Step 01 · hermes-skills FAIL

Test plan: colima-hermes-skills @ 6040ecf3

Container: hermes-testbed · Image: unknown · atm: unknown · Recorded: 2026-09-14T16:19:39Z

Cases

1. doctor PASS

ATM 1.5.18

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

2. advertised host PASS

127.0.0.1 (sentences enter by docker exec; --no-peer)

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

3. herdr transport (atm doctor, fixture daemon) PASS

socket ({'kind': 'ok', 'version': '0.8.2', 'protocol': 20})

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

4. testbed ref PASS

204f67135

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

5. atm-setup-environment / tester: Start line PASS

01M2GBH2HG06747JND9KBFQ54R

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

6. atm-setup-environment / tester: Daemon answers PASS

client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

7. atm-setup-environment / tester: Roster complete PASS

stub-alpha, stub-beta, tester, hermes, oversight all present

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

8. atm-setup-environment / tester: Doctor passes PASS

error_count: 0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

9. atm-setup-environment / tester: Self round trip PASS

message 01M2GBHGKK8QJE1N5WTTVR2D84 sent and read

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

10. atm-setup-environment / hermes: Start line PASS

01M2GBHNJ0S9TY4GTY930PMMB0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

11. atm-setup-environment / hermes: Daemon answers PASS

status: healthy, client 1.5.18, daemon 1.5.18

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

12. atm-setup-environment / hermes: Roster complete PASS

5/5 expected members present, 0 added

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

13. atm-setup-environment / hermes: Doctor passes PASS

error_count: 0, warning_count: 0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

14. atm-setup-environment / hermes: Self round trip PASS

sent 01M2GBJVHXF2H6JCMNYHJZBS28, mutation_applied: true, unread: 0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

15. atm-smoke / hermes: Self round trip PASS

sent 01M2GBMWJH9SR8S0D4B1KDYA92, count 1, mutation_applied true, unread 0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

16. atm-smoke / hermes: Send PASS

01M2GBNGN3H3Q4D4BW6S53R1R5

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

17. atm-smoke / hermes: Partner message arrives PASS

0s, id 01M2GBN22Q988Y9WP0FBQFFYN5, read false

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

18. atm-smoke / hermes: Peek does not mutate PASS

mutation_applied false, read false

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

19. atm-smoke / hermes: Read by id PASS

count 1, mutation_applied true

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

20. atm-smoke / hermes: Read marked it PASS

read true

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

21. atm-smoke / hermes: Stale-connection probe PASS

exit 0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

22. atm-smoke / hermes: Ack PASS

exit 0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

23. atm-smoke / hermes: Your message got acked PASS

0s, id 01M2GBPDMPS2RYZYB7JZNYBNRP

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

24. atm-smoke / tester: Start line PASS

01M2GBMQF9FSMZSC860ZJF4B9J

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

25. atm-smoke / tester: Send ack-required PASS

message 01M2GBN22Q988Y9WP0FBQFFYN5

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

26. atm-smoke / tester: Partner message arrives PASS

01M2GBNGN3H3Q4D4BW6S53R1R5 in 20s

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

27. atm-smoke / tester: Peek does not mutate PASS

mutation_applied: false

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

28. atm-smoke / tester: Read by id PASS

count: 1, mutation_applied: true

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

29. atm-smoke / tester: Read marked it PASS

read flag: true

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

30. atm-smoke / tester: Stale-connection probe PASS

no errors

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

31. atm-smoke / tester: Ack PASS

message 01M2GBPNAXFDTW7KCEX3GZ391H sent

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

32. atm-smoke / tester: Your message got acked FAIL

cause: timeout; fix: partner's ack reply not received within 300s; retest: FAIL

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

33. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Start line PASS

01M2GC1MDB0WQ8YEFGW5CBTSA7

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

34. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Roster PASS

hermes@testbed found

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

35. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Receivers registered FAIL

cause: hermes graft receiver has stale last_seen (never); fix: none possible; retest: depends on gateway recovery

