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Test session leaking into production state.db fix

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #74517 on 30 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items all address the same bug: DEFAULT_DB_PATH is evaluated at import time as a module-level constant, causing pytest test sessions to write to the production state.db instead of an isolated test database. Fixes involve lazy evaluation and hermetic test fixtures.

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  • #74517 test: land the test-stability backlog — 12 PRs salvaged, Windows hermeticity, fail-closed guards, event-based waits

    merged to main

    files: .github/workflows/tests.yml, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], gateway/restart.py, gateway/slash_commands.py, hermes_cli/web_server.py, hermes_state.py, plugins/memory/honcho/session.py, scripts/run_tests.sh, tests/agent/test_anthropic_keychain.py, tests/agent/test_copilot_acp_client.py, tests/agent/test_vision_routing_31179.py, tests/conftest.py, tests/cron/test_sessiondb_init_hang.py, tests/gateway/test_approve_deny_commands.py, tests/gateway/test_complete_path_at_filter.py, tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py, tests/gateway/test_restart_service_detection.py (+13 more)

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · duplicate 1

  • #50695 fix(state): use lazy evaluation for default DB path to prevent test-to-production DB leakage · duplicate
  • #50699 fix(tests): pin DEFAULT_DB_PATH in hermetic fixture to prevent production state.db leak (#50681) · done elsewhere → #74517, #11875, #50681
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#50681Bug: pytest 测试会话泄漏到生产 state.db（DEFAULT_DB_PATH 模块级常量在 import 时冻结）
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