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docs(contract): keep the kagent lane's memory in its in-cluster store - #4905
Every scheduled kagent run starts in a fresh sandbox, so the lane's native memory can't live where Claude Code would normally keep it (#4869: "The lane's native memory persists across runs in its own store"). On 2026-11-10 the maintainer chose in-cluster storage. devantler-tech/platform#6014 builds it: a lane-store WebDAV server that the sandbox reaches only through Substrate's egress gateway, with a read-only view the maintainer and the Agent Improver read through the Kubernetes API.
What
The durable-memory guide gains a paragraph next to the per-lane memory rules. It covers:
Where: the kagent lane's native memory is the store's memory/.
Start of run: before reading memory, a run downloads it into a local directory and treats that as a legacy-layout store, so pre-flight runs memory-hygiene.sh --layout legacy --dir <that directory>.
End of run: before stopping, however the run ended, it uploads the directory back and leaves its transcript and report under runs/<UTC date>/.
Fail-closed rule: only a 404 for memory/ means a first run. An unreachable store or any other failure is UNKNOWN, so the run stops rather than starting empty.
Reader path: the read-only kubectl get --raw …/services/lane-store-reader/proxy/<path> that the maintainer and the Improver use.
This should merge once platform#6014 is deployed. The full run message that follows these rules is the next platform PR.
Validation
run-affected-tests.sh selected 96 tests:
94 passed.
worktree-claim and python-ban-guard hit the 300 s per-script deadline under load. Run alone, they passed: 399 checks in 270 s, and all cases in 196 s.
Every kagent run starts in a fresh sandbox, so the lane's native memory
lives in the lane-store WebDAV server (devantler-tech/platform#6014): a
run downloads memory/ before reading memory, treats it as a legacy-layout
store, uploads it back before stopping, and leaves its transcript and
report under runs/. Only a 404 means a first run; any other failure is
UNKNOWN. The Improver reads the store through the API server's proxy.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Walkthrough
The guide documents kagent’s memory workflow for fresh-sandbox runs. It describes downloading memory/ through Substrate’s egress gateway, first-run and failure handling, legacy-layout memory hygiene, and uploading memory and run artifacts. It also documents read-only Kubernetes API access for the maintainer and Agent Improver.
This change only documents how the kagent lane stores and recovers its memory, and it adds no runtime behavior. The failure-handling rules a prior review asked for are now in the guide. Upload semantics will be defined in the follow-up platform change and should be checked there.
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Timestamp: 2026-11-10T20:47:14.161Z
Learning: Applicability reference:
AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech monorepo
## The Agentic Engineer
### Durable memory — your native memory + the run report
Store paths, ledgers and the sibling cross-read: [durable memory guide](.claude/guides/durable-memory.md).
AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech monorepo
## Agent guides
| Guide | Sections | Read it before |
|---|---|---|
| [durable-memory](.claude/guides/durable-memory.md) | Durable memory | reading or writing memory |
Source excerpt:
# Durable memory and the run report
## Durable memory — your native memory + the run report
There are **no** per-repo "Monthly Activity" issues and **no** version-controlled status board (a
dashboard file only duplicated GitHub, went stale between runs, and cost a bookkeeping PR every run).
The bespoke `state.json` that briefly replaced it is **also retired** — it was a custom re-implementation
of a capability the runtime already provides. Durable memory is now one native store plus a surfacing
s...
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.claude/guides/durable-memory.md: 3
68-68: Data Integrity & Integration
The documented upload example does not establish how the planned run message will upload memory or handle a failed upload. The claimed mixed-snapshot path is therefore unsupported.
68-68: Data Integrity & Integration
The inspected sources do not establish that the planned upload leaves deleted files in the store. The single-file example does not define how the run will synchronize the directory.
62-63: Stability & Availability
The guard requires a local directory, but the inspected workflow does not establish that the planned downloader leaves it missing. The proposed first-run failure is not supported.
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Review comments at @.claude/guides/durable-memory.md:
- Line 63: Update the durable-memory workflow description to require protection
against overlapping runs: use a single-writer guard or conditional remote writes
with conflict handling so concurrent updates cannot overwrite one another. Do
not treat re-reading the local copy as sufficient protection.
