hermes-agent/tests/run_agent
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feat(image-input): native multimodal routing based on model vision capability (#16506)
* feat(image-input): native multimodal routing based on model vision capability

Attach user-sent images as OpenAI-style content parts on the user turn when
the active model supports native vision, so vision-capable models see real
pixels instead of a lossy text description from vision_analyze.

Routing decision (agent/image_routing.py::decide_image_input_mode):

  agent.image_input_mode = auto | native | text  (default: auto)

In auto mode:
  - If auxiliary.vision.provider/model is explicitly configured, keep the
    text pipeline (user paid for a dedicated vision backend).
  - Else if models.dev reports supports_vision=True for the active
    provider/model, attach natively.
  - Else fall back to text (current behaviour).

Call sites updated: gateway/run.py (all messaging platforms), tui_gateway
(dashboard/Ink), cli.py (interactive /attach + drag-drop).

run_agent.py changes:
  - _prepare_anthropic_messages_for_api now passes image parts through
    unchanged when the model supports vision — the Anthropic adapter
    translates them to native image blocks. Previous behaviour
    (vision_analyze → text) only runs for non-vision Anthropic models.
  - New _prepare_messages_for_non_vision_model mirrors the same contract
    for chat.completions and codex_responses paths, so non-vision models
    on any provider get text-fallback instead of failing at the provider.
  - New _model_supports_vision() helper reads models.dev caps.

vision_analyze description rewritten: positions it as a tool for images
NOT already visible in the conversation (URLs, tool output, deeper
inspection). Prevents the model from redundantly calling it on images
already attached natively.

Config default: agent.image_input_mode = auto.

Tests: 35 new (test_image_routing.py + test_vision_aware_preprocessing.py),
all existing tests that reference _prepare_anthropic_messages_for_api
still pass (198 targeted + new tests green).

* feat(image-input): size-cap + resize oversized images, charge image tokens in compressor

Two follow-ups that make the native image routing safer for long / heavy
sessions:

1) Oversize handling in build_native_content_parts:
   - 20 MB ceiling per image (matches vision_tools._MAX_BASE64_BYTES,
     the most restrictive provider — Gemini inline data).
   - Delegates to vision_tools._resize_image_for_vision (Pillow-based,
     already battle-tested) to downscale to 5 MB first-try.
   - If Pillow is missing or resize still overshoots, the image is
     dropped and reported back in skipped[]; caller falls back to text
     enrichment for that image.

2) Image-token accounting in context_compressor:
   - New _IMAGE_TOKEN_ESTIMATE = 1600 (matches Claude Code's constant;
     within the realistic range for Anthropic/GPT-4o/Gemini billing).
   - _content_length_for_budget() helper: sums text-part lengths and
     charges _IMAGE_CHAR_EQUIVALENT (1600 * 4 chars) per image/image_url/
     input_image part.  Base64 payload inside image_url is NOT counted
     as chars — dimensions don't matter, only image-presence.
   - Both tail-cut sites (_prune_old_tool_results L527 and
     _find_tail_cut_by_tokens L1126) now call the helper so multi-image
     conversations don't slip past compression budget.

Tests: 9 new in test_image_routing.py (oversize triggers resize,
resize-fails-returns-None, oversize-skipped-reported), 11 new in
test_compressor_image_tokens.py (flat charge per image, multiple images,
Responses-API / Anthropic-native / OpenAI-chat shapes, no-inflation on
raw base64, bounds-check on the constant, integration test that an
image-heavy tail actually gets trimmed).

* fix(image-input): replace blanket 20MB ceiling with empirically-verified per-provider limits

The previous commit imposed a hardcoded 20 MB base64 ceiling on all
providers, triggering auto-resize on anything larger. This was wrong in
both directions:

  * Too loose for Anthropic — actual limit is 5 MB (returns HTTP 400
    'image exceeds 5 MB maximum' above that).
  * Too strict for OpenAI / Codex / OpenRouter — accept 49 MB+ without
    complaint (empirically verified April 2026 with progressive PNG
    sizes).

