hermes-agent/tests
Brian D. Evans e87a2100f6 fix(mcp): auto-reconnect + retry once when the transport session expires (#13383)
Streamable HTTP MCP servers may garbage-collect their server-side
session state while the OAuth token remains valid — idle TTL, server
restart, pod rotation, etc.  Before this fix, the tool-call handler
treated the resulting "Invalid or expired session" error as a plain
tool failure with no recovery path, so **every subsequent call on
the affected server failed until the gateway was manually
restarted**.  Reporter: #13383.

The OAuth-based recovery path (``_handle_auth_error_and_retry``)
already exists for 401s, but it only fires on auth errors.  Session
expiry slipped through because the access token is still valid —
nothing 401'd, so the existing recovery branch was skipped.

Fix
---
Add a sibling function ``_handle_session_expired_and_retry`` that
detects MCP session-expiry via ``_is_session_expired_error`` (a
narrow allow-list of known-stable substrings: ``"invalid or expired
session"``, ``"session expired"``, ``"session not found"``,
``"unknown session"``, etc.) and then uses the existing transport
reconnect mechanism:

* Sets ``MCPServerTask._reconnect_event`` — the server task's
  lifecycle loop already interprets this as "tear down the current
  ``streamablehttp_client`` + ``ClientSession`` and rebuild them,
  reusing the existing OAuth provider instance".
* Waits up to 15 s for the new session to come back ready.
* Retries the original call once.  If the retry succeeds, returns
  its result and resets the circuit-breaker error count.  If the
  retry raises, or if the reconnect doesn't ready in time, falls
  through to the caller's generic error path.

Unlike the 401 path, this does **not** call ``handle_401`` — the
access token is already valid and running an OAuth refresh would be
a pointless round-trip.

All 5 MCP handlers (``call_tool``, ``list_resources``, ``read_resource``,
``list_prompts``, ``get_prompt``) now consult both recovery paths
before falling through:

    recovered = _handle_auth_error_and_retry(...)          # 401 path
    if recovered is not None: return recovered
    recovered = _handle_session_expired_and_retry(...)     # new
    if recovered is not None: return recovered
    # generic error response

Narrow scope — explicitly not changed
-------------------------------------
* **Detection is string-based on a 5-entry allow-list.**  The MCP
  SDK wraps JSON-RPC errors in ``McpError`` whose exception type +
  attributes vary across SDK versions, so matching on message
  substrings is the durable path.  Kept narrow to avoid false
  positives — a regular ``RuntimeError("Tool failed")`` will NOT
  trigger spurious reconnects (pinned by
  ``test_is_session_expired_rejects_unrelated_errors``).
* **No change to the existing 401 recovery flow.**  The new path is
  consulted only after the auth path declines (returns ``None``).
* **Retry count stays at 1.**  If the reconnect-then-retry also
  fails, we don't loop — the error surfaces normally so the model
  sees a failed tool call rather than a hang.
* **``InterruptedError`` is explicitly excluded** from session-expired
  detection so user-cancel signals always short-circuit the same
  way they did before (pinned by
  ``test_is_session_expired_rejects_interrupted_error``).

Regression coverage
-------------------
``tests/tools/test_mcp_tool_session_expired.py`` (new, 16 cases):

Unit tests for ``_is_session_expired_error``:
* ``test_is_session_expired_detects_invalid_or_expired_session`` —
  reporter's exact wpcom-mcp text.
* ``test_is_session_expired_detects_expired_session_variant`` —
  "Session expired" / "expired session" variants.
* ``test_is_session_expired_detects_session_not_found`` — server GC
  variant ("session not found", "unknown session").
* ``test_is_session_expired_is_case_insensitive``.
* ``test_is_session_expired_rejects_unrelated_errors`` — narrow-scope
  canary: random RuntimeError / ValueError / 401 don't trigger.
* ``test_is_session_expired_rejects_interrupted_error`` — user cancel
  must never route through reconnect.
* ``test_is_session_expired_rejects_empty_message``.

Handler integration tests:
* ``test_call_tool_handler_reconnects_on_session_expired`` — reporter's
  full repro: first call raises "Invalid or expired session", handler
  signals ``_reconnect_event``, retries once, returns the retry's
  success result with no ``error`` key.
* ``test_call_tool_handler_non_session_expired_error_falls_through``
  — preserved-behaviour canary: random tool failures do NOT trigger
  reconnect.
* ``test_session_expired_handler_returns_none_without_loop`` —
  defensive: cold-start / shutdown race.
* ``test_session_expired_handler_returns_none_without_server_record``
  — torn-down server falls through cleanly.
* ``test_session_expired_handler_returns_none_when_retry_also_fails``
  — no retry loop on repeated failure.

Parametrised across all 4 non-``tools/call`` handlers:
* ``test_non_tool_handlers_also_reconnect_on_session_expired``
  [list_resources / read_resource / list_prompts / get_prompt].

**15 of 16 fail on clean ``origin/main`` (``6fb69229``)** with
``ImportError: cannot import name '_is_session_expired_error'``
— the fix's surface symbols don't exist there yet.  The 1 passing
test is an ordering artefact of pytest-xdist worker collection.

Validation
----------
``source venv/bin/activate && python -m pytest
tests/tools/test_mcp_tool_session_expired.py -q`` → **16 passed**.