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

36. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Ping PASS

message 01M2GC202RKSXQPNNNE94NJXS9 sent to hermes@testbed

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

37. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Pong PASS

ack received after 20s

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

38. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Start line PASS

01M2GC1MDB0WQ8YEFGW5CBTSA7

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

39. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Roster PASS

hermes@testbed found

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

40. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Receivers registered FAIL

cause: hermes graft receiver has stale last_seen (never); fix: none possible; retest: depends on gateway recovery

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

41. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Ping PASS

message 01M2GC202RKSXQPNNNE94NJXS9 sent to hermes@testbed

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

42. atm-hermes-ready / tester: Pong PASS

ack received after 20s

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

43. atm-nudge-roundtrip / tester: Start line PASS

01M2GC3PS736HS59CMS9DHCVSP

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

44. atm-nudge-roundtrip / tester: Send PASS

message 01M2GC3PSVCJR0TWD5ZT66N0W2 sent to hermes@testbed

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

45. atm-nudge-roundtrip / tester: Ack arrives PASS

received 01M2GC4ENF0XJC8ZT525113Q83 after 20s

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

46. atm-nudge-roundtrip / hermes: Start line PASS

01M2GC3MZH7V7TKV70FZ620PW0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

47. atm-nudge-roundtrip / hermes: Nudge received PASS

id 01M2GC3PSVCJR0TWD5ZT66N0W2, 10s

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

48. atm-nudge-roundtrip / hermes: Read by id PASS

count 1, mutation_applied true

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

49. atm-nudge-roundtrip / hermes: Ack natively PASS

reply sent 01M2GC4ENF0XJC8ZT525113Q83

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

50. atm-nudge-roundtrip / hermes: List after idle PASS

exit 0

origin	hermes-testbed
destination	hermes-testbed
attempt	1

herdr-doctor.json

{
 "configured": true,
 "endpoints": [
  {
   "session": "default",
   "provenance": "herdr_default",
   "transport": "socket",
   "endpoint": "$HOME/.config/herdr/herdr.sock",
   "binary": null,
   "state": {
    "kind": "ok",
    "version": "0.8.2",
    "protocol": 20
   },
   "remedy": "none",
   "capabilities": {
    "live_handoff": true
   },
   "members": [
    {
     "name": "tester",
     "herdr_agent": "tester",
     "outcome": {
      "kind": "visible"
     }
    }
   ]
  }
 ],
 "breaker": {
  "state": "closed"
 }
}

report-1.txt

ATM TEST REPORT
skill: atm-setup-environment
fixture: hermes-testbed
agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli
atm: client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
result: PASS   (5/5 steps)
steps:
  0 PASS Start line — 01M2GBH2HG06747JND9KBFQ54R
  1 PASS Daemon answers — client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
  2 PASS Roster complete — stub-alpha, stub-beta, tester, hermes, oversight all present
  3 PASS Doctor passes — error_count: 0
  4 PASS Self round trip — message 01M2GBHGKK8QJE1N5WTTVR2D84 sent and read
  5 SKIP Cross-host peer — no peer hosts configured
elapsed: 30s

report-2.txt

ATM TEST REPORT
skill: atm-setup-environment
fixture: hermes-testbed
agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli
atm: client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
result: PASS   (5/6 steps)
steps:
  0 PASS Start line — 01M2GBHNJ0S9TY4GTY930PMMB0
  1 PASS Daemon answers — status: healthy, client 1.5.18, daemon 1.5.18
  2 PASS Roster complete — 5/5 expected members present, 0 added
  3 PASS Doctor passes — error_count: 0, warning_count: 0
  4 PASS Self round trip — sent 01M2GBJVHXF2H6JCMNYHJZBS28, mutation_applied: true, unread: 0
  5 SKIP Cross-host peer — no peer host named in request
elapsed: 25s

