strix/tests/test_agent_factory_shell.py
Alex Schapiro 6b9318ae07 perf(shell): raise default yield times so agents stop polling backgrounded shells
The SDK yields after only 250ms on a `write_stdin` poll and 10s on `exec_command`, so agents burn many turns re-polling a backgrounded process for almost no output. Each poll costs a full LLM turn, which makes even trivial commands take minutes of wall time.

Raise the defaults in the existing `exec_command` / `write_stdin` wrappers:

- an empty-`chars` `write_stdin` (a poll, not input) yields 20s instead of 250ms, so one poll returns a meaningful result
- `exec_command` yields 30s by default, and 120s for known long-running security binaries matched on the leading binary of the command
- a bare `sleep N` hand-wait is clamped to 60s and annotated with a hint pointing at `write_stdin(chars="")`, which returns as soon as there is output or the process exits

Every override is skipped when the model passes `yield_time_ms` explicitly, and the new values are configurable through `STRIX_SHELL_*` env vars. Command parsing fails open: an unparsable command just gets the plain default, and a `sleep` inside a compound command is never rewritten.
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"""Tests for the shell tool adapters in the agent factory."""
from __future__ import annotations
import json
from types import SimpleNamespace
from typing import Any, cast
import pytest
from agents.tool import CustomTool, FunctionTool
from strix.agents import factory
from strix.config import load_settings
def _capturing_exec_tool(captured: dict[str, str]) -> FunctionTool:
async def invoke(_ctx: Any, raw_input: str) -> str:
captured["raw_input"] = raw_input
return "ok"
return FunctionTool(
name="exec_command",
description="test tool",
params_json_schema={"type": "object", "properties": {}},
on_invoke_tool=invoke,
)
def _capturing_write_stdin_tool(captured: dict[str, str]) -> FunctionTool:
async def invoke(_ctx: Any, raw_input: str) -> str:
captured["raw_input"] = raw_input
return "ok"
return FunctionTool(
name="write_stdin",
description="test tool",
params_json_schema={"type": "object", "properties": {}},
on_invoke_tool=invoke,
)
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_defaults_shell_to_bash() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
result = await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": "source /tmp/env"}))
assert result == "ok"
parsed = json.loads(captured["raw_input"])
assert parsed["cmd"] == "source /tmp/env"
assert parsed["shell"] == "bash"
expected_cap = load_settings().context.tool_output_max_tokens
assert parsed["max_output_tokens"] == expected_cap
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_preserves_smaller_explicit_output_cap() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(
cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": "echo hi", "max_output_tokens": 42})
)
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["max_output_tokens"] == 42
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_clamps_oversized_explicit_output_cap() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
ceiling = load_settings().context.tool_output_max_tokens
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(
cast("Any", None),
json.dumps({"cmd": "echo hi", "max_output_tokens": ceiling * 100}),
)
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["max_output_tokens"] == ceiling
@pytest.mark.asyncio
@pytest.mark.parametrize("shell", ["/bin/zsh", ""])
async def test_wrap_exec_command_preserves_explicit_shell(shell: str) -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(
cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": "echo test", "shell": shell})
)
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["shell"] == shell
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_responses_filesystem_custom_tool_output_is_bounded() -> None:
async def invoke(_ctx: Any, _inp: str) -> str:
return "line\n" * 50_000
toolset = SimpleNamespace(
read_file=CustomTool(name="read_file", description="read", on_invoke_tool=invoke)
)
factory._configure_filesystem_tools(toolset, chat_completions=False)
assert isinstance(toolset.read_file, CustomTool)
result = await toolset.read_file.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), "{}")
assert "truncated" in result
assert len(result) < len("line\n" * 50_000)
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_chat_completions_filesystem_custom_tool_becomes_function_tool() -> None:
async def invoke(_ctx: Any, _inp: str) -> str:
return "ok"
toolset = SimpleNamespace(
read_file=CustomTool(name="read_file", description="read", on_invoke_tool=invoke)
)
factory._configure_filesystem_tools(toolset, chat_completions=True)
assert isinstance(toolset.read_file, FunctionTool)
def test_function_tools_are_result_bounded() -> None:
agent = factory.build_strix_agent(is_root=True)
by_name = {t.name: t for t in agent.tools}
assert getattr(by_name["think"], "_strix_bounded", False) is True
# --- yield-time defaults: exec_command --------------------------------------
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_raises_default_yield_when_omitted() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": "echo ok"}))
