refactor(gateway): migrate Slack adapter to bundled plugin

Move gateway/platforms/slack.py into plugins/platforms/slack/ following the
Discord (#24356) and Home Assistant (#40709) migrations. Advances #41112 /
hardcoded Platform.SLACK touchpoints in core.

  - Adapter file renamed via git mv (history preserved).
  - register() exposes the platform via ctx.register_platform() instead of the
    Platform.SLACK elif in gateway/run.py::_create_adapter().
  - _standalone_send() replaces the legacy _send_slack() helper in
    tools/send_message_tool.py; out-of-process cron delivery (deliver=slack)
    now flows through the registry's standalone_sender_fn. mrkdwn formatting
    moved into the plugin (was applied in _send_to_platform before chunking).
  - _apply_yaml_config() owns the config.yaml slack: -> SLACK_* env bridge
    (require_mention, strict_mention, allow_bots, free_response_channels,
    reactions, allowed_channels), replacing the hardcoded block in
    gateway/config.py.
  - interactive_setup() replaces hermes_cli/setup.py::_setup_slack +
    _write_slack_manifest_and_instruct and the static _PLATFORMS["slack"] dict
    in hermes_cli/gateway.py; setup metadata is discovered dynamically.
  - is_connected() probes SLACK_BOT_TOKEN via hermes_cli.gateway.get_env_value.
  - max_message_length=39000 on the PlatformEntry; the registry fallback in
    send_message_tool covers it (dropped the _MAX_LENGTHS entry).

The SLACK_BOT_TOKEN/SLACK_HOME_CHANNEL env->PlatformConfig seeding and the
_is_user_authorized allowlist maps stay in core (same as Discord/HA/Mattermost).

Bug fixed during migration: the registry-driven plugin-enable pass in
_apply_env_overrides re-enabled any plugin platform whose is_connected()
passed, ignoring an explicit enabled: false. Slack is the first plugin with an
enabled-false-wins test, so it exposed this latent bug (Discord had no such
test). Added an explicit-disable guard (_enabled_explicit + enabled=False ->
skip) and changed the slack env-block to read the flag instead of popping it so
the guard can see it; the flag is still cleared in the final per-platform
cleanup. Restores test_explicit_{top_level,platforms}_slack_enabled_false_wins.

Test imports rewritten across 11 files (gateway.platforms.slack ->
plugins.platforms.slack.adapter). The _setup_slack home-channel tests moved to
tests/gateway/test_slack_plugin_setup.py exercising interactive_setup. The
test_send_message_tool slack-formatting tests now patch the registry
standalone_sender_fn (via _patch_slack_standalone_sender) and assert the
mrkdwn-formatted text reaches the wire.

Validation: 706 targeted tests pass (slack/config/setup/registry/send/media
suites); 18/18 live E2E checks pass (real plugin discovery + registry resolves
SlackAdapter, env-only enable, standalone sender wired, YAML bridge, dynamic
setup discovery).

.dockerignore

@@ -63,45 +63,3 @@ data/
 # Compose/profile runtime state (bind-mounted; avoid ownership/secret issues)
 hermes-config/
 runtime/
-
-# ---------- Not needed inside the Docker image ----------
-
-# Desktop app source (Tauri/Electron); never installed in the container
-apps/
-
-# Test suite — not shipped in production images
-tests/
-
-# Documentation site (Docusaurus) and supplementary docs
-website/
-docs/
-
-# Assets only used by the GitHub README
-assets/
-infographic/
-
-# Plugin-level docs (hermes-achievements ships docs/ but the runtime doesn't read them)
-plugins/hermes-achievements/docs/
-
-# Nix / Homebrew / AUR packaging metadata — irrelevant to Docker
-nix/
-flake.nix
-flake.lock
-packaging/
-
-# Design and planning documents
-plans/
-.plans/
-
-# ACP registry manifest (icon + agent.json) — not consumed at runtime
-acp_registry/
-
-# Repo-level dotfiles that are git-only or dev-tooling config
-.env.example
-.envrc
-.gitattributes
-.hadolint.yaml
-.mailmap
-
-# Top-level LICENSE (not matched by *.md); not needed inside the container
-LICENSE

.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020  # v4
         with:
-          node-version: 22
+          node-version: 20
           cache: npm
           cache-dependency-path: website/package-lock.json
 
@@ -59,22 +59,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          # Rebuild the unified catalog. The file is gitignored, so a fresh
-          # checkout starts without it and we want the freshest crawl in
-          # every deploy.
-          #
-          # This MUST be fatal. build_skills_index.py runs a health check and
-          # exits non-zero WITHOUT writing the output file when a source
-          # collapses (e.g. a GitHub API rate limit zeroes the github /
-          # claude-marketplace / well-known taps all at once). Letting the
-          # deploy continue would either (a) ship a degenerate index missing
-          # whole hubs — the June 2026 regression where OpenAI/Anthropic/
-          # HuggingFace/NVIDIA tabs vanished — or (b) fall through to a
-          # local-only catalog. Failing here keeps the last good deployment
-          # live (GitHub Pages serves the previous build) instead of
-          # publishing a broken catalog. Re-run the workflow once the
-          # transient rate limit clears.
-          python3 scripts/build_skills_index.py
+          # Always rebuild — the file isn't committed (gitignored), so a
+          # fresh checkout starts without it and we want the freshest crawl
+          # in every deploy. Failure is non-fatal: extract-skills.py will
+          # fall back to the legacy snapshot cache and the Skills Hub page
+          # still renders, just without the latest community catalog.
+          python3 scripts/build_skills_index.py || echo "Skills index build failed (non-fatal)"
 
       - name: Extract skill metadata for dashboard
         run: python3 website/scripts/extract-skills.py

.github/workflows/docs-site-checks.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020  # v4
         with:
-          node-version: 22
+          node-version: 20
           cache: npm
           cache-dependency-path: website/package-lock.json
 

.github/workflows/nix-lockfile-fix.yml

@@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
-          # Ensure only nix/lib.nix (home of the single npmDepsHash) was
-          # modified — prevents accidental self-triggering if fix-lockfiles
-          # ever touches package files.
-          unexpected="$(git diff --name-only | grep -Ev '^nix/lib\.nix$' || true)"
+          # Ensure only nix files were modified — prevents accidental
+          # self-triggering if fix-lockfiles ever touches package files.
+          unexpected="$(git diff --name-only | grep -Ev '^nix/(tui|web)\.nix$' || true)"
           if [ -n "$unexpected" ]; then
             echo "::error::Unexpected modified files: $unexpected"
             exit 1
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
 
           git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
           git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-          git add nix/lib.nix
+          git add nix/tui.nix nix/web.nix
           git commit -m "fix(nix): auto-refresh npm lockfile hashes" \
             -m "Source: $GITHUB_SHA" \
             -m "Run: $GITHUB_SERVER_URL/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$GITHUB_RUN_ID"
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
           git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-          git add nix/lib.nix
+          git add nix/tui.nix nix/web.nix
           git commit -m "fix(nix): refresh npm lockfile hashes"
           git push
 

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -55,31 +55,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@d4b2f3b6ecc6e67c4457f6d3e41ec42d3d0fcb86  # v5
-        with:
-          # Persist uv's download/wheel cache (~/.cache/uv) across runs.
-          # Keyed on the dependency manifests, so the cache is reused until
-          # pyproject.toml or uv.lock changes. `uv sync` still runs every
-          # time, but resolves from the warm cache instead of re-downloading
-          # and re-building wheels.
-          enable-cache: true
-          cache-dependency-glob: |
-            pyproject.toml
-            uv.lock
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.11
         run: uv python install 3.11
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        # `uv sync --locked` installs the exact pinned set from uv.lock (and
-        # fails if the lock is out of sync with pyproject.toml), giving a
-        # reproducible env. It also creates .venv itself, so no separate
-        # `uv venv` step is needed.
-        run: uv sync --locked --python 3.11 --extra all --extra dev
-
-      - name: Minimize uv cache
-        # Optimized for CI: prunes pre-built wheels that are cheap to
-        # re-download, keeping the persisted cache small and fast to restore.
-        run: uv cache prune --ci
+        run: |
+          uv venv .venv --python 3.11
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
 
       - name: Run tests (slice ${{ matrix.slice }}/6)
         # Per-file isolation via scripts/run_tests_parallel.py: discovers
@@ -125,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
   # (including PRs) get balanced slicing.
   save-durations:
     needs: test
-    if: needs.test.result == 'success' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    if: always() && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download all slice durations
@@ -177,31 +161,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@d4b2f3b6ecc6e67c4457f6d3e41ec42d3d0fcb86  # v5
-        with:
-          # Persist uv's download/wheel cache (~/.cache/uv) across runs.
-          # Keyed on the dependency manifests, so the cache is reused until
-          # pyproject.toml or uv.lock changes. `uv sync` still runs every
-          # time, but resolves from the warm cache instead of re-downloading
-          # and re-building wheels.
-          enable-cache: true
-          cache-dependency-glob: |
-            pyproject.toml
-            uv.lock
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.11
         run: uv python install 3.11
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        # `uv sync --locked` installs the exact pinned set from uv.lock (and
-        # fails if the lock is out of sync with pyproject.toml), giving a
-        # reproducible env. It also creates .venv itself, so no separate
-        # `uv venv` step is needed.
-        run: uv sync --locked --python 3.11 --extra all --extra dev
-
-      - name: Minimize uv cache
-        # Optimized for CI: prunes pre-built wheels that are cheap to
-        # re-download, keeping the persisted cache small and fast to restore.
-        run: uv cache prune --ci
+        run: |
+          uv venv .venv --python 3.11
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
 
       - name: Packaged-wheel i18n smoke test
         run: |

.github/workflows/typecheck.yml

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# .github/workflows/typecheck.yml
-name: Typecheck
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-
-jobs:
-  typecheck:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        package:
-          [ui-tui, web, apps/bootstrap-installer, apps/desktop, apps/shared]
-      fail-fast: false # report all failures, not just the first one
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 22
-          cache: npm
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run --prefix ${{ matrix.package }} typecheck

.gitignore

@@ -114,12 +114,6 @@ docs/superpowers/*
 # treat it as a local edit and autostash it on every run (#38529).
 .hermes-bootstrap-complete
 
-# Interrupted-update breadcrumb + recovery lock written next to the shared venv
-# by `hermes update` / launch-time self-heal. Runtime state, never a code change
-# — ignore so `git status` stays clean and update's autostash skips them.
-.update-incomplete
-.update-incomplete.lock
-
 # Tool Search live-test harness output — non-deterministic model transcripts,
 # regenerated by scripts/tool_search_livetest.py. Never an artifact of the repo.
 scripts/out/

AGENTS.md

@@ -4,201 +4,6 @@ Instructions for AI coding assistants and developers working on the hermes-agent
 
