Direction confirmed by @nesquena (Discord) and the RFC is merged (#3862), so
flip Status Proposed -> Accepted. Also record the settled-path spike result on
integration point A: ~31 lines, no new data, compact previews via the existing
buildToolCard, and reload consistency for free from the rebuild cleanup; DOM
insertion order verified with a node harness. Doc-only.
Co-authored-by: Frank Song <franksong2702@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: nesquena-hermes <nesquena+hermes@gmail.com>
* docs(rfc): add Transparent Stream activity display mode RFC (#3820)
Proposes Transparent Stream as an opt-in, chronological activity display
mode alongside the default Compact Worklog (#3400/#3401). Captures the
display-mode split agreed in #3820: each tool call as a first-class
chronological event, interleaved with reasoning/progress, with compact
previews, consistent across live, settled, and reload/replay paths.
Documents the asymmetry in the existing `simplified_tool_calling` toggle
(live-only, no settled/reload branch) and the three concrete integration
points so the follow-up can be sliced safely. Doc-only; no behavior change.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs(rfc): refine Transparent Stream rollout scope
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Co-authored-by: Frank Song <franksong2702@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* refactor(sessions): add dormant JSON-backed SessionDB adapter (#3720, #3383)
First, lowest-risk slice of the unified-session-db migration: a SessionDB-shaped
adapter over the existing WebUI JSON store, behind a dormant experimental flag
(experimental.unified_session_db, default false). No runtime call site is rewired
— is_unified_session_db_enabled() has no live callers, so persistence behavior is
unchanged until a later migration PR opts in. Includes the adapter, the dormant
config flag + _apply_config_defaults wiring, an architecture doc, and adapter tests.
Also adds docs/architecture/ to the .gitignore docs allowlist (the docs/* rule
excludes subdirectories; the new architecture doc and its presence test would
otherwise be silently dropped on a clean checkout).
Co-authored-by: rodboev <[email protected]>
* docs(changelog): stamp v0.51.305 — Release JU (stage-p2b #3720)
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Co-authored-by: nesquena-hermes <[email protected]>
* fix(terminal): reap reparented terminal descendants by process group (#3725, #2577)
Embedded-terminal descendants reparented to the WebUI process could linger as
zombies. The reaper now calls os.waitpid(-terminal_pgid, WNOHANG) scoped to the
terminal's own process group (terminals spawn with start_new_session=True, so
proc.pid == pgid) rather than process-wide waitpid(-1), which would otherwise
reap unrelated WebUI subprocess children and silently coerce their exit codes to
0. Bounded by a 64-iteration limit and lock-guarded. Runs on reader cleanup and
terminal close.
Co-authored-by: rodboev <rodboev@users.noreply.github.com>
* docs(docker): add opt-in GPU runtime image path (#3721, #3243)
The default image stays CPU-only. A new INSTALL_GPU_LIBS=1 build arg installs
VA-API user-space libraries for users passing through host GPU devices, and
docker_init.bash preserves Docker --group-add supplemental groups (e.g. render/
video for /dev/dri) when dropping privileges to the runtime user. Default
(INSTALL_GPU_LIBS=0) is a no-op. Docs + regression test included.
Co-authored-by: rodboev <rodboev@users.noreply.github.com>
* docs(changelog): stamp v0.51.304 — Release JT (stage-p2a #3725#3721)
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Co-authored-by: nesquena-hermes <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: rodboev <rodboev@users.noreply.github.com>
* Harden interrupted recovery control filtering
* Redesign live-to-final assistant replies
* Fix live activity anchor test fixture
* Fix CI lint issues for live reply tests
* Strengthen live progress prompt contract
* Recover PR #3401 refresh on origin/master
* Repair live-to-final refresh regressions
* Fix live worklog refresh regressions
* Show live footer timer on initial stream start
* Restore live stream shell after reload
* Preserve per-frame live SSE replay cursors
* Preserve reasoning as Worklog Thinking cards
* Quiet Worklog Thinking card styling
* Align Worklog Thinking card styling
* Scope live Worklog Thinking cards by segment
* Suppress exact duplicate settled Thinking
* Close#3401 merge review test gaps
* fix(#3401): resolve 4 deep-review regressions (inline-think, reconnect-dup, neon skin, busy-gate worklog)
Deep review (Codex diff-vs-master + live-browser drive) of the live-to-final refactor
surfaced 4 regressions vs master that the rewritten suite no longer guarded:
1. Inline <think>…</think>answer reasoning vanished — _assistantReasoningPayloadText
used $-anchored regexes so a leading think block + visible answer extracted nothing
and the Thinking card never rendered. Removed the 3 $ anchors to match the
(non-anchored) display stripper. Live: inline-think thinking-only turn now renders.
