kanban): durable multi-profile collaboration board (#17805) 2026-04-30 13:36:47 -07:00
tools feat(windows): close native-Windows install gaps — crash-free startup, UTF-8 stdio, tzdata dep, docs 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
tui_gateway fix(tui): close slash parity gaps with CLI (#20339) 2026-05-05 15:42:39 -05:00
website docs(skills): explain restoring bundled skills 2026-05-05 13:46:20 -07:00
__init__.py
conftest.py fix(tests): avoid asyncio DeprecationWarning in event loop fixture on 3.12+ 2026-05-07 07:05:05 -07:00
run_interrupt_test.py
test_account_usage.py feat(account-usage): add per-provider account limits module 2026-04-21 01:56:35 -07:00
test_atomic_replace_symlinks.py refactor: consolidate symlink-safe atomic replace into shared helper 2026-04-28 04:58:22 -07:00
test_base_url_hostname.py security(runtime_provider): close OLLAMA_API_KEY substring-leak sweep miss (#13522) 2026-04-21 06:06:16 -07:00
test_batch_runner_checkpoint.py test: regression coverage for checkpoint dedup and inf/nan coercion 2026-04-24 14:32:21 -07:00
test_cli_file_drop.py fix(tui): improve macOS paste and shortcut parity 2026-04-21 08:00:00 -07:00
test_cli_manual_compress.py test(cli): regression test for manual /compress system_message 2026-04-28 05:21:49 -07:00
test_cli_skin_integration.py fix(ci): stabilize main test suite regressions (#17660) 2026-04-29 23:18:55 -07:00
test_ctx_halving_fix.py
test_empty_model_fallback.py
test_evidence_store.py
test_get_tool_definitions_cache_isolation.py fix(tools): isolate get_tool_definitions quiet_mode cache + dedup LCM injection (#17335) 2026-04-30 04:32:06 -07:00
test_hermes_constants.py test(hermes_constants): cover parse_reasoning_effort() 2026-05-07 09:59:07 -07:00
test_hermes_home_profile_warning.py fix(constants): warn once when get_hermes_home() falls back under an active profile (#18746) 2026-05-02 01:49:55 -07:00
test_hermes_logging.py fix(logging): attach gateway log after cli init 2026-04-26 19:01:26 -07:00
test_hermes_state.py fix(telegram): polish topic mode — CASCADE, General-topic handling, rename guard, debounce 2026-05-04 12:07:17 -07:00
test_honcho_client_config.py
test_install_sh_pythonpath_sanitization.py fix: harden install.sh against inherited Python env leakage 2026-05-06 04:02:02 -07:00
test_install_sh_setup_wizard_tty_probe.py fix(install): widen /dev/tty open-probe to sibling gates (#16746) 2026-04-28 06:45:55 -07:00
test_install_sh_termux_network_prereqs.py fix: strengthen termux install network prerequisites 2026-05-07 13:04:08 -07:00
test_ipv4_preference.py
test_lazy_session_regressions.py fix: resolve lazy session creation regressions (#18370 fallout) (#20363) 2026-05-06 01:11:49 +05:30
test_mcp_serve.py fix(mcp): unwrap platforms key in channels_list 2026-05-07 13:41:16 -07:00
test_mini_swe_runner.py fix(kimi): omit temperature entirely for Kimi/Moonshot models (#13157) 2026-04-20 12:23:05 -07:00
test_minimax_model_validation.py fix(models): validate MiniMax models against static catalog (#12611, #12460, #12399, #12547) 2026-04-19 22:44:47 -07:00
test_minimax_oauth.py test(cli): cover minimax-oauth resolution, refresh, menu wiring 2026-04-29 09:53:42 -07:00
test_minisweagent_path.py
test_model_picker_scroll.py
test_model_tools.py fix(plugins): stop firing pre_tool_call hook twice per tool execution (#17611) 2026-04-29 12:43:39 -07:00
test_model_tools_async_bridge.py fix(model_tools): cancel coroutine on timeout so worker thread exits + log full traceback 2026-04-29 05:00:40 -07:00
test_ollama_num_ctx.py
test_packaging_metadata.py
test_plugin_skills.py fix(skills): support category-qualified local skill names 2026-05-05 10:15:31 -07:00
test_process_loop_event_loop_warning.py fix(cli): replace get_event_loop() with get_running_loop() to silence RuntimeWarning in process_loop thread (#19285) 2026-05-07 06:35:54 -07:00
test_project_metadata.py build(deps): add qrcode to dingtalk + feishu extras (parity with messaging) (#11627) 2026-04-17 13:31:53 -07:00
test_retry_utils.py
test_sql_injection.py
test_subprocess_home_isolation.py
test_termux_all_extra_compat.py fix: add termux-all install profile and safe fallbacks 2026-05-07 13:04:08 -07:00
test_timezone.py test: speed up slow tests (backoff + subprocess + IMDS network) (#11797) 2026-04-17 14:21:22 -07:00
test_toolset_distributions.py
test_toolsets.py fix: merge plugin tools into builtin toolsets 2026-05-05 10:14:17 -07:00
test_trajectory_compressor.py fix(kimi): omit temperature entirely for Kimi/Moonshot models (#13157) 2026-04-20 12:23:05 -07:00
test_trajectory_compressor_async.py fix(kimi): omit temperature entirely for Kimi/Moonshot models (#13157) 2026-04-20 12:23:05 -07:00
test_transform_llm_output_hook.py test+docs: cover transform_llm_output hook + release author map 2026-05-07 05:46:05 -07:00
test_transform_tool_result_hook.py test: stop testing mutable data — convert change-detectors to invariants (#13363) 2026-04-20 23:20:33 -07:00
test_tui_gateway_server.py Merge pull request #20942 from NousResearch/austin/fix/personality 2026-05-07 18:54:29 -04:00
test_utils_truthy_values.py
test_yuanbao_integration.py yuanbao platform (#16298) 2026-04-26 18:50:49 -07:00
test_yuanbao_markdown.py yuanbao platform (#16298) 2026-04-26 18:50:49 -07:00
test_yuanbao_pipeline.py yuanbao platform (#16298) 2026-04-26 18:50:49 -07:00
test_yuanbao_proto.py yuanbao platform (#16298) 2026-04-26 18:50:49 -07:00