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hermes-webui/tests/test_issue4948_local_stale_approval.py
nesquena-hermesandb3nw 74cee77738 fix(approval): stale local approval card clears instead of dead-ending (#4948 local variant, #4771 follow-up)
On the default local in-process backend, an approval card whose stream
ended while still pending (cancel/fork/provider-error/completion) left the
agent queue entry dropped and the _pending mirror reconciled away. Clicking
Approve/Deny then sent an approval_id that matched nothing, so the handler
returned a bare {ok:false}; since #4771 the frontend surfaces that as
'Approval response not accepted.' with a stuck card (reported by
@santastabber on v0.51.666 and b3nw).

Distinguish a genuinely stale card (no pending approval for the session ->
benign {ok:true, stale_cleared:true} so the UI clears the orphan) from a
stale-id click made while a DIFFERENT approval is live (still ok:false so it
can never resolve the wrong command -- #527 guard preserved). Frontend
clears the orphan card on stale_cleared even if the displayed id drifted.

Co-authored-by: b3nw <b3nw@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-06-26 06:46:22 +00:00

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"""Regression tests for the #4948 LOCAL-backend variant (Jamie/.666 report):
a STALE approval card click must clear gracefully, not dead-end on
"Approval response not accepted." with a stuck card.
Background
----------
#4771 changed the frontend `respondApproval` from fire-and-forget to checking
`result.ok` and surfacing a toast on failure. That exposed a pre-existing
local-backend edge: when a guarded command's approval card is still on screen
but its stream has ended (user cancel / fork / provider error / completion
while pending), the agent's gateway entry is dropped and reconcile purges the
mirrored `_pending` entry. A click then sends the held `approval_id`, which
`_resolve_approval_legacy` cannot match -> returns False -> the handler
returned a bare `{ok: false}` (no `error`) -> the frontend showed
"Approval response not accepted." with a STUCK card. (Reported by Jamie on
v0.51.666 and b3nw on Discord; the local-backend sibling of the gateway-side
#4948.)
The fix: when the local resolution returns False AND the session has no live
pending approval at all, treat the click as a benign stale-card clear and
return `{ok: True, stale_cleared: True}` so the UI clears the orphan card.
The #527 protective guard is preserved: a stale explicit-id click made WHILE a
DIFFERENT approval is still live must stay `ok: false` so it can never resolve
the wrong command.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import threading
import uuid
from unittest.mock import patch
import pytest
from api import routes
from api import models
try:
import tools.approval as ta
from api import route_approvals as ra
APPROVAL_AVAILABLE = True
except ImportError:
ta = None
ra = None
APPROVAL_AVAILABLE = False
pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
not APPROVAL_AVAILABLE,
reason="tools.approval not available in this environment",
)
class _FakeHandler:
def __init__(self):
self.status = None
self._body = b""
self.client_address = ("127.0.0.1", 0)
self.headers = {}
class _W:
def __init__(self, outer):
self.outer = outer
def write(self, b):
self.outer._body += b
self.wfile = _W(self)
def send_response(self, code):
self.status = code
def send_header(self, k, v):
pass
def end_headers(self):
pass
def json(self):
return json.loads(self._body.decode("utf-8"))
def _register_session(sid: str):
s = models.Session(session_id=sid, title="approval-4948-local")
s.active_stream_id = None
with models.LOCK:
models.SESSIONS[sid] = s
return s
def _park_local_approval(sid: str, command: str = "rm -rf /tmp/x", key: str = "dangerous_command"):
"""Wire the notify callback exactly like api/streaming.py and park a
guarded command on a background thread (it blocks awaiting approval).
Returns the rendered approval_id (what the frontend card holds), taken from
/api/approval/pending — the same surface the real UI reads.
"""
with ta._lock:
ta._gateway_queues.pop(sid, None)
ta._pending.pop(sid, None)
def _cb(approval_data):
ra.submit_gateway_pending_mirror(sid, approval_data)
ta.register_gateway_notify(sid, _cb)
