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hermes-agent/agent/nous_rate_guard.py
Teknium 192e7eb21f fix(nous): don't trip cross-session rate breaker on upstream-capacity 429s (#15898)
Nous Portal multiplexes multiple upstream providers (DeepSeek, Kimi,
MiMo, Hermes) behind one endpoint. Before this fix, any 429 on any of
those models recorded a cross-session file breaker that blocked EVERY
model on Nous for the cooldown window -- even though the caller's
own RPM/RPH/TPM/TPH buckets were healthy. Users hit a DeepSeek V4 Pro
capacity error, restarted, switched to Kimi 2.6, and still got
'Nous Portal rate limit active -- resets in 46m 53s'.

Nous already emits the full x-ratelimit-* header suite on every
response (captured by rate_limit_tracker into agent._rate_limit_state).
We now gate the breaker on that data: trip it only when either the
429's own headers or the last-known-good state show a bucket with
remaining == 0 AND a reset window >= 60s. Upstream-capacity 429s
(healthy buckets everywhere, but upstream out of capacity) fall
through to normal retry/fallback and the breaker is never written.

Note: the in-memory 'restart TUI/gateway to clear' workaround
circulated in Discord does NOT work -- the breaker is file-backed at
~/.hermes/rate_limits/nous.json. The workaround for users still
affected by a bad state file is to delete it.

Reported in Discord by CrazyDok1 and KYSIV (Apr 2026).
2026-04-26 04:53:42 -07:00

