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Problem

When the user's shell has set,

hermes-agent@1.0.0 postinstall
echo '✅ Browser tools ready. Run: python run_agent.py --help'

✅ Browser tools ready. Run: python run_agent.py --help

added 204 packages, and audited 205 packages in 11s

38 packages are looking for funding
run npm fund for details

found 0 vulnerabilities silently skips . This causes the subsequent to fail with because is listed under in .

Changes

  • now accepts an optional HERMES_GATEWAY_SESSION=1
    HERMES_TUI_ACTIVE_SESSION_FILE=/var/folders/05/1pwjb5lj7v78vs92q06ch61m0000gn/T/hermes-tui-active-session-_4z9e2z4.json
    TERMINAL_PERSISTENT_SHELL=True
    TERMINAL_CONTAINER_CPU=1
    TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
    BROWSER_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT=120
    X_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=herems
    TERM=xterm-256color
    SHELL=/bin/zsh
    HERMES_PYTHON=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python3
    HERMES_MAX_ITERATIONS=90
    TERMINAL_LIFETIME_SECONDS=300
    TMPDIR=/var/folders/05/1pwjb5lj7v78vs92q06ch61m0000gn/T/
    HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY=/opt/homebrew
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=466
    TERMINAL_DOCKER_VOLUMES=[]
    HERMES_QUIET=1
    NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 --expose-gc
    FPATH=/opt/homebrew/share/zsh/site-functions:/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions:/usr/share/zsh/site-functions:/usr/share/zsh/5.9/functions
    OLDPWD=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent
    TERMINAL_ENV=local
    VISION_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
    MOA_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
    TERM_SESSION_ID=887D8927-F1A8-4ACA-A21A-9D4A9CE6DE9C
    TERMINAL_CONTAINER_PERSISTENT=True
    USER=drewolson
    WEB_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
    HERMES_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent
    X_ACCESS_TOKEN=stop
    SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.P0lYXVupxS/Listeners
    IMAGE_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
    __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x0
    TERMINAL_SINGULARITY_IMAGE=docker://nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
    PATH=/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/pmk/env/global/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/Users/drewolson/.local/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/node@22/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin
    HERMES_REDACT_SECRETS=true
    BROWSERBASE_ADVANCED_STEALTH=false
    __CFBundleIdentifier=com.apple.Terminal
    TERMINAL_DAYTONA_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
    HERMES_CWD=/Users/drewolson
    PWD=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent
    TERMINAL_DOCKER_MOUNT_CWD_TO_WORKSPACE=False
    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    HERMES_INTERACTIVE=1
    XPC_FLAGS=0x0
    NODE_ENV=production
    TERMINAL_TIMEOUT=60
    TERMINAL_MODAL_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
    TERMINAL_DOCKER_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
    TERMINAL_CONTAINER_MEMORY=5120
    TERMINAL_CWD=/Users/drewolson
    XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0
    HOME=/Users/drewolson
    SHLVL=3
    HOMEBREW_PREFIX=/opt/homebrew
    PYTHONPATH=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent
    LOGNAME=drewolson
    BROWSERBASE_PROXIES=true
    TERMINAL_DOCKER_FORWARD_ENV=[]
    BROWSER_SESSION_TIMEOUT=300
    HOMEBREW_CELLAR=/opt/homebrew/Cellar
    INFOPATH=/opt/homebrew/share/info:
    OSLogRateLimit=64
    TERMINAL_CONTAINER_DISK=51200
    HERMES_EXEC_ASK=1
    X_BEARER_TOKEN=skip
    COLORTERM=truecolor
    _=/usr/bin/env parameter and passes it through to
  • creates a with and passes it to both the npm install and npm run build steps

Testing

  • Verified on a system with in the shell environment
  • Web UI now builds successfully: 2060 modules transformed, 1.6MB JS bundle

Closes: users who see during ⚕ Updating Hermes Agent...

→ Fetching updates...
⚠ Currently on branch 'fix/node-env-web-ui-build' — switching to main for update...
✓ Already up to date! when running in production-oriented shell environments.

fix(web-ui): force NODE_ENV=development during npm install/build
d291536 
When the user's shell has NODE_ENV=production set (common in
containerized or production-oriented environments),
> hermes-agent@1.0.0 postinstall
> echo '✅ Browser tools ready. Run: python run_agent.py --help'

✅ Browser tools ready. Run: python run_agent.py --help

added 204 packages, and audited 205 packages in 10s

38 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 0 vulnerabilities silently
skips devDependencies. This causes the subsequent  to fail with
'tsc: command not found' because TypeScript is a devDependency.