def _agent():
ad = {
"command": command,
"pattern_key": key,
"pattern_keys": [key],
"description": "Dangerous command",
}
ta._await_gateway_decision(sid, ta._gateway_notify_cbs.get(sid), ad, surface="gateway")
th = threading.Thread(target=_agent, daemon=True)
th.start()
th.join(timeout=1.5) # still blocked; the queue is seeded
h = _FakeHandler()
routes._handle_approval_pending(h, type("P", (), {"query": f"session_id={sid}"})())
return (h.json().get("pending") or {}).get("approval_id")
def _end_stream_drop_entry(sid: str):
"""Simulate the stream ending while the card is pending: the agent's
gateway entry is dropped (cancel/fork/error/completion) and reconcile
purges the orphaned _pending mirror — exactly what _drop_entry +
_cleanup_gateway_pending_mirror do."""
with ta._lock:
ta._gateway_queues.pop(sid, None)
with ra._lock:
ra.reconcile_gateway_pending_mirror_locked(sid)
def _respond(sid: str, approval_id: str, choice: str = "once"):
h = _FakeHandler()
with patch("api.gateway_chat.webui_gateway_chat_enabled", return_value=False):
routes._handle_approval_respond(
h, {"session_id": sid, "choice": choice, "approval_id": approval_id}
)
return h
def _cleanup(sid: str):
with ta._lock:
ta._gateway_queues.pop(sid, None)
ta._pending.pop(sid, None)
with models.LOCK:
models.SESSIONS.pop(sid, None)
def test_stale_card_click_clears_not_dead_ends():
"""The Jamie/.666 bug: clicking a card whose approval is gone returns a
benign cleared result, NOT a bare ok:false (which the UI rendered as
'Approval response not accepted.' with a stuck card)."""
sid = f"stale-local-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
_register_session(sid)
try:
card_id = _park_local_approval(sid)
assert card_id, "precondition: a pending approval card should be rendered"
_end_stream_drop_entry(sid)
# Nothing is pending now.
assert routes._session_has_pending_approval(sid) is False
resp = _respond(sid, card_id)
body = resp.json()
assert resp.status == 200, f"expected 200, got {resp.status}: {body}"
assert body.get("ok") is True, f"stale card must clear gracefully: {body}"
assert body.get("stale_cleared") is True
# Crucially: no bare ok:false-without-error (the stuck-card symptom).
finally:
_cleanup(sid)
def test_fresh_local_approval_still_resolves():
"""A normal, live local approval still resolves (200/ok) and is NOT
mislabeled stale_cleared."""
sid = f"fresh-local-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
_register_session(sid)
try:
card_id = _park_local_approval(sid)
assert card_id
assert routes._session_has_pending_approval(sid) is True
resp = _respond(sid, card_id, choice="once")
body = resp.json()
assert resp.status == 200, f"{body}"
assert body.get("ok") is True
assert not body.get("stale_cleared"), "a live approval must not be tagged stale_cleared"
finally:
_cleanup(sid)
def test_stale_id_while_different_approval_live_still_blocked():
"""#527 guard preserved: a stale explicit-id click made WHILE a different
approval is live must NOT resolve the live one (stays ok:false) and must
leave the live approval pending."""
sid = f"guard-local-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
_register_session(sid)
try:
live_id = _park_local_approval(sid, command="rm -rf /tmp/B", key="dangerous_B")
assert live_id
stale_id = uuid.uuid4().hex # a long-gone approval A
resp = _respond(sid, stale_id, choice="once")
body = resp.json()
assert body.get("ok") is False, f"stale id must not resolve while B is live: {body}"
assert not body.get("stale_cleared")
# B is still pending and unchanged.
assert routes._session_has_pending_approval(sid) is True
h = _FakeHandler()
routes._handle_approval_pending(h, type("P", (), {"query": f"session_id={sid}"})())
assert (h.json().get("pending") or {}).get("approval_id") == live_id
finally:
_cleanup(sid)
def test_session_has_pending_approval_predicate():
"""Unit: the predicate the benign-clear hinges on reports live vs empty."""
sid = f"pred-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
_register_session(sid)
try:
assert routes._session_has_pending_approval(sid) is False
_park_local_approval(sid)
assert routes._session_has_pending_approval(sid) is True
_end_stream_drop_entry(sid)
assert routes._session_has_pending_approval(sid) is False
finally:
_cleanup(sid)