report-3.txt

ATM TEST REPORT
skill: atm-smoke
fixture: hermes-testbed
agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli
atm: client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
result: PASS   (9/9 steps)
steps:
  0 PASS Self round trip — sent 01M2GBMWJH9SR8S0D4B1KDYA92, count 1, mutation_applied true, unread 0
  1 PASS Send — 01M2GBNGN3H3Q4D4BW6S53R1R5
  2 PASS Partner message arrives — 0s, id 01M2GBN22Q988Y9WP0FBQFFYN5, read false
  3 PASS Peek does not mutate — mutation_applied false, read false
  4 PASS Read by id — count 1, mutation_applied true
  5 PASS Read marked it — read true
  6 PASS Stale-connection probe — exit 0
  7 PASS Ack — exit 0
  8 PASS Your message got acked — 0s, id 01M2GBPDMPS2RYZYB7JZNYBNRP
elapsed: 50s

report-4.txt

ATM TEST REPORT
skill: atm-smoke
fixture: hermes-testbed
agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli
atm: client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
result: FAIL   (7/8 steps)
steps:
  0 PASS Start line — 01M2GBMQF9FSMZSC860ZJF4B9J
  1 PASS Send ack-required — message 01M2GBN22Q988Y9WP0FBQFFYN5
  2 PASS Partner message arrives — 01M2GBNGN3H3Q4D4BW6S53R1R5 in 20s
  3 PASS Peek does not mutate — mutation_applied: false
  4 PASS Read by id — count: 1, mutation_applied: true
  5 PASS Read marked it — read flag: true
  6 PASS Stale-connection probe — no errors
  7 PASS Ack — message 01M2GBPNAXFDTW7KCEX3GZ391H sent
  8 FAIL Your message got acked — cause: timeout; fix: partner's ack reply not received within 300s; retest: FAIL
elapsed: 350s

report-5.txt

ATM TEST REPORT
skill: atm-hermes-ready
fixture: hermes-testbed
agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli
atm: client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
result: FAIL   (3/4 steps)
steps:
  0 PASS Start line — 01M2GC1MDB0WQ8YEFGW5CBTSA7
  1 PASS Roster — hermes@testbed found
  2 FAIL Receivers registered — cause: hermes graft receiver has stale last_seen (never); fix: none possible; retest: depends on gateway recovery
  3 PASS Ping — message 01M2GC202RKSXQPNNNE94NJXS9 sent to hermes@testbed
  4 PASS Pong — ack received after 20s
elapsed: 42s

report-6.txt

ATM TEST REPORT
skill: atm-hermes-ready
fixture: hermes-testbed
agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli
atm: client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
result: FAIL   (3/4 steps)
steps:
  0 PASS Start line — 01M2GC1MDB0WQ8YEFGW5CBTSA7
  1 PASS Roster — hermes@testbed found
  2 FAIL Receivers registered — cause: hermes graft receiver has stale last_seen (never); fix: none possible; retest: depends on gateway recovery
  3 PASS Ping — message 01M2GC202RKSXQPNNNE94NJXS9 sent to hermes@testbed
  4 PASS Pong — ack received after 20s
elapsed: 42s

report-7.txt

ATM TEST REPORT
skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip
fixture: hermes-testbed
agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli
atm: client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
result: PASS   (3/3 steps)
steps:
  0 PASS Start line — 01M2GC3PS736HS59CMS9DHCVSP
  1 PASS Send — message 01M2GC3PSVCJR0TWD5ZT66N0W2 sent to hermes@testbed
  2 PASS Ack arrives — received 01M2GC4ENF0XJC8ZT525113Q83 after 20s
elapsed: 36s

report-8.txt

ATM TEST REPORT
skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip
fixture: hermes-testbed
agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli
atm: client 1.5.18 daemon 1.5.18
result: PASS   (5/5 steps)
steps:
  0 PASS Start line — 01M2GC3MZH7V7TKV70FZ620PW0
  1 PASS Nudge received — id 01M2GC3PSVCJR0TWD5ZT66N0W2, 10s
  2 PASS Read by id — count 1, mutation_applied true
  3 PASS Ack natively — reply sent 01M2GC4ENF0XJC8ZT525113Q83
  4 PASS List after idle — exit 0
elapsed: 35s

