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hermes-agent/tests/run_agent/test_tool_executor_contextvar_propagation.py
Teknium e5dad4ac57 fix(agent): propagate ContextVars to concurrent tool worker threads (#18123)
Propagates ContextVars (notably `tools.approval._approval_session_key`) into concurrent tool worker threads via `copy_context().run` — mirrors `asyncio.to_thread` semantics.

Fixes approval-card cross-session misrouting in concurrent gateway traffic. Repro'd on Slack: session A's dangerous-command approval was delivered to channel B (@syahidfrd).

Salvages #16660 — core 4-LOC fix preserved, unrelated `tests/eval_018/` scope contamination dropped. Adds 5 regression guards including an AST-level source check on the real call site.

Closes #16660.

Co-authored-by: firefly <promptsiren@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: banditburai <banditburai@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-04-30 16:26:26 -07:00

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"""Regression guard for PR #16660 (salvaged as PR #18027): ContextVar
propagation into concurrent tool worker threads.
Background
----------
Gateway adapters (Slack, Telegram, Discord, ...) set
``tools.approval._approval_session_key`` as a ContextVar before calling
``agent.run_conversation`` so that dangerous-command approval prompts route
back to the channel/session that initiated the tool call. When the agent
dispatches multiple tools in parallel, it uses
``concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor.submit(...)`` — and ``submit`` runs
the callable in a *fresh* context, NOT the caller's context. Without an
explicit ``contextvars.copy_context().run(...)`` wrapper, worker threads
observe the ContextVar's default value, fall through to the
``os.environ`` legacy fallback (which the gateway overwrites at each
agent step), and route the approval card to *whichever session stepped
most recently* — not the one that raised the prompt. Confirmed in the
wild on Slack with two concurrent channels: session A's `rm -rf`
approval card was delivered to session B.
The fix (4 LOC in ``run_agent.py``) snapshots the caller's context with
``copy_context()`` and submits ``ctx.run(_run_tool, …)`` instead of
``_run_tool`` directly. Mirrors ``asyncio.to_thread`` semantics.
This suite follows the ``contextvar-run-in-executor-bridge`` skill's
two-test pattern: one end-to-end test proves the fix works at the
call-site level, one documents the Python contract that makes the fix
necessary. If anyone ever reverts the wrapper, the call-site test
fails while the contract test keeps passing — a clear diagnostic
signal for *why* the call-site regressed.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import concurrent.futures
import contextvars
import threading
def test_executor_submit_without_copy_context_does_not_propagate():
"""Documents the Python contract the fix relies on.
``concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor.submit(fn)`` runs ``fn`` in a
worker thread with a fresh, empty context. A ContextVar set by the
caller is invisible inside ``fn``. This is the exact trap that made
approval-session routing race in the gateway before #16660.
If this test ever fails — i.e. submit() starts propagating
ContextVars by default — the copy_context() wrapper in run_agent.py
becomes redundant but not harmful, and the call-site test below
should be updated accordingly.
"""
probe: contextvars.ContextVar[str] = contextvars.ContextVar(
"probe_default_propagation", default="unset"
)
def read_in_worker() -> str:
return probe.get()
probe.set("set-in-main")
with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as ex:
observed = ex.submit(read_in_worker).result(timeout=5)
assert observed == "unset", (
"Unexpected: executor.submit propagated a ContextVar without "
"copy_context(). If Python's behavior changed, update "
"test_run_tool_worker_sees_parent_context below."
)
def test_executor_submit_with_copy_context_run_propagates():
"""Positive case: the explicit ``copy_context().run(...)`` wrapper the
PR adds makes parent-context ContextVar values visible in the worker.
"""
probe: contextvars.ContextVar[str] = contextvars.ContextVar(
"probe_explicit_propagation", default="unset"
)
def read_in_worker() -> str:
return probe.get()
probe.set("set-in-main")
with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as ex:
ctx = contextvars.copy_context()
observed = ex.submit(ctx.run, read_in_worker).result(timeout=5)
assert observed == "set-in-main", (
f"copy_context().run(...) failed to propagate: got {observed!r}"
)
def test_run_tool_worker_sees_parent_approval_session_key():
"""End-to-end call-site guard.
Mirrors the exact shape of the fixed call site in
``run_agent.py::_execute_tool_calls_concurrent`` — a
``ThreadPoolExecutor`` with ``executor.submit(ctx.run, fn, *args)``.
Sets the real ``tools.approval._approval_session_key`` ContextVar
in the caller and asserts the worker observes it via