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"""Cross-session rate limit guard for Nous Portal.
Writes rate limit state to a shared file so all sessions (CLI, gateway,
cron, auxiliary) can check whether Nous Portal is currently rate-limited
before making requests. Prevents retry amplification when RPH is tapped.
Each 429 from Nous triggers up to 9 API calls per conversation turn
(3 SDK retries x 3 Hermes retries), and every one of those calls counts
against RPH. By recording the rate limit state on first 429 and checking
it before subsequent attempts, we eliminate the amplification effect.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
import logging
import os
import tempfile
import time
from typing import Any, Mapping, Optional
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
_STATE_SUBDIR = "rate_limits"
_STATE_FILENAME = "nous.json"
def _state_path() -> str:
"""Return the path to the Nous rate limit state file."""
try:
from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
base = get_hermes_home()
except ImportError:
base = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser("~"), ".hermes")
return os.path.join(base, _STATE_SUBDIR, _STATE_FILENAME)
def _parse_reset_seconds(headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]]) -> Optional[float]:
"""Extract the best available reset-time estimate from response headers.
Priority:
1. x-ratelimit-reset-requests-1h (hourly RPH window — most useful)
2. x-ratelimit-reset-requests (per-minute RPM window)
3. retry-after (generic HTTP header)
Returns seconds-from-now, or None if no usable header found.
"""
if not headers:
return None
lowered = {k.lower(): v for k, v in headers.items()}
for key in (
"x-ratelimit-reset-requests-1h",
"x-ratelimit-reset-requests",
"retry-after",
):
raw = lowered.get(key)
if raw is not None:
try:
val = float(raw)
if val > 0:
return val
except (TypeError, ValueError):
pass
return None
def record_nous_rate_limit(
*,
headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
error_context: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None,
default_cooldown: float = 300.0,
) -> None:
"""Record that Nous Portal is rate-limited.
Parses the reset time from response headers or error context.
Falls back to ``default_cooldown`` (5 minutes) if no reset info
is available. Writes to a shared file that all sessions can read.
Args:
headers: HTTP response headers from the 429 error.
error_context: Structured error context from _extract_api_error_context().
default_cooldown: Fallback cooldown in seconds when no header data.
"""
now = time.time()
reset_at = None
# Try headers first (most accurate)
header_seconds = _parse_reset_seconds(headers)
if header_seconds is not None:
reset_at = now + header_seconds
# Try error_context reset_at (from body parsing)
if reset_at is None and isinstance(error_context, dict):
ctx_reset = error_context.get("reset_at")
if isinstance(ctx_reset, (int, float)) and ctx_reset > now:
reset_at = float(ctx_reset)
# Default cooldown
if reset_at is None:
reset_at = now + default_cooldown
path = _state_path()
try:
state_dir = os.path.dirname(path)
os.makedirs(state_dir, exist_ok=True)
state = {
"reset_at": reset_at,
"recorded_at": now,
"reset_seconds": reset_at - now,
}
# Atomic write: write to temp file + rename
fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=state_dir, suffix=".tmp")
try:
with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as f:
json.dump(state, f)
os.replace(tmp_path, path)
except Exception:
# Clean up temp file on failure
try:
os.unlink(tmp_path)
except OSError:
pass
raise
logger.info(
"Nous rate limit recorded: resets in %.0fs (at %.0f)",
reset_at - now, reset_at,
)
except Exception as exc:
logger.debug("Failed to write Nous rate limit state: %s", exc)
def nous_rate_limit_remaining() -> Optional[float]:
"""Check if Nous Portal is currently rate-limited.
Returns:
Seconds remaining until reset, or None if not rate-limited.
"""
path = _state_path()
try:
with open(path) as f:
state = json.load(f)
reset_at = state.get("reset_at", 0)
remaining = reset_at - time.time()
if remaining > 0:
return remaining
# Expired — clean up
try:
os.unlink(path)
except OSError:
pass
return None
except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError, KeyError, TypeError):
return None
def clear_nous_rate_limit() -> None:
"""Clear the rate limit state (e.g., after a successful Nous request)."""
try:
os.unlink(_state_path())
except FileNotFoundError:
pass
except OSError as exc:
logger.debug("Failed to clear Nous rate limit state: %s", exc)
def format_remaining(seconds: float) -> str:
"""Format seconds remaining into human-readable duration."""
s = max(0, int(seconds))
if s < 60:
return f"{s}s"
if s < 3600:
m, sec = divmod(s, 60)
return f"{m}m {sec}s" if sec else f"{m}m"
h, remainder = divmod(s, 3600)
m = remainder // 60
return f"{h}h {m}m" if m else f"{h}h"
# Buckets with reset windows shorter than this are treated as transient
# (upstream jitter, secondary throttling) rather than a genuine quota
# exhaustion worth a cross-session breaker trip.
_MIN_RESET_FOR_BREAKER_SECONDS = 60.0
def is_genuine_nous_rate_limit(
*,
headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]] = None,
last_known_state: Optional[Any] = None,
) -> bool:
"""Decide whether a 429 from Nous Portal is a real account rate limit.
Nous Portal multiplexes multiple upstream providers (DeepSeek, Kimi,
MiMo, Hermes, ...) behind one endpoint. A 429 can mean either:
(a) The caller's own RPM / RPH / TPM / TPH bucket on Nous is
exhausted — a genuine rate limit that will last until the
bucket resets.
(b) The upstream provider is out of capacity for a specific model
— transient, clears in seconds, and has nothing to do with
the caller's quota on Nous.
Tripping the cross-session breaker on (b) blocks ALL Nous requests
(and all models, since Nous is one provider key) for minutes even
though the caller's account is healthy and a different model would
have worked. That's the bug users hit when DeepSeek V4 Pro 429s
trigger a breaker that then blocks Kimi 2.6 and MiMo V2.5 Pro.
We tell the two apart by looking at:
1. The 429 response's own ``x-ratelimit-*`` headers. Nous emits
the full suite on every response including 429s. An exhausted
bucket (``remaining == 0`` with a reset window >= 60s) is
proof of (a).
2. The last-known-good rate-limit state captured by
``_capture_rate_limits()`` on the previous successful
response. If any bucket there was already near-exhausted with
a substantial reset window, the current 429 is almost
certainly (a) continuing from that condition.
If neither signal fires, we treat the 429 as (b): fail the single
request, let the retry loop or model-switch proceed, and do NOT
write the cross-session breaker file.
Returns True when the evidence points at (a).
"""
# Signal 1: current 429 response headers.
state = _parse_buckets_from_headers(headers)
if _has_exhausted_bucket(state):
return True
# Signal 2: last-known-good state from a recent successful response.
# Accepts either a RateLimitState (dataclass from rate_limit_tracker)
# or a dict of bucket snapshots.
if last_known_state is not None and _has_exhausted_bucket_in_object(last_known_state):
return True
return False
def _parse_buckets_from_headers(
headers: Optional[Mapping[str, str]],
) -> dict[str, tuple[Optional[int], Optional[float]]]:
"""Extract (remaining, reset_seconds) per bucket from x-ratelimit-* headers.
Returns empty dict when no rate-limit headers are present.
"""
if not headers:
return {}
lowered = {k.lower(): v for k, v in headers.items()}
if not any(k.startswith("x-ratelimit-") for k in lowered):
return {}
def _maybe_int(raw: Optional[str]) -> Optional[int]:
if raw is None:
return None
try:
return int(float(raw))
except (TypeError, ValueError):
return None
def _maybe_float(raw: Optional[str]) -> Optional[float]:
if raw is None:
return None
try:
return float(raw)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
return None
result: dict[str, tuple[Optional[int], Optional[float]]] = {}
for tag in ("requests", "requests-1h", "tokens", "tokens-1h"):
remaining = _maybe_int(lowered.get(f"x-ratelimit-remaining-{tag}"))
reset = _maybe_float(lowered.get(f"x-ratelimit-reset-{tag}"))
if remaining is not None or reset is not None:
result[tag] = (remaining, reset)
return result
def _has_exhausted_bucket(
buckets: Mapping[str, tuple[Optional[int], Optional[float]]],
) -> bool:
"""Return True when any bucket has remaining == 0 AND a meaningful reset window."""
for remaining, reset in buckets.values():
if remaining is None or remaining > 0:
continue
if reset is None:
continue
if reset >= _MIN_RESET_FOR_BREAKER_SECONDS:
return True
return False
def _has_exhausted_bucket_in_object(state: Any) -> bool:
"""Check a RateLimitState-like object for an exhausted bucket.
Accepts the dataclass from ``agent.rate_limit_tracker`` (buckets
exposed as attributes ``requests_min``, ``requests_hour``,
``tokens_min``, ``tokens_hour``) and falls back gracefully for any
object missing those attributes.
"""
for attr in ("requests_min", "requests_hour", "tokens_min", "tokens_hour"):
bucket = getattr(state, attr, None)
if bucket is None:
continue
limit = getattr(bucket, "limit", 0) or 0
remaining = getattr(bucket, "remaining", 0) or 0
# Prefer the adjusted "remaining_seconds_now" property when present;
# fall back to raw reset_seconds.
reset = getattr(bucket, "remaining_seconds_now", None)
if reset is None:
reset = getattr(bucket, "reset_seconds", 0.0) or 0.0
if limit <= 0:
continue
if remaining > 0:
continue
if reset >= _MIN_RESET_FOR_BREAKER_SECONDS:
return True
return False