From a4b4e583f2a551332d8beba76b1601c0f1aacc9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: twentyOne2x <contact@attn.market>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:39:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Run GCP Cory replay with Hermes Python

---
 scripts/run_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 tests/test_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py  | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/run_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py b/scripts/run_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py
index 7b3abdc..190074b 100644
--- a/scripts/run_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py
+++ b/scripts/run_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from typing import Any
 
+GCP_HERMES_PYTHON = Path("/home/teleo/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python")
+
+
+def should_reexec_in_hermes(current_python: Path, target_python: Path = GCP_HERMES_PYTHON) -> bool:
+    return target_python.is_file() and current_python.resolve() != target_python.resolve()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__" and should_reexec_in_hermes(Path(sys.executable)):
+    os.execv(
+        str(GCP_HERMES_PYTHON),
+        [str(GCP_HERMES_PYTHON), str(Path(__file__).resolve()), *sys.argv[1:]],
+    )
+
 HERE = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 sys.path.insert(0, str(HERE))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py b/tests/test_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py
index 59684df..4b3913d 100644
--- a/tests/test_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py
+++ b/tests/test_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 
 from scripts.run_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite import (
+    GCP_HERMES_PYTHON,
     REVIEWED_CLOUDSQL_TOOL_SHA256,
     REVIEWED_MANIFEST_SQL_SHA256,
     audit_structured_count_readbacks,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ from scripts.run_gcp_generated_db_direct_claim_suite import (
     direct_prompts,
     normalize_database_manifest_rows,
     run_suite,
+    should_reexec_in_hermes,
     validate_database_identity,
     validate_parity_receipt,
 )
@@ -36,6 +38,17 @@ def test_direct_prompt_catalog_is_the_exact_six_case_suite() -> None:
     validate_read_only_bridge_argv(["list-proposals", "--status", "rejected"])
 
 
+def test_gcp_runner_reexecs_from_system_python_into_hermes_venv(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    system_python = tmp_path / "system-python"
+    hermes_python = tmp_path / "hermes-python"
+    system_python.touch()
+    hermes_python.touch()
+
+    assert should_reexec_in_hermes(system_python, hermes_python) is True
+    assert should_reexec_in_hermes(hermes_python, hermes_python) is False
+    assert str(GCP_HERMES_PYTHON) == "/home/teleo/.hermes/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python"
+
+
 def test_structured_count_readback_audit_rejects_plausible_but_false_counts() -> None:
     status = {
         "high_signal_rows": {