hermes-agent/tests/hermes_cli/test_browser_connect_dual_stack.py
Teknium d93c905808 fix: /browser connect times out when another app squats the CDP port
On Windows (and some Linux setups), an application like VS Code's
js-debug can hold 127.0.0.1:9222 while a Chromium browser launched
with --remote-debugging-port=9222 silently binds [::1]:9222 only.
The IPv4-only probe then (a) missed the live browser entirely and
(b) hung against the squatter — which accepts TCP but never answers
the /json/version HTTP probe — repeatedly, driving the whole connect
past the desktop GUI's RPC deadline:
'error: request timed out: browser.manage'.

Fix, applied to both the gateway browser.manage RPC and the CLI
/browser connect path via shared helpers in browser_connect.py:

- discover_local_cdp_url(): probe BOTH loopbacks (127.0.0.1 first,
  then [::1]) and adopt whichever actually speaks CDP.
- local_port_in_use() + find_free_debug_port(): when neither loopback
  speaks CDP but the port is held by another application, report the
  squatter explicitly and launch the debug browser on a nearby free
  port instead of fighting a bind conflict on 9222.
- Bound the gateway's post-launch wait to a 10s deadline (was up to
  20 unbounded probe cycles) so connect always answers inside the
  client RPC timeout.
- _wait_for_browser_debug_ready_or_exit() also probes dual-stack so a
  successful launch pushed onto [::1] is classified 'ready'.

Verified on a live Windows repro (VS Code holding 127.0.0.1:9222,
Chrome 148 on [::1]:9222): connect now resolves http://[::1]:9222
in ~4.5s instead of timing out.
2026-07-18 02:49:28 -07:00

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"""Dual-stack loopback discovery + port-squatter handling for /browser connect.
Regression context: on Windows, an IDE debugger (VS Code js-debug) holding
127.0.0.1:9222 pushes a Chrome launched with --remote-debugging-port=9222
onto [::1]:9222 only. The old IPv4-only probe missed the live browser AND
hung against the squatter (accepts TCP, never answers HTTP), driving the
whole connect past the desktop GUI's RPC timeout
("error: request timed out: browser.manage").
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import socket
import threading
import pytest
from hermes_cli.browser_connect import (
DEFAULT_BROWSER_CDP_PORT,
discover_local_cdp_url,
find_free_debug_port,
local_port_in_use,
)
def _free_port() -> int:
with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as sock:
sock.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
return sock.getsockname()[1]
@pytest.fixture
def ipv4_squatter():
"""A listener on the IPv4 loopback that accepts TCP but never speaks HTTP."""
server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
server.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
server.listen(5)
port = server.getsockname()[1]
conns: list[socket.socket] = []
stop = threading.Event()
def _accept_loop() -> None:
server.settimeout(0.2)
while not stop.is_set():
try:
conn, _ = server.accept()
conns.append(conn) # hold open, say nothing — like a debug adapter
except OSError:
continue
thread = threading.Thread(target=_accept_loop, daemon=True)
thread.start()
try:
yield port
finally:
stop.set()
thread.join(timeout=2)
for conn in conns:
try:
conn.close()
except OSError:
pass
server.close()
class TestDiscoverLocalCdpUrl:
def test_returns_none_when_nothing_listens(self):
port = _free_port()
assert discover_local_cdp_url(port, timeout=0.3) is None
def test_does_not_hang_on_non_cdp_squatter(self, ipv4_squatter):
"""A TCP-accepting, HTTP-silent squatter must fail the probe within
the timeout instead of being mistaken for a browser."""
assert discover_local_cdp_url(ipv4_squatter, timeout=0.3) is None
def test_finds_ipv6_only_endpoint(self, monkeypatch):
"""When only [::1] speaks CDP (IPv4 side squatted), discovery
returns the IPv6 URL instead of giving up."""
import hermes_cli.browser_connect as bc
def _ready(url: str, timeout: float = 1.0) -> bool:
return "[::1]" in url
monkeypatch.setattr(bc, "is_browser_debug_ready", _ready)
assert bc.discover_local_cdp_url(9222) == "http://[::1]:9222"
def test_prefers_ipv4_when_both_answer(self, monkeypatch):
import hermes_cli.browser_connect as bc
monkeypatch.setattr(bc, "is_browser_debug_ready", lambda *_a, **_k: True)
assert bc.discover_local_cdp_url(9222) == "http://127.0.0.1:9222"
class TestLocalPortInUse:
def test_free_port_reports_unused(self):
assert local_port_in_use(_free_port(), timeout=0.3) is False
def test_squatted_port_reports_used(self, ipv4_squatter):
assert local_port_in_use(ipv4_squatter, timeout=0.5) is True
class TestFindFreeDebugPort:
def test_returns_port_above_preferred(self):
port = find_free_debug_port(DEFAULT_BROWSER_CDP_PORT)
assert port > DEFAULT_BROWSER_CDP_PORT
def test_skips_occupied_successor(self):
"""When preferred+1 is held on IPv4, the next candidate is chosen."""
preferred = _free_port()
blocker = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
try:
blocker.bind(("127.0.0.1", preferred + 1))
blocker.listen(1)
port = find_free_debug_port(preferred)
assert port != preferred + 1
assert port > preferred
except OSError:
pytest.skip("successor port unavailable to bind in this environment")
finally:
blocker.close()