Dashboard Chat keep-alive PTY reuses stale profile or session
Cluster 61284 · dashboard. Data as of
4 open items. Fix merged in #60745 on 16 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- A fix was merged to main in PR #60745. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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partially resolved, deciding PRs #60745, #133941. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- 0 issues and 4 PRs.
Most members describe the Dashboard Chat tab reattaching to a previously kept-alive PTY when the profile or resume/session target changes, with reports of blank, wrong, or old conversations and several PRs proposing to scope the attach token by profile and resume. A few members (WebSocket rendering regression, session-picker re-selecting the active session) may be related but are less clearly the same cause.
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Open PRs4
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#60745 fix(dashboard): scope chat attach tokens by session
files:
hermes_cli/web_server.py,tests/test_pty_keepalive_ws.pyShow the diff
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hermes_cli/web_server.py@@ -15149,7 +15149,8 @@ async def pty_ws(ws: WebSocket) -> None: return # --- spawn PTY ------------------------------------------------------ - resume = ws.query_params.get("resume") or None + raw_resume = ws.query_params.get("resume") or None + resume = raw_resume profile = ws.query_params.get("profile") or None channel = _channel_or_close_code(ws) sidecar_url = _build_sidecar_url(channel) if channel else None @@ -15192,6 +15193,12 @@ async def pty_ws(ws: WebSocket) -> None: attach_token = ws.query_params.get("attach") or None + registry_resume = raw_resume + if raw_resume and env: + registry_resume = env.get("HERMES_TUI_RESUME") or raw_resume + if attach_token is not None and (registry_resume or profile): + # Key explicit resumes on their canonical target, never the active-session fallback. + attach_token = f"{attach_token}\0{profile or ''}\0{registry_resume or ''}" def _spawn(): return PtyBridge.spawn(argv, cwd=cwd, env=env) -
tests/test_pty_keepalive_ws.py@@ -1,53 +1,136 @@ +import json + import pytest from hermes_cli import web_server [redacted:email] -async def test_attach_token_reuses_same_session(monkeypatch): - """Two connects with the same ?attach= token hit one spawned bridge.""" - spawned = [] +class FakeBridge: + def __init__(self): + self.alive = True + + def read(self, timeout): + return b"" # idle forever - class FakeBridge: - def __init__(self): - self.alive = True + def write(self, data): + pass - def read(self, timeout): - return b"" # idle forever + def resize(self, cols, rows): + pass - def write(self, data): - pass + def close(self): + self.alive = False - def resize(self, cols, rows): - pass - def close(self): - self.alive = False [redacted:email] +def pty_keepalive_harness(monkeypatch): + spawned = [] def fake_spawn(argv, cwd=None, env=None): b = FakeBridge() - spawned.append(b) + spawned.append(argv) return b monkeypatch.setattr(web_server.PtyBridge, "spawn", staticmethod(fake_spawn)) - # bypass auth + argv resolution for the test monkeypatch.setattr(web_server, "_ws_auth_reason", lambda ws: (None, "test")) monkeypatch.setattr(web_server, "_ws_host_origin_reason", lambda ws: None) monkeypatch.setattr(web_server, "_ws_client_reason", lambda ws: None) async def fake_argv(**kw): - return (["x"], "/tmp", {}) + resume = "child" if kw.get("resume") == "parent" else kw.get("resume") + env = {"HERMES_TUI_RESUME": resume} if resume else {} + return (["x", resume or "fresh"], "/tmp", env) monkeypatch.setattr(web_server, "_resolve_chat_argv_async", fake_argv) - from starlette.testclient import TestClient - try: - client = TestClient(web_server.app) - with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1") as ws1: - ws1.send_bytes(b"hi") - with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1") as ws2: - ws2.send_bytes(b"again") - assert len(spawned) == 1 # reattached, did not respawn + yield spawned finally: web_server.PTY_REGISTRY._sessions.clear() + + [redacted:email] +async def test_attach_token_reuses_same_session(pty_keepalive_harness): + """Two connects with the same ?attach= token hit one spawned bridge.""" + from starlette.testclient import TestClient + + client = TestClient(web_server.app) + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1") as ws1: + ws1.send_bytes(b"hi") + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1") as ws2: + ws2.send_bytes(b"again") + assert len(pty_keepalive_harness) == 1 # reattached, did not respawn + + [redacted:email] +async def test_attach_token_reuses_same_resume(pty_keepalive_harness): + from starlette.testclient import TestClient + + client = TestClient(web_server.app) + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&resume=same") as ws1: + ws1.send_bytes(b"hi") + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&resume=same") as ws2: + ws2.send_bytes(b"again") + assert pty_keepalive_harness == [["x", "same"]] + + [redacted:email] +async def test_attach_token_does_not_reuse_different_resume(pty_keepalive_harness): + """A keep-alive token must not pin /chat to an old selected session.""" + from starlette.testclient import TestClient + + client = TestClient(web_server.app) + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&resume=old") as ws1: + ws1.send_bytes(b"hi") + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&resume=new") as ws2: + ws2.send_bytes(b"again") + assert pty_keepalive_harness == [["x", "old"], ["x", "new"]] + + [redacted:email] +async def test_attach_token_reuses_canonical_resume(pty_keepalive_harness): + from starlette.testclient import TestClient + + client = TestClient(web_server.app) + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&resume=parent") as ws1: + ws1.send_bytes(b"hi") + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&resume=child") as ws2: + ws2.send_bytes(b"again") + assert pty_keepalive_harness == [["x", "child"]] + + [redacted:email] +async def test_attach_token_does_not_reuse_different_profile(pty_keepalive_harness): + from starlette.testclient import TestClient + + client = TestClient(web_server.app) + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&profile=alpha") as ws1: + ws1.send_bytes(b"hi") + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&profile=beta") as ws2: + ws2.send_bytes(b"again") + assert len(pty_keepalive_harness) == 2 + + [redacted:email] +async def test_attach_token_reuses_default_chat_after_active_session_fallback( + pty_keepalive_harness, tmp_path, monkeypatch +): + from starlette.testclient import TestClient + + active_session_file = tmp_path / "active-session.json" + monkeypatch.setattr( + web_server, + "_active_session_file_for_channel", + lambda app, channel: active_session_file, + ) + + client = TestClient(web_server.app) + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&channel=CHAT") as ws1: + ws1.send_bytes(b"hi") + + active_session_file.write_text(json.dumps({"session_id": "existing"})) + + with client.websocket_connect("/api/pty?attach=TOK1&channel=CHAT") as ws2: + ws2.send_bytes(b"again") + + assert pty_keepalive_harness == [["x", "fresh"]]
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#133941 fix(desktop): a session-picker click re-selects the active session
files:
apps/desktop/src/app/open-session.test.ts,apps/desktop/src/app/open-session.ts
4 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · duplicate 1 · stale or abandoned 1 · other 1
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#61290 fix(dashboard): key keep-alive PTY on session, not just tab token (#61284) · duplicate →
#60745,#61284 - #61320 fix(dashboard): key keep-alive PTY on resume+profile, not just tab token (#61284) · stale or abandoned
- #63731 fix(web): force PTY re-spawn on session resume to respect new resume target · other
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#64163 fix(dashboard): scope PTY keep-alive token to profile+resume · done elsewhere →
#60745,#64154
Closed issues · 7
- Closed#61284[Bug]: Dashboard chat sessions fail to render due to recent WebSocket regression
- Closed#61919[Bug]: Dashboard Chat session switch keeps showing old conversation (keep-alive PTY attach token ignores new resume id)
- Closed#62045[Bug]: Dashboard chat session picker reopens the wrong session and cannot reopen the active one
- Closed#62802Bug: Dashboard Chat tab ignores profile switch — keep-alive PTY reattaches previous profile's process
- Closed#63701**Web dashboard: clicking a previous session opens a blank new session (`/api/pty` `?attach=` reattach discards the `?resume=` spawn env)**
- Closed#64154Dashboard Chat: keep-alive PTY token not rotated on profile/session switch — stale PTY reused
- Closed#64425Dashboard sidebar session resume does not display conversation history (v0.18.x regression)
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