New behaviour:

  * _PROVIDER_BASE64_CEILING table: only anthropic and bedrock have a
    ceiling (5 MB, since bedrock-on-Claude shares Anthropic's decoder).
  * Providers NOT in the table get no ceiling — images attach at native
    size and we trust the provider to return its own error if it
    disagrees. A provider-specific 400 message is clearer than us
    guessing wrong and silently degrading image quality.
  * build_native_content_parts() gains a keyword-only provider arg;
    gateway/CLI/TUI pass the active provider so Anthropic users get
    auto-resize protection while OpenAI users don't pay it.
  * Resize target dropped from 5 MB to 4 MB to slide safely under
    Anthropic's boundary with header overhead.

Empirical measurements (direct API, no Hermes in the loop):

    image b64     anthropic   openrouter/gpt5.5   codex-oauth/gpt5.5
    0.19 MB       ✓           ✓                   ✓
    12.37 MB      ✗ 400 5MB   ✓                   ✓
    23.85 MB      ✗ 400 5MB   ✓                   ✓
    49.46 MB      ✗ 413       ✓                   ✓

Tests: rewrote TestOversizeHandling (5 tests): no-ceiling pass-through,
Anthropic resize fires, Anthropic skip on resize-fail, build_native_parts
routes ceiling by provider, unknown provider gets no ceiling. All 52
targeted tests pass.

* refactor(image-input): attempt native, shrink-and-retry on provider reject

Replace proactive per-provider size ceilings with a reactive shrink path
on the provider's actual rejection. All providers now attempt native
full-size attachment first; if the provider returns an image-too-large
error, the agent silently shrinks and retries once.

Why the previous design was wrong: hardcoding provider ceilings
(anthropic=5MB, others=unlimited) meant OpenAI users on a 10MB image
paid no tax, but Anthropic users lost quality on anything >5MB even
though the empirical behaviour at provider-reject time is the same
(shrink + retry). Baking the table into the routing layer also
requires updating Hermes every time a provider's limit changes.

Reactive design:
  - image_routing.py: _file_to_data_url encodes native size, no ceiling.
    build_native_content_parts drops its provider kwarg.
  - error_classifier.py: new FailoverReason.image_too_large + pattern
    match ("image exceeds", "image too large", etc.) checked BEFORE
    context_overflow so Anthropic's 5MB rejection lands in the right
    bucket.
  - run_agent.py: new _try_shrink_image_parts_in_messages walks api
    messages in-place, re-encodes oversized data: URL image parts
    through vision_tools._resize_image_for_vision to fit under 4MB,
    handles both chat.completions (dict image_url) and Responses
    (string image_url) shapes, ignores http URLs (provider-fetched).
    New image_shrink_retry_attempted flag in the retry loop fires the
    shrink exactly once per turn after credential-pool recovery but
    before auth retries.

E2E verified live against Anthropic claude-sonnet-4-6:
  - 17.9MB PNG (23.9MB b64) attached at native size
  - Anthropic returns 400 "image exceeds 5 MB maximum"
  - Agent logs '📐 Image(s) exceeded provider size limit — shrank and
    retrying...'
  - Retry succeeds, correct response delivered in 6.8s total.

