Bug Description

Running hermes dashboard from the Docker image starts FastAPI on port 9119 but serves a broken SPA. hermes_cli/web_dist/ is empty in the image and the HTML loads references to /assets/index-<hash>.js that return 404.

Root cause: the upstream Dockerfile installs root-level npm dependencies (for Playwright) and the whatsapp-bridge bundle, but never runs npm install && npm run build inside web/, so the Vite output is never baked into the image.

Steps to Reproduce

docker build -t hermes-repro -f Dockerfile .
docker run --rm -p 9119:9119 hermes-repro hermes dashboard
curl -sI http://localhost:9119/assets/ | head -1   # -> 404

Expected Behavior

/assets/index-<hash>.js (and the rest of the Vite-built SPA) should be served by FastAPI — the dashboard should load cleanly.

Actual Behavior

HTTP 404 for /assets/* because hermes_cli/web_dist/ is empty inside the image.

Affected Component

Other (Docker image build)

Environment

• NousResearch/hermes-agent at tag v2026.4.16 (release v0.10.0)
• docker build -f Dockerfile . followed by docker run ... hermes dashboard
• Platform-independent (reproduced from any Docker host)

Fix

Add a RUN cd /opt/hermes/web && npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit && npm run build && npm cache clean --force step between the existing npm install block and the chown line. PR to follow.