Consolidated findings from three independent reviewers (Codex, Claude Code, a
Hermes subagent w/ the hermes-agent-dev skill):
- BLOCKING: refresh_agent_mcp_tools rebuilt only the registry subset, silently
dropping post-build-injected memory-provider (mem0/honcho/…) and context-
engine (lcm_*) tools on every refresh. Now additive-preserving: re-applies
the same injectors agent_init uses, staged on locals and published atomically.
- Re-injection now honors the #5544 enabled_toolsets gate for context-engine
tools, so a restricted-toolset platform can't get lcm_* leaked back in.
- Atomic read-diff-publish under one lock: the returned `added` set and the
(tools, valid_tool_names) pair are consistent even under concurrent callers
(no half-swap, no TOCTOU).
- background_review fork opts out (_skip_mcp_refresh) so its byte-identical
tools[] cache parity with the parent is preserved.
- CLI /reload-mcp routed through the shared helper (was a 4th divergent copy
with the same clobber bug + missing disabled_toolsets).
- Explicit reloads (TUI RPC + CLI) pass enabled_override so a server the user
just enabled in config this session is picked up; automatic paths reuse the
agent's build-time selection.
- mcp_discovery_timeout default 5.0 -> 1.5s: correctness now comes from the
between-turns refresh, so the startup wait is only a small turn-1 UX bump
rather than a heavy dead-server latency penalty.
- has_registered_mcp_tools checks registered TOOLS (not connected servers) so a
zero-tool/prompt-only server doesn't make the per-turn hook fire forever.
- Tests: rewrote the thread-safety test to actually exercise the write path
(alternating tool sets), added the #5544-gate regression, the memory/context
preservation regression, and a "callable next turn via valid_tool_names"
contract; removed a dead monkeypatch line.