Set Handler.timeout = 30. Python's BaseHTTPRequestHandler.setup()
calls self.request.settimeout(timeout), which raises socket.timeout
on idle or slow connections after the configured duration.
This defends against Slowloris-style attacks where a client holds
connections open indefinitely, exhausting threads in ThreadingHTTPServer.
Also recovers threads from crashed clients with hung TCP connections.
Addresses #194.
When `pip install --target .` is run inside the hermes-agent checkout,
third-party package directories (openai/, pydantic/, requests/, etc.)
end up alongside real Hermes source files. With the agent dir at the
front of sys.path (insert(0)), Python resolves imports from those local
directories, breaking whenever the host platform differs from the
container (e.g. macOS .so files inside a Linux image).
Fix: append agent dir to sys.path instead of prepending. This lets
site-packages resolve pip packages correctly while still allowing
Hermes-specific modules (run_agent, hermes/, etc.) to resolve since
they do not exist in site-packages.
Also improves verify_hermes_imports() to surface the actual exception
message in startup logs, making it much easier to diagnose why a
module failed to import.
Tracebacks exposed file paths, module names, and potentially secret
values from local variables. Now logged server-side only; clients
receive a generic error message.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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>