Changes:
- _run_npm_install_deterministic now accepts an optional HERMES_GATEWAY_SESSION=1
HERMES_TUI_ACTIVE_SESSION_FILE=/var/folders/05/1pwjb5lj7v78vs92q06ch61m0000gn/T/hermes-tui-active-session-_4z9e2z4.json
TERMINAL_PERSISTENT_SHELL=True
TERMINAL_CONTAINER_CPU=1
TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
BROWSER_INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT=120
X_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET=herems
TERM=xterm-256color
SHELL=/bin/zsh
HERMES_PYTHON=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python3
HERMES_MAX_ITERATIONS=90
TERMINAL_LIFETIME_SECONDS=300
TMPDIR=/var/folders/05/1pwjb5lj7v78vs92q06ch61m0000gn/T/
HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY=/opt/homebrew
TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=466
TERMINAL_DOCKER_VOLUMES=[]
HERMES_QUIET=1
NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 --expose-gc
FPATH=/opt/homebrew/share/zsh/site-functions:/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions:/usr/share/zsh/site-functions:/usr/share/zsh/5.9/functions
OLDPWD=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent
TERMINAL_ENV=local
VISION_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
MOA_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
TERM_SESSION_ID=887D8927-F1A8-4ACA-A21A-9D4A9CE6DE9C
TERMINAL_CONTAINER_PERSISTENT=True
USER=drewolson
WEB_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
HERMES_PYTHON_SRC_ROOT=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent
X_ACCESS_TOKEN=stop
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.P0lYXVupxS/Listeners
IMAGE_TOOLS_DEBUG=false
__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x0
TERMINAL_SINGULARITY_IMAGE=docker://nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/opt/pmk/env/global/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/Users/drewolson/.local/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/node@22/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin
HERMES_REDACT_SECRETS=true
BROWSERBASE_ADVANCED_STEALTH=false
__CFBundleIdentifier=com.apple.Terminal
TERMINAL_DAYTONA_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
HERMES_CWD=/Users/drewolson
PWD=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent
TERMINAL_DOCKER_MOUNT_CWD_TO_WORKSPACE=False
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
HERMES_INTERACTIVE=1
XPC_FLAGS=0x0
NODE_ENV=production
TERMINAL_TIMEOUT=60
TERMINAL_MODAL_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
TERMINAL_DOCKER_IMAGE=nikolaik/python-nodejs:python3.11-nodejs20
TERMINAL_CONTAINER_MEMORY=5120
TERMINAL_CWD=/Users/drewolson
XPC_SERVICE_NAME=0
HOME=/Users/drewolson
SHLVL=3
HOMEBREW_PREFIX=/opt/homebrew
PYTHONPATH=/Users/drewolson/.hermes/hermes-agent
LOGNAME=drewolson
BROWSERBASE_PROXIES=true
TERMINAL_DOCKER_FORWARD_ENV=[]
BROWSER_SESSION_TIMEOUT=300
HOMEBREW_CELLAR=/opt/homebrew/Cellar
INFOPATH=/opt/homebrew/share/info:
OSLogRateLimit=64
TERMINAL_CONTAINER_DISK=51200
HERMES_EXEC_ASK=1
X_BEARER_TOKEN=skip
COLORTERM=truecolor
_=/usr/bin/env param
- _build_web_ui creates a build_env with NODE_ENV=development and
  passes it to both npm install and npm run build

Fixes: users no longer see 'Web UI build failed' when NODE_ENV=production
@alt-glitch alt-glitch added type/bug Something isn't working P2 Medium — degraded but workaround exists comp/cli CLI entry point, hermes_cli/, setup wizard labels May 2, 2026
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Likely duplicate of #17906 — same root cause: NODE_ENV=production leaking into npm install causes devDependencies to be skipped, breaking web UI build.

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Likely duplicate of #17906 — same root cause: NODE_ENV=production leaking into npm install causes devDependencies to be skipped, breaking web UI build.

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