Merge pull request #6532 from Adamact/fix/windows-pwd-import

fix(platform): resolve the service home through platform_compat so native Windows can start

core/platform_compat.py

@@ -67,6 +67,26 @@ def safe_chmod(path, mode: int) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
+# ── Account home ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+def service_home() -> Path:
+    """Return the account home even when a task overrides ``HOME``.
+
+    POSIX reads the passwd entry for the real uid, so a tool that rewrites
+    ``HOME`` for a sandboxed child still resolves the service account's own
+    home. Windows has no passwd database and no ``os.getuid``; ``Path.home()``
+    resolves through the user profile there and is already correct, so it is
+    both the Windows answer and the POSIX fallback.
+    """
+    if IS_WINDOWS:
+        return Path.home()
+    import pwd  # POSIX-only; imported lazily so this module loads on Windows
+
+    try:
+        return Path(pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir)
+    except (KeyError, OSError):
+        return Path.home()
+
+
 # ── Process detach / liveness / teardown ────────────────────────────────────
 def detached_popen_kwargs() -> dict:
     """Keyword args for :class:`subprocess.Popen` that fully detach a child so

src/agent_tools/web_tools.py

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 import html
 import hashlib
-import pwd
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
 import uuid
@@ -32,10 +31,7 @@ _ACTIVE_BROWSER_SESSIONS: set[str] = set()
 def _service_home() -> Path:
     """Return the account home even when a task overrides ``HOME``."""
 
-    try:
+    return platform_compat.service_home()
-        return Path(pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid()).pw_dir)
-    except (KeyError, OSError):
-        return Path.home()
 
 
 def _host_npm_roots() -> list[Path]:

tests/test_platform_compat.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import importlib.util
 import io
 import sys
+import types
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -320,3 +321,44 @@ def test_run_ssh_command_uses_built_argv(monkeypatch):
     assert captured["kwargs"]["timeout"] == 7
     assert captured["kwargs"]["capture_output"] is True
     assert captured["kwargs"]["text"] is False
+
+
+class _PwdBlocker:
+    """Meta-path finder that makes ``import pwd`` fail, as it does on Windows."""
+
+    def find_spec(self, fullname, path=None, target=None):
+        if fullname == "pwd":
+            raise ImportError("No module named 'pwd'")
+        return None
+
+
+def test_service_home_on_windows_never_imports_pwd(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr(platform_compat, "IS_WINDOWS", True)
+    monkeypatch.delitem(sys.modules, "pwd", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(sys, "meta_path", [_PwdBlocker(), *sys.meta_path])
+
+    assert platform_compat.service_home() == Path.home()
+
+
+def test_service_home_reads_the_passwd_entry_on_posix(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    account_home = tmp_path / "service-account"
+    fake_pwd = types.SimpleNamespace(
+        getpwuid=lambda uid: types.SimpleNamespace(pw_dir=str(account_home))
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(platform_compat, "IS_WINDOWS", False)
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "pwd", fake_pwd)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(platform_compat.os, "getuid", lambda: 1000, raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("HOME", str(tmp_path / "task-override"))
+
+    assert platform_compat.service_home() == account_home
+
+
+def test_service_home_falls_back_when_the_uid_has_no_passwd_entry(monkeypatch):
+    def missing(uid):
+        raise KeyError(uid)
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(platform_compat, "IS_WINDOWS", False)
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "pwd", types.SimpleNamespace(getpwuid=missing))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(platform_compat.os, "getuid", lambda: 4242, raising=False)
+
+    assert platform_compat.service_home() == Path.home()

tests/test_web_tools_pwd_optional.py

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+"""`pwd` is POSIX-only, so importing it at module scope breaks Windows startup.
+
+`web_tools` is pulled in by `app.py` -> `routes.chat_routes` -> `src.agent_loop`
+-> `src.agent_tools`, so a `ModuleNotFoundError: pwd` there takes down the whole
+app at import time rather than degrading. On POSIX the missing module is
+simulated, so this runs on the hosts CI actually uses.
+"""
+
+import importlib
+import sys
+
+from tests.helpers.import_state import clear_module, preserve_import_state
+
+MODULE = "src.agent_tools.web_tools"
+
+
+class _PwdBlocker:
+    """Meta-path finder that makes `import pwd` fail, as it does on Windows."""
+
+    def find_spec(self, fullname, path=None, target=None):
+        if fullname == "pwd":
+            raise ImportError("No module named 'pwd'")
+        return None
+
+
+def test_web_tools_imports_on_a_host_without_pwd():
+    with preserve_import_state("pwd", MODULE):
+        blocker = _PwdBlocker()
+        sys.meta_path.insert(0, blocker)
+        try:
+            clear_module("pwd")
+            clear_module(MODULE)
+            module = importlib.import_module(MODULE)
+        finally:
+            sys.meta_path.remove(blocker)
+
+        assert module.PrivateBrowserTool.__module__ == MODULE

website/configuration-reference.md

@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ The source tree reads **117** `ODYSSEUS_*` variables: 81 an operator may want to
 | `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_MCP_CACHE` | `os.path.join(base_dir, 'data', 'local', 'playwright-mcp-cache')` | `src/builtin_mcp.py:229` | Cache directory handed to the browser MCP server, so its npm download survives a container rebuild. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_MCP_CALL_TIMEOUT_S` | `'90'` | `src/mcp_manager.py:27` | Upper bound in seconds for one browser MCP tool call. A call that exceeds it fails without being retried. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_MCP_REQUIRE_CACHE` | `''` | `src/builtin_mcp.py:90` | Truthy refuses to start the browser MCP server unless its npm package is already in the npx cache, instead of installing it at startup. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_NAMESPACE` | `'odysseus-ui'` | `src/agent_tools/web_tools.py:100` (+1 more) | Namespace for the detached agent-browser daemon's pid files, so two runtimes on one machine do not terminate each other's browsers. |
+| `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_NAMESPACE` | `'odysseus-ui'` | `src/agent_tools/web_tools.py:96` (+1 more) | Namespace for the detached agent-browser daemon's pid files, so two runtimes on one machine do not terminate each other's browsers. |
 | `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_NO_SANDBOX` | `'1'` | `src/builtin_mcp.py:142` | Security-relevant. On by default, adding `--no-sandbox` because the Docker image cannot use the Chromium sandbox. Set 0, false or no to keep it. |
-| `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_SCREENSHOT_DIR` | *unset* | `src/agent_tools/web_tools.py:2666` | Where private-browser screenshots are written. Falls back to the container path, then the system temp directory. |
+| `ODYSSEUS_BROWSER_SCREENSHOT_DIR` | *unset* | `src/agent_tools/web_tools.py:2662` | Where private-browser screenshots are written. Falls back to the container path, then the system temp directory. |
 
 ### Container and workspace mounts