result.txt

FAIL  skills reported 7/7, PASS 5/7 (8 report messages); herdr doctor ok: yes
atm:    1.5.18 (prerelease/v1.5.18 @ 204f67135, prerelease-archive run 34860896730, ci run 34861923410)
hermes: randlee/hermes-agent @ a909c4f5b
hermes Hermes Agent v0.21.2 (2026.9.11) · upstream a909c4f5 | atm-daemon 1.5.18 | herdr 0.8.2
herdr transport: socket ({'kind': 'ok', 'version': '0.8.2', 'protocol': 20}) (atm doctor --json .herdr.endpoints[].transport; bringup writes [herdr] transport="socket" to /root/.atm.toml)
skill: atm-setup-environment agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: PASS   (5/5 steps) 
skill: atm-setup-environment agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (5/6 steps) 
skill: atm-smoke agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (9/9 steps) 
skill: atm-smoke agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (7/8 steps) 
        8 FAIL Your message got acked — cause: timeout; fix: partner's ack reply not received within 300s; retest: FAIL
skill: atm-hermes-ready agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (3/4 steps) 
        2 FAIL Receivers registered — cause: hermes graft receiver has stale last_seen (never); fix: none possible; retest: depends on gateway recovery
skill: atm-hermes-ready agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (3/4 steps) 
        2 FAIL Receivers registered — cause: hermes graft receiver has stale last_seen (never); fix: none possible; retest: depends on gateway recovery
skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: PASS   (3/3 steps) 
skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (5/5 steps) 
reports and logs: /Users/randlee/Documents/github/atm-hermes-testbed-worktrees/fix-remove-eq007-workaround/.cache/results/20260914T161939Z
the fixture is still running: docker exec hermes-testbed ... ; ./teardown.sh when done

