ROOT FIX (product bug): POST /api/settings never invalidated the session-list
cache, so toggling show_cli_sessions/show_cron_sessions could serve a stale
sidebar for up to the cache TTL when the settings-file mtime stamp collided with
a cached entry. The handler now clears the cache directly on those toggles. This
is also the root cause of the recurring test_gateway_sync CI flake (session
absent from /api/sessions right after the visibility toggle).
DEFENSE-IN-DEPTH: cleanup_test_sessions fixture now resets show_cli_sessions to
default BEFORE each test too, not only in teardown.
FLAKE FIX (test infra): bump 31 node-subprocess correctness-harness timeouts from
10s -> 30s across 23 test files. Node spawn + V8 warmup under parallel CI shard
load can exceed 10s, causing TimeoutExpired flakes (e.g. test_1325 on #4445).
Only real node subprocess.run() sites changed — mock signatures, HTTP urlopen,
and deliberate timeout-behavior tests (test_api_timeout, timeout=0/1/2) untouched.
- Stop provider-qualified or slash-qualified model inputs from fuzzy-matching a
sibling catalog entry when the exact requested model is missing from the
curated picker list.
- Preserve the raw typed selection so uncatalogued provider-routed models
fall through to a temporary custom option instead of silently snapping to a
nearby curated model.
- Add generalized regression coverage for provider-qualified uncatalogued
picker selections.
Batch release v0.50.232 — 4 fixes.
## PRs included
| PR | Author | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| #1192 | @nesquena-hermes | Model chip fuzzy-match false positive (#1188) |
| #1193 | @nesquena-hermes | openai-codex not detected in model picker (#1189) |
| #1196 | @nesquena-hermes | Workspace files blank after second empty-session reload |
| #1197 | @bergeouss | Session timestamps wrong with server/client clock drift (#1144) |
All four PRs independently reviewed and approved by @nesquena.
## Integration fixes applied
**#1193:** Updated misleading comment — `OPENAI_API_KEY` does NOT authenticate the default Codex OAuth endpoint (that uses `chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex` and requires a separate OAuth flow). The comment now accurately states the known limitation. Also replaced a fragile 400-char source-scan test with an isolation-safe unit test. Note: OAuth-authenticated users already get detected via `hermes_cli.auth` — this fix only addresses the env-var fallback path.
## Test results
**2764 passed, 2 skipped** (macOS-only workspace tests). Browser QA: **21/21**. `/api/sessions` confirmed returning `server_time` and `server_tz` fields.
