Fix: Better scheme guesses for Hermes addresses

[raphaelbarreiros]

What & why

Follow-up to the two non-blocking nits on #67.

• Dot-less hosts (nuc, hermes-box) now get http:// when typed without a scheme, like .local names. This is only a guess at the scheme. A single-label name can also resolve through a DHCP search domain, so it isn't trusted: the plain-http API key warning still shows for it, and the web UI can't sign in to it over http. For that, use the machine's LAN or Tailscale IP, or https.
• *.ts.net with an explicit port (myhost.tailnet.ts.net:8642) gets http://: tailscale serve answers https on 443, so a port means the Hermes server itself. Without a port it's still https://.
• Placeholders: both Hermes address fields now show hermes.example.com without the scheme, which matches what the error message teaches.

How it was tested

iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 27.2.

• Built and ran on a physical device (simulator can't do Bluetooth / on-device MLX)

• Verified the specific behavior this PR changes: testDotlessAndTailnetPortAddressesUsePlainHTTP covers:

  • a dot-less API address with a port
  • a *.ts.net address with a port
  • a dot-less host still warns and can't sign in over http
  • localhost stays trusted, and public hosts still warn

  Full suite on the device: 140 tests, 0 failures.

Checklist

• Code matches the style of the surrounding files (naming, comments, idioms)
• No secrets, API keys, or personal data committed
• Ran xcodegen generate if files were added/removed (no files added)
• Updated docs / README / CHANGELOG if behavior changed (no doc covers these guesses; CHANGELOG left for your release notes)

Breaking changes

None. Addresses typed with a scheme are unchanged, and the plain-http rules are the same as before.

Notes for reviewers

The only UI change is the placeholder text in the two address fields; no layout changes.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Improvements
  • Local and dot-less server addresses, along with port-qualified Tailnet addresses, now default to HTTP; other addresses default to HTTPS.
  • Updated the API server and web UI address placeholders to omit the URL scheme.

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Walkthrough

Hermes now defaults scheme-less local, dotless, and port-qualified *.ts.net addresses to HTTP. Other scheme-less addresses default to HTTPS. The settings placeholders omit the scheme. Tests cover address resolution and warning behavior.

Changes

Hermes Address Handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Address classification and scheme selection OpenVision/Services/AIBackend/HermesService.swift, OpenVision/Views/Settings/HermesSettingsView.swift, OpenVisionTests/HermesTests.swift	Scheme-less local, dotless, and port-qualified *.ts.net addresses use HTTP; other scheme-less addresses use HTTPS. The API server and web UI placeholders omit the scheme. Tests cover address resolution, dotless dashboard rejection, and warning behavior.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8dc78

The address changes preserve the stated scheme behavior, and tests cover both Tailnet cases. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8dc78

Dotless addresses receive an API-key warning and cannot use unencrypted dashboard sign-in. API-key connections remain warning-only. The inspected earlier revision already used HTTP for these addresses, but the intended comparison baseline is incomplete, so additional downgrade exposure cannot be confidently excluded.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — If an unprotected HTTP request is intercepted, exposed credentials could grant the authority of the configured Hermes API key, including server-side tools such as the terminal. Chat content and images can also be exposed. The evidenced scope is that configured server and key authority; broader tenant, host, or Tailnet compromise is not established.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — A network observer or attacker influencing resolution of a user-configured dotless name could obtain bearer credentials if the inferred HTTP request is permitted and lacks independent network protection. HTTP inference for dotless names predates head in the inspected parent, so this is a conditional existing exposure, not a verified PR-introduced vulnerability. Runtime transport restrictions and the intended PR baseline remain unverified.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The API-key warning is advisory: Test Connection is disabled for loading or empty fields, not unsafe HTTP. Dashboard normalization instead returns no URL for unencrypted remote hosts, blocking dotless HTTP. The changed test checks warning detection and dashboard rejection, not API request blocking.
• observed — The Tailnet exception is based on a hostname suffix in the inspected predicate, not verification of an authenticated network route. This exception and port-qualified HTTP inference already existed in the immediate parent; their exposure is not shown to have increased in head.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Consider requiring HTTPS or explicit informed consent before sending API credentials to untrusted HTTP addresses, enforced at request construction rather than only through a settings warning.

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Review comments at @OpenVision/Services/AIBackend/HermesService.swift:
- Line 177: Update HermesService.isUnencryptedRemote so dotless HTTP hostnames
other than localhost still trigger a warning, even if isLocalHost classifies
them as local; preserve the .ts.net exception and HTTP scheme selection for LAN
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[rayl15]

Both nits from #67 done, and the follow-up commit keeps the right line: the scheme is only a guess, trust (plain-http warning, no http sign-in) still comes from isLocalHost. Tests cover the dot-less, tailnet-with-port and still-warns cases. CI green. Merging.