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docs(memory): name the kagent lane's single-writer lease - #4938
The durable-memory guide (#4905) says a kagent run that cannot show it is the only writer of the lane store treats memory as UNKNOWN, stops and uploads nothing. It pointed at #4910 for the lease that would let a run show that, so until now every full run would stop at its memory step. devantler-tech/platform#6070 adds that lease to the run message and proves it in CI against the store's pinned rclone image.
What
The kagent paragraph in .claude/guides/durable-memory.md now names the lease:
What it is: an exclusive WebDAV LOCK on memory/ itself, taken before memory is read. A 423 means another run holds it; any other failure to take it is UNKNOWN.
Fencing: every write under memory/ carries the lease's token (If: (<token>)). The store itself refuses another run's writes, and refuses the former holder's writes after a store restart has freed its lease.
No reissued tokens: the store numbers tokens up from the second it started, and an UNLOCK checks only the token, so a restarted store could hand a token out again. A token is safe once it is at least 60 below a reply's Date in Unix seconds; that relies on node clocks agreeing within a minute. A run never uses or releases a token before it is safe: a lease taken moments after a store start waits for the store's clock, refreshes, and goes on only if the refresh still names it.
Uploads: after a refresh that names the run as the holder, it uploads one file at a time. A 412 or 423 means the run lost the lease.
Release: an UNLOCK only when every write under memory/ succeeded. A run never removes a lease it did not take.
Failure mode: a run that dies holding the lease stops every later run until the lane-store Deployment restarts: no run writes, rather than two. A stopped run's report is its kagent session.
The first version described a lock on a separate /lease file. Review found that it fenced nothing, and later that releasing a rejected token was unsafe, so both PRs moved to the fenced design that never releases a token before it is safe. This should merge together with or after devantler-tech/platform#6070.
merge-confirmation-read and merge-preflight-thread-gate failed only because my scratch clone's libraries/agent-plugins was behind the commit main pins. With the submodule at the pinned 25bc50c, both pass.
Re-run after the fenced rewrite: agent-instructions-layout-contract passes.
The durable-memory guide said a kagent run that cannot show it is the
only writer of the lane store stops, and pointed at #4910 for the lease
that would let it show that. It now names the lease: an exclusive WebDAV
LOCK on /lease taken before memory is read, refreshed before uploading,
and released last (devantler-tech/platform#6070). A refresh proves the
run still holds the lease only when it names the run as the holder,
because a store restart can hand an earlier run's token to a later run.
Refs #4910
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The guide now requires kagent runs to acquire an exclusive WebDAV lock on /lease before reading memory. It specifies how to handle lock acquisition failures, how to refresh and verify lease ownership before uploading, and when to release the lease. It also documents that a crashed lease holder blocks later runs until the lane-store Deployment restarts, and that transcripts and reports use runs/<UTC date>/.
devantler-tech/monorepo#4905 — This PR adds lease rules to the memory download and upload workflow documented in PR #4905.
Merge Risk: Low · previous review 86a4c
The guide describes a single-writer memory lease that can still be broken if the store restarts mid-run, letting a stale run overwrite memory or release another run's lease. The trigger is narrow and the change only documents the behavior, so it is mergeable with the owner aware of these limits.
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The description directly explains the documented WebDAV lease changes in .claude/guides/durable-memory.md, including lease acquisition, fencing, uploads, release behavior, failure handling, dependencies, and validation.
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Review comments at @.claude/guides/durable-memory.md:
- Line 73: Update the lease-release behavior described for run so a stale UNLOCK
cannot remove a lease acquired by a later run. Require release to atomically
verify the current holder, or ensure lease tokens cannot be reused across store
restarts; preserve the rule that a run never removes a lease it does not own.
- Around line 70-71: Update the durable-memory upload flow after lease refresh
so the store validates a fencing value tied to the current lease holder when
each upload commits. Ensure a restart or lease takeover invalidates the former
holder’s uploads at the store, rather than relying only on the earlier refresh
check; preserve the existing rule that a run is the writer only when refresh
succeeds and names it as holder.