2. (CORE) reconnect/reload duplicated the live reply — _rememberRunJournalCursor advanced
a closure-local seq but never wrote INFLIGHT[activeSid].lastRunJournalSeq, so a reload
replayed the journal from after_seq=0 over restored lastAssistantText. Now mirrors the
cursor onto INFLIGHT + schedules a throttled persist.
3. Neon skin silently broke — PR deleted the :root[data-skin="neon"] CSS but left Neon in
the picker. Restored the neon CSS block from master.
4. Settled tool-worklog rebuild gated purely on !S.busy — dropped every prior settled
turn's worklog when renderMessages re-ran during an active stream (switch-back to an
in-progress session). Restored master's !S.busy || (S.toolCalls && S.toolCalls.length).
Live: busy re-render now preserves tool cards (4→4, was 4→0).
Live-verified all 4 + confirmed #3709/#3592 invariants still hold (1 thinking card, none
below footer; distinct siblings preserved). + tests/test_issue3401_deep_review_fixes.py (7).
* test(#3401): realign 3 stale source-shape assertions to the deep-review fixes
Fix commit changed two source literals that existing stage tests scanned for:
- test_live_activity_timeline.py (x2): split anchor 'if(!S.busy){' → the restored
'if(!S.busy || (S.toolCalls&&S.toolCalls.length)){' guard (fix 4).
- test_run_journal_frontend_static.py: 'after_seq=0' not in source — fix 2's comment
contained that literal; rephrased the comment to 'the zero floor (after_seq of 0)'.
Intent of all three assertions unchanged; only the matched string updated. No code
behavior change.
* docs(changelog): v0.51.294 — Release JJ (stage-3401, #3401 live-to-final redesign)
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Co-authored-by: Frank Song <franksong2702@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Nathan-Hermes <nesquena-hermes@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: nesquena-hermes <[email protected]>
* Refine live-to-final long-running session RFC
* Mark RFC accepted, decouple from live PR status, normalize terminal state names
Three follow-up adjustments to the refined live-to-final RFC:
- Status: Proposed -> Accepted, since the doc is now referenced as the parent
contract for follow-up slices; live implementation status stays in #3400.
- Keep volatile PR/merge state out of the RFC body. The Public Inventory and
Delivery map now state that their classification/vehicle columns record
durable scope, and that #3400 is authoritative for open/merged/superseded
status. Dropped the point-in-time "has shipped through release" / "remains an
active PR" assertions that would drift as PRs land.
- Normalize terminal-state naming: use the backticked snake_case identifiers
(`cancelled`, `compression_exhausted`, `tool_limit_reached`, `no_response`,
`interrupted`, `error`) consistently in prose, and add a note that these name
product states, not a wire/enum or persisted schema contract (consistent with
Scope, which does not own a backend schema change).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Add artifact handoff scope to live-to-final RFC
* Add live-to-final lifecycle flowchart to RFC
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Co-authored-by: Frank Song <franksong2702@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Merging the RFC as the agreed product contract for long-running-session assistant replies. Thank you @franksong2702! 🙏
It's docs-only (no code), well-structured, and gives the project a shared vocabulary for the follow-up implementation slices — in particular the honest terminal-state set (completed / cancelled / interrupted / compression-exhausted / tool-limit-reached / no-response / error, specific-wins-over-generic) and the live → settled → recovery/replay lifecycle. Nathan blessed merging it as the north-star contract.
## Release v0.51.238 — Release HF (stage-q9)
Phase 3 MEDIUM-ring pick (3-factor: contributor×impact×mitigated-risk) — high-impact perf fix to the most-clicked affordance from a regular contributor (@franksong2702 ★★★), small code surface, CI-green.