 **Never give up on the right solution.**
 
-## What Hermes Is
-
-Hermes is a personal AI agent that runs the same agent core across a CLI, a
-messaging gateway (Telegram, Discord, Slack, and ~20 other platforms), a TUI,
-and an Electron desktop app. It learns across sessions (memory + skills),
-delegates to subagents, runs scheduled jobs, and drives a real terminal and
-browser. It is extended primarily through **plugins and skills**, not by
-growing the core.
-
-Two properties shape almost every design decision and are the lens for
-reviewing any change:
-
-- **Per-conversation prompt caching is sacred.** A long-lived conversation
-  reuses a cached prefix every turn. Anything that mutates past context,
-  swaps toolsets, or rebuilds the system prompt mid-conversation invalidates
-  that cache and multiplies the user's cost. We do not do it (the one
-  exception is context compression).
-- **The core is a narrow waist; capability lives at the edges.** Every model
-  tool we add is sent on every API call, so the bar for a new *core* tool is
-  high. Most new capability should arrive as a CLI command + skill, a
-  service-gated tool, or a plugin — not as core surface.
-
-## Contribution Rubric — What We Want / What We Don't
-
-This is the project's intent layer. Use it two ways:
-
-1. **For humans and for your own work** — what gets merged and what gets
-   rejected, so a contribution aims at the target.
-2. **For automated review (the triage sweeper)** — guidance on when a PR is
-   safe to close on the three allowed reasons (`implemented_on_main`,
-   `cannot_reproduce`, `incoherent`) and, just as important, **when NOT to
-   close** one. Taste-based "we don't want this / out of scope" closes are NOT
-   an automated decision — those stay with a human maintainer. The sweeper's
-   job here is to recognize design intent and *avoid wrongly closing a
-   legitimate contribution*, not to make the won't-implement call itself.
-
-Read the balance right: Hermes ships a **lot** — most merges are bug fixes to
-real reported behavior, and the product surface (platforms, channels,
-providers, models, desktop/TUI features) expands aggressively and on purpose.
-The restraint below is aimed squarely at the **core agent + the model tool
-schema**, the one place where every addition is paid for on every API call.
-"Smallest footprint" governs *how a capability is wired into the core*, NOT
-whether the product is allowed to grow. We are expansive at the edges and
-conservative at the waist.
-
-### What we want
-
-- **Fix real bugs, well.** The bulk of what lands is `fix(...)` against an
-  actual reported symptom. A good fix reproduces the symptom on current
-  `main`, points to the exact line where it manifests, and fixes the whole bug
-  class — sibling call paths included — not just the one site the reporter hit.
-- **Expand reach at the edges.** New platform adapters, channels, providers,
-  models, and desktop/TUI/dashboard features are welcome and land routinely,
-  including large ones (a new messaging channel, a session-cap feature, a
-  Windows PTY bridge). Breadth in the product is a goal, not a footprint
-  concern — as long as it integrates with the existing setup/config UX
-  (`hermes tools`, `hermes setup`, auto-install) rather than bolting on a raw
-  env var.
-- **Refactor god-files into clean modules.** Extracting a multi-thousand-line
-  cluster out of `cli.py` / `run_agent.py` / `gateway/run.py` into a focused
-  mixin or module is wanted work, even when the diff is huge and mechanical
-  (large `+N/-N` refactors merge regularly). The "every line traces to the
-  request" test applies to *feature* PRs; a declared refactor's request IS the
-  extraction.
-- **Keep the core narrow.** New *model tools* are the expensive exception —
-  every tool ships on every API call. Prefer, in order: extend existing code →
-  CLI command + skill → service-gated tool (`check_fn`) → plugin → MCP server
-  in the catalog → new core tool (last resort). See "The Footprint Ladder."
-- **Extend, don't duplicate.** Before adding a module/manager/hook, check
-  whether existing infrastructure already covers the use case. When several PRs
-  integrate the same *category*, design one shared interface instead of merging
-  them one at a time (see the ABC + orchestrator note under the Footprint
-  Ladder).
-- **Behavior contracts over snapshots.** Tests should assert how two pieces of
-  data must relate (invariants), not freeze a current value (model lists,
-  config version literals, enumeration counts). See "Don't write
-  change-detector tests."
-- **E2E validation, not just green unit mocks.** For anything touching
-  resolution chains, config propagation, security boundaries, remote
-  backends, or file/network I/O, exercise the real path with real imports
-  against a temp `HERMES_HOME`. Mocks hide integration bugs.
-- **Cache-, alternation-, and invariant-safe.** Preserve prompt caching, strict
-  message role alternation (never two same-role messages in a row; never a
-  synthetic user message injected mid-loop), and a system prompt that is
-  byte-stable for the life of a conversation.
-- **Contributor credit preserved.** Salvage external work by cherry-picking
-  (rebase-merge) so authorship survives in git history; don't reimplement from
-  scratch when you can build on top.
-
-### What we don't want (rejected even when well-built)
-
-- **Speculative infrastructure.** Hooks, callbacks, or extension points with no
-  concrete consumer. Adding a hook is easy; removing one after plugins depend
-  on it is hard. A hook is NOT speculative if a contributor has a real, stated
-  use case — even if the consumer ships separately.
-- **New `HERMES_*` env vars for non-secret config.** `.env` is for secrets
-  only (API keys, tokens, passwords). All behavioral settings — timeouts,
-  thresholds, feature flags, display prefs — go in `config.yaml`. Bridge to an
-  internal env var if the mechanism needs one, but user-facing docs point to
-  `config.yaml`. Reject PRs that tell users to "set X in your .env" unless X
-  is a credential.
-- **A new core tool when terminal + file already do the job, or when a skill
-  would.** If the only barrier is file visibility on a remote backend, fix the
-  mount, not the toolset.
-- **Lazy-reading escape hatches on instructional tools.** No `offset`/`limit`
-  pagination on tools that load content the agent must read fully (skills,
-  prompts, playbooks). Models will read page 1 and skip the rest.
-- **"Fixes" that destroy the feature they secure.** A mitigation that kills the
-  feature's purpose is the wrong mitigation. Read the original commit's intent
-  (`git log -p -S`) before restricting behavior; find a fix that preserves the
-  feature.
-- **Outbound telemetry / usage attribution without opt-in gating.** No new
-  analytics, third-party identifier tagging, or attribution tags until a
-  generic user-facing opt-in (config gate + setup prompt + `hermes tools`
-  toggle) exists. Park behind a label, do not merge.
-- **Change-detector tests, cache-breaking mid-conversation, dead code wired in
-  without E2E proof, and plugins that touch core files.** Plugins live in their
-  own directory and work within the ABCs/hooks we provide; if a plugin needs
-  more, widen the generic plugin surface, don't special-case it in core.
-
-### Before you call it a bug — verify the premise (and when NOT to close)
-
-The most common reason a well-written PR gets closed is not code quality — it
-is that the change is built on a **wrong premise**, or it treats an
-**intentional design as a gap**. These patterns cut both ways: they tell a
-human reviewer what to scrutinize, and they tell the automated sweeper when a
-PR is NOT safe to close as `implemented_on_main` / `cannot_reproduce` (when in
-doubt, leave it open for a human). They are distilled from real closes.
-
-- **"Intentional design, not a gap."** A limitation that looks like an
-  oversight is often deliberate. Before "fixing" a missing link or a
-  restriction, ask whether the isolation IS the design. Example: profiles are
-  independent islands on purpose — a PR adding live config inheritance from the
-  default profile was closed because coupling profiles together is exactly what
-  the design prevents (the copy-at-creation `--clone` path already covers the
-  legitimate "start from my default" case). Read the original commit's intent
-  (`git log -p -S "<symbol>"`) before assuming something is unfinished.
-- **"The premise doesn't hold against how X actually works."** A PR's
-  justification frequently rests on a wrong mental model of an existing
-  mechanism. Trace the real code/runtime before accepting the rationale. Two
-  real closes: a rate-limit "re-probe during cooldown" PR (the breaker only
-  trips on a *confirmed-empty* account bucket, so re-probing just hammers a
-  bucket we've already proven empty); a usage-accumulation fix whose new branch
-  **never executes at runtime** because an earlier guard already popped the
-  state it depended on. If you can't point to the exact line where the bug
-  manifests AND show the fix changes that line's behavior, you haven't verified
-  the premise.
-- **"This fix was wrong — the absence/omission was deliberate."** Adding the
-  obvious-looking missing piece can break things the omission was protecting.
-  Example: restoring "missing" `__init__.py` files made a test tree importable
-  as a dotted package that shadowed the real plugin, deleting its `register()`
-  at import time. The absence was load-bearing.
-- **"Overreached / resurrected an approach we'd moved past."** Scope creep that
-  supersedes an agreed-on base, or revives a direction the maintainers
-  deliberately closed, gets rejected even when the code works. Keep the change
-  to the narrow piece that was actually agreed; offer the rest as a focused
-  follow-up.
-
-The throughline: **verify the claim AND the intent against the codebase before
-writing or merging a fix.** A confirmed reproduction on current `main` plus a
-line-level account of where the fix acts beats a plausible-sounding rationale
-every time. When in doubt about intent, it is cheaper to ask than to ship a
-fix that fights the design.
-
-### The Footprint Ladder (new capability decision)
-
-Each rung adds more permanent surface than the one above. Choose the highest
-(least-footprint) rung that correctly solves the problem:
-
-1. **Extend existing code** — the capability is a variation of something that
-   already exists. Zero new surface.
-2. **CLI command + skill** — manages config/state/infra expressible as shell
-   commands. The agent runs `hermes <subcommand>` guided by a skill. Zero
-   model-tool footprint. Default choice for subscriptions, scheduled tasks,
-   service setup. Examples: `hermes webhook`, `hermes cron`, `hermes tools`.
-3. **Service-gated tool (`check_fn`)** — needs structured params/returns AND
-   only appears when a prerequisite is configured. Zero footprint otherwise.
-   Examples: Home Assistant tools (gated on token), memory-provider tools.
-4. **Plugin** — third-party/niche/user-specific capability that doesn't ship in
-   core. Lives in `~/.hermes/plugins/` or a pip package, discovered at runtime.
-5. **MCP server (in the catalog)** — if the capability genuinely needs to be a
-   tool (structured I/O the agent invokes) but isn't core-fundamental, prefer
-   building it as an MCP server and adding it to the MCP catalog over growing
-   the core toolset. The agent connects to it through the built-in MCP client;
-   zero permanent core-schema footprint, and it's reusable by any MCP host.
-6. **New core tool** — only when the capability is fundamental, broadly useful
-   to nearly every user, and unreachable via terminal + file (or an MCP server).
-   Examples of correct core tools: terminal, read_file, web_search,
-   browser_navigate.
-
-When 3+ open PRs try to integrate the same *category* of thing (memory
-backends, providers, notifiers), don't merge them one at a time — design an
-ABC + orchestrator, wrap the existing built-in as the first provider, and turn
-the competing PRs into plugins against that interface.
-
 ## Development Environment
 
 ```bash
@@ -459,7 +264,7 @@ npm install       # first time
 npm run dev       # watch mode (rebuilds hermes-ink + tsx --watch)
 npm start         # production
 npm run build     # full build (hermes-ink + tsc)
-npm run typecheck # typecheck only (tsc --noEmit)
+npm run type-check # typecheck only (tsc --noEmit)
 npm run lint      # eslint
 npm run fmt       # prettier
 npm test          # vitest
@@ -497,11 +302,9 @@ A **separate** chat surface from both the classic CLI and the dashboard's embedd
 
 ## Adding New Tools
 
-Before adding any tool, settle the footprint question first (see "The
-Footprint Ladder" in the Contribution Rubric): most capabilities should NOT
-be core tools. For custom or local-only tools, do **not** edit Hermes core.
-Use the plugin route instead: create `~/.hermes/plugins/<name>/plugin.yaml`
-and `~/.hermes/plugins/<name>/__init__.py`, then register tools with
+For most custom or local-only tools, do **not** edit Hermes core. Use the plugin
+route instead: create `~/.hermes/plugins/<name>/plugin.yaml` and
+`~/.hermes/plugins/<name>/__init__.py`, then register tools with
 `ctx.register_tool(...)`. Plugin toolsets are discovered automatically and can be
 enabled or disabled without touching `tools/` or `toolsets.py`.
 

Dockerfile

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/opt/hermes/.playwright
 # hermes process, the dashboard, and per-profile gateways.
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    ca-certificates curl iputils-ping python3 python-is-python3 ripgrep ffmpeg gcc g++ make cmake python3-dev python3-venv libffi-dev libolm-dev procps git openssh-client docker-cli xz-utils && \
+    ca-certificates curl iputils-ping python3 python-is-python3 ripgrep ffmpeg gcc python3-dev python3-venv libffi-dev libolm-dev procps git openssh-client docker-cli xz-utils && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # ---------- s6-overlay install ----------
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ RUN npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit && \
 #
 # `uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --extra all --extra messaging`
 # installs the deps reachable through the composite `[all]` extra
-# (handpicked set intended for the production image — excludes `[dev]`),
-# plus gateway messaging adapters that should work in the published image
-# without a first-boot lazy install.  We do NOT use `--all-extras`:
+# (handpicked set intended for the production image), plus gateway
+# messaging adapters that should work in the published image without a
+# first-boot lazy install.  We do NOT use `--all-extras`:
 # that would pull in `[rl]` (atroposlib + tinker + torch + wandb from
 # git), `[yc-bench]` (another git dep), and `[termux-all]` (Android
 # redundancy), none of which belong in the published container.
@@ -164,30 +164,19 @@ RUN npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit && \
 # image update and recall/retain then fails with
 # `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'hindsight_client'` (#38128).
 #
-# The Matrix gateway's deps ([matrix] extra) are baked in because
-# python-olm (transitive via mautrix[encryption]) builds from source on
-# Python/image combinations without usable wheels.  The Docker image is
-# Linux-only, so keeping the native libolm/build-toolchain packages here
-# avoids the cross-platform failures that kept [matrix] out of [all]
-# while still making Matrix work in the published container. Fixes #30399.
-#
 # The editable link is created after the source copy below.
 COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock ./
 RUN touch ./README.md
-RUN uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --extra all --extra messaging --extra anthropic --extra bedrock --extra azure-identity --extra hindsight --extra matrix
-
-# ---------- Frontend build (cached independently from Python source) ----------
-# Copy only the frontend source trees first so that Python-only changes don't
-# invalidate the (relatively slow) web + ui-tui build layer.
-COPY web/ web/
-COPY ui-tui/ ui-tui/
-RUN cd web && npm run build && \
-    cd ../ui-tui && npm run build
+RUN uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --extra all --extra messaging --extra anthropic --extra bedrock --extra azure-identity --extra hindsight
 
 # ---------- Source code ----------
 # .dockerignore excludes node_modules, so the installs above survive.
 COPY --chown=hermes:hermes . .
 
+# Build browser dashboard and terminal UI assets.
+RUN cd web && npm run build && \
+    cd ../ui-tui && npm run build
+
 # ---------- Permissions ----------
 # Make install dir world-readable so any HERMES_UID can read it at runtime.
 # The venv needs to be traversable too.

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 graft skills
 graft optional-skills
-graft optional-mcps
 graft locales
 # Bundled plugin manifests (plugin.yaml / plugin.yml). Without these the
 # PluginManager scan (hermes_cli/plugins.py) finds zero plugins on installs

README.md

@@ -3,16 +3,13 @@
 </p>
 
 # Hermes Agent ☤
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/">Hermes Agent</a> | <a href="https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/">Hermes Desktop</a>
-</p>
+
 <p align="center">
   <a href="https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Docs-hermes--agent.nousresearch.com-FFD700?style=for-the-badge" alt="Documentation"></a>
   <a href="https://discord.gg/NousResearch"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-5865F2?style=for-the-badge&logo=discord&logoColor=white" alt="Discord"></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green?style=for-the-badge" alt="License: MIT"></a>
   <a href="https://nousresearch.com"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Built%20by-Nous%20Research-blueviolet?style=for-the-badge" alt="Built by Nous Research"></a>
   <a href="README.zh-CN.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Lang-中文-red?style=for-the-badge" alt="中文"></a>
-  <a href="README.ur-pk.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Lang-اردو-green?style=for-the-badge" alt="اردو"></a>
 </p>
 
 **The self-improving AI agent built by [Nous Research](https://nousresearch.com).** It's the only agent with a built-in learning loop — it creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, searches its own past conversations, and builds a deepening model of who you are across sessions. Run it on a $5 VPS, a GPU cluster, or serverless infrastructure that costs nearly nothing when idle. It's not tied to your laptop — talk to it from Telegram while it works on a cloud VM.
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ If you already have Git installed, the installer detects it and uses that instea
 
 > **Android / Termux:** The tested manual path is documented in the [Termux guide](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/termux). On Termux, Hermes installs a curated `.[termux]` extra because the full `.[all]` extra currently pulls Android-incompatible voice dependencies.
 >
-> **Windows:** Native Windows is fully supported — the PowerShell one-liner above installs everything. If you'd rather use WSL2, the Linux command works there too. Native Windows install lives under `%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes`; WSL2 installs under `~/.hermes` as on Linux.
+> **Windows:** Native Windows is fully supported — the PowerShell one-liner above installs everything. If you'd rather use WSL2, the Linux command works there too. Native Windows install lives under `%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes`; WSL2 installs under `~/.hermes` as on Linux. The only Hermes feature that currently needs WSL2 specifically is the browser-based dashboard chat pane (it uses a POSIX PTY — classic CLI and gateway both run natively).
 
 After installation:
 

README.ur-pk.md

@@ -1,261 +0,0 @@
-<div dir="rtl">
-
-<p align="center">
-  <img src="assets/banner.png" alt="Hermes Agent" width="100%">
-</p>
-
-# ہرمیس ایجنٹ ☤ (Hermes Agent)
-
-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Docs-hermes--agent.nousresearch.com-FFD700?style=for-the-badge" alt="Documentation"></a>
-  <a href="https://discord.gg/NousResearch"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-5865F2?style=for-the-badge&logo=discord&logoColor=white" alt="Discord"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green?style=for-the-badge" alt="License: MIT"></a>
-  <a href="https://nousresearch.com"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Built%20by-Nous%20Research-blueviolet?style=for-the-badge" alt="Built by Nous Research"></a>
-  <a href="README.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Lang-English-lightgrey?style=for-the-badge" alt="English"></a>
-  <a href="README.zh-CN.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Lang-中文-red?style=for-the-badge" alt="中文"></a>
-</p>
-
-**[نوس ریسرچ (Nous Research)](https://nousresearch.com) کا تیار کردہ خود کو بہتر بنانے والا اے آئی (AI) ایجنٹ۔** یہ واحد ایجنٹ ہے جس میں سیکھنے کا عمل (learning loop) پہلے سے موجود ہے — یہ اپنے تجربات سے نئی مہارتیں (skills) بناتا ہے، استعمال کے دوران ان کو بہتر کرتا ہے، معلومات کو محفوظ رکھنے کے لیے خود کو یاد دہانی کرواتا ہے، اپنی پرانی بات چیت کو تلاش کر سکتا ہے، اور مختلف سیشنز کے دوران آپ کے بارے میں ایک گہری سمجھ پیدا کرتا ہے۔ اسے $5 والے VPS پر چلائیں، GPU کلسٹر پر، یا سرور لیس (serverless) انفراسٹرکچر پر جس کی قیمت استعمال نہ ہونے پر تقریباً صفر ہے۔ یہ آپ کے لیپ ٹاپ تک محدود نہیں ہے — آپ ٹیلی گرام (Telegram) سے اس کے ساتھ بات چیت کر سکتے ہیں جبکہ یہ کلاؤڈ VM پر کام کر رہا ہو۔
-
-آپ اپنی مرضی کا کوئی بھی ماڈل استعمال کر سکتے ہیں — [Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com)، [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai) (200 سے زائد ماڈلز)، [NovitaAI](https://novita.ai) (ماڈل API، ایجنٹ سینڈ باکس، اور GPU کلاؤڈ کے لیے اے آئی مقامی کلاؤڈ)، [NVIDIA NIM](https://build.nvidia.com) (Nemotron)، [Xiaomi MiMo](https://platform.xiaomimimo.com)، [z.ai/GLM](https://z.ai)، [Kimi/Moonshot](https://platform.moonshot.ai)، [MiniMax](https://www.minimax.io)، [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co)، OpenAI، یا اپنا حسب ضرورت اینڈ پوائنٹ (endpoint) استعمال کریں۔ ماڈل تبدیل کرنے کے لیے صرف `hermes model` استعمال کریں — کسی کوڈ کو تبدیل کرنے کی ضرورت نہیں، کوئی پابندی نہیں۔
-
-<table>
-<tr><td><b>حقیقی ٹرمینل انٹرفیس</b></td><td>مکمل TUI جس میں ملٹی لائن ایڈیٹنگ، سلیش-کمانڈ آٹو کمپلیٹ، بات چیت کی ہسٹری، انٹرپٹ اور ری ڈائریکٹ، اور سٹریمنگ ٹول آؤٹ پٹ شامل ہے۔</td></tr>
-<tr><td><b>یہ وہاں موجود ہے جہاں آپ ہیں</b></td><td>ٹیلی گرام، ڈسکارڈ (Discord)، سلیک (Slack)، واٹس ایپ (WhatsApp)، سگنل (Signal)، اور CLI — سب ایک ہی گیٹ وے پروسیس سے کام کرتے ہیں۔ وائس میمو (Voice memo) ٹرانسکرپشن، کراس پلیٹ فارم بات چیت کا تسلسل۔</td></tr>
-<tr><td><b>سیکھنے کا ایک مکمل عمل</b></td><td>ایجنٹ کی اپنی ترتیب دی گئی میموری، جس میں وہ خود کو وقتاً فوقتاً یاد دہانی کرواتا ہے۔ پیچیدہ کاموں کے بعد خود کار طریقے سے مہارت (skill) کی تخلیق۔ استعمال کے دوران مہارتوں میں بہتری۔ LLM سمرائزیشن کے ساتھ FTS5 سیشن سرچ تاکہ پرانے سیشنز کی یاددہانی کی جا سکے۔ <a href="https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho">Honcho</a> کے ذریعے صارف کی ماڈلنگ۔ <a href="https://agentskills.io">agentskills.io</a> اوپن سٹینڈرڈ کے ساتھ مکمل مطابقت۔</td></tr>
-<tr><td><b>شیڈول کی گئی خودکار کارروائیاں</b></td><td>بلٹ ان (Built-in) کرون (cron) شیڈیولر جو کسی بھی پلیٹ فارم پر ڈیلیوری کے لیے استعمال ہو سکتا ہے۔ روزانہ کی رپورٹس، رات کے بیک اپس، ہفتہ وار آڈٹس — یہ سب کچھ قدرتی زبان (natural language) میں اور بغیر کسی نگرانی کے کام کرتا ہے۔</td></tr>
-<tr><td><b>کام کی تقسیم اور متوازی عمل</b></td><td>متوازی (parallel) کاموں کے لیے الگ سے ذیلی ایجنٹس (subagents) بنائیں۔ پائتھون (Python) سکرپٹس لکھیں جو RPC کے ذریعے ٹولز کو استعمال کریں، تاکہ کئی مراحل پر مشتمل کاموں کو بغیر کسی سیاق و سباق (context) کے خرچ کے، ایک ہی باری میں انجام دیا جا سکے۔</td></tr>
-<tr><td><b>کہیں بھی چلائیں، صرف اپنے لیپ ٹاپ پر نہیں</b></td><td>چھ (Six) ٹرمینل بیک اینڈز — لوکل، Docker، SSH، Singularity، Modal، اور Daytona۔ ڈیٹونا (Daytona) اور موڈل (Modal) سرور لیس (serverless) فعالیت پیش کرتے ہیں — جب آپ کا ایجنٹ فارغ ہوتا ہے تو اس کا ماحول سلیپ (hibernate) ہو جاتا ہے اور ضرورت پڑنے پر خود بخود جاگ جاتا ہے، جس کی وجہ سے سیشنز کے درمیان لاگت تقریباً صفر رہتی ہے۔ اسے $5 والے VPS یا GPU کلسٹر پر چلائیں۔</td></tr>
-<tr><td><b>تحقیق کے لیے تیار</b></td><td>بیچ (Batch) ٹریجیکٹری (trajectory) جنریشن، اگلی نسل کے ٹول کالنگ ماڈلز کی تربیت کے لیے ٹریجیکٹری کمپریشن۔</td></tr>
-</table>
-
----
-
-## فوری انسٹالیشن (Quick Install)
-
-### لینکس (Linux)، میک او ایس (macOS)، ڈبلیو ایس ایل ٹو (WSL2)، ٹرمکس (Termux)
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-```bash
-curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash
-```
-
-</div>
-
-### ونڈوز (نیٹو، پاور شیل)
-
-> **توجہ فرمائیں:** مقامی ونڈوز (Native Windows) پر ہرمیس بغیر WSL کے چلتا ہے — CLI، گیٹ وے، TUI، اور ٹولز سب مقامی طور پر کام کرتے ہیں۔ اگر آپ WSL2 استعمال کرنا پسند کرتے ہیں، تو اوپر دی گئی لینکس/میک او ایس کی کمانڈ وہاں بھی کام کرے گی۔ کوئی مسئلہ نظر آیا؟ براہ کرم [مسائل (issues) درج کریں](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues)۔
-
-اسے پاور شیل (PowerShell) میں چلائیں:
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-```powershell
-iex (irm https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.ps1)
-```
-
-</div>
-
-انسٹالر سب کچھ خود سنبھالتا ہے: uv، Python 3.11، Node.js، ripgrep، ffmpeg، **اور ایک پورٹ ایبل (portable) گٹ بیش (Git Bash)** (یعنی MinGit، جو `%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes\git` میں ان پیک ہوتا ہے — اس کے لیے ایڈمن کی اجازت درکار نہیں، اور یہ سسٹم کے کسی بھی گٹ انسٹال سے بالکل الگ ہے)۔ ہرمیس اس بنڈل شدہ گٹ بیش کو شیل کمانڈز چلانے کے لیے استعمال کرتا ہے۔
-
-اگر آپ کے پاس پہلے سے گٹ (Git) انسٹال ہے، تو انسٹالر اسے شناخت کر لیتا ہے اور اسے ہی استعمال کرتا ہے۔ بصورت دیگر آپ کو صرف ~45MB کے MinGit ڈاؤنلوڈ کی ضرورت ہوگی — یہ آپ کے سسٹم کے گٹ پر کوئی اثر نہیں ڈالے گا۔
-
-> **اینڈرائیڈ (Android) / ٹرمکس (Termux):** ٹیسٹ کیا گیا مینوئل طریقہ [Termux گائیڈ](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/termux) میں موجود ہے۔ ٹرمکس پر ہرمیس ایک مخصوص `.[termux]` ایکسٹرا انسٹال کرتا ہے کیونکہ مکمل `.[all]` ایکسٹرا میں ایسی وائس ڈیپینڈینسیز شامل ہیں جو اینڈرائیڈ کے ساتھ مطابقت نہیں رکھتیں۔
->
-> **ونڈوز (Windows):** مقامی ونڈوز کی مکمل سپورٹ موجود ہے — اوپر دی گئی پاور شیل کی کمانڈ سب کچھ انسٹال کر دیتی ہے۔ اگر آپ WSL2 استعمال کرنا چاہتے ہیں، تو لینکس کی کمانڈ وہاں کام کرتی ہے۔ مقامی ونڈوز میں انسٹالیشن `%LOCALAPPDATA%\hermes` میں ہوتی ہے؛ جبکہ WSL2 میں لینکس کی طرح `~/.hermes` میں ہوتی ہے۔ ہرمیس کا وہ واحد فیچر جسے فی الحال خاص طور پر WSL2 کی ضرورت ہے وہ براؤزر پر مبنی ڈیش بورڈ چیٹ پین ہے (یہ POSIX PTY استعمال کرتا ہے — کلاسک CLI اور گیٹ وے دونوں مقامی طور پر چلتے ہیں)۔
-
-انسٹالیشن کے بعد:
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-```bash
-source ~/.bashrc    # شیل کو ری لوڈ کریں (یا: source ~/.zshrc)
-hermes              # بات چیت شروع کریں!
-```
-
-</div>
-
----
-
-## آغاز کریں (Getting Started)
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-```bash
-hermes              # انٹرایکٹو CLI — بات چیت شروع کریں
-hermes model        # اپنا LLM پرووائیڈر اور ماڈل منتخب کریں
-hermes tools        # کنفیگر کریں کہ کون سے ٹولز ایکٹو ہیں
-hermes config set   # انفرادی کنفگ (config) ویلیوز سیٹ کریں
-hermes gateway      # میسجنگ گیٹ وے شروع کریں (ٹیلی گرام، ڈسکارڈ، وغیرہ)
-hermes setup        # مکمل سیٹ اپ وزرڈ چلائیں (یہ سب کچھ ایک ساتھ کنفیگر کر دے گا)
-hermes claw migrate # OpenClaw سے مائیگریٹ کریں (اگر آپ OpenClaw سے آ رہے ہیں)
-hermes update       # لیٹسٹ ورژن پر اپ ڈیٹ کریں
-hermes doctor       # کسی بھی مسئلے کی تشخیص کریں
-```
-
-</div>
-
-📖 **[مکمل دستاویزات →](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/)**
-
----
-
-## API-کیز اکٹھی کرنے سے بچیں — Nous Portal
-
-ہرمیس آپ کے پسندیدہ پرووائیڈر کے ساتھ کام کرتا ہے — یہ چیز تبدیل نہیں ہو رہی۔ لیکن اگر آپ ماڈل، ویب سرچ، امیج جنریشن، TTS، اور کلاؤڈ براؤزر کے لیے پانچ الگ الگ API کیز جمع نہیں کرنا چاہتے، تو **[Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com)** ان سب کو ایک ہی سبسکرپشن کے تحت کور کرتا ہے:
-
-- **300+ ماڈلز** — ان میں سے کوئی بھی ماڈل `/model <name>` کے ذریعے منتخب کریں
-- **ٹول گیٹ وے (Tool Gateway)** — ویب سرچ (Firecrawl)، امیج جنریشن (FAL)، ٹیکسٹ ٹو سپیچ (OpenAI)، کلاؤڈ براؤزر (Browser Use)، یہ سب آپ کی سبسکرپشن کے ذریعے چلتے ہیں۔ کسی اضافی اکاؤنٹ کی ضرورت نہیں۔
-
-نئی انسٹالیشن کے بعد بس ایک کمانڈ کی ضرورت ہے:
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-```bash
-hermes setup --portal
-```
-
-</div>
-
-یہ آپ کو OAuth کے ذریعے لاگ ان کرواتا ہے، Nous کو آپ کا پرووائیڈر مقرر کرتا ہے، اور ٹول گیٹ وے کو آن کر دیتا ہے۔ `hermes portal info` کمانڈ استعمال کر کے آپ کسی بھی وقت چیک کر سکتے ہیں کہ کون کون سی سروسز منسلک ہیں۔ مکمل تفصیلات [Tool Gateway دستاویزات کے صفحے](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/tool-gateway) پر موجود ہیں۔
-
-آپ اب بھی کسی بھی ٹول کے لیے اپنی مرضی کی API کیز استعمال کر سکتے ہیں — گیٹ وے ہر سروس کے لیے الگ الگ کام کرتا ہے، ایسا نہیں کہ یا تو سب کچھ استعمال کریں یا کچھ بھی نہیں۔
-
----
-
-## CLI بمقابلہ میسجنگ فوری حوالہ
-
-ہرمیس کے دو بنیادی انٹر فیس ہیں: آپ ٹرمینل UI کو `hermes` کے ساتھ شروع کریں، یا گیٹ وے چلا کر اس کے ساتھ ٹیلی گرام، ڈسکارڈ، سلیک، واٹس ایپ، سگنل، یا ای میل کے ذریعے بات کریں۔ جب آپ کسی بات چیت میں ہوتے ہیں، تو بہت سی سلیش (slash) کمانڈز دونوں انٹرفیسز میں ایک جیسی ہوتی ہیں۔
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-| کارروائی (Action)                         | سی ایل آئی (CLI)                              | میسجنگ پلیٹ فارمز (Messaging platforms)                                          |
-| --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| بات چیت شروع کریں                       | `hermes`                                      | `hermes gateway setup` اور `hermes gateway start` چلائیں، پھر بوٹ کو میسج بھیجیں |
-| نئی بات چیت شروع کریں                   | `/new` یا `/reset`                            | `/new` یا `/reset`                                                               |
-| ماڈل تبدیل کریں                         | `/model [provider:model]`                     | `/model [provider:model]`                                                        |
-| پرسنلٹی (Personality) سیٹ کریں           | `/personality [name]`                         | `/personality [name]`                                                            |
-| پچھلی باری کو دوبارہ یا منسوخ (undo) کریں | `/retry`، `/undo`                             | `/retry`، `/undo`                                                                |
-| کانٹیکسٹ (context) کمپریس کریں / استعمال چیک کریں | `/compress`، `/usage`، `/insights [--days N]` | `/compress`، `/usage`، `/insights [days]`                                        |
-| مہارتیں (Skills) براؤز کریں             | `/skills` یا `/<skill-name>`                  | `/<skill-name>`                                                                  |
-| موجودہ کام کو روکیں                     | `Ctrl+C` دبائیں یا نیا میسج بھیجیں            | `/stop` یا نیا میسج بھیجیں                                                       |
-| پلیٹ فارم کے لحاظ سے سٹیٹس              | `/platforms`                                  | `/status`، `/sethome`                                                            |
-
-</div>
-
-مکمل کمانڈ لسٹ کے لیے، [CLI گائیڈ](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/cli) اور [میسجنگ گیٹ وے گائیڈ](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging) دیکھیں۔
-
----
-
-## دستاویزات (Documentation)
-
-تمام دستاویزات **[hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/)** پر موجود ہیں:
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-| سیکشن (Section)                                                                                     | تفصیل (What's Covered)                                     |
-| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
-| [فوری آغاز (Quickstart)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/getting-started/quickstart)     | انسٹالیشن → سیٹ اپ → 2 منٹ میں پہلی بات چیت شروع کریں       |
-| [CLI کا استعمال](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/cli)                         | کمانڈز، کی بائنڈنگز (keybindings)، پرسنلٹیز (personalities)، سیشنز |
-| [کنفیگریشن (Configuration)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/configuration)    | کنفگ فائل، پرووائیڈرز، ماڈلز، اور تمام آپشنز               |
-| [میسجنگ گیٹ وے](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/messaging)                    | ٹیلی گرام، ڈسکارڈ، سلیک، واٹس ایپ، سگنل، ہوم اسسٹنٹ         |
-| [سیکیورٹی (Security)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/security)              | کمانڈ کی منظوری، DM پیئرنگ (pairing)، کنٹینر آئسولیشن       |
-| [ٹولز اور ٹول سیٹس](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/tools)          | 40 سے زائد ٹولز، ٹول سیٹ سسٹم، ٹرمینل بیک اینڈز             |
-| [مہارتوں کا سسٹم (Skills System)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/skills)| پروسیجرل (Procedural) میموری، سکلز ہب، نئی مہارتیں بنانا    |
-| [میموری (Memory)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/memory)            | مستقل میموری، یوزر پروفائلز، بہترین طریقہ کار              |
-| [MCP انضمام (Integration)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/mcp)      | صلاحیتوں کو بڑھانے کے لیے کسی بھی MCP سرور کو جوڑیں        |
-| [کرون (Cron) شیڈیولنگ](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/cron)         | پلیٹ فارم ڈیلیوری کے ساتھ شیڈول کیے گئے کام                 |
-| [کانٹیکسٹ (Context) فائلز](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/context-files)| پروجیکٹ کا سیاق و سباق (context) جو ہر بات چیت پر اثر انداز ہوتا ہے |
-| [آرکیٹیکچر (Architecture)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/developer-guide/architecture) | پروجیکٹ کا ڈھانچہ، ایجنٹ لوپ، اہم کلاسز                    |
-| [تعاون (Contributing)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/developer-guide/contributing)     | ڈیویلپمنٹ سیٹ اپ، PR کا طریقہ کار، کوڈنگ کا انداز          |
-| [CLI حوالہ جات (Reference)](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/cli-commands)      | تمام کمانڈز اور فلیگز (flags)                              |
-| [انوائرمنٹ ویری ایبلز](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/reference/environment-variables)  | مکمل انوائرمنٹ ویری ایبل حوالہ جات                         |
-
-</div>
-
----
-
-## OpenClaw سے منتقلی
-
-اگر آپ OpenClaw سے منتقل ہو رہے ہیں، تو ہرمیس آپ کی سیٹنگز، یادیں (memories)، مہارتیں (skills)، اور API کیز کو خود بخود امپورٹ کر سکتا ہے۔
-
-**پہلی بار سیٹ اپ کے دوران:** سیٹ اپ وزرڈ (`hermes setup`) خود بخود `~/.openclaw` کو پہچان لیتا ہے اور کنفیگریشن شروع ہونے سے پہلے مائیگریٹ (migrate) کرنے کا آپشن دیتا ہے۔
-
-**انسٹالیشن کے بعد کسی بھی وقت:**
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-```bash
-hermes claw migrate              # انٹرایکٹو مائیگریشن (مکمل پری سیٹ)
-hermes claw migrate --dry-run    # جائزہ لیں کہ کیا کیا مائیگریٹ ہوگا
-hermes claw migrate --preset user-data   # حساس معلومات (secrets) کے بغیر مائیگریٹ کریں
-hermes claw migrate --overwrite  # موجودہ متصادم فائلوں کو اوور رائٹ کریں
-```
-
-</div>
-
-جو چیزیں امپورٹ ہوتی ہیں:
-
-- **SOUL.md** — پرسونا (persona) فائل
-- **میموریز (Memories)** — MEMORY.md اور USER.md کی اندراجات
-- **مہارتیں (Skills)** — صارف کی بنائی گئی مہارتیں → `~/.hermes/skills/openclaw-imports/`
-- **کمانڈ الاؤ لسٹ (allowlist)** — منظوری کے پیٹرنز (approval patterns)
-- **میسجنگ سیٹنگز** — پلیٹ فارم کنفیگریشنز، اجازت یافتہ صارفین، ورکنگ ڈائریکٹری
-- **API کیز** — الاؤ لسٹ شدہ حساس معلومات (ٹیلی گرام، OpenRouter، OpenAI، Anthropic، ElevenLabs)
-- **TTS اثاثے** — ورک اسپیس کی آڈیو فائلیں
-- **ورک اسپیس کی ہدایات** — AGENTS.md (`--workspace-target` کے ساتھ)
-
-تمام آپشنز دیکھنے کے لیے `hermes claw migrate --help` استعمال کریں، یا انٹرایکٹو ایجنٹ کی مدد سے مائیگریٹ کرنے کے لیے `openclaw-migration` سکل کا استعمال کریں (جس میں ڈرائی رن (dry-run) پریویوز شامل ہیں)۔
-
----
-
-## تعاون کریں (Contributing)
-
-ہم آپ کے تعاون کا خیرمقدم کرتے ہیں! ڈیویلپمنٹ سیٹ اپ، کوڈ کے انداز اور PR کے طریقہ کار کے لیے براہ کرم ہماری [Contributing گائیڈ](https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/developer-guide/contributing) دیکھیں۔
-
-معاونین (contributors) کے لیے فوری آغاز — کلون (clone) کریں اور `setup-hermes.sh` چلائیں:
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent.git
-cd hermes-agent
-./setup-hermes.sh     # uv کو انسٹال کرتا ہے، venv بناتا ہے، .[all] کو انسٹال کرتا ہے، اور ~/.local/bin/hermes کا سیم لنک (symlink) بناتا ہے
-./hermes              # خود بخود venv کی شناخت کرتا ہے، پہلے `source` کرنے کی ضرورت نہیں
-```
-
-</div>
-
-مینوئل طریقہ (اوپر والے طریقے کے مساوی):
-
-<div dir="ltr">
-
-```bash
-curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-uv venv .venv --python 3.11
-source .venv/bin/activate
-uv pip install -e ".[all,dev]"
-scripts/run_tests.sh
-```
-
-</div>
-
----
-
-## کمیونٹی (Community)
-
-- 💬 [ڈسکارڈ (Discord)](https://discord.gg/NousResearch)
-- 📚 [سکلز ہب (Skills Hub)](https://agentskills.io)
-- 🐛 [مسائل (Issues)](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues)
-- 🔌 [computer-use-linux](https://github.com/avifenesh/computer-use-linux) — ہرمیس اور دیگر MCP ہوسٹس کے لیے لینکس (Linux) ڈیسک ٹاپ کنٹرول MCP سرور، جس میں AT-SPI ایکسیسیبلٹی ٹریز، Wayland/X11 ان پٹ، سکرین شاٹس، اور کمپوزیٹر ونڈو ٹارگیٹنگ شامل ہے۔
-- 🔌 [HermesClaw](https://github.com/AaronWong1999/hermesclaw) — کمیونٹی وی چیٹ (WeChat) برج: ہرمیس ایجنٹ اور OpenClaw کو ایک ہی وی چیٹ اکاؤنٹ پر چلائیں۔
-
----
-
-## لائسنس (License)
-
-MIT — تفصیلات کے لیے [LICENSE](LICENSE) دیکھیں۔
-
-[نوس ریسرچ (Nous Research)](https://nousresearch.com) کی جانب سے تیار کردہ۔
-
-</div>

README.zh-CN.md

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   <a href="https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green?style=for-the-badge" alt="License: MIT"></a>
   <a href="https://nousresearch.com"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Built%20by-Nous%20Research-blueviolet?style=for-the-badge" alt="Built by Nous Research"></a>
   <a href="README.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Lang-English-lightgrey?style=for-the-badge" alt="English"></a>
-  <a href="README.ur-pk.md"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Lang-اردو-green?style=for-the-badge" alt="اردو"></a>
 </p>
 
 **由 [Nous Research](https://nousresearch.com) 构建的自进化 AI 代理。** 它是唯一内置学习闭环的智能代理——从经验中创建技能，在使用中改进技能，主动持久化知识，搜索过往对话，并在跨会话中逐步构建对你的深度理解。可以在 $5 的 VPS 上运行，也可以在 GPU 集群上运行，或者使用几乎零成本的 Serverless 基础设施。它不绑定你的笔记本——你可以在 Telegram 上与它对话，而它在云端 VM 上工作。

acp_adapter/provenance.py

@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-"""Derive ACP session-provenance metadata from the existing compression chain.
-
-This is an additive Hermes extension surfaced under ACP ``_meta.hermes`` so
-existing ACP clients ignore it. It carries no new persisted state: everything
-is derived on demand from the ``sessions`` table (``parent_session_id`` /
-``end_reason``), which already models compression-continuation chains.
-
-The ACP/editor ``session_id`` stays the stable public handle. When context
-compression rotates the internal Hermes head, ``build_session_provenance`` lets
-a client see the previous/current internal ids and the lineage root without
-parsing status text, guessing from token drops, or reading ``state.db``.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
-
-# Bound defensive walks; compression chains this deep are pathological.
-_MAX_WALK = 100
-
-
-def build_session_provenance(
-    db: Any,
-    acp_session_id: str,
-    current_hermes_session_id: str,
-    *,
-    previous_hermes_session_id: Optional[str] = None,
-) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Build ``_meta.hermes.sessionProvenance`` for an ACP session.
-
-    Args:
-        db: A ``SessionDB`` (must expose ``get_session``).
-        acp_session_id: The stable ACP/editor-facing session handle.
-        current_hermes_session_id: The live internal Hermes DB session id
-            (``state.agent.session_id``).
-        previous_hermes_session_id: The internal id from before the most recent
-            turn, when known. Supplied by ``prompt()`` to flag a rotation.
-
-    Returns:
-        A dict suitable for ``{"hermes": {"sessionProvenance": <dict>}}`` under
-        ACP ``_meta``, or ``None`` if the session can't be read.
-    """
-    try:
-        row = db.get_session(current_hermes_session_id)
-    except Exception:
-        return None
-    if not row:
-        return None
-
-    parent_id = row.get("parent_session_id")
-    end_reason = row.get("end_reason")
-
-    # Walk parents to the lineage root and count compression depth. Only
-    # compression-split parents (parent.end_reason == 'compression') count
-    # toward depth — delegate/branch children share the parent_session_id
-    # column but are not compaction boundaries.
-    root_id = current_hermes_session_id
-    compression_depth = 0
-    cursor_parent = parent_id
-    seen = {current_hermes_session_id}
-    for _ in range(_MAX_WALK):
-        if not cursor_parent or cursor_parent in seen:
-            break
-        seen.add(cursor_parent)
-        try:
-            prow = db.get_session(cursor_parent)
-        except Exception:
-            prow = None
-        if not prow:
-            break
-        root_id = cursor_parent
-        if prow.get("end_reason") == "compression":
-            compression_depth += 1
-        cursor_parent = prow.get("parent_session_id")
-
-    # A session is a compression continuation when its parent was ended with
-    # end_reason='compression'. Determine that from the immediate parent.
-    is_continuation = False
-    if parent_id:
-        try:
-            immediate_parent = db.get_session(parent_id)
-        except Exception:
-            immediate_parent = None
-        if immediate_parent and immediate_parent.get("end_reason") == "compression":
-            is_continuation = True
-
-    rotated = bool(
-        previous_hermes_session_id
-        and previous_hermes_session_id != current_hermes_session_id
-    )
-
-    provenance: Dict[str, Any] = {
-        "acpSessionId": acp_session_id,
-        "currentHermesSessionId": current_hermes_session_id,
-        "rootHermesSessionId": root_id,
-        "parentHermesSessionId": parent_id,
-        "sessionKind": "continuation" if is_continuation else "root",
-        "compressionDepth": compression_depth,
-    }
-    if previous_hermes_session_id:
-        provenance["previousHermesSessionId"] = previous_hermes_session_id
-    if rotated:
-        # The head moved during the last turn. The only mechanism that rotates
-        # the internal id mid-turn is compression-driven session splitting.
-        provenance["reason"] = "compression"
-        provenance["creatorKind"] = "compression"
-
-    return provenance
-
-
-def session_provenance_meta(
-    db: Any,
-    acp_session_id: str,
-    current_hermes_session_id: str,
-    *,
-    previous_hermes_session_id: Optional[str] = None,
-) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-    """Return a ready ``_meta`` payload: ``{"hermes": {"sessionProvenance": ...}}``."""
-    prov = build_session_provenance(
-        db,
-        acp_session_id,
-        current_hermes_session_id,
-        previous_hermes_session_id=previous_hermes_session_id,
-    )
-    if prov is None:
-        return None
-    return {"hermes": {"sessionProvenance": prov}}

acp_adapter/server.py

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ from acp_adapter.events import (
     make_tool_progress_cb,
 )
 from acp_adapter.permissions import make_approval_callback
-from acp_adapter.provenance import session_provenance_meta
 from acp_adapter.session import SessionManager, SessionState, _expand_acp_enabled_toolsets
 from acp_adapter.tools import build_tool_complete, build_tool_start
 
@@ -710,39 +709,8 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
                 exc_info=True,
             )
 
-    def _provenance_meta(
-        self,
-        acp_session_id: str,
-        current_hermes_session_id: str,
-        previous_hermes_session_id: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> Optional[dict]:
-        """Best-effort ``_meta.hermes.sessionProvenance`` for an ACP session."""
-        try:
-            return session_provenance_meta(
-                self.session_manager._get_db(),
-                acp_session_id,
-                current_hermes_session_id,
-                previous_hermes_session_id=previous_hermes_session_id,
-            )
-        except Exception:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Could not build ACP session provenance for %s", acp_session_id, exc_info=True
-            )
-            return None
-
-    async def _send_session_info_update(
-        self,
-        session_id: str,
-        *,
-        current_hermes_session_id: Optional[str] = None,
-        previous_hermes_session_id: Optional[str] = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        """Send ACP native session metadata after Hermes changes it.
-
-        When the internal Hermes head rotated (e.g. compression-driven session
-        split during a turn), pass ``previous_hermes_session_id`` so the
-        attached ``_meta.hermes.sessionProvenance`` flags the rotation reason.
-        """
+    async def _send_session_info_update(self, session_id: str) -> None:
+        """Send ACP native session metadata after Hermes changes it."""
         if not self._conn:
             return
         try:
@@ -759,16 +727,10 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
         # the updated_at since we're emitting this notification precisely
         # because the title was just refreshed.
         updated_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
-        meta = self._provenance_meta(
-            session_id,
-            current_hermes_session_id or session_id,
-            previous_hermes_session_id,
-        )
         update = SessionInfoUpdate(
             session_update="session_info_update",
             title=title if isinstance(title, str) and title.strip() else None,
             updated_at=updated_at,
-            field_meta=meta,
         )
         try:
             await self._conn.session_update(
@@ -1119,9 +1081,6 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
             session_id=state.session_id,
             models=self._build_model_state(state),
             modes=self._session_modes(state),
-            field_meta=self._provenance_meta(
-                state.session_id, getattr(state.agent, "session_id", state.session_id)
-            ),
         )
 
     async def load_session(
@@ -1166,9 +1125,6 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
         return LoadSessionResponse(
             models=self._build_model_state(state),
             modes=self._session_modes(state),
-            field_meta=self._provenance_meta(
-                session_id, getattr(state.agent, "session_id", session_id)
-            ),
         )
 
     async def resume_session(
@@ -1201,9 +1157,6 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
         return ResumeSessionResponse(
             models=self._build_model_state(state),
             modes=self._session_modes(state),
-            field_meta=self._provenance_meta(
-                state.session_id, getattr(state.agent, "session_id", state.session_id)
-            ),
         )
 
     async def cancel(self, session_id: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
@@ -1541,11 +1494,6 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
                         logger.debug("Could not clear ACP session context", exc_info=True)
 
         try:
-            # Snapshot the internal Hermes DB session id before the turn so we
-            # can detect a compression-driven session rotation afterwards. The
-            # ACP `session_id` stays the stable client handle; agent.session_id
-            # is the live internal head that compression may rotate.
-            pre_turn_hermes_id = getattr(state.agent, "session_id", None)
             # Wrap the executor call in a fresh copy of the current context so
             # concurrent ACP sessions on the shared ThreadPoolExecutor don't
             # stomp on each other's ContextVar writes (HERMES_SESSION_KEY in
@@ -1564,41 +1512,8 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
             # Persist updated history so sessions survive process restarts.
             self.session_manager.save_session(session_id)
 
-        # Detect a compression-driven internal session rotation. If the agent's
-        # DB head moved during the turn, emit a session_info_update carrying
-        # _meta.hermes.sessionProvenance so ACP clients can render the boundary
-        # and keep old/new ids in lineage. The ACP session_id is unchanged.
-        post_turn_hermes_id = getattr(state.agent, "session_id", None)
-        if (
-            conn
-            and post_turn_hermes_id
-            and pre_turn_hermes_id
-            and post_turn_hermes_id != pre_turn_hermes_id
-        ):
-            try:
-                await self._send_session_info_update(
-                    session_id,
-                    current_hermes_session_id=post_turn_hermes_id,
-                    previous_hermes_session_id=pre_turn_hermes_id,
-                )
-            except Exception:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Could not emit ACP provenance update after rotation for %s",
-                    session_id,
-                    exc_info=True,
-                )
-
         final_response = result.get("final_response", "")
-        cancelled = bool(state.cancel_event and state.cancel_event.is_set())
-        interrupted = bool(result.get("interrupted")) or cancelled
-        # Hermes' local "waiting for model response" interrupt status is metadata,
-        # not assistant prose — clients get cancellation from stop_reason instead.
-        from agent.conversation_loop import INTERRUPT_WAITING_FOR_MODEL_PREFIX
-
-        suppress_interrupt_response = interrupted and final_response.startswith(
-            INTERRUPT_WAITING_FOR_MODEL_PREFIX
-        )
-        if final_response and not suppress_interrupt_response:
+        if final_response:
             try:
                 from agent.title_generator import maybe_auto_title
 
@@ -1619,12 +1534,7 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
                 )
             except Exception:
                 logger.debug("Failed to auto-title ACP session %s", session_id, exc_info=True)
-        if (
-            final_response
-            and conn
-            and not suppress_interrupt_response
-            and (not streamed_message or result.get("response_transformed"))
-        ):
+        if final_response and conn and (not streamed_message or result.get("response_transformed")):
             # Deliver the final response when streaming did not already send it,
             # or when a plugin hook transformed the response after streaming
             # finished (e.g. transform_llm_output) — otherwise the appended /
@@ -1666,7 +1576,7 @@ class HermesACPAgent(acp.Agent):
 
         await self._send_usage_update(state)
 
-        stop_reason = "cancelled" if cancelled else "end_turn"
+        stop_reason = "cancelled" if state.cancel_event and state.cancel_event.is_set() else "end_turn"
         return PromptResponse(stop_reason=stop_reason, usage=usage)
 
     # ---- Slash commands (headless) -------------------------------------------

agent/agent_init.py

@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ def init_agent(
     save_trajectories: bool = False,
     verbose_logging: bool = False,
     quiet_mode: bool = False,
-    tool_progress_mode: str = "all",
     ephemeral_system_prompt: str = None,
     log_prefix_chars: int = 100,
     log_prefix: str = "",
@@ -187,7 +186,6 @@ def init_agent(
     thinking_callback: callable = None,
     reasoning_callback: callable = None,
     clarify_callback: callable = None,
-    read_terminal_callback: callable = None,
     step_callback: callable = None,
     stream_delta_callback: callable = None,
     interim_assistant_callback: callable = None,
@@ -282,7 +280,6 @@ def init_agent(
     agent.save_trajectories = save_trajectories
     agent.verbose_logging = verbose_logging
     agent.quiet_mode = quiet_mode
-    agent.tool_progress_mode = tool_progress_mode
     agent.ephemeral_system_prompt = ephemeral_system_prompt
     agent.platform = platform  # "cli", "telegram", "discord", "whatsapp", etc.
     agent._user_id = user_id  # Platform user identifier (gateway sessions)
@@ -418,7 +415,6 @@ def init_agent(
     agent.thinking_callback = thinking_callback
     agent.reasoning_callback = reasoning_callback
     agent.clarify_callback = clarify_callback
-    agent.read_terminal_callback = read_terminal_callback
     agent.step_callback = step_callback
     agent.stream_delta_callback = stream_delta_callback
     agent.interim_assistant_callback = interim_assistant_callback

agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _ra():
 
 
 AGENT_RUNTIME_POST_HOOK_TOOL_NAMES = frozenset(
-    {"todo", "session_search", "memory", "clarify", "read_terminal", "delegate_task"}
+    {"todo", "session_search", "memory", "clarify", "delegate_task"}
 )
 
 
@@ -1784,17 +1784,6 @@ def invoke_tool(agent, function_name: str, function_args: dict, effective_task_i
                 ),
                 next_args,
             )
-    elif function_name == "read_terminal":
-        def _execute(next_args: dict) -> Any:
-            from tools.read_terminal_tool import read_terminal_tool as _read_terminal_tool
-            return _finish_agent_tool(
-                _read_terminal_tool(
-                    start_line=next_args.get("start_line"),
-                    count=next_args.get("count"),
-                    callback=getattr(agent, "read_terminal_callback", None),
-                ),
-                next_args,
-            )
     elif function_name == "delegate_task":
         def _execute(next_args: dict) -> Any:
             return _finish_agent_tool(agent._dispatch_delegate_task(next_args), next_args)
@@ -1857,27 +1846,6 @@ def repair_tool_call(agent, tool_name: str) -> str | None:
     if not tool_name:
         return None
 
-    # VolcEngine api/plan workaround (issue #33007): the endpoint's
-    # protocol-translation layer occasionally leaks raw XML attribute
-    # fragments into tool_use.name, e.g.
-    #   `terminal" parameter="command" string="true`
-    #   `execute_code" parameter="code" string="true`
-    #   `session_search" parameter="session_id" string="true`
-    # We trim at the first unambiguous XML/quote character so the rest
-    # of the repair pipeline (lowercase / snake_case / fuzzy match)
-    # can resolve the cleaned name to a real tool.
-    #
-    # Crucially we DO NOT split on whitespace: legitimate inputs like
-    # "write file" must keep flowing through ``_norm`` -> ``write_file``
-    # (covered by test_space_to_underscore in
-    # tests/run_agent/test_repair_tool_call_name.py).
-    for _xml_sep in ('"', "'", "<", ">"):
-        _idx = tool_name.find(_xml_sep)
-        if _idx > 0:
-            tool_name = tool_name[:_idx]
-    if not tool_name:
-        return None
-
     def _norm(s: str) -> str:
         return s.lower().replace("-", "_").replace(" ", "_")
 

agent/anthropic_adapter.py

@@ -73,50 +73,20 @@ ADAPTIVE_EFFORT_MAP = {
     "minimal": "low",
 }
 
-# ── Anthropic thinking-mode classification ────────────────────────────
-# Claude 4.6 replaced budget-based extended thinking with *adaptive* thinking,
-# and 4.7 additionally forbids the manual ``thinking`` block entirely and drops
-# temperature/top_p/top_k.  Newer Claude releases (4.8, and named models like
-# claude-fable-5) follow the same modern contract — but they share no common
-# version substring, so an allowlist of version numbers ("4.6", "4.7", …) goes
-# stale the moment a model ships without a recognized number and silently
-# routes it down the legacy manual-thinking path.
-#
-# Instead we DEFAULT unknown Claude models to the modern contract and keep an
-# explicit *legacy* list of the older Claude families that still require manual
-# thinking.  This mirrors _get_anthropic_max_output's "default to newest" design
-# (future models are unlikely to regress to the older contract), so each new
-# Claude release works without a code change.
-#
-# Non-Claude Anthropic-Messages models (minimax, qwen3, GLM, …) are NOT Claude,
-# so they fall through to the legacy path automatically — exactly what those
-# manual-thinking endpoints need.
-
-# Older Claude families that DON'T support adaptive thinking (manual thinking
-# with budget_tokens only). Substring-matched against the model name.
-_LEGACY_MANUAL_THINKING_CLAUDE_SUBSTRINGS = (
-    "claude-3",          # 3, 3.5, 3.7
-    "claude-opus-4-0", "claude-opus-4.0", "claude-opus-4-1", "claude-opus-4.1",
-    "claude-sonnet-4-0", "claude-sonnet-4.0",
-    "claude-opus-4-2025", "claude-sonnet-4-2025",  # date-stamped 4.0 IDs
-    "claude-opus-4-5", "claude-opus-4.5",
-    "claude-sonnet-4-5", "claude-sonnet-4.5",
-    "claude-haiku-4-5", "claude-haiku-4.5",
-)
-
-# Older Claude families that DON'T accept the "xhigh" effort level (4.6 only
-# supports low/medium/high/max). xhigh arrived with Opus 4.7. Adaptive models
-# not in this list (4.7, 4.8, fable, future) accept xhigh.
-_NO_XHIGH_CLAUDE_SUBSTRINGS = (
-    "claude-opus-4-6", "claude-opus-4.6",
-    "claude-sonnet-4-6", "claude-sonnet-4.6",
-)
-
-
-def _is_claude_model(model: str | None) -> bool:
-    return "claude" in (model or "").lower()
+# Models that accept the "xhigh" output_config.effort level.  Opus 4.7 added
+# xhigh as a distinct level between high and max; older adaptive-thinking
+# models (4.6) reject it with a 400.  Keep this substring list in sync with
+# the Anthropic migration guide as new model families ship.
+_XHIGH_EFFORT_SUBSTRINGS = ("4-7", "4.7", "4-8", "4.8")
 
+# Models where extended thinking is deprecated/removed (4.6+ behavior: adaptive
+# is the only supported mode; 4.7 additionally forbids manual thinking entirely
+# and drops temperature/top_p/top_k).
+_ADAPTIVE_THINKING_SUBSTRINGS = ("4-6", "4.6", "4-7", "4.7", "4-8", "4.8")
 
+# Models where temperature/top_p/top_k return 400 if set to non-default values.
+# This is the Opus 4.7 contract; future 4.x+ models are expected to follow it.
+_NO_SAMPLING_PARAMS_SUBSTRINGS = ("4-7", "4.7", "4-8", "4.8")
 _FAST_MODE_SUPPORTED_SUBSTRINGS = ("opus-4-6", "opus-4.6")
 
 # ── Max output token limits per Anthropic model ───────────────────────
@@ -124,8 +94,6 @@ _FAST_MODE_SUPPORTED_SUBSTRINGS = ("opus-4-6", "opus-4.6")
 # max_tokens as a mandatory field.  Previously we hardcoded 16384, which
 # starves thinking-enabled models (thinking tokens count toward the limit).
 _ANTHROPIC_OUTPUT_LIMITS = {
-    # Mythos-class named models (claude-fable-5, …) — 1M context, reasoning
-    "claude-fable":      128_000,
     # Claude 4.8
     "claude-opus-4-8":   128_000,
     # Claude 4.7
@@ -240,17 +208,8 @@ def _resolve_anthropic_messages_max_tokens(
 
 
 def _supports_adaptive_thinking(model: str) -> bool:
-    """Return True for Claude models that use adaptive thinking (4.6+).
-
-    Defaults *unknown* Claude models to adaptive (the modern contract) and
-    only returns False for the explicit legacy list of older Claude families
-    that require manual budget-based thinking. Non-Claude Anthropic-Messages
-    models (minimax, qwen3, …) return False so they keep the manual path.
-    """
-    if not _is_claude_model(model):
-        return False
-    m = model.lower()
-    return not any(v in m for v in _LEGACY_MANUAL_THINKING_CLAUDE_SUBSTRINGS)
+    """Return True for Claude 4.6+ models that support adaptive thinking."""
+    return any(v in model for v in _ADAPTIVE_THINKING_SUBSTRINGS)
 
 
 def _supports_xhigh_effort(model: str) -> bool:
@@ -260,33 +219,18 @@ def _supports_xhigh_effort(model: str) -> bool:
     Pre-4.7 adaptive models (Opus/Sonnet 4.6) only accept low/medium/high/max
     and reject xhigh with an HTTP 400. Callers should downgrade xhigh→max
     when this returns False.
-
-    Defaults unknown adaptive Claude models to accepting xhigh (4.7+ contract);
-    only the 4.6 family and legacy manual-thinking models are excluded.
     """
-    if not _supports_adaptive_thinking(model):
-        return False
-    m = model.lower()
-    return not any(v in m for v in _NO_XHIGH_CLAUDE_SUBSTRINGS)
+    return any(v in model for v in _XHIGH_EFFORT_SUBSTRINGS)
 
 
 def _forbids_sampling_params(model: str) -> bool:
     """Return True for models that 400 on any non-default temperature/top_p/top_k.
 
-    Opus 4.7 introduced this restriction; later Claude releases follow it.
-    Defaults unknown Claude models to forbidding sampling params (the modern
-    contract). The 4.6 family still accepts them, and the legacy manual-thinking
-    families (4.5 and older) accept them too, so both are excluded. Non-Claude
-    models are unaffected. Callers should omit these fields entirely rather than
-    passing zero/default values (the API rejects anything non-null).
+    Opus 4.7 explicitly rejects sampling parameters; later Claude releases are
+    expected to follow suit.  Callers should omit these fields entirely rather
+    than passing zero/default values (the API rejects anything non-null).
     """
-    if not _is_claude_model(model):
-        return False
-    m = model.lower()
-    # 4.6 family is adaptive but still accepts sampling params.
-    if any(v in m for v in _NO_XHIGH_CLAUDE_SUBSTRINGS):
-        return False
-    return not any(v in m for v in _LEGACY_MANUAL_THINKING_CLAUDE_SUBSTRINGS)
+    return any(v in model for v in _NO_SAMPLING_PARAMS_SUBSTRINGS)
 
 
 def _supports_fast_mode(model: str) -> bool:
@@ -877,7 +821,6 @@ def _read_claude_code_credentials_from_keychain() -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             timeout=5,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
     except (OSError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
         logger.debug("Keychain: security command not available or timed out")
@@ -1220,10 +1163,7 @@ def run_oauth_setup_token() -> Optional[str]:
             "Install it with: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code"
         )
 
-    # Run interactively — stdin/stdout/stderr inherited so the user can
-    # complete the OAuth login prompt. Must keep inherited stdin; the TUI-EOF
-    # concern does not apply to an interactive login the user explicitly
-    # invokes.  noqa: subprocess-stdin
+    # Run interactively — stdin/stdout/stderr inherited so user can interact
     try:
         subprocess.run([claude_path, "setup-token"])
     except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
@@ -2361,43 +2301,3 @@ def build_anthropic_kwargs(
         kwargs["extra_headers"] = {"anthropic-beta": ",".join(betas)}
 
     return kwargs
-
-
-# Keys that belong exclusively to the OpenAI Responses / Codex API shape.
-# The Anthropic Messages SDK (``messages.create()`` / ``messages.stream()``)
-# raises ``TypeError: ... got an unexpected keyword argument`` on any of them.
-_RESPONSES_ONLY_KWARGS = frozenset(
-    {"instructions", "input", "store", "parallel_tool_calls"}
-)
-
-
-def sanitize_anthropic_kwargs(api_kwargs: Any, *, log_prefix: str = "") -> Any:
-    """Drop Responses-API-only keys before an Anthropic Messages SDK call.
-
-    Defensive boundary guard for #31673: under rare api_mode-flip races
