webui/CHANGELOG.md

Hermes Web UI -- Changelog

Living document. Updated at the end of every sprint. Repository: https://github.com/nesquena/hermes-webui

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[v0.17] Sprint 15 -- Session Projects + Code Copy + Tool Card Toggle

April 1, 2026 | 237 tests

Features

• Session projects. Named groups for organizing sessions. A project filter bar (subtle chips) sits between the search input and the session list. Each project has a name and color. Click a chip to filter; "All" shows everything. Create inline (+), rename (double-click), delete (right-click). Assign sessions via folder icon button with dropdown picker. Projects stored in projects.json. Session model gains project_id field. 5 new API endpoints.
• Code block copy button. Every code block gets a "Copy" button in the language header bar (or top-right for plain blocks). Click copies to clipboard, shows "Copied!" for 1.5s.
• Tool card expand/collapse. When a message has 2+ tool cards, "Expand all / Collapse all" toggle appears above the card group.

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[v0.16.2] Model List Updates + base_url Passthrough

April 1, 2026 | 247 tests

Bug Fixes

• MiniMax model list updated. Replaced stale ABAB 6.5 models with current MiniMax-M2.7, M2.7-highspeed, M2.5, M2.5-highspeed, M2.1 lineup matching hermes-agent upstream. (Fixes #6)
• Z.AI/GLM model list updated. Replaced GLM-4 series with current GLM-5, GLM-5 Turbo, GLM-4.7, GLM-4.5, GLM-4.5 Flash lineup.
• base_url passthrough to AIAgent. resolve_model_provider() now reads base_url from config.yaml and passes it to AIAgent, so providers with custom endpoints (MiniMax, Z.AI, local LLMs) route to the correct API.

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[v0.16.1] Community Fixes -- Mobile + Auth + Provider Routing

April 1, 2026 | 247 tests

Community contributions from @deboste, reviewed and refined.

Bug Fixes

• Mobile responsive layout. Comprehensive @media(max-width:640px) rules for topbar, messages, composer, tool cards, approval cards, and settings modal. Uses 100dvh with 100vh fallback to fix composer cutoff on mobile browsers. Textarea font-size:16px prevents iOS/Android auto-zoom on focus.
• Reverse proxy basic auth support. All fetch() and EventSource URLs now constructed via new URL(path, location.origin) to strip embedded credentials per Fetch spec. credentials:'include' on fetch, withCredentials:true on EventSource ensure auth headers are forwarded through reverse proxies.
• Model provider routing. New resolve_model_provider() helper in api/config.py strips provider prefix from dropdown model IDs (e.g. anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 → claude-sonnet-4.6) and passes the correct provider to AIAgent. Handles cross-provider selection by matching against known direct-API providers.

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[v0.16] Sprint 14 -- Visual Polish + Workspace Ops + Session Organization

March 30, 2026 | 233 tests

Features

• Mermaid diagram rendering. Code blocks tagged mermaid render as diagrams inline. Mermaid.js loaded lazily from CDN on first encounter. Dark theme with matching colors. Falls back to code block on parse error.
• Message timestamps. Subtle HH:MM time next to each role label. Full date/time on hover tooltip. User messages get _ts field when sent.
• File rename. Double-click any filename in workspace panel to rename inline. POST /api/file/rename endpoint with path traversal protection.
• Folder create. Folder icon button in workspace panel header. Prompt for name, POST /api/file/create-dir endpoint.
• Session tags. Add #tag to session titles. Tags shown as colored chips in sidebar. Click a tag to filter the session list.
• Session archive. Archive icon on each session. Archived sessions hidden by default; "Show N archived" toggle at top of list. Backend POST /api/session/archive with archived field on Session model.

Bug Fixes

• Date grouping fix. Session list groups (Today/Yesterday/Earlier) now use created_at instead of updated_at, preventing sessions from jumping between groups when auto-titling touches updated_at.

