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import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
import { exec as execCallback, spawn } from 'node:child_process'
import { chmod, mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, symlink, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
import os from 'node:os'
import path from 'node:path'
import { promisify } from 'node:util'
import { test } from 'vitest'
import { profileSshOverride } from './connection-config'
import {
assertRemoteInstallUpdateClear,
buildSpawnCommand,
classifySshReuseProof,
cleanupStale,
connect,
disconnect,
expandRemotePath,
fingerprintToken,
isForwardBindCollision,
isLockfileSkew,
listRemoteHermesProfiles,
locateHermes,
LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
lockfilePath,
openForward,
ownershipDirectory,
pidIsOurDashboard,
probeRemotePlatform,
PROTOCOL_VERSION,
readLockfile,
READY_RE,
remotePidAlive,
remoteSupportsSshOwnership,
scrapeReadyPort,
spawnLogPath,
spawnRemoteDashboard,
spawnTokenPath,
terminateOwnedDashboardForUpdate,
validateRemotePath,
writeLockfile
} from './remote-lifecycle'
const OWNERSHIP_ID = '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef'
const SPAWN_NONCE = '0123456789abcdef'
const exec = promisify(execCallback)
test('SSH reuse proof rejects a backend whose runtime was replaced', () => {
assert.equal(
classifySshReuseProof(
{ ok: true, sshOwnerNonce: SPAWN_NONCE, protocolVersion: 1, runtimeIntact: false },
SPAWN_NONCE
),
'authenticated-stale'
)
})
test('SSH reuse proof remains compatible when runtime state is absent', () => {
assert.equal(
classifySshReuseProof({ ok: true, sshOwnerNonce: SPAWN_NONCE, protocolVersion: 1 }, SPAWN_NONCE),
'authenticated-ok'
)
})
function ownedLock(over: any = {}) {
return {
schemaVersion: LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
protocolVersion: PROTOCOL_VERSION,
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
pid: 333,
port: 40000,
profile: '',
hermesPath: '~/.local/bin/hermes',
hermesHome: '~/.hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken('stored-token'),
startedAt: '2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z',
creationTime: 'linux:123456',
...over
}
}
// A fake SshConnection whose exec() is matched against an ordered list of
// [regex|fn, response|fn] rules. First match wins; unmatched commands return ''.
function fakeSsh(rules: any[] = []) {
const calls: string[] = []
return {
calls,
async exec(cmd) {
calls.push(cmd)
// Existing lifecycle fixtures predate the install-wide relaunch gate.
// Their default remote has no update marker; focused marker tests below
// use explicit SSH doubles to exercise live/uncertain transitions.
if (cmd.includes('.hermes-update-in-progress') && !cmd.includes('marker_clear()') && !/setsid|nohup/.test(cmd)) {
return 'CLEAR'
}
const mutexWrapped = cmd.includes('fcntl.flock(fd,fcntl.LOCK_EX)')
const applicableRules = rules.filter(([matcher]) => {
if (cmd.includes('marker_clear()') && matcher instanceof RegExp && /kill -0/.test(matcher.source)) {
return false
}
return !(mutexWrapped && matcher instanceof RegExp && /python3 -c/.test(matcher.source))
})
if ((cmd.includes('os.kill(pid') && !cmd.includes('pidfd_open')) || cmd.includes('printf TERMINATED')) {
return 'TERMINATED'
}
for (const [matcher, resp] of applicableRules) {
const hit = typeof matcher === 'function' ? matcher(cmd) : matcher.test(cmd)
if (hit) {
const out = typeof resp === 'function' ? resp(cmd) : resp
if (out instanceof Error) {
throw out
}
return out
}
}
return ''
}
}
}
test('POSIX relaunch gate refuses live and uncertain install markers without executing Hermes', async () => {
for (const observation of ['LIVE:4242', 'UNCERTAIN']) {
const calls: string[] = []
const ssh = {
async exec(command) {
calls.push(command)
if (command === 'uname -s; uname -m') {
return 'Linux\nx86_64\n'
}
if (command.includes('HERMES_HOME')) {
return '/home/alice/.hermes\n'
}
if (command.includes('.hermes-update-in-progress')) {
return observation
}
throw new Error(`unexpected command after update gate: ${command}`)
}
}
await assert.rejects(
() => connect(connectDeps(ssh)),
(error: any) => error.kind === 'update-in-progress'
)
assert.equal(
calls.some(command => /\[ -x |--version|lock\.json|serve --help|setsid/.test(command)),
false
)
}
})
test('POSIX relaunch gate permits absent/dead markers and normalizes named-profile homes install-wide', async () => {
const commands: string[] = []
const ssh = {
async exec(command) {
commands.push(command)
return 'CLEAR'
}
}
await assertRemoteInstallUpdateClear(ssh, '/home/alice/.hermes/profiles/research')
assert.match(commands[0], /home\.parent\.name/)
assert.match(commands[0], /profiles/)
assert.match(commands[0], /\.hermes-update-in-progress/)
})
test('POSIX relaunch gate rechecks after token upload immediately before process creation', async () => {
const calls: string[] = []
let markerChecks = 0
const ssh = {
async exec(command) {
calls.push(command)
if (command === 'uname -s; uname -m') {
return 'Linux\nx86_64\n'
}
if (command.includes('HERMES_HOME')) {
return '/home/alice/.hermes\n'
}
if (command.includes('.hermes-update-in-progress')) {
markerChecks += 1
return markerChecks >= 3 ? 'LIVE:4242' : 'CLEAR'
}
if (/\[ -x /.test(command)) {
return 'OK'
}
if (command.includes('serve --help')) {
return 'YES\n'
}
if (command.includes('python3 -c')) {
return ''
}
if (command.includes('lock.json')) {
return ''
}
return ''
}
}
await assert.rejects(
() => connect(connectDeps(ssh)),
(error: any) => error.kind === 'update-in-progress'
)
assert.equal(markerChecks, 3)
assert.equal(
calls.some(command => /setsid|nohup/.test(command)),
false
)
})
test('listRemoteHermesProfiles inventories Mini-style profile dirs without spawning a dashboard', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/HERMES_HOME/, '/Users/zillajr/.hermes\n'],
[/ls -1/, 'bob\ndixie\ngoose\nrambo\nbob.rollback-old\n']
])
assert.deepEqual(await listRemoteHermesProfiles(ssh), ['default', 'bob', 'dixie', 'goose', 'rambo'])
assert.equal(
ssh.calls.some(cmd => cmd.includes('serve') || cmd.includes('dashboard')),
false
)
})
test('listRemoteHermesProfiles rejects a hostile HERMES_HOME', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/HERMES_HOME/, '/tmp/x; echo pwned\n']])
await assert.rejects(
() => listRemoteHermesProfiles(ssh),
(err: any) => {
assert.equal(err.kind, 'unsafe-path')
return true
}
)
assert.equal(
ssh.calls.some(cmd => cmd.includes('ls -1')),
false
)
})
test('locateHermes prefers the explicit profile path when executable', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/\[ -x .*\/opt\/hermes/, 'OK']])
assert.equal(await locateHermes(ssh, '/opt/hermes'), '/opt/hermes')
})
test('locateHermes throws (no silent fallback) when an EXPLICIT path is not executable', async () => {
// command -v WOULD find a different install, but an explicit path must not
// silently fall back to it — that is the "connected to the wrong hermes" bug.