-    (e.g. a concurrent auxiliary call mutating a shared agent between the
-    kwargs build and the stream dispatch), a Responses-shaped payload
-    carrying ``instructions=`` can reach ``messages.stream()`` /
-    ``messages.create()``. The Anthropic SDK rejects it with a
-    non-retryable ``TypeError`` that nukes the whole turn and propagates
-    the entire fallback chain.
-
-    Mutates ``api_kwargs`` in place and returns it. When a foreign key is
-    present we log a WARNING so the underlying race stays visible in the
-    wild instead of being silently papered over.
-    """
-    if not isinstance(api_kwargs, dict):
-        return api_kwargs
-    leaked = _RESPONSES_ONLY_KWARGS.intersection(api_kwargs)
-    if leaked:
-        for _key in leaked:
-            api_kwargs.pop(_key, None)
-        logger.warning(
-            "%sStripped Responses-only kwarg(s) %s from an Anthropic Messages "
-            "call (api_mode flip race — see #31673). The call will proceed; "
-            "this breadcrumb means a kwargs build ran under a Responses "
-            "api_mode while dispatch ran under anthropic_messages.",
-            log_prefix,
-            sorted(leaked),
-        )
-    return api_kwargs

agent/auxiliary_client.py

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ OpenAI = _OpenAIProxy()  # module-level name, resolves lazily on call/isinstance
 from agent.credential_pool import load_pool
 from hermes_cli.config import get_hermes_home
 from hermes_constants import OPENROUTER_BASE_URL
-from utils import base_url_host_matches, base_url_hostname, model_forces_max_completion_tokens, normalize_proxy_env_vars
+from utils import base_url_host_matches, base_url_hostname, normalize_proxy_env_vars
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -637,6 +637,54 @@ def _pool_runtime_base_url(entry: Any, fallback: str = "") -> str:
 # calls to the Codex Responses API so callers don't need any changes.
 
 
+def _convert_content_for_responses(content: Any) -> Any:
+    """Convert chat.completions content to Responses API format.
+
+    chat.completions uses:
+      {"type": "text", "text": "..."}
+      {"type": "image_url", "image_url": {"url": "data:image/png;base64,..."}}
+
+    Responses API uses:
+      {"type": "input_text", "text": "..."}
+      {"type": "input_image", "image_url": "data:image/png;base64,..."}
+
+    If content is a plain string, it's returned as-is (the Responses API
+    accepts strings directly for text-only messages).
+    """
+    if isinstance(content, str):
+        return content
+    if not isinstance(content, list):
+        return str(content) if content else ""
+
+    converted: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for part in content:
+        if not isinstance(part, dict):
+            continue
+        ptype = part.get("type", "")
+        if ptype == "text":
+            converted.append({"type": "input_text", "text": part.get("text", "")})
+        elif ptype == "image_url":
+            # chat.completions nests the URL: {"image_url": {"url": "..."}}
+            image_data = part.get("image_url", {})
+            url = image_data.get("url", "") if isinstance(image_data, dict) else str(image_data)
+            entry: Dict[str, Any] = {"type": "input_image", "image_url": url}
+            # Preserve detail if specified
+            detail = image_data.get("detail") if isinstance(image_data, dict) else None
+            if detail:
+                entry["detail"] = detail
+            converted.append(entry)
+        elif ptype in {"input_text", "input_image"}:
+            # Already in Responses format — pass through
+            converted.append(part)
+        else:
+            # Unknown content type — try to preserve as text
+            text = part.get("text", "")
+            if text:
+                converted.append({"type": "input_text", "text": text})
+
+    return converted or ""
+
+
 class _CodexCompletionsAdapter:
     """Drop-in shim that accepts chat.completions.create() kwargs and
     routes them through the Codex Responses streaming API."""
@@ -649,37 +697,26 @@ class _CodexCompletionsAdapter:
         messages = kwargs.get("messages", [])
         model = kwargs.get("model", self._model)
 
-        # Separate system/instructions from replayable conversation messages,
-        # then route the rest through the SINGLE shared chat->Responses
-        # converter used by the main agent transport
-        # (agent/transports/codex.py). Maintaining a private conversion loop
-        # here let chat-style messages with role="tool" leak straight into
-        # Responses input[] — which the Responses API rejects with
-        # "Invalid value: 'tool'. Supported values are: 'assistant', 'system',
-        # 'developer', and 'user'." (issue #5709, hit hard by flush_memories()
-        # / compression replaying real session history that includes assistant
-        # tool_calls + role="tool" results). The shared converter encodes
-        # assistant tool calls as `function_call` items and tool results as
-        # `function_call_output` items with a valid call_id, so every
-        # Responses path normalizes tool history identically and cannot drift.
-        from agent.codex_responses_adapter import _chat_messages_to_responses_input
-
+        # Separate system/instructions from conversation messages.
+        # Convert chat.completions multimodal content blocks to Responses
+        # API format (input_text / input_image instead of text / image_url).
         instructions = "You are a helpful assistant."
-        replay_messages: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
+        input_msgs: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
         for msg in messages:
             role = msg.get("role", "user")
             content = msg.get("content") or ""
             if role == "system":
                 instructions = content if isinstance(content, str) else str(content)
             else:
-                replay_messages.append(msg)
-
-        input_items = _chat_messages_to_responses_input(replay_messages)
+                input_msgs.append({
+                    "role": role,
+                    "content": _convert_content_for_responses(content),
+                })
 
         resp_kwargs: Dict[str, Any] = {
             "model": model,
             "instructions": instructions,
-            "input": input_items or [{"role": "user", "content": ""}],
+            "input": input_msgs or [{"role": "user", "content": ""}],
             "store": False,
         }
 
@@ -2476,25 +2513,6 @@ def _is_connection_error(exc: Exception) -> bool:
     return False
 
 
-def _is_transient_transport_error(exc: Exception) -> bool:
-    """Return True for a one-off transport blip worth retrying ONCE on the
-    same provider before any provider/model fallback.
-
-    Covers connection/streaming-close errors (via the canonical
-    ``_is_connection_error`` detector, shared so the two cannot drift) plus a
-    pure 5xx/408 HTTP status. Deliberately narrow: this is the "retry the
-    same target once" gate, distinct from ``_is_payment_error`` /
-    ``_is_auth_error`` / ``_is_rate_limit_error`` which the except-chain
-    handles by switching provider, refreshing creds, or rotating the pool.
-    """
-    if _is_connection_error(exc):
-        return True
-    status = getattr(exc, "status_code", None) or getattr(
-        getattr(exc, "response", None), "status_code", None
-    )
-    return isinstance(status, int) and (status == 408 or 500 <= status < 600)
-
-
 def _is_auth_error(exc: Exception) -> bool:
     """Detect auth failures that should trigger provider-specific refresh."""
     status = getattr(exc, "status_code", None)
@@ -4300,15 +4318,13 @@ def get_auxiliary_extra_body() -> dict:
     return _nous_extra_body() if auxiliary_is_nous else {}
 
 
-def auxiliary_max_tokens_param(value: int, *, model: Optional[str] = None) -> dict:
+def auxiliary_max_tokens_param(value: int) -> dict:
     """Return the correct max tokens kwarg for the auxiliary client's provider.
-
+    
     OpenRouter and local models use 'max_tokens'. Direct OpenAI with newer
-    models (gpt-4o, gpt-4.1, gpt-5+, o-series) requires 'max_completion_tokens'.
+    models (gpt-4o, o-series, gpt-5+) requires 'max_completion_tokens'.
     The Codex adapter translates max_tokens internally, so we use max_tokens
-    for it as well. Pass ``model`` so third-party OpenAI-compatible endpoints
-    fronting the newer families are also recognised — URL-only detection
-    misses the case where a custom base URL serves e.g. ``gpt-5.4``.
+    for it as well.
     """
     custom_base = _current_custom_base_url()
     or_key = os.getenv("OPENROUTER_API_KEY")
@@ -4318,9 +4334,6 @@ def auxiliary_max_tokens_param(value: int, *, model: Optional[str] = None) -> di
             and _read_nous_auth() is None
             and base_url_hostname(custom_base) in {"api.openai.com", "api.githubcopilot.com"}):
         return {"max_completion_tokens": value}
-    # ...and for any caller serving a newer OpenAI-family model by name.
-    if model_forces_max_completion_tokens(model):
-        return {"max_completion_tokens": value}
     return {"max_tokens": value}
 
 
@@ -5171,28 +5184,8 @@ def call_llm(
     # Handle unsupported temperature, max_tokens vs max_completion_tokens retry,
     # then payment fallback.
     try:
-        # Retry ONCE on the same provider for a one-off transient transport
-        # blip (streaming-close / incomplete chunked read / 5xx / 408) before
-        # the except-chain below escalates to provider/model fallback. A
-        # single dropped connection shouldn't abandon an otherwise-healthy
-        # provider. A second failure (or any non-transient error) falls
-        # through to ``first_err`` and the existing fallback handling
-        # unchanged. This is the unified home for the transient retry that
-        # every auxiliary task (compression, memory flush, title-gen,
-        # session-search, vision) shares. (PR #16587)
-        try:
-            return _validate_llm_response(
-                client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs), task)
-        except Exception as transient_err:
-            if not _is_transient_transport_error(transient_err):
-                raise
-            logger.info(
-                "Auxiliary %s: transient transport error; retrying once on "
-                "the same provider before fallback: %s",
-                task or "call", transient_err,
-            )
-            return _validate_llm_response(
-                client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs), task)
+        return _validate_llm_response(
+            client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs), task)
     except Exception as first_err:
         if "temperature" in kwargs and _is_unsupported_temperature_error(first_err):
             retry_kwargs = dict(kwargs)
@@ -5658,22 +5651,8 @@ async def async_call_llm(
         kwargs["messages"] = _convert_openai_images_to_anthropic(kwargs["messages"])
 
     try:
-        # Retry ONCE on the same provider for a transient transport blip
-        # before the except-chain escalates to fallback — see call_llm()
-        # for the rationale. (PR #16587)
-        try:
-            return _validate_llm_response(
-                await client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs), task)
-        except Exception as transient_err:
-            if not _is_transient_transport_error(transient_err):
-                raise
-            logger.info(
-                "Auxiliary %s (async): transient transport error; retrying "
-                "once on the same provider before fallback: %s",
-                task or "call", transient_err,
-            )
-            return _validate_llm_response(
-                await client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs), task)
+        return _validate_llm_response(
+            await client.chat.completions.create(**kwargs), task)
     except Exception as first_err:
         if "temperature" in kwargs and _is_unsupported_temperature_error(first_err):
             retry_kwargs = dict(kwargs)

agent/background_review.py

@@ -449,17 +449,6 @@ def _run_review_in_thread(
             # if a future code path bypasses the cache.
             review_agent.session_start = agent.session_start
             review_agent.session_id = agent.session_id
-            # Never let the review fork compress. It shares the parent's
-            # session_id, so if it won a compression race it would rotate the
-            # parent into a NEW child that the gateway never adopts (the fork
-            # is single-lifecycle and dies right after this run_conversation).
-            # The foreground turn would then start from the stale parent and
-            # compress it again, leaving the same parent with two sibling
-            # children (issue #38727). Review also needs full context to
-            # produce a good memory/skill summary — compressing would strip
-            # detail. Both compression triggers in conversation_loop.py gate on
-            # agent.compression_enabled, so this short-circuits both paths.
-            review_agent.compression_enabled = False
 
             from model_tools import get_tool_definitions
             from hermes_cli.plugins import (

agent/chat_completion_helpers.py

@@ -139,15 +139,6 @@ def interruptible_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict):
     result = {"response": None, "error": None}
     request_client_holder = {"client": None, "owner_tid": None}
     request_client_lock = threading.Lock()
-    # Request-local cancellation flag. Distinct from agent._interrupt_requested
-    # because that flag is cleared at run_conversation() turn boundaries, but
-    # this daemon worker thread can outlive the turn (the gateway caches
-    # AIAgent instances per session). Tracks whether THIS specific request was
-    # cancelled by the main thread's interrupt handler, so the transport error
-    # that is the expected consequence of our own force-close isn't misread as
-    # a network bug and surfaced to the caller. (PR #6600 — cascading interrupt
-    # hang.)
-    _request_cancelled = {"value": False}
 
     def _set_request_client(client):
         with request_client_lock:
@@ -238,17 +229,6 @@ def interruptible_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict):
                 )
                 result["response"] = request_client.chat.completions.create(**api_kwargs)
         except Exception as e:
-            # If the request was cancelled by the main thread's interrupt
-            # handler, the transport error is the expected consequence of our
-            # own force-close, NOT a network bug. Swallow it instead of
-            # surfacing — the main thread raises InterruptedError. (#6600)
-            if _request_cancelled["value"]:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Non-streaming worker caught %s after request cancellation — "
-                    "exiting without surfacing a network error.",
-                    type(e).__name__,
-                )
-                return
             result["error"] = e
         finally:
             _close_request_client_once("request_complete")
@@ -526,14 +506,6 @@ def interruptible_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict):
             break
 
         if agent._interrupt_requested:
-            # Mark THIS request cancelled before force-closing so the worker's
-            # exception handler recognizes the forced transport error as a
-            # cancel and exits cleanly instead of surfacing a network error or
-            # (in the streaming path) burning full retry cycles. (#6600)
-            _request_cancelled["value"] = True
-            logger.debug(
-                "Force-closing httpx client due to interrupt (not a network error)."
-            )
             # Force-close the in-flight worker-local HTTP connection to stop
             # token generation without poisoning the shared client used to
             # seed future retries.
@@ -1653,14 +1625,6 @@ def interruptible_streaming_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict, *, on_first_delta=
     result = {"response": None, "error": None, "partial_tool_names": []}
     request_client_holder = {"client": None, "diag": None, "owner_tid": None}
     request_client_lock = threading.Lock()
-    # Request-local cancellation flag — see interruptible_api_call for the full
-    # rationale. The streaming retry loop is where the 7-minute cascading-
-    # interrupt hang originated: a force-close raised RemoteProtocolError, the
-    # loop classified it as a transient network error, and burned full retry
-    # cycles (and emitted "reconnecting" noise) on a request the user already
-    # cancelled. The token lets the worker recognize its own forced close and
-    # exit immediately instead of retrying. (PR #6600.)
-    _request_cancelled = {"value": False}
 
     def _set_request_client(client):
         with request_client_lock:
@@ -1986,58 +1950,6 @@ def interruptible_streaming_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict, *, on_first_delta=
                 "(possible upstream error or malformed SSE response)."
             )
 
-        # A stream that delivered a tool call but only partial/unparseable
-        # JSON args splits into two very different cases:
-        #
-        #   1. Provider sent finish_reason="length" → a genuine output-cap
-        #      truncation.  Boosting max_tokens on retry is the right move.
-        #
-        #   2. Provider sent NO finish_reason (the SSE simply stopped after
-        #      the opening "{" with no terminator and no [DONE]) → the
-        #      upstream dropped/stalled the connection mid tool-call.  This
-        #      is NOT an output cap — the model never reported hitting one.
-        #      Some dedicated endpoints (e.g. NVIDIA Nemotron Ultra on the
-        #      Nous dedicated endpoint) stall for minutes during large
-        #      tool-arg generation, then close the stream cleanly without a
-        #      finish_reason.  Stamping "length" here sends it down the
-        #      max_tokens-boost truncation path, which retries 3× to no
-        #      effect and finally reports the misleading "Response truncated
-        #      due to output length limit" — the red herring this guards
-        #      against.  Route it through the partial-stream-stub path
-        #      instead so the loop reports an honest mid-tool-call stream
-        #      drop and fails fast rather than escalating output budget.
-        _tool_args_dropped_no_finish = has_truncated_tool_args and finish_reason is None
-        if _tool_args_dropped_no_finish:
-            _dropped_names = [
-                (tool_calls_acc[idx]["function"]["name"] or "?")
-                for idx in sorted(tool_calls_acc)
-            ]
-            logger.warning(
-                "Stream ended with no finish_reason while a tool call's "
-                "arguments were still incomplete (tools=%s); treating as a "
-                "mid-tool-call stream drop, not an output-length truncation.",
-                _dropped_names,
-            )
-            full_reasoning = "".join(reasoning_parts) or None
-            mock_message = SimpleNamespace(
-                role=role,
-                content=full_content,
-                tool_calls=None,
-                reasoning_content=full_reasoning,
-            )
-            mock_choice = SimpleNamespace(
-                index=0,
-                message=mock_message,
-                finish_reason=FINISH_REASON_LENGTH,
-            )
-            return SimpleNamespace(
-                id=PARTIAL_STREAM_STUB_ID,
-                model=model_name,
-                choices=[mock_choice],
-                usage=usage_obj,
-                _dropped_tool_names=_dropped_names or None,
-            )
-
         effective_finish_reason = finish_reason or "stop"
         if has_truncated_tool_args:
             effective_finish_reason = "length"
@@ -2076,14 +1988,6 @@ def interruptible_streaming_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict, *, on_first_delta=
         # Per-attempt diagnostic dict for the retry block to consume.
         _diag = agent._stream_diag_init()
         request_client_holder["diag"] = _diag
-        # Defensive: strip Responses-only kwargs (instructions, input, ...)
-        # that can leak in under an api_mode-flip race. The Anthropic SDK
-        # raises a non-retryable TypeError on them, killing the turn. See
-        # #31673 / sanitize_anthropic_kwargs().
-        from agent.anthropic_adapter import sanitize_anthropic_kwargs
-        sanitize_anthropic_kwargs(
-            api_kwargs, log_prefix=getattr(agent, "log_prefix", "")
-        )
         # Use the Anthropic SDK's streaming context manager
         with agent._anthropic_client.messages.stream(**api_kwargs) as stream:
             # The Anthropic SDK exposes the raw httpx response on
@@ -2174,21 +2078,6 @@ def interruptible_streaming_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict, *, on_first_delta=
                         result["response"] = _call_chat_completions()
                     return  # success
                 except Exception as e:
-                    # If the main poll loop force-closed this request because
-                    # of an interrupt, the resulting transport error is the
-                    # expected consequence of our own close — NOT a transient
-                    # network error. Exit immediately: no retry, no fallback,
-                    # no "reconnecting" status. The outer poll loop raises
-                    # InterruptedError. This is the fix for the cascading-
-                    # interrupt hang where doomed retries burned full
-                    # stream-stale-timeout cycles. (#6600)
-                    if _request_cancelled["value"]:
-                        logger.debug(
-                            "Streaming worker caught %s after request "
-                            "cancellation — exiting without retry.",
-                            type(e).__name__,
-                        )
-                        return
                     _is_timeout = isinstance(
                         e, (_httpx.ReadTimeout, _httpx.ConnectTimeout, _httpx.PoolTimeout)
                     )
@@ -2498,15 +2387,6 @@ def interruptible_streaming_api_call(agent, api_kwargs: dict, *, on_first_delta=
             )
 
         if agent._interrupt_requested:
-            # Mark THIS request cancelled before force-closing so the worker's
-            # exception handler recognizes the forced transport error as a
-            # cancel and exits without retrying or surfacing a network error.
-            # (#6600)
-            _request_cancelled["value"] = True
-            logger.debug(
-                "Force-closing streaming httpx client due to interrupt "
-                "(not a network error)."
-            )
             try:
                 if agent.api_mode == "anthropic_messages":
                     agent._anthropic_client.close()

agent/codex_runtime.py

@@ -25,154 +25,6 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def _coerce_usage_int(value: Any) -> int:
-    if isinstance(value, bool):
-        return 0
-    if isinstance(value, int):
-        return max(value, 0)
-    if isinstance(value, float):
-        return max(int(value), 0)
-    if isinstance(value, str):
-        try:
-            return max(int(value), 0)
-        except ValueError:
-            return 0
-    return 0
-
-
-def _record_codex_app_server_usage(agent, turn) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Translate Codex app-server token usage into Hermes accounting.
-
-    Codex app-server reports usage via thread/tokenUsage/updated as:
-    inputTokens, cachedInputTokens, outputTokens, reasoningOutputTokens,
-    totalTokens.
-
-    Hermes' canonical prompt bucket includes uncached input + cached input.
-    The Codex app-server protocol does not currently expose cache-write tokens,
-    so that bucket remains zero on this runtime.
-
-    Even when Codex omits usage for a turn, Hermes should still count that turn
-    as one API call for session/status accounting.
-    """
-    agent.session_api_calls += 1
-
-    usage = getattr(turn, "token_usage_last", None)
-    if not isinstance(usage, dict) or not usage:
-        if agent._session_db and agent.session_id:
-            try:
-                if not agent._session_db_created:
-                    agent._ensure_db_session()
-                agent._session_db.update_token_counts(
-                    agent.session_id,
-                    model=agent.model,
-                    api_call_count=1,
-                )
-            except Exception as exc:
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Codex app-server api-call persistence failed (session=%s): %s",
-                    agent.session_id, exc,
-                )
-        return {}
-
-    from agent.usage_pricing import CanonicalUsage, estimate_usage_cost
-
-    input_tokens = _coerce_usage_int(usage.get("inputTokens"))
-    cache_read_tokens = _coerce_usage_int(usage.get("cachedInputTokens"))
-    output_tokens = _coerce_usage_int(usage.get("outputTokens"))
-    reasoning_tokens = _coerce_usage_int(usage.get("reasoningOutputTokens"))
-    reported_total = _coerce_usage_int(usage.get("totalTokens"))
-
-    canonical_usage = CanonicalUsage(
-        input_tokens=input_tokens,
-        output_tokens=output_tokens,
-        cache_read_tokens=cache_read_tokens,
-        cache_write_tokens=0,
-        reasoning_tokens=reasoning_tokens,
-        raw_usage=usage,
-    )
-    prompt_tokens = canonical_usage.prompt_tokens
-    completion_tokens = canonical_usage.output_tokens
-    total_tokens = reported_total or canonical_usage.total_tokens
-    usage_dict = {
-        "prompt_tokens": prompt_tokens,
-        "completion_tokens": completion_tokens,
-        "total_tokens": total_tokens,
-        "input_tokens": canonical_usage.input_tokens,
-        "output_tokens": canonical_usage.output_tokens,
-        "cache_read_tokens": canonical_usage.cache_read_tokens,
-        "cache_write_tokens": canonical_usage.cache_write_tokens,
-        "reasoning_tokens": canonical_usage.reasoning_tokens,
-    }
-
-    compressor = getattr(agent, "context_compressor", None)
-    if compressor is not None:
-        try:
-            compressor.update_from_response(usage_dict)
-            context_window = getattr(turn, "model_context_window", None)
-            if isinstance(context_window, int) and context_window > 0:
-                compressor.context_length = context_window
-        except Exception:
-            logger.debug("codex app-server usage update failed", exc_info=True)
-
-    agent.session_prompt_tokens += prompt_tokens
-    agent.session_completion_tokens += completion_tokens
-    agent.session_total_tokens += total_tokens
-    agent.session_input_tokens += canonical_usage.input_tokens
-    agent.session_output_tokens += canonical_usage.output_tokens
-    agent.session_cache_read_tokens += canonical_usage.cache_read_tokens
-    agent.session_cache_write_tokens += canonical_usage.cache_write_tokens
-    agent.session_reasoning_tokens += canonical_usage.reasoning_tokens
-
-    cost_result = estimate_usage_cost(
-        agent.model,
-        canonical_usage,
-        provider=agent.provider,
-        base_url=agent.base_url,
-        api_key=getattr(agent, "api_key", ""),
-    )
-    if cost_result.amount_usd is not None:
-        agent.session_estimated_cost_usd += float(cost_result.amount_usd)
-    agent.session_cost_status = cost_result.status
-    agent.session_cost_source = cost_result.source
-
-    if agent._session_db and agent.session_id:
-        try:
-            if not agent._session_db_created:
-                agent._ensure_db_session()
-            agent._session_db.update_token_counts(
-                agent.session_id,
-                input_tokens=canonical_usage.input_tokens,
-                output_tokens=canonical_usage.output_tokens,
-                cache_read_tokens=canonical_usage.cache_read_tokens,
-                cache_write_tokens=canonical_usage.cache_write_tokens,
-                reasoning_tokens=canonical_usage.reasoning_tokens,
-                estimated_cost_usd=float(cost_result.amount_usd)
-                if cost_result.amount_usd is not None else None,
-                cost_status=cost_result.status,
-                cost_source=cost_result.source,
-                billing_provider=agent.provider,
-                billing_base_url=agent.base_url,
-                billing_mode="subscription_included"
-                if cost_result.status == "included" else None,
-                model=agent.model,
-                api_call_count=1,
-            )
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Codex app-server token persistence failed (session=%s, tokens=%d): %s",
-                agent.session_id, total_tokens, exc,
-            )
-
-    return {
-        **usage_dict,
-        "last_prompt_tokens": prompt_tokens,
-        "estimated_cost_usd": float(cost_result.amount_usd)
-        if cost_result.amount_usd is not None else None,
-        "cost_status": cost_result.status,
-        "cost_source": cost_result.source,
-    }
-
-
 def run_codex_app_server_turn(
     agent,
     *,
@@ -268,8 +120,6 @@ def run_codex_app_server_turn(
     agent._iters_since_skill = (
         getattr(agent, "_iters_since_skill", 0) + turn.tool_iterations
     )
-    usage_result = _record_codex_app_server_usage(agent, turn)
-    api_calls = 1
 
     # Now check the skill nudge AFTER iters were incremented — same
     # pattern the chat_completions path uses (line ~15432).
@@ -314,13 +164,12 @@ def run_codex_app_server_turn(
     return {
         "final_response": turn.final_text,
         "messages": messages,
-        "api_calls": api_calls,
+        "api_calls": 1,  # one app-server "turn" maps to one logical API call
         "completed": not turn.interrupted and turn.error is None,
         "partial": turn.interrupted or turn.error is not None,
         "error": turn.error,
         "codex_thread_id": turn.thread_id,
         "codex_turn_id": turn.turn_id,
-        **usage_result,
     }
 
 

agent/context_compressor.py

@@ -553,22 +553,6 @@ class ContextCompressor(ContextEngine):
         self.last_rough_tokens_when_real_prompt_fit = 0
         self.awaiting_real_usage_after_compression = False
 
-    def on_session_end(self, session_id: str, messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
-        """Clear per-session compaction state at a real session boundary.
-
-        ``_previous_summary`` is per-session iterative-summary state. It is
-        cleared on ``on_session_reset()`` (/new, /reset), but session *end*
-        (CLI exit, gateway expiry, session-id rotation) goes through
-        ``on_session_end()`` instead — which inherited a no-op from
-        ``ContextEngine``. Without clearing here, a cron/background session's
-        summary could survive on a reused compressor instance and leak into the
-        next live session via the ``_generate_summary()`` iterative-update path
-        (#38788). ``compress()`` already guards the leak at the point of use;
-        this is defense-in-depth that drops the stale summary the moment the
-        owning session ends.
-        """
-        self._previous_summary = None
-
     def update_model(
         self,
         model: str,
@@ -1263,19 +1247,6 @@ Summary generation was unavailable, so this is a best-effort deterministic fallb
         summary_budget = self._compute_summary_budget(turns_to_summarize)
         content_to_summarize = self._serialize_for_summary(turns_to_summarize)
 
-        # Current date for temporal anchoring (see ## Temporal Anchoring below).
-        # Date-only granularity matches system_prompt.py:337 (PR #20451) and the
-        # user's configured timezone via hermes_time.now(). The compaction summary
-        # is a mid-conversation message that is NOT part of the cached prefix, so a
-        # date here never affects prompt-cache stability. Resolved defensively —
-        # a clock failure must never block compaction.
-        try:
-            from hermes_time import now as _hermes_now
-
-            _today_str = _hermes_now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - clock resolution is best-effort
-            _today_str = ""
-
         # Preamble shared by both first-compaction and iterative-update prompts.
         # Keep the wording deliberately plain: Azure/OpenAI-compatible content
         # filters have flagged stronger "injection" / "do not respond" framing.
@@ -1293,24 +1264,6 @@ Summary generation was unavailable, so this is a best-effort deterministic fallb
             "do not preserve their values."
         )
 
-        # Temporal anchoring directive. Rewrites relative / still-pending-sounding
-        # references into absolute, dated, past-tense facts so a resumed
-        # conversation does not re-issue completed actions. Only emitted when the
-        # current date resolved successfully; otherwise the rule is omitted so the
-        # summarizer is never handed an empty date placeholder.
-        if _today_str:
-            _temporal_anchoring_rule = (
-                f"\nTEMPORAL ANCHORING: The current date is {_today_str}. When an "
-                "action has already been carried out, phrase it as a completed, "
-                "dated, past-tense fact rather than an open instruction. For "
-                'example, rewrite "email John about the proposal" as "Sent the '
-                f'proposal email to John on {_today_str}." Never leave a finished '
-                "action worded as if it still needs doing, and never invent a date "
-                "for work that has not happened yet.\n"
-            )
-        else:
-            _temporal_anchoring_rule = ""
-
         # Shared structured template (used by both paths).
         _template_sections = f"""## Active Task
 [THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FIELD. Capture the user's most recent unfulfilled
@@ -1384,7 +1337,7 @@ Be specific with file paths, commands, line numbers, and results.]
 [Any specific values, error messages, configuration details, or data that would be lost without explicit preservation. NEVER include API keys, tokens, passwords, or credentials — write [REDACTED] instead.]
 
 Target ~{summary_budget} tokens. Be CONCRETE — include file paths, command outputs, error messages, line numbers, and specific values. Avoid vague descriptions like "made some changes" — say exactly what changed.
-{_temporal_anchoring_rule}
+
 Write only the summary body. Do not include any preamble or prefix."""
 
         if self._previous_summary:
@@ -1834,41 +1787,6 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
             accumulated += msg_tokens
             cut_idx = i
 
-        # If the backward walk never broke early because the entire transcript
-        # fits within soft_ceiling, accumulated now holds the total transcript
-        # size.  Without intervention _ensure_last_user_message_in_tail pushes
-        # cut_idx forward to include the last user message, and the caller's
-        # compress_start >= compress_end guard either returns unchanged (no-op)
-        # or compresses a single message — both of which trigger the infinite
-        # compaction loop described in #40803.
-        #
-        # Fix: when the whole transcript fits in soft_ceiling, compute a
-        # meaningful cut point using the raw (non-inflated) budget so that
-        # compression actually summarizes a worthwhile middle section.
-        if cut_idx <= head_end and accumulated <= soft_ceiling and accumulated > 0:
-            # The entire compressable region fits in the soft ceiling.
-            # Re-walk with the raw budget (no 1.5x multiplier) to find a
-            # split that gives the summarizer something useful.
-            raw_budget = token_budget
-            raw_accumulated = 0
-            for j in range(n - 1, head_end - 1, -1):
-                raw_msg = messages[j]
-                raw_content = raw_msg.get("content") or ""
-                raw_len = _content_length_for_budget(raw_content)
-                raw_tok = raw_len // _CHARS_PER_TOKEN + 10
-                for tc in raw_msg.get("tool_calls") or []:
-                    if isinstance(tc, dict):
-                        args = tc.get("function", {}).get("arguments", "")
-                        raw_tok += len(args) // _CHARS_PER_TOKEN
-                if raw_accumulated + raw_tok > raw_budget and (n - j) >= min_tail:
-                    cut_idx = j
-                    break
-                raw_accumulated += raw_tok
-                cut_idx = j
-            # If the raw-budget walk also consumed everything (very small
-            # transcript), fall through — the existing fallback logic below
-            # will still force a minimal cut after head_end.
-
         # Ensure we protect at least min_tail messages
         fallback_cut = n - min_tail
         cut_idx = min(cut_idx, fallback_cut)
@@ -1971,21 +1889,6 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
         compress_end = self._find_tail_cut_by_tokens(messages, compress_start)
 
         if compress_start >= compress_end:
-            # No compressable window — the entire transcript fits within
-            # the tail budget (soft_ceiling).  Without recording this as
-            # an ineffective compression the anti-thrashing guard in
-            # should_compress() never fires and every subsequent turn
-            # re-triggers a no-op compression loop.  (#40803)
-            self._ineffective_compression_count += 1
-            self._last_compression_savings_pct = 0.0
-            if not self.quiet_mode:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Compression skipped: compress_start (%d) >= compress_end (%d) "
-                    "— transcript fits within tail budget, nothing to compress. "
-                    "ineffective_compression_count=%d",
-                    compress_start, compress_end,
-                    self._ineffective_compression_count,
-                )
             return messages
 
         turns_to_summarize = messages[compress_start:compress_end]
@@ -2006,13 +1909,6 @@ The user has requested that this compaction PRIORITISE preserving all informatio
             if summary_body and not self._previous_summary:
                 self._previous_summary = summary_body
             turns_to_summarize = messages[max(compress_start, summary_idx + 1):compress_end]
-        elif self._previous_summary:
-            # No handoff summary found in the current messages, but
-            # _previous_summary is non-empty — it was set by a different
-            # (now-ended) session (e.g., a cron job, a prior /new).  Discard
-            # it so _generate_summary() does not inject cross-session content
-            # into the summarizer prompt via the iterative-update path.
-            self._previous_summary = None
 
         if not self.quiet_mode:
             logger.info(

agent/context_references.py

@@ -246,14 +246,7 @@ def _expand_file_reference(
     if not path.is_file():
         return f"{ref.raw}: path is not a file", None
     if _is_binary_file(path):
-        # A binary file can't be inlined as text, but it IS on disk (the agent's
-        # tools run where this resolves — the local cwd, or the staged copy in a
-        # remote session workspace). Returning a bare "not supported" warning
-        # with no content was a dead end: the model saw a failure and gave up
-        # (told the user the file type wasn't supported). Instead, hand it an
-        # actionable block — the path, type, size, and a nudge to use its tools —
-        # so it can read/convert/view the file itself.
-        return None, _binary_reference_block(ref, path)
+        return f"{ref.raw}: binary files are not supported", None
 
     text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     if ref.line_start is not None:
@@ -297,7 +290,6 @@ def _expand_git_reference(
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             timeout=30,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
     except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
         return f"{ref.raw}: git command timed out (30s)", None
@@ -490,7 +482,6 @@ def _rg_files(path: Path, cwd: Path, limit: int) -> list[Path] | None:
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             timeout=10,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
     except (FileNotFoundError, OSError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
         return None
@@ -500,30 +491,6 @@ def _rg_files(path: Path, cwd: Path, limit: int) -> list[Path] | None:
     return files[:limit]
 
 
-def _human_bytes(n: int) -> str:
-    size = float(n)
-    for unit in ("B", "KB", "MB", "GB"):
-        if size < 1024 or unit == "GB":
-            return f"{int(size)} {unit}" if unit == "B" else f"{size:.1f} {unit}"
-        size /= 1024
-    return f"{size:.1f} GB"
-
-
-def _binary_reference_block(ref: ContextReference, path: Path) -> str:
-    mime, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(path.name)
-    mime = mime or "application/octet-stream"
-    try:
-        size = _human_bytes(path.stat().st_size)
-    except OSError:
-        size = "unknown size"
-    return (
-        f"📎 {ref.raw} ({mime}, {size}) — binary file, not inlined as text. "
-        f"It is available on disk at `{path}`. Use your tools to work with it "
-        f"(read or convert it, extract its text, or view/render it as needed); "
-        f"do not tell the user the file type is unsupported."
-    )
-
-
 def _file_metadata(path: Path) -> str:
     if _is_binary_file(path):
         return f"{path.stat().st_size} bytes"

agent/conversation_compression.py

@@ -507,29 +507,12 @@ def compress_context(
             agent._session_db.end_session(agent.session_id, "compression")
             old_session_id = agent.session_id
             agent.session_id = f"{datetime.now().strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')}_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:6]}"
-            # Ordering contract: the agent thread updates the contextvar here;
-            # the gateway propagates to SessionEntry after run_in_executor returns.
             try:
                 from gateway.session_context import set_current_session_id
 
                 set_current_session_id(agent.session_id)
             except Exception:
                 os.environ["HERMES_SESSION_ID"] = agent.session_id
-            # The gateway/tools session context (ContextVar + env) and the
-            # logging session context are SEPARATE mechanisms. The call above
-            # moves the former; the ``[session_id]`` tag on log lines comes
-            # from ``hermes_logging._session_context`` (set once per turn in
-            # conversation_loop.py). Without this, post-rotation log lines in
-            # the same turn keep the STALE old id while the message/DB/gateway
-            # state carry the new one — breaking log correlation exactly at the
-            # compaction boundary (see #34089). Guarded separately so a logging
-            # failure can never regress the routing update above.
-            try:
-                from hermes_logging import set_session_context
-
-                set_session_context(agent.session_id)
-            except Exception:
-                pass
             agent._session_db_created = False
             agent._session_db.create_session(
                 session_id=agent.session_id,

agent/credential_pool.py

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ AUTH_TYPE_OAUTH = "oauth"
 AUTH_TYPE_API_KEY = "api_key"
 
 SOURCE_MANUAL = "manual"
-SOURCE_MANUAL_DEVICE_CODE = f"{SOURCE_MANUAL}:device_code"
 
 STRATEGY_FILL_FIRST = "fill_first"
 STRATEGY_ROUND_ROBIN = "round_robin"
@@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ def _iter_custom_providers(config: Optional[dict] = None):
         yield _normalize_custom_pool_name(name), entry
 
 
-def get_custom_provider_pool_key(base_url: Optional[str], provider_name: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
+def get_custom_provider_pool_key(base_url: str, provider_name: Optional[str] = None) -> Optional[str]:
     """Look up the custom_providers list in config.yaml and return 'custom:<name>' for a matching base_url.
 
     When provider_name is given, prefer matching by name first (solving the case where

agent/curator.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+import tempfile
 import threading
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Set
 
 from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
 from tools import skill_usage
-from utils import atomic_json_write
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -97,7 +97,20 @@ def load_state() -> Dict[str, Any]:
 def save_state(data: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     path = _state_file()
     try:
-        atomic_json_write(path, data, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+        path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=str(path.parent), prefix=".curator_state_", suffix=".tmp")
+        try:
+            with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                json.dump(data, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True, ensure_ascii=False)
+                f.flush()
+                os.fsync(f.fileno())
+            os.replace(tmp, path)
+        except BaseException:
+            try:
+                os.unlink(tmp)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
+            raise
     except Exception as e:
         logger.debug("Failed to save curator state: %s", e, exc_info=True)
 
@@ -362,11 +375,6 @@ CURATOR_REVIEW_PROMPT = (
     "into ~/.hermes/skills/.archive/) is the maximum destructive action. "
     "Archives are recoverable; deletion is not.\n"
     "3. DO NOT touch skills shown as pinned=yes. Skip them entirely.\n"
-    "3b. DO NOT archive, delete, consolidate, move, or otherwise modify any "
-    "skill named in the protected built-ins list (currently: plan). These "
-    "back load-bearing UX (slash-command entry points referenced in docs and "
-    "tips) and are filtered out of the candidate list below — never resurrect "
-    "one as an archive or absorb target.\n"
     "4. DO NOT use usage counters as a reason to skip consolidation. The "
     "counters are new and often mostly zero. Judge overlap on CONTENT, "
     "not on use_count. 'use=0' is not evidence a skill is valuable; it's "

agent/error_classifier.py

@@ -966,34 +966,6 @@ def _classify_400(
             should_fallback=False,
         )
 
-    # Request-validation errors (unsupported / unknown parameter) MUST be
-    # checked BEFORE context_overflow.  A GPT-5 model rejecting max_tokens
-    # returns:
-    #   "Unsupported parameter: 'max_tokens' is not supported with this model.
-    #    Use 'max_completion_tokens' instead."
-    # That string contains the literal substring "max_tokens", which is one of
-    # the _CONTEXT_OVERFLOW_PATTERNS — so without this guard the 400 is
-    # misclassified as context_overflow, routed into the compression loop,
-    # re-sent with the same bad parameter, and ends in "Cannot compress
-    # further".  These errors are deterministic (every retry gets the identical
-    # rejection), so classify as a non-retryable format_error and fall back.
-    #
-    # NOTE: we deliberately do NOT key off the generic ``invalid_request_error``
-    # code here — OpenAI stamps that same code on genuine context-overflow 400s,
-    # so matching it would mis-route real overflows away from compression. The
-    # unambiguous signals are the explicit "unsupported/unknown parameter"
-    # message text and the specific parameter-level error codes.
-    if (
-        any(p in error_msg for p in _REQUEST_VALIDATION_PATTERNS
-            if p != "invalid_request_error")
-        or error_code_lower in {"unknown_parameter", "unsupported_parameter"}
-    ):
-        return result_fn(
-            FailoverReason.format_error,
-            retryable=False,
-            should_fallback=True,
-        )
-
     # Context overflow from 400
     if any(p in error_msg for p in _CONTEXT_OVERFLOW_PATTERNS):
         return result_fn(

agent/image_routing.py

@@ -219,35 +219,6 @@ def _supports_vision_override(
         coerced = _coerce_capability_bool(per_model.get("supports_vision"))
         if coerced is not None:
             return coerced
-
-    # 2b. Legacy list-style custom_providers. Entries are dicts with a
-    # "name" key and a nested "models" dict. Match by provider name (which
-    # may appear as the raw name or "custom:<name>" at runtime).
-    custom_providers = cfg.get("custom_providers")
-    if isinstance(custom_providers, list):
-        # Build candidate names: the provider value and the config provider
-        # value, both raw and with "custom:" prefix stripped/added.
-        candidate_names: set = set()
-        for p in filter(None, (provider, config_provider)):
-            candidate_names.add(p)
-            if p.startswith("custom:"):
-                candidate_names.add(p[len("custom:"):])
-            else:
-                candidate_names.add(f"custom:{p}")
-        for entry_raw in custom_providers:
-            if not isinstance(entry_raw, dict):
-                continue
-            entry_name = str(entry_raw.get("name") or "").strip()
-            if entry_name not in candidate_names:
-                continue
-            models_raw = entry_raw.get("models")
-            models_cfg = models_raw if isinstance(models_raw, dict) else {}
-            per_model_raw = models_cfg.get(model)
-            per_model = per_model_raw if isinstance(per_model_raw, dict) else {}
-            coerced = _coerce_capability_bool(per_model.get("supports_vision"))
-            if coerced is not None:
-                return coerced
-
     return None
 
 

agent/insights.py

@@ -20,17 +20,23 @@ import json
 import time
 from collections import Counter, defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 from agent.usage_pricing import (
     CanonicalUsage,
+    DEFAULT_PRICING,
     estimate_usage_cost,
     format_duration_compact,
     has_known_pricing,
 )
 
+_DEFAULT_PRICING = DEFAULT_PRICING
 
 
+def _has_known_pricing(model_name: str, provider: str = None, base_url: str = None) -> bool:
+    """Check if a model has known pricing (vs unknown/custom endpoint)."""
+    return has_known_pricing(model_name, provider=provider, base_url=base_url)
+
 
 def _estimate_cost(
     session_or_model: Dict[str, Any] | str,
@@ -39,8 +45,8 @@ def _estimate_cost(
     *,
     cache_read_tokens: int = 0,
     cache_write_tokens: int = 0,
-    provider: Optional[str] = None,
-    base_url: Optional[str] = None,
+    provider: str = None,
+    base_url: str = None,
 ) -> tuple[float, str]:
     """Estimate the USD cost for a session row or a model/token tuple."""
     if isinstance(session_or_model, dict):
@@ -71,6 +77,9 @@ def _estimate_cost(
     return float(result.amount_usd or 0.0), result.status
 
 
+def _format_duration(seconds: float) -> str:
+    """Format seconds into a human-readable duration string."""
+    return format_duration_compact(seconds)
 
 
 def _bar_chart(values: List[int], max_width: int = 20) -> List[str]:
@@ -426,7 +435,7 @@ class InsightsEngine:
                 included_cost_sessions += 1
             elif status == "unknown":
                 unknown_cost_sessions += 1
-            if has_known_pricing(model, s.get("billing_provider"), s.get("billing_base_url")):
+            if _has_known_pricing(model, s.get("billing_provider"), s.get("billing_base_url")):
                 models_with_pricing.add(display)
             else:
                 models_without_pricing.add(display)
@@ -499,7 +508,7 @@ class InsightsEngine:
             d["tool_calls"] += s.get("tool_call_count") or 0
             estimate, status = _estimate_cost(s)
             d["cost"] += estimate
-            d["has_pricing"] = has_known_pricing(model, s.get("billing_provider"), s.get("billing_base_url"))
+            d["has_pricing"] = _has_known_pricing(model, s.get("billing_provider"), s.get("billing_base_url"))
             d["cost_status"] = status
 
         result = [
@@ -670,7 +679,7 @@ class InsightsEngine:
             top.append({
                 "label": "Longest session",
                 "session_id": longest["id"][:16],
-                "value": format_duration_compact(dur),
+                "value": _format_duration(dur),
                 "date": datetime.fromtimestamp(longest["started_at"]).strftime("%b %d"),
             })
 
@@ -755,7 +764,7 @@ class InsightsEngine:
         lines.append(f"  Input tokens:      {o['total_input_tokens']:<12,}  Output tokens:   {o['total_output_tokens']:,}")
         lines.append(f"  Total tokens:      {o['total_tokens']:,}")
         if o["total_hours"] > 0:
-            lines.append(f"  Active time:       ~{format_duration_compact(o['total_hours'] * 3600):<11}  Avg session:     ~{format_duration_compact(o['avg_session_duration'])}")
+            lines.append(f"  Active time:       ~{_format_duration(o['total_hours'] * 3600):<11}  Avg session:     ~{_format_duration(o['avg_session_duration'])}")
         lines.append(f"  Avg msgs/session:  {o['avg_messages_per_session']:.1f}")
         lines.append("")
 
@@ -870,7 +879,7 @@ class InsightsEngine:
         lines.append(f"**Sessions:** {o['total_sessions']} | **Messages:** {o['total_messages']:,} | **Tool calls:** {o['total_tool_calls']:,}")
         lines.append(f"**Tokens:** {o['total_tokens']:,} (in: {o['total_input_tokens']:,} / out: {o['total_output_tokens']:,})")
         if o["total_hours"] > 0:
-            lines.append(f"**Active time:** ~{format_duration_compact(o['total_hours'] * 3600)} | **Avg session:** ~{format_duration_compact(o['avg_session_duration'])}")
+            lines.append(f"**Active time:** ~{_format_duration(o['total_hours'] * 3600)} | **Avg session:** ~{_format_duration(o['avg_session_duration'])}")
         lines.append("")
 
         # Models (top 5)

agent/lsp/install.py

@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ def _install_npm(
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             timeout=300,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
         if proc.returncode != 0:
             logger.warning(
@@ -311,7 +310,6 @@ def _install_go(pkg: str, bin_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
             text=True,
             timeout=600,
             env=env,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
         if proc.returncode != 0:
             logger.warning(
@@ -349,7 +347,6 @@ def _install_pip(pkg: str, bin_name: str) -> Optional[str]:
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             timeout=300,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
         if proc.returncode != 0:
             logger.warning(

agent/memory_manager.py

@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import logging
 import re
 import inspect
-import threading
-from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from agent.memory_provider import MemoryProvider
@@ -37,12 +35,6 @@ from tools.registry import tool_error
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-# How long shutdown_all() waits for in-flight background sync/prefetch work
-# to drain before abandoning it. A wedged provider must never block process
-# teardown indefinitely — the worker threads are daemon, so anything still
-# running past this window dies with the interpreter.
-_SYNC_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_S = 5.0
-
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Context fencing helpers
@@ -260,13 +252,6 @@ class MemoryManager:
         self._providers: List[MemoryProvider] = []
         self._tool_to_provider: Dict[str, MemoryProvider] = {}
         self._has_external: bool = False  # True once a non-builtin provider is added
-        # Background executor for end-of-turn sync/prefetch. Lazily created on
-        # first use so the common builtin-only path spawns no extra threads.
-        # A single worker serializes a provider's writes (turn N must land
-        # before turn N+1) and caps thread growth at one per manager. See
-        # _submit_background() and the sync_all/queue_prefetch_all rationale.
-        self._sync_executor: Optional[ThreadPoolExecutor] = None
-        self._sync_executor_lock = threading.Lock()
 
     # -- Registration --------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -390,27 +375,15 @@ class MemoryManager:
         return "\n\n".join(parts)
 
     def queue_prefetch_all(self, query: str, *, session_id: str = "") -> None:
-        """Queue background prefetch on all providers for the next turn.
-
-        Provider work is dispatched to a background worker so a slow or
-        wedged provider can never block the caller. See ``sync_all`` for
-        the full rationale (agent stuck "running" minutes after a turn).
-        """
-        providers = list(self._providers)
-        if not providers:
-            return
-
-        def _run() -> None:
-            for provider in providers:
-                try:
-                    provider.queue_prefetch(query, session_id=session_id)
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.debug(
-                        "Memory provider '%s' queue_prefetch failed (non-fatal): %s",
-                        provider.name, e,
-                    )
-
-        self._submit_background(_run)
+        """Queue background prefetch on all providers for the next turn."""
+        for provider in self._providers:
+            try:
+                provider.queue_prefetch(query, session_id=session_id)
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.debug(
+                    "Memory provider '%s' queue_prefetch failed (non-fatal): %s",
+                    provider.name, e,
+                )
 
     # -- Sync ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -434,120 +407,27 @@ class MemoryManager:
         session_id: str = "",
         messages: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]] = None,
     ) -> None:
-        """Sync a completed turn to all providers.
-
-        Runs on a background worker thread, NOT inline on the
-        turn-completion path. A provider's ``sync_turn`` may make a
-        blocking network/daemon call (a misconfigured Hindsight daemon
-        was observed blocking ~298s before failing); doing that inline
-        held ``run_conversation`` open long after the user saw their
-        response, so every interface (CLI, TUI, gateway) kept the agent
-        marked "running" for minutes and any follow-up message triggered
-        an aggressive interrupt. Dispatching off-thread means a slow or
-        broken provider can never stall the turn — the sync simply
-        completes (or fails, logged) in the background.
-
-        Writes are serialized through a single worker so turn N lands
-        before turn N+1; provider implementations don't need their own
-        ordering guarantees.
-        """
-        providers = list(self._providers)
-        if not providers:
-            return
-
-        def _run() -> None:
-            for provider in providers:
-                try:
-                    if messages is not None and self._provider_sync_accepts_messages(provider):
-                        provider.sync_turn(
-                            user_content,
-                            assistant_content,
-                            session_id=session_id,
-                            messages=messages,
-                        )
-                    else:
-                        provider.sync_turn(
-                            user_content,
-                            assistant_content,
-                            session_id=session_id,
-                        )
-                except Exception as e:
-                    logger.warning(
-                        "Memory provider '%s' sync_turn failed: %s",
-                        provider.name, e,
-                    )
-
-        self._submit_background(_run)
-
-    # -- Background dispatch -------------------------------------------------
-
-    def _submit_background(self, fn) -> None:
-        """Run ``fn`` on the manager's background worker.
-
-        The executor is created lazily and shared across calls. If the
-        executor can't be created or has already been shut down, ``fn``
-        runs inline as a last-resort fallback — losing the async benefit
-        but never losing the write itself. ``fn`` must do its own
-        per-provider error handling; this wrapper only guards executor
-        plumbing.
-        """
-        executor = self._get_sync_executor()
-        if executor is None:
-            # Executor unavailable (shut down / creation failed) — run
-            # inline rather than drop the work. Slow, but correct.
+        """Sync a completed turn to all providers."""
+        for provider in self._providers:
             try:
-                fn()
-            except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - fn guards internally
-                logger.debug("Inline memory background task failed: %s", e)
-            return
-        try:
-            executor.submit(fn)
-        except RuntimeError:
-            # Executor was shut down between the get and the submit
-            # (teardown race). Fall back to inline.
-            try:
-                fn()
-            except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - fn guards internally
-                logger.debug("Inline memory background task failed: %s", e)
-
-    def _get_sync_executor(self) -> Optional[ThreadPoolExecutor]:
-        """Lazily create the single-worker background executor."""
-        if self._sync_executor is not None:
-            return self._sync_executor
-        with self._sync_executor_lock:
-            if self._sync_executor is None:
-                try:
-                    self._sync_executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(
-                        max_workers=1,
-                        thread_name_prefix="mem-sync",
+                if messages is not None and self._provider_sync_accepts_messages(provider):
+                    provider.sync_turn(
+                        user_content,
+                        assistant_content,
+                        session_id=session_id,
+                        messages=messages,
                     )
-                except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover - resource exhaustion
-                    logger.warning("Failed to create memory sync executor: %s", e)
-                    return None
-            return self._sync_executor
-
-    def flush_pending(self, timeout: Optional[float] = None) -> bool:
-        """Block until queued sync/prefetch work has drained.
-
-        Single-worker executor means submitting a sentinel and waiting on
-        it guarantees every previously-submitted task has run. Returns
-        True if the barrier completed within ``timeout`` (or no executor
-        exists), False on timeout. Used at real session boundaries and by
-        tests that need to assert provider state deterministically.
-        """
-        executor = self._sync_executor
-        if executor is None:
-            return True
-        try:
