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teknium1 804707bea6 fix: checkpoint store gc never runs inside a tool call or gateway startup
Symptom: `hermes update` sat for ~40s after "Refreshing cua-driver" and ended
with "Fleet version check returned no rows" (exit 1); the restarted gateway
took 26s to reach "Starting Hermes Gateway" instead of the usual 3s. The
gateway constructor was running `maybe_auto_prune_checkpoints` synchronously,
before the control socket, adapters and the code_sha stamp, and on a 1.2 GB
store its `git gc --prune=now` (a full repack) takes 20-28s — twice, because
the size-cap shrink gc'd again even when it could drop nothing.

The same defect sat on the tool-call path: `CheckpointManager._take` ran
`_enforce_size_cap`, whose `_shrink_store_to_cap` returned True without
dropping anything and triggered a 20-28s gc on the first file-mutating tool
call of every turn once the store was over the cap. That loop also re-measured
a pack size that cannot move without a gc, so a single over-cap checkpoint
dropped 20 rounds of history and flattened every project to one snapshot.

- `_take` never gcs: `_prune` and `_enforce_size_cap` rewrite refs (cheap),
  drop at most one snapshot round, and mark the store `.gc-pending`.
- `prune_checkpoints` gcs only when a ref moved (project deleted, or the
  pending marker), and its cap loop is drop -> gc -> re-measure.
- `maybe_auto_prune_checkpoints` claims the interval marker before the run
  so a failing prune costs one day, not a gc per housekeeping tick.
- `auto_prune_from_config` is the one config-driven entry point; the gateway
  calls it from the housekeeping tick (last chore), the CLI from a daemon
  thread. Nothing on either startup path waits for git.

Live A/B on a copy of a real 1.2 GB / 224-ref store: checkpoint 20.5s ->
1.2-1.6s (0 inline gc); the single repack (19.6s) now runs in the prune.
2026-09-15 10:57:16 -07:00
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Website

This website is built using Docusaurus, a modern static website generator.

Installation

yarn

Local Development

yarn start

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yarn build

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USE_SSH=true yarn deploy

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