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/command -v hermes/, '/home/u/.local/bin/hermes\n'],
[/\[ -x .*\.local\/bin\/hermes/, 'OK']
])
await assert.rejects(
() => locateHermes(ssh, '/bad/path/hermes'),
(err: any) => {
assert.equal(err.kind, 'hermes-not-found')
assert.match(err.message, /\/bad\/path\/hermes/)
return true
}
)
})
test('locateHermes falls back to the login-shell command -v probe', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/command -v hermes/, '/home/u/.local/bin/hermes\n'],
[/\[ -x .*\.local\/bin\/hermes/, 'OK']
])
assert.equal(await locateHermes(ssh, ''), '/home/u/.local/bin/hermes')
})
test('locateHermes preserves an installer wrapper instead of resolving its interpreter', async () => {
// install.sh venv mode writes: exec "$HERMES_BIN" "$HERMES_ENTRYPOINT" "$@",
// where $HERMES_BIN is the venv python. The old canonicalization returned
// that interpreter, so `<python> --version` printed "Python x.y.z" and
// `<python> serve --help` failed outright (#74411). The wrapper itself is
// executable and forwards args correctly — return it untouched.
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/command -v hermes/, '/home/u/.local/bin/hermes\n'],
[/\[ -x .*\.local\/bin\/hermes/, 'OK'],
// If the removed python3 wrapper-parser were ever reintroduced, this rule
// would reward it with an interpreter path and the assertions below fail.
[/python3 -c/, '/home/u/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python\n']
])
assert.equal(await locateHermes(ssh, ''), '/home/u/.local/bin/hermes')
assert.ok(
!ssh.calls.some(cmd => cmd.includes('python3 -c')),
'locateHermes must not shell out to a python3 parser to rewrite the launcher'
)
})
test('locateHermes returns an explicit remoteHermesPath unchanged', async () => {
// The override half of #74411: an explicit remoteHermesPath pointing at a
// wrapper was also canonicalized to its interpreter, so overriding to
// ~/.local/bin/hermes changed nothing for affected users.
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/\[ -x .*\.local\/bin\/hermes/, 'OK'],
[/python3 -c/, '/home/u/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python\n']
])
assert.equal(await locateHermes(ssh, '~/.local/bin/hermes'), '~/.local/bin/hermes')
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(cmd => cmd.includes('python3 -c')), 'an explicit remoteHermesPath must never be rewritten')
})
test('locateHermes falls back to ~/.local/bin/hermes when the login-shell probe misses', async () => {
// ~/.local/bin is the non-root installer's command location (scripts/install.sh).
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/command -v hermes/, ''],
[/\[ -x .*\.local\/bin\/hermes/, 'OK']
])
assert.equal(await locateHermes(ssh, ''), '~/.local/bin/hermes')
})
test('locateHermes tries the conventional venv path last', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/\[ -x .*venv\/bin\/hermes/, 'OK']])
assert.equal(await locateHermes(ssh, ''), '~/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/hermes')
})
test('locateHermes throws a hermes-not-found error with an install hint', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([]) // nothing is executable
await assert.rejects(
() => locateHermes(ssh, ''),
(err: any) => {
assert.equal(err.kind, 'hermes-not-found')
assert.match(err.message, /install/i)
return true
}
)
})
test('locateHermes uses a login shell for the command -v probe', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/command -v hermes/, '/x/hermes'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK']
])
await locateHermes(ssh, '')
assert.ok(
ssh.calls.some(c => /bash -lc/.test(c)),
'must probe in a login shell (PATH pitfall)'
)
})
test('probeRemotePlatform accepts Linux and macOS', async () => {
assert.deepEqual(await probeRemotePlatform(fakeSsh([[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64']])), {
os: 'Linux',
arch: 'x86_64'
})
assert.deepEqual(await probeRemotePlatform(fakeSsh([[/uname/, 'Darwin\narm64']])), {
os: 'Darwin',
arch: 'arm64'
})
})
test('probeRemotePlatform rejects unsupported remote platforms', async () => {
await assert.rejects(
() => probeRemotePlatform(fakeSsh([[/uname/, 'MINGW64_NT\nx86_64']])),
(err: any) => {
assert.equal(err.kind, 'unsupported-platform')
return true
}
)
})
test('ownership paths are isolated by ownership ID and spawn nonce', () => {
assert.equal(ownershipDirectory(OWNERSHIP_ID), `~/.hermes/desktop-ssh/${OWNERSHIP_ID}`)
assert.equal(lockfilePath(OWNERSHIP_ID), `~/.hermes/desktop-ssh/${OWNERSHIP_ID}/backend.lock.json`)
assert.equal(spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE), `~/.hermes/desktop-ssh/${OWNERSHIP_ID}/${SPAWN_NONCE}.log`)
})
test('readLockfile returns null ONLY for a missing/empty lockfile', async () => {
assert.equal(await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, '']]), OWNERSHIP_ID), null)
const good = ownedLock({ pid: 1, port: 2 })
assert.deepEqual(await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(good)]]), OWNERSHIP_ID), good)
})
// #95532 fail-closed guard: a lockfile that EXISTS but doesn't match what this
// build writes is SKEW (foreign fork build, corruption, or a future schema) —
// it must be distinguishable from "no lockfile" so no reap/overwrite path can
// treat foreign live state as reapable.
test('readLockfile classifies existing-but-foreign lockfiles as skew, never null', async () => {
// (a) foreign-schema lockfile (fork build wrote a different shape)
const foreign = await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, 'not json at all']]), OWNERSHIP_ID)
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(foreign), true)
// (b) truncated lockfile (partial write / corruption)
const truncated = await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(ownedLock()).slice(0, 40)]]), OWNERSHIP_ID)
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(truncated), true)
// (c) future schemaVersion (newer build owns this remote)
const future = await readLockfile(
fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(ownedLock({ schemaVersion: LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION + 1 }))]]),
OWNERSHIP_ID
)
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(future), true)
// unknown schema number entirely
const unknown = await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify({ schemaVersion: 999 })]]), OWNERSHIP_ID)
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(unknown), true)
// missing ownershipId / foreign ownership
const foreignOwner = await readLockfile(
fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(ownedLock({ ownershipId: undefined }))]]),
OWNERSHIP_ID
)
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(foreignOwner), true)
// every skew carries a diagnosable reason and is never a valid lock
for (const skew of [foreign, truncated, future, unknown, foreignOwner]) {
assert.equal(typeof (skew as any).reason, 'string')
assert.notEqual(skew, null)
}
// a valid lock and a missing lockfile are NOT skew
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, '']]), OWNERSHIP_ID)), false)
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(ownedLock())]]), OWNERSHIP_ID)), false)
})
// #95532: on skew the reap pass must FAIL CLOSED — no kill, no lockfile
// removal/overwrite, no fresh spawn on top of foreign live state.