-            fut = executor.submit(lambda: None)
-        except RuntimeError:
-            # Executor already shut down — nothing pending.
-            return True
-        try:
-            fut.result(timeout=timeout)
-            return True
-        except Exception:
-            return False
+                else:
+                    provider.sync_turn(
+                        user_content,
+                        assistant_content,
+                        session_id=session_id,
+                    )
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Memory provider '%s' sync_turn failed: %s",
+                    provider.name, e,
+                )
 
     # -- Tools ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -773,15 +653,7 @@ class MemoryManager:
                 )
 
     def shutdown_all(self) -> None:
-        """Shut down all providers (reverse order for clean teardown).
-
-        Drains the background sync/prefetch executor first (bounded by
-        ``_SYNC_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_S``) so a turn's final sync has a chance to
-        land before providers are torn down. The worker threads are
-        daemon, so anything still wedged past the drain window dies with
-        the interpreter rather than blocking exit.
-        """
-        self._drain_sync_executor()
+        """Shut down all providers (reverse order for clean teardown)."""
         for provider in reversed(self._providers):
             try:
                 provider.shutdown()
@@ -791,52 +663,6 @@ class MemoryManager:
                     provider.name, e,
                 )
 
-    def _drain_sync_executor(self) -> None:
-        """Shut down the background executor, waiting briefly for drain.
-
-        Bounded by ``_SYNC_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_S``: a wedged provider must never
-        hang process/session teardown. We stop accepting new work and
-        cancel anything still queued, then wait at most the drain timeout
-        for the currently-running task on a watcher thread. The worker is
-        daemon, so an over-running task dies with the interpreter.
-        """
-        with self._sync_executor_lock:
-            executor = self._sync_executor
-            self._sync_executor = None
-        if executor is None:
-            return
-        try:
-            # Stop accepting new work and drop anything still queued, but
-            # do NOT block here — cancel_futures cancels not-yet-started
-            # tasks; the in-flight one keeps running on its daemon thread.
-            executor.shutdown(wait=False, cancel_futures=True)
-        except TypeError:
-            # Older Python without cancel_futures kwarg.
-            try:
-                executor.shutdown(wait=False)
-            except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
-                logger.debug("Memory sync executor shutdown failed: %s", e)
-            return
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
-            logger.debug("Memory sync executor shutdown failed: %s", e)
-            return
-        # Give an in-flight sync a bounded chance to finish on a watcher
-        # thread so we don't block the caller past the drain timeout.
-        drainer = threading.Thread(
-            target=lambda: self._bounded_executor_wait(executor),
-            daemon=True,
-            name="mem-sync-drain",
-        )
-        drainer.start()
-        drainer.join(timeout=_SYNC_DRAIN_TIMEOUT_S)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _bounded_executor_wait(executor: ThreadPoolExecutor) -> None:
-        try:
-            executor.shutdown(wait=True)
-        except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
-            logger.debug("Memory sync executor drain wait failed: %s", e)
-
     def initialize_all(self, session_id: str, **kwargs) -> None:
         """Initialize all providers.
 

agent/model_metadata.py

@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS = {
     # fuzzy-match collisions (e.g. "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4" is a
     # substring of "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6").
     # OpenRouter-prefixed models resolve via OpenRouter live API or models.dev.
-    "claude-fable-5": 1000000,
-    "claude-fable": 1000000,
     "claude-opus-4-8": 1000000,
     "claude-opus-4.8": 1000000,
     "claude-opus-4-7": 1000000,
@@ -970,16 +968,6 @@ def parse_available_output_tokens_from_error(error_msg: str) -> Optional[int]:
         # OpenRouter/Nous phrasing of the same condition.
         "in the output" in error_lower
         and "maximum context length" in error_lower
-    ) or (
-        # LM Studio / llama.cpp / some OpenAI-compatible servers:
-        #   "This model's maximum context length is 65536 tokens. However, you
-        #    requested 65536 output tokens and your prompt contains 77409
-        #    characters ..."
-        # The "requested N output tokens" phrasing means the OUTPUT cap is the
-        # problem (the input itself fits) — reduce max_tokens, don't compress.
-        "maximum context length" in error_lower
-        and "requested" in error_lower
-        and "output tokens" in error_lower
     )
     if not is_output_cap_error:
         return None
@@ -1011,22 +999,6 @@ def parse_available_output_tokens_from_error(error_msg: str) -> Optional[int]:
         if _available >= 1:
             return _available
 
-    # LM Studio / llama.cpp style: context window is reported in tokens but the
-    # prompt size is reported in CHARACTERS, e.g.
-    #   "maximum context length is 65536 tokens ... your prompt contains 77409
-    #    characters ...".
-    # Estimate the input tokens conservatively (~3 chars/token, which
-    # over-reserves the input so the retried output cap stays safely inside the
-    # window) and leave the remainder of the window for output.
-    _m_ctx_tok = re.search(r'maximum context length is (\d+)\s*token', error_lower)
-    _m_chars = re.search(r'prompt contains (\d+)\s*character', error_lower)
-    if _m_ctx_tok and _m_chars:
-        _ctx = int(_m_ctx_tok.group(1))
-        _est_input = (int(_m_chars.group(1)) + 2) // 3
-        _available = _ctx - _est_input
-        if _available >= 1:
-            return _available
-
     return None
 
 
@@ -1712,26 +1684,6 @@ def get_model_context_length(
                 "in config.yaml to override.",
                 model, base_url, f"{DEFAULT_FALLBACK_CONTEXT:,}",
             )
-            # 3b. Before falling back to the hard 256K default, consult the
-            # hardcoded catalog as a last resort.  A proxied/custom Anthropic
-            # gateway (e.g. corporate proxy) fails the Ollama/local probes
-            # above, but the model name may still match an entry in
-            # DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS (e.g. "claude-opus-4-8" → 1M).
-            # Without this, the early return here short-circuits the catalog
-            # lookup at step 8 and silently caps context at 256K.
-            model_lower = model.lower()
-            for default_model, length in sorted(
-                DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS.items(),
-                key=lambda x: len(x[0]),
-                reverse=True,
-            ):
-                if default_model in model_lower:
-                    logger.info(
-                        "Using hardcoded context length %s for model %r "
-                        "(custom endpoint, catalog match on %r)",
-                        f"{length:,}", model, default_model,
-                    )
-                    return length
             return DEFAULT_FALLBACK_CONTEXT
 
     # 4. Anthropic /v1/models API (only for regular API keys, not OAuth)
@@ -1812,43 +1764,10 @@ def get_model_context_length(
         if ctx is not None:
             save_context_length(model, base_url, ctx)
             return ctx
-    # 5f. OpenRouter live /models metadata — authoritative for OpenRouter-routed
-    # models. OpenRouter's catalog carries per-model context_length (e.g.
-    # anthropic/claude-fable-5 -> 1M) and refreshes as new slugs ship, so it
-    # must win over both models.dev (step 5g) and the hardcoded family catch-all
-    # (step 8). Before this branch, an OpenRouter selection set
-    # effective_provider="openrouter", which (a) made the models.dev lookup miss
-    # brand-new slugs and (b) skipped the step-6 OR fallback (gated on `not
-    # effective_provider`), so a fresh slug like claude-fable-5 fell through to
-    # the generic "claude": 200K entry and under-reported a 1M window. Mirrors
-    # the dedicated Nous/Copilot/GMI branches above.
-    if effective_provider == "openrouter":
-        metadata = fetch_model_metadata()
-        entry = metadata.get(model)
-        if entry:
-            or_ctx = entry.get("context_length")
-            # Guard against the known OpenRouter Kimi-family 32k underreport
-            # (same class the hardcoded overrides exist to mitigate).
-            if isinstance(or_ctx, int) and or_ctx > 0 and not (
-                or_ctx == 32768 and _model_name_suggests_kimi(model)
-            ):
-                return or_ctx
-
     if effective_provider:
         from agent.models_dev import lookup_models_dev_context
         ctx = lookup_models_dev_context(effective_provider, model)
         if ctx:
-            # MiniMax M3: models.dev reports 512K but actual context is 1M.
-            # Prefer hardcoded catalog over stale probe value.
-            if _model_name_suggests_minimax_m3(model):
-                catalog = DEFAULT_CONTEXT_LENGTHS.get("minimax-m3")
-                if catalog and ctx < catalog:
-                    logger.info(
-                        "Rejecting models.dev context=%s for %r "
-                        "(MiniMax-M3 underreport); using hardcoded default %s",
-                        ctx, model, f"{catalog:,}",
-                    )
-                    ctx = catalog
             return ctx
 
     # 6. OpenRouter live API metadata — provider-unaware fallback.

agent/onboarding.py

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 BUSY_INPUT_FLAG = "busy_input_prompt"
 TOOL_PROGRESS_FLAG = "tool_progress_prompt"
 OPENCLAW_RESIDUE_FLAG = "openclaw_residue_cleanup"
-PROFILE_BUILD_FLAG = "profile_build_offered"
 
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -127,62 +126,6 @@ def detect_openclaw_residue(home: Optional[Path] = None) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Onboarding profile-build path (opt-in, consent-gated)
-# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-def profile_build_mode(config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> str:
-    """Resolve the onboarding profile-build mode from config.
-
-    Returns one of:
-      ``"ask"``  — on first contact, OFFER to build a profile (default).
-      ``"off"``  — never offer; the first-message note stays a plain intro.
-
-    Read from ``config.onboarding.profile_build``. Unknown / missing values
-    fall back to ``"ask"`` so the default experience offers the flow. Any
-    network/account lookups inside the flow are separately consented to in
-    conversation — this setting only governs whether the offer is made.
-    """
-    if not isinstance(config, Mapping):
-        return "ask"
-    onboarding = config.get("onboarding")
-    if not isinstance(onboarding, Mapping):
-        return "ask"
-    mode = onboarding.get("profile_build")
-    if isinstance(mode, str) and mode.strip().lower() == "off":
-        return "off"
-    return "ask"
-
-
-def profile_build_directive() -> str:
-    """System-note directive appended to the very first message ever.
-
-    Instructs the agent to run a short, opt-in, consent-gated profile-build
-    flow and persist confirmed facts to the user-profile memory store
-    (``memory`` tool, ``target="user"``). Phrased so the agent ASKS before any
-    lookup and never silently reads connected accounts — directly addressing
-    the privacy concern that reading email/accounts unprompted feels invasive.
-    """
-    return (
-        "\n\n[System note: This is the user's very first message ever. "
-        "After a one-sentence introduction (mention /help shows commands), "
-        "OFFER — do not assume — to build a short profile of them so you can "
-        "be more useful, and explain they can decline or do it later. If and "
-        "ONLY IF they accept:\n"
-        "  1. Ask for whatever they're comfortable sharing (name, what they "
-        "do, how they like you to work). Volunteered facts come first.\n"
-        "  2. Before ANY external lookup, say what you intend to look up and "
-        "get explicit consent for that step. Never read their connected "
-        "accounts (email, calendar, etc.) silently — ask each time.\n"
-        "  3. With consent, you may use web_search to confirm public details "
-        "(e.g. employer, public profiles) from the data points they gave.\n"
-        "  4. Save each confirmed, durable fact with the memory tool using "
-        "target=\"user\" — keep entries compact and high-signal.\n"
-        "If they decline at any point, stop immediately and continue normally. "
-        "Keep the whole exchange light and conversational, not an interrogation.]"
-    )
-
-
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # State read / write
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -239,15 +182,12 @@ __all__ = [
     "BUSY_INPUT_FLAG",
     "TOOL_PROGRESS_FLAG",
     "OPENCLAW_RESIDUE_FLAG",
-    "PROFILE_BUILD_FLAG",
     "busy_input_hint_gateway",
     "busy_input_hint_cli",
     "tool_progress_hint_gateway",
     "tool_progress_hint_cli",
     "openclaw_residue_hint_cli",
     "detect_openclaw_residue",
-    "profile_build_mode",
-    "profile_build_directive",
     "is_seen",
     "mark_seen",
 ]

agent/prompt_builder.py

@@ -885,22 +885,6 @@ def build_environment_hints() -> str:
                 f"`uname -a && whoami && pwd`."
             )
 
-    # Hermes desktop GUI — any agent running under the desktop app should know
-    # it. HERMES_DESKTOP marks the backend powering the chat; HERMES_DESKTOP_TERMINAL
-    # marks a hermes launched in the embedded terminal pane. Both set by main.cjs.
-    _truthy = ("1", "true", "yes")
-    _in_desktop = (os.getenv("HERMES_DESKTOP") or "").strip().lower() in _truthy
-    _in_desktop_term = (os.getenv("HERMES_DESKTOP_TERMINAL") or "").strip().lower() in _truthy
-    if _in_desktop or _in_desktop_term:
-        _desktop_hint = "Runtime surface: you're running inside the Hermes desktop GUI app."
-        if _in_desktop_term:
-            _desktop_hint += (
-                " You're in its embedded terminal pane, beside the GUI chat — the user can "
-                "select your output (⌥-drag on macOS, Shift-drag elsewhere) and press "
-                "⌘/Ctrl+L to send it to the chat composer."
-            )
-        hints.append(_desktop_hint)
-
     if is_wsl():
         hints.append(WSL_ENVIRONMENT_HINT)
 

agent/secret_sources/bitwarden.py

@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ def _platform_asset_name() -> str:
                 capture_output=True,
                 text=True,
                 timeout=2,
-                stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
             )
             if "musl" in (res.stdout + res.stderr).lower():
                 libc = "musl"
@@ -526,7 +525,6 @@ def _run_bws_list(
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             timeout=_BWS_RUN_TIMEOUT,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
     except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as exc:
         raise RuntimeError(

agent/skill_preprocessing.py

@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ def run_inline_shell(command: str, cwd: Path | None, timeout: int) -> str:
             text=True,
             timeout=max(1, int(timeout)),
             check=False,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
     except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
         return f"[inline-shell timeout after {timeout}s: {command}]"

agent/tool_executor.py

@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ def execute_tool_calls_concurrent(agent, assistant_message, messages: list, effe
         if agent._should_emit_quiet_tool_messages():
             cute_msg = _get_cute_tool_message_impl(name, args, tool_duration, result=function_result)
             agent._safe_print(f"  {cute_msg}")
-        elif getattr(agent, "tool_progress_mode", "all") != "off":
+        elif not agent.quiet_mode:
             _preview_str = _multimodal_text_summary(function_result)
             if agent.verbose_logging:
                 print(f"  ✅ Tool {i+1} completed in {tool_duration:.2f}s")
@@ -1065,25 +1065,6 @@ def execute_tool_calls_sequential(agent, assistant_message, messages: list, effe
             tool_duration = time.time() - tool_start_time
             if agent._should_emit_quiet_tool_messages():
                 agent._vprint(f"  {_get_cute_tool_message_impl('clarify', function_args, tool_duration, result=function_result)}")
-        elif function_name == "read_terminal":
-            def _execute(next_args: dict) -> Any:
-                from tools.read_terminal_tool import read_terminal_tool as _read_terminal_tool
-                return _read_terminal_tool(
-                    start_line=next_args.get("start_line"),
-                    count=next_args.get("count"),
-                    callback=getattr(agent, "read_terminal_callback", None),
-                )
-            function_result, function_args = _run_agent_tool_execution_middleware(
-                agent,
-                function_name=function_name,
-                function_args=function_args,
-                effective_task_id=effective_task_id,
-                tool_call_id=getattr(tool_call, "id", "") or "",
-                execute=_execute,
-            )
-            tool_duration = time.time() - tool_start_time
-            if agent._should_emit_quiet_tool_messages():
-                agent._vprint(f"  {_get_cute_tool_message_impl('read_terminal', function_args, tool_duration, result=function_result)}")
         elif function_name == "delegate_task":
             tasks_arg = function_args.get("tasks")
             if tasks_arg and isinstance(tasks_arg, list):

agent/transports/codex_app_server.py

@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ def check_codex_binary(
             capture_output=True,
             text=True,
             timeout=10,
-            stdin=subprocess.DEVNULL,
         )
     except FileNotFoundError:
         return False, (

agent/transports/codex_app_server_session.py

@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ class TurnResult:
     error: Optional[str] = None  # Set if turn ended in a non-recoverable error
     turn_id: Optional[str] = None
     thread_id: Optional[str] = None
-    token_usage_last: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
-    token_usage_total: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
-    model_context_window: Optional[int] = None
     # Hint to the caller that the underlying codex subprocess is likely
     # wedged (turn-level timeout fired, post-tool watchdog tripped, or
     # token-refresh failure killed the child). The caller should retire
@@ -504,7 +501,6 @@ class CodexAppServerSession:
                     pending = self._client.take_notification(timeout=0)
                     if pending is None:
                         break
-                    _apply_token_usage_notification(result, pending)
                     self._track_pending_file_change(pending)
                     proj = projector.project(pending)
                     if proj.messages:
@@ -540,8 +536,6 @@ class CodexAppServerSession:
                 except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - display callback
                     logger.debug("on_event callback raised", exc_info=True)
 
-            _apply_token_usage_notification(result, note)
-
             # Track in-progress fileChange items so the approval bridge
             # can surface a real change summary when codex requests
             # approval (the approval params themselves don't carry the
@@ -808,30 +802,6 @@ class CodexAppServerSession:
         return cached
 
 
-def _apply_token_usage_notification(result: TurnResult, note: dict) -> None:
-    """Capture Codex app-server token usage updates for caller accounting.
-
-    Codex does not put token usage on turn/completed. It emits a separate
-    thread/tokenUsage/updated notification containing cumulative totals and
-    the latest turn breakdown.
-    """
-    if not isinstance(note, dict) or note.get("method") != "thread/tokenUsage/updated":
-        return
-    params = note.get("params") or {}
-    token_usage = params.get("tokenUsage") or {}
-    if not isinstance(token_usage, dict):
-        return
-    last = token_usage.get("last")
-    total = token_usage.get("total")
-    if isinstance(last, dict):
-        result.token_usage_last = dict(last)
-    if isinstance(total, dict):
-        result.token_usage_total = dict(total)
-    window = token_usage.get("modelContextWindow")
-    if isinstance(window, int) and window > 0:
-        result.model_context_window = window
-
-
 def _approval_choice_to_codex_decision(choice: str) -> str:
     """Map Hermes approval choices onto codex's CommandExecutionApprovalDecision
     / FileChangeApprovalDecision wire values.

agent/turn_context.py

@@ -1,388 +0,0 @@
-"""Per-turn setup for ``run_conversation`` (the turn prologue).
-
-``run_conversation`` opened with ~470 lines of straight-line setup before the
-tool-calling loop ever started: stdio guarding, runtime-main wiring, retry-counter
-resets, user-message sanitization, todo/nudge-counter hydration, system-prompt
-restore-or-build, crash-resilience persistence, preflight context compression, the
-``pre_llm_call`` plugin hook, and external-memory prefetch.
-
-All of that is *prologue* — it runs once per turn, has no back-references into the
-loop, and produces a fixed set of values the loop then consumes. ``TurnContext``
-captures those produced values; ``build_turn_context`` performs the setup work and
-returns one. ``run_conversation`` is left to unpack the context and run the loop,
-shrinking the orchestrator by the full prologue.
-
-The builder still mutates ``agent`` heavily (counters, thread id, cached prompt,
-session DB) exactly as the inline code did — those side effects are the point. The
-``TurnContext`` it returns carries only the *locals* the loop reads back.
-
-Behavior is identical to the original inline prologue; this is a pure
-move-and-name refactor with no semantic change.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import logging
-import threading
-import uuid
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
-
-from agent.iteration_budget import IterationBudget
-from agent.model_metadata import estimate_request_tokens_rough
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-@dataclass
-class TurnContext:
-    """Values produced by the turn prologue and consumed by the turn loop."""
-
-    # Sanitized inbound message (surrogates stripped).
-    user_message: str
-    # Clean message preserved for transcripts / memory queries (no nudge injection).
-    original_user_message: Any
-    # Working message list for this turn (loop appends to it).
-    messages: List[Dict[str, Any]]
-    # May be reset to None by preflight compression (new session created).
-    conversation_history: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]]
-    # Cached system prompt active for this turn (may be rebuilt by compression).
-    active_system_prompt: Optional[str]
-    # Task / turn identifiers.
-    effective_task_id: str
-    turn_id: str
-    # Index of the current user turn within ``messages``.
-    current_turn_user_idx: int
-    # Whether the post-turn memory review should fire.
-    should_review_memory: bool = False
-    # Context contributed by ``pre_llm_call`` plugins (appended to user message).
-    plugin_user_context: str = ""
-    # External-memory prefetch result, reused across loop iterations.
-    ext_prefetch_cache: str = ""
-
-
-def build_turn_context(
-    agent,
-    user_message: str,
-    system_message: Optional[str],
-    conversation_history: Optional[List[Dict[str, Any]]],
-    task_id: Optional[str],
-    stream_callback,
-    persist_user_message: Optional[str],
-    *,
-    restore_or_build_system_prompt,
-    install_safe_stdio,
-    sanitize_surrogates,
-    summarize_user_message_for_log,
-    set_session_context,
-    set_current_write_origin,
-    ra,
-) -> TurnContext:
-    """Run the once-per-turn setup and return the loop's input context.
-
-    The callables/helpers the original prologue referenced from the
-    ``conversation_loop`` module are passed in explicitly to keep this module
-    free of an import cycle with ``agent.conversation_loop``.
-    """
-    # Guard stdio against OSError from broken pipes (systemd/headless/daemon).
-    install_safe_stdio()
-
-    agent._ensure_db_session()
-
-    # Tell auxiliary_client what the live main provider/model are for this turn.
-    try:
-        from agent.auxiliary_client import set_runtime_main
-        set_runtime_main(
-            getattr(agent, "provider", "") or "",
-            getattr(agent, "model", "") or "",
-            base_url=getattr(agent, "base_url", "") or "",
-            api_key=getattr(agent, "api_key", "") or "",
-            api_mode=getattr(agent, "api_mode", "") or "",
-        )
-    except Exception:
-        pass
-
-    # Tag log records on this thread with the session ID for ``hermes logs``.
-    set_session_context(agent.session_id)
-
-    # Bind the skill write-origin ContextVar for this thread.
-    set_current_write_origin(getattr(agent, "_memory_write_origin", "assistant_tool"))
-
-    # Restore the primary runtime if the previous turn activated fallback.
-    agent._restore_primary_runtime()
-
-    # Sanitize surrogate characters from user input.
-    if isinstance(user_message, str):
-        user_message = sanitize_surrogates(user_message)
-    if isinstance(persist_user_message, str):
-        persist_user_message = sanitize_surrogates(persist_user_message)
-
-    # Store stream callback for _interruptible_api_call to pick up.
-    agent._stream_callback = stream_callback
-    agent._persist_user_message_idx = None
-    agent._persist_user_message_override = persist_user_message
-    # Generate unique task_id if not provided to isolate VMs between tasks.
-    effective_task_id = task_id or str(uuid.uuid4())
-    agent._current_task_id = effective_task_id
-    turn_id = f"{agent.session_id or 'session'}:{effective_task_id}:{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
-    agent._current_turn_id = turn_id
-    agent._current_api_request_id = ""
-
-    # Reset retry counters and iteration budget at the start of each turn.
-    agent._invalid_tool_retries = 0
-    agent._invalid_json_retries = 0
-    agent._empty_content_retries = 0
-    agent._incomplete_scratchpad_retries = 0
-    agent._codex_incomplete_retries = 0
-    agent._thinking_prefill_retries = 0
-    agent._post_tool_empty_retried = False
-    agent._last_content_with_tools = None
-    agent._last_content_tools_all_housekeeping = False
-    agent._mute_post_response = False
-    agent._unicode_sanitization_passes = 0
-    agent._tool_guardrails.reset_for_turn()
-    agent._tool_guardrail_halt_decision = None
-    agent._vision_supported = True
-
-    # Pre-turn connection health check: clean up dead TCP connections.
-    if agent.api_mode != "anthropic_messages":
-        try:
-            if agent._cleanup_dead_connections():
-                agent._emit_status(
-                    "🔌 Detected stale connections from a previous provider "
-                    "issue — cleaned up automatically. Proceeding with fresh "
-                    "connection."
-                )
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-    # Replay compression warning through status_callback for gateway platforms.
-    if agent._compression_warning:
-        agent._replay_compression_warning()
-        agent._compression_warning = None  # send once
-
-    # NOTE: _turns_since_memory and _iters_since_skill are NOT reset here.
-    agent.iteration_budget = IterationBudget(agent.max_iterations)
-
-    # Log conversation turn start for debugging/observability.
-    _preview_text = summarize_user_message_for_log(user_message)
-    _msg_preview = (_preview_text[:80] + "...") if len(_preview_text) > 80 else _preview_text
-    _msg_preview = _msg_preview.replace("\n", " ")
-    logger.info(
-        "conversation turn: session=%s model=%s provider=%s platform=%s history=%d msg=%r",
-        agent.session_id or "none", agent.model, agent.provider or "unknown",
-        agent.platform or "unknown", len(conversation_history or []),
-        _msg_preview,
-    )
-
-    # Initialize conversation (copy to avoid mutating the caller's list).
-    messages = list(conversation_history) if conversation_history else []
-
-    # Hydrate todo store from conversation history.
-    if conversation_history and not agent._todo_store.has_items():
-        agent._hydrate_todo_store(conversation_history)
-
-    # Hydrate per-session nudge counters from persisted history (issue #22357).
-    if conversation_history and agent._user_turn_count == 0:
-        prior_user_turns = sum(
-            1 for m in conversation_history if m.get("role") == "user"
-        )
-        if prior_user_turns > 0:
-            agent._user_turn_count = prior_user_turns
-            if agent._memory_nudge_interval > 0 and agent._turns_since_memory == 0:
-                agent._turns_since_memory = prior_user_turns % agent._memory_nudge_interval
-
-    # Track user turns for memory flush and periodic nudge logic.
-    agent._user_turn_count += 1
-
-    # Reset the streaming context scrubber at the top of each turn.
-    scrubber = getattr(agent, "_stream_context_scrubber", None)
-    if scrubber is not None:
-        scrubber.reset()
-    # Reset the think scrubber for the same reason.
-    think_scrubber = getattr(agent, "_stream_think_scrubber", None)
-    if think_scrubber is not None:
-        think_scrubber.reset()
-
-    # Preserve the original user message (no nudge injection).
-    original_user_message = persist_user_message if persist_user_message is not None else user_message
-
-    # Track memory nudge trigger (turn-based, checked here).
-    should_review_memory = False
-    if (agent._memory_nudge_interval > 0
-            and "memory" in agent.valid_tool_names
-            and agent._memory_store):
-        agent._turns_since_memory += 1
-        if agent._turns_since_memory >= agent._memory_nudge_interval:
-            should_review_memory = True
-            agent._turns_since_memory = 0
-
-    # Add user message.
-    user_msg = {"role": "user", "content": user_message}
-    messages.append(user_msg)
-    current_turn_user_idx = len(messages) - 1
-    agent._persist_user_message_idx = current_turn_user_idx
-
-    if not agent.quiet_mode:
-        _print_preview = summarize_user_message_for_log(user_message)
-        agent._safe_print(
-            f"💬 Starting conversation: '{_print_preview[:60]}"
-            f"{'...' if len(_print_preview) > 60 else ''}'"
-        )
-
-    # ── System prompt (cached per session for prefix caching) ──
-    if agent._cached_system_prompt is None:
-        restore_or_build_system_prompt(agent, system_message, conversation_history)
-
-    active_system_prompt = agent._cached_system_prompt
-
-    # Crash-resilience: persist the inbound user turn as soon as the session row exists.
-    try:
-        agent._persist_session(messages, conversation_history)
-    except Exception:
-        logger.warning(
-            "Early turn-start session persistence failed for session=%s",
-            agent.session_id or "none",
-            exc_info=True,
-        )
-
-    # ── Preflight context compression ──
-    if (
-        agent.compression_enabled
-        and len(messages) > agent.context_compressor.protect_first_n
-                            + agent.context_compressor.protect_last_n + 1
-    ):
-        _preflight_tokens = estimate_request_tokens_rough(
-            messages,
-            system_prompt=active_system_prompt or "",
-            tools=agent.tools or None,
-        )
-        _compressor = agent.context_compressor
-        _defer_preflight = getattr(
-            _compressor,
-            "should_defer_preflight_to_real_usage",
-            lambda _tokens: False,
-        )
-        _preflight_deferred = _defer_preflight(_preflight_tokens)
-
-        if not _preflight_deferred:
-            _last = _compressor.last_prompt_tokens
-            # Do NOT overwrite the -1 sentinel (#36718).
-            if _last >= 0 and _preflight_tokens > _last:
-                _compressor.last_prompt_tokens = _preflight_tokens
-
-        if _preflight_deferred:
-            logger.info(
-                "Skipping preflight compression: rough estimate ~%s >= %s, "
-                "but last real provider prompt was %s after compression",
-                f"{_preflight_tokens:,}",
-                f"{_compressor.threshold_tokens:,}",
-                f"{_compressor.last_real_prompt_tokens:,}",
-            )
-        elif _compressor.should_compress(_preflight_tokens):
-            logger.info(
-                "Preflight compression: ~%s tokens >= %s threshold (model %s, ctx %s)",
-                f"{_preflight_tokens:,}",
-                f"{_compressor.threshold_tokens:,}",
-                agent.model,
-                f"{_compressor.context_length:,}",
-            )
-            agent._emit_status(
-                f"📦 Preflight compression: ~{_preflight_tokens:,} tokens "
-                f">= {_compressor.threshold_tokens:,} threshold. "
-                "This may take a moment."
-            )
-            for _pass in range(3):
-                _orig_len = len(messages)
-                messages, active_system_prompt = agent._compress_context(
-                    messages, system_message, approx_tokens=_preflight_tokens,
-                    task_id=effective_task_id,
-                )
-                if len(messages) >= _orig_len:
-                    break  # Cannot compress further
-                conversation_history = None
-                agent._empty_content_retries = 0
-                agent._thinking_prefill_retries = 0
-                agent._last_content_with_tools = None
-                agent._last_content_tools_all_housekeeping = False
-                agent._mute_post_response = False
-                _preflight_tokens = estimate_request_tokens_rough(
-                    messages,
-                    system_prompt=active_system_prompt or "",
-                    tools=agent.tools or None,
-                )
-                if not _compressor.should_compress(_preflight_tokens):
-                    break
-
-    # Plugin hook: pre_llm_call (context injected into user message, not system prompt).
-    plugin_user_context = ""
-    try:
-        from hermes_cli.plugins import invoke_hook as _invoke_hook
-        _pre_results = _invoke_hook(
-            "pre_llm_call",
-            session_id=agent.session_id,
-            task_id=effective_task_id,
-            turn_id=turn_id,
-            user_message=original_user_message,
-            conversation_history=list(messages),
-            is_first_turn=(not bool(conversation_history)),
-            model=agent.model,
-            platform=getattr(agent, "platform", None) or "",
-            sender_id=getattr(agent, "_user_id", None) or "",
-        )
-        _ctx_parts: list[str] = []
-        for r in _pre_results:
-            if isinstance(r, dict) and r.get("context"):
-                _ctx_parts.append(str(r["context"]))
-            elif isinstance(r, str) and r.strip():
-                _ctx_parts.append(r)
-        if _ctx_parts:
-            plugin_user_context = "\n\n".join(_ctx_parts)
-    except Exception as exc:
-        logger.warning("pre_llm_call hook failed: %s", exc)
-
-    # Per-turn file-mutation verifier state.
-    agent._turn_failed_file_mutations = {}
-
-    # Record the execution thread so interrupt()/clear_interrupt() can scope
-    # the tool-level interrupt signal to THIS agent's thread only.
-    agent._execution_thread_id = threading.current_thread().ident
-
-    # Clear stale per-thread interrupt state, preserving a pending interrupt.
-    ra()._set_interrupt(False, agent._execution_thread_id)
-    if agent._interrupt_requested:
-        ra()._set_interrupt(True, agent._execution_thread_id)
-        agent._interrupt_thread_signal_pending = False
-    else:
-        agent._interrupt_message = None
-        agent._interrupt_thread_signal_pending = False
-
-    # Notify memory providers of the new turn (BEFORE prefetch_all).
-    if agent._memory_manager:
-        try:
-            _turn_msg = original_user_message if isinstance(original_user_message, str) else ""
-            agent._memory_manager.on_turn_start(agent._user_turn_count, _turn_msg)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-    # External memory provider: prefetch once before the tool loop.
-    ext_prefetch_cache = ""
-    if agent._memory_manager:
-        try:
-            _query = original_user_message if isinstance(original_user_message, str) else ""
-            ext_prefetch_cache = agent._memory_manager.prefetch_all(_query) or ""
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
-    return TurnContext(
-        user_message=user_message,
-        original_user_message=original_user_message,
-        messages=messages,
-        conversation_history=conversation_history,
-        active_system_prompt=active_system_prompt,
-        effective_task_id=effective_task_id,
-        turn_id=turn_id,
-        current_turn_user_idx=current_turn_user_idx,
-        should_review_memory=should_review_memory,
-        plugin_user_context=plugin_user_context,
-        ext_prefetch_cache=ext_prefetch_cache,
-    )

agent/turn_finalizer.py

@@ -1,428 +0,0 @@
-"""Post-loop turn finalization for ``run_conversation``.
-
-Extracted from ``agent/conversation_loop.py`` as part of the god-file
-decomposition campaign (``~/.hermes/plans/god-file-decomposition.md``, Phase 1
-step 4 — the post-loop ``TurnFinalizer`` seam). ``run_conversation``'s tail
-(everything after the main tool-calling ``while`` loop) is lifted here verbatim:
-budget-exhaustion summary, trajectory save, session persist, turn diagnostics,
-response transforms, result-dict assembly, steer drain, and the memory/skill
-review trigger.
-
-Behavior-neutral: the body is moved unchanged. All ``agent.*`` side effects fire
-exactly as before; only the post-loop *locals* are passed in as keyword args, and
-the assembled ``result`` dict is returned to ``run_conversation`` which returns it
-to the caller. The function is synchronous with a single return — mirroring the
-region it replaces (no awaits, no early returns).
-
-Module ``logger`` is imported lazily inside the body (``from
-agent.conversation_loop import logger``) so this module never imports
-``agent.conversation_loop`` at import time -> no import cycle, and the log records
-keep the exact logger name (``"agent.conversation_loop"``).
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import os
-
-from agent.codex_responses_adapter import _summarize_user_message_for_log
-
-
-def finalize_turn(
-    agent,
-    *,
-    final_response,
-    api_call_count,
-    interrupted,
-    failed,
-    messages,
-    conversation_history,
-    effective_task_id,
-    turn_id,
-    user_message,
-    original_user_message,
-    _should_review_memory,
-    _turn_exit_reason,
-):
-    """Run the post-loop finalization and return the turn ``result`` dict.
-
-    Lifted verbatim from ``run_conversation`` (the region after the main agent
-    loop). See module docstring.
-    """
-    from agent.conversation_loop import logger
-
-    if final_response is None and (
-        api_call_count >= agent.max_iterations
-        or agent.iteration_budget.remaining <= 0
-    ):
-        # Budget exhausted — ask the model for a summary via one extra
-        # API call with tools stripped.  _handle_max_iterations injects a
-        # user message and makes a single toolless request.
-        _turn_exit_reason = f"max_iterations_reached({api_call_count}/{agent.max_iterations})"
-        agent._emit_status(
-            f"⚠️ Iteration budget exhausted ({api_call_count}/{agent.max_iterations}) "
-            "— asking model to summarise"
-        )
-        if not agent.quiet_mode:
-            agent._safe_print(
-                f"\n⚠️  Iteration budget exhausted ({api_call_count}/{agent.max_iterations}) "
-                "— requesting summary..."
-            )
-        final_response = agent._handle_max_iterations(messages, api_call_count)
-
-        # If running as a kanban worker, signal the dispatcher that the
-        # worker could not complete (rather than treating it as a
-        # protocol violation).  The agent loop strips tools before calling
-        # _handle_max_iterations, so the model cannot call kanban_block
-        # itself — we must do it on its behalf.
-        #
-        # We route through ``_record_task_failure(outcome="timed_out")``
-        # rather than ``kanban_block`` so this counts toward the
-        # ``consecutive_failures`` counter and the dispatcher's
-        # ``failure_limit`` circuit breaker (#29747 gap 2).  Without this,
-        # a task whose worker keeps exhausting its budget would block
-        # silently each run, get auto-promoted by the operator (or never
-        # surface), and re-block in an endless loop with no signal.
-        _kanban_task = os.environ.get("HERMES_KANBAN_TASK")
-        if _kanban_task:
-            try:
-                from hermes_cli import kanban_db as _kb
-                _conn = _kb.connect()
-                try:
-                    _kb._record_task_failure(
-                        _conn,
-                        _kanban_task,
-                        error=(
-                            f"Iteration budget exhausted "
-                            f"({api_call_count}/{agent.max_iterations}) — "
-                            "task could not complete within the allowed "
-                            "iterations"
-                        ),
-                        outcome="timed_out",
-                        release_claim=True,
-                        end_run=True,
-                        event_payload_extra={
-                            "budget_used": api_call_count,
-                            "budget_max": agent.max_iterations,
-                        },
-                    )
-                    logger.info(
-                        "recorded budget-exhausted failure for task %s (%d/%d)",
-                        _kanban_task, api_call_count, agent.max_iterations,
-                    )
-                finally:
-                    try:
-                        _conn.close()
-                    except Exception:
-                        pass
-            except Exception:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Failed to record budget-exhausted failure for task %s",
-                    _kanban_task,
-                    exc_info=True,
-                )
-
-    # Determine if conversation completed successfully
-    completed = (
-        final_response is not None
-        and api_call_count < agent.max_iterations
-        and not failed
-    )
-
-    # Save trajectory if enabled.  ``user_message`` may be a multimodal
-    # list of parts; the trajectory format wants a plain string.
-    agent._save_trajectory(messages, _summarize_user_message_for_log(user_message), completed)
-
-    # Clean up VM and browser for this task after conversation completes
-    agent._cleanup_task_resources(effective_task_id)
-
-    # Persist session to both JSON log and SQLite only after private retry
-    # scaffolding has been removed. Otherwise a later user "continue" turn
-    # can replay assistant("(empty)") / recovery nudges and fall into the
-    # same empty-response loop again.
-    agent._drop_trailing_empty_response_scaffolding(messages)
-    agent._persist_session(messages, conversation_history)
-
-    # ── Turn-exit diagnostic log ─────────────────────────────────────
-    # Always logged at INFO so agent.log captures WHY every turn ended.
-    # When the last message is a tool result (agent was mid-work), log
-    # at WARNING — this is the "just stops" scenario users report.
-    _last_msg_role = messages[-1].get("role") if messages else None
-    _last_tool_name = None
-    if _last_msg_role == "tool":
-        # Walk back to find the assistant message with the tool call
-        for _m in reversed(messages):
-            if _m.get("role") == "assistant" and _m.get("tool_calls"):
-                _tcs = _m["tool_calls"]
-                if _tcs and isinstance(_tcs[0], dict):
-                    _last_tool_name = _tcs[-1].get("function", {}).get("name")
-                break
-
-    _turn_tool_count = sum(
-        1 for m in messages
-        if isinstance(m, dict) and m.get("role") == "assistant" and m.get("tool_calls")
-    )
-    _resp_len = len(final_response) if final_response else 0
-    _budget_used = agent.iteration_budget.used if agent.iteration_budget else 0
-    _budget_max = agent.iteration_budget.max_total if agent.iteration_budget else 0
-
-    _diag_msg = (
-        "Turn ended: reason=%s model=%s api_calls=%d/%d budget=%d/%d "
-        "tool_turns=%d last_msg_role=%s response_len=%d session=%s"
-    )
-    _diag_args = (
-        _turn_exit_reason, agent.model, api_call_count, agent.max_iterations,
-        _budget_used, _budget_max,
-        _turn_tool_count, _last_msg_role, _resp_len,
-        agent.session_id or "none",
-    )
-
-    if _last_msg_role == "tool" and not interrupted:
-        # Agent was mid-work — this is the "just stops" case.
-        logger.warning(
-            "Turn ended with pending tool result (agent may appear stuck). "
-            + _diag_msg + " last_tool=%s",
-            *_diag_args, _last_tool_name,
-        )
-    else:
-        logger.info(_diag_msg, *_diag_args)
-
-    # File-mutation verifier footer.
-    # If one or more ``write_file`` / ``patch`` calls failed during this
-    # turn and were never superseded by a successful write to the same
-    # path, append an advisory footer to the assistant response.  This
-    # catches the specific case — reported by Ben Eng (#15524-adjacent)
-    # — where a model issues a batch of parallel patches, half of them
-    # fail with "Could not find old_string", and the model summarises
-    # the turn claiming every file was edited.  The user then has to
-    # manually run ``git status`` to catch the lie.  With this footer
-    # the truth is surfaced on every turn, so over-claiming is
-    # structurally impossible past the model.
-    #
-    # Gate: only applied when a real text response exists for this
-    # turn and the user didn't interrupt.  Empty/interrupted turns
-    # already have other surface text that shouldn't be augmented.
-    if final_response and not interrupted:
-        try:
-            _failed = getattr(agent, "_turn_failed_file_mutations", None) or {}
-            if _failed and agent._file_mutation_verifier_enabled():
-                footer = agent._format_file_mutation_failure_footer(_failed)
-                if footer:
-                    final_response = final_response.rstrip() + "\n\n" + footer
-        except Exception as _ver_err:
-            logger.debug("file-mutation verifier footer failed: %s", _ver_err)
-
-    # Turn-completion explainer.
-    # When a turn ends abnormally after substantive work — empty content
-    # after retries, a partial/truncated stream, a still-pending tool
-    # result, or an iteration/budget limit — the user otherwise gets a
-    # blank or fragmentary response box with no consolidated reason why
-    # the agent stopped (#34452).  Surface a single user-visible
-    # explanation derived from ``_turn_exit_reason``, mirroring the
-    # file-mutation verifier footer pattern above.
-    #
-    # Gate carefully so healthy turns stay quiet:
-    #   - ``text_response(...)`` exits never produce an explanation
-    #     (handled inside the formatter), so a terse ``Done.`` is silent.
-    #   - We only ACT when there is no genuinely usable reply this turn:
-    #     an empty response, the "(empty)" terminal sentinel, or a
-    #     suspiciously short partial fragment with no terminating
-    #     punctuation (e.g. "The").  A real short answer keeps its text.
-    if not interrupted:
-        try:
-            if agent._turn_completion_explainer_enabled():
-                _stripped = (final_response or "").strip()
-                _is_empty_terminal = _stripped == "" or _stripped == "(empty)"
-                # A short fragment that is not a normal text_response exit
-                # and lacks sentence-ending punctuation is treated as a
-                # truncated partial (the "The" case from #34452).
-                _is_partial_fragment = (
-                    not _is_empty_terminal
-                    and not str(_turn_exit_reason).startswith("text_response")
-                    and len(_stripped) <= 24
-                    and _stripped[-1:] not in {".", "!", "?", "。", "！", "？", "`", ")"}
-                )
-                if _is_empty_terminal or _is_partial_fragment:
-                    _explanation = agent._format_turn_completion_explanation(
-                        _turn_exit_reason
-                    )
-                    if _explanation:
-                        if _is_empty_terminal:
-                            # Replace the bare "(empty)"/blank sentinel with
-                            # the actionable explanation.
-                            final_response = _explanation
-                        else:
-                            # Keep the partial fragment, append the reason so
-                            # the user sees both what arrived and why it
-                            # stopped.
-                            final_response = (
-                                _stripped + "\n\n" + _explanation
-                            )
-        except Exception as _exp_err:
-            logger.debug("turn-completion explainer failed: %s", _exp_err)
-
-    _response_transformed = False
-
-    # Plugin hook: transform_llm_output
-    # Fired once per turn after the tool-calling loop completes.
-    # Plugins can transform the LLM's output text before it's returned.
-    # First hook to return a string wins; None/empty return leaves text unchanged.
-    if final_response and not interrupted:
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.plugins import invoke_hook as _invoke_hook
-            _transform_results = _invoke_hook(
-                "transform_llm_output",
-                response_text=final_response,
-                session_id=agent.session_id or "",
-                model=agent.model,
-                platform=getattr(agent, "platform", None) or "",
-            )
-            for _hook_result in _transform_results:
-                if isinstance(_hook_result, str) and _hook_result:
-                    final_response = _hook_result
-                    _response_transformed = True
-                    break  # First non-empty string wins
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.warning("transform_llm_output hook failed: %s", exc)
-
-    # Plugin hook: post_llm_call
-    # Fired once per turn after the tool-calling loop completes.
-    # Plugins can use this to persist conversation data (e.g. sync
-    # to an external memory system).
-    if final_response and not interrupted:
-        try:
-            from hermes_cli.plugins import invoke_hook as _invoke_hook
-            _invoke_hook(
-                "post_llm_call",
-                session_id=agent.session_id,
-                task_id=effective_task_id,
-                turn_id=turn_id,
-                user_message=original_user_message,
-                assistant_response=final_response,
-                conversation_history=list(messages),
-                model=agent.model,
-                platform=getattr(agent, "platform", None) or "",
-            )
-        except Exception as exc:
-            logger.warning("post_llm_call hook failed: %s", exc)
-
-    # Extract reasoning from the CURRENT turn only.  Walk backwards
-    # but stop at the user message that started this turn — anything
-    # earlier is from a prior turn and must not leak into the reasoning
-    # box (confusing stale display; #17055).  Within the current turn
-    # we still want the *most recent* non-empty reasoning: many
-    # providers (Claude thinking, DeepSeek v4, Codex Responses) emit
-    # reasoning on the tool-call step and leave the final-answer step
-    # with reasoning=None, so picking only the last assistant would
-    # silently drop legitimate same-turn reasoning.
-    last_reasoning = None
-    for msg in reversed(messages):
-        if msg.get("role") == "user":
-            break  # turn boundary — don't cross into prior turns
-        if msg.get("role") == "assistant" and msg.get("reasoning"):
-            last_reasoning = msg["reasoning"]
-            break
-
-    # Build result with interrupt info if applicable
-    result = {
-        "final_response": final_response,
-        "last_reasoning": last_reasoning,
-        "messages": messages,
-        "api_calls": api_call_count,
-        "completed": completed,
-        "turn_exit_reason": _turn_exit_reason,
-        "failed": failed,
-        "partial": False,  # True only when stopped due to invalid tool calls
-        "interrupted": interrupted,
-        "response_transformed": _response_transformed,
-        "response_previewed": getattr(agent, "_response_was_previewed", False),
-        "model": agent.model,
-        "provider": agent.provider,
-        "base_url": agent.base_url,
-        "input_tokens": agent.session_input_tokens,
-        "output_tokens": agent.session_output_tokens,
-        "cache_read_tokens": agent.session_cache_read_tokens,
-        "cache_write_tokens": agent.session_cache_write_tokens,
-        "reasoning_tokens": agent.session_reasoning_tokens,
-        "prompt_tokens": agent.session_prompt_tokens,
-        "completion_tokens": agent.session_completion_tokens,
-        "total_tokens": agent.session_total_tokens,
-        "last_prompt_tokens": getattr(agent.context_compressor, "last_prompt_tokens", 0) or 0,
-        "estimated_cost_usd": agent.session_estimated_cost_usd,
-        "cost_status": agent.session_cost_status,
-        "cost_source": agent.session_cost_source,
-        "session_id": agent.session_id,
-    }
-    if agent._tool_guardrail_halt_decision is not None:
-        result["guardrail"] = agent._tool_guardrail_halt_decision.to_metadata()
-    # If a /steer landed after the final assistant turn (no more tool
-    # batches to drain into), hand it back to the caller so it can be
-    # delivered as the next user turn instead of being silently lost.
-    _leftover_steer = agent._drain_pending_steer()
-    if _leftover_steer:
-        result["pending_steer"] = _leftover_steer
-    agent._response_was_previewed = False
-
-    # Include interrupt message if one triggered the interrupt
-    if interrupted and agent._interrupt_message:
-        result["interrupt_message"] = agent._interrupt_message
-
-    # Clear interrupt state after handling
-    agent.clear_interrupt()
-
-    # Clear stream callback so it doesn't leak into future calls
-    agent._stream_callback = None
-
-    # Check skill trigger NOW — based on how many tool iterations THIS turn used.
-    _should_review_skills = False
-    if (agent._skill_nudge_interval > 0
-            and agent._iters_since_skill >= agent._skill_nudge_interval
-            and "skill_manage" in agent.valid_tool_names):
-        _should_review_skills = True
-        agent._iters_since_skill = 0
-
-    # External memory provider: sync the completed turn + queue next prefetch.
-    agent._sync_external_memory_for_turn(
-        original_user_message=original_user_message,
-        final_response=final_response,
-        interrupted=interrupted,
-        messages=messages,
-    )
-
-    # Background memory/skill review — runs AFTER the response is delivered
-    # so it never competes with the user's task for model attention.
-    if final_response and not interrupted and (_should_review_memory or _should_review_skills):
-        try:
-            agent._spawn_background_review(
-                messages_snapshot=list(messages),
-                review_memory=_should_review_memory,
-                review_skills=_should_review_skills,
-            )
-        except Exception:
-            pass  # Background review is best-effort
-
-    # Note: Memory provider on_session_end() + shutdown_all() are NOT
-    # called here — run_conversation() is called once per user message in
-    # multi-turn sessions. Shutting down after every turn would kill the
-    # provider before the second message. Actual session-end cleanup is
-    # handled by the CLI (atexit / /reset) and gateway (session expiry /
-    # _reset_session).
-
-    # Plugin hook: on_session_end
-    # Fired at the very end of every run_conversation call.
-    # Plugins can use this for cleanup, flushing buffers, etc.
-    try:
-        from hermes_cli.plugins import invoke_hook as _invoke_hook
-        _invoke_hook(
-            "on_session_end",
-            session_id=agent.session_id,
-            task_id=effective_task_id,
-            turn_id=turn_id,
-            completed=completed,
-            interrupted=interrupted,
-            model=agent.model,
-            platform=getattr(agent, "platform", None) or "",
-        )
-    except Exception as exc:
-        logger.warning("on_session_end hook failed: %s", exc)
-
-    return result

agent/turn_retry_state.py

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-"""Per-attempt recovery bookkeeping for the conversation turn loop.
-
-The inner retry loop in ``run_conversation`` (``while retry_count <
-max_retries``) makes several distinct recovery attempts on a single model API
-call: a credential-pool 429 retry, a per-provider OAuth refresh (codex,
-anthropic, nous, copilot), a long-context compression restart, a length-
-continuation restart, and a handful of format-recovery branches (thinking-
-signature stripping, multimodal-tool-content stripping, llama.cpp grammar
-fallback, image shrink, invalid-encrypted-content, 1M-beta header).
-
-Each of those branches is guarded by a one-shot boolean so it fires at most
-once per attempt. They used to be ~16 bare ``*_attempted`` / ``has_retried_*``
-/ ``restart_with_*`` locals declared inline before the loop and threaded
-through its 2,400-line body. ``TurnRetryState`` collapses them into one object
-the loop mutates in place (``state.codex_auth_retry_attempted = True``), giving
-the recovery bookkeeping a single named, testable home.
-
-Loop-control variables (``retry_count``, ``max_retries``,
-``max_compression_attempts``) intentionally stay as plain locals — they are the
-``while`` mechanics, not recovery bookkeeping, and putting them on the object
-would add indirection without clarifying anything.
-
-This module is dependency-free so it can be unit-tested in isolation and
-imported by the turn loop without an import cycle.
-"""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
-
-
-@dataclass
-class TurnRetryState:
-    """One-shot recovery guards + restart signals for a single API-call attempt.
-
-    A fresh instance is created for each iteration of the outer turn loop
-    (once per ``api_call_count``). Each guard fires its recovery branch at most
-    once; the ``restart_with_*`` signals are read by the loop after the attempt
-    to decide whether to rebuild the request and retry.
-    """
-
-    # ── Per-provider OAuth / credential refresh guards ───────────────────
-    codex_auth_retry_attempted: bool = False
-    anthropic_auth_retry_attempted: bool = False
-    nous_auth_retry_attempted: bool = False
-    nous_paid_entitlement_refresh_attempted: bool = False
-    copilot_auth_retry_attempted: bool = False
-
-    # ── Format / payload recovery guards ─────────────────────────────────
-    thinking_sig_retry_attempted: bool = False
-    invalid_encrypted_content_retry_attempted: bool = False
-    image_shrink_retry_attempted: bool = False
-    multimodal_tool_content_retry_attempted: bool = False
-    oauth_1m_beta_retry_attempted: bool = False
-    llama_cpp_grammar_retry_attempted: bool = False
-
-    # ── Transport / rate-limit recovery ──────────────────────────────────
-    primary_recovery_attempted: bool = False
-    has_retried_429: bool = False
-
-    # ── Restart signals (read by the outer loop after the attempt) ───────
-    restart_with_compressed_messages: bool = False
-    restart_with_length_continuation: bool = False
-
-    def __iter__(self):
-        # Convenience for debugging / tests: iterate (name, value) pairs.
-        for f in fields(self):
-            yield f.name, getattr(self, f.name)

agent/usage_pricing.py

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ DEFAULT_PRICING = {"input": 0.0, "output": 0.0}
 
 _ZERO = Decimal("0")
 _ONE_MILLION = Decimal("1000000")
-_NOUS_DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "https://inference-api.nousresearch.com/v1"
 
 CostStatus = Literal["actual", "estimated", "included", "unknown"]
 CostSource = Literal[
@@ -571,8 +570,6 @@ def resolve_billing_route(
         return BillingRoute(provider="openai-codex", model=model, base_url=base_url or "", billing_mode="subscription_included")
     if provider_name == "openrouter" or base_url_host_matches(base_url or "", "openrouter.ai"):
         return BillingRoute(provider="openrouter", model=model, base_url=base_url or "", billing_mode="official_models_api")
-    if provider_name == "nous" or base_url_host_matches(base_url or "", "inference-api.nousresearch.com"):
-        return BillingRoute(provider="nous", model=model, base_url=base_url or _NOUS_DEFAULT_BASE_URL, billing_mode="official_models_api")
     if provider_name == "anthropic":
         return BillingRoute(provider="anthropic", model=model.split("/")[-1], base_url=base_url or "", billing_mode="official_docs_snapshot")
     if provider_name == "openai":

apps/bootstrap-installer/package.json

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
     "tauri": "tauri",
     "tauri:dev": "tauri dev",
     "tauri:build": "tauri build",
-    "tauri:build:debug": "tauri build --debug",
-    "typecheck": "tsc -p . --noEmit"
+    "tauri:build:debug": "tauri build --debug"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@nous-research/ui": "0.16.0",
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@
     "@types/react": "^19.2.14",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^5.2.0",
-    "typescript": "^6.0.3",
+    "typescript": "~5.9.3",
     "vite": "^7.3.1"
   }
 }

apps/bootstrap-installer/tsconfig.json

@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
     "noUnusedParameters": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
+    "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
-      "@/*": ["./src/*"]
+      "@/*": ["src/*"]
     }
   },
   "include": ["src"],

apps/desktop/README.md

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Run before opening a PR (lint may surface pre-existing warnings but must exit cl
 