- Around line 62-63: Update the memory upload flow documented around
`memory-hygiene.sh` so it uploads only after a successful download or a
confirmed 404 indicating a first run. Skip the upload after any other download
failure, including a mid-file failure, to avoid replacing remote data with an
incomplete local copy.
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Learning: Applicability reference:
AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech monorepo
## The Agentic Engineer
### Durable memory — your native memory + the run report
Store paths, ledgers and the sibling cross-read: [durable memory guide](.claude/guides/durable-memory.md).
AGENTS.md: # AGENTS.md — devantler-tech monorepo
## Agent guides
| Guide | Sections | Read it before |
|---|---|---|
| [durable-memory](.claude/guides/durable-memory.md) | Durable memory | reading or writing memory |
Source excerpt:
# Durable memory and the run report
## Durable memory — your native memory + the run report
There are **no** per-repo "Monthly Activity" issues and **no** version-controlled status board (a
dashboard file only duplicated GitHub, went stale between runs, and cost a bookkeeping PR every run).
The bespoke `state.json` that briefly replaced it is **also retired** — it was a custom re-implementation
of a capability the runtime already provides. Durable memory is now one native store plus a surfacing
s...
Additional comments: 1
.claude/guides/durable-memory.md: 1
63-64: Security & Privacy
The guide does not require raw transcript export. The inspected sources do not establish that the export path sends transcripts without redaction, so the claimed secret persistence is unsupported.
…one writer at a time
Answers both CodeRabbit findings at b1e630b: a failed or partial download
now uploads nothing, and a run that cannot show it is the only writer treats
memory as UNKNOWN; the single-writer lease is tracked in #4910.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Readiness check at b077959221: CI green, both review threads resolved, CodeRabbit green on this head (summary refreshed 20:54Z), docs-only change read through as a lane operator.
Holding promotion on one ordering point: the paragraph describes the lane-store server as existing, and devantler-tech/platform#6014, which builds it, is still in the platform merge queue. Merging this first would put a store in the contract that the cluster does not have yet. Next step: once platform#6014 shows MERGED, re-check this head and its threads, promote, and merge with --match-head-commit.
Cleared 2026-11-11: Platform #6014 merged at 7b6c0c4a and its added store deployment is available at its current generation with the reviewed image; Flux reconciliation is Ready. The upstream prerequisite is delivered. Current-head CI, review and the documented reader path remain this draft own delivery work.
Previous record (historical):
> 🤖 Generated by the Agentic Engineer
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**Blocker:** devantler-tech/platform#6014 | upstream | last-verified 2026-11-11: Platform #6014 is still open in the merge queue. Keep this draft until the lane store is merged and deployed; then recheck this head, review, CI and the documented reader path before promotion.
Promotion check at b077959221b90404b81af29c46e066e16e559e67: the blocker record shows platform#6014 merged and its store deployed; CI is green at this head (81 successful, 44 skipped), both review threads are resolved, the CodeRabbit summary refreshed onto this head after the 20:45Z request reads green with a completed (not refused) acknowledgement, the branch is clean against main, and no maintainer comment on this PR asks for anything further. The change is a documentation paragraph; I read it as a lane operator would and it matches the deployed store. Promoting and merging at this head.
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Why
Every scheduled kagent run starts in a fresh sandbox, so the lane's native memory can't live where Claude Code would normally keep it (#4869: "The lane's native memory persists across runs in its own store"). On 2026-11-10 the maintainer chose in-cluster storage. devantler-tech/platform#6014 builds it: a
lane-storeWebDAV server that the sandbox reaches only through Substrate's egress gateway, with a read-only view the maintainer and the Agent Improver read through the Kubernetes API.What
The durable-memory guide gains a paragraph next to the per-lane memory rules. It covers:
memory/.memory-hygiene.sh --layout legacy --dir <that directory>.runs/<UTC date>/.404formemory/means a first run. An unreachable store or any other failure is UNKNOWN, so the run stops rather than starting empty.kubectl get --raw …/services/lane-store-reader/proxy/<path>that the maintainer and the Improver use.This should merge once platform#6014 is deployed. The full run message that follows these rules is the next platform PR.
Validation
run-affected-tests.shselected 96 tests:worktree-claimandpython-ban-guardhit the 300 s per-script deadline under load. Run alone, they passed: 399 checks in 270 s, and all cases in 196 s.🤖 Generated with Claude Code