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nesquena-hermes e3a7c93dc6 [HELD — independent review pending] Release v0.51.294 — stage-3401 (live-to-final redesign #3401 + 4 deep-review fixes) (#3741)
* 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]>
2026-06-06 12:12:37 -07:00
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RFCs

This directory holds design documents for hermes-webui features that are worth thinking through in writing before (or alongside) implementation — typically when the change touches durability, recovery, schema, or cross- cutting infrastructure.

Conventions

  • One file per RFC. Filename is the topic (kebab-case), not a number.

  • Top of every RFC carries a small header:

    - **Status:** Proposed | Accepted | Implemented | Withdrawn
    - **Author:** @github-handle
    - **Created:** YYYY-MM-DD
    
  • Sections usually include: Problem, Goals, Non-goals, Proposal, Open questions, Rollout plan. Skip what doesn't apply.

  • An RFC is a starting point for review. Comments and revisions land via PR edits, not separate discussion threads.

  • An RFC documents a design direction. It is not an invitation to file implementation PRs against fragments of it. Before opening any PR that implements an accepted RFC, confirm with a maintainer in the tracking issue that the implementation slice is wanted and that no other contributor is already building it. Speculative implementations of RFC fragments without a confirmed integration site will be held.

When to file an RFC

  • The change is large enough that you want consensus before writing code.
  • The change touches data-at-rest formats or recovery semantics.
  • The change introduces a new architectural primitive (journal, queue, scheduler, cache layer) that other features will build on.
  • A reviewer asks for one during code review.

When in doubt, just ship the code — small features don't need RFCs. First-time contributor RFCs should be discussed in an issue before opening a PR.

Current RFCs

  • hermes-run-adapter-contract.md — #1925 event/control contract, runtime-state ownership matrix, acceptance catalog, and reversible migration gates for moving WebUI execution behind an explicit adapter boundary.
  • webui-run-state-consistency-contract.md — #2361 consistency rules for keeping transcript, model context, live streams, replay, compression, and session metadata coherent during active and recovered WebUI runs.
  • live-to-final-assistant-replies.md — #3400 product model for long-running assistant replies, live process prose, tool activity, recovery, terminal outcomes, and the final-answer boundary.
  • canonical-session-resolution.md — #2361 focused contract for resolving URL, query parameter, localStorage, sidebar, and compression-lineage session IDs to one canonical visible chat target.
  • turn-journal.md — Crash-safe WebUI turn journal for recovering interrupted chat submissions.