"""Hermes agent/gateway heartbeat payload helpers (#716, #1879). The WebUI process is not always paired with a long-running Hermes gateway. Some setups use WebUI only, while self-hosted messaging deployments run a separate Hermes gateway daemon that records runtime metadata in the Hermes Agent home. This module turns those existing safe runtime signals into a small UI-facing heartbeat without shelling out or adding psutil as a hard dependency. Cross-container note (#1879): ``gateway.status.get_running_pid()`` uses ``fcntl.flock`` and ``os.kill(pid, 0)``, both of which require the caller to share a PID namespace with the gateway process. In multi-container deployments where the WebUI runs separately from ``hermes-agent`` and only a Hermes data volume is shared, those checks always return ``None`` and the dashboard incorrectly shows "Gateway not running". To stay accurate without forcing a ``pid: "service:hermes-agent"`` compose workaround, we accept a recent ``updated_at`` timestamp on ``gateway_state.json`` (combined with ``gateway_state == "running"``) as an equivalent live-process signal. Older gateway builds do not refresh that file periodically, so a stale ``gateway_state == "running"`` record is treated as inconclusive rather than a confirmed outage. """ from __future__ import annotations import importlib import json import os import threading import time from datetime import datetime, timezone from pathlib import Path from typing import Any from urllib import error as urllib_error from urllib import request as urllib_request _GATEWAY_PID_FILE = "gateway.pid" _GATEWAY_RUNTIME_STATUS_FILE = "gateway_state.json" # Two cron ticks (~60s each). Chosen to avoid false negatives during brief # gateway restarts while still surfacing a true outage within a couple of # minutes. Override is intentionally not exposed: keep the check deterministic # and identical across deployments so support diagnostics are reproducible. GATEWAY_FRESHNESS_THRESHOLD_S: float = 120.0 def _checked_at() -> str: return datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat() def _runtime_status_is_fresh( runtime_status: dict[str, Any] | None, *, now: datetime | None = None, threshold_s: float = GATEWAY_FRESHNESS_THRESHOLD_S, ) -> bool: """Return ``True`` when ``gateway_state.json`` looks freshly written. "Fresh" means the gateway self-reported ``running`` and the ``updated_at`` ISO-8601 timestamp is no older than ``threshold_s`` seconds. This is the cross-container liveness signal used when ``get_running_pid()`` returns ``None`` purely because of PID-namespace isolation (#1879). Any unparseable input is treated as "not fresh" — a stale or missing timestamp must never report alive. """ if not isinstance(runtime_status, dict): return False if runtime_status.get("gateway_state") != "running": return False raw_updated_at = runtime_status.get("updated_at") if not isinstance(raw_updated_at, str) or not raw_updated_at: return False # ``datetime.fromisoformat`` accepts the exact format gateway/status.py # writes (``datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()``). We deliberately # don't pull in dateutil — keeping this stdlib-only matches the rest of # this module. try: updated_at = datetime.fromisoformat(raw_updated_at) except (TypeError, ValueError): return False if updated_at.tzinfo is None: # A naive timestamp could mean anything across containers / hosts. # Refuse to interpret it rather than assume UTC. return False reference = now if now is not None else datetime.now(timezone.utc) age_s = (reference - updated_at).total_seconds() if age_s < 0: # Clock skew between containers can produce small negatives. A future # timestamp is still a "fresh" signal — the gateway clearly wrote it # very recently — so accept it. A wildly-future timestamp (> threshold # in the future) is rejected to avoid trusting a broken clock. return -age_s <= threshold_s return age_s <= threshold_s def _runtime_status_is_stale_stopped( runtime_status: dict[str, Any] | None, *, now: datetime | None = None, threshold_s: float = GATEWAY_FRESHNESS_THRESHOLD_S, ) -> bool: """Return ``True`` for an old clean-stop root gateway state. A user may run only profile-scoped gateways while a root ``gateway_state.json`` from an older, intentionally stopped gateway remains on disk (#1944). Treat that stale stopped file like "no root gateway configured" so the heartbeat banner does not keep warning about a service the user is not running. Fresh stopped state still reports down. """ if not isinstance(runtime_status, dict): return False if runtime_status.get("gateway_state") != "stopped": return False raw_updated_at = runtime_status.get("updated_at") if not isinstance(raw_updated_at, str) or