hermes-agent/tools
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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browser_providers feat: ungate Tool Gateway — subscription-based access with per-tool opt-in 2026-04-16 12:36:49 -07:00
computer_use feat(computer-use): background focus-safe backend — set_value, structured windows, MIME detection 2026-05-08 11:07:38 -07:00
environments fix(windows): terminal drain and cwd path conversion for native Windows 2026-05-07 06:11:00 -07:00
neutts_samples refactor(tts): replace NeuTTS optional skill with built-in provider + setup flow 2026-03-17 02:33:12 -07:00
web_providers docs(web): fix SearXNG env configuration 2026-05-07 17:54:47 -07:00
__init__.py Merge branch 'main' into rewbs/tool-use-charge-to-subscription 2026-03-31 08:48:54 +09:00
ansi_strip.py fix: strip ANSI at the source — clean terminal output before it reaches the model 2026-03-23 07:43:12 -07:00
approval.py fix(approval): cron jobs must not be treated as gateway context 2026-05-08 07:30:14 -07:00
binary_extensions.py fix(tools): address PR review — remove _extract_raw_output, BudgetConfig everywhere, read_file hardening 2026-04-08 02:24:32 -07:00
browser_camofox.py refactor(config): add cfg_get() helper; migrate 20 nested-get call sites (#17304) 2026-04-28 23:17:39 -07:00
browser_camofox_state.py feat(browser): add persistent Camofox sessions and VNC URL discovery (salvage #4400) (#4419) 2026-04-01 04:18:50 -07:00
browser_cdp_tool.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
browser_dialog_tool.py feat(browser): CDP supervisor — dialog detection + response + cross-origin iframe eval (#14540) 2026-04-23 22:23:37 -07:00
browser_supervisor.py fix(browser_supervisor): verify thread and loop health before returning cached supervisor 2026-04-30 20:33:33 -07:00
browser_tool.py feat(windows): close native-Windows install gaps — crash-free startup, UTF-8 stdio, tzdata dep, docs 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
budget_config.py fix: preserve existing thresholds, remove pre-read byte guard 2026-04-08 02:24:32 -07:00
checkpoint_manager.py feat(checkpoints): v2 single-store rewrite with real pruning + disk guardrails (#20709) 2026-05-06 05:44:35 -07:00
clarify_tool.py refactor: add tool_error/tool_result helpers + read_raw_config, migrate 129 callsites 2026-04-07 13:36:38 -07:00
code_execution_tool.py fix(tools): serialize concurrent hermes_tools RPC calls from execute_code 2026-04-30 03:31:16 -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(gateway): translate inbound document host paths to container paths for Docker backend 2026-05-07 05:02:26 -07:00
cronjob_tools.py feat(cron): routing intent — deliver=all fans out to every connected channel (#21495) 2026-05-08 04:17:21 -07:00
debug_helpers.py refactor: codebase-wide lint cleanup — unused imports, dead code, and inefficient patterns (#5821) 2026-04-07 10:25:31 -07:00
delegate_tool.py fix(delegate): expand composite toolsets before intersection in delegate_task 2026-05-07 06:41:42 -07:00
discord_tool.py feat: add Discord message deletion action 2026-05-07 05:11:09 -07:00
env_passthrough.py refactor(config): add cfg_get() helper; migrate 20 nested-get call sites (#17304) 2026-04-28 23:17:39 -07:00
feishu_doc_tool.py fix(feishu-comment): use get_hermes_home(); drop dead asyncio wrapper; AUTHOR_MAP 2026-04-17 19:04:11 -07:00
feishu_drive_tool.py fix(feishu-comment): use get_hermes_home(); drop dead asyncio wrapper; AUTHOR_MAP 2026-04-17 19:04:11 -07:00
file_operations.py docs: align terminal-backend count and naming across docs and code 2026-05-05 13:44:09 -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 feat(file_tools): post-write delta lint on write_file + patch, add JSON/YAML/TOML/Python in-process linters (#20191) 2026-05-05 04:54:17 -07:00
fuzzy_match.py fix(patch): gate 'did you mean?' to no-match + extend to v4a/skill_manage 2026-04-21 02:03:46 -07:00
homeassistant_tool.py fix: clean up description escaping, add string-data tests 2026-04-13 04:45:07 -07:00
image_generation_tool.py feat(image-gen): honor image_gen.model from config.yaml in plugin dispatch 2026-05-07 06:24:24 -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): heartbeat tool extends claim TTL, not just last_heartbeat_at 2026-05-07 05:05:20 -07:00
managed_tool_gateway.py fix(tools): add debug logging for token refresh and tighten domain check 2026-04-02 12:40:03 +11:00