 ```bash
 npm run fix
-npm run typecheck
+npm run type-check
 npm run lint
 npm run test:desktop:all
 ```

apps/desktop/electron/bootstrap-runner.cjs

@@ -40,15 +40,6 @@ const path = require('node:path')
 const https = require('node:https')
 const { spawn } = require('node:child_process')
 
-const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32'
-
-function hiddenWindowsChildOptions(options = {}) {
-  if (!IS_WINDOWS || Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options, 'windowsHide')) {
-    return options
-  }
-  return { ...options, windowsHide: true }
-}
-
 const STAMP_COMMIT_RE = /^[0-9a-f]{7,40}$/i
 
 // Stages flagged needs_user_input=true in the manifest are skipped by the
@@ -293,7 +284,7 @@ function spawnPowerShell(scriptPath, args, { emit, stageName, abortSignal, herme
     const ps = process.platform === 'win32' ? resolveWindowsPowerShell() : 'pwsh'
     const fullArgs = ['-NoProfile', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Bypass', '-File', scriptPath, ...args]
 
-    const child = spawn(ps, fullArgs, hiddenWindowsChildOptions({
+    const child = spawn(ps, fullArgs, {
       stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
       env: {
         ...process.env,
@@ -301,7 +292,7 @@ function spawnPowerShell(scriptPath, args, { emit, stageName, abortSignal, herme
         // choice rather than re-computing the default.
         HERMES_HOME: hermesHome || process.env.HERMES_HOME || ''
       }
-    }))
+    })
 
     let stdout = ''
     let stderr = ''

apps/desktop/electron/main.cjs

@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@ const { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } = require('node:url')
 const { execFileSync, spawn } = require('node:child_process')
 const { detectRemoteDisplay, isWindowsBinaryPathInWsl, isWslEnvironment } = require('./bootstrap-platform.cjs')
 const { runBootstrap } = require('./bootstrap-runner.cjs')
-const { buildSessionWindowUrl, createSessionWindowRegistry } = require('./session-windows.cjs')
 const { canImportHermesCli, verifyHermesCli } = require('./backend-probes.cjs')
 const { probeGatewayWebSocket } = require('./gateway-ws-probe.cjs')
 const { serializeJsonBody, setJsonRequestHeaders } = require('./oauth-net-request.cjs')
-const { fetchMarketplaceThemes, searchMarketplaceThemes } = require('./vscode-marketplace.cjs')
 const {
   buildPosixCleanupScript,
   buildWindowsCleanupScript,
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ const {
   shouldRemoveAppBundle,
   uninstallArgsForMode
 } = require('./desktop-uninstall.cjs')
-const { isPackagedInstallPath: isPackagedInstallPathUnderRoots } = require('./workspace-cwd.cjs')
 const {
   authModeFromStatus,
   buildGatewayWsUrl,
@@ -65,11 +62,9 @@ const {
 } = require('./hardening.cjs')
 
 let nodePty = null
-let nodePtyDir = null
 
 try {
   nodePty = require('node-pty')
-  nodePtyDir = path.dirname(require.resolve('node-pty/package.json'))
 } catch {
   // Packaged builds set `files:` in package.json, which excludes node_modules
   // from the asar.  Workspace dedup also hoists this native dep to the repo
@@ -82,12 +77,10 @@ try {
     const path = require('node:path')
     const resourcesPath = process.resourcesPath
     if (resourcesPath) {
-      nodePtyDir = path.join(resourcesPath, 'native-deps', 'node-pty')
-      nodePty = require(nodePtyDir)
+      nodePty = require(path.join(resourcesPath, 'native-deps', 'node-pty'))
     }
   } catch {
     nodePty = null
-    nodePtyDir = null
   }
 }
 
@@ -107,13 +100,6 @@ const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === 'win32'
 const IS_WSL = isWslEnvironment()
 const APP_ROOT = app.getAppPath()
 
-function hiddenWindowsChildOptions(options = {}) {
-  if (!IS_WINDOWS || Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(options, 'windowsHide')) {
-    return options
-  }
-  return { ...options, windowsHide: true }
-}
-
 // Remote displays (SSH X11 forwarding, VNC, RDP) make Chromium's GPU
 // compositor flicker — accelerated layers can't be presented cleanly over the
 // wire, so the window flashes during scroll/streaming/animation. Local
@@ -133,20 +119,6 @@ if (REMOTE_DISPLAY_REASON) {
     `[hermes] remote display detected (${REMOTE_DISPLAY_REASON}); disabling GPU hardware acceleration to prevent flicker`
   )
 }
-
-// Keep the renderer running at full speed while the window is in the background
-// or occluded. The chat transcript streams to screen through a
-// requestAnimationFrame-gated flush; Chromium pauses rAF (and clamps timers)
-// for backgrounded/occluded renderers, so without these the live answer stalls
-// whenever the window loses focus (switching to your editor mid-turn, detached
-// devtools, another window covering it) and only paints on refocus or refresh.
-// `backgroundThrottling: false` on the BrowserWindow covers the blurred case;
-// these process-level switches additionally stop Chromium from backgrounding or
-// occlusion-throttling the renderer. Must run before app `ready`.
-app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-renderer-backgrounding')
-app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows')
-app.commandLine.appendSwitch('disable-background-timer-throttling')
-
 const SOURCE_REPO_ROOT = path.resolve(APP_ROOT, '../..')
 
 // Build-time install stamp -- the git ref this .exe was built against.
@@ -1113,7 +1085,7 @@ function findSystemPython() {
         const out = execFileSync(
           'reg',
           ['query', `${hive}\\SOFTWARE\\Python\\PythonCore\\${version}\\InstallPath`, '/ve', '/reg:64'],
-          hiddenWindowsChildOptions({ encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] })
+          { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] }
         )
         // Output format: "    (Default)    REG_SZ    C:\Path\To\Python\"
         const match = out.match(/REG_SZ\s+(.+?)\s*$/m)
@@ -1149,10 +1121,10 @@ function findSystemPython() {
   if (pyExe) {
     for (const version of SUPPORTED_VERSIONS) {
       try {
-        const out = execFileSync(pyExe, [`-${version}`, '-c', 'import sys; print(sys.executable)'], hiddenWindowsChildOptions({
+        const out = execFileSync(pyExe, [`-${version}`, '-c', 'import sys; print(sys.executable)'], {
           encoding: 'utf8',
           stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore']
-        }))
+        })
         const candidate = out.trim()
         if (candidate && fileExists(candidate)) return candidate
       } catch {
@@ -1287,11 +1259,11 @@ function resolveUpdateRoot() {
 
 function runGit(args, options = {}) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const child = spawn(resolveGitBinary(), IS_WINDOWS ? ['-c', 'windows.appendAtomically=false', ...args] : args, hiddenWindowsChildOptions({
+    const child = spawn(resolveGitBinary(), IS_WINDOWS ? ['-c', 'windows.appendAtomically=false', ...args] : args, {
       cwd: options.cwd,
       env: { ...process.env, ...(options.env || {}), GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: '0' },
       stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe']
-    }))
+    })
 
     let stdout = ''
     let stderr = ''
@@ -1501,7 +1473,7 @@ function forceKillProcessTree(pid) {
   if (!IS_WINDOWS) return
   if (!Number.isInteger(pid) || pid <= 0) return
   try {
-    execFileSync('taskkill', ['/PID', String(pid), '/T', '/F'], hiddenWindowsChildOptions({ stdio: 'ignore' }))
+    execFileSync('taskkill', ['/PID', String(pid), '/T', '/F'], { stdio: 'ignore' })
   } catch {
     // Already gone, or no permission — best effort; the unlock wait below is
     // the real gate.
@@ -1687,11 +1659,11 @@ function runStreamedUpdate(command, args, { cwd, env, stage } = {}) {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
     let child
     try {
-      child = spawn(command, args, hiddenWindowsChildOptions({
+      child = spawn(command, args, {
         cwd,
         env: { ...process.env, ...(env || {}) },
         stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe']
-      }))
+      })
     } catch (err) {
       resolve({ code: 1, error: err.message })
       return
@@ -1930,51 +1902,12 @@ function resolveWebDist() {
   const unpackedDist = path.join(unpackedPathFor(APP_ROOT), 'dist')
   if (directoryExists(unpackedDist)) return unpackedDist
 
-  // Final fallback: APP_ROOT/dist. When packaged with asar:true this lives
-  // INSIDE app.asar — not a servable filesystem directory — so the embedded
-  // dashboard backend 404s on static routes (see #41327, #39472). The durable
-  // fix is unpacking dist/ (PR #41411 adds dist/** to asarUnpack so the tier-2
-  // unpackedDist above resolves). If we still land here while packaged, log it
-  // so the cause isn't silent.
-  const fallback = path.join(APP_ROOT, 'dist')
-  if (IS_PACKAGED && /app\.asar(?=$|[\\/])/.test(fallback) && !directoryExists(fallback)) {
-    rememberLog(
-      `[web-dist] dashboard frontend dir resolved to an asar-internal path that ` +
-        `is not a real directory: ${fallback}. Static routes will 404. ` +
-        `Ensure dist/** is unpacked (asarUnpack) or set HERMES_DESKTOP_WEB_DIST.`
-    )
-  }
-  return fallback
+  return path.join(APP_ROOT, 'dist')
 }
 
 function resolveRendererIndex() {
   const candidates = [path.join(APP_ROOT, 'dist', 'index.html'), path.join(resolveWebDist(), 'index.html')]
-  const found = candidates.find(fileExists)
-  if (found) return found
-  // Nothing on disk. A packaged build with no renderer bundle blank-pages with
-  // a bare ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND and no clue why (see #39484). Surface the cause
-  // and the fix before Electron loads the missing file.
-  rememberLog(
-    `[renderer] index.html not found — the desktop app was packaged without a ` +
-      `renderer bundle. Tried: ${candidates.join(', ')}. ` +
-      `Rebuild with: hermes desktop --force-build`
-  )
-  return candidates[0]
-}
-
-// True when `dir` lives inside the packaged app bundle / install tree.
-// Packaged Electron's process.cwd() (and npm's INIT_CWD when dev tooling
-// leaked into a release build) often resolve here — e.g. win-unpacked on
-// Windows — which is exactly where PR #37536 item 16 said we must NOT run.
-function isPackagedInstallPath(dir) {
-  return isPackagedInstallPathUnderRoots(dir, {
-    isPackaged: IS_PACKAGED,
-    installRoots: [
-      APP_ROOT,
-      path.dirname(process.execPath),
-      resolveRemovableAppPath(process.execPath, process.platform, process.env)
-    ]
-  })
+  return candidates.find(fileExists) || candidates[0]
 }
 
 function resolveHermesCwd() {
@@ -1988,7 +1921,7 @@ function resolveHermesCwd() {
   const candidates = [
     readDefaultProjectDir(),
     process.env.HERMES_DESKTOP_CWD,
-    IS_PACKAGED ? null : process.env.INIT_CWD,
+    process.env.INIT_CWD,
     IS_PACKAGED ? null : process.cwd(),
     !IS_PACKAGED ? SOURCE_REPO_ROOT : null,
     app.getPath('home')
@@ -1997,37 +1930,12 @@ function resolveHermesCwd() {
   for (const candidate of candidates) {
     if (!candidate) continue
     const resolved = path.resolve(String(candidate))
-
-    if (isPackagedInstallPath(resolved)) {
-      continue
-    }
-
     if (directoryExists(resolved)) return resolved
   }
 
   return app.getPath('home')
 }
 
-function sanitizeWorkspaceCwd(cwd) {
-  const trimmed = typeof cwd === 'string' ? cwd.trim() : ''
-
-  if (!trimmed || isPackagedInstallPath(trimmed)) {
-    return { cwd: resolveHermesCwd(), sanitized: Boolean(trimmed) }
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const resolved = path.resolve(trimmed)
-
-    if (directoryExists(resolved)) {
-      return { cwd: resolved, sanitized: false }
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // Fall through to the resolved default.
-  }
-
-  return { cwd: resolveHermesCwd(), sanitized: Boolean(trimmed) }
-}
-
 // Persisted "Default project directory" — surfaced as a setting in the
 // renderer (see app/settings/sessions-settings.tsx). Stored as JSON in
 // userData so it survives self-updates without bleeding into the new
@@ -2678,7 +2586,7 @@ function fetchHtmlTitleWithCurl(rawUrl) {
       '--raw',
       url
     ]
-    const child = spawn('curl', args, hiddenWindowsChildOptions({ stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] }))
+    const child = spawn('curl', args, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] })
     const chunks = []
     let bytes = 0
 
@@ -3229,7 +3137,7 @@ function buildApplicationMenu() {
         label: 'Actual Size',
         accelerator: 'CommandOrControl+0',
         click: () => {
-          setAndPersistZoomLevel(mainWindow, 0)
+          if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed()) mainWindow.webContents.setZoomLevel(0)
         }
       },
       {
@@ -3237,7 +3145,8 @@ function buildApplicationMenu() {
         accelerator: 'CommandOrControl+Plus',
         click: () => {
           if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
-            setAndPersistZoomLevel(mainWindow, mainWindow.webContents.getZoomLevel() + 0.1)
+            const next = Math.min(mainWindow.webContents.getZoomLevel() + 0.1, 9)
+            mainWindow.webContents.setZoomLevel(next)
           }
         }
       },
@@ -3246,7 +3155,8 @@ function buildApplicationMenu() {
         accelerator: 'CommandOrControl+-',
         click: () => {
           if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
-            setAndPersistZoomLevel(mainWindow, mainWindow.webContents.getZoomLevel() - 0.1)
+            const next = Math.max(mainWindow.webContents.getZoomLevel() - 0.1, -9)
+            mainWindow.webContents.setZoomLevel(next)
           }
         }
       },
@@ -3308,42 +3218,6 @@ function installPreviewShortcut(window) {
   })
 }
 
-// Zoom level is persisted in the renderer's own localStorage (per-origin,
-// survives reloads/restarts) rather than a main-process JSON file. The main
-// process owns setZoomLevel, so we mirror each change into localStorage and
-// read it back on did-finish-load to re-apply after reloads or crash recovery.
-const ZOOM_STORAGE_KEY = 'hermes:desktop:zoomLevel'
-
-function clampZoomLevel(value) {
-  if (!Number.isFinite(value)) return 0
-  return Math.min(Math.max(value, -9), 9)
-}
-
-function setAndPersistZoomLevel(window, zoomLevel) {
-  if (!window || window.isDestroyed()) return
-  const next = clampZoomLevel(zoomLevel)
-  window.webContents.setZoomLevel(next)
-  window.webContents
-    .executeJavaScript(
-      `try { localStorage.setItem(${JSON.stringify(ZOOM_STORAGE_KEY)}, ${JSON.stringify(String(next))}) } catch {}`
-    )
-    .catch(error => rememberLog(`[zoom] persist failed: ${error?.message || error}`))
-}
-
-function restorePersistedZoomLevel(window) {
-  if (!window || window.isDestroyed()) return
-  window.webContents
-    .executeJavaScript(
-      `(() => { try { return localStorage.getItem(${JSON.stringify(ZOOM_STORAGE_KEY)}) } catch { return null } })()`
-    )
-    .then(stored => {
-      if (stored == null || !window || window.isDestroyed()) return
-      const level = clampZoomLevel(Number(stored))
-      window.webContents.setZoomLevel(level)
-    })
-    .catch(error => rememberLog(`[zoom] restore failed: ${error?.message || error}`))
-}
-
 function installZoomShortcuts(window) {
   // Override Ctrl/Cmd + +/-/0 with half the default zoom step (0.1 vs 0.2).
   // The menu items handle this on macOS (where the menu is always present),
@@ -3357,13 +3231,15 @@ function installZoomShortcuts(window) {
     const key = input.key
     if (key === '0') {
       event.preventDefault()
-      setAndPersistZoomLevel(window, 0)
+      window.webContents.setZoomLevel(0)
     } else if (key === '=' || key === '+') {
       event.preventDefault()
-      setAndPersistZoomLevel(window, window.webContents.getZoomLevel() + ZOOM_STEP)
+      const next = Math.min(window.webContents.getZoomLevel() + ZOOM_STEP, 9)
+      window.webContents.setZoomLevel(next)
     } else if (key === '-') {
       event.preventDefault()
-      setAndPersistZoomLevel(window, window.webContents.getZoomLevel() - ZOOM_STEP)
+      const next = Math.max(window.webContents.getZoomLevel() - ZOOM_STEP, -9)
+      window.webContents.setZoomLevel(next)
     }
   })
 }
@@ -3971,12 +3847,10 @@ async function sanitizeDesktopConnectionConfig(config = readDesktopConnectionCon
   const scoped = key ? config.profiles?.[key] || null : null
   const block = key ? scoped || {} : config.remote || {}
 
-  const envOverride = key ? false : Boolean(process.env.HERMES_DESKTOP_REMOTE_URL)
-
   const remoteToken = decryptDesktopSecret(block.token)
   const authMode = normAuthMode(block.authMode)
-  const remoteUrl = envOverride ? String(process.env.HERMES_DESKTOP_REMOTE_URL || '') : String(block.url || '')
-  const mode = envOverride || (key ? scoped?.mode : config.mode) === 'remote' ? 'remote' : 'local'
+  const remoteUrl = String(block.url || '')
+  const mode = (key ? scoped?.mode : config.mode) === 'remote' ? 'remote' : 'local'
 
   let remoteOauthConnected = false
   if (authMode === 'oauth' && remoteUrl) {
@@ -4002,7 +3876,7 @@ async function sanitizeDesktopConnectionConfig(config = readDesktopConnectionCon
     remoteTokenSet: Boolean(remoteToken),
     // The env override only forces the global/primary connection; a per-profile
     // scope is never overridden by HERMES_DESKTOP_REMOTE_URL.
-    envOverride
+    envOverride: key ? false : Boolean(process.env.HERMES_DESKTOP_REMOTE_URL)
   }
 }
 
@@ -4194,7 +4068,9 @@ async function requestJsonForProfile(profile, path, method, body) {
   const conn = await ensureBackend(profile)
   const url = `${conn.baseUrl}${path}`
   const opts = { method, body, timeoutMs: DEFAULT_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS }
-  return conn.authMode === 'oauth' ? fetchJsonViaOauthSession(url, opts) : fetchJson(url, conn.token, opts)
+  return conn.authMode === 'oauth'
+    ? fetchJsonViaOauthSession(url, opts)
+    : fetchJson(url, conn.token, opts)
 }
 
 async function probeRemoteAuthMode(rawUrl) {
@@ -4268,8 +4144,7 @@ async function testDesktopConnectionConfig(input = {}) {
   // The block under test: a per-profile entry or the global remote. Coerce has
   // already normalized the URL and resolved token inheritance for the scope.
   const block = key ? config.profiles?.[key] || null : config.remote
-  const wantRemote =
-    block?.mode === 'remote' || (!key && config.mode === 'remote') || (input.mode === 'remote' && block)
+  const wantRemote = block?.mode === 'remote' || (!key && config.mode === 'remote') || (input.mode === 'remote' && block)
   // ``/api/status`` is public on every gateway (no creds needed), so a
   // reachability test works for local, token, and oauth modes alike — we only
   // need a base URL. For a remote config we normalize the URL from the input;
@@ -4352,31 +4227,20 @@ async function teardownPrimaryBackendAndWait() {
   const dying = hermesProcess && !hermesProcess.killed ? hermesProcess : null
   resetHermesConnection()
 
-  await waitForBackendExit(dying)
-}
-
-async function waitForBackendExit(child, timeoutMs = 5000) {
-  if (!child) {
-    return
-  }
-  if (child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null) {
+  if (!dying) {
     return
   }
 
   await new Promise(resolve => {
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       try {
-        if (IS_WINDOWS && Number.isInteger(child.pid)) {
-          forceKillProcessTree(child.pid)
-        } else {
-          child.kill('SIGKILL')
-        }
+        dying.kill('SIGKILL')
       } catch {
         // Already gone.
       }
       resolve()
-    }, timeoutMs)
-    child.once('exit', () => {
+    }, 5000)
+    dying.once('exit', () => {
       clearTimeout(timer)
       resolve()
     })
@@ -4498,16 +4362,12 @@ async function spawnPoolBackend(profile, entry) {
 
   rememberLog(`Starting Hermes backend for profile "${profile}" via ${backend.label}`)
 
-  const child = spawn(backend.command, backend.args, hiddenWindowsChildOptions({
+  const child = spawn(backend.command, backend.args, {
     cwd: hermesCwd,
     env: {
       ...process.env,
       HERMES_HOME,
       ...backend.env,
-      // Pin the gateway's tool/terminal cwd to the same directory we chose for
-      // the child process. Inherited TERMINAL_CWD (or a stale config bridge)
-      // can still point at the install dir even when spawn cwd is home.
-      TERMINAL_CWD: hermesCwd,
       HERMES_DASHBOARD_SESSION_TOKEN: token,
       // Marks this dashboard backend as desktop-spawned so it runs the cron
       // scheduler tick loop (the gateway isn't running under the app).
@@ -4516,7 +4376,7 @@ async function spawnPoolBackend(profile, entry) {
     },
     shell: backend.shell,
     stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe']
-  }))
+  })
   entry.process = child
   entry.port = port
   entry.token = token
@@ -4538,9 +4398,7 @@ async function spawnPoolBackend(profile, entry) {
     rememberLog(`Hermes backend for profile "${profile}" exited (${signal || code})`)
     backendPool.delete(profile)
     if (!ready) {
-      rejectStart?.(
-        new Error(`Hermes backend for profile "${profile}" exited before it became ready (${signal || code}).`)
-      )
+      rejectStart?.(new Error(`Hermes backend for profile "${profile}" exited before it became ready (${signal || code}).`))
     }
   })
 
@@ -4574,70 +4432,12 @@ function stopPoolBackend(profile) {
   }
 }
 
-async function teardownPoolBackendAndWait(profile) {
-  const entry = backendPool.get(profile)
-  if (!entry) return
-  backendPool.delete(profile)
-
-  if (entry.process && !entry.process.killed) {
-    try {
-      entry.process.kill('SIGTERM')
-    } catch {
-      // Already gone.
-    }
-  }
-
-  await waitForBackendExit(entry.process)
-}
-
 function stopAllPoolBackends() {
   for (const profile of [...backendPool.keys()]) {
     stopPoolBackend(profile)
   }
 }
 
-function profileNameFromDeleteRequest(request) {
-  if (!request || String(request.method || 'GET').toUpperCase() !== 'DELETE') {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  const match = String(request.path || '').match(/^\/api\/profiles\/([^/?#]+)(?:[?#].*)?$/)
-  if (!match) {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  let raw = ''
-  try {
-    raw = decodeURIComponent(match[1])
-  } catch {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  const name = raw.trim()
-  if (!name) {
-    return null
-  }
-  if (name.toLowerCase() === 'default') {
-    return 'default'
-  }
-  return name.toLowerCase()
-}
-
-async function prepareProfileDeleteRequest(request) {
-  const profile = profileNameFromDeleteRequest(request)
-  if (!profile || profile === 'default' || !PROFILE_NAME_RE.test(profile)) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  if (profile === primaryProfileKey()) {
-    writeActiveDesktopProfile('default')
-    await teardownPrimaryBackendAndWait()
-    return
-  }
-
-  await teardownPoolBackendAndWait(profile)
-}
-
 async function startHermes() {
   // Latched-failure short-circuit: once bootstrap has failed in this
   // process, every subsequent startHermes() call re-throws the same error
@@ -4698,7 +4498,7 @@ async function startHermes() {
     await advanceBootProgress('backend.spawn', `Starting Hermes backend via ${backend.label}`, 84)
     rememberLog(`Starting Hermes backend via ${backend.label}`)
 
-    hermesProcess = spawn(backend.command, backend.args, hiddenWindowsChildOptions({
+    hermesProcess = spawn(backend.command, backend.args, {
       cwd: hermesCwd,
       env: {
         ...process.env,
@@ -4712,7 +4512,6 @@ async function startHermes() {
         // can't reliably do that, so we set it inline for every spawn.
         HERMES_HOME,
         ...backend.env,
-        TERMINAL_CWD: hermesCwd,
         HERMES_DASHBOARD_SESSION_TOKEN: token,
         // Marks this dashboard backend as desktop-spawned so it runs the cron
         // scheduler tick loop (the gateway isn't running under the app).
@@ -4721,7 +4520,7 @@ async function startHermes() {
       },
       shell: backend.shell,
       stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe']
-    }))
+    })
 
     hermesProcess.stdout.on('data', rememberLog)
     hermesProcess.stderr.on('data', rememberLog)
@@ -4810,100 +4609,12 @@ async function startHermes() {
   return connectionPromise
 }
 
-// Shared navigation guards + window chrome wiring applied to every window
-// (the primary plus any secondary session windows). Factored out of
-// createWindow() so secondary windows can't drift from the main window's
-// security posture: external links open in the OS browser, in-app navigation
-// stays confined to the dev server / packaged file URL, and the preview /
-// devtools / zoom / context-menu affordances behave identically everywhere.
-function wireCommonWindowHandlers(win) {
-  installPreviewShortcut(win)
-  installDevToolsShortcut(win)
-  installZoomShortcuts(win)
-  installContextMenu(win)
-  win.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(details => {
-    openExternalUrl(details.url)
-
-    return { action: 'deny' }
-  })
-  win.webContents.on('will-navigate', (event, url) => {
-    if ((DEV_SERVER && url.startsWith(DEV_SERVER)) || (!DEV_SERVER && url.startsWith('file:'))) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    event.preventDefault()
-    openExternalUrl(url)
-  })
-}
-
-// Secondary "session windows" — one extra OS window per chat so a user can
-// work with multiple chats side by side. The registry guarantees one window
-// per sessionId (re-opening focuses the existing window) and self-cleans on
-// close. The primary mainWindow is never tracked here. Pure logic + the URL
-// builder live in session-windows.cjs so they stay unit-testable.
-const sessionWindows = createSessionWindowRegistry()
-
-function focusWindow(win) {
-  if (!win || win.isDestroyed()) return
-  if (win.isMinimized()) win.restore()
-  if (!win.isVisible()) win.show()
-  win.focus()
-}
-
-// Open (or focus) a standalone window for a single chat session.
-function createSessionWindow(sessionId) {
-  return sessionWindows.openOrFocus(sessionId, () => {
-    const icon = getAppIconPath()
-    const win = new BrowserWindow({
-      width: 480,
-      height: 800,
-      minWidth: 420,
-      minHeight: 620,
-      title: 'Hermes',
-      titleBarStyle: 'hidden',
-      titleBarOverlay: getTitleBarOverlayOptions(),
-      trafficLightPosition: IS_MAC ? WINDOW_BUTTON_POSITION : undefined,
-      vibrancy: IS_MAC ? 'sidebar' : undefined,
-      icon,
-      backgroundColor: '#f7f7f7',
-      webPreferences: {
-        preload: path.join(__dirname, 'preload.cjs'),
-        contextIsolation: true,
-        webviewTag: true,
-        sandbox: true,
-        nodeIntegration: false,
-        devTools: true
-      }
-    })
-
-    if (IS_MAC) {
-      win.setWindowButtonPosition?.(WINDOW_BUTTON_POSITION)
-    }
-
-    win.on('will-enter-full-screen', () => sendWindowStateChanged(true))
-    win.on('enter-full-screen', () => sendWindowStateChanged(true))
-    win.on('will-leave-full-screen', () => sendWindowStateChanged(false))
-    win.on('leave-full-screen', () => sendWindowStateChanged(false))
-
-    wireCommonWindowHandlers(win)
-
-    win.loadURL(
-      buildSessionWindowUrl(sessionId, {
-        devServer: DEV_SERVER,
-        rendererIndexPath: DEV_SERVER ? undefined : resolveRendererIndex()
-      })
-    )
-
-    return win
-  })
-}
-
 function createWindow() {
   const icon = getAppIconPath()
   mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({
     width: 1220,
     height: 800,
-    minWidth: 400,
+    minWidth: 900,
     minHeight: 620,
     title: 'Hermes',
     // Frameless title bar on every platform so the renderer can paint the
@@ -4924,16 +4635,7 @@ function createWindow() {
       webviewTag: true,
       sandbox: true,
       nodeIntegration: false,
-      devTools: true,
-      // Keep timers + requestAnimationFrame running at full speed when the
-      // window is blurred/occluded. The chat transcript streams to the screen
-      // through a requestAnimationFrame-gated flush (useSessionStateCache),
-      // so with Chromium's default background throttling the live answer
-      // stalls whenever this window isn't focused (e.g. you switch to your
-      // editor mid-turn, or open detached devtools) and only appears once you
-      // refocus or refresh. A streaming chat app must render in the
-      // background, so opt out — matching the secondary windows above.
-      backgroundThrottling: false
+      devTools: true
     }
   })
 
@@ -4958,7 +4660,23 @@ function createWindow() {
   mainWindow.on('will-leave-full-screen', () => sendWindowStateChanged(false))
   mainWindow.on('leave-full-screen', () => sendWindowStateChanged(false))
 
-  wireCommonWindowHandlers(mainWindow)
+  installPreviewShortcut(mainWindow)
+  installDevToolsShortcut(mainWindow)
+  installZoomShortcuts(mainWindow)
+  installContextMenu(mainWindow)
+  mainWindow.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(details => {
+    openExternalUrl(details.url)
+
+    return { action: 'deny' }
+  })
+  mainWindow.webContents.on('will-navigate', (event, url) => {
+    if ((DEV_SERVER && url.startsWith(DEV_SERVER)) || (!DEV_SERVER && url.startsWith('file:'))) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    event.preventDefault()
+    openExternalUrl(url)
+  })
 
   mainWindow.webContents.on('render-process-gone', (_event, details) => {
     rememberLog(`[renderer] render-process-gone reason=${details?.reason} exitCode=${details?.exitCode}`)
@@ -5012,7 +4730,6 @@ function createWindow() {
   }
 
   mainWindow.webContents.once('did-finish-load', () => {
-    restorePersistedZoomLevel(mainWindow)
     broadcastBootProgress()
     sendWindowStateChanged()
     startHermes().catch(error => rememberLog(error.stack || error.message))
@@ -5020,59 +4737,11 @@ function createWindow() {
 }
 
 ipcMain.handle('hermes:connection', async (_event, profile) => ensureBackend(profile))
-// Reconnect-after-wake recovery. A REMOTE primary backend has no child process,
-// so the 'exit'/'error' handlers that would clear a dead connectionPromise never
-// fire — once the remote becomes unreachable across a sleep/wake the renderer
-// re-dials the same dead descriptor forever and the composer stays stuck on
-// "Starting Hermes…". Before the renderer's backoff loop reconnects, it asks us
-// to confirm the cached PRIMARY backend is still reachable; if a remote one is
-// not, we drop the cache so the next getConnection() rebuilds it. Local backends
-// self-heal via their child 'exit' handler, so we never touch them here.
-ipcMain.handle('hermes:connection:revalidate', async () => {
-  if (!connectionPromise) {
-    return { ok: true, rebuilt: false }
-  }
-
-  let conn = null
-  try {
-    conn = await connectionPromise
-  } catch {
-    // The cached boot already rejected (its own catch nulls connectionPromise);
-    // nothing to revalidate — the next getConnection() builds fresh.
-    return { ok: true, rebuilt: false }
-  }
-
-  if (!conn || conn.mode !== 'remote' || !conn.baseUrl) {
-    return { ok: true, rebuilt: false }
-  }
-
-  const base = conn.baseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, '')
-  try {
-    await fetchPublicJson(`${base}/api/status`, { timeoutMs: 2_500 })
-    return { ok: true, rebuilt: false }
-  } catch {
-    // Unreachable remote: drop the stale cache so the renderer's next reconnect
-    // tick rebuilds a fresh, reachable descriptor. resetHermesConnection only
-    // nulls connectionPromise for a remote (no child to SIGTERM).
-    rememberLog('Cached remote Hermes backend failed liveness probe; dropping stale connection.')
-    resetHermesConnection()
-    return { ok: true, rebuilt: true }
-  }
-})
 ipcMain.handle('hermes:backend:touch', async (_event, profile) => {
   touchPoolBackend(profile)
   return { ok: true }
 })
 ipcMain.handle('hermes:gateway:ws-url', async (_event, profile) => freshGatewayWsUrl(profile))
-ipcMain.handle('hermes:window:openSession', async (_event, sessionId) => {
-  if (typeof sessionId !== 'string' || !sessionId.trim()) {
-    return { ok: false, error: 'invalid-session-id' }
-  }
-
-  createSessionWindow(sessionId.trim())
-
-  return { ok: true }
-})
 ipcMain.handle('hermes:bootstrap:reset', async () => {
   // Renderer's "Reload and retry" path. Clear the latched failure and
   // reset connection state so the next startHermes() call restarts the
@@ -5311,19 +4980,17 @@ async function mergeRemoteProfileSessions(searchParams, remoteProfiles) {
   let total = (Number(base.total) || 0) - remoteProfiles.reduce((n, p) => n + (profileTotals[p] || 0), 0)
 
   // Swap each remote profile's stale local rows/total for the remote's real ones.
-  await Promise.all(
-    remoteProfiles.map(async name => {
-      const list = await remoteSessionList(name, remoteParams).catch(() => null)
-      if (!list) {
-        delete profileTotals[name] // dead remote → drop its stale local total too
-        return
-      }
-      const rows = rowsOf(list)
-      merged.push(...rows)
-      profileTotals[name] = Number(list.total) || rows.length
-      total += profileTotals[name]
-    })
-  )
+  await Promise.all(remoteProfiles.map(async name => {
+    const list = await remoteSessionList(name, remoteParams).catch(() => null)
+    if (!list) {
+      delete profileTotals[name] // dead remote → drop its stale local total too
+      return
+    }
+    const rows = rowsOf(list)
+    merged.push(...rows)
+    profileTotals[name] = Number(list.total) || rows.length
+    total += profileTotals[name]
+  }))
 
   const recency = s => s?.[order] ?? s?.started_at ?? 0
   merged.sort((a, b) => recency(b) - recency(a))
@@ -5340,8 +5007,6 @@ ipcMain.handle('hermes:api', async (_event, request) => {
     return rerouted
   }
 
-  await prepareProfileDeleteRequest(request)
-
   const connection = await ensureBackend(request?.profile)
   const timeoutMs = resolveTimeoutMs(request?.timeoutMs, DEFAULT_FETCH_TIMEOUT_MS)
   const url = `${connection.baseUrl}${request.path}`
@@ -5489,12 +5154,9 @@ ipcMain.handle('hermes:openExternal', (_event, url) => {
 // session spawn (no app restart needed).
 ipcMain.handle('hermes:setting:defaultProjectDir:get', async () => ({
   dir: readDefaultProjectDir(),
-  defaultLabel: app.getPath('home'),
-  resolvedCwd: resolveHermesCwd()
+  defaultLabel: path.join(app.getPath('home'), 'hermes-projects')
 }))
 
-ipcMain.handle('hermes:workspace:sanitize', async (_event, cwd) => sanitizeWorkspaceCwd(cwd))
-
 ipcMain.handle('hermes:setting:defaultProjectDir:set', async (_event, dir) => {
   const next = typeof dir === 'string' && dir.trim() ? dir.trim() : null
 
@@ -5584,121 +5246,22 @@ function findGitRoot(start) {
   return null
 }
 
-function isExecutableFile(filePath) {
-  if (!filePath || !path.isAbsolute(filePath)) {
-    return false
+function terminalShellCommand() {
+  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
+    return { args: [], command: process.env.COMSPEC || 'cmd.exe' }
   }
 
-  try {
-    fs.accessSync(filePath, fs.constants.X_OK)
-    return true
-  } catch {
-    return false
-  }
-}
-
-function posixShellSpec(shellPath) {
+  const configuredShell = process.env.SHELL || ''
+  const shellPath =
+    (path.isAbsolute(configuredShell) && fs.existsSync(configuredShell) && configuredShell) ||
+    ['/bin/zsh', '/bin/bash', '/bin/sh'].find(candidate => fs.existsSync(candidate)) ||
+    '/bin/sh'
   const shellName = path.basename(shellPath)
   const interactiveArgs = shellName.includes('zsh') || shellName.includes('bash') ? ['-il'] : ['-i']
 
   return { args: interactiveArgs, command: shellPath, name: shellName }
 }
 
-let spawnHelperChecked = false
-
-// node-pty execs a `spawn-helper` binary on macOS/Linux to launch the shell in a
-// fresh session. The prebuilt that ships in node-pty's `prebuilds/` (and the
-// staged copy under resources/native-deps) loses its execute bit through npm
-// pack / electron-builder file collection, so every nodePty.spawn() dies with
-// "posix_spawnp failed". Restore +x once, lazily, before the first spawn.
-function ensureSpawnHelperExecutable() {
-  if (spawnHelperChecked || IS_WINDOWS || !nodePtyDir) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  spawnHelperChecked = true
-
-  const arch = process.arch
-  const candidates = [
-    path.join(nodePtyDir, 'build', 'Release', 'spawn-helper'),
-    path.join(nodePtyDir, 'prebuilds', `${process.platform}-${arch}`, 'spawn-helper')
-  ]
-
-  for (const helper of candidates) {
-    try {
-      const mode = fs.statSync(helper).mode
-
-      if ((mode & 0o111) !== 0o111) {
-        fs.chmodSync(helper, mode | 0o755)
-      }
-    } catch {
-      // Not present in this layout (e.g. compiled build vs prebuild); skip.
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// Windows PowerShell 5.1 ships at a fixed System32 path on every Windows box;
-// prefer it only after PowerShell 7+ (`pwsh`).
-function windowsPowerShellPath() {
-  const systemRoot = process.env.SystemRoot || process.env.windir || 'C:\\Windows'
-  const builtin = path.join(systemRoot, 'System32', 'WindowsPowerShell', 'v1.0', 'powershell.exe')
-
-  return isExecutableFile(builtin) ? builtin : findOnPath('powershell.exe')
-}
-
-// Map a resolved shell path to its spawn spec, picking interactive flags by
-// family: PowerShell drops its logo banner (so the prompt sits flush like the
-// POSIX shells), cmd needs nothing, and everything else (zsh/bash/fish/sh…)
-// gets POSIX interactive-login flags.
-function shellSpecFor(shellPath) {
-  const name = path.basename(shellPath).toLowerCase()
-
-  if (name.startsWith('pwsh') || name.startsWith('powershell')) {
-    return { args: ['-NoLogo'], command: shellPath, name }
-  }
-
-  if (name.startsWith('cmd')) {
-    return { args: [], command: shellPath, name }
-  }
-
-  return posixShellSpec(shellPath)
-}
-
-// Best installed Windows shell: PowerShell 7+ (`pwsh`), then Windows PowerShell
-// 5.1, then comspec/cmd.exe as the universal fallback.
-function windowsShellSpec() {
-  const command =
-    findOnPath('pwsh.exe') || findOnPath('pwsh') || windowsPowerShellPath() || process.env.COMSPEC || 'cmd.exe'
-
-  return shellSpecFor(command)
-}
-
-// Resolve the interactive shell for the embedded terminal: an explicit user
-// override wins, otherwise auto-detect the best one installed for the platform.
-function terminalShellCommand() {
-  // HERMES_DESKTOP_SHELL is the cross-platform escape hatch (a path or a bare
-  // name on PATH); $SHELL is honored on POSIX, where it's the user's canonical
-  // choice, but ignored on Windows, where it's usually a stray MSYS/Git path
-  // node-pty can't spawn natively.
-  const override = (process.env.HERMES_DESKTOP_SHELL || (IS_WINDOWS ? '' : process.env.SHELL) || '').trim()
-
-  if (override) {
-    const resolved = isExecutableFile(override) ? override : findOnPath(override)
-
-    if (resolved) {
-      return shellSpecFor(resolved)
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (IS_WINDOWS) {
-    return windowsShellSpec()
-  }
-
-  const shellPath = ['/bin/zsh', '/bin/bash', '/bin/sh'].find(candidate => isExecutableFile(candidate))
-
-  return posixShellSpec(shellPath || '/bin/sh')
-}
-
 function safeTerminalCwd(cwd) {
   const candidate = path.resolve(String(cwd || app.getPath('home')))
 
@@ -5736,11 +5299,6 @@ function terminalShellEnv() {
   env.TERM_PROGRAM = 'Hermes'
   env.TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION = app.getVersion()
 
-  // Let a hermes/--tui launched in this pane know it's embedded in the desktop
-  // GUI (build_environment_hints surfaces this). Distinct from HERMES_DESKTOP,
-  // which marks the agent *backend* and gates cron/gateway behavior.
-  env.HERMES_DESKTOP_TERMINAL = '1'
-
   return env
 }
 
@@ -5812,8 +5370,6 @@ ipcMain.handle('hermes:terminal:start', async (event, payload = {}) => {
     throw new Error('PTY support is unavailable. Reinstall desktop dependencies and restart Hermes.')
   }
 
-  ensureSpawnHelperExecutable()
-
   const id = crypto.randomUUID()
   const { args, command, name } = terminalShellCommand()
   const cwd = safeTerminalCwd(payload?.cwd)
@@ -5993,11 +5549,11 @@ async function getUninstallSummary() {
       resolve(value)
     }
     try {
-      const child = spawn(py, ['-m', 'hermes_cli.main', 'uninstall', '--gui-summary'], hiddenWindowsChildOptions({
+      const child = spawn(py, ['-m', 'hermes_cli.main', 'uninstall', '--gui-summary'], {
         cwd: agentRoot,
         env: { ...process.env, HERMES_HOME, NO_COLOR: '1' },
         stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore']
-      }))
+      })
       child.stdout.on('data', chunk => {
         stdout += chunk.toString()
       })
@@ -6136,12 +5692,6 @@ ipcMain.handle('hermes:uninstall:run', async (_event, payload) => {
   return runDesktopUninstall(String(mode || ''))
 })
 
-// Download a VS Code Marketplace extension and return the raw color-theme JSON
-// it contributes. No theme code is executed — we only read JSON from the .vsix.
-ipcMain.handle('hermes:vscode-theme:fetch', async (_event, id) => fetchMarketplaceThemes(String(id || '')))
-
-// Search the Marketplace for color-theme extensions (empty query = top installs).
-ipcMain.handle('hermes:vscode-theme:search', async (_event, query) => searchMarketplaceThemes(String(query || ''), 20))
 
 app.whenReady().then(() => {
   if (IS_MAC) {
@@ -6157,14 +5707,7 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
   createWindow()
 
   app.on('activate', () => {
-    // Recreate the primary window if it's gone. Guard on mainWindow directly
-    // (not just total window count) so a dock click still restores the main
-    // window when only secondary session windows remain open.
-    if (!mainWindow || mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
-      createWindow()
-    } else {
-      focusWindow(mainWindow)
-    }
+    if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) createWindow()
   })
 })
 

apps/desktop/electron/preload.cjs

@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ const { contextBridge, ipcRenderer, webUtils } = require('electron')
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('hermesDesktop', {
   getConnection: profile => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:connection', profile),
-  revalidateConnection: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:connection:revalidate'),
   touchBackend: profile => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:backend:touch', profile),
   getGatewayWsUrl: profile => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:gateway:ws-url', profile),
-  openSessionWindow: sessionId => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:window:openSession', sessionId),
   getBootProgress: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:boot-progress:get'),
   getConnectionConfig: profile => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:connection-config:get', profile),
   saveConnectionConfig: payload => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:connection-config:save', payload),
@@ -42,7 +40,6 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('hermesDesktop', {
   setPreviewShortcutActive: active => ipcRenderer.send('hermes:previewShortcutActive', Boolean(active)),
   openExternal: url => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:openExternal', url),
   fetchLinkTitle: url => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:fetchLinkTitle', url),
-  sanitizeWorkspaceCwd: cwd => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:workspace:sanitize', cwd),
   settings: {
     getDefaultProjectDir: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:setting:defaultProjectDir:get'),
     setDefaultProjectDir: dir => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:setting:defaultProjectDir:set', dir),
@@ -134,9 +131,5 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('hermesDesktop', {
       ipcRenderer.on('hermes:updates:progress', listener)
       return () => ipcRenderer.removeListener('hermes:updates:progress', listener)
     }
-  },
-  themes: {
-    fetchMarketplace: id => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:vscode-theme:fetch', id),
-    searchMarketplace: query => ipcRenderer.invoke('hermes:vscode-theme:search', query)
   }
 })

apps/desktop/electron/session-windows.cjs

@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-// Secondary "session windows" — one extra OS window per chat so a user can
-// work with multiple chats side by side. The pure, Electron-free pieces live
-// here so they can be unit-tested with node --test (mirroring how the rest of
-// electron/*.cjs splits testable logic out of the main.cjs monolith).
-
-const { pathToFileURL } = require('node:url')
-
-// Build the renderer URL for a secondary window. The renderer uses a
-// HashRouter, so the session route lives after the '#'. The `?win=secondary`
-// flag MUST sit in the query string BEFORE the '#': anything after the '#' is
-// treated as the route by HashRouter and would break routeSessionId(). The
-// renderer reads the flag from window.location.search to suppress the install /
-// onboarding overlays and the global session sidebar.
-function buildSessionWindowUrl(sessionId, { devServer, rendererIndexPath } = {}) {
-  const route = `#/${encodeURIComponent(sessionId)}`
-
-  if (devServer) {
-    const base = devServer.endsWith('/') ? devServer.slice(0, -1) : devServer
-
-    return `${base}/?win=secondary${route}`
-  }
-
-  return `${pathToFileURL(rendererIndexPath).toString()}?win=secondary${route}`
-}
-
-// A small registry keyed by sessionId that guarantees one window per chat:
-// opening a session that already has a live window focuses it instead of
-// spawning a duplicate, and a window removes itself from the registry when it
-// closes. The actual BrowserWindow construction is injected (the `factory`) so
-// this module stays free of Electron and is unit-testable.
-function createSessionWindowRegistry() {
-  const windows = new Map()
-
-  function openOrFocus(sessionId, factory) {
-    const key = typeof sessionId === 'string' ? sessionId.trim() : ''
-
-    if (!key) {
-      return null
-    }
-
-    const existing = windows.get(key)
-
-    if (existing && !existing.isDestroyed()) {
-      // Focus-or-create: never duplicate a window for the same chat.
-      if (typeof existing.isMinimized === 'function' && existing.isMinimized()) {
-        existing.restore?.()
-      }
-
-      if (typeof existing.isVisible === 'function' && !existing.isVisible()) {
-        existing.show?.()
-      }
-
-      existing.focus?.()
-
-      return existing
-    }
-
-    const win = factory(key)
-
-    if (!win) {
-      return null
-    }
-
-    windows.set(key, win)
-
-    // Self-cleanup on close so the registry never holds a destroyed window.
-    win.on?.('closed', () => {
-      if (windows.get(key) === win) {
-        windows.delete(key)
-      }
-    })
-
-    return win
-  }
-
-  return {
-    openOrFocus,
-    get: key => windows.get(key),
-    has: key => windows.has(key),
-    get size() {
-      return windows.size
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-module.exports = { buildSessionWindowUrl, createSessionWindowRegistry }

apps/desktop/electron/session-windows.test.cjs

@@ -1,165 +0,0 @@
-const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
-const test = require('node:test')
-
-const { buildSessionWindowUrl, createSessionWindowRegistry } = require('./session-windows.cjs')
-
-// A minimal fake BrowserWindow: tracks listeners + destroyed state and lets a
-// test fire the 'closed' event, mirroring the slice of the Electron API the
-// registry actually touches.
-function makeFakeWindow() {
-  const listeners = {}
-  const calls = { focus: 0, show: 0, restore: 0 }
-  let destroyed = false
-  let minimized = false
-  let visible = true
-
-  return {
-    on(event, handler) {
-      listeners[event] = handler
-
-      return this
-    },
-    emit(event) {
-      listeners[event]?.()
-    },
-    isDestroyed: () => destroyed,
-    destroy() {
-      destroyed = true
-    },
-    isMinimized: () => minimized,
-    setMinimized(value) {
-      minimized = value
-    },
-    isVisible: () => visible,
-    setVisible(value) {
-      visible = value
-    },
-    restore() {
-      calls.restore += 1
-      minimized = false
-    },
-    show() {
-      calls.show += 1
-      visible = true
-    },
-    focus() {
-      calls.focus += 1
-    },
-    calls
-  }
-}
-
-test('buildSessionWindowUrl puts the secondary flag before the hash route (dev server)', () => {
-  const url = buildSessionWindowUrl('abc123', { devServer: 'http://localhost:5173' })
-
-  assert.equal(url, 'http://localhost:5173/?win=secondary#/abc123')
-})
-
-test('buildSessionWindowUrl avoids a double slash when the dev server has a trailing slash', () => {
-  const url = buildSessionWindowUrl('abc123', { devServer: 'http://localhost:5173/' })
-
-  assert.equal(url, 'http://localhost:5173/?win=secondary#/abc123')
-})
-
-test('buildSessionWindowUrl encodes the session id in the hash route', () => {
-  const url = buildSessionWindowUrl('a b/c', { devServer: 'http://localhost:5173' })
-
-  // The query flag must precede the '#' or HashRouter would swallow it as the
-  // route; the id is URL-encoded so slashes/spaces survive routeSessionId().
-  assert.equal(url, 'http://localhost:5173/?win=secondary#/a%20b%2Fc')
-  assert.ok(url.indexOf('?win=secondary') < url.indexOf('#'))
-})
-
-test('buildSessionWindowUrl builds a packaged file URL with the flag before the hash', () => {
-  const url = buildSessionWindowUrl('abc', { rendererIndexPath: '/opt/app/index.html' })
-
-  assert.match(url, /^file:\/\/.*index\.html\?win=secondary#\/abc$/)
-})
-
-test('registry opens one window per session and focuses on re-open', () => {
-  const registry = createSessionWindowRegistry()
-  let built = 0
-  const win = makeFakeWindow()
-  const factory = () => {
-    built += 1
-
-    return win
-  }
-
-  const first = registry.openOrFocus('s1', factory)
-  const second = registry.openOrFocus('s1', factory)
-
-  assert.equal(built, 1, 'factory runs once for the same session')
-  assert.equal(first, second)
-  assert.equal(registry.size, 1)
-  assert.equal(win.calls.focus, 1, 'second open focuses the existing window')
-})
-
-test('registry restores + shows a minimized/hidden window on re-open', () => {
-  const registry = createSessionWindowRegistry()
-  const win = makeFakeWindow()
-  registry.openOrFocus('s1', () => win)
-
-  win.setMinimized(true)
-  win.setVisible(false)
-  registry.openOrFocus('s1', () => win)
-
-  assert.equal(win.calls.restore, 1)
-  assert.equal(win.calls.show, 1)
-  assert.equal(win.calls.focus, 1)
-})
-
-test('registry drops the entry when the window closes', () => {
-  const registry = createSessionWindowRegistry()
-  const win = makeFakeWindow()
-  registry.openOrFocus('s1', () => win)
-  assert.equal(registry.size, 1)
-
-  win.emit('closed')
-
-  assert.equal(registry.size, 0)
-  assert.equal(registry.has('s1'), false)
-})
-
-test('registry rebuilds a fresh window after the previous one was destroyed', () => {
-  const registry = createSessionWindowRegistry()
-  const first = makeFakeWindow()
-  registry.openOrFocus('s1', () => first)
-  first.destroy()
-
-  let built = 0
-  const second = makeFakeWindow()
-  const result = registry.openOrFocus('s1', () => {
-    built += 1
-
-    return second
-  })
-
-  assert.equal(built, 1, 'a destroyed window is replaced, not focused')
-  assert.equal(result, second)
-})
-
-test('registry ignores empty / non-string session ids', () => {
-  const registry = createSessionWindowRegistry()
-  let built = 0
-  const factory = () => {
-    built += 1
-
-    return makeFakeWindow()
-  }
-
-  assert.equal(registry.openOrFocus('', factory), null)
-  assert.equal(registry.openOrFocus('   ', factory), null)
-  assert.equal(registry.openOrFocus(null, factory), null)
-  assert.equal(registry.openOrFocus(42, factory), null)
-  assert.equal(built, 0)
-  assert.equal(registry.size, 0)
-})
-
-test('registry trims the session id before keying', () => {
-  const registry = createSessionWindowRegistry()
-  const win = makeFakeWindow()
-  registry.openOrFocus('  s1  ', () => win)
-
-  assert.equal(registry.has('s1'), true)
-})

apps/desktop/electron/vscode-marketplace.cjs

@@ -1,331 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-/**
- * VS Code Marketplace color-theme fetcher (main process).
- *
- * Resolves an extension's latest version via the (undocumented but stable)
- * gallery ExtensionQuery API, downloads the `.vsix` (a zip), and extracts the
- * color-theme JSON files it contributes. No theme code is ever executed — we
- * only read `package.json` + the referenced `*.json` theme files out of the
- * archive and hand their text back to the renderer to convert.
- *
- * Dependency-free on purpose: a `.vsix` is a plain zip, so we parse the central
- * directory and inflate just the entries we need with `zlib`. Avoids pulling a
- * zip library into the desktop bundle for a feature this small.
- */
-
-const https = require('node:https')
-const zlib = require('node:zlib')
-
-const GALLERY_QUERY_URL = 'https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/extensionquery'
-const VSIX_ASSET_TYPE = 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.VSIXPackage'
-const MAX_VSIX_BYTES = 40 * 1024 * 1024 // 40 MB — themes are tiny; this is paranoia.
-const MAX_REDIRECTS = 5
-const REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 20_000
-
-const ID_RE = /^[\w-]+\.[\w-]+$/
-
-/** Minimal HTTPS helper with redirect-following, timeout, and a size cap. */
-function request(url, { method = 'GET', headers = {}, body = null, maxBytes = MAX_VSIX_BYTES } = {}, redirectsLeft = MAX_REDIRECTS) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const req = https.request(url, { method, headers }, res => {
-      const status = res.statusCode ?? 0
-
-      if (status >= 300 && status < 400 && res.headers.location) {
-        if (redirectsLeft <= 0) {
-          res.resume()
-          reject(new Error('Too many redirects.'))
-
-          return
-        }
-
-        const next = new URL(res.headers.location, url).toString()
-        res.resume()
-        // Redirects to the CDN are plain GETs (drop the POST body).
-        resolve(request(next, { method: 'GET', headers: { 'User-Agent': headers['User-Agent'] }, maxBytes }, redirectsLeft - 1))
-
-        return
-      }
-
-      if (status < 200 || status >= 300) {
-        res.resume()
-        reject(new Error(`Request failed (${status}) for ${url}`))
-
-        return
-      }
-
-      const chunks = []
-      let total = 0
-
-      res.on('data', chunk => {
-        total += chunk.length
-
-        if (total > maxBytes) {
-          req.destroy()
-          reject(new Error('Response exceeded the size limit.'))
-
-          return
-        }
-
-        chunks.push(chunk)
-      })
-      res.on('end', () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks)))
-    })
-
-    req.on('error', reject)
-    req.setTimeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS, () => req.destroy(new Error('Request timed out.')))
-
-    if (body) {
-      req.write(body)
-    }
-
-    req.end()
-  })
-}
-
-/** Resolve `{ displayName, vsixUrl }` for the latest version of `id`. */
-async function resolveExtension(id) {
-  const json = await queryGallery({
-    // FilterType 7 = ExtensionName (the full publisher.extension id).
-    filters: [{ criteria: [{ filterType: 7, value: id }], pageNumber: 1, pageSize: 1 }],
-    // Flags: IncludeFiles | IncludeVersionProperties | IncludeAssetUri |
-    // IncludeCategoryAndTags | IncludeLatestVersionOnly = 914.
-    flags: 914
-  })
-  const extension = json?.results?.[0]?.extensions?.[0]
-
-  if (!extension) {
-    throw new Error(`Extension "${id}" was not found on the Marketplace.`)
-  }
-
-  const version = extension.versions?.[0]
-
-  if (!version) {
-    throw new Error(`Extension "${id}" has no published versions.`)
-  }
-
-  const asset = (version.files ?? []).find(file => file.assetType === VSIX_ASSET_TYPE)
-  const vsixUrl = asset?.source
-
-  if (!vsixUrl) {
-    throw new Error(`Could not find a downloadable package for "${id}".`)
-  }
-
-  return { displayName: extension.displayName || id, vsixUrl }
-}
-
-/** POST an ExtensionQuery payload and return the parsed gallery response. */
-async function queryGallery(payload, { maxBytes = 4 * 1024 * 1024 } = {}) {
-  const body = JSON.stringify(payload)
-  const raw = await request(GALLERY_QUERY_URL, {
-    method: 'POST',
-    headers: {
-      Accept: 'application/json;api-version=3.0-preview.1',
-      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-      'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(body),
-      'User-Agent': 'Hermes-Desktop'
-    },
-    body,
-    maxBytes
-  })
-
-  return JSON.parse(raw.toString('utf8'))
-}
-
-/**
- * Search the Marketplace for color-theme extensions. With an empty query this
- * returns the most-installed themes; with a query it's a full-text search
- * scoped to the Themes category. Returns lightweight cards (no download).
- */
-/**
- * The "Themes" category also contains file-icon and product-icon themes (the
- * gallery has no color-only category). We can't see an extension's actual
- * contributions without downloading it, so filter the obvious icon packs out by
- * tag + name/description. Color themes that also ship icons are rare; worst case
- * a user installs them by exact id from settings.
- */
-function looksLikeIconTheme(extension) {
-  const tags = (extension.tags ?? []).map(tag => String(tag).toLowerCase())
-
-  if (tags.includes('icon-theme') || tags.includes('product-icon-theme')) {
-    return true
-  }
-
-  const text = `${extension.displayName ?? ''} ${extension.shortDescription ?? ''}`.toLowerCase()
-
-  return /\b(icon theme|file icons?|product icons?|icon pack|fileicons)\b/.test(text)
-}
-
-async function searchMarketplaceThemes(query, limit = 20) {
-  const text = String(query || '').trim()
-  const pageSize = Math.min(Math.max(Number(limit) || 20, 1), 50)
-
-  // FilterType: 8=Target, 5=Category, 10=SearchText, 12=ExcludeWithFlags.
-  const criteria = [
-    { filterType: 8, value: 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.Code' },
-    { filterType: 5, value: 'Themes' },
-    { filterType: 12, value: '4096' } // Exclude unpublished (Unpublished = 0x1000).
-  ]
-
-  if (text) {
-    criteria.push({ filterType: 10, value: text })
-  }
-
-  const json = await queryGallery({
-    // Over-fetch so the icon-theme filter below still leaves a full page.
-    filters: [{ criteria, pageNumber: 1, pageSize: Math.min(pageSize * 2, 50), sortBy: 4, sortOrder: 0 }],
-    // IncludeStatistics (0x100) | IncludeLatestVersionOnly (0x200) | IncludeCategoryAndTags (0x4).
-    flags: 772
-  })
-
-  const extensions = json?.results?.[0]?.extensions ?? []
-
-  return extensions
-    .filter(extension => !looksLikeIconTheme(extension))
-    .slice(0, pageSize)
-    .map(extension => {
-      const publisherName = extension.publisher?.publisherName ?? ''
-      const installStat = (extension.statistics ?? []).find(stat => stat.statisticName === 'install')
-
-      return {
-        extensionId: `${publisherName}.${extension.extensionName}`,
-        displayName: extension.displayName || extension.extensionName,
-        publisher: extension.publisher?.displayName || publisherName,
-        description: extension.shortDescription || '',
-        installs: Math.round(installStat?.value ?? 0)
-      }
-    })
-}
-
-// ─── Minimal zip reader ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-function findEndOfCentralDirectory(buf) {
-  // EOCD signature 0x06054b50, scanning back from the end (comment is rare).
-  for (let i = buf.length - 22; i >= 0; i--) {
-    if (buf.readUInt32LE(i) === 0x06054b50) {
-      return i
-    }
-  }
-
-  throw new Error('Not a valid zip archive (no end-of-central-directory).')
-}
-
-/** Parse the central directory into a name → record map. */
-function readCentralDirectory(buf) {
-  const eocd = findEndOfCentralDirectory(buf)
-  const count = buf.readUInt16LE(eocd + 10)
-  let offset = buf.readUInt32LE(eocd + 16)
-  const records = new Map()
-
-  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-    if (buf.readUInt32LE(offset) !== 0x02014b50) {
-      break
-    }
-
-    const method = buf.readUInt16LE(offset + 10)
-    const compressedSize = buf.readUInt32LE(offset + 20)
-    const nameLen = buf.readUInt16LE(offset + 28)
-    const extraLen = buf.readUInt16LE(offset + 30)
-    const commentLen = buf.readUInt16LE(offset + 32)
-    const localOffset = buf.readUInt32LE(offset + 42)
-    const name = buf.toString('utf8', offset + 46, offset + 46 + nameLen)
-
-    records.set(name, { method, compressedSize, localOffset })
-    offset += 46 + nameLen + extraLen + commentLen
-  }
-
-  return records
-}
-
-/** Inflate a single entry to a string. */
-function extractEntry(buf, record) {
-  // The local header's name/extra lengths can differ from the central record,
-  // so re-read them here to locate the compressed payload.
-  if (buf.readUInt32LE(record.localOffset) !== 0x04034b50) {
-    throw new Error('Corrupt zip: bad local file header.')
-  }
-
-  const nameLen = buf.readUInt16LE(record.localOffset + 26)
-  const extraLen = buf.readUInt16LE(record.localOffset + 28)
-  const dataStart = record.localOffset + 30 + nameLen + extraLen
-  const data = buf.subarray(dataStart, dataStart + record.compressedSize)
-
-  // 0 = stored, 8 = deflate. Theme files are one or the other.
-  return record.method === 0 ? data.toString('utf8') : zlib.inflateRawSync(data).toString('utf8')
-}
-
-/** Normalize a package.json theme path to its zip entry name. */
-function themeEntryName(themePath) {
-  const clean = String(themePath).replace(/^\.\//, '').replace(/^\//, '')
-
-  return `extension/${clean}`
-}
-
-/** Extract every contributed color theme from a `.vsix` buffer. */
-function extractThemes(vsixBuffer) {
-  const records = readCentralDirectory(vsixBuffer)
-  const pkgRecord = records.get('extension/package.json')
-
-  if (!pkgRecord) {
-    throw new Error('Package manifest missing from the extension.')