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[v0.15] Sprint 13 -- Alerts + Session QoL + Polish

March 30, 2026 | 221 tests

Features

• Cron completion alerts. New GET /api/crons/recent endpoint. UI polls every 30s (pauses when tab is hidden). Toast notification per completion with status icon. Red badge count on Tasks nav tab, cleared when tab is opened.
• Background agent error alerts. When a streaming session errors out and the user is viewing a different session, a persistent red banner appears above the messages: "Session X has encountered an error." View button navigates, Dismiss clears.
• Session duplicate. Copy icon on each session in the sidebar (visible on hover). Creates a new session with the same workspace and model, titled "(copy)".
• Browser tab title. document.title updates to show the active session title (e.g. "My Task -- Hermes"). Resets to "Hermes" when no session is active.

Bug Fixes

• Click guard added for duplicate button to prevent accidental session navigation.

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[v0.14] Sprint 12 -- Settings Panel + Reliability + Session QoL

March 30, 2026 | 211 tests

Features

• Settings panel. Gear icon in topbar opens slide-in overlay. Persist default model and workspace server-side in settings.json. Server reads on startup.
• SSE auto-reconnect. When EventSource drops mid-stream, attempts one reconnect using the same stream_id after 1.5s. Shared _wireSSE() function eliminates handler duplication.
• Pin sessions. Star icon on each session. Pinned sessions float to top of sidebar under a gold "Pinned" header. Persisted in session JSON.
• Import session from JSON. Upload button in sidebar. Creates new session with fresh ID from exported JSON file.

Bug Fixes

• models.py uses _cfg.DEFAULT_MODEL module reference so save_settings() changes take effect for new_session().
• Full-scan fallback sort in all_sessions() now accounts for pinned sessions.
• save_settings() whitelists known keys only, rejecting arbitrary data.
• Escape key closes settings overlay.

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[v0.13] Sprint 11 -- Multi-Provider Models + Streaming Smoothness

March 30, 2026 | 201 tests

Features

• Multi-provider model support. New GET /api/models endpoint discovers configured providers from config.yaml, auth.json, and API key environment variables. The model dropdown now populates dynamically from whatever providers the user has set up (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, etc.). Falls back to the hardcoded OpenRouter list when no providers are detected. Sessions with unlisted models auto-add them to the dropdown.
• Smooth scroll pinning. During streaming, auto-scroll only when the user is near the bottom of the message area. If the user scrolls up to read earlier content, new tokens no longer yank them back down. Pinning resumes when they scroll back to the bottom.

Architecture

• Routes extracted to api/routes.py. All 49 GET/POST route handlers moved from server.py into api/routes.py (802 lines). server.py is now a 76-line thin shell: Handler class with structured logging, dispatch to handle_get()/handle_post(), and main(). Completes the server split started in Sprint 10.
• Cleaned up duplicate dead-code routes that existed in the old do_GET (skills/save, skills/delete, memory/write were duplicated in both GET and POST handlers).

Bug Fixes

• Regression tests updated for new route module structure.

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[v0.12.2] Concurrency + Correctness Sweeps

March 31, 2026 | 190 tests

Two systematic audits of all concurrent multi-session scenarios. Each finding became a regression test so it cannot silently return.

Sweep 1 (R10-R12)

• R10: Approval response to wrong session. respondApproval() used S.session.session_id -- whoever you were viewing. If session A triggered a dangerous command requiring approval and you switched to B then clicked Allow, the approval went to B's session_id. Agent on A stayed stuck. Fixed: approval events tag _approvalSessionId; respondApproval() uses that.
• R11: Activity bar showed cross-session tool status. Session A's tool name appeared in session B's activity bar while you were viewing B. Fixed: setStatus() in the tool SSE handler is now inside the activeSid guard.
• R12: Live tool cards vanished on switch-away and back. Switching back to an in-flight session showed empty live cards even though tools had fired. Fixed: loadSession() INFLIGHT branch now restores cards from S.toolCalls.

