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Cache urllib SSLContext to avoid repeated CA bundle parsing

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 117880 · other

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118960. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #118960. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and PRs address a performance concern where the CA bundle is re-parsed on every Hermes-owned urllib request (~4 ms each). The proposed fix caches the SSLContext so the CA bundle is parsed only once per process.

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  • #118960 perf(urllib): the CA bundle is parsed once per process, not per Hermes-owned request (#117880, salvage #117881)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/urllib_security.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_urllib_security.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #117881 perf(urllib): parse the CA bundle once instead of on every Hermes-owned request · done elsewhere → 1c95385, 966f746, #118960
  • #117896 fix: cache urllib SSLContext so CA bundle is parsed once per process · merged via another change → #117880, #117881
  • #119580 fix: cache urllib SSLContext so CA bundle is parsed once per process (closes #117880) · superseded by another PR → #72348, #117880
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#117880Every Hermes-owned urllib request re-parses the whole CA bundle (~4 ms each)
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3 PRs closed without merging
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22 Sep 2026

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