-  }
-
-  const pkg = JSON.parse(extractEntry(vsixBuffer, pkgRecord))
-  const contributed = pkg?.contributes?.themes
-
-  if (!Array.isArray(contributed) || contributed.length === 0) {
-    return []
-  }
-
-  const themes = []
-
-  for (const entry of contributed) {
-    if (!entry?.path) {
-      continue
-    }
-
-    const record = records.get(themeEntryName(entry.path))
-
-    if (!record) {
-      continue
-    }
-
-    try {
-      themes.push({
-        label: entry.label || entry.id || pkg.displayName || pkg.name || 'VS Code Theme',
-        uiTheme: entry.uiTheme,
-        contents: extractEntry(vsixBuffer, record)
-      })
-    } catch {
-      // Skip an entry we can't inflate rather than failing the whole install.
-    }
-  }
-
-  return themes
-}
-
-/**
- * Public entry: resolve, download, and extract color themes for `id`
- * (`publisher.extension`). Returns `{ extensionId, displayName, themes }`.
- */
-async function fetchMarketplaceThemes(id) {
-  const trimmed = String(id || '').trim()
-
-  if (!ID_RE.test(trimmed)) {
-    throw new Error('Expected a Marketplace id like "publisher.extension".')
-  }
-
-  const { displayName, vsixUrl } = await resolveExtension(trimmed)
-  const vsix = await request(vsixUrl, { headers: { 'User-Agent': 'Hermes-Desktop' } })
-  const themes = extractThemes(vsix)
-
-  return { extensionId: trimmed, displayName, themes }
-}
-
-module.exports = {
-  fetchMarketplaceThemes,
-  searchMarketplaceThemes,
-  extractThemes,
-  readCentralDirectory,
-  __testing: { themeEntryName, looksLikeIconTheme }
-}

apps/desktop/electron/vscode-marketplace.test.cjs

@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const assert = require('node:assert')
-const test = require('node:test')
-
-const { __testing, extractThemes, readCentralDirectory } = require('./vscode-marketplace.cjs')
-
-// Build a minimal zip with stored (uncompressed) entries so the test controls
-// the bytes exactly — exercises the central-directory reader + theme extraction
-// without a deflate dependency.
-function makeZip(entries) {
-  const locals = []
-  const centrals = []
-  let offset = 0
-
-  for (const { name, data } of entries) {
-    const nameBuf = Buffer.from(name, 'utf8')
-    const body = Buffer.from(data, 'utf8')
-
-    const local = Buffer.alloc(30 + nameBuf.length)
-    local.writeUInt32LE(0x04034b50, 0)
-    local.writeUInt16LE(0, 8) // method: stored
-    local.writeUInt32LE(body.length, 18) // compressed size
-    local.writeUInt32LE(body.length, 22) // uncompressed size
-    local.writeUInt16LE(nameBuf.length, 26)
-    nameBuf.copy(local, 30)
-
-    locals.push(local, body)
-
-    const central = Buffer.alloc(46 + nameBuf.length)
-    central.writeUInt32LE(0x02014b50, 0)
-    central.writeUInt16LE(0, 10) // method: stored
-    central.writeUInt32LE(body.length, 20)
-    central.writeUInt32LE(body.length, 24)
-    central.writeUInt16LE(nameBuf.length, 28)
-    central.writeUInt32LE(offset, 42) // local header offset
-    nameBuf.copy(central, 46)
-
-    centrals.push(central)
-    offset += local.length + body.length
-  }
-
-  const centralStart = offset
-  const centralBuf = Buffer.concat(centrals)
-
-  const eocd = Buffer.alloc(22)
-  eocd.writeUInt32LE(0x06054b50, 0)
-  eocd.writeUInt16LE(entries.length, 8)
-  eocd.writeUInt16LE(entries.length, 10)
-  eocd.writeUInt32LE(centralBuf.length, 12)
-  eocd.writeUInt32LE(centralStart, 16)
-
-  return Buffer.concat([...locals, centralBuf, eocd])
-}
-
-test('readCentralDirectory finds every entry', () => {
-  const zip = makeZip([
-    { name: 'extension/package.json', data: '{}' },
-    { name: 'extension/themes/x.json', data: '{}' }
-  ])
-
-  const records = readCentralDirectory(zip)
-  assert.ok(records.has('extension/package.json'))
-  assert.ok(records.has('extension/themes/x.json'))
-})
-
-test('extractThemes reads contributed color themes (resolving ./ paths)', () => {
-  const pkg = JSON.stringify({
-    name: 'theme-dracula',
-    displayName: 'Dracula',
-    contributes: {
-      themes: [{ label: 'Dracula', uiTheme: 'vs-dark', path: './themes/dracula.json' }]
-    }
-  })
-  const themeJson = JSON.stringify({ name: 'Dracula', type: 'dark', colors: { 'editor.background': '#282a36' } })
-
-  const zip = makeZip([
-    { name: 'extension/package.json', data: pkg },
-    { name: 'extension/themes/dracula.json', data: themeJson }
-  ])
-
-  const themes = extractThemes(zip)
-  assert.strictEqual(themes.length, 1)
-  assert.strictEqual(themes[0].label, 'Dracula')
-  assert.strictEqual(themes[0].uiTheme, 'vs-dark')
-  assert.match(themes[0].contents, /editor\.background/)
-})
-
-test('extractThemes returns empty when the extension contributes no themes', () => {
-  const zip = makeZip([{ name: 'extension/package.json', data: JSON.stringify({ name: 'x', contributes: {} }) }])
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(extractThemes(zip), [])
-})
-
-test('extractThemes throws when the manifest is missing', () => {
-  const zip = makeZip([{ name: 'extension/other.txt', data: 'hi' }])
-  assert.throws(() => extractThemes(zip), /manifest missing/i)
-})
-
-test('looksLikeIconTheme filters icon/product-icon packs out of theme search', () => {
-  const { looksLikeIconTheme } = __testing
-
-  // Tagged contribution points are the strongest signal.
-  assert.strictEqual(looksLikeIconTheme({ tags: ['theme', 'icon-theme'] }), true)
-  assert.strictEqual(looksLikeIconTheme({ tags: ['product-icon-theme'] }), true)
-
-  // Name/description fallback for packs that don't tag themselves.
-  assert.strictEqual(looksLikeIconTheme({ displayName: 'Material Icon Theme' }), true)
-  assert.strictEqual(looksLikeIconTheme({ shortDescription: 'A pack of file icons.' }), true)
-
-  // Real color themes survive.
-  assert.strictEqual(looksLikeIconTheme({ displayName: 'Dracula Official', tags: ['theme', 'color-theme'] }), false)
-  assert.strictEqual(looksLikeIconTheme({ displayName: 'One Dark Pro' }), false)
-})

apps/desktop/electron/windows-child-process.test.cjs

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-const test = require('node:test')
-const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
-const fs = require('node:fs')
-const path = require('node:path')
-
-const ELECTRON_DIR = __dirname
-
-function readElectronFile(name) {
-  return fs.readFileSync(path.join(ELECTRON_DIR, name), 'utf8')
-}
-
-function requireHiddenChildOptions(source, needle) {
-  const index = source.indexOf(needle)
-  assert.notEqual(index, -1, `missing call site: ${needle}`)
-  const snippet = source.slice(index, index + 700)
-  assert.match(
-    snippet,
-    /hiddenWindowsChildOptions\(/,
-    `expected ${needle} to wrap child-process options with hiddenWindowsChildOptions`
-  )
-}
-
-test('desktop background child processes opt into hidden Windows consoles', () => {
-  const source = readElectronFile('main.cjs')
-
-  assert.match(source, /function hiddenWindowsChildOptions\(options = \{\}\)/)
-
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, "execFileSync(\n          'reg'")
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, 'execFileSync(pyExe')
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, 'spawn(resolveGitBinary()')
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, "execFileSync('taskkill'")
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, 'spawn(command, args')
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, "spawn('curl'")
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, 'spawn(backend.command, backend.args')
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, 'hermesProcess = spawn(backend.command, backend.args')
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, "spawn(py, ['-m', 'hermes_cli.main', 'uninstall', '--gui-summary']")
-})
-
-test('intentional or interactive desktop child processes stay documented', () => {
-  const source = readElectronFile('main.cjs')
-
-  assert.match(source, /windowsHide: false/)
-  assert.match(source, /nodePty\.spawn\(command, args/)
-  assert.match(source, /spawn\('cmd\.exe', \['\/c', 'start'/)
-})
-
-test('bootstrap PowerShell runner hides Windows console children', () => {
-  const source = readElectronFile('bootstrap-runner.cjs')
-
-  assert.match(source, /function hiddenWindowsChildOptions\(options = \{\}\)/)
-  requireHiddenChildOptions(source, 'spawn(ps, fullArgs')
-})

apps/desktop/electron/workspace-cwd.cjs

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-const path = require('node:path')
-
-/** True when `dir` lives inside a packaged app bundle / install tree. */
-function isPackagedInstallPath(dir, { installRoots, isPackaged }) {
-  if (!isPackaged || !dir) {
-    return false
-  }
-
-  let resolved
-
-  try {
-    resolved = path.resolve(String(dir))
-  } catch {
-    return false
-  }
-
-  const roots = new Set(
-    (installRoots ?? [])
-      .filter(Boolean)
-      .map(candidate => path.resolve(String(candidate)))
-  )
-
-  for (const root of roots) {
-    if (resolved === root) {
-      return true
-    }
-
-    const rel = path.relative(root, resolved)
-
-    if (rel && !rel.startsWith('..') && !path.isAbsolute(rel)) {
-      return true
-    }
-  }
-
-  return false
-}
-
-module.exports = { isPackagedInstallPath }

apps/desktop/electron/workspace-cwd.test.cjs

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Tests for electron/workspace-cwd.cjs.
- *
- * Run with: node --test electron/workspace-cwd.test.cjs
- */
-
-const test = require('node:test')
-const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
-const path = require('node:path')
-
-const { isPackagedInstallPath } = require('./workspace-cwd.cjs')
-
-const installRoot = path.resolve('/opt/Hermes')
-
-test('isPackagedInstallPath returns false when not packaged', () => {
-  assert.equal(
-    isPackagedInstallPath(installRoot, { isPackaged: false, installRoots: [installRoot] }),
-    false
-  )
-})
-
-test('isPackagedInstallPath flags the install root itself', () => {
-  assert.equal(
-    isPackagedInstallPath(installRoot, { isPackaged: true, installRoots: [installRoot] }),
-    true
-  )
-})
-
-test('isPackagedInstallPath flags paths nested under the install root', () => {
-  const nested = path.join(installRoot, 'resources', 'app.asar')
-
-  assert.equal(
-    isPackagedInstallPath(nested, { isPackaged: true, installRoots: [installRoot] }),
-    true
-  )
-})
-
-test('isPackagedInstallPath ignores paths outside the install root', () => {
-  const homeProject = path.resolve('/home/user/projects/demo')
-
-  assert.equal(
-    isPackagedInstallPath(homeProject, { isPackaged: true, installRoots: [installRoot] }),
-    false
-  )
-})

apps/desktop/eslint.config.mjs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import typescriptEslint from '@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin'
 import typescriptParser from '@typescript-eslint/parser'
 import perfectionist from 'eslint-plugin-perfectionist'
 import reactPlugin from 'eslint-plugin-react'
+import reactCompiler from 'eslint-plugin-react-compiler'
 import hooksPlugin from 'eslint-plugin-react-hooks'
 import unusedImports from 'eslint-plugin-unused-imports'
 import globals from 'globals'
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ export default [
       'custom-rules': customRules,
       perfectionist,
       react: reactPlugin,
+      'react-compiler': reactCompiler,
       'react-hooks': hooksPlugin,
       'unused-imports': unusedImports
     },
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ export default [
       'perfectionist/sort-jsx-props': ['error', { order: 'asc', type: 'natural' }],
       'perfectionist/sort-named-exports': ['error', { order: 'asc', type: 'natural' }],
       'perfectionist/sort-named-imports': ['error', { order: 'asc', type: 'natural' }],
+      'react-compiler/react-compiler': 'warn',
       'react-hooks/exhaustive-deps': 'warn',
       'react-hooks/rules-of-hooks': 'error',
       'unused-imports/no-unused-imports': 'error'

apps/desktop/package.json

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "profile:main": "wait-on http://127.0.0.1:5174 && cross-env XCURSOR_SIZE=24 HERMES_DESKTOP_DEV_SERVER=http://127.0.0.1:5174 electron --inspect=9229 .",
     "profile:main:cpu": "wait-on http://127.0.0.1:5174 && cross-env XCURSOR_SIZE=24 NODE_OPTIONS=--cpu-prof HERMES_DESKTOP_DEV_SERVER=http://127.0.0.1:5174 electron .",
     "start": "npm run build && electron .",
-    "build": "node scripts/assert-root-install.cjs && node scripts/write-build-stamp.cjs && node scripts/stage-native-deps.cjs && tsc -b && vite build && node scripts/assert-dist-built.cjs",
+    "build": "node scripts/assert-root-install.cjs && node scripts/write-build-stamp.cjs && node scripts/stage-native-deps.cjs && tsc -b && vite build",
     "builder": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=16384 electron-builder",
     "pack": "npm run build && npm run builder -- --dir",
     "dist": "npm run build && npm run builder",
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
     "test:desktop:nsis": "node scripts/test-desktop.mjs nsis",
     "test:desktop:existing": "node scripts/test-desktop.mjs existing",
     "test:desktop:fresh": "node scripts/test-desktop.mjs fresh",
-    "test:desktop:platforms": "node --test electron/bootstrap-platform.test.cjs electron/hardening.test.cjs electron/backend-probes.test.cjs electron/bootstrap-runner.test.cjs electron/connection-config.test.cjs electron/gateway-ws-probe.test.cjs electron/oauth-net-request.test.cjs electron/desktop-uninstall.test.cjs electron/session-windows.test.cjs electron/workspace-cwd.test.cjs electron/windows-child-process.test.cjs",
-    "typecheck": "tsc -p . --noEmit",
+    "test:desktop:platforms": "node --test electron/bootstrap-platform.test.cjs electron/hardening.test.cjs electron/backend-probes.test.cjs electron/bootstrap-runner.test.cjs electron/connection-config.test.cjs electron/gateway-ws-probe.test.cjs electron/oauth-net-request.test.cjs electron/desktop-uninstall.test.cjs",
+    "type-check": "tsc -b",
     "lint": "eslint src/ electron/",
     "lint:fix": "eslint src/ electron/ --fix",
     "fmt": "prettier --write 'src/**/*.{ts,tsx}' 'electron/**/*.{js,cjs}' 'vite.config.ts'",
@@ -103,19 +103,20 @@
     "@testing-library/dom": "^10.4.0",
     "@testing-library/react": "^16.3.2",
     "@types/hast": "^3.0.4",
-    "@types/node": "^24.12.0",
+    "@types/node": "^24.12.2",
     "@types/react": "^19.2.14",
     "@types/react-dom": "^19.2.3",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.59.1",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^8.59.1",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^6.0.1",
-    "concurrently": "^10.0.3",
+    "concurrently": "^9.2.1",
     "cross-env": "^10.1.0",
     "electron": "^40.9.3",
     "electron-builder": "^26.8.1",
     "eslint": "^9.39.4",
     "eslint-plugin-perfectionist": "^5.9.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.37.5",
+    "eslint-plugin-react-compiler": "^19.1.0-rc.2",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^7.1.1",
     "eslint-plugin-unused-imports": "^4.4.1",
     "globals": "^16.5.0",
@@ -165,8 +166,7 @@
     "afterSign": "scripts/notarize.cjs",
     "asarUnpack": [
       "**/*.node",
-      "**/prebuilds/**",
-      "dist/**"
+      "**/prebuilds/**"
     ],
     "mac": {
       "category": "public.app-category.developer-tools",

apps/desktop/scripts/assert-dist-built.cjs

@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-"use strict"
-
-// Build-time guard: refuse to hand a half-built renderer to electron-builder.
-//
-// `npm run pack` / `npm run dist*` are `npm run build && npm run builder`.
-// If the `build` step (tsc -b && vite build) fails but packaging proceeds
-// anyway — a stale checkout that fails typecheck, an interrupted vite build,
-// or npm not short-circuiting `&&` in some shells — electron-builder happily
-// packages an app with an empty or missing `dist/`. The result launches but
-// blank-pages with `ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND` for dist/index.html, with no clue why.
-//
-// This runs at the tail of `build`, after vite build, so any packaging path
-// inherits it. It fails loud and early instead of shipping a broken bundle.
-// See issues #39484 (renderer blank page) and #41327 / #39472 (dashboard 404).
-
-const fs = require("fs")
-const path = require("path")
-
-// Pure check — returns { ok: true } or { ok: false, error: "..." }.
-// Kept side-effect-free so it can be unit tested without spawning a process.
-function checkDistBuilt(distDir) {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(distDir) || !fs.statSync(distDir).isDirectory()) {
-    return { ok: false, error: `no dist directory at ${distDir}` }
-  }
-
-  const indexHtml = path.join(distDir, "index.html")
-  if (!fs.existsSync(indexHtml) || !fs.statSync(indexHtml).isFile()) {
-    return { ok: false, error: `dist/index.html is missing at ${indexHtml}` }
-  }
-  if (fs.statSync(indexHtml).size === 0) {
-    return { ok: false, error: `dist/index.html is empty at ${indexHtml}` }
-  }
-
-  // index.html alone isn't enough — vite emits hashed JS into dist/assets.
-  // An index.html with no script bundle still blank-pages.
-  const assetsDir = path.join(distDir, "assets")
-  const hasAssets =
-    fs.existsSync(assetsDir) &&
-    fs.statSync(assetsDir).isDirectory() &&
-    fs.readdirSync(assetsDir).some(name => name.endsWith(".js"))
-  if (!hasAssets) {
-    return { ok: false, error: `dist/assets has no built JS bundle (expected vite output under ${assetsDir})` }
-  }
-
-  return { ok: true }
-}
-
-function main() {
-  const desktopRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, "..")
-  const distDir = path.join(desktopRoot, "dist")
-  const result = checkDistBuilt(distDir)
-
-  if (!result.ok) {
-    console.error(`\n✗ assert-dist-built: ${result.error}`)
-    console.error("  The renderer bundle is missing or incomplete, so packaging")
-    console.error("  would produce an app that launches to a blank page.")
-    console.error("  Re-run the build and check the tsc/vite output above for the")
-    console.error("  real failure, then package again:")
-    console.error(`    cd ${desktopRoot} && npm run build\n`)
-    process.exit(1)
-  }
-
-  console.log("✓ assert-dist-built: dist/index.html + assets present")
-}
-
-if (require.main === module) {
-  main()
-}
-
-module.exports = { checkDistBuilt }

apps/desktop/scripts/assert-dist-built.test.cjs

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
-const fs = require('node:fs')
-const os = require('node:os')
-const path = require('node:path')
-const test = require('node:test')
-
-const { checkDistBuilt } = require('../scripts/assert-dist-built.cjs')
-
-function makeDist(extra) {
-  const tempRoot = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hermes-assert-dist-'))
-  const distDir = path.join(tempRoot, 'dist')
-  fs.mkdirSync(distDir, { recursive: true })
-  if (extra) extra(distDir)
-  return { tempRoot, distDir }
-}
-
-test('checkDistBuilt passes when index.html + an assets JS bundle exist', () => {
-  const { tempRoot, distDir } = makeDist(d => {
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'index.html'), '<!doctype html><div id=root></div>', 'utf8')
-    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(d, 'assets'))
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'assets', 'index-abc123.js'), 'console.log(1)', 'utf8')
-  })
-  try {
-    assert.deepEqual(checkDistBuilt(distDir), { ok: true })
-  } finally {
-    fs.rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true })
-  }
-})
-
-test('checkDistBuilt fails when the dist directory is absent', () => {
-  const tempRoot = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'hermes-assert-dist-'))
-  try {
-    const result = checkDistBuilt(path.join(tempRoot, 'dist'))
-    assert.equal(result.ok, false)
-    assert.match(result.error, /no dist directory/)
-  } finally {
-    fs.rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true })
-  }
-})
-
-test('checkDistBuilt fails when index.html is missing', () => {
-  const { tempRoot, distDir } = makeDist(d => {
-    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(d, 'assets'))
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'assets', 'index-abc123.js'), 'console.log(1)', 'utf8')
-  })
-  try {
-    const result = checkDistBuilt(distDir)
-    assert.equal(result.ok, false)
-    assert.match(result.error, /index\.html is missing/)
-  } finally {
-    fs.rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true })
-  }
-})
-
-test('checkDistBuilt fails when index.html is empty', () => {
-  const { tempRoot, distDir } = makeDist(d => {
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'index.html'), '', 'utf8')
-    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(d, 'assets'))
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'assets', 'index-abc123.js'), 'console.log(1)', 'utf8')
-  })
-  try {
-    const result = checkDistBuilt(distDir)
-    assert.equal(result.ok, false)
-    assert.match(result.error, /index\.html is empty/)
-  } finally {
-    fs.rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true })
-  }
-})
-
-test('checkDistBuilt fails when assets/ has no JS bundle', () => {
-  const { tempRoot, distDir } = makeDist(d => {
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'index.html'), '<!doctype html>', 'utf8')
-    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(d, 'assets'))
-    // CSS only, no JS — still a blank page at runtime.
-    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(d, 'assets', 'index-abc123.css'), 'body{}', 'utf8')
-  })
-  try {
-    const result = checkDistBuilt(distDir)
-    assert.equal(result.ok, false)
-    assert.match(result.error, /no built JS bundle/)
-  } finally {
-    fs.rmSync(tempRoot, { recursive: true, force: true })
-  }
-})

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/attachments.tsx

@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
 import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
 import { Tip } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
-import { AlertCircle, FileText, FolderOpen, ImageIcon, Link, Loader2, Terminal } from '@/lib/icons'
+import { FileText, FolderOpen, ImageIcon, Link, Terminal } from '@/lib/icons'
 import { normalizeOrLocalPreviewTarget } from '@/lib/local-preview'
-import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import type { ComposerAttachment } from '@/store/composer'
 import { notifyError } from '@/store/notifications'
 import { setCurrentSessionPreviewTarget } from '@/store/preview'
@@ -32,9 +31,7 @@ function AttachmentPill({ attachment, onRemove }: { attachment: ComposerAttachme
   const c = t.composer
   const Icon = { folder: FolderOpen, url: Link, image: ImageIcon, file: FileText, terminal: Terminal }[attachment.kind]
   const cwd = useStore($currentCwd)
-  const isUploading = attachment.uploadState === 'uploading'
-  const hasUploadError = attachment.uploadState === 'error'
-  const canPreview = attachment.kind !== 'folder' && attachment.kind !== 'terminal' && !isUploading
+  const canPreview = attachment.kind !== 'folder' && attachment.kind !== 'terminal'
   const detail = attachment.detail && attachment.detail !== attachment.label ? attachment.detail : undefined
 
   async function openPreview() {
@@ -62,15 +59,7 @@ function AttachmentPill({ attachment, onRemove }: { attachment: ComposerAttachme
         throw new Error(c.couldNotPreview(attachment.label))
       }
 
-      // We already hold the image bytes (the card thumbnail) — render those
-      // directly so a screenshot/clipboard image previews even when its only
-      // on-disk copy is a transient path the renderer can't re-read.
-      const withBytes =
-        attachment.kind === 'image' && attachment.previewUrl
-          ? { ...preview, dataUrl: attachment.previewUrl, previewKind: 'image' as const }
-          : preview
-
-      setCurrentSessionPreviewTarget(withBytes, 'manual', target)
+      setCurrentSessionPreviewTarget(preview, 'manual', target)
     } catch (error) {
       notifyError(error, c.previewUnavailable)
     }
@@ -80,51 +69,30 @@ function AttachmentPill({ attachment, onRemove }: { attachment: ComposerAttachme
     <Tip label={attachment.path || attachment.detail || attachment.label}>
       <div className="group/attachment relative min-w-0 shrink-0">
         <button
-          aria-busy={isUploading || undefined}
           aria-label={canPreview ? c.previewLabel(attachment.label) : attachment.label}
-          className={cn(
-            'flex max-w-56 items-center gap-2 rounded-2xl border bg-background/50 px-2 py-1.5 text-left shadow-[inset_0_1px_0_rgba(255,255,255,0.18)] transition-colors disabled:cursor-default',
-            hasUploadError
-              ? 'border-destructive/45 hover:border-destructive/60'
-              : 'border-border/60 hover:border-primary/35 hover:bg-accent/45'
-          )}
+          className="flex max-w-56 items-center gap-2 border border-border/60 bg-background/50 px-2 py-1.5 text-left shadow-[inset_0_1px_0_rgba(255,255,255,0.25)] transition-colors hover:border-primary/35 hover:bg-accent/45 disabled:cursor-default"
           disabled={!canPreview}
           onClick={() => void openPreview()}
           type="button"
         >
-          <span className="relative grid size-8 shrink-0 place-items-center overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-border/55 bg-muted/35 text-muted-foreground">
-            {attachment.previewUrl && attachment.kind === 'image' ? (
-              <img
-                alt={attachment.label}
-                className="size-full object-cover"
-                draggable={false}
-                src={attachment.previewUrl}
-              />
-            ) : (
+          {attachment.previewUrl && attachment.kind === 'image' ? (
+            <img
+              alt={attachment.label}
+              className="size-8 shrink-0 border border-border/70 object-cover"
+              draggable={false}
+              src={attachment.previewUrl}
+            />
+          ) : (
+            <span className="grid size-8 shrink-0 place-items-center border border-border/55 bg-muted/35 text-muted-foreground">
               <Icon className="size-3.5" />
-            )}
-            {isUploading && (
-              <span className="absolute inset-0 grid place-items-center bg-background/60 backdrop-blur-[1px]">
-                <Loader2 className="size-3.5 animate-spin text-foreground/75" />
-              </span>
-            )}
-            {hasUploadError && (
-              <span className="absolute inset-0 grid place-items-center bg-destructive/15">
-                <AlertCircle className="size-3.5 text-destructive" />
-              </span>
-            )}
-          </span>
+            </span>
+          )}
           <span className="min-w-0">
             <span className="block truncate text-[0.72rem] font-medium leading-4 text-foreground/90">
               {attachment.label}
             </span>
             {detail && (
-              <span
-                className={cn(
-                  'block truncate text-[0.62rem] leading-3.5',
-                  hasUploadError ? 'text-destructive/80' : 'text-muted-foreground/65'
-                )}
-              >
+              <span className="block truncate font-mono text-[0.6rem] leading-3 text-muted-foreground/65">
                 {detail}
               </span>
             )}

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/controls.tsx

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Tip } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
 import { AudioLines, Layers3, Loader2, Square, SteeringWheel } from '@/lib/icons'
-import { formatCombo } from '@/lib/keybinds/combo'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 
 import type { ConversationStatus } from './hooks/use-voice-conversation'
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ export function ComposerControls({
 }) {
   const { t } = useI18n()
   const c = t.composer
-  const steerLabel = `${c.steer} (${formatCombo('mod+enter')})`
 
   if (conversation.active) {
     return <ConversationPill {...conversation} disabled={disabled} />
@@ -75,9 +73,9 @@ export function ComposerControls({
     <div className="ml-auto flex shrink-0 items-center gap-(--composer-control-gap)">
       <DictationButton disabled={disabled} onToggle={onDictate} state={state.voice} status={voiceStatus} />
       {canSteer && (
-        <Tip label={steerLabel}>
+        <Tip label={c.steer}>
           <Button
-            aria-label={steerLabel}
+            aria-label={c.steer}
             className={GHOST_ICON_BTN}
             disabled={disabled}
             onClick={onSteer}

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/enter-submit-dom-race.test.tsx

@@ -1,189 +0,0 @@
-import { act, cleanup, fireEvent, render } from '@testing-library/react'
-import { useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
-
-// No global setupFiles registers auto-cleanup, so unmount between tests —
-// otherwise a second render() leaks the first editor and getByTestId('editor')
-// matches multiple nodes.
-afterEach(cleanup)
-
-// Faithful mirror of index.tsx's Enter wiring (handleEditorKeyDown's Enter
-// branch + submitDraft), driven through REAL DOM keydown events on a
-// contentEditable.
-//
-// Regression repro for #39630: pressing Enter right after typing (fast typing /
-// IME) did nothing. The composer state (`draft` from useAuiState) and its
-// derived `hasComposerPayload` lag the DOM by a render, so the keydown handler
-// read empty state and either dropped the message, drained a queued prompt
-// instead of sending, or (while busy) refused to queue. The fix reads the live
-// editor text — `hasLivePayload` in the handler and a DOM re-sync at the top of
-// submitDraft — so the just-typed text always wins.
-//
-// We model the race deterministically the way the IME repro does: mutate the
-// editor's textContent WITHOUT firing an input event, so the React `draft`
-// state stays stale while the DOM already holds the text.
-function Harness({
-  busy = false,
-  queued = [],
-  onSubmit,
-  onQueue,
-  onCancel,
-  onDrain
-}: {
-  busy?: boolean
-  queued?: readonly string[]
-  onSubmit: (text: string) => void
-  onQueue: (text: string) => void
-  onCancel: () => void
-  onDrain: () => void
-}) {
-  const editorRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-  const draftRef = useRef('')
-  // Mirrors `useAuiState(s => s.composer.text)` — updated only via setText, so
-  // it lags the DOM until React re-renders (the source of the bug).
-  const [draft, setDraft] = useState('')
-  const attachments: unknown[] = []
-
-  const composerPlainText = (el: HTMLElement) => el.textContent ?? ''
-
-  const setText = (next: string) => {
-    draftRef.current = next
-    setDraft(next)
-  }
-
-  const submitDraft = () => {
-    const editor = editorRef.current
-    if (editor) {
-      const domText = composerPlainText(editor)
-      if (domText !== draftRef.current) {
-        draftRef.current = domText
-        setDraft(domText)
-      }
-    }
-
-    const text = draftRef.current
-    const payloadPresent = text.trim().length > 0 || attachments.length > 0
-
-    if (busy) {
-      if (payloadPresent) {
-        onQueue(text)
-      } else {
-        onCancel()
-      }
-    } else if (!payloadPresent && queued.length > 0) {
-      onDrain()
-    } else if (payloadPresent) {
-      onSubmit(text)
-    }
-  }
-
-  const handleKeyDown = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
-    if (event.key === 'Enter' && !event.shiftKey) {
-      event.preventDefault()
-
-      const editorText = editorRef.current ? composerPlainText(editorRef.current) : draftRef.current
-      const hasLivePayload = editorText.trim().length > 0 || attachments.length > 0
-
-      if (!busy && !hasLivePayload && queued.length > 0) {
-        onDrain()
-
-        return
-      }
-
-      if (busy && !hasLivePayload) {
-        return
-      }
-
-      submitDraft()
-    }
-  }
-
-  // `draft` is read so the lint/compiler treats the stale-state mirror as live;
-  // the assertions prove the handler never relies on it.
-  void draft
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      contentEditable
-      data-testid="editor"
-      onInput={event => setText(composerPlainText(event.currentTarget))}
-      onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
-      ref={editorRef}
-      suppressContentEditableWarning
-    />
-  )
-}
-
-describe('composer Enter submit — live DOM vs stale composer state (#39630)', () => {
-  it('sends the just-typed text on Enter even when composer state has not synced', async () => {
-    const onSubmit = vi.fn()
-    const { getByTestId } = render(
-      <Harness onCancel={vi.fn()} onDrain={vi.fn()} onQueue={vi.fn()} onSubmit={onSubmit} />
-    )
-    const editor = getByTestId('editor')
-
-    // Fast typing: the DOM has the text but NO input event fired, so `draft`
-    // state is still empty (the exact stale-state race).
-    await act(async () => {
-      editor.textContent = 'hello world'
-      fireEvent.keyDown(editor, { key: 'Enter' })
-    })
-
-    expect(onSubmit).toHaveBeenCalledWith('hello world')
-  })
-
-  it('queues a fast-typed message while busy instead of draining the queue or cancelling', async () => {
-    const onQueue = vi.fn()
-    const onDrain = vi.fn()
-    const onCancel = vi.fn()
-    const { getByTestId } = render(
-      <Harness busy onCancel={onCancel} onDrain={onDrain} onQueue={onQueue} onSubmit={vi.fn()} queued={['queued-1']} />
-    )
-    const editor = getByTestId('editor')
-
-    await act(async () => {
-      editor.textContent = 'urgent follow-up'
-      fireEvent.keyDown(editor, { key: 'Enter' })
-    })
-
-    expect(onQueue).toHaveBeenCalledWith('urgent follow-up')
-    expect(onDrain).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(onCancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('treats an empty Enter while busy as a no-op (never an accidental Stop)', async () => {
-    const onCancel = vi.fn()
-    const onSubmit = vi.fn()
-    const onQueue = vi.fn()
-    const { getByTestId } = render(
-      <Harness busy onCancel={onCancel} onDrain={vi.fn()} onQueue={onQueue} onSubmit={onSubmit} />
-    )
-    const editor = getByTestId('editor')
-
-    await act(async () => {
-      editor.textContent = ''
-      fireEvent.keyDown(editor, { key: 'Enter' })
-    })
-
-    expect(onCancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(onSubmit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(onQueue).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('drains the next queued prompt on Enter when idle with a truly empty editor', async () => {
-    const onDrain = vi.fn()
-    const onSubmit = vi.fn()
-    const { getByTestId } = render(
-      <Harness onCancel={vi.fn()} onDrain={onDrain} onQueue={vi.fn()} onSubmit={onSubmit} queued={['queued-1']} />
-    )
-    const editor = getByTestId('editor')
-
-    await act(async () => {
-      editor.textContent = ''
-      fireEvent.keyDown(editor, { key: 'Enter' })
-    })
-
-    expect(onDrain).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-    expect(onSubmit).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-})

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/index.tsx

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import {
 import { $gatewayState, $messages } from '@/store/session'
 import { $threadScrolledUp } from '@/store/thread-scroll'
 
-import { extractDroppedFiles, HERMES_PATHS_MIME, partitionDroppedFiles } from '../hooks/use-composer-actions'
+import { extractDroppedFiles, HERMES_PATHS_MIME } from '../hooks/use-composer-actions'
 
 import { AttachmentList } from './attachments'
 import { ContextMenu } from './context-menu'
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import { useVoiceConversation } from './hooks/use-voice-conversation'
 import { useVoiceRecorder } from './hooks/use-voice-recorder'
 import {
   dragHasAttachments,
-  droppedFileInlineRefs,
+  droppedFileInlineRef,
   type InlineRefInput,
   insertInlineRefsIntoEditor
 } from './inline-refs'
@@ -814,16 +814,7 @@ export function ChatBar({
     if (event.key === 'Enter' && !event.shiftKey) {
       event.preventDefault()
 
-      // Decide from the DOM, not React state. `hasComposerPayload` is derived
-      // from the AUI composer state, which lags the latest keystroke by a
-      // render, so on fast typing / IME the just-typed text isn't in state yet.
-      // Without the live read, a real message typed while prompts are queued
-      // would drain the queue instead of sending. submitDraft() re-syncs and
-      // sends the live editor text.
-      const editorText = editorRef.current ? composerPlainText(editorRef.current) : draftRef.current
-      const hasLivePayload = editorText.trim().length > 0 || attachments.length > 0
-
-      if (!busy && !hasLivePayload && queuedPrompts.length > 0) {
+      if (!busy && !hasComposerPayload && queuedPrompts.length > 0) {
         void drainNextQueued()
 
         return
@@ -831,10 +822,7 @@ export function ChatBar({
 
       // Empty Enter while busy is a no-op — interrupting is explicit (Stop/Esc),
       // never a stray Enter after sending. With a payload, submitDraft queues it.
-      // Gate on the live DOM payload (not the render-lagged composer state) so a
-      // message typed fast / via IME while busy still reaches submitDraft() and
-      // gets queued instead of being mistaken for an empty Enter.
-      if (busy && !hasLivePayload) {
+      if (busy && !hasComposerPayload) {
         return
       }
 
@@ -931,25 +919,24 @@ export function ChatBar({
       return
     }
 
-    // In-app drags (project tree / gutter) are workspace-relative paths the
-    // gateway resolves directly, so they stay inline @file:/@line: refs. OS
-    // drops are absolute local paths a remote gateway can't read (and images
-    // need byte upload for vision), so route them through the upload pipeline.
-    const { inAppRefs, osDrops } = partitionDroppedFiles(candidates)
-    const refs = droppedFileInlineRefs(inAppRefs, cwd)
+    if (Array.from(event.dataTransfer.types || []).includes(HERMES_PATHS_MIME)) {
+      const refs = candidates
+        .map(candidate => droppedFileInlineRef(candidate, cwd))
+        .filter((ref): ref is string => Boolean(ref))
 
-    if (refs.length && insertInlineRefs(refs)) {
-      triggerHaptic('selection')
+      if (insertInlineRefs(refs)) {
+        triggerHaptic('selection')
+      }
+
+      return
     }
 
-    if (osDrops.length) {
-      void Promise.resolve(onAttachDroppedItems(osDrops)).then(attached => {
-        if (attached) {
-          triggerHaptic('selection')
-          requestMainFocus()
-        }
-      })
-    }
+    void Promise.resolve(onAttachDroppedItems(candidates)).then(attached => {
+      if (attached) {
+        triggerHaptic('selection')
+        requestMainFocus()
+      }
+    })
   }
 
   const handleInputDragOver = (event: ReactDragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
@@ -969,7 +956,11 @@ export function ChatBar({
 
     const candidates = extractDroppedFiles(event.dataTransfer)
 
-    if (!candidates.length) {
+    const refs = candidates
+      .map(candidate => droppedFileInlineRef(candidate, cwd))
+      .filter((ref): ref is string => Boolean(ref))
+
+    if (!refs.length) {
       return
     }
 
@@ -977,27 +968,9 @@ export function ChatBar({
     event.stopPropagation()
     resetDragState()
 
-    // Dropping straight onto the text box used to inline-ref *every* file —
-    // including OS/Finder drops, whose absolute local path a remote gateway
-    // can't read and whose image bytes never reached vision. Split by origin:
-    // in-app drags stay inline refs; OS drops go through the upload pipeline.
-    // (When no upload handler is wired, fall back to inline refs for all.)
-    const attach = onAttachDroppedItems
-    const { inAppRefs, osDrops } = partitionDroppedFiles(candidates)
-    const refs = droppedFileInlineRefs(attach ? inAppRefs : candidates, cwd)
-
-    if (refs.length && insertInlineRefs(refs)) {
+    if (insertInlineRefs(refs)) {
       triggerHaptic('selection')
     }
-
-    if (attach && osDrops.length) {
-      void Promise.resolve(attach(osDrops)).then(attached => {
-        if (attached) {
-          triggerHaptic('selection')
-          requestMainFocus()
-        }
-      })
-    }
   }
 
   const clearDraft = useCallback(() => {
@@ -1239,26 +1212,6 @@ export function ChatBar({
   }, [activeQueueSessionKey, editingQueuedPrompt, queueEdit]) // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 
   const submitDraft = () => {
-    // Source the text from the DOM editor, not React state. The AUI composer
-    // state (`draft`) and the derived `hasComposerPayload` lag the DOM by a
-    // render, so on fast typing or IME composition the final keystroke(s) may
-    // not have synced yet — reading state here drops the message (Enter looks
-    // like it does nothing; typing a trailing space only "fixes" it because the
-    // extra input event forces a state sync). draftRef is updated on every
-    // input event; refresh it from the editor once more to also cover an
-    // in-flight keystroke that hasn't fired its input event yet.
-    const editor = editorRef.current
-    if (editor) {
-      const domText = composerPlainText(editor)
-      if (domText !== draftRef.current) {
-        draftRef.current = domText
-        aui.composer().setText(domText)
-      }
-    }
-
-    const text = draftRef.current
-    const payloadPresent = text.trim().length > 0 || attachments.length > 0
-
     if (queueEdit) {
       exitQueuedEdit('save')
     } else if (busy) {
@@ -1269,12 +1222,12 @@ export function ChatBar({
       // busy guard for commands that genuinely need an idle session (skill
       // /send directives).  Queuing them would make every slash command wait
       // for the current turn to finish, which is how the TUI never behaves.
-      if (!attachments.length && SLASH_COMMAND_RE.test(text.trim())) {
-        const submitted = text
+      if (!attachments.length && SLASH_COMMAND_RE.test(draft.trim())) {
+        const submitted = draft
         triggerHaptic('submit')
         clearDraft()
         void onSubmit(submitted)
-      } else if (payloadPresent) {
+      } else if (hasComposerPayload) {
         queueCurrentDraft()
       } else {
         // Stop button (the only way to reach here while busy with an empty
@@ -1282,10 +1235,10 @@ export function ChatBar({
         triggerHaptic('cancel')
         void Promise.resolve(onCancel())
       }
-    } else if (!payloadPresent && queuedPrompts.length > 0) {
+    } else if (!hasComposerPayload && queuedPrompts.length > 0) {
       void drainNextQueued()
-    } else if (payloadPresent) {
-      const submitted = text
+    } else if (draft.trim() || attachments.length > 0) {
+      const submitted = draft
       triggerHaptic('submit')
       resetBrowseState(sessionId)
       clearDraft()

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/inline-refs.ts

@@ -83,12 +83,6 @@ export function droppedFileInlineRef(candidate: DroppedFile, cwd: string | null
   return `@${kind}:${formatRefValue(rel)}`
 }
 
-/** Resolve a batch of drops to their inline `@file:`/`@line:`/`@folder:` refs,
- * dropping any that carry no path. */
-export function droppedFileInlineRefs(candidates: DroppedFile[], cwd: string | null | undefined): string[] {
-  return candidates.map(candidate => droppedFileInlineRef(candidate, cwd)).filter((ref): ref is string => Boolean(ref))
-}
-
 export function insertInlineRefsIntoEditor(editor: HTMLDivElement, refs: readonly InlineRefInput[]) {
   if (!refs.length) {
     return null

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/hooks/use-composer-actions.test.ts

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
-
-import { type DroppedFile, partitionDroppedFiles } from './use-composer-actions'
-
-// A Finder/Explorer drop carries a native File handle; an in-app drag (project
-// tree, gutter line ref) is path-only. The split decides whether a drop becomes
-// an inline @file: ref (in-app, workspace-relative, gateway-resolvable) or goes
-// through the upload pipeline (OS drop — absolute local path a remote gateway
-// can't read, plus image bytes for vision).
-const osDrop = (path: string): DroppedFile => ({ file: new File(['x'], path.split('/').pop() || 'f'), path })
-const inAppRef = (path: string, extra: Partial<DroppedFile> = {}): DroppedFile => ({ path, ...extra })
-
-describe('partitionDroppedFiles', () => {
-  it('routes File-bearing OS drops to osDrops and path-only in-app drags to inAppRefs', () => {
-    const finderPdf = osDrop('/Users/mahmoud/Downloads/DEVIS_signed.pdf')
-    const projectFile = inAppRef('src/index.ts')
-
-    const { inAppRefs, osDrops } = partitionDroppedFiles([finderPdf, projectFile])
-
-    expect(osDrops).toEqual([finderPdf])
-    expect(inAppRefs).toEqual([projectFile])
-  })
-
-  it('treats an OS screenshot drop as an upload target (so it gets byte upload + vision)', () => {
-    const screenshot = osDrop('/var/folders/tmp/Screenshot 2026-06-09.png')
-
-    const { inAppRefs, osDrops } = partitionDroppedFiles([screenshot])
-
-    expect(osDrops).toEqual([screenshot])
-    expect(inAppRefs).toEqual([])
-  })
-
-  it('keeps gutter line-range drags inline (no File handle)', () => {
-    const lineRef = inAppRef('src/app.ts', { line: 10, lineEnd: 20 })
-
-    const { inAppRefs, osDrops } = partitionDroppedFiles([lineRef])
-
-    expect(osDrops).toEqual([])
-    expect(inAppRefs).toEqual([lineRef])
-  })
-
-  it('splits a mixed drop and preserves order within each group', () => {
-    const a = inAppRef('a.ts')
-    const b = osDrop('/abs/b.pdf')
-    const c = inAppRef('c.ts')
-    const d = osDrop('/abs/d.png')
-
-    const { inAppRefs, osDrops } = partitionDroppedFiles([a, b, c, d])
-
-    expect(inAppRefs).toEqual([a, c])
-    expect(osDrops).toEqual([b, d])
-  })
-
-  it('returns empty groups for an empty drop', () => {
-    expect(partitionDroppedFiles([])).toEqual({ inAppRefs: [], osDrops: [] })
-  })
-})

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/hooks/use-composer-actions.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function blobExtension(blob: Blob): string {
   return (mime && BLOB_MIME_EXTENSION[mime]) || '.png'
 }
 
-export function isImagePath(filePath: string): boolean {
+function isImagePath(filePath: string): boolean {
   return IMAGE_EXTENSION_PATTERN.test(filePath)
 }
 
@@ -181,35 +181,6 @@ export function extractDroppedFiles(transfer: DataTransfer): DroppedFile[] {
   return result
 }
 
-/**
- * Split dropped entries by origin. OS/Finder drops carry a native `File`
- * handle; in-app drags (project tree, gutter line refs) are path-only.
- *
- * The distinction is load-bearing: an in-app path is workspace-relative and
- * resolves on the gateway as-is, so it stays an inline `@file:`/`@line:` ref.
- * An OS drop is an absolute path on *this* machine — the gateway can't read it
- * in remote mode, and an image needs its bytes uploaded to get vision either
- * way. So OS drops must go through the attachment/upload pipeline rather than
- * leaking a local path into the prompt text.
- */
-export function partitionDroppedFiles(candidates: DroppedFile[]): {
-  osDrops: DroppedFile[]
-  inAppRefs: DroppedFile[]
-} {
-  const osDrops: DroppedFile[] = []
-  const inAppRefs: DroppedFile[] = []
-
-  for (const candidate of candidates) {
-    if (candidate.file) {
-      osDrops.push(candidate)
-    } else {
-      inAppRefs.push(candidate)
-    }
-  }
-
-  return { osDrops, inAppRefs }
-}
-
 interface ComposerActionsOptions {
   activeSessionId: string | null
   currentCwd: string

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx

@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ import { ChatDropOverlay } from './chat-drop-overlay'
 import { ChatSwapOverlay } from './chat-swap-overlay'
 import { ChatBar, ChatBarFallback } from './composer'
 import { requestComposerInsert, requestComposerInsertRefs } from './composer/focus'
-import { droppedFileInlineRefs, type SessionDragPayload, sessionInlineRef } from './composer/inline-refs'
+import { droppedFileInlineRef, type SessionDragPayload, sessionInlineRef } from './composer/inline-refs'
 import type { ChatBarState } from './composer/types'
-import { type DroppedFile, partitionDroppedFiles } from './hooks/use-composer-actions'
+import type { DroppedFile } from './hooks/use-composer-actions'
 import { useFileDropZone } from './hooks/use-file-drop-zone'
 import { SessionActionsMenu } from './sidebar/session-actions-menu'
 import { lastVisibleMessageIsUser, threadLoadingState } from './thread-loading'
@@ -124,13 +124,7 @@ function ChatHeader({
 
   return (
     <header className={cn(titlebarHeaderBaseClass, isRoutedSessionView && titlebarHeaderShadowClass)}>
-      <div
-        className="min-w-0 flex-1"
-        style={{
-          maxWidth:
-            'calc(100vw - var(--titlebar-content-inset,0px) - var(--titlebar-tools-right) - var(--titlebar-tools-width) - 1.5rem)'
-        }}
-      >
+      <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
         <SessionActionsMenu
           align="start"
           onDelete={selectedSessionId ? onDeleteSelectedSession : undefined}
@@ -141,11 +135,11 @@ function ChatHeader({
           title={title}
         >
           <Button
-            className="pointer-events-auto flex h-6 min-w-0 max-w-full gap-1 border border-transparent bg-transparent px-2 py-0 text-(--ui-text-secondary) hover:border-(--ui-stroke-tertiary) hover:bg-(--ui-control-hover-background) hover:text-foreground data-[state=open]:border-(--ui-stroke-tertiary) data-[state=open]:bg-(--ui-control-active-background) [-webkit-app-region:no-drag]"
+            className="pointer-events-auto h-6 min-w-0 gap-1 border border-transparent bg-transparent px-2 py-0 text-(--ui-text-secondary) hover:border-(--ui-stroke-tertiary) hover:bg-(--ui-control-hover-background) hover:text-foreground data-[state=open]:border-(--ui-stroke-tertiary) data-[state=open]:bg-(--ui-control-active-background) [-webkit-app-region:no-drag]"
             type="button"
             variant="ghost"
           >
-            <h2 className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-[0.75rem] font-medium leading-none">{title}</h2>
+            <h2 className="max-w-[52vw] truncate text-[0.75rem] font-medium leading-none">{title}</h2>
             <Codicon className="shrink-0 text-(--ui-text-tertiary)" name="chevron-down" size="0.8125rem" />
           </Button>
         </SessionActionsMenu>
@@ -302,25 +296,19 @@ export function ChatView({
   })
 
   // Drop files anywhere in the conversation area, not just on the composer
-  // input. In-app drags (project tree / gutter) carry workspace-relative paths
-  // the gateway resolves directly, so they stay inline `@file:` refs. OS/Finder
-  // drops carry absolute local paths that don't exist on a remote gateway (and
-  // images need byte upload for vision), so route them through the attachment
-  // pipeline — otherwise the local path leaks into the prompt verbatim.
+  // input — appending the same inline `@file:` ref chips the composer drop
+  // produces (vs. attachment cards) so both surfaces behave identically.
   const onDropFiles = useCallback(
     (candidates: DroppedFile[]) => {
-      const { inAppRefs, osDrops } = partitionDroppedFiles(candidates)
-      const refs = droppedFileInlineRefs(inAppRefs, currentCwd)
+      const refs = candidates
+        .map(candidate => droppedFileInlineRef(candidate, currentCwd))
+        .filter((ref): ref is string => Boolean(ref))
 
       if (refs.length) {
         requestComposerInsert(refs.join(' '), { mode: 'inline', target: 'main' })
       }
-
-      if (osDrops.length) {
-        void onAttachDroppedItems(osDrops)
-      }
     },
-    [currentCwd, onAttachDroppedItems]
+    [currentCwd]
   )
 
   // Dropping a sidebar session inserts an @session link the agent can resolve

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-file.tsx

@@ -446,9 +446,7 @@ export function LocalFilePreview({ reloadKey, target }: { reloadKey: number; tar
 
       try {
         if (isImage) {
-          // Prefer bytes the caller already handed us (a pasted/dropped
-          // screenshot) over re-reading a path that may be transient/unreadable.
-          const dataUrl = target.dataUrl || (await window.hermesDesktop.readFileDataUrl(filePath))
+          const dataUrl = await window.hermesDesktop.readFileDataUrl(filePath)
 
           if (active) {
             setState({ dataUrl, loading: false })
@@ -486,7 +484,7 @@ export function LocalFilePreview({ reloadKey, target }: { reloadKey: number; tar
     return () => {
       active = false
     }
-  }, [blockedByTarget, filePath, forcePreview, isImage, isText, reloadKey, target.dataUrl, target.language])
+  }, [blockedByTarget, filePath, forcePreview, isImage, isText, reloadKey, target.language])
 
   if (state.loading) {
     return <PageLoader label={t.preview.loading} />

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/cron-jobs-section.tsx

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import type { CronJob } from '@/types/hermes'
 import { jobState, jobTitle, STATE_DOT } from '../../cron/job-state'
 import { SidebarPanelLabel } from '../../shell/sidebar-label'
 
-import { SidebarLoadMoreRow } from './load-more-row'
-
 const INACTIVE_STATES = new Set(['completed', 'disabled', 'error', 'paused'])
 
 // Recent runs shown in the inline quick-peek — enough to glance at history
@@ -26,11 +24,6 @@ const PEEK_RUN_LIMIT = 5
 // open peek so a freshly-fired run shows up within a few seconds.
 const PEEK_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 8000
 
-// Keep the section compact: show a few jobs up front, reveal more in larger
-// steps on demand (mirrors the messaging sections in the sidebar).
-const INITIAL_VISIBLE_JOBS = 3
-const LOAD_MORE_STEP = 10
-
 const relativeFmt = new Intl.RelativeTimeFormat(undefined, { numeric: 'auto', style: 'short' })
 
 // Localized "in 5 min" / "2 hr ago" without hand-rolled strings — picks the
@@ -40,25 +33,17 @@ function relativeTime(targetMs: number, nowMs: number): string {
   const abs = Math.abs(diff)
   const sign = diff < 0 ? -1 : 1
 
-  if (abs < 60_000) {
-    return relativeFmt.format(sign * Math.round(abs / 1000), 'second')
-  }
+  if (abs < 60_000) {return relativeFmt.format(sign * Math.round(abs / 1000), 'second')}
 
-  if (abs < 3_600_000) {
-    return relativeFmt.format(sign * Math.round(abs / 60_000), 'minute')
-  }
+  if (abs < 3_600_000) {return relativeFmt.format(sign * Math.round(abs / 60_000), 'minute')}
 
-  if (abs < 86_400_000) {
-    return relativeFmt.format(sign * Math.round(abs / 3_600_000), 'hour')
-  }
+  if (abs < 86_400_000) {return relativeFmt.format(sign * Math.round(abs / 3_600_000), 'hour')}
 
   return relativeFmt.format(sign * Math.round(abs / 86_400_000), 'day')
 }
 
 function nextRunMs(job: CronJob): null | number {
-  if (!job.next_run_at) {
-    return null
-  }
+  if (!job.next_run_at) {return null}
 
   const ms = Date.parse(job.next_run_at)
 
@@ -69,9 +54,7 @@ function nextRunMs(job: CronJob): null | number {
 // the timestamp is what tells them apart. Compact (no year, no seconds) for the
 // narrow sidebar.
 function formatRunTime(seconds?: null | number): string {
-  if (!seconds) {
-    return '—'
-  }
+  if (!seconds) {return '—'}
 
   const date = new Date(seconds * 1000)
 
@@ -107,15 +90,11 @@ export function SidebarCronJobsSection({
   const [nowMs, setNowMs] = useState(() => Date.now())
   // Single-open inline peek so the section stays scannable.
   const [peekJobId, setPeekJobId] = useState<null | string>(null)
-  // Rows revealed so far; starts compact, grows in steps via "load more".
-  const [visibleCount, setVisibleCount] = useState(INITIAL_VISIBLE_JOBS)
 
   // One clock for the whole section (rows are pure) so the countdowns tick
   // without re-rendering the rest of the sidebar. Only runs while expanded.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!open) {
-      return
-    }
+    if (!open) {return}
 
     const id = window.setInterval(() => setNowMs(Date.now()), 1000)
 
@@ -129,25 +108,17 @@ export function SidebarCronJobsSection({
       const an = nextRunMs(a)
       const bn = nextRunMs(b)
 
-      if (an !== null && bn !== null && an !== bn) {
-        return an - bn
-      }
+      if (an !== null && bn !== null && an !== bn) {return an - bn}
 
-      if (an === null && bn !== null) {
-        return 1
-      }
+      if (an === null && bn !== null) {return 1}
 
-      if (an !== null && bn === null) {
-        return -1
-      }
+      if (an !== null && bn === null) {return -1}
 
       return jobTitle(a).localeCompare(jobTitle(b))
     })
   }, [jobs])
 
-  const cap = Math.min(visibleCount, max)
-  const shown = sorted.slice(0, cap)
-  const hiddenCount = Math.min(sorted.length, max) - shown.length
+  const shown = sorted.slice(0, max)
   // When capped, signal "50+" rather than implying the list is complete.
   const countLabel = jobs.length > max ? `${max}+` : String(jobs.length)
 
@@ -168,7 +139,7 @@ export function SidebarCronJobsSection({
         </button>
       </div>
       {open && (
-        <SidebarGroupContent className="flex max-h-72 flex-col gap-px overflow-y-auto overscroll-contain pb-1.75 compact:max-h-none compact:overflow-visible">
+        <SidebarGroupContent className="flex max-h-72 shrink-0 flex-col gap-px overflow-y-auto overscroll-contain pb-1.75">
           {shown.map(job => (
             <CronJobSidebarRow
               expanded={peekJobId === job.id}
@@ -181,12 +152,6 @@ export function SidebarCronJobsSection({
               onTrigger={() => onTriggerJob(job.id)}
             />
           ))}
-          {hiddenCount > 0 && (
-            <SidebarLoadMoreRow
-              onClick={() => setVisibleCount(count => count + LOAD_MORE_STEP)}
-              step={Math.min(LOAD_MORE_STEP, hiddenCount)}
-            />
-          )}
         </SidebarGroupContent>
       )}
     </SidebarGroup>
@@ -216,7 +181,11 @@ function CronJobSidebarRow({
   const next = nextRunMs(job)
   const label = jobTitle(job)
 
-  const meta = INACTIVE_STATES.has(state) ? (c.states[state] ?? state) : next !== null ? relativeTime(next, nowMs) : '—'
+  const meta = INACTIVE_STATES.has(state)
+    ? (c.states[state] ?? state)
+    : next !== null
+      ? relativeTime(next, nowMs)
+      : '—'
 
   return (
     <div>
@@ -288,7 +257,13 @@ function CronJobSidebarRow({
   )
 }
 
-function CronJobSidebarRuns({ jobId, onOpenRun }: { jobId: string; onOpenRun: (sessionId: string) => void }) {
+function CronJobSidebarRuns({
+  jobId,
+  onOpenRun
+}: {
+  jobId: string
+  onOpenRun: (sessionId: string) => void
+}) {
   const { t } = useI18n()
   const c = t.cron
   const selectedSessionId = useStore($selectedStoredSessionId)
@@ -300,22 +275,16 @@ function CronJobSidebarRuns({ jobId, onOpenRun }: { jobId: string; onOpenRun: (s
     const load = () =>
       getCronJobRuns(jobId, PEEK_RUN_LIMIT)
         .then(result => {
-          if (!cancelled) {
-            setRuns(result)
-          }
+          if (!cancelled) {setRuns(result)}
         })
         .catch(() => {
-          if (!cancelled) {
-            setRuns(prev => prev ?? [])
-          }
+          if (!cancelled) {setRuns(prev => prev ?? [])}
         })
 
     void load()
 
     const intervalId = window.setInterval(() => {
-      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {
-        void load()
-      }
+      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {void load()}
     }, PEEK_POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
 
     return () => {

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/load-more-row.tsx

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
-import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
-
-interface SidebarLoadMoreRowProps {
-  step: number
-  onClick: () => void
-  loading?: boolean
-}
-
-// "Load N more" affordance shared by the recents, messaging, and cron sections.
-// The chevron sits in the same w-3.5 column the rows use for their dot, so it
-// lines up with the list above.
-export function SidebarLoadMoreRow({ step, onClick, loading = false }: SidebarLoadMoreRowProps) {
-  const { t } = useI18n()
-  const label = loading ? t.sidebar.loading : step > 0 ? t.sidebar.loadCount(step) : t.sidebar.loadMore
-
-  return (
-    <button
-      className="flex min-h-5 items-center gap-1.5 self-start bg-transparent pl-2 text-left text-[0.6875rem] text-(--ui-text-tertiary) transition-colors duration-100 ease-out hover:text-foreground hover:transition-none disabled:cursor-default disabled:opacity-60 disabled:hover:text-(--ui-text-tertiary)"
-      disabled={loading}
-      onClick={onClick}
-      type="button"
-    >
-      <span className="grid w-3.5 shrink-0 place-items-center">
-        <Codicon className="opacity-70" name={loading ? 'loading' : 'chevron-down'} size="0.75rem" spinning={loading} />
-      </span>
-      <span>{label}</span>
-    </button>
-  )
-}

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/profile-switcher.tsx

@@ -83,9 +83,8 @@ const stepThroughCells: Modifier = ({ containerNodeRect, draggingNodeRect, trans
 // Arc-Spaces-style profile rail at the sidebar foot: a default↔all toggle pinned
 // left, the colored named profiles scrolling between, and Manage pinned right.
 // The active profile pops in its own color — the "where am I" cue. Single-
-// profile users see the "+" (create their first profile) and the Manage
-// overflow (edit the default profile's SOUL.md); the colored named squares
-// and the default↔all toggle only appear once a second profile exists.
+// profile users see only the "+" (create their first profile); everything else
+// appears once a second profile exists.
 export function ProfileRail() {
   const { t } = useI18n()
   const p = t.profiles
@@ -269,11 +268,9 @@ export function ProfileRail() {
         </Tip>
       </div>
 
-      {/* Always reachable, even with only the default profile: the manage