Sweep 2 (R13-R15)

• R13: Settled tool cards never rendered after response completes. renderMessages() has a !S.busy guard on tool card rendering. It was called with S.busy=true in the done handler -- tool cards were skipped every time. Fixed: S.busy=false set inline before renderMessages().
• R14: Wrong model sent for sessions with unlisted model. send() used $('modelSelect').value which could be stale if the session's model isn't in the dropdown. Fixed: now uses S.session.model || $('modelSelect').value.
• R15: Stale live tool cards in new sessions. newSession() didn't call clearLiveToolCards(). Fixed.

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[v0.12.1] Sprint 10 Post-Release Fixes

March 31, 2026 | 177 tests

Critical regressions introduced during the server.py split, caught by users and fixed immediately.

• uuid not imported in server.py -- chat/start returned 500 (NameError) on every new message
• AIAgent not imported in api/streaming.py -- agent thread crashed immediately, SSE returned 404
• has_pending not imported in api/streaming.py -- NameError during tool approval checks
• Session.__init__ missing tool_calls param -- 500 on any session with tool history
• SSE loop did not break on cancel event -- connection hung after cancel
• Regression test file added (tests/test_regressions.py): 10 tests, one per introduced bug. These form a permanent regression gate so each class of error can never silently return.

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[v0.12] Sprint 10 -- Server Health + Operational Polish

March 31, 2026 | 167 tests

Post-sprint Bug Fixes

• SSE loop now breaks on cancel event (was hanging after cancel)
• setBusy(false) now always hides the Cancel button
• S.activeStreamId properly initialized in the S global state object
• Tool card "Show more" button uses data attributes instead of inline JSON.stringify (XSS/parse safety)
• Version label updated to v0.2
• Session.__init__ accepts **kwargs for forward-compatibility with future JSON fields
• Test cron jobs now isolated via HERMES_HOME env var in conftest (no more pollution of real jobs.json)
• last_workspace reset after each test in conftest (prevents workspace state bleed between tests)
• Tool cards now grouped per assistant turn instead of piled before last message
• Tool card insertion uses data-msg-idx attribute correctly (was msgIdx, matching HTML5 dataset API)

Architecture

• server.py split into api/ modules. 1,150 lines -> 673 lines in server.py. Extracted modules: api/config.py (101), api/helpers.py (57), api/models.py (114), api/workspace.py (77), api/upload.py (77), api/streaming.py (187). server.py is now the thin routing shell only. All business logic is independently importable.

Features

• Background task cancel. Red "Cancel" button appears in the activity bar while a task is running. Calls GET /api/chat/cancel?stream_id=X. The agent thread receives a cancel event, emits a 'cancel' SSE event, and the UI shows "Task cancelled." in the conversation. Note: a tool call already in progress (e.g. a long terminal command) completes before the cancel takes effect -- same behavior as CLI Ctrl+C.
• Cron run history viewer. Each job in the Tasks panel now has an "All runs" button. Click to expand a list of up to 20 past runs with timestamps, each collapsible to show the full output. Click again to hide.
• Tool card UX polish. Three improvements:
  1. Pulsing blue dot on cards for in-progress tools (distinct from completed cards)
  2. Smart snippet truncation at sentence boundaries instead of hard byte cutoff
  3. "Show more / Show less" toggle on tool results longer than 220 chars

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[v0.11] Sprint 9 -- Codebase Health + Daily Driver Gaps

March 31, 2026 | 149 tests

The sprint that closed the last gaps for heavy agentic use.

Architecture

• app.js replaced by 6 modules. app.js is deleted. The browser now loads 6 focused files: ui.js (530), workspace.js (132), sessions.js (189), messages.js (221), panels.js (555), boot.js (142). The modules are a superset of the original app.js (two functions -- loadTodos, toolIcon -- were added directly to the modules after the split). No single file exceeds 555 lines.

Features

• Tool call cards inline. Every tool Hermes uses now appears as a collapsible card in the conversation between the user message and the response. Live during streaming, restored from session history on reload. Shows tool name, preview, args, result snippet.
• Attachment metadata persists on reload. File badges on user messages survive page refresh. Server stores filenames on the user message in session JSON.
• Todo list panel. New checkmark tab in the sidebar. Shows current task list parsed from the most recent todo tool result in message history. Status icons: pending (○), in-progress (◉), completed (✓), cancelled (✗). Auto-refreshes when panel is active.
• Model preference persists. Last-used model saved to localStorage. Restored on page load. New sessions inherit it automatically.