test.sh.log

== 16:19:40Z resolve inputs
atm 1.5.18 = prerelease/v1.5.18 @ 204f67135; prerelease-archive run 34860896730; ci run 34861923410; arch aarch64
== 16:19:42Z build (10-20 min the first time, seconds when nothing changed)
atm tarball override: /Users/randlee/Documents/github/atm-hermes-testbed-worktrees/fix-remove-eq007-workaround/.cache/atm-1.5.18/atm_1.5.18_aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz (sha256 bbb5147904704e64820f58b0ebf109befd83aa76f229ab0832f07dae1a3fc322)
wheels override: hermes_atm-1.5.18-py3-none-any.whl, atm_graft-1.5.18-cp311-abi3-manylinux_2_17_aarch64.manylinux2014_aarch64.whl
base context: main = a909c4f5bf Merge pull request #25 from randlee/sync/candidate-20260912-merge
== 16:19:52Z start the fixture
bringup: done
bringup: gateway up (1 hook load(s) logged)
bringup: doctor {"status": "healthy", "message": "ATM doctor completed with healthy findings only", "info_count": 2, "warning_count": 0, "error_count": 0}
bringup: herdr [('tester', 'idle'), ('fx-at7-beta', 'idle'), ('fx-at9-beta', 'idle'), ('fx-at10-beta', 'idle'), ('fx-at10-gamma', 'idle'), ('fx-at11-beta', 'idle')]
hermes Hermes Agent v0.21.2 (2026.9.11) · upstream a909c4f5 | atm-daemon 1.5.18 | herdr 0.8.2
herdr transport (fixture daemon, atm doctor): socket ({'kind': 'ok', 'version': '0.8.2', 'protocol': 20})
herdr doctor state ok on every endpoint: yes
== 16:20:23Z atm-setup-environment (tester + hermes)
sent to tester: run the atm-setup-environment skill on fixture hermes-testbed (expected roster: stub-alpha@testbed stub-beta@testbed tester@testbed hermes@testbed oversight@testbed)
sent to hermes: run the atm-setup-environment skill on fixture hermes-testbed (expected roster: stub-alpha@testbed stub-beta@testbed tester@testbed hermes@testbed oversight@testbed)
ATM TEST START 2026-09-14T16:20:43Z on fixture hermes-testbed by tester@testbed
ATM TEST START skill: atm-setup-environment fixture: hermes-testbed agent: hermes@testbed
REPORT 1: skill: atm-setup-environment agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: PASS   (5/5 steps) 
REPORT 2: skill: atm-setup-environment agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (5/6 steps) 
== 16:22:25Z atm-smoke (tester + hermes)
sent to tester: run the atm-smoke skill against hermes@testbed on fixture hermes-testbed
sent to hermes: run the atm-smoke skill against tester@testbed on fixture hermes-testbed
ATM TEST START skill: atm-smoke fixture: hermes-testbed agent: tester@testbed
ATM TEST START skill: atm-smoke fixture: hermes-testbed agent: hermes@testbed
REPORT 3: skill: atm-smoke agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (9/9 steps) 
REPORT 4: skill: atm-smoke agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (7/8 steps) 
== 16:29:23Z atm-hermes-ready (tester)
sent to tester: run the atm-hermes-ready skill for hermes@testbed on fixture hermes-testbed
ATM TEST START skill: atm-hermes-ready fixture: hermes-testbed agent: tester@testbed
REPORT 5: skill: atm-hermes-ready agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (3/4 steps) 
REPORT 6: skill: atm-hermes-ready agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (3/4 steps)  (repeat, not counted)
== 16:30:35Z atm-nudge-roundtrip (tester + hermes)
sent to tester: run the atm-nudge-roundtrip skill as tester against hermes@testbed on fixture hermes-testbed
sent to hermes: run the atm-nudge-roundtrip skill as responder on fixture hermes-testbed
ATM TEST START skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip fixture: hermes-testbed agent: tester@testbed
ATM TEST START skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip fixture: hermes-testbed agent: hermes@testbed
REPORT 7: skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: PASS   (3/3 steps) 
REPORT 8: skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (5/5 steps) 
== 16:31:47Z verdict
FAIL  skills reported 7/7, PASS 5/7 (8 report messages); herdr doctor ok: yes
atm:    1.5.18 (prerelease/v1.5.18 @ 204f67135, prerelease-archive run 34860896730, ci run 34861923410)
hermes: randlee/hermes-agent @ a909c4f5b
hermes Hermes Agent v0.21.2 (2026.9.11) · upstream a909c4f5 | atm-daemon 1.5.18 | herdr 0.8.2
herdr transport: socket ({'kind': 'ok', 'version': '0.8.2', 'protocol': 20}) (atm doctor --json .herdr.endpoints[].transport; bringup writes [herdr] transport="socket" to /root/.atm.toml)
skill: atm-setup-environment agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: PASS   (5/5 steps) 
skill: atm-setup-environment agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (5/6 steps) 
skill: atm-smoke agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (9/9 steps) 
skill: atm-smoke agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (7/8 steps) 
        8 FAIL Your message got acked — cause: timeout; fix: partner's ack reply not received within 300s; retest: FAIL
skill: atm-hermes-ready agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (3/4 steps) 
        2 FAIL Receivers registered — cause: hermes graft receiver has stale last_seen (never); fix: none possible; retest: depends on gateway recovery
skill: atm-hermes-ready agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: FAIL   (3/4 steps) 
        2 FAIL Receivers registered — cause: hermes graft receiver has stale last_seen (never); fix: none possible; retest: depends on gateway recovery
skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip agent: tester@testbed  tools: cli result: PASS   (3/3 steps) 
skill: atm-nudge-roundtrip agent: hermes@testbed  tools: native+cli result: PASS   (5/5 steps) 
reports and logs: /Users/randlee/Documents/github/atm-hermes-testbed-worktrees/fix-remove-eq007-workaround/.cache/results/20260914T161939Z
the fixture is still running: docker exec hermes-testbed ... ; ./teardown.sh when done
site evidence: /Users/randlee/Documents/github/atm-hermes-testbed-worktrees/fix-remove-eq007-workaround/.cache/results/20260914T161939Z/site (smoke/linux/hermes-testbed/20260914T161939Z-colima-hermes-skills)