Broader MCP suite (5 files:
``test_mcp_tool.py``, ``test_mcp_tool_401_handling.py``,
``test_mcp_tool_session_expired.py``, ``test_mcp_reconnect_signal.py``,
``test_mcp_oauth.py``) → **230 passed, 0 regressions**.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-24 05:28:45 -07:00
..
acp fix(acp): include MCP toolsets in ACP sessions 2026-04-24 03:04:42 -07:00
agent fix(credential_pool): add Nous OAuth cross-process auth-store sync 2026-04-24 05:20:05 -07:00
cli fix(tests): resolve 17 persistent CI test failures (#15084) 2026-04-24 03:46:46 -07:00
cron feat(cron): per-job workdir for project-aware cron runs (#15110) 2026-04-24 05:07:01 -07:00
e2e refactor(commands): drop /provider, /plan handler, and clean up slash registry (#15047) 2026-04-24 03:10:52 -07:00
environments/benchmarks fix(security): consolidated security hardening — SSRF, timing attack, tar traversal, credential leakage (#5944) 2026-04-07 17:28:37 -07:00
fakes
gateway fix(tests): resolve 17 persistent CI test failures (#15084) 2026-04-24 03:46:46 -07:00
hermes_cli fix(model-normalize): pass DeepSeek V-series IDs through instead of folding to deepseek-chat 2026-04-24 05:24:54 -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): wizard cadence default 2, surface reasoning level, backwards-compat fallback 2026-04-18 22:50:55 -07:00
integration fix(discord): strip RTP padding before DAVE/Opus decode (#11267) 2026-04-16 16:50:15 -07:00
plugins feat(hindsight): optional bank_id_template for per-agent / per-user banks 2026-04-24 03:38:17 -07:00
run_agent fix(agent): fall back on rate limit when pool has no rotation room 2026-04-24 05:20:05 -07:00
skills fix(google-workspace): normalize authorized user token writes 2026-04-16 04:22:16 -07:00
tools fix(mcp): auto-reconnect + retry once when the transport session expires (#13383) 2026-04-24 05:28:45 -07:00
tui_gateway Merge branch 'main' into fix/tui-provider-resolution 2026-04-22 11:47:49 -07:00
__init__.py
conftest.py test(conftest): reset module-level state + unset platform allowlists (#13400) 2026-04-21 01:33:10 -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_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 fix(batch_runner): mark discarded no-reasoning prompts as completed (#9950) 2026-04-20 04:56:06 -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_skin_integration.py fix: align status bar skin tests with upstream main 2026-04-22 13:20:02 -07:00
test_ctx_halving_fix.py fix(tests): fix 78 CI test failures and remove dead test (#9036) 2026-04-13 10:50:24 -07:00
test_empty_model_fallback.py fix: fall back to provider's default model when model config is empty (#8303) 2026-04-12 03:53:30 -07:00
test_evidence_store.py
test_hermes_constants.py fix(gateway): harden Docker/container gateway pathway 2026-04-12 16:36:11 -07:00
test_hermes_logging.py fix(tests): fix 78 CI test failures and remove dead test (#9036) 2026-04-13 10:50:24 -07:00
test_hermes_state.py feat(dashboard): track real API call count per session 2026-04-22 05:51:58 -07:00
test_honcho_client_config.py feat(memory): pluggable memory provider interface with profile isolation, review fixes, and honcho CLI restoration (#4623) 2026-04-02 15:33:51 -07:00
test_ipv4_preference.py feat: add network.force_ipv4 config to fix IPv6 timeout issues (#8196) 2026-04-11 23:12:11 -07:00
test_mcp_serve.py
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_minisweagent_path.py
test_model_picker_scroll.py fix: CLI/UX batch — ChatConsole errors, curses scroll, skin-aware banner, git state banner (#5974) 2026-04-07 17:59:42 -07:00
test_model_tools.py feat(plugins): add transform_tool_result hook for generic tool-result rewriting (#12972) 2026-04-20 03:48:08 -07:00
test_model_tools_async_bridge.py fix(core): ensure non-blocking executor shutdown on async timeout 2026-04-22 14:42:32 -07:00
test_ollama_num_ctx.py fix: provider/model resolution — salvage 4 PRs + MiniMax aux URL fix (#5983) 2026-04-07 22:23:28 -07:00
test_packaging_metadata.py chore: prepare Hermes for Homebrew packaging (#4099) 2026-03-30 17:34:43 -07:00
test_plugin_skills.py fix(tests): attach caplog to specific logger in 3 order-dependent tests (#11453) 2026-04-17 00:20:40 -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 feat(agent): add jittered retry backoff 2026-04-08 00:41:36 -07:00
test_sql_injection.py
test_subprocess_home_isolation.py fix: per-profile subprocess HOME isolation (#4426) (#7357) 2026-04-10 13:37:45 -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(ci): unblock test suite + cut ~2s of dead Z.AI probes from every AIAgent 2026-04-19 19:18:19 -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_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 feat(tui): per-section visibility for the details accordion 2026-04-24 02:34:32 -05:00
test_utils_truthy_values.py Gate tool-gateway behind an env var, so it's not in users' faces until we're ready. Even if users enable it, it'll be blocked server-side for now, until we unlock for non-admin users on tool-gateway. 2026-03-30 13:28:10 +09:00