``tools.approval.get_current_session_key()``.
If the PR's ``copy_context().run`` wrapper is reverted, this test
fails with ``Expected 'session-A' but worker saw 'default'``.
"""
from tools.approval import (
_approval_session_key,
get_current_session_key,
)
observed: dict = {}
barrier = threading.Event()
def worker_equivalent_to_run_tool() -> None:
# Mirror what real _run_tool does early: read the session key.
observed["session_key"] = get_current_session_key(default="FALLBACK")
barrier.set()
# Set the ContextVar the gateway would set before calling agent.run.
token = _approval_session_key.set("session-A")
try:
with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as ex:
ctx = contextvars.copy_context()
fut = ex.submit(ctx.run, worker_equivalent_to_run_tool)
fut.result(timeout=5)
assert barrier.is_set(), "worker did not complete"
finally:
_approval_session_key.reset(token)
assert observed.get("session_key") == "session-A", (
f"Worker thread did not inherit _approval_session_key from caller. "
f"Expected 'session-A', got {observed.get('session_key')!r}. "
"This is the bug that PR #16660 fixed — approval prompts route to "
"the wrong session in concurrent gateway traffic. Check whether "
"the copy_context().run wrapper in _execute_tool_calls_concurrent "
"was removed."
)
def test_run_agent_concurrent_executor_wraps_submit_with_copy_context():
"""Source-level guard that the fix stays at the REAL call site.
The behavioral tests above exercise the pattern in isolation and
pass regardless of whether ``run_agent.py`` actually uses it.
This guard inspects ``_execute_tool_calls_concurrent`` directly and
asserts that ``executor.submit`` is called with ``ctx.run`` (or
``copy_context()`` appears within a few lines) — so reverting the
wrapper in ``run_agent.py`` fails this test with a clear message.
"""
import ast
import inspect
import run_agent
src_path = inspect.getsourcefile(run_agent)
assert src_path is not None
tree = ast.parse(open(src_path, encoding="utf-8").read())
submit_calls_in_agent: list[ast.Call] = []
for node in ast.walk(tree):
if not isinstance(node, ast.Call):
continue
func = node.func
# Match executor.submit(...) style calls.
if isinstance(func, ast.Attribute) and func.attr == "submit":
submit_calls_in_agent.append(node)
# Filter to the submit call inside the concurrent tool executor —
# identifiable by passing `_run_tool` as its target. Other submit()
# call sites in run_agent.py (e.g. auxiliary client warm-up) are
# out of scope for this regression.
tool_submits = []
for call in submit_calls_in_agent:
if not call.args:
continue
first = call.args[0]
# Unfixed: executor.submit(_run_tool, ...) → first arg is a Name
if isinstance(first, ast.Name) and first.id == "_run_tool":
tool_submits.append(("unfixed", call))
# Fixed: executor.submit(ctx.run, _run_tool, ...) → first arg is
# ctx.run (Attribute), and _run_tool is the second arg.
elif (
isinstance(first, ast.Attribute)
and first.attr == "run"
and len(call.args) >= 2
and isinstance(call.args[1], ast.Name)
and call.args[1].id == "_run_tool"
):
tool_submits.append(("fixed", call))
assert tool_submits, (
"Could not locate `executor.submit(... _run_tool ...)` in "
"run_agent.py. The call site may have been renamed — update this "
"guard along with the refactor."
)
unfixed = [c for kind, c in tool_submits if kind == "unfixed"]
assert not unfixed, (
"run_agent.py contains `executor.submit(_run_tool, ...)` without a "
"`ctx.run` wrapper. This is the pre-#16660 shape: worker threads "
"will read a fresh ContextVar and approval-session routing "
"collapses to the os.environ fallback. Wrap with "
"`ctx = contextvars.copy_context(); executor.submit(ctx.run, "
"_run_tool, ...)`."
)
def test_two_concurrent_tool_batches_keep_session_keys_isolated():
"""End-to-end guard: two callers each set a different session key
and submit workers concurrently. Each worker must see its own
caller's key, not the other's.
Guards against a future "optimization" that reuses a single context
snapshot across callers (which would collapse isolation the same way
the unfixed ``submit`` does).
"""
from tools.approval import (
_approval_session_key,
get_current_session_key,
)
results: dict = {}
def caller(label: str) -> None:
token = _approval_session_key.set(f"session-{label}")
try:
with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as ex:
ctx = contextvars.copy_context()
fut = ex.submit(
ctx.run,
lambda: get_current_session_key(default="FALLBACK"),
)
results[label] = fut.result(timeout=5)
finally:
_approval_session_key.reset(token)
t_a = threading.Thread(target=caller, args=("A",))
t_b = threading.Thread(target=caller, args=("B",))
t_a.start()
t_b.start()
t_a.join(timeout=10)
t_b.join(timeout=10)
assert results.get("A") == "session-A", (
f"Session A worker saw {results.get('A')!r}, expected 'session-A'"
)
assert results.get("B") == "session-B", (
f"Session B worker saw {results.get('B')!r}, expected 'session-B'"
)