test('connect() fails closed on lockfile schema/ownership skew: skips reap, touches nothing', async () => {
const skewShapes: Array<[string, string]> = [
['foreign-schema lockfile', '{"pid":333,"owner":"some-fork-desktop","version":"9.9.9"}'],
['truncated lockfile', JSON.stringify(ownedLock()).slice(0, 40)],
['future schemaVersion', JSON.stringify(ownedLock({ schemaVersion: LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION + 1 }))]
]
for (const [label, raw] of skewShapes) {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, raw],
[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']
])
await assert.rejects(
() => connect(connectDeps(ssh, { reuseToken: 'stored-token' })),
(error: any) => error.kind === 'remote-lockfile-skew',
`${label}: connect must refuse with remote-lockfile-skew`
)
assert.ok(
!ssh.calls.some(c => /(^|[^-\d])kill -?9? ?\d/.test(c) && !/kill -0/.test(c)),
`${label}: must not kill any pid`
)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /rm -f/.test(c)), `${label}: must not remove any remote file`)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /setsid|nohup/.test(c)), `${label}: must not spawn on top of foreign state`)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /printf '%s' '.*schemaVersion/.test(c)), `${label}: must not overwrite the lockfile`)
}
})
test('disconnect() fails closed on lockfile skew: never reaps, never drops the foreign lockfile', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(ownedLock({ schemaVersion: LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION + 1 }))],
[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']
])
await disconnect(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /(^|[^-\d])kill -?9? ?\d/.test(c) && !/kill -0/.test(c)), 'must not kill any pid')
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /rm -f/.test(c)), 'must not remove the foreign lockfile or logs')
})
test('cleanupStale is inert when handed a skew sentinel (defense in depth)', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']])
await cleanupStale(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID, { skew: true, reason: 'schema-version' } as any)
assert.equal(ssh.calls.length, 0, 'skew must short-circuit before any remote command')
})
test('writeLockfile mkdir -ps and stamps the schema version', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([])
await writeLockfile(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID, ownedLock({ pid: 7, port: 9 }))
const cmd = ssh.calls.join('\n')
assert.match(cmd, /mkdir -p/)
assert.match(cmd, new RegExp(`"schemaVersion":${LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION}`))
})
test('remotePidAlive maps kill -0 ALIVE/DEAD', async () => {
assert.equal(await remotePidAlive(fakeSsh([[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE']]), 123), true)
assert.equal(await remotePidAlive(fakeSsh([[/kill -0/, 'DEAD']]), 123), false)
assert.equal(await remotePidAlive(fakeSsh([]), null), false)
})
test('metadata and process proof transport failures remain indeterminate', async () => {
const failure = new Error('connection reset')
await assert.rejects(
() => readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, failure]]), OWNERSHIP_ID),
(error: any) => error.kind === 'transient-transport-error'
)
await assert.rejects(
() => remotePidAlive(fakeSsh([[/kill -0/, failure]]), 123),
(error: any) => error.kind === 'transient-transport-error'
)
await assert.rejects(
() => pidIsOurDashboard(fakeSsh([[/print\("OWNED"/, failure]]), 5, SPAWN_NONCE, '/x/hermes'),
(error: any) => error.kind === 'transient-transport-error'
)
})
test('pidIsOurDashboard requires the exact serve ownership nonce', async () => {
const ours = `/x/hermes serve --isolated --ssh-owner-nonce ${SPAWN_NONCE}`
assert.equal(await pidIsOurDashboard(fakeSsh([[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']]), 5, SPAWN_NONCE, '/x/hermes'), true)
assert.equal(
await pidIsOurDashboard(
fakeSsh([[/print\("OWNED"/, command => (command.includes('fedcba9876543210') ? 'FOREIGN\n' : 'OWNED\n')]]),
5,
'fedcba9876543210',
'/x/hermes'
),
false
)
assert.equal(await pidIsOurDashboard(fakeSsh([[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n']]), 5, SPAWN_NONCE, '/x/hermes'), false)
})
test('pidIsOurDashboard accepts the venv entrypoint an installer wrapper execs into', async () => {
let ownershipProbe = ''
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[
/python3 -c/,
(command: string) => {
ownershipProbe = command
return 'OWNED\n'
}
]
])
assert.equal(
await pidIsOurDashboard(ssh, 5, SPAWN_NONCE, '~/.local/bin/hermes', '/Users/cd9c/.hermes', OWNERSHIP_ID, 'ops'),
true
)
assert.match(ownershipProbe, /hermes-agent.*venv.*bin.*hermes/)
assert.match(ownershipProbe, /desktop-ssh.*0123456789abcdef\.token/)
assert.match(ownershipProbe, /expected_profile=.*ops/)
})
test.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')(
'pidIsOurDashboard recognizes an installer wrapper after it execs python + entrypoint',
async () => {
const temp = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hermes wrapper ownership '))
const installDir = path.join(temp, 'install dir')
const venvBin = path.join(installDir, 'venv', 'bin')
const pythonLink = path.join(venvBin, 'python')
const entrypoint = path.join(installDir, 'hermes')
const launcher = path.join(temp, 'hermes launcher')
const python = (await exec('command -v python3')).stdout.trim()
const tokenPath = path.join(os.homedir(), spawnTokenPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE).replace(/^~\//, ''))
await mkdir(venvBin, { recursive: true })
await symlink(python, pythonLink)
await writeFile(entrypoint, 'import time\ntime.sleep(30)\n', 'utf8')
await writeFile(launcher, `#!/bin/bash\nexec "${pythonLink}" "${entrypoint}" "$@"\n`, 'utf8')
await chmod(launcher, 0o755)
const backendFlags = [
'--host',
'127.0.0.1',
'--port',
'0',
'--ssh-session-token-file',
tokenPath,
'--ssh-owner-nonce',
SPAWN_NONCE
]
const children: ReturnType<typeof spawn>[] = []
const spawnInstaller = (args: string[]) => {
const process = spawn(launcher, args, { stdio: 'ignore' })
children.push(process)
return process
}
const child = spawnInstaller(['--profile', 'ops', 'serve', '--isolated', ...backendFlags])
const ssh = {
exec: async (command: string) => (await exec(command, { shell: '/bin/bash' })).stdout
}
const waitForEntrypoint = async (process: ReturnType<typeof spawn>) => {
for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 40; attempt += 1) {
const command = (await exec(`ps -ww -o command= -p ${process.pid}`)).stdout
if (command.includes(entrypoint)) {
return true
}
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 25))
}
return false
}
try {
assert.equal(await waitForEntrypoint(child), true, 'wrapper must exec into the fake installer entrypoint')
assert.equal(
await pidIsOurDashboard(ssh, child.pid, SPAWN_NONCE, launcher, '/unrelated/hermes-home', OWNERSHIP_ID, 'ops'),
true
)
assert.equal(
await pidIsOurDashboard(
ssh,
child.pid,
SPAWN_NONCE,
launcher,
'/unrelated/hermes-home',
'fedcba9876543210fedcba9876543210',
'ops'
),
false
)
assert.equal(
await pidIsOurDashboard(
ssh,
child.pid,
SPAWN_NONCE,
launcher,
'/unrelated/hermes-home',
OWNERSHIP_ID,
'wrong-profile'
),
false
)
const misplacedIsolated = spawnInstaller(['--profile', 'ops', '--isolated', 'serve', ...backendFlags])
assert.equal(await waitForEntrypoint(misplacedIsolated), true)
assert.equal(
await pidIsOurDashboard(
ssh,
misplacedIsolated.pid,
SPAWN_NONCE,
launcher,
'/unrelated/hermes-home',
OWNERSHIP_ID,
'ops'
),
false,
'--isolated before serve must remain foreign'
)
const conflictingProfile = spawnInstaller([
'--profile',
'ops',
'serve',
'--isolated',
...backendFlags,
'--profile',
'foreign'
])
assert.equal(await waitForEntrypoint(conflictingProfile), true)
assert.equal(
await pidIsOurDashboard(
ssh,
conflictingProfile.pid,
SPAWN_NONCE,
launcher,
'/unrelated/hermes-home',
OWNERSHIP_ID,
'ops'
),
false,
'a duplicate conflicting profile must remain foreign'
)
} finally {
for (const process of children) {