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Timestamp: 2026-11-11T14:34:31.035Z
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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: 1
73-74: Stability & Availability
The referenced run message requires lease cleanup on the download-failure path. The claimed missing instruction is not established.
Review found that a lease on a separate /lease file fenced nothing. The
guide now matches devantler-tech/platform#6070: the lease is a LOCK on
memory/ itself, every write there carries its token so the store refuses
another run's writes and a former holder's after a restart, and a run
refuses a token that is not at least 10 below the lock reply's Date,
because only those can never be reissued after a restart. The run
uploads one file at a time and releases only when every write succeeded.
Refs #4910
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Review found that a run which rejected a reissuable token still released
it, and a stale UNLOCK can free another run's lease because the store
checks only the token. The guide now matches devantler-tech/platform#6070:
a token is safe once it is at least 60 below a reply's Date, which relies
on node clocks agreeing within a minute, and a run never releases one
before then. A lease taken moments after a store start waits for the
store's clock, refreshes, and goes on only if the refresh still names it.
Refs #4910
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Validation is now complete at c12b57564b15ce4843872f0b700f02713b6333bb: CI run 43046029121, attempt 2 finished successfully. The first attempt was cancelled; its failed aggregate reflected cancelled prerequisites rather than a demonstrated failure in the worktree-claim or Python-ban tests. The paginated current-head read contains all 246 check-runs: 154 successful, 91 skipped and one neutral. The required CI/admission/workflow gates pass; the native code-quality rule remains unverified on its read surface.
The existing Codex review covers this unchanged head, and both review threads are resolved. The merge-order requirement remains: platform #6070 is still open in the merge queue. This records completed validation, not a merge or live memory-lease acceptance.
This disclosed continuation also supersedes the earlier undisclosed automated review requests 6798627811, 6799831824, and 6799931914. Their original comments are preserved. This update makes no new review request.
Blocker:devantler-tech/platform#6070 | upstream | last-verified 2026-11-11: The required runtime PR remains open at 25c2a854 in merge-queue position 1 awaiting checks; this guide must land with or after it. CI attempt 2 and the existing Codex review pass at unchanged c12b575.
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Why
The durable-memory guide (#4905) says a kagent run that cannot show it is the only writer of the lane store treats memory as UNKNOWN, stops and uploads nothing. It pointed at #4910 for the lease that would let a run show that, so until now every full run would stop at its memory step. devantler-tech/platform#6070 adds that lease to the run message and proves it in CI against the store's pinned rclone image.
What
The kagent paragraph in
.claude/guides/durable-memory.mdnow names the lease:LOCKonmemory/itself, taken before memory is read. A423means another run holds it; any other failure to take it is UNKNOWN.memory/carries the lease's token (If: (<token>)). The store itself refuses another run's writes, and refuses the former holder's writes after a store restart has freed its lease.UNLOCKchecks only the token, so a restarted store could hand a token out again. A token is safe once it is at least 60 below a reply'sDatein Unix seconds; that relies on node clocks agreeing within a minute. A run never uses or releases a token before it is safe: a lease taken moments after a store start waits for the store's clock, refreshes, and goes on only if the refresh still names it.412or423means the run lost the lease.UNLOCKonly when every write undermemory/succeeded. A run never removes a lease it did not take.lane-storeDeployment restarts: no run writes, rather than two. A stopped run's report is its kagent session.The first version described a lock on a separate
/leasefile. Review found that it fenced nothing, and later that releasing a rejected token was unsafe, so both PRs moved to the fenced design that never releases a token before it is safe. This should merge together with or after devantler-tech/platform#6070.Validation
run-affected-tests.sh --base origin/mainselected 100 tests:merge-confirmation-readandmerge-preflight-thread-gatefailed only because my scratch clone'slibraries/agent-pluginswas behind the commitmainpins. With the submodule at the pinned25bc50c, both pass.Re-run after the fenced rewrite:
agent-instructions-layout-contractpasses.🤖 Generated with Claude Code