not raw_updated_at: return False try: updated_at = datetime.fromisoformat(raw_updated_at) except (TypeError, ValueError): return False if updated_at.tzinfo is None: return False reference = now if now is not None else datetime.now(timezone.utc) age_s = (reference - updated_at).total_seconds() return age_s > threshold_s def _runtime_status_is_stale_running( runtime_status: dict[str, Any] | None, *, now: datetime | None = None, threshold_s: float = GATEWAY_FRESHNESS_THRESHOLD_S, ) -> bool: """Return ``True`` when the gateway last self-reported running, but stale. WebUI often runs in a separate container from the gateway. In that shape PID checks can be impossible, and older gateway versions only update ``gateway_state.json`` on lifecycle/platform changes. A stale ``running`` file therefore means "not enough information from WebUI" rather than "gateway is down". """ if not isinstance(runtime_status, dict): return False if runtime_status.get("gateway_state") != "running": return False raw_updated_at = runtime_status.get("updated_at") if not isinstance(raw_updated_at, str) or not raw_updated_at: return False try: updated_at = datetime.fromisoformat(raw_updated_at) except (TypeError, ValueError): return False if updated_at.tzinfo is None: return False reference = now if now is not None else datetime.now(timezone.utc) age_s = (reference - updated_at).total_seconds() return age_s > threshold_s def _gateway_status_module(): """Load gateway.status lazily so tests and WebUI-only installs stay isolated.""" return importlib.import_module("gateway.status") def _gateway_root_pid_path() -> Path | None: """Return the root Hermes gateway PID path. Gateway runtime files are root-level singletons. A profile-scoped WebUI process may have HERMES_HOME=/profiles/, but gateway.pid, gateway.lock, and gateway_state.json still live under . When the root-level gateway.pid is absent (profile-scoped gateway deployments write it under /profiles//), fall back to the active profile's directory so the gateway is detected correctly. """ try: from hermes_constants import get_default_hermes_root root_pid = get_default_hermes_root() / _GATEWAY_PID_FILE if root_pid.exists(): return root_pid try: from api.profiles import get_active_hermes_home profile_pid = Path(get_active_hermes_home()) / _GATEWAY_PID_FILE if profile_pid.exists(): return profile_pid except Exception: pass return root_pid except Exception: return None def _read_runtime_status_path(path: Path) -> dict[str, Any] | None: try: payload = json.loads(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError, json.JSONDecodeError): return None if isinstance(payload, dict): return payload return None def _read_gateway_runtime_status(gateway_status: Any, pid_path: Path | None) -> dict[str, Any] | None: read_runtime_status = gateway_status.read_runtime_status if pid_path is not None: try: return read_runtime_status(pid_path=pid_path) except TypeError: try: return read_runtime_status(pid_path) except TypeError: if getattr(gateway_status, "__name__", "") == "gateway.status" or hasattr( gateway_status, "_read_json_file", ): runtime_status_file = str( getattr(gateway_status, "_RUNTIME_STATUS_FILE", _GATEWAY_RUNTIME_STATUS_FILE) ) runtime_status = _read_runtime_status_path(pid_path.with_name(runtime_status_file)) if runtime_status is not None: return runtime_status return read_runtime_status() def _gateway_running_pid(gateway_status: Any, pid_path: Path | None) -> int | None: get_running_pid = gateway_status.get_running_pid if pid_path is not None: try: return get_running_pid(pid_path=pid_path, cleanup_stale=False) except TypeError: try: return get_running_pid(pid_path, cleanup_stale=False) except TypeError: pass try: return get_running_pid(cleanup_stale=False) except TypeError: # Older agent versions may not expose cleanup_stale. Keep compatibility. return get_running_pid() def _runtime_detail_subset(runtime_status: dict[str, Any] | None) -> dict[str, Any]: """Return only non-sensitive runtime fields for the browser. gateway.status records argv/PID metadata so the CLI can validate process identity. The WebUI alert only needs health semantics, never raw command lines, paths, environment, or tokens. """ if not isinstance(runtime_status, dict): return {} details: dict[str, Any] = {} gateway_state = runtime_status.get("gateway_state") if isinstance(gateway_state, str) and gateway_state: details["gateway_state"] = gateway_state updated_at = runtime_status.get("updated_at") if isinstance(updated_at, str) and updated_at: details["updated_at"] = updated_at try: details["active_agents"] = max(0, int(runtime_status.get("active_agents") or 0)) except (TypeError, ValueError): pass platforms = runtime_status.get("platforms") if isinstance(platforms, dict): details["platform_count"] = len(platforms) states: dict[str, int] = {} for payload in platforms.values(): if not isinstance(payload, dict): continue state = payload.get("state") if isinstance(state, str) and state: states[state] = states.get(state, 0) + 1 if states: details["platform_states"] = states return details # Remote-gateway probe (#3281) # ------------------------------------------------------------------ # In multi-container Docker deployments the WebUI container does not ship the # ``gateway`` Python package. The lazy ``importlib.import_module("gateway.status")`` # therefore raises ``ModuleNotFoundError`` and the payload falls through to # ``gateway_not_configured`` even though ``HERMES_API_URL`` points at a perfectly # reachable remote gateway. The Tasks/Cron banner then shows a spurious amber # "Gateway not configured" warning. # # When a gateway base URL is set in any supported env var, we treat that as an # explicit declaration that the gateway lives elsewhere, and probe it over HTTP # before touching any local filesystem / module signal. The probe result is # cached briefly so a dashboard rerender that fans out to multiple panels does # not hammer the gateway. _REMOTE_PROBE_TIMEOUT_S: float = 2.0 _REMOTE_PROBE_CACHE_TTL_S: float = 5.0 _REMOTE_PROBE_PATHS: tuple[str, ...] = ("/health/detailed", "/health", "/v1/health") # A gateway health payload is small JSON; cap the 2xx body read so a large or # slow-trickled remote response can't hang /api/health/agent or balloon memory. _REMOTE_PROBE_BODY_LIMIT_BYTES: int = 64 * 1024 _remote_probe_lock = threading.Lock() _remote_probe_cache: dict[str, Any] = {"url": None, "expires_at": 0.0, "result": None} def _remote_gateway_base_url() -> str | None: """Return an explicit remote gateway base URL, or None for local-only setups. Priority: GATEWAY_HEALTH_URL > HERMES_GATEWAY_HEALTH_URL > HERMES_API_URL > HERMES_WEBUI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL. Returns ``None`` when no env var is set so the caller falls through to local PID/state checks. Any of these env vars may legitimately point AT a health endpoint (e.g. ``GATEWAY_HEALTH_URL=http://host:8642/health``). Since the probe appends ``/health/detailed`` etc. to the returned base, strip a trailing health-path suffix first so we don't build ``/health/health/detailed`` (mirrors the normalization in api/updates.py). """ for var in ( "GATEWAY_HEALTH_URL", "HERMES_GATEWAY_HEALTH_URL", "HERMES_API_URL", "HERMES_WEBUI_GATEWAY_BASE_URL", ): val = os.environ.get(var, "").strip() if val: base = val.rstrip("/") for suffix in ("/health/detailed", "/health", "/v1/health", "/status"): if base.endswith(suffix): base = base[: -len(suffix)].rstrip("/") break return base return None def _http_probe(url: str, timeout_s: float) -> tuple[bool, int | None, str | None, bytes | None]: """GET ``url`` and return (ok, status_code, error_name, body). ``ok`` is True only for a 2xx response. 5xx and network errors are not OK. 4xx is also treated as "responded" (the gateway is up, just answering 404 on this particular path) so the caller can move on to the next path. ``body`` is the raw response bytes for 2xx responses, None otherwise. """ req = urllib_request.Request(url, method="GET") try: with urllib_request.urlopen(req, timeout=timeout_s) as resp: # noqa: S310 - trusted env var URL status = getattr(resp, "status", None) or resp.getcode() ok = 200 <= int(status) < 300 # Cap the body read: we only need a small JSON health payload, and an # unbounded resp.read() on a large/trickled 2xx body could hang the # /api/health/agent handler or balloon memory. Read one byte over the # cap so the caller can detect (and skip) an oversized body. body = resp.read(_REMOTE_PROBE_BODY_LIMIT_BYTES + 1) if ok else None return (ok, int(status), None, body) except urllib_error.HTTPError as exc: return (False, int(exc.code), "HTTPError", None) except Exception as exc: # urllib_error.URLError, socket.timeout, ssl, etc. return (False, None, type(exc).