process.kill('SIGTERM')
}
await rm(temp, { force: true, recursive: true })
}
}
)
test('disconnect reaps the backend recorded for this desktop ownership', async () => {
const lock = ownedLock()
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/cat .*backend\.lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0 333/, 'ALIVE\n'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']
])
await disconnect(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID)
assert.ok(ssh.calls.some(command => /kill 333\b/.test(command)))
assert.ok(ssh.calls.some(command => /rm -f .*backend\.lock\.json/.test(command)))
})
test('disconnect is a no-op when this desktop has no lockfile', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/cat .*backend\.lock\.json/, '']])
await disconnect(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(command => /\bkill\b/.test(command)))
})
test('cleanupStale kills ONLY a provably-ours pid, always drops the lockfile', async () => {
const notOurs = fakeSsh([[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n']])
await cleanupStale(notOurs, OWNERSHIP_ID, {
pid: 5,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
hermesPath: '/x/hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE)
})
assert.ok(
notOurs.calls.some(c => /print\("OWNED"/.test(c)),
'must perform an ownership preflight'
)
assert.ok(notOurs.calls.some(c => /rm -f/.test(c)))
const ours = fakeSsh([
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n'],
[cmd => /printf TERMINATED/.test(cmd), 'TERMINATED\n']
])
await cleanupStale(ours, OWNERSHIP_ID, {
pid: 9,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
hermesPath: '/x/hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE)
})
assert.ok(ours.calls.some(c => /kill 9\b/.test(c)))
assert.ok(ours.calls.some(c => /rm -f/.test(c)))
})
test('buildSpawnCommand is headless serve, detached, token not in argv', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', 'work', { logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE) })
assert.match(cmd, /serve --isolated/)
assert.match(cmd, /--host 127\.0\.0\.1 --port 0/)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /--skip-build|--no-open/)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /\bdashboard\b/)
assert.match(cmd, /--profile/)
assert.match(cmd, /work/)
assert.match(cmd, /setsid/)
assert.match(cmd, /<\/dev\/null/)
assert.match(cmd, /echo \$!/)
assert.ok(!cmd.includes('tok_secret_value'), 'token must not appear in spawn command')
assert.ok(!cmd.includes('HERMES_DASHBOARD_SESSION_TOKEN'), 'token env var must not appear')
})
test('buildSpawnCommand always uses serve (legacy dashboard path removed)', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', 'work', { logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE) })
assert.match(cmd, /serve --isolated/)
assert.match(cmd, /--host 127\.0\.0\.1 --port 0/)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /dashboard/)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /--skip-build/)
assert.match(cmd, /setsid/)
})
test('buildSpawnCommand atomically reserves the ownership slot through spawn and lock publication', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', 'work', {
hermesHome: '~/.hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID,
reservationNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
tokenFilePath: spawnTokenPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
lockMetadata: {
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
port: 0,
profile: 'work',
hermesPath: '/x/hermes',
hermesHome: '~/.hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken('stored-token'),
protocolVersion: PROTOCOL_VERSION,
startedAt: '2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z'
}
})
assert.ok(cmd.includes('.connect.lock'))
assert.ok(cmd.includes('.hermes-update-in-progress.mutex'))
assert.match(cmd, /fcntl\.flock\(fd,fcntl\.LOCK_EX\)/)
assert.match(cmd, /os\.O_CLOEXEC/)
assert.match(
cmd,
/subprocess\.run\(\["sh","-c",payload,"hermes-update-mutex",str\(fd\)\],pass_fds=\(fd,\),check=False\)/
)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /os\.set_inheritable\(fd,True\)/)
assert.match(cmd, /hermes-update-child "\$1"/)
assert.match(cmd, /eval "exec \$1>&-"/)
assert.ok(cmd.includes('backend.lock.json'))
assert.match(cmd, /lock_json/)
assert.match(cmd, /trap .*rm -rf/)
assert.ok(cmd.indexOf('lock_json') > cmd.indexOf('serve --isolated'))
})
test.skipIf(process.platform === 'win32')('detached backend does not inherit the update mutex descriptor', async () => {
const directory = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hermes-update-mutex-'))
const hermesPath = path.join(directory, 'hermes')
const reportPath = path.join(directory, 'descriptor-report')
const logPath = path.join(directory, 'spawn.log')
try {
await writeFile(
hermesPath,
`#!/bin/sh
: > ${reportPath}
for fd in /proc/$$/fd/*; do
target=$(readlink "$fd" 2>/dev/null || true)
case "$target" in
*hermes-update-in-progress.mutex) printf '%s\\n' "$target" >> ${reportPath} ;;
esac
done
`,
{ mode: 0o700 }
)
const command = buildSpawnCommand(hermesPath, '', {
hermesHome: path.join(directory, 'home'),
logPath
})
await exec(command, { shell: '/bin/bash' })
for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 40; attempt += 1) {
try {
const report = await readFile(reportPath, 'utf8')
assert.equal(report, '', 'the backend process must not retain the update mutex descriptor')
return
} catch (error: any) {
if (error?.code !== 'ENOENT') {
throw error
}
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 25))
}
}
assert.fail('the detached backend did not write its descriptor report')
} finally {
await rm(directory, { recursive: true, force: true })
}
})
test('spawnRemoteDashboard returns exact ownership artifacts', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/printf '%s\\n'/, ''],
[/setsid|nohup/, '4242\n']
])
const { pid, spawnNonce, logPath } = await spawnRemoteDashboard(ssh, {
hermesPath: '/x/hermes',
profile: '',
token: 'tk',
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID
})
assert.equal(pid, 4242)
assert.match(spawnNonce, /^[0-9a-f]{16}$/)
assert.equal(logPath, spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, spawnNonce))
})
test('spawnRemoteDashboard always spawns serve (legacy dashboard path removed)', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/printf '%s\\n'/, ''],
[/setsid|nohup/, '4242\n']
])
await spawnRemoteDashboard(ssh, { hermesPath: '/x/hermes', profile: '', token: 'tk', ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID })
const spawn = ssh.calls.find(c => /setsid|nohup/.test(c))
assert.match(spawn, /serve --isolated/)
assert.doesNotMatch(spawn, /\bdashboard\b/)
})
test('READY_RE accepts both serve and dashboard sentinels', () => {
assert.equal(READY_RE.exec('HERMES_BACKEND_READY port=4321')?.[1], '4321')
assert.equal(READY_RE.exec('HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=8765')?.[1], '8765')
})
test('spawnRemoteDashboard rejects when no pid is returned', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/printf '%s\\n'/, ''],
[/setsid|nohup/, 'not-a-pid']
])
await assert.rejects(
() => spawnRemoteDashboard(ssh, { hermesPath: '/x/hermes', profile: '', token: 't', ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID }),
(err: any) => {
assert.equal(err.kind, 'spawn-failed')
return true
}
)
})
test('scrapeReadyPort reads only the named spawn log', async () => {
const logPath = spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE)
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/cat/, 'some noise\nHERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=51234\n']])
const port = await scrapeReadyPort(ssh, logPath, { timeoutMs: 1000 })
assert.equal(port, 51234)
assert.ok(ssh.calls.every(call => !call.includes('desktop-ssh.log')))
})
test('scrapeReadyPort times out and reports a dead spawn', async () => {
// never emits a READY line
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/cat .*\.log/, 'still starting...']])