### Fixed
| PR | Author | Fix |
|----|--------|-----|
| #2518 follow-up | @franksong2702 | Clicking **New Conversation** on a cold start no longer hangs 3–4s on a catalog rebuild. `newSession()` fills `model_provider` from `window._activeProvider` (then prev-session) when the dropdown carries none, so `POST /api/session/new` takes the fast path on the first click too. |
### Pre-release dual gate caught a wrong-backend routing bug (fixed + regression-tested)
The server fast path passes `(model, provider)` through **without validating the pair**, so naively attaching the active provider to *any* bare model could silently route to the wrong backend (e.g. bare `claude-opus-4.8` + active `openrouter`). **Codex** flagged this; **Opus** had judged it acceptable ("respect the selection over silent swap"). I took the stricter, empirically-grounded path and added a **family-mismatch guard** mirroring the server's own bare-prefix→provider map (`gpt`→openai, `claude`→anthropic, `gemini`→google): when the model's known family differs from the fallback provider, `model_provider` stays `null` so the server slow-path's family repair runs. This keeps the perf win for the common matching case while closing the mis-route. Backend behavioral tests confirm fast-path-on-match + slow-path-on-mismatch. (Also re-anchored the source-shape test assertions on the real `reqBody.model_provider=` assignment per Codex's 2nd note.)
### Gate results
- **Full pytest suite**: 7495 passed, 9 skipped, 3 xpassed, **0 failed**
- **ESLint runtime gate**: CLEAN · **ruff**: CLEAN · **browser-smoke**: CLEAN
- **Codex (regression)**: SHIP ONLY WITH FIXES → guard + test-anchor applied → re-reviewed **SAFE TO SHIP**
- **Opus (correctness)**: reviewed the original (judged acceptable); the shipped version is strictly safer (adds the family guard)
Note: `docs/pr-media/2518/{PR_BODY.md,bench.py}` are the contributor's review aids, included per the tracked `docs/pr-media/` convention (157 files already tracked) — not app code.
Closes#2518.
Co-authored-by: franksong2702 <franksong2702@users.noreply.github.com>
Information-architecture pass on the 840-line README so the most important
things come first and secondary/niche content is linked rather than inline:
- Reorder: Why -> Quick start -> FEATURES (was at line 502, now right after
Quick start) -> Configuration & access -> Docker -> Running tests ->
Architecture -> Docs -> Contributors. Readers see what it does before the
deployment minutiae.
- Consolidate the scattered access sections (start.sh discovery, overrides,
remote/SSH, Tailscale, manual launch) under one '## Configuration & access'
H2 with H3 subsections.
- Extract two genuinely-niche blocks to new linked docs (nothing deleted):
- docs/advanced-chat-setup.md — dynamic recall-prefill + Gateway-backed chat
- docs/remote-access.md — SSH tunnel + Tailscale + ARM64-Android field report
Quick start keeps a one-line pointer to each.
- Update Contents TOC + Docs index for the new order and new files.
README 840 -> 705 lines; content preserved (verified moved-not-dropped); all
internal links + new docs verified to resolve; docs/*.md gitignore-allowlisted.
Opt-in HTTP runner-client boundary for the runner-local runtime adapter
(RFC hermes-run-adapter-contract / #1925, Slice 4c/4d). Default-OFF:
without HERMES_WEBUI_RUNNER_BASE_URL the factory preserves the bounded
'not configured' path; when set, WebUI acts only as a JSON HTTP client +
SSE bridge for start/observe/status/controls without owning runner maps.
New api/runner_client.py + additive _runner_* helpers in api/routes.py;
no change to the live _run_agent_streaming legacy path.
Co-authored-by: AJV20 <AJV20@users.noreply.github.com>
Scheduled cron jobs created in the Tasks panel never tick on a
single-container Docker install because the WebUI doesn't run the
gateway daemon itself. The maintainer's analysis on #2785 spells this
out: the gateway ticks the scheduler every 60s, and without it
'Gateway not configured' just sits there.
The Tasks panel already shows a banner explaining this, but doesn't
give the user anywhere to go. Two small docs-shaped changes:
1. Add a 'Scheduled jobs require a gateway daemon' section to
docs/docker.md under 'What goes wrong' with the two-container
compose command and a verify step. Cross-linked from the existing
short paragraph higher up so both entry points land on the same
fix.
2. Append a 'How to enable scheduled jobs in Docker' link to the
cron panel banner (loadCronGatewayNotice) pointing at the new
docs anchor when the gateway is unconfigured. The banner text
itself is unchanged.
Verified locally by serving the WebUI without a gateway, opening
Tasks, and confirming the banner now shows the new link; clicked it
and confirmed it lands on the new docs section. With the gateway
running the banner stays hidden as before.
Refs #2785
Frank Song