Tests: 12 new (8 shrink-helper shapes + 4 classifier signals),
replaces 5 proactive-ceiling tests with 3 simpler 'native attach works'
tests. 181 targeted tests pass. test_enum_members_exist in
test_error_classifier.py updated for the new enum value.
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__init__.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
conftest.py test: speed up slow tests (backoff + subprocess + IMDS network) (#11797) 2026-04-17 14:21:22 -07:00
test_413_compression.py test: speed up slow tests (backoff + subprocess + IMDS network) (#11797) 2026-04-17 14:21:22 -07:00
test_860_dedup.py fix(tests): make AIAgent constructor calls self-contained (#11755) 2026-04-17 12:32:03 -07:00
test_1630_context_overflow_loop.py fix(tests): make AIAgent constructor calls self-contained (#11755) 2026-04-17 12:32:03 -07:00
test_agent_guardrails.py fix(delegate): make max_concurrent_children configurable + error on excess 2026-04-10 13:38:14 -07:00
test_agent_loop.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_agent_loop_tool_calling.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_agent_loop_vllm.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_anthropic_error_handling.py feat(providers): extend request_timeout_seconds to all client paths 2026-04-19 11:23:00 -07:00
test_anthropic_prompt_cache_policy.py fix(cache): enable prompt caching for Qwen on OpenCode/OpenCode-Go/Alibaba (#13528) 2026-04-21 06:40:58 -07:00
test_anthropic_third_party_oauth_guard.py fix(anthropic): complete third-party Anthropic-compatible provider support (#12846) 2026-04-19 22:43:09 -07:00
test_anthropic_truncation_continuation.py refactor: remove _nr_to_assistant_message shim + fix flush_memories guard 2026-04-23 02:30:05 -07:00
test_api_max_retries_config.py feat(agent): make API retry count configurable via agent.api_max_retries (#14730) 2026-04-23 13:59:32 -07:00
test_async_httpx_del_neuter.py fix: bound auxiliary client cache to prevent fd exhaustion in long-running gateways (#10200) (#10470) 2026-04-15 13:16:28 -07:00
test_background_review.py test: update bare-agent helper for live-runtime attrs added by #16099 2026-04-26 12:45:39 -07:00
test_background_review_summary.py fix(agent): exclude prior-history tool messages from background review summary 2026-04-24 03:10:19 -07:00
test_compress_focus_plugin_fallback.py refactor(memory): remove flush_memories entirely (#15696) 2026-04-25 08:21:14 -07:00
test_compression_boundary.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_compression_boundary_hook.py fix: signal compression boundary to context engine 2026-04-26 19:07:18 -07:00
test_compression_feasibility.py refactor(memory): remove flush_memories entirely (#15696) 2026-04-25 08:21:14 -07:00
test_compression_persistence.py fix(tests): make AIAgent constructor calls self-contained (#11755) 2026-04-17 12:32:03 -07:00
test_compression_trigger_excludes_reasoning.py fix(compression): exclude completion tokens from compression trigger (#12026) 2026-04-20 05:12:10 -07:00
test_compressor_fallback_update.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_concurrent_interrupt.py fix(tests): resolve 17 persistent CI test failures (#15084) 2026-04-24 03:46:46 -07:00
test_context_token_tracking.py feat(providers): extend request_timeout_seconds to all client paths 2026-04-19 11:23:00 -07:00
test_create_openai_client_kwargs_isolation.py fix(tests): make AIAgent constructor calls self-contained (#11755) 2026-04-17 12:32:03 -07:00
test_create_openai_client_proxy_env.py test(proxy): regression tests for NO_PROXY bypass on keepalive client 2026-04-24 03:04:42 -07:00
test_create_openai_client_reuse.py fix(tests): make AIAgent constructor calls self-contained (#11755) 2026-04-17 12:32:03 -07:00
test_deepseek_reasoning_content_echo.py fix(agent): block cross-provider reasoning leak to DeepSeek/Kimi (#15748) (#16500) 2026-04-27 04:06:23 -07:00
test_dict_tool_call_args.py fix(tests): fix 78 CI test failures and remove dead test (#9036) 2026-04-13 10:50:24 -07:00
test_exit_cleanup_interrupt.py test: speed up slow tests (backoff + subprocess + IMDS network) (#11797) 2026-04-17 14:21:22 -07:00
test_fallback_model.py test: speed up slow tests (backoff + subprocess + IMDS network) (#11797) 2026-04-17 14:21:22 -07:00
test_image_shrink_recovery.py feat(image-input): native multimodal routing based on model vision capability (#16506) 2026-04-27 06:27:59 -07:00