await assert.rejects(
() => scrapeReadyPort(ssh, spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE), { timeoutMs: 60 }),
(err: any) => {
assert.equal(err.kind, 'ready-timeout')
return true
}
)
// dead process before announcement → spawn-failed
await assert.rejects(
() =>
scrapeReadyPort(fakeSsh([[/cat/, '']]), spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE), {
timeoutMs: 1000,
isAlive: async () => false
}),
(err: any) => {
assert.equal(err.kind, 'spawn-failed')
return true
}
)
})
function connectDeps(ssh, over: any = {}) {
return {
ssh,
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID,
profile: '',
forward: async () => {},
cancelForward: async () => {},
pickLocalPort: async () => 50001,
waitForHermes: async () => {},
probeReuseProof: async () => 'authenticated-ok',
adoptServedToken: async (_baseUrl, spawn) => spawn || 'served-token',
rememberLog: () => {},
readyTimeoutMs: 2000,
...over
}
}
test('connect() spawns fresh when there is no lockfile, adopts the served token', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, ''], // no lockfile
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''], // token file write
[/printf '%s\\n'/, ''],
[/setsid/, '777\n'],
[/kill -0 777/, 'ALIVE'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=51999\n']
])
const result = await connect(connectDeps(ssh, { adoptServedToken: async () => 'the-served-token' }))
assert.equal(result.reused, false)
assert.equal(result.remotePort, 51999)
assert.equal(result.localPort, 50001)
assert.equal(result.pid, 777)
assert.equal(result.token, 'the-served-token')
assert.equal(result.baseUrl, 'http://127.0.0.1:50001')
assert.equal(result.tokenFingerprint, fingerprintToken('the-served-token'))
})
test('managed SSH maps a local scope to a different non-default remote profile', async () => {
const localScope = 'work'
const sshConfig = profileSshOverride(
{
profiles: {
[localScope]: {
mode: 'ssh',
host: 'remote-box',
remoteProfile: 'writer_2'
}
}
},
localScope
)
assert.equal(sshConfig?.remoteProfile, 'writer_2')
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, ''],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/printf '%s\\n'/, ''],
[/setsid/, '778\n'],
[/kill -0 778/, 'ALIVE'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_BACKEND_READY port=52000\n']
])
await connect(
connectDeps(ssh, {
profile: sshConfig?.remoteProfile,
adoptServedToken: async () => 'mapped-profile-token'
})
)
const spawn = ssh.calls.find(command => /setsid|nohup/.test(command)) || ''
assert.match(spawn, /--profile\b/)
assert.ok(spawn.includes('writer_2'))
assert.match(spawn, /serve\s+--isolated/)
assert.match(spawn, /\.hermes\/desktop-ssh\/[0-9a-f]{32}\/[0-9a-f]{16}\.token/)
assert.ok(!spawn.includes(' work'), 'the local Desktop scope must not become the remote profile')
})
test('connect() reuses a healthy dashboard when fingerprint + probe pass', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored-token'
const lock = ownedLock({ tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken) })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']
])
const result = await connect(connectDeps(ssh, { reuseToken, adoptServedToken: async (_b, t) => t }))
assert.equal(result.reused, true)
assert.equal(result.pid, 333)
assert.equal(result.remotePort, 40000)
// never spawned
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /setsid/.test(c)), 'reuse path must not spawn a new dashboard')
})
test('connect() respawns when the requested remote profile differs from the lockfile profile', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored-token'
const lock = ownedLock({ profile: 'desktop-work', tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken) })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0 333/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n'],
[cmd => /pidfd_open/.test(cmd), 'TERMINATED\n'],
[/kill 333/, ''],
[/--version/, 'Hermes Agent v0.18.2\n'],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/setsid/, '890\n'],
[/kill -0 890/, 'ALIVE'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=52050\n']
])
const result = await connect(
connectDeps(ssh, { profile: 'default', reuseToken, adoptServedToken: async () => 'fresh' })
)
assert.equal(result.reused, false)
assert.ok(
ssh.calls.some(c => /setsid/.test(c)),
'profile mismatch must spawn a fresh dashboard'
)
})
test('connect() respawns when the lockfile hermesPath differs from the resolved path', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored-token'
const lock = ownedLock({ hermesPath: '/old/stale/hermes', tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken) })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n'],
[/--version/, 'Hermes Agent v0.18.2\n'],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/setsid/, '890\n'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=52050\n']
])
const result = await connect(
connectDeps(ssh, { reuseToken, remoteHermesPath: '/new/hermes', adoptServedToken: async () => 'fresh' })
)
assert.equal(result.reused, false, 'must respawn, not reuse the old-path dashboard')
assert.ok(
ssh.calls.some(c => /setsid/.test(c)),
'a fresh dashboard must be spawned'
)
})
test('connect() respawns when the lockfile protocolVersion is incompatible', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored-token'
const lock = ownedLock({
protocolVersion: PROTOCOL_VERSION + 99,
tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken)
})
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0 333/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n'],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/setsid/, '901\n'],
[/kill -0 901/, 'ALIVE'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=44100\n']
])
const result = await connect(connectDeps(ssh, { reuseToken, adoptServedToken: async () => 'fresh' }))
assert.equal(result.reused, false, 'incompatible protocol must force a fresh spawn, not a reattach')
assert.equal(result.pid, 901)
})
test('connect() fresh spawn writes hermesHome + protocolVersion into the lockfile', async () => {
const writes: string[] = []
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, ''], // no lockfile
[/HERMES_HOME/, '/home/alice/.hermes\n'],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/printf '%s\\n'/, ''],
[/setsid/, '700\n'],
[/kill -0 700/, 'ALIVE'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=45500\n'],
[
/printf '%s' '/,
c => {
writes.push(c)
return ''
}
]
])
await connect(connectDeps(ssh, { adoptServedToken: async () => 'fresh' }))
const lockWrite = writes.find(c => c.includes('schemaVersion')) || ''
assert.match(lockWrite, new RegExp(`"protocolVersion":${PROTOCOL_VERSION}`))
assert.match(lockWrite, /"hermesHome":"\/home\/alice\/\.hermes"/)
})
test('connect() respawns when the lockfile pid is dead (killed dashboard)', async () => {
const lock = ownedLock({ tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken('t') })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0 333/, 'DEAD'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n'],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/setsid/, '888\n'],
[/kill -0 888/, 'ALIVE'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=42000\n']
])
const result = await connect(connectDeps(ssh, { reuseToken: 't', adoptServedToken: async () => 'fresh' }))
assert.equal(result.reused, false)
assert.equal(result.pid, 888)
assert.equal(result.remotePort, 42000)
assert.ok(
!ssh.calls.some(command => command.includes('pid=333') && command.includes('print("OWNED"')),
'a dead pid has no process identity to verify'
)
})
test('managed update drain preserves a live foreign POSIX owner and its lock bytes', async () => {
const lock = ownedLock()
const rawLock = JSON.stringify(lock)
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/cat .*lock\.json/, rawLock],
[/kill -0 333/, 'ALIVE'],
[/value="linux:"/, 'linux:123456\n'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n']
])
await assert.rejects(terminateOwnedDashboardForUpdate(ssh, lock), /ownership is unproven/)
assert.equal(
ssh.calls.some(command => /kill 333 &&/.test(command)),
false,
'foreign process is never signalled'
)
assert.equal(
ssh.calls.some(command => /rm -f .*backend\.lock\.json/.test(command)),
false,
'foreign ownership bytes remain untouched'
)
})
test('managed update drain rechecks the POSIX ownership record before signalling', async () => {
const lock = ownedLock()
const replacement = ownedLock({ pid: 334, spawnNonce: 'fedcba9876543210' })