Bug Fixes

• Tool card toggle arrow only shown when card has expandable content
• Attachment tagging matches by message content to avoid wrong-turn tagging
• SSE tool event was missing args field
• /api/session GET was not returning tool_calls (history lost on reload)

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[v0.10] Sprint 8 -- Daily Driver Finish Line

March 31, 2026 | 139 tests

Features

• Edit user message + regenerate. Hover any user bubble, click the pencil icon. Inline textarea, Enter submits, Escape cancels. Truncates session at that point and re-runs.
• Regenerate last response. Retry icon on the last assistant bubble only.
• Clear conversation. "Clear" button in topbar. Wipes messages, keeps session slot.
• Syntax highlighting. Prism.js via CDN (deferred). Python, JS, bash, JSON, SQL and more.

Bug Fixes

• Reconnect banner false positive on normal loads (90-second window)
• Session list clipping on short screens
• Favicon 404 console noise (server now returns 204)
• Edit textarea auto-resize on open
• Send button guard while inline edit is active
• Escape closes dropdown, clears search, cancels active edit
• Approval polling not restarted on INFLIGHT session switch-back
• Version label updated to v0.10

Hotfix: Message Queue + INFLIGHT

• Message queue. Sending while busy queues the message with toast + badge. Drains automatically on completion. Cleared on session switch.
• Message stays visible on switch-away/back. loadSession checks INFLIGHT before server fetch, so sent message and thinking dots persist correctly.

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[v0.9] Sprint 7 -- Wave 2 Core: CRUD + Search

March 31, 2026 | 125 tests

Features

• Cron edit + delete. Inline edit form per job, save and delete with confirmation.
• Skill create, edit, delete. "+ New skill" form in Skills panel. Writes to ~/.hermes/skills/.
• Memory inline edit. "Edit" button opens textarea for MEMORY.md. Saves via /api/memory/write.
• Session content search. Filter box searches message text (up to 5 messages per session) in addition to titles. Debounced API call, results appended below title matches.

Architecture

• /health now returns active_streams and uptime_seconds
• git init on <repo>/, pushed to GitHub

Bug Fixes

• Activity bar overlap on short viewports
• Model chip stale after session switch
• Cron output overflow in tasks panel

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[v0.8] Sprint 6 -- Polish + Phase E Complete

March 31, 2026 | 106 tests

Architecture

• Phase E complete. HTML extracted to static/index.html. server.py now pure Python. Line count progression: 1778 (Sprint 1) → 1042 (Sprint 5) → 903 (Sprint 6).
• Phase D complete. All endpoints validated with proper 400/404 responses.

Features

• Resizable panels. Sidebar and workspace panel drag-resizable. Widths persisted to localStorage.
• Create cron job from UI. "+ New job" form in Tasks panel with name, schedule, prompt, delivery.
• Session JSON export. Downloads full session as JSON via "JSON" button in sidebar footer.
• Escape from file editor. Cancels inline file edit without saving.

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[v0.7] Sprint 5 -- Phase A Complete + Workspace Management

March 30, 2026 | 86 tests

Architecture

• Phase A complete. JS extracted to static/app.js. server.py: 1778 → 1042 lines.
• LRU session cache. collections.OrderedDict with cap of 100, oldest evicted automatically.
• Session index. sessions/_index.json for O(1) session list loads.
• Isolated test server. Port 8788 with own state dir, conftest autouse cleanup.

Features

• Workspace management panel. Add/remove/rename workspaces. Persisted to workspaces.json.
• Topbar workspace quick-switch. Dropdown chip lists all workspaces, switches on click.
• New sessions inherit last workspace. last_workspace.txt tracks last used.
• Copy message to clipboard. Hover icon on each bubble with checkmark confirmation.
• Inline file editor. Preview any file, click Edit to modify, Save writes to disk.

