hermes-agent/tests/test_run_tests_parallel.py
ethernet 48be2e0e4d
test: use subprocesses for each test file (#29016)
* ci(tests): install ripgrep from prebuilt tarball instead of apt

apt-get update + install of ripgrep takes ~4 min on the GHA Ubuntu
runners (the apt-get update against archive.ubuntu.com is the slow
part; ripgrep itself is small). Switching to the upstream musl
binary tarball cuts the step to a few seconds.

- Pinned to ripgrep 15.1.0 with sha256 verification (same hash as
  published in the releases sha256 sidecar file).
- Drops the `rg` binary into /usr/local/bin so it is on PATH for
  every subsequent step without GITHUB_PATH manipulation.
- Applied to both the test and e2e jobs in tests.yml.

* fix(cli): compile syntax check to tempdir, not source __pycache__

`_validate_critical_files_syntax` runs `py_compile.compile()` on each
critical bootstrap file after a successful `git pull`. The default
`py_compile` writes the resulting `.pyc` next to the source under
`__pycache__/`, which causes two real problems:

1. Parallel test workers walking the same source tree (e.g. running
   the suite under per-file process isolation) can race against each
   other on the `__pycache__` write — manifests as flaky 'directory
   not empty' errors during teardown.
2. In production, the post-pull syntax check leaves a `.pyc` behind
   that the next interpreter run might pick up — fine when the
   interpreter version matches, sketchy if it doesn't.

Fix: write the compiled output to a `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()`
that's discarded on function exit. We only care about the compile-or-not
signal, not the artifact.

* test(runner): per-file process isolation, drop manual state reset + xdist

Replace fragile manual _reset_module_state test fixtures with robust
per-file subprocess isolation. Each test file runs in a fresh
`python -m pytest <file>` subprocess via ThreadPoolExecutor. No xdist,
no custom pytest plugin, no shared worker state.

Key changes:
  * scripts/run_tests_parallel.py — new runner: discovers test files,
    runs N in parallel via ThreadPoolExecutor, captures stdout per file,
    treats exit code 5 (no tests collected) as pass, kills all children
    on exit. Change from cpu_count to cpu_count*2. The runner is
    I/O-bound (waiting on subprocess.communicate() from pytest children)
    The parent process does almost no CPU work, so 2x oversubscription
    keeps more pipes full. When a file fails, immediately show the last
    30 lines of pytest output (stack traces + FAILED summary) plus a
    ready-to-copy repro command:
      python -m pytest tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py
  * scripts/run_tests.sh — delegates to run_tests_parallel.py
  * .github/workflows/tests.yml — test step: python
scripts/run_tests_parallel.py
  * pyproject.toml — drop pytest-xdist, pytest-split; simplify addopts
  * tests/conftest.py — remove ~200 lines of manual state-reset fixtures
  * AGENTS.md — update Testing section for per-file design

* test(runner): speed gateway test antipattern scan up

* fix(test): web search provider plugin test missing xai

* fix(tests): make 14 test files pass under per-file subprocess isolation

Tests that relied on cross-file state pollution from xdist workers
fail when run in isolation (per-file subprocess model). Root causes
and fixes:

Tool registry not populated:
  - test_video_generation_tool_surface_matrix: add discover_builtin_tools()
  - test_web_providers_brave_free/ddgs/searxng/general: autouse fixtures
    registering all 8 bundled web providers, reset after each test
  - test_website_policy: same provider registration pattern
  - test_web_tools_tavily: same pattern across 3 dispatch test classes
  - Also add is_safe_url/check_website_access mocks where SSRF check
    blocks example.com (DNS resolution fails in isolated envs)

Stale check_fn cache:
  - test_kanban_tools: invalidate_check_fn_cache() + _clear_tool_defs_cache()
    in both kanban guidance tests (prior test cached False for kanban_show)
  - test_discord_tool: cache invalidation in setup/teardown
  - test_homeassistant_tool: invalidate_check_fn_cache() before registry queries