__name__, None) def _probe_remote_gateway(base_url: str, *, now: float | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]: """Return an agent-health payload dict for a remote gateway base URL. Result is cached for ``_REMOTE_PROBE_CACHE_TTL_S`` seconds per base_url. """ current = time.monotonic() if now is None else now with _remote_probe_lock: if ( _remote_probe_cache.get("url") == base_url and _remote_probe_cache.get("expires_at", 0.0) > current and _remote_probe_cache.get("result") is not None ): cached = _remote_probe_cache["result"] # Refresh checked_at so the UI shows a current timestamp without # actually re-hitting the gateway. return {**cached, "checked_at": _checked_at()} last_status: int | None = None last_error: str | None = None for path in _REMOTE_PROBE_PATHS: ok, status, err, body = _http_probe(base_url + path, _REMOTE_PROBE_TIMEOUT_S) if ok: details: dict[str, Any] = { "state": "alive", "reason": "remote_gateway", "endpoint": base_url + path, "status_code": status, } if body and len(body) <= _REMOTE_PROBE_BODY_LIMIT_BYTES: try: data = json.loads(body) if isinstance(data, dict) and "gateway_state" in data: details["gateway_state"] = data["gateway_state"] except (json.JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError): pass # An over-cap body (len > limit, i.e. the +1 sentinel byte was read) # is treated as "alive but no parseable gateway_state" — we still # report the gateway as up, just without the detailed state. payload = { "alive": True, "checked_at": _checked_at(), "details": details, } break # Remember the most informative failure signal we saw. if status is not None: last_status = status if err is not None: last_error = err else: details: dict[str, Any] = { "state": "down", "reason": "remote_gateway_unreachable", "endpoint": base_url, } if last_status is not None: details["status_code"] = last_status if last_error is not None: details["error"] = last_error payload = { "alive": False, "checked_at": _checked_at(), "details": details, } with _remote_probe_lock: _remote_probe_cache["url"] = base_url _remote_probe_cache["expires_at"] = current + _REMOTE_PROBE_CACHE_TTL_S _remote_probe_cache["result"] = payload return payload def _reset_remote_probe_cache_for_tests() -> None: """Test hook: clear the in-process remote-probe cache.""" with _remote_probe_lock: _remote_probe_cache["url"] = None _remote_probe_cache["expires_at"] = 0.0 _remote_probe_cache["result"] = None def build_agent_health_payload() -> dict[str, Any]: """Return `{alive, checked_at, details}` for the Hermes gateway/agent. `alive` is intentionally tri-state: * True: a gateway runtime signal says the process is alive. * False: gateway metadata exists, but no live gateway process owns it. * None: no gateway metadata/status is available, so this WebUI setup is probably not configured with a separate gateway process. """ checked_at = _checked_at() # Multi-container deployments (#3281): when HERMES_API_URL is set the # gateway lives in another container/host. Probe it over HTTP before # touching local module/pid/state-file signals, otherwise a missing # ``gateway`` Python package in this image masquerades as # "gateway_not_configured" and produces a spurious banner. remote_base = _remote_gateway_base_url() if remote_base is not None: return _probe_remote_gateway(remote_base) try: gateway_status = _gateway_status_module() except Exception as exc: return { "alive": None, "checked_at": checked_at, "details": { "state": "unknown", "reason": "gateway_status_unavailable", "error": type(exc).__name__, }, } gateway_pid_path = _gateway_root_pid_path() runtime_status = None try: runtime_status = _read_gateway_runtime_status(gateway_status, gateway_pid_path) except Exception: runtime_status = None try: running_pid = _gateway_running_pid(gateway_status, gateway_pid_path) except Exception: running_pid = None safe_details = _runtime_detail_subset(runtime_status) if running_pid is not None: return { "alive": True, "checked_at": checked_at, "details": { "state": "alive", **safe_details, }, } # Cross-container fallback (#1879): when ``get_running_pid()`` cannot see # the gateway because we're in a different PID namespace, a recent # ``updated_at`` on ``gateway_state.json`` is a reliable equivalent signal # since the gateway writes it on every tick. We only trust this fallback # when the gateway also self-reports ``gateway_state == "running"`` so # crash-without-cleanup scenarios still surface as "down". if _runtime_status_is_fresh(runtime_status): return { "alive": True, "checked_at": checked_at, "details": { "state": "alive", "reason": "cross_container_freshness", **safe_details, }, } if _runtime_status_is_stale_stopped(runtime_status): return { "alive": None, "checked_at": checked_at, "details": { "state": "unknown", "reason": "gateway_stale_stopped_state", **safe_details, }, } if _runtime_status_is_stale_running(runtime_status): return { "alive": None, "checked_at": checked_at, "details": { "state": "unknown", "reason": "gateway_stale_running_state", **safe_details, }, } if isinstance(runtime_status, dict): return { "alive": False, "checked_at": checked_at, "details": { "state": "down", "reason": "gateway_not_running", **safe_details, }, } return { "alive": None, "checked_at": checked_at, "details": { "state": "unknown", "reason": "gateway_not_configured", }, }