expected = load_settings().shell_tools.exec_yield_ms
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["yield_time_ms"] == expected
@pytest.mark.asyncio
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"cmd",
["nmap -sV example.com", "sudo nmap -sV example.com", "PROXY=1 ffuf -u http://x"],
)
async def test_wrap_exec_command_uses_long_yield_for_known_binaries(cmd: str) -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": cmd}))
expected = load_settings().shell_tools.exec_long_yield_ms
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["yield_time_ms"] == expected
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_preserves_explicit_yield() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(
cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": "nmap example.com", "yield_time_ms": 500})
)
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["yield_time_ms"] == 500
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_unparsable_command_uses_plain_default() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": 'nmap "unterminated'}))
expected = load_settings().shell_tools.exec_yield_ms
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["yield_time_ms"] == expected
# --- sleep guard -------------------------------------------------------------
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_caps_absurd_sleep_and_hints() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
cap = load_settings().shell_tools.max_sleep_seconds
result = await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": "sleep 3600"}))
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["cmd"] == f"sleep {cap}"
assert isinstance(result, str)
assert "write_stdin" in result
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_short_sleep_kept_but_hinted() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
result = await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": "sleep 5"}))
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["cmd"] == "sleep 5"
assert isinstance(result, str)
assert "write_stdin" in result
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_leaves_compound_sleep_untouched() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
result = await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(
cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"cmd": "sleep 3600 && curl http://x"})
)
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["cmd"] == "sleep 3600 && curl http://x"
assert result == "ok"
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_exec_command_malformed_input_passes_through() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_exec_command(_capturing_exec_tool(captured))
assert await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), "not json") == "ok"
assert captured["raw_input"] == "not json"
# --- yield-time defaults: write_stdin ---------------------------------------
@pytest.mark.asyncio
@pytest.mark.parametrize("payload", [{"session_id": 1}, {"session_id": 1, "chars": ""}])
async def test_wrap_write_stdin_empty_poll_gets_raised_default(payload: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_write_stdin(_capturing_write_stdin_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), json.dumps(payload))
expected = load_settings().shell_tools.write_stdin_poll_yield_ms
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["yield_time_ms"] == expected
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_write_stdin_empty_poll_preserves_explicit_yield() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_write_stdin(_capturing_write_stdin_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(
cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"session_id": 1, "chars": "", "yield_time_ms": 250})
)
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["yield_time_ms"] == 250
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_write_stdin_non_empty_chars_keeps_snappy() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_write_stdin(_capturing_write_stdin_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(
cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"session_id": 1, "chars": "print(1)\\n"})
)
parsed = json.loads(captured["raw_input"])
assert "yield_time_ms" not in parsed
assert parsed["chars"] == "print(1)\n"
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_write_stdin_non_empty_chars_preserves_explicit_yield() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_write_stdin(_capturing_write_stdin_tool(captured))
await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(
cast("Any", None), json.dumps({"session_id": 1, "chars": "y\\n", "yield_time_ms": 100})
)
assert json.loads(captured["raw_input"])["yield_time_ms"] == 100
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_wrap_write_stdin_malformed_input_passes_through() -> None:
captured: dict[str, str] = {}
wrapped = factory._wrap_write_stdin(_capturing_write_stdin_tool(captured))
assert await wrapped.on_invoke_tool(cast("Any", None), "not json") == "ok"
assert captured["raw_input"] == "not json"