feat: add native Hermes policy plugin - #812
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe pull request replaces Hermes shell-hook enforcement with a profile-local native plugin. It adds structured policy evaluation over the local daemon protocol, bounded ChangesHermes native enforcement
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Hermes
participant NativePlugin
participant failproofaid
participant WarmWorker
Hermes->>NativePlugin: pre_tool_call
NativePlugin->>failproofaid: policyEvaluation
failproofaid->>WarmWorker: evaluate event
WarmWorker-->>failproofaid: policyResult metadata
failproofaid-->>NativePlugin: allow, deny, or instruct
NativePlugin-->>Hermes: permit or model-visible block
Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change still allows a failed Hermes-only installation to alter policy enforcement for existing tool integrations before the daemon compatibility check runs, and it carries forward three previously flagged issues (a flaky test assertion, an under-asserted release-verification test, and a path-resolution bug for custom Hermes home directories nested under a "profiles" folder) that remain unresolved. These should be addressed before merging to avoid unexpected enforcement changes and to keep prior known gaps from shipping unfixed. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
✅ Passed checks (4 passed)
Full details: Docstring CoverageExplanation Docstring coverage is 25.49% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 102 functions across 26 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)
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The native Hermes integration is comprehensively wired through the daemon, worker, installer, and packaging. Two issues remain: multi-profile installation can leave partial enforcement after a failure, and the shipped plugin manifest retains the prior beta version. What this changesflowchart LR
n0Hermesnativeplugin["+ Hermes native plugin"]
n1Instructionretryledger["+ Instruction retry ledger"]
n2Daemonpolicyprotocol["~ Daemon policy protocol"]
n3Warmpolicyworker["~ Warm policy worker"]
n4Hermesprofileinstaller["~ Hermes profile installer"]
n5Releasepackaging["~ Release packaging"]
n6Registrypublicationverifier["~ Registry publication verifier"]
n4Hermesprofileinstaller -- "copies and enables" --> n0Hermesnativeplugin
n0Hermesnativeplugin -- "records delivery state" --> n1Instructionretryledger
n0Hermesnativeplugin -- "sends policyEvaluation" --> n2Daemonpolicyprotocol
n2Daemonpolicyprotocol -- "forwards canonical event" --> n3Warmpolicyworker
n3Warmpolicyworker -- "returns policyResult" --> n2Daemonpolicyprotocol
n2Daemonpolicyprotocol -- "returns native verdict" --> n0Hermesnativeplugin
n5Releasepackaging -- "ships plugin files" --> n0Hermesnativeplugin
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Hermes found blocking issues that should be addressed.
High: Hermes-only installation blocks all tools without configuring the daemon
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COR-001 - Location:
hermes-plugin/__init__.py:69 - Evidence:
failproofai policies --install --cli hermes --scope useris documented as a standalone installation command inhermes-plugin/README.md:16and reachesinstallHooksdirectly (bin/failproofai.mjs:1927). The install path only copies/enables the plugin (src/hooks/manager.ts:674-678); it does not install or start failproofaid. Every native pre-tool callback then calls the Unix socket (hermes-plugin/__init__.py:117), and a missing daemon takes_fallback, whose defaultfailure_modereturns{action: "block"}(hermes-plugin/__init__.py:69-79). Thus a user following the documented command on a machine not previously configured withfailproofai configcannot execute any Hermes tool. - Required change: Before enabling the native plugin, require and verify a running daemon (or have this installation path provision it). Alternatively preserve the prior non-daemon local evaluator fallback when the daemon is not configured, while retaining fail-closed behavior once daemon-backed enforcement has been explicitly configured.
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In `@hermes-plugin/client.py`:
- Line 93: Update the socket evaluation flow around the timeout setup and
_read_exact to calculate one monotonic deadline after connecting, using
evaluation_timeout_ms. Before sendall and every recv operation, set the socket
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Hermes found blocking issues that should be addressed.
Review coverage was incomplete, but the concrete blocking findings below are sufficient to request changes.
High: Installer accepts a daemon that lacks policyEvaluation
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API-001 - Location:
src/hooks/manager.ts:475 - Evidence: The new installer gate at src/hooks/manager.ts:475 only calls probeDaemonEndToEnd(). That probe sends the existing type:"hook" SessionStart request (src/hooks/daemon-service.ts:1027-1037), while this PR keeps protocol version 1 and adds policyEvaluation as a new message variant (crates/fpai-ipc/src/envelope.rs:40-51). A pre-PR v1 daemon therefore passes the probe but cannot deserialize policyEvaluation. The plugin then rejects a non-policyResult response (hermes-plugin/client.py:127-128) and its default fallback blocks the tool call (hermes-plugin/init.py:69-79). Upgrading the npm package without rerunning config leaves exactly such an older but otherwise healthy daemon running, so a direct Hermes install locks out all Hermes tools.
