hermes-agent/tests/agent/test_tool_guardrails.py

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"""Pure tool-call guardrail primitive tests."""
import json
from agent.tool_guardrails import (
ToolCallGuardrailConfig,
ToolCallGuardrailController,
ToolCallSignature,
canonical_tool_args,
)
def test_tool_call_signature_hashes_canonical_nested_unicode_args_without_exposing_raw_args():
args_a = {
"z": [{"β": "", "a": 1}],
"a": {"y": 2, "x": "secret-token-value"},
}
args_b = {
"a": {"x": "secret-token-value", "y": 2},
"z": [{"a": 1, "β": ""}],
}
assert canonical_tool_args(args_a) == canonical_tool_args(args_b)
sig_a = ToolCallSignature.from_call("web_search", args_a)
sig_b = ToolCallSignature.from_call("web_search", args_b)
assert sig_a == sig_b
assert len(sig_a.args_hash) == 64
metadata = sig_a.to_metadata()
assert metadata == {"tool_name": "web_search", "args_hash": sig_a.args_hash}
assert "secret-token-value" not in json.dumps(metadata)
assert "" not in json.dumps(metadata)
def test_default_config_is_soft_warning_only_with_hard_stop_disabled():
cfg = ToolCallGuardrailConfig()
assert cfg.warnings_enabled is True
assert cfg.hard_stop_enabled is False
assert cfg.exact_failure_warn_after == 2
assert cfg.same_tool_failure_warn_after == 3
assert cfg.no_progress_warn_after == 2
assert cfg.exact_failure_block_after == 5
assert cfg.same_tool_failure_halt_after == 8
assert cfg.no_progress_block_after == 5
def test_config_parses_nested_warn_and_hard_stop_thresholds():
cfg = ToolCallGuardrailConfig.from_mapping(
{
"warnings_enabled": False,
"hard_stop_enabled": True,
"warn_after": {
"exact_failure": 3,
"same_tool_failure": 4,
"idempotent_no_progress": 5,
},
"hard_stop_after": {
"exact_failure": 6,
"same_tool_failure": 7,
"idempotent_no_progress": 8,
},
}
)
assert cfg.warnings_enabled is False
assert cfg.hard_stop_enabled is True
assert cfg.exact_failure_warn_after == 3
assert cfg.same_tool_failure_warn_after == 4
assert cfg.no_progress_warn_after == 5
assert cfg.exact_failure_block_after == 6
assert cfg.same_tool_failure_halt_after == 7
assert cfg.no_progress_block_after == 8
def test_default_repeated_identical_failed_call_warns_without_blocking():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController()
args = {"query": "same"}
decisions = []
for _ in range(5):
assert controller.before_call("web_search", args).action == "allow"
decisions.append(
controller.after_call("web_search", args, '{"error":"boom"}', failed=True)
)
assert decisions[0].action == "allow"
assert [d.action for d in decisions[1:]] == ["warn", "warn", "warn", "warn"]
assert {d.code for d in decisions[1:]} == {"repeated_exact_failure_warning"}
assert controller.before_call("web_search", args).action == "allow"
assert controller.halt_decision is None
def test_hard_stop_enabled_blocks_repeated_exact_failure_before_next_execution():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController(
ToolCallGuardrailConfig(
hard_stop_enabled=True,
exact_failure_warn_after=2,
exact_failure_block_after=2,
same_tool_failure_halt_after=99,
)
)
args = {"query": "same"}
assert controller.before_call("web_search", args).action == "allow"
first = controller.after_call("web_search", args, '{"error":"boom"}', failed=True)
assert first.action == "allow"
assert controller.before_call("web_search", args).action == "allow"
second = controller.after_call("web_search", args, '{"error":"boom"}', failed=True)
assert second.action == "warn"
assert second.code == "repeated_exact_failure_warning"
blocked = controller.before_call("web_search", args)
assert blocked.action == "block"
assert blocked.code == "repeated_exact_failure_block"
assert blocked.count == 2
def test_success_resets_exact_signature_failure_streak():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController(
ToolCallGuardrailConfig(hard_stop_enabled=True, exact_failure_block_after=2, same_tool_failure_halt_after=99)
)
args = {"query": "same"}
controller.after_call("web_search", args, '{"error":"boom"}', failed=True)
controller.after_call("web_search", args, '{"ok":true}', failed=False)
assert controller.before_call("web_search", args).action == "allow"
controller.after_call("web_search", args, '{"error":"boom"}', failed=True)
assert controller.before_call("web_search", args).action == "allow"
def test_same_tool_varying_args_warns_by_default_without_halting():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController(