-          overlay is the only place to edit a profile's SOUL.md, and a
-          single-profile user must be able to edit the default's persona
-          without first creating a throwaway second profile. */}
-      <ProfilePill active={false} glyph="ellipsis" label={p.manageProfiles} onSelect={() => navigate(PROFILES_ROUTE)} />
+      {multiProfile && (
+        <ProfilePill active={false} glyph="ellipsis" label={p.manageProfiles} onSelect={() => navigate(PROFILES_ROUTE)} />
+      )}
 
       {/* Land in the new profile on a fresh chat (selectProfile triggers the
           new-session reset), not stuck on the session you were just in. */}

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-actions-menu.tsx

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
 import { exportSession } from '@/lib/session-export'
 import { notify, notifyError } from '@/store/notifications'
 import { setSessions } from '@/store/session'
-import { canOpenSessionWindow, openSessionInNewWindow } from '@/store/windows'
 
 interface SessionActions {
   sessionId: string
@@ -69,19 +68,6 @@ function useSessionActions({ sessionId, title, pinned = false, profile, onPin, o
         void writeClipboardText(sessionId).catch(err => notifyError(err, r.copyIdFailed))
       }
     },
-    ...(canOpenSessionWindow()
-      ? [
-          {
-            disabled: !sessionId,
-            icon: 'link-external',
-            label: r.newWindow,
-            onSelect: () => {
-              triggerHaptic('selection')
-              void openSessionInNewWindow(sessionId)
-            }
-          }
-        ]
-      : []),
     {
       disabled: !sessionId,
       icon: 'cloud-download',

apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx

@@ -2,18 +2,14 @@ import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
 import type * as React from 'react'
 
 import { writeSessionDrag } from '@/app/chat/composer/inline-refs'
-import { PlatformAvatar } from '@/app/messaging/platform-icon'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
-import { Tip } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import type { SessionInfo } from '@/hermes'
 import { type Translations, useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { sessionTitle } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
 import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
-import { handoffOriginSource, sessionSourceLabel } from '@/lib/session-source'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { $attentionSessionIds } from '@/store/session'
-import { canOpenSessionWindow, openSessionInNewWindow } from '@/store/windows'
 
 import { SessionActionsMenu, SessionContextMenu } from './session-actions-menu'
 
@@ -71,11 +67,6 @@ export function SidebarSessionRow({
   const title = sessionTitle(session)
   const age = formatAge(session.last_active || session.started_at, r)
   const handleLabel = `Reorder ${title}`
-  // A handed-off session's live source is local, but it originated on a
-  // messaging platform — surface that origin as a small badge so e.g. a
-  // Telegram thread continued here still reads as Telegram.
-  const handoffSource = handoffOriginSource(session.handoff_state, session.handoff_platform)
-  const handoffLabel = handoffSource ? sessionSourceLabel(handoffSource) ?? handoffSource : null
   // Subscribe per-row (the leaf) instead of drilling a set through the list —
   // the atom is tiny and rarely non-empty. True when a clarify prompt in this
   // session is waiting on the user.
@@ -133,15 +124,11 @@ export function SidebarSessionRow({
               return
             }
 
-            // ⌘-click (mac) / ⌃-click (win/linux) pops the chat into its own
-            // window — the universal "open in a new window" gesture. Archive
-            // lives in the row's ⋯ and right-click menus. Falls through to a
-            // normal resume when standalone windows aren't available (web embed).
-            if ((event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) && canOpenSessionWindow()) {
+            if (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) {
               event.preventDefault()
               event.stopPropagation()
               triggerHaptic('selection')
-              void openSessionInNewWindow(session.id)
+              onArchive()
 
               return
             }
@@ -189,18 +176,9 @@ export function SidebarSessionRow({
                 needsInput ? 'overflow-visible' : 'overflow-hidden'
               )}
             >
-              <SidebarRowDot isWorking={isWorking} needsInput={needsInput} />
-            </span>
+            <SidebarRowDot isWorking={isWorking} needsInput={needsInput} />
+          </span>
           )}
-          {handoffSource && handoffLabel ? (
-            <Tip label={r.handoffOrigin(handoffLabel)}>
-              <PlatformAvatar
-                className="size-4 rounded-[4px] text-[0.5rem] [&_svg]:size-2.5"
-                platformId={handoffSource}
-                platformName={handoffLabel}
-              />
-            </Tip>
-          ) : null}
           <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-[0.8125rem] font-normal text-(--ui-text-secondary) group-hover:text-foreground group-data-[working=true]:text-foreground/90">
             {title}
           </span>

apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx

@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ import { Dialog as DialogPrimitive } from 'radix-ui'
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 
-import { HUD_HEADING, HUD_ITEM, HUD_POSITION, HUD_SURFACE, HUD_TEXT } from '@/app/floating-hud'
-import { setTerminalTakeover } from '@/app/right-sidebar/store'
 import { Command, CommandEmpty, CommandGroup, CommandInput, CommandItem, CommandList } from '@/components/ui/command'
-import { KbdGroup } from '@/components/ui/kbd'
 import { getHermesConfigRecord, listSessions } from '@/hermes'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { sessionTitle } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
@@ -15,11 +12,11 @@ import {
   Activity,
   Archive,
   BarChart3,
+  Check,
   ChevronLeft,
   ChevronRight,
   Clock,
   Cpu,
-  Download,
   Globe,
   type IconComponent,
   Info,
@@ -33,18 +30,13 @@ import {
   Settings,
   Settings2,
   Sun,
-  Terminal,
   Users,
   Wrench,
   Zap
 } from '@/lib/icons'
-import { comboTokens } from '@/lib/keybinds/combo'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { $commandPaletteOpen, closeCommandPalette, setCommandPaletteOpen } from '@/store/command-palette'
-import { $bindings } from '@/store/keybinds'
-import { luminance } from '@/themes/color'
 import { type ThemeMode, useTheme } from '@/themes/context'
-import { isUserTheme, resolveTheme } from '@/themes/user-themes'
 
 import {
   AGENTS_ROUTE,
@@ -62,11 +54,8 @@ import { FIELD_LABELS, SECTIONS } from '../settings/constants'
 import { fieldCopyForSchemaKey } from '../settings/field-copy'
 import { prettyName } from '../settings/helpers'
 
-import { MarketplaceThemePage } from './marketplace-theme-page'
-
 interface PaletteItem {
-  /** Keybind action id — its live combo renders as a hotkey hint. */
-  action?: string
+  active?: boolean
   icon: IconComponent
   id: string
   /** Keep the palette open after running (live-preview pickers like theme/mode). */
@@ -80,16 +69,10 @@ interface PaletteItem {
 }
 
 interface PaletteGroup {
-  /** Optional: a headingless group renders as a bare action row (e.g. the
-   *  "Install theme…" entry pinned atop the theme picker). */
-  heading?: string
+  heading: string
   items: PaletteItem[]
 }
 
-// Nested page → its parent, so Back / Esc step up one level instead of closing
-// the palette. Pages absent here go straight back to the root list.
-const PAGE_PARENTS: Record<string, string> = { 'install-theme': 'theme' }
-
 /** A nested page reachable from a root item via `to`. */
 interface PalettePage {
   groups: PaletteGroup[]
@@ -103,22 +86,6 @@ interface SessionEntry {
   title: string
 }
 
-// cmdk defaults to fuzzy subsequence scoring, so "color" matches anything with
-// c…o…l…o…r scattered across it. Use case-insensitive multi-term substring
-// matching instead: every typed word must literally appear in the item's
-// value/keywords, which keeps results tight and predictable.
-const paletteFilter = (value: string, search: string, keywords?: string[]): number => {
-  const needle = search.trim().toLowerCase()
-
-  if (!needle) {
-    return 1
-  }
-
-  const haystack = `${value} ${keywords?.join(' ') ?? ''}`.toLowerCase()
-
-  return needle.split(/\s+/).every(term => haystack.includes(term)) ? 1 : 0
-}
-
 type SessionRow = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof listSessions>>['sessions'][number]
 
 const toSessionEntry = (session: SessionRow): SessionEntry => ({
@@ -179,32 +146,11 @@ const THEME_MODES: ReadonlyArray<{ icon: IconComponent; mode: ThemeMode }> = [
   { icon: Monitor, mode: 'system' }
 ]
 
-// Which Light/Dark groups a theme belongs in. Built-ins render in both modes
-// (the engine synthesises the missing side). Imported VS Code themes only carry
-// the variant(s) the extension shipped — a single dark theme like Dracula lives
-// under Dark only, while a GitHub/Solarized family (light + dark) lives in both.
-function themeSupportsMode(name: string, target: 'light' | 'dark'): boolean {
-  if (!isUserTheme(name)) {
-    return true
-  }
-
-  const resolved = resolveTheme(name)
-
-  if (!resolved) {
-    return true
-  }
-
-  const background = target === 'dark' ? (resolved.darkColors ?? resolved.colors).background : resolved.colors.background
-
-  return target === 'dark' ? luminance(background) <= 0.5 : luminance(background) > 0.5
-}
-
 export function CommandPalette() {
   const { t } = useI18n()
   const open = useStore($commandPaletteOpen)
-  const bindings = useStore($bindings)
   const navigate = useNavigate()
-  const { availableThemes, resolvedMode, setMode, setTheme, themeName } = useTheme()
+  const { availableThemes, mode, resolvedMode, setMode, setTheme, themeName } = useTheme()
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('')
   const [page, setPage] = useState<string | null>(null)
 
@@ -248,19 +194,10 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
   }, [open])
 
   const go = useCallback((path: string) => () => navigate(path), [navigate])
-
-  // Step up one nested page (or back to the root list), clearing the filter so
-  // the parent page doesn't reopen mid-search.
-  const goBack = useCallback(() => {
-    setSearch('')
-    setPage(prev => (prev ? (PAGE_PARENTS[prev] ?? null) : null))
-  }, [])
-
   const settingsSectionLabel = useCallback(
     (section: (typeof SECTIONS)[number]) => t.settings.sections[section.id] ?? section.label,
     [t.settings.sections]
   )
-
   const configFieldLabel = useCallback(
     (key: string) =>
       fieldCopyForSchemaKey(t.settings.fieldLabels, key) ??
@@ -277,61 +214,20 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
       {
         heading: cc.goTo,
         items: [
+          { icon: Plus, id: 'nav-new', keywords: ['chat', 'create'], label: cc.nav.newChat.title, run: go(NEW_CHAT_ROUTE) },
+          { icon: Settings, id: 'nav-settings', label: cc.nav.settings.title, run: go(SETTINGS_ROUTE) },
           {
-            action: 'session.new',
-            icon: Plus,
-            id: 'nav-new',
-            keywords: ['chat', 'create'],
-            label: cc.nav.newChat.title,
-            run: go(NEW_CHAT_ROUTE)
-          },
-          {
-            action: 'view.showTerminal',
-            icon: Terminal,
-            id: 'nav-terminal',
-            keywords: ['terminal', 'shell', 'console'],
-            label: t.keybinds.actions['view.showTerminal'],
-            run: () => setTerminalTakeover(true)
-          },
-          {
-            action: 'nav.settings',
-            icon: Settings,
-            id: 'nav-settings',
-            label: cc.nav.settings.title,
-            run: go(SETTINGS_ROUTE)
-          },
-          {
-            action: 'nav.skills',
             icon: Wrench,
             id: 'nav-skills',
             keywords: ['tools', 'toolsets'],
             label: cc.nav.skills.title,
             run: go(SKILLS_ROUTE)
           },
-          {
-            action: 'nav.messaging',
-            icon: MessageCircle,
-            id: 'nav-messaging',
-            label: cc.nav.messaging.title,
-            run: go(MESSAGING_ROUTE)
-          },
-          {
-            action: 'nav.artifacts',
-            icon: Package,
-            id: 'nav-artifacts',
-            label: cc.nav.artifacts.title,
-            run: go(ARTIFACTS_ROUTE)
-          },
-          {
-            action: 'nav.cron',
-            icon: Clock,
-            id: 'nav-cron',
-            keywords: ['schedule', 'jobs'],
-            label: t.shell.statusbar.cron,
-            run: go(CRON_ROUTE)
-          },
-          { action: 'nav.profiles', icon: Users, id: 'nav-profiles', label: t.profiles.title, run: go(PROFILES_ROUTE) },
-          { action: 'nav.agents', icon: Cpu, id: 'nav-agents', label: t.agents.title, run: go(AGENTS_ROUTE) }
+          { icon: MessageCircle, id: 'nav-messaging', label: cc.nav.messaging.title, run: go(MESSAGING_ROUTE) },
+          { icon: Package, id: 'nav-artifacts', label: cc.nav.artifacts.title, run: go(ARTIFACTS_ROUTE) },
+          { icon: Clock, id: 'nav-cron', keywords: ['schedule', 'jobs'], label: t.shell.statusbar.cron, run: go(CRON_ROUTE) },
+          { icon: Users, id: 'nav-profiles', label: t.profiles.title, run: go(PROFILES_ROUTE) },
+          { icon: Cpu, id: 'nav-agents', label: t.agents.title, run: go(AGENTS_ROUTE) }
         ]
       },
       {
@@ -477,40 +373,24 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
       theme: {
         title: t.settings.appearance.themeTitle,
         placeholder: t.settings.appearance.themeDesc,
-        groups: [
-          // Pinned at the top: drills into the Marketplace browser.
-          {
-            items: [
-              {
-                icon: Download,
-                id: 'theme-install',
-                keywords: ['install', 'marketplace', 'vscode', 'vs code', 'download', 'new', 'color'],
-                label: t.commandCenter.installTheme.title,
-                to: 'install-theme'
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          // Built-ins and imported families list under the mode(s) they support;
-          // picking sets skin + mode at once. A multi-variant import (GitHub,
-          // Solarized) appears in both groups and switches variants with the mode.
-          ...(['light', 'dark'] as const).map(groupMode => ({
-            heading: groupMode === 'light' ? t.settings.modeOptions.light.label : t.settings.modeOptions.dark.label,
-            items: availableThemes
-              .filter(theme => themeSupportsMode(theme.name, groupMode))
-              .map(theme => ({
-                active: themeName === theme.name && resolvedMode === groupMode,
-                icon: groupMode === 'light' ? Sun : Moon,
-                id: `theme-${theme.name}-${groupMode}`,
-                keepOpen: true,
-                keywords: ['theme', 'appearance', 'palette', groupMode, theme.label, theme.description ?? ''],
-                label: theme.label,
-                run: () => {
-                  setTheme(theme.name)
-                  setMode(groupMode)
-                }
-              }))
+        // Skins aren't inherently light/dark — the same skin renders in either
+        // mode. Group by appearance so picking an entry sets skin + mode at
+        // once, and keep the palette open so each pick previews live.
+        groups: (['light', 'dark'] as const).map(groupMode => ({
+          heading: groupMode === 'light' ? t.settings.modeOptions.light.label : t.settings.modeOptions.dark.label,
+          items: availableThemes.map(theme => ({
+            active: themeName === theme.name && resolvedMode === groupMode,
+            icon: groupMode === 'light' ? Sun : Moon,
+            id: `theme-${theme.name}-${groupMode}`,
+            keepOpen: true,
+            keywords: ['theme', 'appearance', 'palette', groupMode, theme.label, theme.description ?? ''],
+            label: theme.label,
+            run: () => {
+              setTheme(theme.name)
+              setMode(groupMode)
+            }
           }))
-        ]
+        }))
       },
       'color-mode': {
         title: t.settings.appearance.colorMode,
@@ -519,6 +399,7 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
           {
             heading: t.settings.appearance.colorMode,
             items: THEME_MODES.map(entry => ({
+              active: mode === entry.mode,
               icon: entry.icon,
               id: `mode-${entry.mode}`,
               keepOpen: true,
@@ -528,16 +409,9 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
             }))
           }
         ]
-      },
-      // Server-driven page: items come from the Marketplace, rendered by
-      // <MarketplaceThemePage> (loader + live search + per-row install).
-      'install-theme': {
-        title: t.commandCenter.installTheme.title,
-        placeholder: t.commandCenter.installTheme.placeholder,
-        groups: []
       }
     }),
-    [availableThemes, resolvedMode, setMode, setTheme, t, themeName]
+    [availableThemes, mode, resolvedMode, setMode, setTheme, t, themeName]
   )
 
   const activePage = page ? subPages[page] : null
@@ -562,22 +436,17 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
   return (
     <DialogPrimitive.Root onOpenChange={setCommandPaletteOpen} open={open}>
       <DialogPrimitive.Portal>
-        {/* Transparent overlay: keeps click-away + focus trap, but no dim/blur. */}
-        <DialogPrimitive.Overlay className="fixed inset-0 z-[200]" />
+        <DialogPrimitive.Overlay className="fixed inset-0 z-[200] bg-black/15 backdrop-blur-[1px] data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=open]:fade-in-0" />
         <DialogPrimitive.Content
           aria-describedby={undefined}
-          className={cn(
-            HUD_POSITION,
-            HUD_SURFACE,
-            'z-[210] w-[min(34rem,calc(100vw-2rem))] overflow-hidden duration-150 data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=closed]:zoom-out-95 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=open]:fade-in-0 data-[state=open]:slide-in-from-top-2 data-[state=open]:zoom-in-95'
-          )}
+          className="fixed left-1/2 top-[14vh] z-[210] w-[min(40rem,calc(100vw-2rem))] -translate-x-1/2 overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-(--ui-stroke-secondary) bg-(--ui-chat-bubble-background) shadow-lg duration-150 data-[state=closed]:animate-out data-[state=closed]:fade-out-0 data-[state=closed]:zoom-out-95 data-[state=open]:animate-in data-[state=open]:fade-in-0 data-[state=open]:slide-in-from-top-2 data-[state=open]:zoom-in-95"
         >
           <DialogPrimitive.Title className="sr-only">{t.commandCenter.paletteTitle}</DialogPrimitive.Title>
-          <Command className="bg-transparent" filter={paletteFilter} loop>
+          <Command className="bg-transparent" loop>
             {activePage && (
               <button
                 className="flex w-full items-center gap-1.5 border-b border-border px-3 py-1.5 text-left text-xs text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
-                onClick={goBack}
+                onClick={() => setPage(null)}
                 type="button"
               >
                 <ChevronLeft className="size-3.5" />
@@ -587,7 +456,6 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
               </button>
             )}
             <CommandInput
-              className={HUD_TEXT}
               onKeyDown={event => {
                 if (!activePage) {
                   return
@@ -598,45 +466,38 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
                 if (event.key === 'Escape' || (event.key === 'Backspace' && search === '')) {
                   event.preventDefault()
                   event.stopPropagation()
-                  goBack()
+                  setPage(null)
                 }
               }}
               onValueChange={setSearch}
               placeholder={placeholder}
               value={search}
             />
-            <CommandList className="dt-portal-scrollbar max-h-[min(20rem,56vh)]">
-              {page === 'install-theme' ? (
-                <MarketplaceThemePage onPickTheme={setTheme} search={search} />
-              ) : (
-                <CommandEmpty>{t.commandCenter.noResults}</CommandEmpty>
-              )}
-              {visibleGroups.map((group, index) => (
+            <CommandList className="max-h-[min(24rem,60vh)]">
+              <CommandEmpty>{t.commandCenter.noResults}</CommandEmpty>
+              {visibleGroups.map(group => (
                 <CommandGroup
-                  className={HUD_HEADING}
+                  className="**:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:uppercase **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:tracking-wider **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:text-[0.6875rem] **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:text-muted-foreground/70"
                   heading={group.heading}
-                  key={group.heading ?? `palette-group-${index}`}
+                  key={group.heading}
                 >
                   {group.items.map(item => {
                     const Icon = item.icon
-                    const combo = item.action ? bindings[item.action]?.[0] : undefined
-                    const keys = combo ? comboTokens(combo) : null
 
                     return (
                       <CommandItem
-                        className={cn(HUD_ITEM, HUD_TEXT)}
+                        className="gap-2.5"
                         key={item.id}
                         keywords={item.keywords}
                         onSelect={() => handleSelect(item)}
                         value={`${item.label} ${item.keywords?.join(' ') ?? ''} ${item.id}`}
                       >
-                        <Icon className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
+                        <Icon className="size-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
                         <span className="truncate">{item.label}</span>
-                        {keys && <KbdGroup className="ml-auto" keys={keys} />}
-                        {item.to && (
-                          <ChevronRight
-                            className={cn('size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground/70', !keys && 'ml-auto')}
-                          />
+                        {item.to ? (
+                          <ChevronRight className="ml-auto size-4 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground/70" />
+                        ) : (
+                          <Check className={cn('ml-auto size-4 text-foreground', !item.active && 'invisible')} />
                         )}
                       </CommandItem>
                     )

apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/marketplace-theme-page.tsx

@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Cmd-K "Install theme…" page.
- *
- * Browses the VS Code Marketplace for color themes: an empty query shows the
- * most-installed themes, typing runs a live (debounced) search against the
- * Marketplace. Selecting a row downloads + converts + installs it via the same
- * pipeline as the settings importer, then activates it — and stays open so the
- * user can grab several.
- */
-
-import { useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-
-import { HUD_ITEM, HUD_TEXT } from '@/app/floating-hud'
-import type { DesktopMarketplaceSearchItem } from '@/global'
-import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
-import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
-import { Check, Download, Loader2, Palette } from '@/lib/icons'
-import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
-import { installVscodeThemeFromMarketplace } from '@/themes/install'
-
-const compactNumber = new Intl.NumberFormat(undefined, { notation: 'compact', maximumFractionDigits: 1 })
-
-function useDebounced<T>(value: T, delayMs: number): T {
-  const [debounced, setDebounced] = useState(value)
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const handle = setTimeout(() => setDebounced(value), delayMs)
-
-    return () => clearTimeout(handle)
-  }, [value, delayMs])
-
-  return debounced
-}
-
-interface MarketplaceThemePageProps {
-  search: string
-  /** Activate a freshly installed theme by slug. */
-  onPickTheme: (name: string) => void
-}
-
-export function MarketplaceThemePage({ search, onPickTheme }: MarketplaceThemePageProps) {
-  const { t } = useI18n()
-  const copy = t.commandCenter.installTheme
-  const debouncedSearch = useDebounced(search.trim(), 300)
-  const [installingId, setInstallingId] = useState<string | null>(null)
-  const [installed, setInstalled] = useState<Record<string, true>>({})
-  const [installError, setInstallError] = useState<string | null>(null)
-
-  const query = useQuery({
-    queryKey: ['marketplace-themes', debouncedSearch],
-    queryFn: () => window.hermesDesktop?.themes?.searchMarketplace(debouncedSearch) ?? Promise.resolve([]),
-    staleTime: 5 * 60 * 1000
-  })
-
-  const install = async (item: DesktopMarketplaceSearchItem) => {
-    if (installingId) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    setInstallingId(item.extensionId)
-    setInstallError(null)
-
-    try {
-      const theme = await installVscodeThemeFromMarketplace(item.extensionId)
-
-      triggerHaptic('crisp')
-      setInstalled(prev => ({ ...prev, [item.extensionId]: true }))
-      onPickTheme(theme.name)
-    } catch (error) {
-      setInstallError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : copy.error)
-    } finally {
-      setInstallingId(null)
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (query.isLoading) {
-    return <Status icon={<Loader2 className="size-3.5 animate-spin" />} text={copy.loading} />
-  }
-
-  if (query.isError) {
-    return <Status text={copy.error} tone="error" />
-  }
-
-  const results = query.data ?? []
-
-  if (results.length === 0) {
-    return <Status text={copy.empty} />
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <div role="listbox">
-      {installError && <p className="px-2 pb-1 pt-1.5 text-[0.6875rem] text-(--ui-red)">{installError}</p>}
-      {results.map(item => {
-        const busy = installingId === item.extensionId
-        const done = installed[item.extensionId]
-
-        return (
-          <button
-            className={cn(
-              'flex w-full items-start rounded-md text-left transition-colors hover:bg-(--chrome-action-hover) disabled:opacity-60 aria-disabled:opacity-60',
-              HUD_ITEM,
-              HUD_TEXT
-            )}
-            disabled={Boolean(installingId) && !busy}
-            key={item.extensionId}
-            onClick={() => void install(item)}
-            onMouseDown={event => event.preventDefault()}
-            role="option"
-            type="button"
-          >
-            <Palette className="mt-0.5 size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
-            <span className="flex min-w-0 flex-col">
-              <span className="truncate font-medium">{item.displayName}</span>
-              <span className="truncate text-[0.6875rem] text-muted-foreground/80">
-                {item.publisher}
-                {item.installs > 0 ? ` · ${copy.installs(compactNumber.format(item.installs))}` : ''}
-              </span>
-            </span>
-            <span className="ml-auto mt-0.5 flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 text-[0.6875rem] text-muted-foreground">
-              {busy ? (
-                <>
-                  <Loader2 className="size-3 animate-spin" />
-                  {copy.installing}
-                </>
-              ) : done ? (
-                <>
-                  <Check className="size-3 text-(--ui-green)" />
-                  {copy.installed}
-                </>
-              ) : (
-                <>
-                  <Download className="size-3" />
-                  {copy.install}
-                </>
-              )}
-            </span>
-          </button>
-        )
-      })}
-    </div>
-  )
-}
-
-function Status({ icon, text, tone }: { icon?: React.ReactNode; text: string; tone?: 'error' }) {
-  return (
-    <div
-      className={cn(
-        'flex items-center justify-center gap-2 px-2 py-6 text-xs',
-        tone === 'error' ? 'text-(--ui-red)' : 'text-muted-foreground'
-      )}
-    >
-      {icon}
-      {text}
-    </div>
-  )
-}

apps/desktop/src/app/desktop-controller.tsx

@@ -8,18 +8,11 @@ import { DesktopInstallOverlay } from '@/components/desktop-install-overlay'
 import { DesktopOnboardingOverlay } from '@/components/desktop-onboarding-overlay'
 import { GatewayConnectingOverlay } from '@/components/gateway-connecting-overlay'
 import { Pane, PaneMain } from '@/components/pane-shell'
-import { useMediaQuery } from '@/hooks/use-media-query'
 import { useSkinCommand } from '@/themes/use-skin-command'
 
 import { formatRefValue } from '../components/assistant-ui/directive-text'
 import { getCronJobs, getSessionMessages, listAllProfileSessions, type SessionInfo, triggerCronJob } from '../hermes'
 import { preserveLocalAssistantErrors, toChatMessages } from '../lib/chat-messages'
-import {
-  isMessagingSource,
-  LOCAL_SESSION_SOURCE_IDS,
-  MESSAGING_SESSION_SOURCE_IDS,
-  normalizeSessionSource
-} from '../lib/session-source'
 import { setCronFocusJobId, setCronJobs } from '../store/cron'
 import {
   $panesFlipped,
@@ -30,7 +23,6 @@ import {
   FILE_BROWSER_MAX_WIDTH,
   FILE_BROWSER_MIN_WIDTH,
   pinSession,
-  setSidebarOverlayMounted,
   SIDEBAR_DEFAULT_WIDTH,
   SIDEBAR_MAX_WIDTH,
   SIDEBAR_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE,
@@ -50,14 +42,11 @@ import {
   $currentCwd,
   $freshDraftReady,
   $gatewayState,
-  $messagingSessions,
   $selectedStoredSessionId,
   $sessions,
   $workingSessionIds,
   CRON_SECTION_LIMIT,
-  getRecentlySettledSessionIds,
   mergeSessionPage,
-  MESSAGING_SECTION_LIMIT,
   sessionPinId,
   setAwaitingResponse,
   setBusy,
@@ -67,16 +56,12 @@ import {
   setCurrentModel,
   setCurrentProvider,
   setMessages,
-  setMessagingPlatformTotals,
-  setMessagingSessions,
-  setMessagingTruncated,
   setSessionProfileTotals,
   setSessions,
   setSessionsLoading,
   setSessionsTotal
 } from '../store/session'
 import { openUpdatesWindow, startUpdatePoller, stopUpdatePoller } from '../store/updates'
-import { isSecondaryWindow } from '../store/windows'
 
 import { ChatView } from './chat'
 import { useComposerActions } from './chat/hooks/use-composer-actions'
@@ -91,14 +76,12 @@ import { CommandPalette } from './command-palette'
 import { useGatewayBoot } from './gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot'
 import { useGatewayRequest } from './gateway/hooks/use-gateway-request'
 import { useKeybinds } from './hooks/use-keybinds'
-import { SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_MEDIA_QUERY } from './layout-constants'
 import { ModelPickerOverlay } from './model-picker-overlay'
 import { ModelVisibilityOverlay } from './model-visibility-overlay'
 import { RightSidebarPane } from './right-sidebar'
 import { $terminalTakeover } from './right-sidebar/store'
 import { PersistentTerminal, TerminalSlot } from './right-sidebar/terminal/persistent'
 import { CRON_ROUTE, NEW_CHAT_ROUTE, routeSessionId, sessionRoute, SETTINGS_ROUTE } from './routes'
-import { SessionSwitcher } from './session-switcher'
 import { useContextSuggestions } from './session/hooks/use-context-suggestions'
 import { useCwdActions } from './session/hooks/use-cwd-actions'
 import { useHermesConfig } from './session/hooks/use-hermes-config'
@@ -134,39 +117,22 @@ const SkillsView = lazy(async () => ({ default: (await import('./skills')).Skill
 // this cadence while the app is open + visible so new runs surface promptly
 // instead of waiting for the next user-triggered refreshSessions().
 const CRON_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000
-// The recents list is local-only: cron rows have their own section, and each
-// messaging platform (telegram, discord, …) is fetched separately into its own
-// self-managed sidebar section (refreshMessagingSessions). Excluding both here
-// keeps "Load more" paging through interactive local chats instead of
-// interleaving gateway threads that bury them.
-const SIDEBAR_EXCLUDED_SOURCES = ['cron', ...MESSAGING_SESSION_SOURCE_IDS]
-// The messaging slice is the inverse: drop cron + every local source so only
-// external-platform conversations remain, then split per platform in the UI.
-const MESSAGING_EXCLUDED_SOURCES = ['cron', ...LOCAL_SESSION_SOURCE_IDS]
 
 // Cheap signature compare so the poll only swaps the atom (and re-renders the
 // sidebar) when the visible cron rows actually changed.
 function sameCronSignature(a: SessionInfo[], b: SessionInfo[]): boolean {
-  if (a.length !== b.length) {
-    return false
-  }
+  if (a.length !== b.length) {return false}
 
   return a.every((session, i) => session.id === b[i]?.id && session.title === b[i]?.title)
 }
 
 // Rows a session refresh must preserve even if the aggregator omits them:
-// in-flight first turns (message_count 0), pinned rows aged off the page, the
-// actively-viewed chat (its "working" flag clears a beat before the aggregator
-// sees the persisted row), and sessions whose turn just settled (same race, but
-// for a chat the user has already navigated away from). Pass `scope` to only
-// keep the active row when it belongs to the profile being paged.
+// in-flight first turns (message_count 0), pinned rows aged off the page, and
+// the actively-viewed chat (its "working" flag clears a beat before the
+// aggregator sees the persisted row). Pass `scope` to only keep the active row
+// when it belongs to the profile being paged.
 function sessionsToKeep(scope?: string): Set<string> {
-  const keep = new Set<string>([
-    ...$workingSessionIds.get(),
-    ...$pinnedSessionIds.get(),
-    ...getRecentlySettledSessionIds()
-  ])
-
+  const keep = new Set<string>([...$workingSessionIds.get(), ...$pinnedSessionIds.get()])
   const active = $selectedStoredSessionId.get()
 
   if (active) {
@@ -199,10 +165,6 @@ export function DesktopController() {
   const terminalTakeover = useStore($terminalTakeover)
   const panesFlipped = useStore($panesFlipped)
   const profileScope = useStore($profileScope)
-  // Below SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT_PX there's no room for a docked rail —
-  // collapse both sidebars (without touching their stored open state) so the
-  // hover-reveal overlay becomes the way in. Restores once it's wide again.
-  const narrowViewport = useMediaQuery(SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_MEDIA_QUERY)
 
   const routedSessionId = routeSessionId(location.pathname)
   const routeToken = `${location.pathname}:${location.search}:${location.hash}`
@@ -225,7 +187,7 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     toggleCommandCenter
   } = useOverlayRouting()
 
-  const terminalSidebarOpen = chatOpen && terminalTakeover
+  const terminalTakeoverActive = chatOpen && terminalTakeover
 
   const titlebarToolGroups = useGroupRegistry<TitlebarTool>()
   const statusbarItemGroups = useGroupRegistry<StatusbarItem>()
@@ -304,51 +266,6 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     }
   }, [])
 
-  // Messaging-platform sessions as their own slice, fetched separately from
-  // local recents so each platform renders a self-managed section and never
-  // competes with local chats for the recents page budget. One combined fetch
-  // seeds every platform; the sidebar splits the rows per source.
-  const refreshMessagingSessions = useCallback(async () => {
-    try {
-      const result = await listAllProfileSessions(MESSAGING_SECTION_LIMIT, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', 'all', {
-        excludeSources: MESSAGING_EXCLUDED_SOURCES
-      })
-
-      // Drop any non-messaging source the broad exclude didn't catch (custom
-      // sources) — those stay in local recents, not a platform section.
-      const rows = result.sessions.filter(s => isMessagingSource(s.source))
-
-      setMessagingSessions(prev => (sameCronSignature(prev, rows) ? prev : rows))
-      // Hit the cap → at least one platform may have more on disk than loaded,
-      // so platform sections offer their own per-platform "load more".
-      setMessagingTruncated(result.sessions.length >= MESSAGING_SECTION_LIMIT)
-    } catch {
-      // Non-fatal: the messaging sections just stay empty/stale.
-    }
-  }, [])
-
-  // Page a single platform's section independently (mirrors the per-profile
-  // pager): fetch that source's next window and merge it back in place, leaving
-  // every other platform's rows untouched. Resolves the platform's exact total.
-  const loadMoreMessagingForPlatform = useCallback(async (platform: string) => {
-    const inPlatform = (s: SessionInfo) => normalizeSessionSource(s.source) === platform
-    const loaded = $messagingSessions.get().filter(inPlatform).length
-
-    const result = await listAllProfileSessions(loaded + SIDEBAR_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', 'all', {
-      source: platform
-    })
-
-    const incoming = result.sessions.filter(s => normalizeSessionSource(s.source) === platform)
-
-    setMessagingSessions(prev => [
-      ...prev.filter(s => !inPlatform(s)),
-      ...mergeSessionPage(prev.filter(inPlatform), incoming, sessionsToKeep())
-    ])
-
-    const total = result.total ?? incoming.length
-    setMessagingPlatformTotals(prev => ({ ...prev, [platform]: Math.max(total, incoming.length) }))
-  }, [])
-
   // Cron *jobs* drive the sidebar "Cron jobs" section. Jobs are created
   // synchronously (agent tool call or the cron UI), so refreshing here right
   // after an agent turn surfaces a new job immediately; the interval poll keeps
@@ -383,9 +300,8 @@ export function DesktopController() {
       // with few recent sessions isn't windowed out of the cross-profile
       // recency page — the empty-history-on-profile-switch bug.
       const sessionProfile = profileScope === ALL_PROFILES ? 'all' : profileScope
-
       const result = await listAllProfileSessions(limit, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', sessionProfile, {
-        excludeSources: SIDEBAR_EXCLUDED_SOURCES
+        excludeSources: ['cron']
       })
 
       if (refreshSessionsRequestRef.current === requestId) {
@@ -401,8 +317,7 @@ export function DesktopController() {
 
     void refreshCronSessions()
     void refreshCronJobs()
-    void refreshMessagingSessions()
-  }, [profileScope, refreshCronSessions, refreshCronJobs, refreshMessagingSessions])
+  }, [profileScope, refreshCronSessions, refreshCronJobs])
 
   const loadMoreSessions = useCallback(() => {
     bumpSessionsLimit()
@@ -417,15 +332,12 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     const loaded = $sessions.get().filter(inKey).length
 
     const result = await listAllProfileSessions(loaded + SIDEBAR_SESSIONS_PAGE_SIZE, 1, 'exclude', 'recent', key, {
-      excludeSources: SIDEBAR_EXCLUDED_SOURCES
+      excludeSources: ['cron']
     })
 
     const keep = sessionsToKeep(key)
 
-    setSessions(prev => [
-      ...prev.filter(s => !inKey(s)),
-      ...mergeSessionPage(prev.filter(inKey), result.sessions, keep)
-    ])
+    setSessions(prev => [...prev.filter(s => !inKey(s)), ...mergeSessionPage(prev.filter(inKey), result.sessions, keep)])
 
     const total = result.profile_totals?.[key] ?? result.total ?? result.sessions.length
     setSessionProfileTotals(prev => ({ ...prev, [key]: Math.max(total, result.sessions.length) }))
@@ -686,19 +598,19 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     submitText,
     transcribeVoiceAudio
   } = usePromptActions({
-    activeSessionId,
-    activeSessionIdRef,
-    branchCurrentSession: branchInNewChat,
-    busyRef,
-    createBackendSessionForSend,
-    handleSkinCommand,
-    refreshSessions,
-    requestGateway,
-    selectedStoredSessionIdRef,
-    startFreshSessionDraft,
-    sttEnabled,
-    updateSessionState
-  })
+      activeSessionId,
+      activeSessionIdRef,
+      branchCurrentSession: branchInNewChat,
+      busyRef,
+      createBackendSessionForSend,
+      handleSkinCommand,
+      refreshSessions,
+      requestGateway,
+      selectedStoredSessionIdRef,
+      startFreshSessionDraft,
+      sttEnabled,
+      updateSessionState
+    })
 
   useGatewayBoot({
     handleGatewayEvent: handleDesktopGatewayEvent,
@@ -724,14 +636,10 @@ export function DesktopController() {
   // in the background (advancing next-run/state and creating runs), so poll the
   // job list on an interval (and on tab re-focus) while connected.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (gatewayState !== 'open') {
-      return
-    }
+    if (gatewayState !== 'open') {return}
 
     const tick = () => {
-      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {
-        void refreshCronJobs()
-      }
+      if (document.visibilityState === 'visible') {void refreshCronJobs()}
     }
 
     const intervalId = window.setInterval(tick, CRON_POLL_INTERVAL_MS)
@@ -761,7 +669,6 @@ export function DesktopController() {
 
   const { leftStatusbarItems, statusbarItems } = useStatusbarItems({
     agentsOpen,
-    chatOpen,
     commandCenterOpen,
     extraLeftItems: statusbarItemGroups.flat.left,
     extraRightItems: statusbarItemGroups.flat.right,
@@ -782,7 +689,6 @@ export function DesktopController() {
       currentView={currentView}
       onArchiveSession={sessionId => void archiveSession(sessionId)}
       onDeleteSession={sessionId => void removeSession(sessionId)}
-      onLoadMoreMessaging={loadMoreMessagingForPlatform}
       onLoadMoreProfileSessions={loadMoreSessionsForProfile}
       onLoadMoreSessions={loadMoreSessions}
       onManageCronJob={jobId => {
@@ -800,34 +706,27 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     />
   )
 
-  // One PTY-backed terminal mounted forever; <TerminalSlot /> placeholders decide
-  // where it shows. Lives in main's stacking context (not the root overlay layer)
-  // so pane resize handles still paint above it. Toggling never rebuilds the shell.
-  const mainOverlays = (
-    <PersistentTerminal cwd={currentCwd} onAddSelectionToChat={composer.addTerminalSelectionAttachment} />
-  )
-
   const overlays = (
     <>
-      {!isSecondaryWindow() && <DesktopInstallOverlay />}
-      {!isSecondaryWindow() && (
-        <DesktopOnboardingOverlay
-          enabled={gatewayState === 'open'}
-          onCompleted={() => {
-            void refreshHermesConfig()
-            void refreshCurrentModel()
-            void queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['model-options'] })
-          }}
-          requestGateway={requestGateway}
-        />
-      )}
+      <DesktopInstallOverlay />
+      {/* One PTY-backed terminal mounted forever; <TerminalSlot /> placeholders
+          decide where it shows. Toggling fullscreen never rebuilds the shell. */}
+      <PersistentTerminal cwd={currentCwd} onAddSelectionToChat={composer.addTerminalSelectionAttachment} />
+      <DesktopOnboardingOverlay
+        enabled={gatewayState === 'open'}
+        onCompleted={() => {
+          void refreshHermesConfig()
+          void refreshCurrentModel()
+          void queryClient.invalidateQueries({ queryKey: ['model-options'] })
+        }}
+        requestGateway={requestGateway}
+      />
       <ModelPickerOverlay gateway={gatewayRef.current || undefined} onSelect={selectModel} />
       <ModelVisibilityOverlay gateway={gatewayRef.current || undefined} onOpenProviders={openProviderSettings} />
       <UpdatesOverlay />
       <GatewayConnectingOverlay />
       <BootFailureOverlay />
       <CommandPalette />
-      <SessionSwitcher />
 
       {settingsOpen && (
         <Suspense fallback={null}>
@@ -915,6 +814,12 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     />
   )
 
+  const takeoverTerminalView = (
+    <div className="relative flex h-full min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-col overflow-hidden bg-(--ui-chat-surface-background) pt-(--titlebar-height)">
+      <TerminalSlot />
+    </div>
+  )
+
   // Flipped layout mirrors the default: sessions sidebar → right, file
   // browser + preview rail → left. Same panes, swapped sides.
   const sidebarSide = panesFlipped ? 'right' : 'left'
@@ -941,8 +846,6 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     <Pane
       defaultOpen={false}
       disabled={!chatOpen}
-      forceCollapsed={narrowViewport}
-      hoverReveal
       id="file-browser"
       key="file-browser"
       maxWidth={FILE_BROWSER_MAX_WIDTH}
@@ -959,56 +862,30 @@ export function DesktopController() {
     </Pane>
   )
 
-  const terminalPane = (
-    <Pane
-      defaultOpen
-      disabled={!terminalSidebarOpen}
-      divider
-      id="terminal-sidebar"
-      key="terminal-sidebar"
-      maxWidth="80vw"
-      minWidth="22vw"
-      resizable
-      side={railSide}
-      width="42vw"
-    >
-      <div className="relative flex h-full min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-col overflow-hidden bg-(--ui-editor-surface-background) pt-(--titlebar-height)">
-        <TerminalSlot />
-      </div>
-    </Pane>
-  )
-
   return (
     <AppShell
       leftStatusbarItems={leftStatusbarItems}
       leftTitlebarTools={titlebarToolGroups.flat.left}
-      mainOverlays={mainOverlays}
       onOpenSettings={openSettings}
       overlays={overlays}
-      previewPaneOpen={chatOpen && Boolean(previewTarget || filePreviewTarget)}
       statusbarItems={statusbarItems}
-      terminalPaneOpen={terminalSidebarOpen}
       titlebarTools={titlebarToolGroups.flat.right}
     >
-      {!isSecondaryWindow() && (
-        <Pane
-          forceCollapsed={narrowViewport}
-          hoverReveal
-          id="chat-sidebar"
-          maxWidth={SIDEBAR_MAX_WIDTH}
-          minWidth={SIDEBAR_DEFAULT_WIDTH}
-          onOverlayActiveChange={setSidebarOverlayMounted}
-          resizable
-          side={sidebarSide}
-          width={`${SIDEBAR_DEFAULT_WIDTH}px`}
-        >
-          {sidebar}
-        </Pane>
-      )}
+      <Pane
+        disabled={terminalTakeoverActive}
+        id="chat-sidebar"
+        maxWidth={SIDEBAR_MAX_WIDTH}
+        minWidth={SIDEBAR_DEFAULT_WIDTH}
+        resizable
+        side={sidebarSide}
+        width={`${SIDEBAR_DEFAULT_WIDTH}px`}
+      >
+        {sidebar}
+      </Pane>
       <PaneMain>
         <Routes>
-          <Route element={chatView} index />
-          <Route element={chatView} path=":sessionId" />
+          <Route element={terminalTakeoverActive ? takeoverTerminalView : chatView} index />
+          <Route element={terminalTakeoverActive ? takeoverTerminalView : chatView} path=":sessionId" />
           <Route
             element={
               <Suspense fallback={null}>
@@ -1045,13 +922,11 @@ export function DesktopController() {
       </PaneMain>
       {/*
         Order within a side maps to column order. Default (rail on the right):
-        main | terminal | preview | file-browser. Flipped (rail on the left):
-        mirror to file-browser | preview | terminal | main so terminal stays
-        adjacent to the chat.
+        main | preview | file-browser. Flipped (rail on the left): mirror it to
+        file-browser | preview | main so preview stays adjacent to the chat.
       */}
-      {panesFlipped ? fileBrowserPane : terminalPane}
-      {previewPane}
-      {panesFlipped ? terminalPane : fileBrowserPane}
+      {panesFlipped ? fileBrowserPane : previewPane}
+      {panesFlipped ? previewPane : fileBrowserPane}
     </AppShell>
   )
 }

apps/desktop/src/app/floating-hud.ts

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-// Shared chrome for the top-center floating HUDs (command palette + session
-// switcher). They pin just under the title bar, centered, and lean on a crisp
-// border + shadow to separate from the app — no dimming/blurring backdrop.
-// Each caller layers on its own z-index, width, and overflow.
-export const HUD_POSITION = 'fixed left-1/2 top-3 -translate-x-1/2'
-
-// Matches the app's borderless-overlay surface (dialog, keybind panel, …):
-// hairline `--stroke-nous` paired with the soft `--shadow-nous` float.
-export const HUD_SURFACE = 'rounded-xl border border-(--stroke-nous) bg-(--ui-chat-bubble-background) shadow-nous'
-
-// One row/text size for both HUDs (compact — two notches under `text-sm`).
-export const HUD_TEXT = 'text-xs'
-
-// Shared item layout + padding for both HUDs. Tight vertical rhythm so rows
-// don't feel chunky; overrides the shadcn `CommandItem` default (`px-2 py-1.5`).
-export const HUD_ITEM = 'gap-2 px-2 py-1'
-
-// Section headings styled like the sidebar panel labels: brand-tinted, uppercase,
-// tightly tracked — plain text, no sticky chrome bar. Targets the cmdk group
-// heading via the universal-descendant variant.
-export const HUD_HEADING =
-  '**:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:static **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:bg-transparent **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:px-2.5 **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:pb-1 **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:pt-2.5 **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:text-[0.64rem] **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:font-semibold **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:uppercase **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:tracking-[0.16em] **:[[cmdk-group-heading]]:text-(--theme-primary)'

apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import {
   $connection,
   $sessions,
   $workingSessionIds,
-  ensureDefaultWorkspaceCwd,
   setConnection,
   setSessionsLoading
 } from '@/store/session'
@@ -121,13 +120,6 @@ export function useGatewayBoot({
       reconnecting = true
 
       try {
-        // Drop a stale REMOTE backend cache before re-dialing. After sleep/wake a
-        // remote backend can become unreachable, but it has no child process
-        // whose 'exit' would clear the main process's cached descriptor — without
-        // this the renderer re-dials the same dead endpoint forever and stays on
-        // "Starting Hermes…". The probe is a no-op for a healthy or local backend.
-        await desktop.revalidateConnection?.().catch(() => undefined)
-
         const conn = await desktop.getConnection($activeGatewayProfile.get())
 
         if (cancelled) {
@@ -226,15 +218,6 @@ export function useGatewayBoot({
         reconnectAttempt = 0
         reauthNotified = false
         clearReconnectTimer()
-
-        // A revalidate-driven reconnect can rebuild the backend in place when the
-        // cached remote was found dead, which re-drives the boot-progress overlay.
-        // Unlike the initial boot, nothing calls completeDesktopBoot() afterwards,
-        // so dismiss it here once we're open again — otherwise the overlay sticks
-        // at ~94%. A no-op on a normal (non-rebuild) reconnect.
-        if (bootCompleted) {
-          completeDesktopBoot()
-        }
       } else if (bootCompleted && (st === 'closed' || st === 'error')) {
         // The socket dropped after a healthy boot (typically sleep/wake). Try
         // to bring it back instead of leaving the composer stuck disabled.
@@ -352,7 +335,6 @@ export function useGatewayBoot({
           message: translateNow('boot.steps.loadingSettings'),
           progress: 97
         })
-        await ensureDefaultWorkspaceCwd()
         await callbacksRef.current.refreshHermesConfig()
 
         if (cancelled) {

apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
 
-import { $terminalTakeover, setTerminalTakeover } from '@/app/right-sidebar/store'
-import { PANE_TOGGLE_REVEAL_EVENT } from '@/components/pane-shell'
-import { matchesQuery } from '@/hooks/use-media-query'
-import { PROFILE_SLOT_COUNT, SESSION_SLOT_COUNT } from '@/lib/keybinds/actions'
+import { setRightSidebarTab } from '@/app/right-sidebar/store'
+import { PROFILE_SLOT_COUNT } from '@/lib/keybinds/actions'
 import { comboAllowedInInput, comboFromEvent, isEditableTarget } from '@/lib/keybinds/combo'
 import { toggleCommandPalette } from '@/store/command-palette'
 import { $capture, $comboIndex, endCapture, setBinding, toggleKeybindPanel } from '@/store/keybinds'
 import {
-  CHAT_SIDEBAR_PANE_ID,
-  FILE_BROWSER_PANE_ID,
   requestSessionSearchFocus,
   setFileBrowserOpen,
   toggleFileBrowserOpen,
@@ -18,29 +14,16 @@ import {
   toggleSidebarOpen
 } from '@/store/layout'
 import {
-  $newChatProfile,
   cycleProfile,
   requestProfileCreate,
   switchProfileToSlot,
   switchToDefaultProfile,
   toggleShowAllProfiles
 } from '@/store/profile'
-import { setModelPickerOpen } from '@/store/session'
-import {
-  $switcherOpen,
-  closeSwitcher,
-  commitOnCtrlUp,
-  onSwitcherTabDown,
-  onSwitcherTabUp,
-  openOrAdvanceSwitcher,
-  slotSessionId,
-  switcherActive,
-  switcherJustClosed
-} from '@/store/session-switcher'
+import { $activeSessionId, $sessions, setModelPickerOpen } from '@/store/session'
 import { useTheme } from '@/themes/context'
 
 import { requestComposerFocus } from '../chat/composer/focus'
-import { SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_MEDIA_QUERY } from '../layout-constants'
 import {
   AGENTS_ROUTE,
   ARTIFACTS_ROUTE,
@@ -72,7 +55,6 @@ export function useKeybinds(deps: KeybindRuntimeDeps): void {
 
   // Keep the latest closures without re-subscribing the listener.
   const handlersRef = useRef<HandlerMap>({})
-  const commitSwitcherRef = useRef<() => void>(() => {})
 
   const profileSwitchHandlers: HandlerMap = {}
 
@@ -80,32 +62,26 @@ export function useKeybinds(deps: KeybindRuntimeDeps): void {
     profileSwitchHandlers[`profile.switch.${slot}`] = () => switchProfileToSlot(slot)
   }
 
-  const goToSession = (sessionId: null | string) => {
-    if (sessionId) {
-      navigate(sessionRoute(sessionId))
+  // Move to the adjacent session in recency order, wrapping at the ends.
+  const cycleSession = (direction: 1 | -1) => {
+    const sessions = $sessions.get()
+
+    if (sessions.length < 2) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const current = sessions.findIndex(session => session.id === $activeSessionId.get())
+    const start = current === -1 ? (direction === 1 ? -1 : 0) : current
+    const next = sessions[(start + direction + sessions.length) % sessions.length]
+
+    if (next) {
+      navigate(sessionRoute(next.id))
     }
   }
 
-  // ^N jumps straight to the Nth recent session and dismisses the switcher.
-  const sessionSlotHandlers: HandlerMap = {}
-
-  for (let slot = 1; slot <= SESSION_SLOT_COUNT; slot += 1) {
-    sessionSlotHandlers[`session.slot.${slot}`] = () => {
-      closeSwitcher()
-      goToSession(slotSessionId(slot))
-    }
-  }
-
-  commitSwitcherRef.current = () => goToSession(commitOnCtrlUp())
-
-  const stepSession = (direction: 1 | -1) => {
-    onSwitcherTabDown()
-    goToSession(openOrAdvanceSwitcher(direction))
-  }
-
-  const showFiles = () => {
+  const showRightSidebarTab = (tab: 'files' | 'terminal') => {
     setFileBrowserOpen(true)
-    setTerminalTakeover(false)
+    setRightSidebarTab(tab)
   }
 
   handlersRef.current = {
@@ -125,35 +101,18 @@ export function useKeybinds(deps: KeybindRuntimeDeps): void {
     'nav.agents': () => navigate(AGENTS_ROUTE),
 
     'session.new': () => {
-      // Match the sidebar New Session button. A plain keyboard new chat should
-      // target the current live profile, not a stale per-profile quick-create
-      // selection from a prior action.
-      $newChatProfile.set(null)
       deps.startFreshSession()
       window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('hermes:new-session-shortcut'))
     },
-    'session.next': () => stepSession(1),
-    'session.prev': () => stepSession(-1),
-    ...sessionSlotHandlers,
+    'session.next': () => cycleSession(1),
+    'session.prev': () => cycleSession(-1),
     'session.focusSearch': requestSessionSearchFocus,
     'session.togglePin': deps.toggleSelectedPin,
 
-    'view.toggleSidebar': () => {
-      if (matchesQuery(SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_MEDIA_QUERY)) {
-        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(PANE_TOGGLE_REVEAL_EVENT, { detail: { id: CHAT_SIDEBAR_PANE_ID } }))
-      } else {
-        toggleSidebarOpen()
-      }
-    },
-    'view.toggleRightSidebar': () => {
-      if (matchesQuery(SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_MEDIA_QUERY)) {
-        window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(PANE_TOGGLE_REVEAL_EVENT, { detail: { id: FILE_BROWSER_PANE_ID } }))
-      } else {
-        toggleFileBrowserOpen()
-      }
-    },
-    'view.showFiles': showFiles,
-    'view.showTerminal': () => setTerminalTakeover(!$terminalTakeover.get()),
+    'view.toggleSidebar': toggleSidebarOpen,
+    'view.toggleRightSidebar': toggleFileBrowserOpen,
+    'view.showFiles': () => showRightSidebarTab('files'),
+    'view.showTerminal': () => showRightSidebarTab('terminal'),
     'view.flipPanes': togglePanesFlipped,
 
     'appearance.toggleMode': () => setMode(resolvedMode === 'dark' ? 'light' : 'dark'),
@@ -194,16 +153,6 @@ export function useKeybinds(deps: KeybindRuntimeDeps): void {
         return
       }
 
-      // While the session switcher is up, Esc abandons it (stay put) before any
-      // combo dispatch — ⌃Tab keeps stepping through the existing handler.
-      if (switcherActive() && event.key === 'Escape') {
-        event.preventDefault()
-        event.stopPropagation()
-        closeSwitcher()
-
-        return
-      }
-
       const combo = comboFromEvent(event)
 
       if (!combo) {
@@ -230,39 +179,8 @@ export function useKeybinds(deps: KeybindRuntimeDeps): void {
       handler()
     }
 
-    // Mac-app-switcher commit: lifting Ctrl with the overlay open lands on the
-    // highlighted session. A window blur (Cmd+Tab away mid-switch) cancels so
-    // the overlay never gets stranded waiting for a keyup that never comes.
-    const onKeyUp = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (event.key === 'Tab') {
-        onSwitcherTabUp()
-      }
-
-      if (event.key === 'Control') {
-        commitSwitcherRef.current()
-      }
-    }
-
-    const onBlur = () => switcherActive() && closeSwitcher()
-
-    // Swallow trailing contextmenu after Ctrl+click commit (Electron main menu).
-    const onContextMenu = (event: MouseEvent) => {
-      if ($switcherOpen.get() || switcherJustClosed()) {
-        event.preventDefault()
-        event.stopPropagation()
-      }
-    }
-
     window.addEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, { capture: true })
-    window.addEventListener('keyup', onKeyUp, { capture: true })
-    window.addEventListener('blur', onBlur)
-    window.addEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu, { capture: true })
 
-    return () => {
-      window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, { capture: true })
-      window.removeEventListener('keyup', onKeyUp, { capture: true })
-      window.removeEventListener('blur', onBlur)
-      window.removeEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu, { capture: true })
-    }
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, { capture: true })
   }, [])
 }

apps/desktop/src/app/layout-constants.ts

@@ -11,9 +11,3 @@ export const PAGE_INSET_X = 'px-[clamp(1.25rem,4vw,4rem)]'
 // Matching negative inline-margin to bleed an element (e.g. a sticky header bar)
 // out to the gutter edges before re-applying PAGE_INSET_X.
 export const PAGE_INSET_NEG_X = '-mx-[clamp(1.25rem,4vw,4rem)]'
-
-// Below this viewport width a docked sidebar leaves no room for content, so both
-// rails auto-collapse into the hover-reveal overlay. Single source of truth for
-// the responsive collapse point.
-export const SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT_PX = 768
-export const SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_MEDIA_QUERY = `(max-width: ${SIDEBAR_COLLAPSE_BREAKPOINT_PX}px)`

apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/platform-icon.tsx

@@ -28,17 +28,15 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 type IconKind = 'brand' | 'generic'
 
 interface PlatformIconSpec {
-  Icon?: ComponentType<SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>>
+  Icon: ComponentType<SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>>
   color: string
   kind: IconKind
-  monogram?: string
 }
 
 const PLATFORM_ICONS: Record<string, PlatformIconSpec> = {
   telegram: { Icon: SiTelegram, color: '#26A5E4', kind: 'brand' },
   discord: { Icon: SiDiscord, color: '#5865F2', kind: 'brand' },
   // Slack removed from Simple Icons by Salesforce request — letter monogram.
-  slack: { color: '#4A154B', kind: 'brand', monogram: 'S' },
   mattermost: { Icon: SiMattermost, color: '#0058CC', kind: 'brand' },
   matrix: { Icon: SiMatrix, color: '#000000', kind: 'brand' },
   signal: { Icon: SiSignal, color: '#3A76F0', kind: 'brand' },
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ export function PlatformAvatar({ className, platformId, platformName }: Platform
         color
       }}
     >
-      {Icon ? <Icon className="size-3.5" /> : spec.monogram || platformName.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}
+      <Icon className="size-3.5" />
     </span>
   )
 }

apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/index.tsx

@@ -4,20 +4,22 @@ import type { ReactNode } from 'react'
 import { ErrorBoundary } from '@/components/error-boundary'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
+import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { Loader } from '@/components/ui/loader'
 import { Tip } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
