HERMES-GIELIE/api
nesquena-hermes 80b26c7c72
fix: surface approval prompt in UI instead of getting stuck in Thinking (#187)
* fix: surface approval prompt in UI instead of getting stuck in Thinking

When a dangerous command was detected during streaming, the approval system
would call submit_pending() but no SSE 'approval' event would be emitted to
the frontend. The agent thread either blocked indefinitely (gateway path) or
returned an approval_required status the UI never saw (EXEC_ASK path). Either
way the chat UI stayed stuck in 'Thinking...' with no prompt shown.

Root cause: streaming.py used HERMES_EXEC_ASK=1 but never registered a
register_gateway_notify() callback. Without it, check_all_command_guards()
fell back to the legacy polling path (submit_pending only), which relies on
on_tool() polling -- but on_tool() fires *before* the tool runs, so by the
time the terminal tool detected the dangerous command and called submit_pending,
the approval event had already missed its window.

Fix (streaming.py):
- Register a gateway-style notify_cb via register_gateway_notify() before the
  agent runs. The callback calls put('approval', ...) to emit the SSE event
  the moment a dangerous command is detected, regardless of on_tool() timing.
- Unregister via unregister_gateway_notify() in the finally block to unblock
  any threads still waiting if the stream ends or is cancelled mid-approval.
- Keep the on_tool() fallback poll for older approval module versions.

Fix (routes.py):
- Import and call resolve_gateway_approval() in _handle_approval_respond().
  This unblocks the agent thread parked in entry.event.wait() when the user
  clicks Allow or Deny in the UI. Without this call the thread would block
  until the 5-minute gateway timeout.

Tests (tests/test_approval_unblock.py):
- 16 new tests covering: resolve_gateway_approval() event signalling, deny/
  session/once choices, resolve_all, notify_cb registration/firing/cleanup,
  unregister signals blocked entries, full end-to-end streaming simulation,
  module symbol exports, and HTTP endpoint regressions.

515 tests pass (499 existing + 16 new).

* feat: full approval UI — i18n buttons, keyboard shortcut, loading state, scoping fix

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Co-authored-by: Nathan Esquenazi <nesquena@gmail.com>
2026-04-08 20:16:22 -07:00
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__init__.py Hermes Web UI — Sprints 11-14: multi-provider models, settings, session QoL, alerts, polish 2026-03-31 07:02:47 +00:00
auth.py release: v0.39.0 — security hardening, 12 fixes (#171) 2026-04-07 22:26:03 -07:00
config.py feat: pluggable i18n with English/Chinese language switcher in Settings 2026-04-08 18:57:50 -07:00
helpers.py release: v0.39.0 — security hardening, 12 fixes (#171) 2026-04-07 22:26:03 -07:00
models.py release: v0.39.0 — security hardening, 12 fixes (#171) 2026-04-07 22:26:03 -07:00
profiles.py chore: add missing type hints across 10 files 2026-04-05 13:30:20 +07:00
routes.py fix: surface approval prompt in UI instead of getting stuck in Thinking (#187) 2026-04-08 20:16:22 -07:00
state_sync.py fix: sync message_count to state.db for /insights (#163) (#164) 2026-04-06 22:56:27 -07:00
streaming.py fix: surface approval prompt in UI instead of getting stuck in Thinking (#187) 2026-04-08 20:16:22 -07:00
updates.py fix: apply_update concurrency lock, boot.js settings-fail guard, dead workspace code, test_updates URL param 2026-04-05 16:20:12 +00:00
upload.py chore: add missing type hints across 10 files 2026-04-05 13:30:20 +07:00
workspace.py chore: add missing type hints across 10 files 2026-04-05 13:30:20 +07:00