Module-level state pollution:
  - test_auxiliary_client: autouse fixture clearing _aux_unhealthy_until cache
  - test_skill_commands: set_session_vars() instead of patch.dict(os.environ)
    (ContextVar takes precedence over os.environ)
  - test_dm_topics: overwrite sys.modules + separate telegram.constants mock
    + force-reimport of gateway.platforms.telegram
  - test_terminal_tool_requirements: removed duplicate class declaration,
    autouse _clear_caches fixture

* change(tests): run_tests.sh explicitly includes env vars

instead of manually dropping some vars, now we just only include some

* fix(tests): 5 more isolation/NixOS fixes

- test_approval_plugin_hooks: isolate HERMES_HOME so real user's
  command_allowlist doesn't short-circuit the approval path
- test_google_chat: skipif when Platform.GOOGLE_CHAT not in enum
  (feature not merged on this branch)
- test_write_deny: test systemd prefix against tmp_path instead of
  /etc/systemd which resolves to /nix/store on NixOS
- test_pty_bridge: use shutil.which('cat') instead of /bin/cat
  (doesn't exist on NixOS)
- profiles.py: rmtree onexc handler chmod's parent dirs too, fixing
  profile deletion when copytree preserved read-only modes from
  nix store

* fix(tests): clear unhealthy cache in autouse fixture for auxiliary_client

* fix(tests): skip send_message when telegram not installed; handle missing worker_id in browser_supervisor

* fix: py3.11 rmtree onexc compat + belt-and-suspenders unhealthy cache clear for expired codex test

* fix: address PR #29016 review feedback

- Remove tracked .pytest-cache/ artifact and add to .gitignore
- Fix stale 'xdist worker' comment in conftest.py
- Deduplicate web provider registration into tests/tools/conftest.py
  shared helper (register_all_web_providers), replacing 8 copy-pasted
  blocks across 6 test files
- Update PR description: remove stale recovered-test-files claim,
  fix worker count to match code (cpu_count*2)

* fix: eliminate race in stale-cache achievements test

The background scan thread could complete and overwrite _SNAPSHOT_CACHE
before evaluate_all() returned the stale data — only 10 fake sessions
made the scan finish instantly. Added scan_delay param to _FakeSessionDB
and set it to 2s in the stale-cache test so the background thread can't
win the race.
2026-05-21 16:40:04 +05:30

