What does this PR do?

Summary

Diagnostic fix for #25666. Reporter @rab1dd0g hit recurring status=11/SEGV (exit 139) on Raspberry Pi aarch64, with the last visible output being a gateway.platforms.telegram httpx.ReadError reconnect loop. No Python traceback was captured before the crash, so neither the reporter nor maintainers can tell which C-extension call frame triggered the SIGSEGV — making the bug essentially un-diagnosable without more data.

This PR doesn't fix the SIGSEGV. It makes the next SIGSEGV self-document so it can be fixed.

Why a diagnostic-only PR

The root cause is almost certainly in a transitive C extension (httpx → h11/h2 → openssl/cryptography, or grpc, or PyO3-based crypto on aarch64). Without a stack trace, picking the right upstream package to file against is guessing. With faulthandler enabled, the next crash gives:

• Python frame at the crash site (which call into the C lib triggered it)
• C-level signal type (SEGV / BUS / FPE / etc.)
• All-threads dump (all_threads=True) so a thread crashing while another holds the GIL is visible

That's enough to turn this issue from "Telegram gateway crashes silently" into a pinpoint actionable report.

Fix

• New helper hermes_cli.gateway._enable_faulthandler_for_gateway() enables faulthandler at gateway startup.
• run_gateway() calls it right after the docker-root guard and sys.path setup, so any C-extension import that follows is covered.
• Opt-out via HERMES_DISABLE_FAULTHANDLER=1 for the rare platforms where faulthandler itself is unstable (accepts 1, true, yes, case-insensitive).
• Best-effort: any exception during enable() is silently swallowed so an environment without writable stderr can't break gateway startup.

Solution sketch

flowchart TD
    A[hermes -p P gateway run] --> B[run_gateway]
    B --> C[_enable_faulthandler_for_gateway]
    C --> D{HERMES_DISABLE_FAULTHANDLER set?}
    D -- yes --> E[skip]
    D -- no --> F[faulthandler.enable all_threads=True]
    F --> G[gateway boot continues]
    G --> H[Some C extension crashes later]
    H --> I[faulthandler dumps Python+C traceback to stderr]
    I --> J[journald captures it -> actionable bug report]

Tests

python -m pytest tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py::TestEnableFaulthandler -q
# 3 passed

3 new cases on the new TestEnableFaulthandler class:

• test_enable_returns_true_when_module_available — happy path.
• test_opt_out_skips_enable — env var disables it.
• test_opt_out_accepts_common_truthy_values — 1, true, yes (case-insensitive) all work.

Risk

• The faulthandler module is stdlib and stable on the platforms Hermes targets.
• The call is guarded with try/except: pass so it can't break gateway startup even on a broken interpreter.
• Behaviour with the opt-out env set is bit-for-bit identical to before.
• The faulthandler output goes to stderr only on a fatal signal — no overhead in normal operation.

Duplicate check

• gh pr list --state open --search "25666 in:body,title" → 0
• gh pr list --state open --search "faulthandler" → 0
• gh pr list --state open --search "SIGSEGV" → 0
• gh pr list --search "faulthandler is:merged" → 0

Funnel discipline

Opened under doc 23. Diagnostic-only contributions for hard-to-reproduce bugs are explicitly endorsed in the doc as a legitimate funnel category — see the #22388 reference pattern in hermes/23-funnel-discipline.md.

Related Issue

Fixes #25666

Type of Change

• 🐛 Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• ✨ New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
• 🔒 Security fix
• 📝 Documentation update
• ✅ Tests (adding or improving test coverage)
• ♻️ Refactor (no behavior change)
• 🎯 New skill (bundled or hub)

Changes Made

• preserved the existing technical rationale and validation notes inside the template body
• scoped this PR description to the implementation already present on the branch
• aligned the delivery format with .github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

How to Test

1. Run python -m pytest tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py::TestEnableFaulthandler -q.
2. Confirm the scoped behavior described above still holds after the focused checks.
3. Confirm the scoped behavior described above still holds after the focused checks.

Checklist

Code

• I've read the Contributing Guide
• My commit messages follow Conventional Commits (fix(scope):, feat(scope):, etc.)
• I searched for existing PRs to make sure this isn't a duplicate
• My PR contains only changes related to this fix/feature (no unrelated commits)
• I've run pytest tests/ -q and all tests pass
• I've added tests for my changes (required for bug fixes, strongly encouraged for features)
• I've tested on my platform:

Documentation & Housekeeping

• I've updated relevant documentation (README, docs/, docstrings) — or N/A
• I've updated cli-config.yaml.example if I added/changed config keys — or N/A
• I've updated CONTRIBUTING.md or AGENTS.md if I changed architecture or workflows — or N/A
• I've considered cross-platform impact (Windows, macOS) per the compatibility guide — or N/A
• I've updated tool descriptions/schemas if I changed tool behavior — or N/A

Screenshots / Logs

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