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Test fixture leaking into production state database

Cluster 82770 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86861 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where test sessions escape their fixture isolation and pollute the developer's live state.db with junk rows. The associated fixes address the isolation guard using process ancestry checks and subprocess-surviving markers to prevent fixture escape.

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  • #86861 fix(state): close the #82770 test-fixture escape — ancestry guard + subprocess-surviving isolation marker + never-active prune

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/main.py, hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py, hermes_state.py, tests/conftest.py, tests/hermes_state/test_isolation_marker_env.py, tests/hermes_state/test_live_db_guard_ancestry.py, tests/hermes_state/test_live_db_isolation_guard.py, tests/hermes_state/test_never_active_keyed_prune.py

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #82803 fix(state): arm the live-DB guard by process ancestry, not env alone · merged via another change → 62d3ef6, #86861
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#82770Test sessions leak into the developer's production state.db (fixture-escape class) — 700+ junk open keyed rows
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15 Aug 2026

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