test_interactive_interrupt.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_interrupt_propagation.py test: stop testing mutable data — convert change-detectors to invariants (#13363) 2026-04-20 23:20:33 -07:00
test_invalid_context_length_warning.py fix(tests): resolve CI test failures — pool auto-seeding, stale assertions, mock isolation 2026-04-15 22:05:21 -07:00
test_jsondecodeerror_retryable.py fix(agent): retry on json.JSONDecodeError instead of treating it as a local validation error (#15107) 2026-04-24 05:02:58 -07:00
test_long_context_tier_429.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_memory_provider_init.py fix(memory): keep Honcho provider opt-in 2026-04-18 22:50:55 -07:00
test_memory_sync_interrupted.py fix(memory): skip external-provider sync on interrupted turns (#15218) 2026-04-24 15:30:18 -07:00
test_openai_client_lifecycle.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_percentage_clamp.py fix: update 6 test files broken by dead code removal 2026-04-10 03:44:43 -07:00
test_plugin_context_engine_init.py fix(tests): make AIAgent constructor calls self-contained (#11755) 2026-04-17 12:32:03 -07:00
test_primary_runtime_restore.py fix(agent): only set rate-limit cooldown when leaving primary; add tests 2026-04-24 05:35:43 -07:00
test_provider_attribution_headers.py fix(providers): send user agent to routermint endpoints 2026-04-24 03:02:16 -07:00
test_provider_fallback.py fix(agent): fall back on rate limit when pool has no rotation room 2026-04-24 05:20:05 -07:00
test_provider_parity.py fix(agent): preserve Codex message items for replay 2026-04-25 18:22:06 -07:00
test_real_interrupt_subagent.py fix(tests): fix 78 CI test failures and remove dead test (#9036) 2026-04-13 10:50:24 -07:00
test_redirect_stdout_issue.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_repair_tool_call_arguments.py fix(run_agent): handle unescaped control chars in tool_call arguments (#15356) 2026-04-24 15:06:41 -07:00
test_repair_tool_call_name.py fix(agent): repair CamelCase + _tool suffix tool-call emissions (#15124) 2026-04-24 05:32:08 -07:00
test_review_prompt_class_first.py feat(review): class-first skill review prompt (#16026) 2026-04-26 05:17:10 -07:00
test_run_agent.py fix(agent): support Azure OpenAI gpt-5.x on chat/completions endpoint 2026-04-25 18:48:43 -07:00
test_run_agent_codex_responses.py fix(agent): preserve Codex message items for replay 2026-04-25 18:22:06 -07:00
test_run_agent_multimodal_prologue.py refactor: unify transport dispatch + collapse normalize shims 2026-04-22 18:34:25 -07:00
test_sequential_chats_live.py test: regression guards for the keepalive/transport bug class (#10933) (#11266) 2026-04-16 16:36:33 -07:00
test_session_meta_filtering.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_session_reset_fix.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_steer.py refactor(steer): simplify injection marker to 'User guidance:' prefix (#13340) 2026-04-20 22:18:49 -07:00
test_stream_interrupt_retry.py fix: /stop now immediately aborts streaming retry loop 2026-04-25 09:51:39 -07:00
test_streaming.py fix(streaming): silent retry when stream dies mid tool-call (#14151) 2026-04-22 13:47:33 -07:00
test_streaming_tool_call_repair.py fix: repair malformed tool call args in streaming assembly before flagging as truncated 2026-04-24 15:03:07 -07:00
test_strict_api_validation.py refactor(tests): re-architect tests + fix CI failures (#5946) 2026-04-07 17:19:07 -07:00
test_strip_reasoning_tags_cli.py fix(display): strip standalone tool-call XML tags from visible text 2026-04-22 18:12:42 -07:00
test_switch_model_context.py fix: pass config_context_length to switch_model context compressor 2026-04-10 05:52:45 -07:00
test_switch_model_fallback_prune.py fix(agent): default missing fallback chain on switch 2026-04-24 05:35:43 -07:00
test_token_persistence_non_cli.py fix(tests): make AIAgent constructor calls self-contained (#11755) 2026-04-17 12:32:03 -07:00
test_tool_arg_coercion.py test,chore: cover stringified array/object coercion + AUTHOR_MAP entry 2026-04-23 16:38:38 -07:00
test_tool_call_args_sanitizer.py fix(run_agent): repair corrupted tool_call arguments before sending to provider 2026-04-24 14:55:47 -07:00
test_unicode_ascii_codec.py fix: always retry on ASCII codec UnicodeEncodeError — don't gate on per-component sanitization 2026-04-15 15:03:28 -07:00
test_vision_aware_preprocessing.py feat(image-input): native multimodal routing based on model vision capability (#16506) 2026-04-27 06:27:59 -07:00