hermes-agent/agent
Teknium b5128a751b
perf(startup): lazy-import OpenAI, Anthropic, Firecrawl, account_usage (#17046)
* perf(startup): lazy-import OpenAI, Anthropic, Firecrawl, account_usage

Four heavy SDK/module imports are now deferred off the hot startup path.
Net savings on cold module imports:

  cli                       1200 → 958 ms  (-242)
  run_agent                 1220 → 901 ms  (-319)
  tools.web_tools            711 → 423 ms  (-288)
  agent.anthropic_adapter    230 →  15 ms  (-215)
  agent.auxiliary_client     253 →  68 ms  (-185)

Four independent changes in one PR since they all use the same pattern
and share the same risk profile (heavy SDK import → lazy proxy or
function-local import):

1. tools/web_tools.py:
   'from firecrawl import Firecrawl' moved into _get_firecrawl_client(),
   which is only called when backend='firecrawl'. Users on Exa/Tavily/
   Parallel pay zero firecrawl cost.

2. cli.py + gateway/run.py:
   'from agent.account_usage import ...' moved into the /limits handlers.
   account_usage transitively pulls the OpenAI SDK chain; only needed
   when the user runs /limits.

3. agent/anthropic_adapter.py:
   'try: import anthropic as _anthropic_sdk' replaced with a cached
   '_get_anthropic_sdk()' accessor. The three usage sites
   (build_anthropic_client, build_anthropic_bedrock_client,
   read_claude_code_credentials_from_keychain) now resolve via the
   accessor. All pre-existing test patches of
   'agent.anthropic_adapter._anthropic_sdk' keep working because the
   accessor respects any value already in module globals.

4. agent/auxiliary_client.py AND run_agent.py:
   'from openai import OpenAI' replaced with an '_OpenAIProxy()' module-
   level object that looks like the OpenAI class but imports the SDK on
   first call/isinstance check. This preserves:
     - 15+ in-module OpenAI(...) construction sites in auxiliary_client
       and the single site in run_agent's _create_openai_client (Python's
       function-scope name lookup finds the proxy, forwards the call);
     - 'patch("agent.auxiliary_client.OpenAI", ...)' and
       'patch("run_agent.OpenAI", ...)' test patterns used by 28+ test
       files (patch replaces the module attribute as usual).
   Tried two alternatives first:
     - 'from openai._client import OpenAI' — doesn't skip openai/__init__.py
       (the audit's hypothesis here was wrong).
     - Module-level __getattr__ — works for external access but Python
       function-scope name resolution skips __getattr__, so in-module
       OpenAI(...) calls NameError.

Note: 'openai' still loads on 'import cli' because
cli.py -> neuter_async_httpx_del() -> openai._base_client, and
run_agent.py -> code_execution_tool.py (module-level
build_execute_code_schema) -> _load_config() -> 'from cli import
CLI_CONFIG'. Deferring those is a separate, larger change — out of scope
for this PR. The savings above all come from avoiding the openai/*,
anthropic/*, and firecrawl/* top-level type-tree imports on paths that
don't need them.

Verified:
- 302/302 tests in tests/agent/{test_anthropic_adapter,
  test_bedrock_1m_context, test_minimax_provider, test_anthropic_keychain}
  pass. Two pre-existing failures on main unchanged.
- 106/106 tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py pass (1 pre-existing fail).
- 97/97 tests/run_agent/test_create_openai_client_kwargs_isolation.py,
  test_plugin_context_engine_init.py, test_invalid_context_length_warning.py,
  test_api_max_retries_config.py,
  tests/hermes_cli/test_gemini_provider.py, test_ollama_cloud_provider.py
  pass (1 pre-existing fail).
- Live hermes chat smoke: 2 turns + /model switch + tool calls, zero
  errors in the 57-line agent.log window.
- Module-level import of run_agent + auxiliary_client + anthropic_adapter
  no longer pulls 'anthropic' or 'firecrawl' at all.

* fix(gateway): restore top-level account_usage import for test-patch surface

CI caught two failures in tests/gateway/test_usage_command.py that I
missed locally:

    AttributeError: 'module' object at gateway.run has no attribute 'fetch_account_usage'

The test uses monkeypatch.setattr('gateway.run.fetch_account_usage', ...)
to inject a fake account-fetch call. Moving the import inside the
handler deleted that module-level attribute, breaking the patch surface.

Restoring the top-level import in gateway/run.py gives up the ~230 ms
gateway-boot savings from that one lazy, but:

  1. the gateway is a long-running daemon — boot cost is paid once per
     install, not per turn;
  2. the other four lazy-imports (firecrawl, openai, anthropic, cli's
     account_usage) remain in place and still account for the bulk of
     the savings reported in the PR body;
  3. preserving the patch surface keeps the established
     'gateway.run.fetch_account_usage' monkeypatch pattern working
     without touching tests.

Verified: tests/gateway/test_usage_command.py — 8 passed, 0 failed.
Full targeted sweep (2336 tests across agent/gateway/hermes_cli/run_agent):
2332 passed, 4 failed — all 4 pre-existing on main.

