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hermes-agent/tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_sidecar_deps_stale.py
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Jash Lee 3cd93f6aa8 fix(photon): auto-reinstall stale sidecar deps before start
A `hermes update` that bumps the spectrum-ts pin rewrites the Photon
sidecar's package-lock.json but never reinstalls node_modules. The sidecar
then spawns against the old install and the v8 postinstall patch throws
"@spectrum-ts/imessage dist not found", so the gateway retries the photon
platform every 300s forever without ever repairing the deps. Observed in
the wild: a June pin bump to spectrum-ts 8.0.0 left node_modules at 3.1.0,
and inbound/outbound iMessage stayed dead for days with the reconnect loop
faithfully restarting into the identical broken state.

_start_sidecar only checked that node_modules exists, not that it matches
the lockfile, so restart never became repair. Detect the skew with the same
signal npm ci uses: the top-level package-lock.json being newer than npm's
node_modules/.package-lock.json install marker. When stale, reinstall
(npm ci, falling back to npm install) before spawning. The reinstall runs
via asyncio.to_thread so a cold install can't block the event loop and stall
every other platform's traffic; worst case it heals on the next reconnect
tick instead. First-run "deps not installed" behavior is unchanged, and a
missing/unreadable marker fails safe to "not stale" so start is never
blocked.

Reuses the existing npm ci -> npm install fallback from
`hermes photon install-sidecar`. Adds unit tests for the staleness signal
(stale / fresh / missing-marker).
2026-07-05 17:38:32 -07:00

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"""Regression tests for the Photon sidecar stale-dependency self-heal.
A `hermes update` that bumps the spectrum-ts pin rewrites the sidecar's
``package-lock.json`` but never reinstalls ``node_modules``, so the sidecar
spawns against stale deps and dies on every reconnect. ``_sidecar_deps_stale``
detects that skew (lockfile newer than npm's install marker) so
``_start_sidecar`` can reinstall before spawning.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import os
from pathlib import Path
import plugins.platforms.photon.adapter as photon_adapter
def _seed(sidecar: Path, *, lock_mtime: float, marker_mtime: float | None) -> None:
"""Create a fake sidecar dir with a lockfile and (optionally) npm's marker."""
(sidecar / "node_modules").mkdir(parents=True)
lock = sidecar / "package-lock.json"
lock.write_text("{}", encoding="utf-8")
os.utime(lock, (lock_mtime, lock_mtime))
if marker_mtime is not None:
marker = sidecar / "node_modules" / ".package-lock.json"
marker.write_text("{}", encoding="utf-8")
os.utime(marker, (marker_mtime, marker_mtime))
def test_stale_when_lockfile_newer_than_marker(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
"""The update-rewrites-lockfile-but-skips-install case must reinstall."""
sidecar = tmp_path / "sidecar"
_seed(sidecar, lock_mtime=2000.0, marker_mtime=1000.0)
monkeypatch.setattr(photon_adapter, "_SIDECAR_DIR", sidecar)
assert photon_adapter._sidecar_deps_stale() is True
def test_fresh_when_marker_newer_than_lockfile(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
"""A normal install (marker at/after lockfile) must NOT trigger a reinstall."""
sidecar = tmp_path / "sidecar"
_seed(sidecar, lock_mtime=1000.0, marker_mtime=2000.0)
monkeypatch.setattr(photon_adapter, "_SIDECAR_DIR", sidecar)
assert photon_adapter._sidecar_deps_stale() is False
def test_not_stale_when_marker_missing(tmp_path, monkeypatch) -> None:
"""No marker (first run / unreadable) must fail safe to False, never block start."""
sidecar = tmp_path / "sidecar"
_seed(sidecar, lock_mtime=2000.0, marker_mtime=None)
monkeypatch.setattr(photon_adapter, "_SIDECAR_DIR", sidecar)
assert photon_adapter._sidecar_deps_stale() is False