- Required change: Probe the exact policyEvaluation capability before copying or enabling the plugin, and reject installation with instructions to rerun failproofai config when it is absent. Alternatively bump/negotiate the daemon protocol so an older daemon cannot pass the install-time compatibility check. Add a regression test using a v1 daemon fixture that supports Hook but rejects policyEvaluation.
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In `@__tests__/fixtures/hermes-native-plugin-check.py`:
- Line 555: Remove the wall-clock upper-bound assertion around evaluate_policy
from the regression test, while retaining the expected timeout-exception
assertion that verifies per-read timeout behavior.
In `@src/hooks/manager.ts`:
- Line 475: Update probeDaemonEndToEnd and the Hermes guard around
selectedClis.includes("hermes") so protocol-mismatch remains distinct from
successful daemon availability. Ensure the guard rejects Hermes installation
when the probe reports a protocol mismatch, while preserving the existing
handling for unavailable and compatible daemons.
- Around line 468-484: Update the Hermes installation flow around the
selectedClis guard and probeDaemonEndToEnd so it provisions and starts
failproofaid before probing, or invokes the existing daemon setup flow first.
Ensure policies --install --cli hermes can complete on a machine without prior
daemon configuration while preserving the health check before writing the Hermes
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High: Installer accepts a daemon without policyEvaluation
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src/hooks/manager.ts:475 - Evidence: The new gate at src/hooks/manager.ts:475 only calls probeDaemonEndToEnd(). That probe sends the pre-existing type:"hook" SessionStart request (src/hooks/daemon-service.ts:1027-1042), while this PR adds policyEvaluation without changing protocol version 1 (crates/fpai-ipc/src/envelope.rs:40-50). A daemon left running from before this PR therefore passes the gate but cannot parse policyEvaluation. The plugin requires policyResult (hermes-plugin/client.py:127-128) and its default fallback blocks the tool call (hermes-plugin/init.py:67-79). Thus upgrading the npm package and then directly installing Hermes can lock out all Hermes tools.
- Required change: Probe policyEvaluation itself and require a valid policyResult before copying or enabling the plugin, or bump/negotiate the protocol capability so an older daemon cannot pass. Add a regression test with a Hook-capable daemon that rejects policyEvaluation.
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🟠 Major · Probe the Hermes policy-evaluation request before enabling the plugin. · src/hooks/manager.ts:468-480
468-480: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winProbe the Hermes policy-evaluation request before enabling the plugin. The current probe sends a generic
hookrequest forSessionStart, so a reachable daemon that supports hook requests but notpolicyEvaluationcan pass installation.hermes-plugin/client.pythen raisesEvaluationErrorwhenpre_tool_callreceives nopolicyResult. The defaultfailure_mode: denyfallback blocks the tool call. Require a successfulpolicyEvaluationrequest before writing the Hermes plugin or its configuration registration.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@__tests__/ci/release-pipeline.test.ts`:
- Line 200: Add an assertion in the release-pipeline test covering the npm view
registry query and requiring the --prefer-online flag, while preserving the
existing STILL_MISSING+=("$NAME") assertion.
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In `@src/hooks/manager.ts`:
- Around line 468-480: Update probeDaemonEndToEnd to send and validate a
policyEvaluation request, not only the generic SessionStart hook, before the
Hermes guard permits installation. Require a successful policyResult response so
unsupported policy evaluation fails the check, preserving the existing CliError
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High: Installer accepts a daemon without policyEvaluation
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API-001 - Location:
src/hooks/manager.ts:480 - Evidence: The new gate calls probeDaemonEndToEnd() at src/hooks/manager.ts:480, but that probe sends the existing Hook request (src/hooks/daemon-service.ts:1027-1037). The protocol remains version 1 while PolicyEvaluation is a newly added ClientMessage variant (crates/fpai-ipc/src/envelope.rs:15,40-50). Thus a daemon left running from before this PR can pass the Hook probe but cannot return policyResult for the plugin's request. The plugin rejects every non-policyResult response (hermes-plugin/client.py:127-128), and its default fallback blocks the tool call (hermes-plugin/init.py:69-79). Installing Hermes after upgrading the package can therefore lock out every Hermes tool.