-import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { normalizeOrLocalPreviewTarget } from '@/lib/local-preview'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { $panesFlipped } from '@/store/layout'
 import { notifyError } from '@/store/notifications'
 import { setCurrentSessionPreviewTarget } from '@/store/preview'
-import { $currentCwd } from '@/store/session'
+import { $currentBranch, $currentCwd } from '@/store/session'
 
 import { SidebarPanelLabel } from '../shell/sidebar-label'
 
 import { ProjectTree } from './files/tree'
 import { useProjectTree } from './files/use-project-tree'
+import { $rightSidebarTab, $terminalTakeover, type RightSidebarTabId, setRightSidebarTab } from './store'
+import { TerminalSlot } from './terminal/persistent'
 
 interface RightSidebarPaneProps {
   onActivateFile: (path: string) => void
@@ -25,10 +27,24 @@ interface RightSidebarPaneProps {
   onChangeCwd: (path: string) => Promise<void> | void
 }
 
+interface RightSidebarTab {
+  icon: string
+  id: RightSidebarTabId
+  labelKey: 'files' | 'terminal'
+}
+
+const RIGHT_SIDEBAR_TABS: readonly RightSidebarTab[] = [
+  { id: 'files', labelKey: 'files', icon: 'list-tree' },
+  { id: 'terminal', labelKey: 'terminal', icon: 'terminal' }
+]
+
 export function RightSidebarPane({ onActivateFile, onActivateFolder, onChangeCwd }: RightSidebarPaneProps) {
   const { t } = useI18n()
   const r = t.rightSidebar
+  const activeTab = useStore($rightSidebarTab)
+  const terminalTakeover = useStore($terminalTakeover)
   const panesFlipped = useStore($panesFlipped)
+  const currentBranch = useStore($currentBranch).trim()
   const currentCwd = useStore($currentCwd).trim()
   const hasCwd = currentCwd.length > 0
 
@@ -52,6 +68,7 @@ export function RightSidebarPane({ onActivateFile, onActivateFolder, onChangeCwd
   } = useProjectTree(currentCwd)
 
   const canCollapse = Object.values(openState).some(Boolean)
+  const effectiveTab: RightSidebarTabId = terminalTakeover ? 'files' : activeTab
 
   const chooseFolder = async () => {
     const selected = await window.hermesDesktop?.selectPaths({
@@ -80,6 +97,8 @@ export function RightSidebarPane({ onActivateFile, onActivateFolder, onChangeCwd
     }
   }
 
+  const tabs = terminalTakeover ? RIGHT_SIDEBAR_TABS.filter(tab => tab.id !== 'terminal') : RIGHT_SIDEBAR_TABS
+
   return (
     <aside
       aria-label={r.aria}
@@ -90,29 +109,85 @@ export function RightSidebarPane({ onActivateFile, onActivateFolder, onChangeCwd
           : 'border-l shadow-[inset_0.0625rem_0_0_color-mix(in_srgb,white_18%,transparent)]'
       )}
     >
-      <FilesystemTab
-        canCollapse={canCollapse}
-        collapseNonce={collapseNonce}
-        cwd={currentCwd}
-        cwdName={cwdName}
-        data={data}
-        error={rootError}
-        hasCwd={hasCwd}
-        loading={rootLoading}
-        onActivateFile={onActivateFile}
-        onActivateFolder={onActivateFolder}
-        onChangeFolder={chooseFolder}
-        onCollapseAll={collapseAll}
-        onLoadChildren={loadChildren}
-        onNodeOpenChange={setNodeOpen}
-        onPreviewFile={previewFile}
-        onRefresh={() => void refreshRoot()}
-        openState={openState}
-      />
+      <RightSidebarChrome activeTab={effectiveTab} branch={currentBranch} tabs={tabs} />
+
+      {effectiveTab === 'terminal' ? (
+        <TerminalSlot />
+      ) : (
+        <FilesystemTab
+          canCollapse={canCollapse}
+          collapseNonce={collapseNonce}
+          cwd={currentCwd}
+          cwdName={cwdName}
+          data={data}
+          error={rootError}
+          hasCwd={hasCwd}
+          loading={rootLoading}
+          onActivateFile={onActivateFile}
+          onActivateFolder={onActivateFolder}
+          onChangeFolder={chooseFolder}
+          onCollapseAll={collapseAll}
+          onLoadChildren={loadChildren}
+          onNodeOpenChange={setNodeOpen}
+          onPreviewFile={previewFile}
+          onRefresh={() => void refreshRoot()}
+          openState={openState}
+        />
+      )}
     </aside>
   )
 }
 
+function RightSidebarChrome({
+  activeTab,
+  branch,
+  tabs
+}: {
+  activeTab: RightSidebarTabId
+  branch: string
+  tabs: readonly RightSidebarTab[]
+}) {
+  const { t } = useI18n()
+  const r = t.rightSidebar
+
+  return (
+    <header className="shrink-0 bg-transparent text-[0.75rem]">
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-2.5 py-1">
+        <nav aria-label={r.panelsAria} className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1">
+          {tabs.map(tab => {
+            const label = r[tab.labelKey]
+
+            return (
+              <Tip key={tab.id} label={label}>
+                <Button
+                  aria-label={label}
+                  aria-pressed={tab.id === activeTab}
+                  className={cn(
+                    'text-(--ui-text-tertiary) hover:bg-(--ui-control-hover-background) hover:text-foreground',
+                    tab.id === activeTab && 'bg-(--ui-control-active-background) text-foreground'
+                  )}
+                  onClick={() => setRightSidebarTab(tab.id)}
+                  size="icon-xs"
+                  variant="ghost"
+                >
+                  <Codicon name={tab.icon} size="0.875rem" />
+                </Button>
+              </Tip>
+            )
+          })}
+        </nav>
+
+        {branch && (
+          <span className="ml-auto flex min-w-0 items-center gap-1 text-[0.6875rem] text-(--ui-text-tertiary)">
+            <Codicon className="shrink-0" name="git-branch" size="0.75rem" />
+            <span className="truncate">{branch}</span>
+          </span>
+        )}
+      </div>
+    </header>
+  )
+}
+
 interface FilesystemTabProps extends FileTreeBodyProps {
   canCollapse: boolean
   cwdName: string

apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/store.ts

@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ import { atom } from 'nanostores'
 
 import { persistBoolean, storedBoolean } from '@/lib/storage'
 
+export type RightSidebarTabId = 'files' | 'git' | 'terminal' | 'web'
+
 const TAKEOVER_KEY = 'hermes.desktop.terminalTakeover'
 
+export const $rightSidebarTab = atom<RightSidebarTabId>('files')
 export const $terminalTakeover = atom(storedBoolean(TAKEOVER_KEY, false))
 
 $terminalTakeover.subscribe(active => persistBoolean(TAKEOVER_KEY, active))
 
+export const setRightSidebarTab = (tab: RightSidebarTabId) => $rightSidebarTab.set(tab)
 export const setTerminalTakeover = (active: boolean) => $terminalTakeover.set(active)

apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/buffer.ts

@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-import type { Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
-
-// Serialized view of the in-app terminal, handed to the agent's `read_terminal`
-// tool. Line indices are absolute into xterm's buffer (0 = oldest scrollback
-// line), so the agent can page with start_line/count against `total_lines`.
-export interface TerminalReadResult {
-  total_lines: number
-  start: number
-  end: number
-  viewport_rows: number
-  cursor_row: number
-  text: string
-}
-
-export interface TerminalReadOptions {
-  start?: number
-  count?: number
-}
-
-type Reader = (opts: TerminalReadOptions) => TerminalReadResult
-
-// The persistent terminal is a singleton (one xterm mounted forever), so a
-// module-level slot is enough — set while the session is live, cleared on
-// dispose. The gateway `terminal.read.request` handler reads through this.
-let activeReader: Reader | null = null
-
-export function setActiveTerminalReader(reader: Reader | null): void {
-  activeReader = reader
-}
-
-export function readActiveTerminal(opts: TerminalReadOptions = {}): TerminalReadResult | null {
-  return activeReader ? activeReader(opts) : null
-}
-
-export function makeTerminalReader(term: Terminal): Reader {
-  return ({ start, count }) => {
-    const buf = term.buffer.active
-    const total = buf.length
-    const rows = term.rows
-    // Default window = the visible screen; baseY is the viewport's top row.
-    const from = Math.max(0, Math.min(start ?? buf.baseY, total))
-    const to = Math.max(from, Math.min(from + Math.max(1, count ?? rows), total))
-
-    const lines: string[] = []
-
-    // translateToString(true) right-trims and resolves wide chars, dropping SGR
-    // colors — exactly what the agent wants.
-    for (let i = from; i < to; i += 1) {
-      lines.push(buf.getLine(i)?.translateToString(true) ?? '')
-    }
-
-    while (lines.length && !lines[lines.length - 1].trim()) {
-      lines.pop()
-    }
-
-    return {
-      total_lines: total,
-      start: from,
-      end: to,
-      viewport_rows: rows,
-      cursor_row: buf.baseY + buf.cursorY,
-      text: lines.join('\n')
-    }
-  }
-}

apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/index.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import '@xterm/xterm/css/xterm.css'
 
+import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
+
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
 import { Loader } from '@/components/ui/loader'
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ import { Tip } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import { useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 
 import { SidebarPanelLabel } from '../../shell/sidebar-label'
-import { setTerminalTakeover } from '../store'
+import { $terminalTakeover, setRightSidebarTab, setTerminalTakeover } from '../store'
 
 import { addSelectionShortcutLabel } from './selection'
 import { useTerminalSession } from './use-terminal-session'
@@ -19,32 +21,41 @@ interface TerminalTabProps {
 
 export function TerminalTab({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: TerminalTabProps) {
   const { t } = useI18n()
-
   const { addSelectionToChat, hostRef, selection, selectionStyle, shellName, status } = useTerminalSession({
     cwd,
     onAddSelectionToChat
   })
 
-  const label = t.rightSidebar.terminalHide
+  const takeover = useStore($terminalTakeover)
+  const label = takeover ? t.rightSidebar.terminalSplit : t.rightSidebar.terminalFocus
+
+  const toggleTakeover = () => {
+    // Pre-select the Terminal tab so the slot is ready to host us on return.
+    if (takeover) {
+      setRightSidebarTab('terminal')
+    }
+
+    setTerminalTakeover(!takeover)
+  }
 
   return (
     <div className="relative flex min-h-0 min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col">
       <div className="flex h-8 shrink-0 items-center gap-2 px-2.5">
-        <SidebarPanelLabel className="text-(--ui-text-secondary)!">{shellName}</SidebarPanelLabel>
+        <SidebarPanelLabel className="text-white!">{shellName}</SidebarPanelLabel>
         <Tip label={label}>
           <Button
             aria-label={label}
-            className="ml-auto size-6 rounded-md text-(--ui-text-secondary)!"
-            onClick={() => setTerminalTakeover(false)}
+            className="ml-auto size-6 rounded-md text-white!"
+            onClick={toggleTakeover}
             size="icon"
             type="button"
             variant="ghost"
           >
-            <Codicon name="close" size="0.875rem" />
+            <Codicon name={takeover ? 'screen-normal' : 'screen-full'} size="0.875rem" />
           </Button>
         </Tip>
       </div>
-      <div className="relative min-h-0 flex-1 bg-(--ui-editor-surface-background) p-2">
+      <div className="relative min-h-0 flex-1 bg-[#002b36] p-2">
         {status === 'starting' && (
           <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 z-10 grid place-items-center">
             <Loader
@@ -73,13 +84,12 @@ export function TerminalTab({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: TerminalTabProps) {
             </Button>
           </div>
         )}
-        {/* Outer div paints terminal inset; inner div is the xterm host so the
-            canvas sizes to the content area and p-2 stays as terminal padding.
-            Screen/viewport inherit the live skin surface so the terminal blends
-            with the app and follows light/dark; the xterm canvas itself is
-            painted the resolved surface color in use-terminal-session. */}
+        {/* Outer div paints the dark inset; inner div is the xterm host so the
+            canvas sizes to the *content* area and p-2 shows as terminal padding.
+            Forcing screen/viewport bg avoids xterm's default black peeking
+            through the unused pixels below the last full row. */}
         <div
-          className="h-full min-h-0 overflow-hidden text-(--ui-text-secondary) [&_.xterm]:h-full [&_.xterm-screen]:bg-(--ui-editor-surface-background)! [&_.xterm-viewport]:bg-(--ui-editor-surface-background)!"
+          className="h-full min-h-0 overflow-hidden text-(--ui-text-secondary) [&_.xterm]:h-full [&_.xterm-screen]:bg-[#002b36]! [&_.xterm-viewport]:bg-[#002b36]!"
           ref={hostRef}
         />
       </div>

apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/persistent.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
 import { atom } from 'nanostores'
 import { type CSSProperties, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 
+import { TERMINAL_BG } from './selection'
+
 import { TerminalTab } from './index'
 
 /**
@@ -105,9 +107,7 @@ export function PersistentTerminal({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: PersistentTerm
     visibility: visible ? 'visible' : 'hidden',
     pointerEvents: visible ? 'auto' : 'none',
     zIndex: 4,
-    // Match the live skin surface so the header strip (transparent) and body
-    // read as one cohesive pane instead of revealing a near-black slab behind.
-    backgroundColor: 'var(--ui-editor-surface-background)',
+    backgroundColor: TERMINAL_BG,
     contain: 'layout size paint'
   }
 

apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/selection.ts

@@ -1,101 +1,38 @@
 import type { ITheme, Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
 import type { CSSProperties } from 'react'
 
-import type { DesktopTerminalPalette } from '@/themes/types'
+// Solarized-derived palette, but with bright ANSI 8–15 promoted to real
+// accent variants instead of Schoonover's UI grays. Hermes' TUI skins (gold,
+// crimson, ...) emit bright SGR codes that would otherwise wash out to gray.
+// We always render the dark canvas — the app's light surfaces can't host the
+// default skin without dropping below readable contrast.
+export const TERMINAL_BG = '#002b36'
 
-// VS Code's default integrated-terminal palette (terminalColorRegistry.ts) — a
-// fixed table per theme type, not luminance-derived. Light/dark diverge on
-// purpose so each stays legible (e.g. mustard yellow on white).
-const DARK_THEME: ITheme = {
-  background: '#1e1e1e',
-  foreground: '#cccccc',
-  cursor: '#cccccc',
-  cursorAccent: '#1e1e1e',
-  selectionBackground: '#264f7866',
-  black: '#000000',
-  red: '#cd3131',
-  green: '#0dbc79',
-  yellow: '#e5e510',
-  blue: '#2472c8',
-  magenta: '#bc3fbc',
-  cyan: '#11a8cd',
-  white: '#e5e5e5',
-  brightBlack: '#666666',
-  brightRed: '#f14c4c',
-  brightGreen: '#23d18b',
-  brightYellow: '#f5f543',
-  brightBlue: '#3b8eea',
-  brightMagenta: '#d670d6',
-  brightCyan: '#29b8db',
-  brightWhite: '#e5e5e5'
+const THEME: ITheme = {
+  background: TERMINAL_BG,
+  foreground: '#839496',
+  cursor: '#93a1a1',
+  cursorAccent: TERMINAL_BG,
+  selectionBackground: '#586e7555',
+  black: '#073642',
+  red: '#dc322f',
+  green: '#859900',
+  yellow: '#b58900',
+  blue: '#268bd2',
+  magenta: '#d33682',
+  cyan: '#2aa198',
+  white: '#eee8d5',
+  brightBlack: '#586e75',
+  brightRed: '#f25c54',
+  brightGreen: '#b3d437',
+  brightYellow: '#f7c948',
+  brightBlue: '#5fb3ff',
+  brightMagenta: '#ff6ab4',
+  brightCyan: '#5cd9c8',
+  brightWhite: '#fdf6e3'
 }
 
-const LIGHT_THEME: ITheme = {
-  background: '#ffffff',
-  foreground: '#333333',
-  cursor: '#333333',
-  cursorAccent: '#ffffff',
-  selectionBackground: '#add6ff80',
-  black: '#000000',
-  red: '#cd3131',
-  green: '#00bc00',
-  yellow: '#949800',
-  blue: '#0451a5',
-  magenta: '#bc05bc',
-  cyan: '#0598bc',
-  white: '#555555',
-  brightBlack: '#666666',
-  brightRed: '#cd3131',
-  brightGreen: '#14ce14',
-  brightYellow: '#b5ba00',
-  brightBlue: '#0451a5',
-  brightMagenta: '#bc05bc',
-  brightCyan: '#0598bc',
-  brightWhite: '#a5a5a5'
-}
-
-// Palette by painted mode, optionally overlaid with an imported theme's ANSI
-// palette (Solarized terminal for the Solarized skin, etc.). `palette` only
-// fills the slots it defines, so a partial import keeps the mode defaults for
-// the rest. `background` is a fallback only — withSurface swaps in the live skin
-// surface at runtime (keeping transparency); minimumContrastRatio keeps colors
-// crisp against it.
-export function terminalTheme(mode: 'light' | 'dark', palette?: DesktopTerminalPalette): ITheme {
-  const base = mode === 'dark' ? DARK_THEME : LIGHT_THEME
-
-  if (!palette) {
-    return base
-  }
-
-  const overlay = { ...base } as Record<string, string>
-
-  for (const [slot, value] of Object.entries(palette)) {
-    if (value) {
-      overlay[slot] = value
-    }
-  }
-
-  return overlay as ITheme
-}
-
-// Resolve --ui-editor-surface-background (a color-mix on the skin seed) to a
-// concrete rgb for the WebGL renderer + contrast clamp. Custom props don't
-// resolve via getComputedStyle, so probe a real background-color. Read AFTER
-// applyTheme repaints (mount / rAF post-change) or it lags a frame behind.
-export function resolveSurfaceColor(fallback: string): string {
-  if (typeof document === 'undefined' || !document.body) {
-    return fallback
-  }
-
-  const probe = document.createElement('span')
-  probe.style.cssText =
-    'position:absolute;visibility:hidden;pointer-events:none;background-color:var(--ui-editor-surface-background)'
-  document.body.appendChild(probe)
-  const resolved = getComputedStyle(probe).backgroundColor
-  probe.remove()
-
-  return resolved && resolved !== 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)' ? resolved : fallback
-}
+export const terminalTheme = (): ITheme => THEME
 
 export const isMacPlatform = () => navigator.platform.toLowerCase().includes('mac')
 

apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/use-terminal-session.ts

@@ -3,20 +3,12 @@ import { Unicode11Addon } from '@xterm/addon-unicode11'
 import { WebLinksAddon } from '@xterm/addon-web-links'
 import { WebglAddon } from '@xterm/addon-webgl'
 import { Terminal } from '@xterm/xterm'
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import type { CSSProperties } from 'react'
 
 import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
-import { useTheme } from '@/themes/context'
 
-import { makeTerminalReader, setActiveTerminalReader } from './buffer'
-import {
-  isAddSelectionShortcut,
-  resolveSurfaceColor,
-  terminalSelectionAnchor,
-  terminalSelectionLabel,
-  terminalTheme
-} from './selection'
+import { isAddSelectionShortcut, terminalSelectionAnchor, terminalSelectionLabel, terminalTheme } from './selection'
 
 type TerminalStatus = 'closed' | 'open' | 'starting'
 
@@ -72,29 +64,10 @@ function stripEscapeSequences(data: string) {
   return text
 }
 
-// Keep only the ANSI escape sequences from a chunk, dropping printable text. Lets
-// us apply control codes (e.g. a clear-screen) while discarding boot spacers and
-// zsh's reverse-video "%" partial-line marker.
-function keepEscapeSequences(data: string) {
-  let index = 0
-  let out = ''
+function isStartupSpacer(data: string) {
+  const text = stripEscapeSequences(data).replace(/[\s\r\n]/g, '')
 
-  while (index < data.length) {
-    if (data.charCodeAt(index) === 0x1b) {
-      const sequence = readEscapeSequence(data, index)
-
-      if (sequence) {
-        out += sequence
-        index += sequence.length
-
-        continue
-      }
-    }
-
-    index += 1
-  }
-
-  return out
+  return text === '' || text === '%'
 }
 
 function stripInitialPromptGap(data: string) {
@@ -122,14 +95,6 @@ interface UseTerminalSessionOptions {
   onAddSelectionToChat: (text: string, label?: string) => void
 }
 
-// Bind the palette to the live skin surface so the terminal blends with the app
-// (and the contrast clamp has a real background to work against).
-function withSurface(theme: ReturnType<typeof terminalTheme>) {
-  const surface = resolveSurfaceColor(theme.background ?? '#ffffff')
-
-  return { ...theme, background: surface, cursorAccent: surface }
-}
-
 function transferHasDropCandidates(t: DataTransfer): boolean {
   if (t.types?.includes(HERMES_PATHS_MIME)) {
     return true
@@ -219,21 +184,8 @@ function quotePathForShell(path: string, shellName: string): string {
 }
 
 export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSessionOptions) {
-  // Key off renderedMode (the painted surface type), not resolvedMode (the
-  // clicked switch) — a skin can keep a light surface in "dark" mode, and we
-  // must match the surface or the ANSI palette inverts against it. themeName
-  // re-resolves the canvas surface on skin switches (same mode, new tint).
-  const { renderedMode, theme, themeName } = useTheme()
-  // Adopt the skin's ANSI palette when it ships one (imported VS Code themes do),
-  // matched to the painted variant; built-in skins carry none, so the terminal
-  // keeps its VS Code defaults. withSurface still owns the background, so this
-  // never touches transparency.
-  const ansiPalette = renderedMode === 'dark' ? (theme.darkTerminal ?? theme.terminal) : theme.terminal
-  const activeTheme = useMemo(() => terminalTheme(renderedMode, ansiPalette), [renderedMode, ansiPalette])
-  const initialThemeRef = useRef(activeTheme)
   const hostRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
   const termRef = useRef<Terminal | null>(null)
-  const webglRef = useRef<WebglAddon | null>(null)
   const sessionIdRef = useRef<string | null>(null)
   const shellNameRef = useRef('shell')
   const selectionLabelRef = useRef('')
@@ -248,26 +200,19 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
     onAddSelectionToChatRef.current = onAddSelectionToChat
   }, [onAddSelectionToChat])
 
-  // Live selection at call time. A redraw-heavy TUI (spinners, clocks) outruns
-  // onSelectionChange, so trust xterm directly — fall back to the native
-  // selection — rather than the cached ref / React state.
-  const readSelection = useCallback(
-    () => termRef.current?.getSelection() || window.getSelection()?.toString() || '',
-    []
-  )
-
   const addSelectionToChat = useCallback(() => {
-    const selectedText = readSelection() || selectionRef.current
+    const selectedText = selectionRef.current || termRef.current?.getSelection() || ''
+
+    const label =
+      selectionLabelRef.current ||
+      (termRef.current ? terminalSelectionLabel(termRef.current, shellNameRef.current, selectedText) : 'selection')
+
     const trimmed = selectedText.trim()
 
     if (!trimmed) {
       return
     }
 
-    const label =
-      selectionLabelRef.current ||
-      (termRef.current ? terminalSelectionLabel(termRef.current, shellNameRef.current, selectedText) : 'selection')
-
     onAddSelectionToChatRef.current(trimmed, label)
     termRef.current?.clearSelection()
     selectionRef.current = ''
@@ -275,14 +220,15 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
     setSelection('')
     setSelectionStyle(null)
     triggerHaptic('selection')
-  }, [readSelection])
+  }, [])
 
-  // Always listen — gating on the React selection state misses selections the
-  // TUI redraw races. Only swallow ⌘/Ctrl+L when there's text to send, else it
-  // must reach the shell as clear-screen.
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (!selection.trim()) {
+      return
+    }
+
     const onKeyDown = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
-      if (!isAddSelectionShortcut(event) || !readSelection().trim()) {
+      if (!isAddSelectionShortcut(event)) {
         return
       }
 
@@ -294,7 +240,7 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
     window.addEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, { capture: true })
 
     return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKeyDown, { capture: true })
-  }, [addSelectionToChat, readSelection])
+  }, [addSelectionToChat, selection])
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const host = hostRef.current
@@ -318,19 +264,9 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
       fontFamily: "'SF Mono', 'Menlo', 'Cascadia Code', 'JetBrains Mono', monospace",
       fontSize: 11,
       lineHeight: 1.12,
-      // Full-screen TUIs (hermes --tui, vim) grab the mouse, so a plain drag
-      // can't select — ⌥-drag (macOS) / Shift-drag (else) forces a native
-      // selection over mouse-mode apps, which ⌘/Ctrl+L then sends to chat.
-      macOptionClickForcesSelection: true,
       macOptionIsMeta: true,
-      // VS Code/Cursor's secret sauce: terminal.integrated.minimumContrastRatio
-      // defaults to 4.5 there. xterm defaults to 1 (off), which paints the raw
-      // saturated ANSI palette — vivid green/cyan on white reads as candy.
-      // Clamping to 4.5:1 darkens/lightens foregrounds against the background
-      // at render time, matching the muted ink-like look of their terminal.
-      minimumContrastRatio: 4.5,
       scrollback: 1000,
-      theme: withSurface(initialThemeRef.current)
+      theme: terminalTheme()
     })
 
     const fit = new FitAddon()
@@ -340,10 +276,18 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
     term.loadAddon(new Unicode11Addon())
     term.loadAddon(new WebLinksAddon())
     term.unicode.activeVersion = '11'
+    term.open(host)
+    term.focus()
 
-    // Let the GUI chat agent read this pane via the `read_terminal` tool: the
-    // gateway's terminal.read.request handler serializes the buffer through this.
-    setActiveTerminalReader(makeTerminalReader(term))
+    // WebGL renderer matches the dashboard ChatPage path; xterm's default DOM
+    // renderer paints SGR via CSS classes that visibly mute against our skins.
+    try {
+      const webgl = new WebglAddon()
+      webgl.onContextLoss(() => webgl.dispose())
+      term.loadAddon(webgl)
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.warn('[hermes-terminal] WebGL unavailable; falling back to DOM', err)
+    }
 
     const onDragOver = (e: DragEvent) => {
       if (!e.dataTransfer || !transferHasDropCandidates(e.dataTransfer)) {
@@ -384,75 +328,6 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
       host.removeEventListener('drop', onDrop)
     })
 
-    // A fresh prompt should sit at the top. Every resize SIGWINCHes the shell,
-    // which reprints its prompt and can leave stale blank rows above it. While
-    // the session is pristine (nothing run yet) we ask the shell to clear +
-    // redraw via Ctrl-L (\f) after the resize settles. Ctrl-L preserves
-    // multi-line prompts (term.clear() would drop all but the cursor row) and we
-    // stop the moment real output exists, so command scrollback is never wiped.
-    let promptPristine = true
-    let gapCleanupTimer = 0
-
-    // While armed, strip leading blank rows so the prompt lands at the very top
-    // (no starship `add_newline` gap). Re-armed before each Ctrl-L redraw so the
-    // resize cleanup doesn't reintroduce the blank line.
-    let stripLeading = true
-
-    const armedWrite = (data: string) => {
-      if (!stripLeading) {
-        term.write(data)
-
-        return
-      }
-
-      const next = stripInitialPromptGap(data)
-      const visible = stripEscapeSequences(next).replace(/[\s%]/g, '')
-
-      if (!visible) {
-        // Spacer / lone clear-screen / zsh `%` marker: apply control codes but
-        // drop the blank text and stay armed so the prompt still lands at top.
-        const controls = keepEscapeSequences(next)
-
-        if (controls) {
-          term.write(controls)
-        }
-
-        return
-      }
-
-      stripLeading = false
-      term.write(next)
-    }
-
-    const scheduleGapCleanup = () => {
-      if (!promptPristine) {
-        return
-      }
-
-      if (gapCleanupTimer) {
-        window.clearTimeout(gapCleanupTimer)
-      }
-
-      gapCleanupTimer = window.setTimeout(() => {
-        gapCleanupTimer = 0
-        const id = sessionIdRef.current
-
-        if (disposed || !id || !promptPristine) {
-          return
-        }
-
-        stripLeading = true
-        void terminalApi.write(id, '\f')
-        term.clearSelection()
-      }, 120)
-    }
-
-    cleanup.push(() => {
-      if (gapCleanupTimer) {
-        window.clearTimeout(gapCleanupTimer)
-      }
-    })
-
     const fitAndResize = () => {
       if (disposed || !host.isConnected || host.clientWidth <= 0 || host.clientHeight <= 0) {
         return
@@ -469,7 +344,6 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
       if (id && (lastSentSize?.cols !== term.cols || lastSentSize?.rows !== term.rows)) {
         lastSentSize = { cols: term.cols, rows: term.rows }
         void terminalApi.resize(id, { cols: term.cols, rows: term.rows })
-        scheduleGapCleanup()
       }
     }
 
@@ -506,12 +380,6 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
       const id = sessionIdRef.current
 
       if (id) {
-        // Once the user submits a line, real output may follow — stop the
-        // pristine-prompt gap cleanup so we never clear command scrollback.
-        if (promptPristine && data.includes('\r')) {
-          promptPristine = false
-        }
-
         void terminalApi.write(id, data)
       }
     })
@@ -528,88 +396,87 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
 
     cleanup.push(() => selectionDisposable.dispose())
 
-    const startSession = () =>
-      void terminalApi
-        .start({ cols: term.cols, cwd, rows: term.rows })
-        .then(session => {
-          if (disposed) {
-            void terminalApi.dispose(session.id)
+    term.attachCustomKeyEventHandler(event => {
+      if (event.type !== 'keydown') {
+        return true
+      }
 
-            return
-          }
+      if (isAddSelectionShortcut(event) && term.hasSelection()) {
+        event.preventDefault()
+        addSelectionToChat()
 
-          sessionIdRef.current = session.id
-          lastSentSize = { cols: term.cols, rows: term.rows }
-          shellNameRef.current = session.shell || 'shell'
-          setShellName(session.shell || 'shell')
+        return false
+      }
 
-          const initial = term.hasSelection() ? term.getSelection() : ''
-          selectionRef.current = initial
-          selectionLabelRef.current = initial ? terminalSelectionLabel(term, shellNameRef.current, initial) : ''
+      return true
+    })
 
-          setStatus('open')
+    fitAndResize()
 
-          cleanup.push(
-            terminalApi.onData(session.id, armedWrite),
-            terminalApi.onExit(session.id, ({ code, signal }) => {
-              setStatus('closed')
-              term.write(`\r\n[terminal exited${signal ? `: ${signal}` : code !== null ? `: ${code}` : ''}]\r\n`)
-            })
-          )
+    void terminalApi
+      .start({ cols: term.cols, cwd, rows: term.rows })
+      .then(session => {
+        if (disposed) {
+          void terminalApi.dispose(session.id)
 
-          window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-            fitAndResize()
-            term.clearSelection() // drop any selection painted over transient boot rows
-            term.focus()
+          return
+        }
+
+        sessionIdRef.current = session.id
+        lastSentSize = { cols: term.cols, rows: term.rows }
+        shellNameRef.current = session.shell || 'shell'
+        setShellName(session.shell || 'shell')
+
+        if (term.hasSelection()) {
+          const currentSelection = term.getSelection()
+          selectionRef.current = currentSelection
+          selectionLabelRef.current = terminalSelectionLabel(term, shellNameRef.current, currentSelection)
+        } else {
+          selectionRef.current = ''
+          selectionLabelRef.current = ''
+        }
+
+        setStatus('open')
+        let wrotePromptContent = false
+
+        cleanup.push(
+          terminalApi.onData(session.id, data => {
+            if (wrotePromptContent) {
+              term.write(data)
+
+              return
+            }
+
+            if (isStartupSpacer(data)) {
+              return
+            }
+
+            const next = stripInitialPromptGap(data)
+
+            if (next) {
+              wrotePromptContent = true
+              term.write(next)
+            }
+          }),
+          terminalApi.onExit(session.id, sessionExit => {
+            const { code, signal } = sessionExit
+            setStatus('closed')
+            term.write(`\r\n[terminal exited${signal ? `: ${signal}` : code !== null ? `: ${code}` : ''}]\r\n`)
           })
+        )
+        window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+          fitAndResize()
+          term.focus()
         })
-        .catch(error => {
-          setStatus('closed')
-          term.write(`Terminal failed to start: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\r\n`)
-        })
-
-    // Open + fit + start only once webfonts settle. Fitting with fallback metrics
-    // picks the wrong row count, the shell boots at that size, then the real font
-    // loads -> refit -> SIGWINCH -> the shell reprints its prompt lower, leaving
-    // stale blank rows (and a stray selection) above it.
-    const mount = () => {
-      if (disposed || !host.isConnected) {
-        return
-      }
-
-      term.open(host)
-      term.focus()
-
-      // WebGL renderer matches the dashboard ChatPage path; xterm's default DOM
-      // renderer paints SGR via CSS classes that visibly mute against our skins.
-      try {
-        const webgl = new WebglAddon()
-        webgl.onContextLoss(() => {
-          webgl.dispose()
-          webglRef.current = null
-        })
-        term.loadAddon(webgl)
-        webglRef.current = webgl
-      } catch (err) {
-        console.warn('[hermes-terminal] WebGL unavailable; falling back to DOM', err)
-      }
-
-      fitAndResize()
-      startSession()
-    }
-
-    const fonts = typeof document !== 'undefined' ? document.fonts : undefined
-
-    if (fonts?.ready) {
-      void fonts.ready.then(mount, mount)
-    } else {
-      mount()
-    }
+      })
+      .catch(error => {
+        setStatus('closed')
+        term.write(`Terminal failed to start: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}\r\n`)
+      })
 
     return () => {
       disposed = true
       cleanup.forEach(run => run())
-      setActiveTerminalReader(null)
 
       const id = sessionIdRef.current
       sessionIdRef.current = null
@@ -620,34 +487,12 @@ export function useTerminalSession({ cwd, onAddSelectionToChat }: UseTerminalSes
 
       term.dispose()
       termRef.current = null
-      webglRef.current = null
       shellNameRef.current = 'shell'
       selectionRef.current = ''
       selectionLabelRef.current = ''
     }
   }, [addSelectionToChat, cwd])
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const term = termRef.current
-
-    if (!term) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    // Re-resolve the surface in a rAF: ThemeProvider's applyTheme repaints the
-    // CSS vars in a sibling effect that runs after this one, so reading now
-    // would lag a mode behind. By the next frame the vars are current.
-    const raf = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-      term.options.theme = withSurface(activeTheme)
-      // The WebGL renderer caches glyph colors in a texture atlas, so a
-      // light/dark switch leaves already-drawn cells stale until the atlas is
-      // cleared. No-op for the DOM fallback.
-      webglRef.current?.clearTextureAtlas()
-    })
-
-    return () => cancelAnimationFrame(raf)
-  }, [activeTheme, themeName])
-
   return {
     addSelectionToChat,
     hostRef,

apps/desktop/src/app/session-switcher.tsx

@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
-import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
-import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
-import { useNavigate } from 'react-router-dom'
-
-import { sessionTitle } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
-import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
-import { $attentionSessionIds, $workingSessionIds } from '@/store/session'
-import { $switcherIndex, $switcherOpen, $switcherSessions, closeSwitcher } from '@/store/session-switcher'
-
-import { HUD_ITEM, HUD_POSITION, HUD_SURFACE, HUD_TEXT } from './floating-hud'
-import { sessionRoute } from './routes'
-
-// Compact session-switcher HUD — keyboard-driven from `use-keybinds`, rows
-// clickable via mousedown (Ctrl+click on macOS). No Dialog: Tab stays global.
-export function SessionSwitcher() {
-  const open = useStore($switcherOpen)
-  const sessions = useStore($switcherSessions)
-  const index = useStore($switcherIndex)
-  const working = useStore($workingSessionIds)
-  const attention = useStore($attentionSessionIds)
-  const navigate = useNavigate()
-
-  const activeRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    activeRef.current?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' })
-  }, [index, open])
-
-  if (!open || sessions.length === 0) {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  const workingIds = new Set(working)
-  const attentionIds = new Set(attention)
-
-  const pick = (sessionId: string) => {
-    closeSwitcher()
-    navigate(sessionRoute(sessionId))
-  }
-
-  return createPortal(
-    <>
-      {/* Transparent click-catcher: click-away closes, but no dim/blur. */}
-      <div
-        className="fixed inset-0 z-[219]"
-        onMouseDown={e => {
-          e.preventDefault()
-          closeSwitcher()
-        }}
-      />
-      <div
-        className={cn(
-          HUD_POSITION,
-          HUD_SURFACE,
-          'dt-portal-scrollbar z-[220] max-h-[min(22rem,64vh)] w-[min(19rem,calc(100vw-2rem))] select-none overflow-y-auto p-1'
-        )}
-      >
-        {sessions.map((session, i) => {
-          const selected = i === index
-
-          return (
-            <div
-              className={cn(
-                'flex cursor-pointer items-center rounded leading-tight',
-                HUD_ITEM,
-                HUD_TEXT,
-                selected ? 'bg-accent text-accent-foreground' : 'text-(--ui-text-secondary) hover:bg-(--ui-row-hover-background)'
-              )}
-              key={session.id}
-              onMouseDown={e => {
-                e.preventDefault()
-                pick(session.id)
-              }}
-              ref={selected ? activeRef : undefined}
-            >
-              <SwitcherDot attention={attentionIds.has(session.id)} working={workingIds.has(session.id)} />
-              <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate">{sessionTitle(session)}</span>
-              {i < 9 && (
-                <span
-                  className={cn(
-                    'shrink-0 font-mono text-[0.625rem] tabular-nums',
-                    selected ? 'text-accent-foreground/70' : 'text-(--ui-text-quaternary)'
-                  )}
-                >
-                  ⌃{i + 1}
-                </span>
-              )}
-            </div>
-          )
-        })}
-      </div>
-    </>,
-    document.body
-  )
-}
-
-function SwitcherDot({ attention, working }: { attention: boolean; working: boolean }) {
-  return (
-    <span
-      className={cn(
-        'size-1 shrink-0 rounded-full',
-        attention ? 'bg-amber-400' : working ? 'animate-pulse bg-(--ui-accent)' : 'bg-(--ui-text-quaternary)/50'
-      )}
-    />
-  )
-}

apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type { QueryClient } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { type MutableRefObject, useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 
-import { readActiveTerminal } from '@/app/right-sidebar/terminal/buffer'
 import {
   appendAssistantTextPart,
   appendReasoningPart,
@@ -15,11 +14,9 @@ import {
   upsertToolPart
 } from '@/lib/chat-messages'
 import { coerceGatewayText, coerceThinkingText, normalizePersonalityValue } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
-import { gatewayEventRequiresSessionId } from '@/lib/gateway-events'
 import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
 import { isProviderSetupErrorMessage } from '@/lib/provider-setup-errors'
 import { setClarifyRequest } from '@/store/clarify'
-import { $gateway } from '@/store/gateway'
 import { notify } from '@/store/notifications'
 import { requestDesktopOnboarding } from '@/store/onboarding'
 import { clearAllPrompts, setApprovalRequest, setSecretRequest, setSudoRequest } from '@/store/prompts'
@@ -616,9 +613,6 @@ export function useMessageStream({
     (event: RpcEvent) => {
       const payload = event.payload as GatewayEventPayload | undefined
       const explicitSid = event.session_id || ''
-      if (!explicitSid && gatewayEventRequiresSessionId(event.type)) {
-        return
-      }
       const sessionId = explicitSid || activeSessionIdRef.current
       const isActiveEvent = !!sessionId && sessionId === activeSessionIdRef.current
 
@@ -908,21 +902,6 @@ export function useMessageStream({
             updateSessionState(sessionId, state => ({ ...state, needsInput: true }))
           }
         }
-      } else if (event.type === 'terminal.read.request') {
-        // read_terminal tool: serialize the renderer's xterm buffer and answer
-        // immediately (Python blocks on the respond). Empty text = no live pane.
-        const requestId = typeof payload?.request_id === 'string' ? payload.request_id : ''
-
-        if (requestId) {
-          const start = typeof payload?.start === 'number' ? payload.start : undefined
-          const count = typeof payload?.count === 'number' ? payload.count : undefined
-          const result = readActiveTerminal({ start, count })
-
-          void $gateway.get()?.request('terminal.read.respond', {
-            request_id: requestId,
-            text: result ? JSON.stringify(result) : ''
-          })
-        }
       } else if (event.type === 'error') {
         const errorMessage = payload?.message || 'Hermes reported an error'
         const looksLikeProviderSetup = isProviderSetupErrorMessage(errorMessage)

apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions.test.tsx

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-import { cleanup, render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { cleanup, render } from '@testing-library/react'
 import type { MutableRefObject } from 'react'
 import { useEffect } from 'react'
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 
-import { $composerAttachments, type ComposerAttachment } from '@/store/composer'
-import { $connection, $sessions, setSessions } from '@/store/session'
+import { $sessions, setSessions } from '@/store/session'
 import type { SessionInfo } from '@/types/hermes'
 
-import { uploadComposerAttachment, usePromptActions } from './use-prompt-actions'
+import { usePromptActions } from './use-prompt-actions'
 
 vi.mock('@/hermes', () => ({
   getProfiles: vi.fn(async () => ({ profiles: [] })),
@@ -43,10 +42,7 @@ function sessionInfo(overrides: Partial<SessionInfo> = {}): SessionInfo {
 
 interface HarnessHandle {
   steerPrompt: (text: string) => Promise<boolean>
-  submitText: (
-    text: string,
-    options?: { attachments?: ComposerAttachment[]; fromQueue?: boolean }
-  ) => Promise<boolean>
+  submitText: (text: string, options?: { attachments?: never[]; fromQueue?: boolean }) => Promise<boolean>
 }
 
 function Harness({
@@ -54,20 +50,16 @@ function Harness({
   onReady,
   onSeedState,
   refreshSessions,
-  requestGateway,
-  storedSessionId
+  requestGateway
 }: {
   busyRef?: MutableRefObject<boolean>
   onReady: (handle: HarnessHandle) => void
   onSeedState?: (state: Record<string, unknown>) => void
   refreshSessions: () => Promise<void>
   requestGateway: <T>(method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<T>
-  storedSessionId?: null | string
 }) {
   const activeSessionIdRef: MutableRefObject<string | null> = { current: RUNTIME_SESSION_ID }
-  const selectedStoredSessionIdRef: MutableRefObject<string | null> = {
-    current: storedSessionId === undefined ? RUNTIME_SESSION_ID : storedSessionId
-  }
+  const selectedStoredSessionIdRef: MutableRefObject<string | null> = { current: RUNTIME_SESSION_ID }
   const localBusyRef = busyRef ?? { current: false }
 
   const actions = usePromptActions({
@@ -322,433 +314,3 @@ describe('usePromptActions steerPrompt', () => {
     expect(requestGateway).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 })
-
-describe('usePromptActions file attachment sync', () => {
-  afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup()
-    $connection.set(null)
-    vi.restoreAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  function fileAttachment(): ComposerAttachment {
-    return {
-      id: 'file:report.txt',
-      kind: 'file',
-      label: 'report.txt',
-      path: '/Users/alice/Downloads/report.txt',
-      refText: '@file:`/Users/alice/Downloads/report.txt`'
-    }
-  }
-
-  it('uploads file bytes via file.attach on a remote gateway and submits the rewritten ref', async () => {
-    // Remote gateway can't read the client-disk path, so the desktop must upload
-    // the bytes and submit the workspace-relative ref the gateway hands back —
-    // not the original /Users/... path (which would dead-end as "outside the
-    // allowed workspace").
-    $connection.set({ mode: 'remote' } as never)
-    Object.defineProperty(window, 'hermesDesktop', {
-      configurable: true,
-      value: { readFileDataUrl: vi.fn(async () => 'data:text/plain;base64,aGVsbG8=') }
-    })
-
-    const calls: { method: string; params?: Record<string, unknown> }[] = []
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
-      calls.push({ method, params })
-      if (method === 'file.attach') {
-        return {
-          attached: true,
-          path: '/remote/work/.hermes/desktop-attachments/report.txt',
-          ref_text: '@file:.hermes/desktop-attachments/report.txt',
-          uploaded: true
-        } as never
-      }
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    let handle: HarnessHandle | null = null
-    render(<Harness onReady={h => (handle = h)} refreshSessions={async () => undefined} requestGateway={requestGateway} />)
-
-    const ok = await handle!.submitText('convert this to epub', { attachments: [fileAttachment()] })
-
-    expect(ok).toBe(true)
-    expect(calls.map(c => c.method)).toEqual(['file.attach', 'prompt.submit'])
-    expect(calls[0]?.params).toMatchObject({
-      session_id: RUNTIME_SESSION_ID,
-      path: '/Users/alice/Downloads/report.txt',
-      name: 'report.txt',
-      data_url: 'data:text/plain;base64,aGVsbG8='
-    })
-    expect(calls[1]?.params).toEqual({
-      session_id: RUNTIME_SESSION_ID,
-      text: '@file:.hermes/desktop-attachments/report.txt\n\nconvert this to epub'
-    })
-  })
-
-  it('passes a path-less @file: ref straight through (no path = nothing to upload)', async () => {
-    // Submit-layer contract: only attachments that carry a `path` are upload
-    // candidates. A path-less ref (an @-mention/context ref or pasted text)
-    // has no bytes to send, so syncAttachments leaves it untouched and the ref
-    // reaches the gateway as-is — correct for workspace-relative refs.
-    //
-    // The MahmoudR drag-drop bug (a Finder PDF that became a local-path text
-    // ref in remote mode) is fixed upstream at the DROP layer: OS drops now
-    // carry a path and route through the upload pipeline instead of becoming a
-    // path-less inline ref. See partitionDroppedFiles in use-composer-actions.
-    $connection.set({ mode: 'remote' } as never)
-    const readFileDataUrl = vi.fn(async () => 'data:application/pdf;base64,JVBERi0=')
-    Object.defineProperty(window, 'hermesDesktop', {
-      configurable: true,
-      value: { readFileDataUrl }
-    })
-
-    const pathlessRef: ComposerAttachment = {
-      id: 'file:devis',
-      kind: 'file',
-      label: 'DEVIS_signed.pdf',
-      // NOTE: no `path` field — only the pre-baked local @file: ref.
-      refText: '@file:`/Users/mahmoud/Downloads/DEVIS_signed.pdf`'
-    }
-
-    const calls: { method: string; params?: Record<string, unknown> }[] = []
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
-      calls.push({ method, params })
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    let handle: HarnessHandle | null = null
-    render(<Harness onReady={h => (handle = h)} refreshSessions={async () => undefined} requestGateway={requestGateway} />)
-
-    const ok = await handle!.submitText('read this file', { attachments: [pathlessRef] })
-
-    expect(ok).toBe(true)
-    // No path → no file.attach, no byte read: the ref passes through unchanged.
-    expect(calls.map(c => c.method)).toEqual(['prompt.submit'])
-    expect(readFileDataUrl).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(calls[0]?.params?.text).toContain('@file:`/Users/mahmoud/Downloads/DEVIS_signed.pdf`')
-  })
-
-  it('passes the path directly via file.attach in local mode (no byte upload)', async () => {
-    $connection.set({ mode: 'local' } as never)
-
-    const calls: { method: string; params?: Record<string, unknown> }[] = []
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
-      calls.push({ method, params })
-      if (method === 'file.attach') {
-        return { attached: true, ref_text: '@file:data/report.txt', uploaded: false } as never
-      }
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    let handle: HarnessHandle | null = null
-    render(<Harness onReady={h => (handle = h)} refreshSessions={async () => undefined} requestGateway={requestGateway} />)
-
-    const ok = await handle!.submitText('summarize', { attachments: [fileAttachment()] })
-
-    expect(ok).toBe(true)
-    expect(calls[0]?.method).toBe('file.attach')
-    // Local mode sends no data_url — the gateway shares this disk.
-    expect(calls[0]?.params).not.toHaveProperty('data_url')
-    expect(calls[1]).toEqual({
-      method: 'prompt.submit',
-      params: { session_id: RUNTIME_SESSION_ID, text: '@file:data/report.txt\n\nsummarize' }
-    })
-  })
-})
-
-describe('usePromptActions eager-upload races', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    setSessions(() => [sessionInfo()])
-    $composerAttachments.set([])
-  })
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup()
-    $composerAttachments.set([])
-    $connection.set(null)
-    vi.restoreAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  it('joins an in-flight eager upload at submit instead of staging the file twice', async () => {
-    // Drop-then-immediately-Enter: the drop kicks off an eager file.attach; if
-    // submit doesn't join it, both calls stage the file and leave a duplicate
-    // under .hermes/desktop-attachments/. Submit must await the in-flight upload
-    // and reuse its gateway-side ref.
-    $connection.set({ mode: 'remote' } as never)
-    Object.defineProperty(window, 'hermesDesktop', {
-      configurable: true,
-      value: { readFileDataUrl: vi.fn(async () => 'data:application/pdf;base64,JVBERi0=') }
-    })
-
-    let releaseAttach: () => void = () => {}
-    const methods: string[] = []
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string) => {
-      methods.push(method)
-      if (method === 'file.attach') {
-        // Block until released so submit runs while the upload is in flight.
-        await new Promise<void>(resolve => {
-          releaseAttach = resolve
-        })
-        return { attached: true, ref_text: '@file:.hermes/desktop-attachments/doc.pdf', uploaded: true } as never
-      }
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    let handle: HarnessHandle | null = null
-    render(<Harness onReady={h => (handle = h)} refreshSessions={async () => undefined} requestGateway={requestGateway} />)
-    await waitFor(() => expect(handle).not.toBeNull())
-
-    // Drop a file → the eager effect fires file.attach and blocks on it.
-    $composerAttachments.set([{ id: 'file:doc.pdf', kind: 'file', label: 'doc.pdf', path: '/Users/me/doc.pdf' }])
-    await waitFor(() => expect(methods.filter(m => m === 'file.attach').length).toBe(1))
-
-    // Submit reads the store, sees the upload in flight, and joins it.
-    const submitting = handle!.submitText('here you go')
-    releaseAttach()
-
-    expect(await submitting).toBe(true)
-    // Exactly one file.attach (submit reused the eager result), then the send.
-    expect(methods.filter(m => m === 'file.attach').length).toBe(1)
-    expect(methods).toContain('prompt.submit')
-  })
-})
-
-describe('usePromptActions sleep/wake session recovery', () => {
-  const STORED_SESSION_ID = 'stored-db-xyz789'
-  const RECOVERED_SESSION_ID = 'rt-recovered-456'
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup()
-    vi.restoreAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  it('resumes the stored session and retries once when prompt.submit reports "session not found"', async () => {
-    // After sleep/wake the gateway's in-memory session table is cleared, so the
-    // first prompt.submit with the stale runtime id fails. The hook resumes the
-    // durable stored id (which survives gateway restarts), gets a fresh live id,
-    // and retries the send transparently.
-    const calls: { method: string; params?: Record<string, unknown> }[] = []
-    let submitAttempts = 0
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => {
-      calls.push({ method, params })
-      if (method === 'prompt.submit') {
-        submitAttempts += 1
-        if (submitAttempts === 1) {
-          throw new Error('session not found')
-        }
-        return {} as never
-      }
-      if (method === 'session.resume') {
-        return { session_id: RECOVERED_SESSION_ID } as never
-      }
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    let handle: HarnessHandle | null = null
-    render(
-      <Harness
-        onReady={h => (handle = h)}
-        refreshSessions={async () => undefined}
-        requestGateway={requestGateway}
-        storedSessionId={STORED_SESSION_ID}
-      />
-    )
-
-    const ok = await handle!.submitText('message after wake')
-
-    expect(ok).toBe(true)
-    // First submit (stale id) → session.resume (stored id) → retry submit (fresh id).
-    expect(calls.map(c => c.method)).toEqual(['prompt.submit', 'session.resume', 'prompt.submit'])
-    expect(calls[1]?.params).toEqual({ session_id: STORED_SESSION_ID })
-    expect(calls[2]?.params).toEqual({ session_id: RECOVERED_SESSION_ID, text: 'message after wake' })
-  })
-
-  it('surfaces the original error (no resume) when the failure is not "session not found"', async () => {
-    const calls: string[] = []
-    const states: Record<string, unknown>[] = []
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string) => {
-      calls.push(method)
-      if (method === 'prompt.submit') {
-        throw new Error('session busy')
-      }
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    let handle: HarnessHandle | null = null
-    render(
-      <Harness
-        onReady={h => (handle = h)}
-        onSeedState={s => states.push(s)}
-        refreshSessions={async () => undefined}
-        requestGateway={requestGateway}
-        storedSessionId={STORED_SESSION_ID}
-      />
-    )
-
-    // submitText swallows the error into an inline bubble and returns false.
-    expect(await handle!.submitText('message')).toBe(false)
-    // No resume attempt for a non-recoverable error.
-    expect(calls).not.toContain('session.resume')
-  })
-
-  it('surfaces "session not found" (no resume) when there is no stored session id', async () => {
-    const calls: string[] = []
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string) => {
-      calls.push(method)
-      if (method === 'prompt.submit') {
-        throw new Error('session not found')
-      }
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    let handle: HarnessHandle | null = null
-    render(
-      <Harness
-        onReady={h => (handle = h)}
-        refreshSessions={async () => undefined}
-        requestGateway={requestGateway}
-        storedSessionId={null}
-      />
-    )
-
-    // With a null stored ref, the `&& selectedStoredSessionIdRef.current` guard
-    // short-circuits — no resume is attempted and the error surfaces normally.
-    expect(await handle!.submitText('message')).toBe(false)
-    expect(calls).not.toContain('session.resume')
-  })
-})
-
-describe('usePromptActions eager attachment upload (drop-time)', () => {
-  afterEach(() => {
-    cleanup()
-    vi.restoreAllMocks()
-    $connection.set(null)
-    $composerAttachments.set([])
-  })
-
-  it('uploads a dropped file the moment it lands (active session) and rewrites the chip with the gateway ref', async () => {
-    // A Finder drop adds a chip with a local path but no attachedSessionId. With
-    // a session already open, the hook should stage it right away — so the send
-    // is instant and the card can show a spinner while bytes upload — instead of
-    // waiting for submit.
-    $connection.set({ mode: 'remote' } as never)
-    const readFileDataUrl = vi.fn(async () => 'data:application/pdf;base64,JVBERi0=')
-    Object.defineProperty(window, 'hermesDesktop', { configurable: true, value: { readFileDataUrl } })
-
-    const calls: string[] = []
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string) => {
-      calls.push(method)
-      if (method === 'file.attach') {
-        return { attached: true, ref_text: '@file:.hermes/desktop-attachments/DEVIS_signed.pdf', uploaded: true } as never
-      }
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    $composerAttachments.set([
-      { id: 'file:devis', kind: 'file', label: 'DEVIS_signed.pdf', path: '/Users/mahmoud/Downloads/DEVIS_signed.pdf' }
-    ])
-
-    render(<Harness onReady={() => undefined} refreshSessions={async () => undefined} requestGateway={requestGateway} />)
-
-    await waitFor(() => expect(calls).toContain('file.attach'))
-    await waitFor(() => expect($composerAttachments.get()[0]?.attachedSessionId).toBe(RUNTIME_SESSION_ID))
-
-    const chip = $composerAttachments.get()[0]!
-    expect(chip.refText).toBe('@file:.hermes/desktop-attachments/DEVIS_signed.pdf')
-    expect(chip.uploadState).toBeUndefined()
-    expect(readFileDataUrl).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/Users/mahmoud/Downloads/DEVIS_signed.pdf')
-  })
-
-  it('flags the chip uploadState=error when the eager upload fails, keeping the path so submit can retry', async () => {
-    $connection.set({ mode: 'remote' } as never)
-    Object.defineProperty(window, 'hermesDesktop', {
-      configurable: true,
-      value: { readFileDataUrl: vi.fn(async () => 'data:application/pdf;base64,JVBERi0=') }
-    })
-
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async (method: string) => {
-      if (method === 'file.attach') {
-        throw new Error('[Errno 13] Permission denied')
-      }
-      return {} as never
-    })
-
-    $composerAttachments.set([{ id: 'file:x', kind: 'file', label: 'x.pdf', path: '/abs/x.pdf' }])
-
-    render(<Harness onReady={() => undefined} refreshSessions={async () => undefined} requestGateway={requestGateway} />)
-
-    await waitFor(() => expect($composerAttachments.get()[0]?.uploadState).toBe('error'))
-    expect($composerAttachments.get()[0]?.attachedSessionId).toBeUndefined()
-    expect($composerAttachments.get()[0]?.path).toBe('/abs/x.pdf')
-  })
-
-  it('does not eagerly re-upload a chip already attached to this session', async () => {
-    $connection.set({ mode: 'remote' } as never)
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async () => ({}) as never)
-
-    $composerAttachments.set([
-      {
-        id: 'file:done',
-        kind: 'file',
-        label: 'done.pdf',
-        path: '/abs/done.pdf',
-        refText: '@file:data/done.pdf',
-        attachedSessionId: RUNTIME_SESSION_ID
-      }
-    ])
-
-    render(<Harness onReady={() => undefined} refreshSessions={async () => undefined} requestGateway={requestGateway} />)
-
-    await Promise.resolve()
-    expect(requestGateway).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith('file.attach', expect.anything())
-  })
-})
-
-describe('uploadComposerAttachment remote read failures', () => {
-  afterEach(() => {
-    vi.restoreAllMocks()
-  })
-
-  it('turns the raw 16MB IPC cap error into a friendly remote-gateway message', async () => {
-    // electron/hardening.cjs rejects the readFileDataUrl IPC with this exact
-    // shape when a file exceeds DATA_URL_READ_MAX_BYTES.
-    Object.defineProperty(window, 'hermesDesktop', {
-      configurable: true,
-      value: {
-        readFileDataUrl: vi.fn(async () => {
-          throw new Error('File preview failed: file is too large (20971520 bytes; limit 16777216 bytes).')
-        })
-      }
-    })
-
-    const requestGateway = vi.fn(async () => ({}) as never)
-
-    await expect(
-      uploadComposerAttachment(
-        { id: 'file:big', kind: 'file', label: 'huge.csv', path: '/abs/huge.csv' },
-        { remote: true, requestGateway, sessionId: RUNTIME_SESSION_ID }
-      )
-    ).rejects.toThrow('huge.csv is too large to upload to the remote gateway (max 16 MB).')
-
-    // The cap is hit before any gateway round-trip.
-    expect(requestGateway).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-  })
-
-  it('passes non-cap read errors through unchanged', async () => {
-    Object.defineProperty(window, 'hermesDesktop', {
-      configurable: true,
-      value: {
-        readFileDataUrl: vi.fn(async () => {
-          throw new Error('ENOENT: no such file')
-        })
-      }
-    })
-
-    await expect(
-      uploadComposerAttachment(
-        { id: 'file:gone', kind: 'file', label: 'gone.csv', path: '/abs/gone.csv' },
-        { remote: true, requestGateway: vi.fn(async () => ({}) as never), sessionId: RUNTIME_SESSION_ID }
-      )
-    ).rejects.toThrow('ENOENT: no such file')
-  })
-})
-