hermes-mobile/docs/ROADMAP.md

Hermes Mobile Beta Roadmap

Current Milestone: Native Android Direct Gateway Contract

Status: in progress. Android foundation work is complete, and the beta path now targets a remote upstream Hermes Agent gateway/API server directly. The legacy apps/companion server is compatibility-only and not required for future Android releases.

Done:

• Native Kotlin/Compose Android shell replaces the web-first mobile path for the beta surface.
• Android connection flow stores a gateway URL and bearer token locally, validates URL/auth state, and surfaces offline/unauthorized/retry states in-app.
• Chat UI supports conversation list/thread navigation, native composer, busy state, selectable replies, error bubbles, and new-chat reset.
• Direct gateway compatibility contract is documented in docs/DIRECT_GATEWAY_ARCHITECTURE.md.
• Legacy companion chat, terminal, and file utilities remain in the repo during migration but are not the target architecture.
• Local build artifacts, Android transient build output, .gradle-user/, and .dev/ are ignored.
• Companion and workspace TypeScript typecheck, build, and lint pass as of 2026-07-24.

Remaining for beta:

• Android debug build validation passed on 2026-07-24: GRADLE_USER_HOME=/root/hermes-mobile/.gradle-user ./gradlew :app:assembleDebug from apps/mobile/android.
• Exercise a real device or emulator against a running upstream Hermes gateway/API server.
• Verify direct gateway behavior end to end: bearer auth, GET /health, GET /v1/models, chat request/response, session continuity expectations, streamed/final output handling, and failure recovery.
• Verify or revise provisional session, streaming, tool-event, artifact, and cancellation route assumptions against official upstream docs.
• Add or run focused Android UI validation for chat/settings flows on small and large screens.
• Confirm adaptive accessibility: font scaling, TalkBack labels, contrast, keyboard/IME behavior, and reduced-motion tolerance.
• Document beta install/run steps after the native build is verified.

Beta Release Criteria

• Native Kotlin/Compose Android app is the shipped beta client.
• No WebView, Capacitor runtime dependency, fake backend, embedded secrets, or new external infrastructure is introduced for beta.
• Direct gateway transport and auth are exercised against the upstream Hermes gateway/API server.
• Chat/session/streaming behavior is exercised with Hermes, including success, unauthorized, timeout, server error, malformed response, and stream interruption cases.
• Settings connection flow is reliable: save, validate, health, Hermes test, offline/unauthorized states, and recovery are clear.
• Adaptive accessibility passes on target Android devices or emulators.
• Required checks pass: ./gradlew :app:testDebugUnitTest :app:assembleDebug from apps/mobile/android and relevant source lint.
• Release notes clearly list remaining known beta limitations.