hermes-agent/tests/tools/test_skills_tool_discovery_cache.py
kshitijk4poor 9e9608ecc3 fix: harden skill-discovery cache signature + TTL
Review findings on the cherry-picked cache (follow-up to #58985):

- The cache key was the max mtime of only the TOP-LEVEL scan dirs.
  Adding/removing a skill inside a category subdir bumps the category
  dir's mtime, NOT the root's, so the cache served a stale list
  indefinitely. Replace with a per-dir signature covering roots +
  immediate children (one scandir per dir; mirrors
  hermes_cli/profiles.py::_count_skills from d5eee133e).
- The disabled-set is config-driven and changes with no filesystem
  mtime bump; fold it into the signature so /skills disable takes
  effect without a restart.
- Platform is part of the signature (gateway processes serve multiple
  platform scopes; scan results are platform-filtered).
- Add a 30s TTL to bound staleness from in-place SKILL.md edits (file
  mtime is invisible to any directory signature).
- The original also keyed dirs off the module-level SKILLS_DIR constant;
  the scan itself uses _skills_dir() (live profile HERMES_HOME) — use
  the same resolution for the signature.

Mutation-verified: nested-add, disabled-set, and TTL tests fail against
the pre-fix cache and pass with it.
2026-07-09 15:38:14 +05:30

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"""Regression tests for the _find_all_skills discovery cache (#58985 salvage).
Covers the cache-signature fix layered on the cherry-picked contributor
commit: the original keyed the cache on the max mtime of only the TOP-LEVEL
scan dirs, so adding/removing a skill inside a category subdir (which bumps
the category dir's mtime, not the root's) served a stale list indefinitely.
The signature now covers roots + immediate children (mirroring
hermes_cli/profiles.py::_count_skills) plus the disabled-set, with a short
TTL bounding in-place SKILL.md edit staleness.
"""
import time
import pytest
import tools.skills_tool as st
@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
def _fresh_cache(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
"""Isolate every test: clear the module cache and point the scan at
an empty external-dirs list + a tmp skills root."""
st._SKILLS_CACHE.clear()
monkeypatch.setattr(st, "_skills_dir", lambda: tmp_path / "skills")
monkeypatch.setattr(
"agent.skill_utils.get_external_skills_dirs", lambda: []
)
monkeypatch.setattr(st, "_get_disabled_skill_names", lambda: set())
yield
st._SKILLS_CACHE.clear()
def _write_skill(root, category, name, description="a skill"):
d = root / "skills" / category / name
d.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
(d / "SKILL.md").write_text(
f"---\nname: {name}\ndescription: {description}\n---\n# {name}\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
return d
def test_cache_hit_serves_same_result_without_rescan(tmp_path):
_write_skill(tmp_path, "cat-a", "skill-one")
first = st._find_all_skills()
assert [s["name"] for s in first] == ["skill-one"]
second = st._find_all_skills()
assert second is first # cache hit returns the SAME object, no rescan
def test_nested_category_skill_add_invalidates(tmp_path):
"""THE bug in the original PR: a new skill inside an existing category
bumps the category dir's mtime only — the root-mtime key missed it."""
_write_skill(tmp_path, "cat-a", "skill-one")
first = st._find_all_skills()
assert [s["name"] for s in first] == ["skill-one"]
# Freeze the ROOT dir's mtime so only the category-child signature moves
# (guards against filesystems bumping the parent too).
root = tmp_path / "skills"
root_stat = root.stat()
_write_skill(tmp_path, "cat-a", "skill-two")
import os
os.utime(root, (root_stat.st_atime, root_stat.st_mtime))
names = sorted(s["name"] for s in st._find_all_skills())
assert names == ["skill-one", "skill-two"], (
"category-nested skill add must invalidate the cache"
)
def test_disabled_set_change_invalidates(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
"""Disabling a skill is a config change with NO filesystem mtime bump —
it must still invalidate."""
_write_skill(tmp_path, "cat-a", "skill-one")
_write_skill(tmp_path, "cat-a", "skill-two")
names = sorted(s["name"] for s in st._find_all_skills())
assert names == ["skill-one", "skill-two"]
monkeypatch.setattr(st, "_get_disabled_skill_names", lambda: {"skill-two"})
names = sorted(s["name"] for s in st._find_all_skills())
assert names == ["skill-one"], "disabled-set change must invalidate the cache"
def test_ttl_expiry_forces_rescan(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
"""In-place SKILL.md edits are invisible to any directory signature;
the TTL bounds that staleness."""
skill_dir = _write_skill(tmp_path, "cat-a", "skill-one", "old description")
first = st._find_all_skills()
assert first[0]["description"] == "old description"
# Edit the file in place; keep every directory mtime identical.
import os
cat = tmp_path / "skills" / "cat-a"
root = tmp_path / "skills"
stats = {p: p.stat() for p in (root, cat, skill_dir)}
(skill_dir / "SKILL.md").write_text(
"---\nname: skill-one\ndescription: new description\n---\n# skill-one\n",
encoding="utf-8",
)
for p, s in stats.items():
os.utime(p, (s.st_atime, s.st_mtime))
# Within TTL: stale (documented trade-off).
assert st._find_all_skills()[0]["description"] == "old description"
# Past TTL: fresh.
monkeypatch.setattr(st, "_SKILLS_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", 0.0)
assert st._find_all_skills()[0]["description"] == "new description"
def test_disabled_and_full_views_cached_separately(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
_write_skill(tmp_path, "cat-a", "skill-one")
_write_skill(tmp_path, "cat-a", "skill-two")
monkeypatch.setattr(st, "_get_disabled_skill_names", lambda: {"skill-two"})
filtered = sorted(s["name"] for s in st._find_all_skills())
everything = sorted(s["name"] for s in st._find_all_skills(skip_disabled=True))
assert filtered == ["skill-one"]
assert everything == ["skill-one", "skill-two"]