The previous logic treated a blank password field as intent to clear auth,
which meant saving any other setting (model, send key, etc.) would silently
disable password protection.
New behavior:
- Blank password field + Save Settings = no change to auth (do nothing)
- Password field with content + Save = set/change password (unchanged)
- 'Disable Auth' button = explicit confirmation-gated clear (new)
UI changes:
- index.html: updated description text to 'Leave blank to keep current
setting'; added 'Disable Auth' button (amber, shown only when auth active)
- panels.js: saveSettings() skips password logic entirely when field is blank;
loadSettingsPanel() shows/hides both btnDisableAuth and btnSignOut based on
auth_enabled; new disableAuth() function sends _clear_password:true after
confirm() prompt and hides both auth buttons on success
Server: no logic changes needed; _clear_password handling in save_settings()
is now only triggered by the explicit Disable Auth action.
Auth system (off by default, zero friction for localhost):
- New api/auth.py module: password hashing (SHA-256 + STATE_DIR salt),
signed HMAC session cookies (24h TTL), auth middleware
- Enable via HERMES_WEBUI_PASSWORD env var or Settings panel
- Minimal dark-themed login page at /login (self-contained HTML)
- POST /api/auth/login, /api/auth/logout, GET /api/auth/status
- Settings panel: "Access Password" field + "Sign Out" button
- password_hash added to settings.json (null = auth disabled)
Security hardening:
- Security headers on all responses: X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff,
X-Frame-Options: DENY, Referrer-Policy: same-origin
- POST body size limit: 20MB cap in read_body() to prevent DoS
Closes#23. 9 new tests. Total: 304 passed, 0 regressions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Track A: Workspace breadcrumb navigation
- Breadcrumb path bar with clickable segments when inside subdirectories
- Up button in panel header for parent directory navigation
- S.currentDir state tracking; file ops stay in current directory
- New file/folder creation respects current subdirectory
Track B: Slash commands foundation
- New commands.js module (7th JS module) with command registry and parser
- Built-in commands: /help, /clear, /model, /workspace, /new
- Autocomplete dropdown on / input with arrow/tab/enter/escape navigation
- Unrecognized commands pass through to agent normally
Track C: Send key setting (closes#26)
- send_key added to settings defaults in api/config.py
- Settings panel dropdown: Enter (default) vs Ctrl/Cmd+Enter
- Keydown handler rewritten for autocomplete + send key preference
- Setting loaded on boot, persisted to settings.json
5 new tests, 242 total (219 passing, 22 pre-existing failures, 0 regressions).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
