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Test hermetic isolation and stability improvements

Cluster 69283 · cron. Data as of

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

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These items address a backlog of test-stability work, focusing on ensuring kanban unit tests cannot silently write to the real HERMES_HOME when hermetic isolation is bypassed, and adding fail-closed guards to prevent such pollution.

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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)

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #69385 fix(test): fail-closed kanban write guard prevents real HERMES_HOME pollution · merged via another change → 6a5e714, #74517, #69283
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#69283test-safety: kanban unit tests silently write to the real HERMES_HOME when hermetic isolation is bypassed
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  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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Merged PRs
#74517
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1 PR closed without merging
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30 Jul 2026

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