let reads = 0
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[
/cat .*lock\.json/,
() => {
reads += 1
return JSON.stringify(reads === 1 ? lock : replacement)
}
],
[/kill -0 333/, 'ALIVE'],
[/value="linux:"/, 'linux:123456\n'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']
])
await assert.rejects(terminateOwnedDashboardForUpdate(ssh, lock), /changed during process verification/)
assert.equal(
ssh.calls.some(command => /kill 333 &&/.test(command)),
false
)
})
test('managed update drain refuses Darwin termination because PID signals cannot be atomically bound', async () => {
const lock = ownedLock()
const rawLock = JSON.stringify(lock)
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/cat .*lock\.json/, rawLock],
[/kill -0 333/, 'ALIVE'],
[/value="linux:"/, 'linux:123456\n'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n'],
[/pidfd_open/, 'REFUSED\n']
])
await assert.rejects(terminateOwnedDashboardForUpdate(ssh, lock), /identity changed at the signal boundary/)
assert.equal(
ssh.calls.some(command => /^kill 333\b/.test(command.trim())),
false,
'the final signal must stay inside the identity-checking helper'
)
const termination = ssh.calls.find(command => command.includes('identity_before_signal'))
const darwinStart = termination.indexOf('if (sys.platform=="darwin"):')
const darwinEnd = termination.indexOf('\n try:', darwinStart)
const darwinGuard = termination.slice(darwinStart, darwinEnd)
assert.match(darwinGuard, /DARWIN_UNAVAILABLE/)
assert.doesNotMatch(darwinGuard, /os\.kill\(pid,signal\.SIGTERM\)/)
})
test('connect() respawns when the dashboard is wedged (alive pid, probe fails)', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored'
const lock = ownedLock({ tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken) })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n'],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/setsid/, '999\n'],
[/kill -0 999/, 'ALIVE'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=43000\n']
])
const result = await connect(
connectDeps(ssh, {
reuseToken,
probeReuseProof: async () => 'authenticated-stale',
adoptServedToken: async () => 'fresh'
})
)
assert.equal(result.reused, false)
assert.equal(result.pid, 999)
assert.equal(result.remotePort, 43000)
})
test('connect() aborts on an unsupported remote platform before doing anything else', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/uname/, 'SunOS\nsun4v']])
await assert.rejects(
() => connect(connectDeps(ssh)),
(err: any) => {
assert.equal(err.kind, 'unsupported-platform')
return true
}
)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /setsid/.test(c)))
})
test('openForward retries bind collisions only', async () => {
const ports = [41001, 41002]
const calls: number[] = []
const localPort = await openForward(
{
pickLocalPort: async () => ports.shift(),
forward: async port => {
calls.push(port)
if (calls.length === 1) {
throw new Error('bind: Address already in use')
}
}
},
9119
)
assert.equal(localPort, 41002)
assert.deepEqual(calls, [41001, 41002])
assert.equal(isForwardBindCollision(new Error('Permission denied')), false)
})
test('connect() preserves an owned backend when a reuse transport throws', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored-token'
const lock = ownedLock({ tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken) })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']
])
await assert.rejects(
() =>
connect(
connectDeps(ssh, {
reuseToken,
forward: async () => {
throw new Error('network reset')
}
})
),
/network reset/
)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(cmd => /kill 333\b/.test(cmd)))
})
test('validateRemotePath accepts absolute POSIX paths', () => {
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath('/usr/bin/hermes'))
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath('/home/user/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/hermes'))
})
test('validateRemotePath accepts ~/ prefix paths', () => {
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath('~/bin/hermes'))
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath('~/.hermes/logs/desktop-ssh.log'))
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath('~'))
})
test('validateRemotePath accepts paths with spaces and quotes', () => {
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath('/home/user/my project/hermes'))
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath("~/path with 'quotes'/file"))
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath('/path with "double quotes"/file'))
})
test('validateRemotePath rejects relative paths', () => {
assert.throws(() => validateRemotePath('hermes'), /absolute|relative/i)
assert.throws(() => validateRemotePath('./bin/hermes'), /absolute|relative/i)
assert.throws(() => validateRemotePath('../etc/passwd'), /absolute|relative/i)
})
test('validateRemotePath rejects NUL and newline', () => {
assert.throws(() => validateRemotePath('/usr/bin/hermes\x00'), /unsafe/i)
assert.throws(() => validateRemotePath('/usr/bin/hermes\n'), /unsafe/i)
assert.throws(() => validateRemotePath('/usr/bin/hermes\r'), /unsafe/i)
})
test('validateRemotePath preserves shell metacharacters as path data', () => {
for (const p of ['/usr/$(whoami)/hermes', '/usr/`id`/hermes', '/usr/a;b|c&d<e>f']) {
assert.doesNotThrow(() => validateRemotePath(p))
assert.match(expandRemotePath(p), /^'/)
}
})
test('expandRemotePath expands ~/ to "$HOME"/', () => {
const result = expandRemotePath('~/.hermes/logs/desktop-ssh.log')
assert.match(result, /\$HOME/)
assert.ok(!result.includes('eval'), 'must not use eval')
assert.ok(!result.includes('echo'), 'must not use echo for expansion')
})
test('expandRemotePath returns quoted absolute paths unchanged', () => {
const result = expandRemotePath('/usr/local/bin/hermes')
assert.ok(result.includes('/usr/local/bin/hermes'))
assert.ok(!result.includes('eval'))
})
test('expandRemotePath preserves spaces as data', () => {
const result = expandRemotePath('/home/user/my project/hermes')
assert.ok(result.includes('my project'), 'spaces must be preserved, not split')
})
test('buildSpawnCommand does not embed the token in the command string', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', 'work', { logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE) })
assert.ok(!cmd.includes('super_secret_token_value'), 'token must not appear in the spawn command')
assert.ok(!cmd.includes('HERMES_DASHBOARD_SESSION_TOKEN'), 'env var name must not appear')
})
test('buildSpawnCommand includes --ssh-session-token-file when tokenFilePath is provided', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', 'work', {
tokenFilePath: `~/.hermes/desktop-ssh/${OWNERSHIP_ID}/${SPAWN_NONCE}.token`,
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE
})
assert.match(cmd, /--ssh-session-token-file/)
assert.match(cmd, /\.hermes\/desktop-ssh\//)
})
test('buildSpawnCommand always uses serve, never dashboard', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', '', { logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE) })
assert.match(cmd, /serve --isolated/)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /\bdashboard\b/)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /--skip-build/)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /--no-open/)
})
test('buildSpawnCommand raises the SSH child file limit before execing Hermes', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', '', { logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE) })
assert.match(cmd, /ulimit -n 65536 2>\/dev\/null \|\| true; exec env HERMES_DESKTOP=1/)
assert.ok(cmd.indexOf('ulimit -n 65536') < cmd.indexOf('serve --isolated'))
})
test('buildSpawnCommand payload variables keep $HOME expandable (no double quoting)', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', 'work', {
hermesHome: '~/.hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID,
reservationNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
tokenFilePath: spawnTokenPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
lockMetadata: { ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID, spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE }
})
// expandRemotePath() emits "$HOME"'/…' — a fragment the shell expands at
// assignment. Wrapping it in shq() again stores the quote characters in
// the variable, so mkdir "$reservation" creates (or fails on) a literal
// "$HOME" path and the reservation loop spins forever holding the mutex.