mcp_oauth.py fix(mcp-oauth): persist OAuth server metadata across process restarts (#21226) 2026-05-07 05:35:33 -07:00
mcp_oauth_manager.py fix(mcp-oauth): persist OAuth server metadata across process restarts (#21226) 2026-05-07 05:35:33 -07:00
mcp_tool.py fix(mcp): gate utility stubs on server-advertised capabilities (#21347) 2026-05-07 07:39:50 -07:00
memory_tool.py fix(memory): remove dead allOf schema block at the source 2026-05-07 07:03:21 -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 Fix (mixture_of_agents): replace deprecated Gemini model and forward max_tokens to OpenRouter (#6621) 2026-04-23 15:14:11 -07:00
neutts_synth.py fix(tts): document NeuTTS provider and align install guidance (#1903) 2026-03-18 02:55:30 -07:00
openrouter_client.py refactor: route ad-hoc LLM consumers through centralized provider router 2026-03-11 20:02:36 -07:00
osv_check.py feat: OSV malware check for MCP extension packages (#5305) 2026-04-05 12:46:07 -07:00
patch_parser.py fix(patch): gate 'did you mean?' to no-match + extend to v4a/skill_manage 2026-04-21 02:03:46 -07:00
path_security.py refactor: extract shared helpers to deduplicate repeated code patterns (#7917) 2026-04-11 13:59:52 -07:00
process_registry.py feat(windows): close native-Windows install gaps — crash-free startup, UTF-8 stdio, tzdata dep, docs 2026-05-08 14:27:40 -07:00
registry.py perf(tools): memoize get_tool_definitions + TTL-cache check_fn results (#17098) 2026-04-28 18:20:17 -07:00
rl_training_tool.py refactor: codebase-wide lint cleanup — unused imports, dead code, and inefficient patterns (#5821) 2026-04-07 10:25:31 -07:00
schema_sanitizer.py fix: strip Codex-hostile top-level schema combinators 2026-05-07 07:03:21 -07:00
send_message_tool.py feat(gateway): support [[as_document]] directive for skill media routing 2026-05-07 05:20:10 -07:00
session_search_tool.py fix(session-search): report source from resolved parent, not FTS5 child session (#15909) 2026-05-04 05:07:40 -07:00
skill_manager_tool.py fix: exclude hidden and archive dirs from _find_skill rglob 2026-05-07 05:15:28 -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(skills): lock usage telemetry updates 2026-05-07 06:13:37 -07:00
skills_guard.py feat(skills-guard): gate agent-created scanner on config.skills.guard_agent_created (default off) 2026-04-23 06:20:47 -07:00
skills_hub.py skills-hub: hash binary skill bundle files correctly 2026-05-04 01:28:12 -07:00
skills_sync.py refactor: consolidate symlink-safe atomic replace into shared helper 2026-04-28 04:58:22 -07:00
skills_tool.py fix(skills): support category-qualified local skill names 2026-05-05 10:15:31 -07:00
slash_confirm.py feat(gateway,cli): confirm /reload-mcp to warn about prompt cache invalidation 2026-04-29 21:56:47 -07:00
terminal_tool.py fix(terminal): skip sudo prompt when local NOPASSWD sudo works 2026-04-30 20:38:09 -07:00
tirith_security.py fix: guard against None tirith path in security scanner 2026-04-23 03:08:53 -07:00
todo_tool.py fix(tools): enforce ID uniqueness in TODO store during replace operations 2026-04-11 16:22:50 -07:00
tool_backend_helpers.py fix(cli): coerce use_gateway config flags in tool routing 2026-04-26 19:02:55 -07:00
tool_output_limits.py feat(skills): add design-md skill for Google's DESIGN.md spec (#14876) 2026-04-23 21:51:19 -07:00
tool_result_storage.py fix(tools): neutralize shell injection in _write_to_sandbox via path quoting (#7940) 2026-04-11 14:26:11 -07:00
transcription_tools.py fix(ci): stabilize main test suite regressions (#17660) 2026-04-29 23:18:55 -07:00
tts_tool.py fix(tts): update MiniMax API endpoint to v1/text_to_speech 2026-05-04 12:36:09 -07:00
url_safety.py fix(browser): enforce cloud-metadata SSRF floor in hybrid routing (#16234) (#21228) 2026-05-07 05:38:05 -07:00
vision_tools.py fix(vision): guard user_prompt type in video_analyze_tool before debug_call_data construction 2026-05-03 15:28:04 -07:00
voice_mode.py fix: point optional-dep install hints at the venv's python (#11938) 2026-04-17 21:16:33 -07:00
web_tools.py feat(web): add Brave Search (free tier) and DDGS search providers 2026-05-07 09:59:17 -07:00
website_policy.py refactor: codebase-wide lint cleanup — unused imports, dead code, and inefficient patterns (#5821) 2026-04-07 10:25:31 -07:00
xai_http.py feat(xai): upgrade to Responses API, add TTS provider 2026-04-16 02:24:08 -07:00
yuanbao_tools.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00