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Lifecycle guard false positives on data files

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1 open item. Fix merged in #114798 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a lifecycle guard that incorrectly blocks on data files named inside Python heredocs and related edge cases. The work involves fixes to reduce false-positive gateway refusals and improve refusal messaging.

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Open PRs1

  • PR#113957fix(tools): skip the lifecycle guard remote-read fallback on local backends (#113944)

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  • #114798 fix(cron): data files named in a python heredoc no longer trip the gateway lifecycle guard; refusals name their reason (#113944, salvage #114523)

    merged to main

    files: cron/lifecycle_guard.py, tests/cron/test_lifecycle_guard_heredoc_walk.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_loop.py, tests/tools/test_terminal_heredoc_background_guard.py, tools/shell_heredoc.py, tools/terminal_tool_guards.py

Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#113944lifecycle guard: `cd … && python3 - <<'PY'` openers are never masked, masked bodies still burn the walk budget, and live/oversized data files fail closed silently — 22 of 36 in-gateway terminal blocks in 6 days were data-file false positives (residual a…
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