for (const name of ['reservation', 'lock', 'owner_file']) {
assert.match(cmd, new RegExp(`${name}="\\$HOME"`), `${name}= must start with an expandable "$HOME"`)
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, new RegExp(`${name}='`), `${name}= must not be re-quoted`)
}
})
test('buildSpawnCommand lockfile publication is POSIX sh (no bash substitution)', () => {
const cmd = buildSpawnCommand('/x/hermes', 'work', {
hermesHome: '~/.hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID,
reservationNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
tokenFilePath: spawnTokenPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE),
lockMetadata: { ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID, pid: '__PID__' }
})
// ${var//pat/rep} is bash-only; dash aborts the payload on it AFTER the
// serve was spawned, so the client sees an unknown failure, deletes the
// token file, and orphans the backend.
assert.doesNotMatch(cmd, /\$\{lock_json\/\//, 'must not use ${var//} substitution under sh')
assert.ok(cmd.includes('sed "s/__PID__/${child}/"'), 'pid substitution must use sed')
})
test('spawnRemoteDashboard removes a token file when upload reporting fails', async () => {
const failure = new Error('channel closed')
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[command => /python3 -c/.test(command) && !/rm -f/.test(command), failure],
[/rm -f/, '']
])
await assert.rejects(
() => spawnRemoteDashboard(ssh, { hermesPath: '/x/hermes', profile: '', token: 'tok', ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID }),
/channel closed/
)
assert.ok(ssh.calls.some(command => /rm -f .*\.token/.test(command)))
})
test('spawnRemoteDashboard streams the token over stdin, not argv/env', async () => {
const stdinCalls: string[] = []
const calls: string[] = []
const ssh = {
calls,
async exec(cmd, opts?) {
calls.push(cmd)
if (opts?.stdinData) {
stdinCalls.push(opts.stdinData)
}
if (/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/.test(cmd)) {
return 'YES\n'
}
if (/python3 -c/.test(cmd) && !/fcntl\.flock/.test(cmd)) {
return ''
}
if (/setsid|nohup/.test(cmd)) {
return '4242\n'
}
if (/printf '%s\\n'/.test(cmd)) {
return ''
}
return ''
}
}
const { pid } = await spawnRemoteDashboard(ssh as any, {
hermesPath: '/x/hermes',
profile: '',
token: 'secret_token_val',
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID
})
assert.equal(pid, 4242)
assert.ok(stdinCalls.length > 0, 'token must be sent via stdin')
assert.ok(
stdinCalls.some(d => d === 'secret_token_val'),
'stdin must contain the token'
)
for (const cmd of calls) {
assert.ok(!cmd.includes('secret_token_val'), `token leaked into command: ${cmd}`)
}
})
test('spawnRemoteDashboard upload uses exclusive-create and O_NOFOLLOW', async () => {
const calls: string[] = []
const ssh = {
calls,
async exec(cmd, opts?) {
calls.push(cmd)
if (/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/.test(cmd)) {
return 'YES\n'
}
if (/python3 -c/.test(cmd) && !/fcntl\.flock/.test(cmd)) {
return ''
}
if (/setsid|nohup/.test(cmd)) {
return '4242\n'
}
if (/printf '%s\\n'/.test(cmd)) {
return ''
}
return ''
}
}
await spawnRemoteDashboard(ssh as any, {
hermesPath: '/x/hermes',
profile: '',
token: 'tk',
ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID
})
const uploadCmd = calls.find(c => /python3 -c/.test(c) && !/fcntl\.flock/.test(c))
assert.ok(uploadCmd, 'must use python3 -c for token upload')
assert.match(uploadCmd, /O_EXCL/, 'upload must use O_EXCL to reject existing files')
assert.match(uploadCmd, /O_NOFOLLOW/, 'upload must use O_NOFOLLOW to reject symlinks')
assert.match(uploadCmd, /O_WRONLY/, 'upload must open write-only')
assert.match(uploadCmd, /dir_fd=dd/, 'upload must create relative to the opened parent directory')
assert.match(uploadCmd, /os\.fstat\(dd\)/, 'upload must validate the opened parent directory')
assert.ok(!uploadCmd.includes('tk'), 'token must not appear in the upload command')
})
test('readLockfile treats a lock with non-integer pid as skew', async () => {
const lock = { schemaVersion: LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION, pid: 'not-a-number', port: 8080 }
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(lock)]]), OWNERSHIP_ID)), true)
})
test('readLockfile treats a lock with pid <= 0 as skew', async () => {
const lock = { schemaVersion: LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION, pid: -1, port: 8080 }
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(lock)]]), OWNERSHIP_ID)), true)
})
test('readLockfile treats a lock with port out of range as skew', async () => {
const lock = { schemaVersion: LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION, pid: 100, port: 99999 }
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(lock)]]), OWNERSHIP_ID)), true)
const lock2 = { schemaVersion: LOCKFILE_SCHEMA_VERSION, pid: 100, port: 0 }
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(lock2)]]), OWNERSHIP_ID)), true)
})
test('readLockfile accepts a complete owned lock', async () => {
const lock = ownedLock({ pid: 42, port: 51234 })
const result = await readLockfile(fakeSsh([[/cat/, JSON.stringify(lock)]]), OWNERSHIP_ID)
assert.deepEqual(result, lock)
})
test('connect() reuse path does not write a token file', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored-token'
const lock = ownedLock({ tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken) })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']
])
const result = await connect(connectDeps(ssh, { reuseToken, adoptServedToken: async (_b, t) => t }))
assert.equal(result.reused, true)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /sys\.stdin\.buffer\.read/.test(c)), 'reuse must not upload a token file')
})
test('spawnRemoteDashboard fails with update-required when remote lacks --ssh-session-token-file', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/--ssh-session-token-file/, 'NO\n']])
await assert.rejects(
() => spawnRemoteDashboard(ssh, { hermesPath: '/x/hermes', profile: '', token: 'tk', ownershipId: OWNERSHIP_ID }),
(err: any) => {
assert.match(err.message, /update|upgrade/i)
assert.equal(err.kind, 'update-required')