ToolCallGuardrailConfig(same_tool_failure_warn_after=2, same_tool_failure_halt_after=3)
)
first = controller.after_call("terminal", {"command": "cmd-1"}, '{"exit_code":1}', failed=True)
second = controller.after_call("terminal", {"command": "cmd-2"}, '{"exit_code":1}', failed=True)
third = controller.after_call("terminal", {"command": "cmd-3"}, '{"exit_code":1}', failed=True)
fourth = controller.after_call("terminal", {"command": "cmd-4"}, '{"exit_code":1}', failed=True)
assert first.action == "allow"
assert [second.action, third.action, fourth.action] == ["warn", "warn", "warn"]
assert {second.code, third.code, fourth.code} == {"same_tool_failure_warning"}
assert controller.halt_decision is None
def test_hard_stop_enabled_halts_same_tool_varying_args_failure_streak():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController(
ToolCallGuardrailConfig(
hard_stop_enabled=True,
exact_failure_block_after=99,
same_tool_failure_warn_after=2,
same_tool_failure_halt_after=3,
)
)
first = controller.after_call("terminal", {"command": "cmd-1"}, '{"exit_code":1}', failed=True)
assert first.action == "allow"
second = controller.after_call("terminal", {"command": "cmd-2"}, '{"exit_code":1}', failed=True)
assert second.action == "warn"
assert second.code == "same_tool_failure_warning"
third = controller.after_call("terminal", {"command": "cmd-3"}, '{"exit_code":1}', failed=True)
assert third.action == "halt"
assert third.code == "same_tool_failure_halt"
assert third.count == 3
def test_idempotent_no_progress_repeated_result_warns_without_blocking_by_default():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController(
ToolCallGuardrailConfig(no_progress_warn_after=2, no_progress_block_after=2)
)
args = {"path": "/tmp/same.txt"}
result = "same file contents"
for _ in range(4):
assert controller.before_call("read_file", args).action == "allow"
decision = controller.after_call("read_file", args, result, failed=False)
assert decision.action == "warn"
assert decision.code == "idempotent_no_progress_warning"
assert controller.before_call("read_file", args).action == "allow"
assert controller.halt_decision is None
def test_hard_stop_enabled_blocks_idempotent_no_progress_future_repeat():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController(
ToolCallGuardrailConfig(
hard_stop_enabled=True,
no_progress_warn_after=2,
no_progress_block_after=2,
)
)
args = {"path": "/tmp/same.txt"}
result = "same file contents"
assert controller.before_call("read_file", args).action == "allow"
assert controller.after_call("read_file", args, result, failed=False).action == "allow"
assert controller.before_call("read_file", args).action == "allow"
warn = controller.after_call("read_file", args, result, failed=False)
assert warn.action == "warn"
assert warn.code == "idempotent_no_progress_warning"
blocked = controller.before_call("read_file", args)
assert blocked.action == "block"
assert blocked.code == "idempotent_no_progress_block"
def test_mutating_or_unknown_tools_are_not_blocked_for_repeated_identical_success_output_by_default():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController(
ToolCallGuardrailConfig(no_progress_warn_after=2, no_progress_block_after=2)
)
for _ in range(3):
assert controller.before_call("write_file", {"path": "/tmp/x", "content": "x"}).action == "allow"
assert controller.after_call("write_file", {"path": "/tmp/x", "content": "x"}, "ok", failed=False).action == "allow"
assert controller.before_call("custom_tool", {"x": 1}).action == "allow"
assert controller.after_call("custom_tool", {"x": 1}, "ok", failed=False).action == "allow"
def test_reset_for_turn_clears_bounded_guardrail_state():
controller = ToolCallGuardrailController(
ToolCallGuardrailConfig(hard_stop_enabled=True, exact_failure_block_after=2, no_progress_block_after=2)
)
controller.after_call("web_search", {"query": "same"}, '{"error":"boom"}', failed=True)
controller.after_call("web_search", {"query": "same"}, '{"error":"boom"}', failed=True)
controller.after_call("read_file", {"path": "/tmp/x"}, "same", failed=False)
controller.after_call("read_file", {"path": "/tmp/x"}, "same", failed=False)
assert controller.before_call("web_search", {"query": "same"}).action == "block"
assert controller.before_call("read_file", {"path": "/tmp/x"}).action == "block"
controller.reset_for_turn()
assert controller.before_call("web_search", {"query": "same"}).action == "allow"
assert controller.before_call("read_file", {"path": "/tmp/x"}).action == "allow"