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[v0.6] Sprint 4 -- Relocation + Session Power Features

March 30, 2026 | 68 tests

Architecture

• Source relocated to <repo>/ outside the hermes-agent git repo. Safe from git pull, git reset, git stash. Symlink maintained at hermes-agent/webui-mvp.
• CSS extracted (Phase A start). All CSS moved to static/style.css.
• Per-session agent lock (Phase B). Prevents concurrent requests to same session from corrupting environment variables.

Features

• Session rename. Double-click any title in sidebar to edit inline. Enter saves, Escape cancels.
• Session search/filter. Live client-side filter box above session list.
• File delete. Hover trash icon on workspace files. Confirm dialog.
• File create. "+" button in workspace panel header.

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[v0.5] Sprint 3 -- Panel Navigation + Feature Viewers

March 30, 2026 | 48 tests

Features

• Sidebar panel navigation. Four tabs: Chat, Tasks, Skills, Memory. Lazy-loads on first open.
• Tasks panel. Lists scheduled cron jobs with status badges. Run now, Pause, Resume. Shows last run output automatically.
• Skills panel. All skills grouped by category. Search/filter. Click to preview SKILL.md.
• Memory panel. Renders MEMORY.md and USER.md as formatted markdown with timestamps.

Bug Fixes

• B6: New session inherits current workspace
• B10: Tool events replace thinking dots (not stacked alongside)
• B14: Cmd/Ctrl+K creates new chat from anywhere

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[v0.4] Sprint 2 -- Rich File Preview

March 30, 2026 | 27 tests

Features

• Image preview. PNG, JPG, GIF, SVG, WEBP displayed inline in workspace panel.
• Rendered markdown. .md files render as formatted HTML in the preview panel.
• Table support. Pipe-delimited markdown tables render as HTML tables.
• Smart file icons. Type-appropriate icons by extension in the file tree.
• Preview path bar with type badge. Colored badge shows file type.

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[v0.3] Sprint 1 -- Bug Fixes + Foundations

March 30, 2026 | 19 tests

The first sprint. Established the test suite, fixed critical bugs.

Bug Fixes

• B1: Approval card now shows pattern keys
• B2: File input accepts valid types only
• B3: Model chip label correct for all 10 models (replaced substring check with dict)
• B4/B5: Reconnect banner on mid-stream reload (localStorage inflight tracking)
• B7: Session titles no longer overflow sidebar
• B9: Empty assistant messages no longer render as blank bubbles
• B11: /api/session GET returns 400 (not silent session creation) when ID missing

Architecture

• Thread lock on SESSIONS dict
• Structured JSON request logging
• 10-model dropdown with 3 provider groups (OpenAI, Anthropic, Other)
• First test suite: 19 HTTP integration tests

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[v0.2] UI Polish Pass

March 30, 2026

Visual audit via screenshot analysis. No new features -- design refinement only.

• Nav tabs: icon-only with CSS tooltip (5 tabs, no overflow)
• Session list: grouped by Today / Yesterday / Earlier
• Active session: blue left border accent
• Role labels: Title Case, softened color, circular icons
• Code blocks: connected language header with separator
• Send button: gradient + hover lift
• Composer: blue glow ring on focus
• Toast: frosted glass with float animation
• Tool status moved from composer footer to activity bar above composer
• Empty session flood fixed (filter + cleanup endpoint + test autouse)

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[v0.1] Initial Build

March 30, 2026

Single-file web UI for Hermes. stdlib HTTP server, no external dependencies. Three-panel layout: sessions sidebar, chat area, workspace panel.

Core capabilities:

• Send messages, receive SSE-streamed responses
• Session create/load/delete, auto-title from first message
• File upload with manual multipart parser
• Workspace file tree with directory navigation
• Tool approval card (4 choices: once, session, always, deny)
• INFLIGHT session-switch guard
• 10-model dropdown (OpenAI, Anthropic, Other)
• SSH tunnel access on port 8787

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Last updated: v0.16.2, April 1, 2026 | Tests: 247