Every defaults-free config reader (gateway runtime, TUI gateway, cron
scheduler + job snapshot, `hermes send` env bridge, doctor memory section,
hermes_cli/main early parse, hermes_time, hermes_logging, the gateway
fallback-chain refresh) re-implemented "read config.yaml + managed overlay +
${VAR} expansion" by hand, in three different orders, and none of them
replayed the model-key canonicalization or the last-known-good recovery that
load_config() gained. An admin-pinned `${VAR}` expanded on one surface and was
bridged literally on another; `model: {name: x}` resolved to an empty model
everywhere except the gateway.
hermes_cli/config_effective.py::load_user_config_effective is the one
primitive: user file → ${VAR} → managed overlay → _normalize_root_model_keys,
no DEFAULT_CONFIG merge, sharing read_raw_config's parse cache and serving the
last good parse (in-process, then backups/config/*.good.*) on torn YAML;
`fail_closed=True` raises for the one caller that keeps its own last-good
state (the fallback-chain refresh). gateway/run.py::_load_gateway_runtime_config
is deleted — it was _load_gateway_config plus expansion, and _load_gateway_config
now expands.
Behavior change: _load_bridge_config, send_cmd._load_hermes_env and
doctor_state._doctor_memory_config expanded BEFORE the overlay; they now match
load_config (managed `${VAR}` expands against the process env only). All nine
sites gain model-key canonicalization and last-good recovery.
send_cmd._load_hermes_env now routes its .env read through
env_loader._load_dotenv_with_fallback so the credential sanitizer runs.
Adds two bounded fast modes on top of the static /fast toggle, default OFF:
- `auto`: every user turn opens a `agent.fast_auto_seconds` (default 60s)
window; requests inside it carry the provider fast param, later tool-loop
requests fall back to standard pricing.
- `cold`: the same window, but only on the first turn of a session (no prior
user/assistant/tool history).
agent/fast_mode.py holds the whole policy: `begin_turn()` at the
run_conversation ingress arms `agent._fast_until`; `effective_request_overrides()`
is consumed in the ONE place request_overrides feed the transports
(build_api_kwargs), so the fast param is a per-request kwarg only. System
prompt, tools and messages are untouched — the prompt cache is preserved.
resolve_fast_mode_overrides() is now the single gate for static and bounded
modes and accepts provider/base_url: OpenRouter, Nous, Copilot, Azure,
Bedrock and custom base_urls never receive service_tier/speed (#34308's
route gating). Both existing callers (CLI turn route, gateway turn route)
and the TUI config.set path pass the route.
Surfaces: config `agent.service_tier: auto|cold` + `agent.fast_auto_seconds`,
`/fast auto|cold` in CLI, gateway (picker gains both entries), TUI/desktop
config.set; status shows the mode; web dashboard select lists the real
values. Docs: configuration.md Fast Mode section with mode table + cost note,
slash-commands, cli-config.yaml.example, locale strings for the two picker
entries.
Salvages #89991 (bounded fast modes) and #34308 (route gating).
Fixes#64785, #74730.
Co-authored-by: Eva <239388517+100yenadmin@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: kbaicai <kbaicai@qq.com>
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