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Co-authored-by: teknium1 <teknium@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-04-28 09:38:42 -07:00
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transports chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
__init__.py Refactor Terminal and AIAgent cleanup 2026-02-21 22:31:43 -08:00
account_usage.py feat(account-usage): add per-provider account limits module 2026-04-21 01:56:35 -07:00
anthropic_adapter.py perf(startup): lazy-import OpenAI, Anthropic, Firecrawl, account_usage (#17046) 2026-04-28 09:38:42 -07:00
auxiliary_client.py perf(startup): lazy-import OpenAI, Anthropic, Firecrawl, account_usage (#17046) 2026-04-28 09:38:42 -07:00
bedrock_adapter.py fix(bedrock): add live model discovery and region resolution for non-US regions 2026-04-28 03:53:11 -07:00
codex_responses_adapter.py fix(agent): preserve Codex message items for replay 2026-04-25 18:22:06 -07:00
context_compressor.py revert: computer-use cua-driver (PR #16919) (#16927) 2026-04-28 01:57:21 -07:00
context_engine.py fix(compress): don't reach into ContextCompressor privates from /compress (#15039) 2026-04-24 02:55:43 -07:00
context_references.py fix(agent): fall back when rg is blocked for @folder references 2026-04-20 01:56:41 -07:00
copilot_acp_client.py fix: set HOME for Copilot ACP subprocesses 2026-04-24 05:09:08 -07:00
credential_pool.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
credential_sources.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
display.py revert: computer-use cua-driver (PR #16919) (#16927) 2026-04-28 01:57:21 -07:00
error_classifier.py fix(error-classifier): add insufficient balance to billing patterns 2026-04-28 04:58:09 -07:00
file_safety.py fix(security): apply file safety to copilot acp fs 2026-04-21 01:31:58 -07:00
gemini_cloudcode_adapter.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
gemini_native_adapter.py fix(gemini): fail fast on missing API key + surface it in hermes dump (#15133) 2026-04-24 05:35:17 -07:00
gemini_schema.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
google_code_assist.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
google_oauth.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
image_gen_provider.py feat(plugins): pluggable image_gen backends + OpenAI provider (#13799) 2026-04-21 21:30:10 -07:00
image_gen_registry.py feat(plugins): pluggable image_gen backends + OpenAI provider (#13799) 2026-04-21 21:30:10 -07:00
image_routing.py feat(image-input): native multimodal routing based on model vision capability (#16506) 2026-04-27 06:27:59 -07:00
insights.py Merge branch 'main' into feat/dashboard-skill-analytics 2026-04-20 05:25:49 -07:00
manual_compression_feedback.py fix(gateway): make manual compression feedback truthful 2026-04-10 21:16:53 -07:00
memory_manager.py chore: remove unused imports and dead locals (ruff F401, F841) (#17010) 2026-04-28 06:46:45 -07:00
memory_provider.py fix(memory): add write origin metadata 2026-04-24 14:37:55 -07:00
model_metadata.py feat(providers): add tencent-tokenhub provider support 2026-04-28 03:45:52 -07:00
models_dev.py fix: normalize provider in list_provider_models to support aliases 2026-04-23 01:59:20 -07:00
moonshot_schema.py fix(kimi,mcp): Moonshot schema sanitizer + MCP schema robustness (#14805) 2026-04-23 16:11:57 -07:00
nous_rate_guard.py refactor: consolidate symlink-safe atomic replace into shared helper 2026-04-28 04:58:22 -07:00
onboarding.py fix(openclaw-migration): case-preserving brand rewrite + one-time ~/.openclaw residue banner (#16327) 2026-04-26 20:57:26 -07:00
prompt_builder.py chore(prompt): tell telegram models to prefer bullets over tables 2026-04-28 05:37:50 -07:00
prompt_caching.py fix(prompt-caching): skip top-level cache_control on role:tool for OpenRouter 2026-03-21 16:54:43 -07:00
rate_limit_tracker.py refactor: remove dead code — 1,784 lines across 77 files (#9180) 2026-04-13 16:32:04 -07:00
redact.py feat(security): make secret redaction off by default (#16794) 2026-04-27 21:24:08 -07:00
retry_utils.py feat(agent): add jittered retry backoff 2026-04-08 00:41:36 -07:00
shell_hooks.py refactor: consolidate symlink-safe atomic replace into shared helper 2026-04-28 04:58:22 -07:00
skill_commands.py fix(prompts): replace [SYSTEM: with [IMPORTANT: to avoid Azure content filter 2026-04-26 08:44:58 -07:00
skill_preprocessing.py fix(skills): apply inline shell in skill_view 2026-04-24 15:15:07 -07:00
skill_utils.py fix(skills): follow symlinks in iter_skill_index_files 2026-04-22 17:43:30 -07:00
subdirectory_hints.py fix(agent): catch PermissionError in subdirectory hint discovery 2026-04-09 03:10:30 -07:00
title_generator.py fix(auxiliary): custom provider URL rewrite + main_runtime model for title gen 2026-04-28 01:47:25 -07:00
trajectory.py Refactor Terminal and AIAgent cleanup 2026-02-21 22:31:43 -08:00
usage_pricing.py fix(usage): read top-level Anthropic cache fields from OAI-compatible proxies 2026-04-22 17:40:49 -07:00