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"""Verify scripts/run_tests_parallel.py kills test-spawned grandchildren.
Setup
-----
A test in this file spawns a long-lived Python grandchild that writes
its PID + a nonce to a tempfile, then exits without cleaning up.
With the old ``subprocess.run`` runner, that grandchild would orphan
and outlive the test (and the whole runner). With the current Popen +
``start_new_session`` + ``_kill_tree`` runner, the grandchild gets
SIGKILL'd via process-group kill when its file's pytest exits.
The leaker test always passes — its only job is to spawn a grandchild
and walk away. The verifier runs the runner over the leaker file in a
subprocess, then waits for the grandchild PID to disappear from the
kernel's process table.
POSIX-only: Windows has its own grandchild lifecycle (no shared session,
``taskkill /F /T`` semantics). Marked accordingly.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import os
import subprocess
import sys
import textwrap
import time
from pathlib import Path
import pytest
# Both tests share the same handoff file: the leaker writes here, the
# verifier reads here. We park it in $TMPDIR with a unique-per-run name
# so concurrent invocations of the suite don't clobber each other.
_HANDOFF_DIR = Path(os.environ.get("TMPDIR", "/tmp")) / "hermes-isolation-probe"
_HANDOFF_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
def _handoff_path_for(nonce: str) -> Path:
return _HANDOFF_DIR / f"grandchild-{nonce}.json"
def _pid_alive(pid: int) -> bool:
"""POSIX: send signal 0 to probe whether ``pid`` is still alive.
``os.kill(pid, 0)`` raises ``ProcessLookupError`` if the process is
gone, ``PermissionError`` if it exists but we can't signal it
(someone else's pid). We treat PermissionError as "alive" because
the process exists and that's all we need to know.
"""
if sys.platform == "win32": # pragma: no cover — POSIX-only test
# On Windows we'd use OpenProcess + GetExitCodeProcess; this
# test is skipped on Windows so the path is unreachable.
raise RuntimeError("_pid_alive POSIX-only")
try:
os.kill(pid, 0)
except ProcessLookupError:
return False
except PermissionError:
return True
return True
@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.platform == "win32", reason="POSIX-only probe")
@pytest.mark.live_system_guard_bypass
def test_grandchild_leak_is_killed_by_runner(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
"""Run the parallel runner over a probe file and verify cleanup.
1. Materialize a probe file that spawns a long-lived grandchild and
writes its PID to disk before exiting.
2. Invoke ``scripts/run_tests_parallel.py`` against the probe file.
3. Wait for the grandchild PID to vanish (poll for ~5s).
4. Assert the runner exited cleanly AND the grandchild is dead.
"""
repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
runner = repo_root / "scripts" / "run_tests_parallel.py"
assert runner.exists(), f"runner missing at {runner}"
# Probe lives in a temp dir, NOT under tests/, so the regular suite
# never picks it up — only our explicit invocation does.
probe_dir = tmp_path / "probe"
probe_dir.mkdir()
probe = probe_dir / "test_probe_leaker.py"
nonce = f"{os.getpid()}-{int(time.time() * 1000)}"
handoff = _handoff_path_for(nonce)
if handoff.exists():
handoff.unlink()
probe_src = textwrap.dedent(f"""
import json, os, subprocess, sys, time
from pathlib import Path
HANDOFF = Path({str(handoff)!r})
def test_spawns_grandchild_and_walks_away():
# Long-lived grandchild: detached, ignores SIGTERM (we want
# SIGKILL or process-group kill to be the only thing that
# works, simulating a misbehaving server).
child = subprocess.Popen(
[
sys.executable, "-c",
"import os, signal, sys, time; "
"signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIG_IGN); "
"sys.stdout.write(f'gc-pgid={{os.getpgid(0)}} gc-pid={{os.getpid()}}\\\\n'); "
"sys.stdout.flush(); "
"time.sleep(600)",
],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
# IMPORTANT: do NOT pass start_new_session here. We want
# the grandchild to inherit the pytest subprocess's
# process group, so when the runner kills the group the
# grandchild dies too.
)
# Read the first line so we can record gc's pgid in the
# handoff, then walk away — don't close the pipe (would
# signal EOF and let the child see SIGPIPE on next write).
first_line = child.stdout.readline().decode().strip()
HANDOFF.write_text(json.dumps({{
"pid": child.pid,
"diag": first_line,
"test_pid": os.getpid(),
"test_pgid": os.getpgid(0),
}}))
assert child.pid > 0
""").strip()
probe.write_text(probe_src + "\n")
# Run the parallel runner against just the probe file. The runner
# discovers under ``tests/`` by default, so we override via --paths.
proc = subprocess.run(
[
sys.executable,
str(runner),
"--paths",
str(probe_dir),
"-j",
"1",
# Tight per-file timeout: the probe finishes in <1s, no
# need for 10min.
"--file-timeout",
"30",
],
cwd=repo_root,
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
text=True,
timeout=60,
)
assert handoff.exists(), (
f"probe never wrote handoff file; runner output:\n{proc.stdout}"
)
handoff_data = json.loads(handoff.read_text())
grandchild_pid = handoff_data["pid"]
diag = handoff_data.get("diag", "(no diag)")
test_pid = handoff_data.get("test_pid")
test_pgid = handoff_data.get("test_pgid")
handoff.unlink()
# The runner must have exited cleanly (probe test passes).
assert proc.returncode == 0, (
f"runner exited {proc.returncode}; output:\n{proc.stdout}"
)
# The grandchild must be gone. Poll for a bit because process-group
# SIGKILL + reaping isn't synchronous; on a loaded box it can take
# a beat.
deadline = time.monotonic() + 5.0
while time.monotonic() < deadline:
if not _pid_alive(grandchild_pid):
break
time.sleep(0.05)
else:
# Test cleanup: kill the leaked grandchild ourselves so a
# FAILED assertion doesn't leave a sleep(600) running.
try:
os.kill(grandchild_pid, 9)
except ProcessLookupError:
pass
pytest.fail(
f"grandchild PID {grandchild_pid} survived runner exit; "
f"diag={diag!r} test_pid={test_pid} test_pgid={test_pgid}; "
f"runner output:\n{proc.stdout}"
)