return true
}
)
})
test('readLockfile treats a log path outside the exact ownership and spawn path as skew', async () => {
const lock = ownedLock({ logPath: '~/.hermes/desktop-ssh/other.log' })
const ssh = fakeSsh([[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)]])
assert.equal(isLockfileSkew(await readLockfile(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID)), true)
})
test('cleanupStale never deletes a lock-supplied unexpected log path', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n'],
[cmd => /pidfd_open/.test(cmd), 'TERMINATED\n']
])
await cleanupStale(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID, ownedLock({ logPath: '~/.hermes/unrelated.log' }))
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(command => command.includes('unrelated.log')))
})
test('pidIsOurDashboard requires an exact nonce option value', async () => {
const prefix = `/x/hermes serve --isolated --ssh-owner-nonce ${SPAWN_NONCE}ff`
const suffix = `/x/hermes serve --isolated --ssh-owner-nonce xx${SPAWN_NONCE}`
assert.equal(await pidIsOurDashboard(fakeSsh([[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n']]), 5, SPAWN_NONCE, '/x/hermes'), false)
assert.equal(await pidIsOurDashboard(fakeSsh([[/print\("OWNED"/, 'FOREIGN\n']]), 5, SPAWN_NONCE, '/x/hermes'), false)
})
test('connect removes the token file when a fresh backend fails after returning a pid', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, ''],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/setsid/, '999\n'],
[/kill -0 999/, 'DEAD']
])
await assert.rejects(() => connect(connectDeps(ssh)), /exited before announcing/i)
assert.ok(ssh.calls.some(command => /rm -f .*\.token/.test(command)))
})
test('connect preserves an exact-owned backend when reuse proof transport fails', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored-token'
const lock = ownedLock({ tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken) })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n']
])
await assert.rejects(
() =>
connect(
connectDeps(ssh, {
reuseToken,
probeReuseProof: async () => {
throw new Error('connection reset')
}
})
),
(error: any) => error.kind === 'transient-transport-error'
)
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(command => /kill 333\b/.test(command)))
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(command => /rm -f .*backend\.lock\.json/.test(command)))
})
test('connect replaces an exact-owned backend only after authenticated stale proof', async () => {
const reuseToken = 'stored-token'
const lock = ownedLock({ tokenFingerprint: fingerprintToken(reuseToken) })
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/uname/, 'Linux\nx86_64'],
[/\[ -x/, 'OK'],
[/cat .*lock\.json/, JSON.stringify(lock)],
[/kill -0 333/, 'ALIVE'],
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n'],
[cmd => /pidfd_open/.test(cmd), 'TERMINATED\n'],
[/grep -q ssh-session-token-file/, 'YES\n'],
[/python3 -c/, ''],
[/setsid/, '999\n'],
[/kill -0 999/, 'ALIVE'],
[/cat .*\.log/, 'HERMES_DASHBOARD_READY port=43000\n']
])
const result = await connect(
connectDeps(ssh, {
reuseToken,
probeReuseProof: async (_baseUrl, token, nonce) => {
assert.equal(token, reuseToken)
assert.equal(nonce, SPAWN_NONCE)
return 'authenticated-stale'
},
adoptServedToken: async () => 'fresh'
})
)
assert.equal(result.reused, false)
// The kill goes through main's cleanupStale (ownership-proved SIGTERM with
// SIGKILL escalation, #91668) — the PR's python re-proof command shape is
// used by the managed-update path (terminateOwnedDashboardForUpdate), not
// by connect's stale replacement. Assert the CONTRACT: the owned pid was
// signalled and the record reclaimed.
assert.ok(ssh.calls.some(command => /kill 333\b/.test(command)))
assert.ok(ssh.calls.some(command => /rm -f .*backend\.lock\.json/.test(command)))
})
test('remote SSH ownership capability requires both secure bootstrap flags', async () => {
let helpProbe = ''
const supported = fakeSsh([
[
/serve --help/,
command => {
helpProbe = command
return 'YES\n'
}
]
])
assert.equal(await remoteSupportsSshOwnership(supported, '/x/hermes'), true)
assert.match(helpProbe, /ssh-session-token-file/)
assert.match(helpProbe, /ssh-owner-nonce/)
const unsupported = fakeSsh([[/serve --help/, 'NO\n']])
assert.equal(await remoteSupportsSshOwnership(unsupported, '/x/hermes'), false)
})
test('cleanupStale escalates to SIGKILL when the backend survives the graceful wait (#91668 quit-during-active-turn)', async () => {
// A serve mid-turn (in-flight LLM call, live MCP children) can ride out
// SIGTERM well past the 5s graceful wait. Before-quit races the whole
// teardown against 6s and then closes SSH — so a give-up here reparents
// the still-running backend to pid 1: exactly the #91668 leak. The
// graceful-wait failure must escalate to SIGKILL and still drop the lock.
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n'],
[(cmd: string) => /kill 9 &&/.test(cmd), new Error('exit 1: pid alive after graceful wait')]
])
await cleanupStale(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID, {
pid: 9,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
hermesPath: '/x/hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE)
})
assert.ok(
ssh.calls.some(c => /kill -9 9\b/.test(c)),
'must escalate to SIGKILL after the graceful wait fails'
)
assert.ok(
ssh.calls.some(c => /rm -f .*backend\.lock\.json/.test(c)),
'lockfile must still be dropped after the forced kill'
)
})
test('cleanupStale keeps the lockfile when even SIGKILL cannot confirm the pid died', async () => {
const ssh = fakeSsh([
[/print\("OWNED"/, 'OWNED\n'],
[(cmd: string) => /kill 9 &&/.test(cmd), new Error('exit 1: pid alive after graceful wait')],
[(cmd: string) => /kill -9 9\b/.test(cmd), new Error('exit 1: unkillable (D-state)')]
])
await assert.rejects(
cleanupStale(ssh, OWNERSHIP_ID, {
pid: 9,
spawnNonce: SPAWN_NONCE,
hermesPath: '/x/hermes',
logPath: spawnLogPath(OWNERSHIP_ID, SPAWN_NONCE)
}),
/Could not terminate/
)
// The record must survive so the next connect's reap pass retries.
assert.ok(!ssh.calls.some(c => /rm -f .*backend\.lock\.json/.test(c)))
})