- Required change: Before copying or enabling the plugin, probe policyEvaluation itself and require a valid policyResult; reject unsupported or mismatched daemons with instructions to rerun failproofai config. Add a regression test using a Hook-capable v1 daemon fixture that rejects policyEvaluation.
Round 4 of 5. If the next review still finds something blocking, I will summarize what is left, withdraw this change request, and stop reviewing this pull request until someone asks me to start again.
Still open:
- F2 Installer accepts a daemon without policyEvaluation (
src/hooks/manager.ts) — open since round 2
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In `@lib/hermes-profiles.ts`:
- Line 58: Update the parent-climbing logic around PROFILES_DIR in the Hermes
home discovery function to verify that the candidate upstream directory is an
actual Hermes root before replacing the configured custom home. Preserve custom
paths such as a Hermes home nested under a parent named profiles, and add a
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- Line 480: Move the non-mutating validation and probeDaemonPolicyEvaluation
check ahead of applyPackPolicies, ensuring a failed daemon capability check
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Hermes found no blocking issues in this revision.
2 advisory findings
- Medium/High Hermes installation is not atomic across profiles — The manager applies each discovered Hermes profile in sequence at src/hooks/manager.ts:696-701 and merely rethrows on failure at :703-716. A later profile with an unmanaged plugins/failproofai directory causes installHermesPlugin to throw (src/hooks/integrations.ts:1452-1457) after earlier profiles have already had their plugin copied, legacy hooks removed, and config enabled. The command reports failure but leaves mixed old/new enforcement across profiles. (
src/hooks/manager.ts:696) - Low/High Stable release ships a beta plugin manifest version — This revision changes the npm package and Cargo workspace to 1.0.6 and labels the changelog entry as a stable native Hermes release, but hermes-plugin/plugin.yaml:2 still declares version 1.0.6-beta.0. Hermes plugin diagnostics and consumers of manifest metadata will identify the installed stable plugin as the old beta release. (
hermes-plugin/plugin.yaml:2)
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Description
Adds a first-class FailproofAI plugin for Hermes 0.21.3, replacing the Hermes shell-hook bridge with an in-process adapter backed by the existing local
failproofaidwarm worker.policyEvaluation/policyResultUnix-socket protocol.allow()anddeny()directly into Hermes-native pre-tool behavior.instruct()as a model-visible interruption before execution, with a persistent bounded SQLite ledger that blocks the original API response and permits a later model iteration.1.0.6-beta.0.instruct()guarantees delivery and bounded interruption, not natural-language compliance. Security invariants must remaindeny()policies or cover every alternate route.No Zaum dashboard backtest, policy publication, or deployment was performed.
Real Hermes validation
Validated against the machine's real Hermes 0.21.3 profile, then restored byte-for-byte after testing:
hermes plugins doctor --cireported all eight hooks.Type of Change
Validation
--noEmitpassesThe broad local unit run produced 4,898 passes and 10 skips. Its remaining failures are documented local/baseline conditions unrelated to this change (
.codex/hooks.json,fp-resetservice/environment, and a date-sensitive pack listing).Manual beta checks
failproofai config --statusreports the native plugin healthy.Hermes review
68a2b539b85da6a7aece3352b0e85f594853015d1d8f31d926828f3bae215c58f5b35baa44acbff0gpt-5.6-terraSummary
The native Hermes integration is comprehensively wired through the daemon, worker, installer, and packaging. Two issues remain: multi-profile installation can leave partial enforcement after a failure, and the shipped plugin manifest retains the prior beta version.
Changes
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Passeddocker run --rm --network=none -v /review/input/workspace:/workspace:ro -w /workspace python:3.12-alpine python3 __tests__/fixtures/hermes-native-plugin-check.py— 19 Python protocol, ledger, hook-mapping, and timeout tests passed. (9s)Faileddocker run --rm --network=none -v /review/input/workspace:/source:ro oven/bun:latest sh -lc 'cp -a /source /tmp/repo && cd /tmp/repo && bun pm pack --dry-run'— The isolated package check stopped before packaging because dependencies were not installed and Bun could not resolve yaml; this is an environment setup failure, not a PR diagnostic. (1s)Findings
No blocking findings.
2 advisory findings
src/hooks/manager.ts:696)hermes-plugin/plugin.yaml:2)Open questions
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