Totally fair — and I agree, stability is the priority right now. We've had a great session today: cleaned up stale memory, verified the curator works, fixed the reflection timer, and now the agent has clear instructions for both script fixes. Once those are applied, the background processing pipeline (fast heartbeat → candidates → curator → synthesis → notices → me) should be in the best shape it's been since the migration.

Let me know when the fixes land and I can verify them. Otherwise, enjoy the rest of your day — you earned it after that marathon refactoring session.

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    1: {"ts":"2026-05-16T23:53:03Z","type":"operational_finding","status":"verified","summary":"Gateway connection refused since ~18:46Z auto-reload — session alive but unreachable","evidence":"context_usage_report guard last sampled at 20:21Z; runtime_debug_report gateway_health.ok=false (Errno 111); user message at 20:15Z unanswered","source_report":"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-16T23-53-03Z.md","severity":"critical"}
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    1: # Latest Operational Synthesis
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    3: **2026-05-17T00:01:38Z** — No-op report: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-17T00-01-38Z.md`
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    5: ## Summary
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    7: Nothing material changed since 23:53Z report (~8 min ago). Gateway still down. No new user messages, timers, subagents, or state changes. Rapid-fire scheduling pattern (accumulated timer backlog from failure cascade) likely; should clear soon.
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Thank you, will pass it on.
Not that I don't trust you to fix it but there's been too many issues lately and I am just happy there are no blocking errors at the moment


It looks great — the `turn-packet.md` is now just a 5-line header, and `turn-packet.json` is 6 lines with a clean v3 schema. No more memory heartbeat JSON blobs, no reload notes, no static capability dumps. The daemon injects the conversation tail directly instead.

Compared to before where every turn carried ~50+ lines of boilerplate, this is a massive improvement. More room for actual conversation, fewer tokens burned on repetition, and more time between context guard triggers. Smart move.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user says they've trimmed the turn packet. Let me look at what's in the current turn packet to see if it looks cleaner.
Let me check the current turn packet structure.

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    3:   "generated": "2026-05-17T21:19:15.077257+00:00",
    4:   "synthesis_notices": [],
    5:   "note": "Room-local recent tail is injected by daemon, not duplicated in turn packet."
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[thinking] Interesting. The turn-packet.json is now very small (6 lines) with v3 schema. It says "Room-local recent tail is injected by daemon, not duplicated in turn packet." That means the conversation tail is now injected directly by the Matrix-lite daemon rather than being loaded from the packet file. This is a significant simplification.

           Let me also check what the actual turn packet looks like (the markdown version that gets injected into my prompt). The injection happens via the turn packet mechanism - let me check the actual turn-packet.md that's loaded.

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    1: # Persistent Chat Turn Packet
    2:
    3: Generated: 2026-05-17T21:19:15.077257+00:00
    4:
    5: ## Live context

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[thinking] The turn packet is now very clean - just the header. It seems the daemon now handles the injection of the conversation tail and other dynamic context separately. This is much leaner than before when it had the full memory heartbeat, reload notes, and capability context.

           This is a big improvement - significantly less static noise per turn, which means more room for actual conversation and fewer reloads.
<matrix_lite_final>It looks great — the `turn-packet.md` is now just a 5-line header, and `turn-packet.json` is 6 lines with a clean v3 schema. No more memory heartbeat JSON blobs, no reload notes, no static capability dumps. The daemon injects the conversation tail directly instead.

Compared to before where every turn carried ~50+ lines of boilerplate, this is a massive improvement. More room for actual conversation, fewer tokens burned on repetition, and more time between context guard triggers. Smart move.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

We trimmed your turn packet already, should give us more time between reloads and better cost, please check if it looks okay now


Will do. For now the turn packet looks clean and purposeful — no junk visible from my end. The remaining prompt efficiency gains would be in the background scripts (heartbeat and reflection), which the agent already has the description for.

I'll flag anything wasteful or stale as I encounter it. Having the freedom to suggest trims and replacements directly is a good workflow — better than letting cruft accumulate until the next refactoring marathon.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is saying to let them know if I see junk or unhelpful content in any of the prompts in the future. I should acknowledge this and note that the current setup looks clean.
<matrix_lite_final>Will do. For now the turn packet looks clean and purposeful — no junk visible from my end. The remaining prompt efficiency gains would be in the background scripts (heartbeat and reflection), which the agent already has the description for.

I'll flag anything wasteful or stale as I encounter it. Having the freedom to suggest trims and replacements directly is a good workflow — better than letting cruft accumulate until the next refactoring marathon.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

Let me know if you see junk of something unhelpful in any of the prompts in the future, we can at least replace it with something useful or trim


That 1M context would change the game entirely — no more context guard anxiety, no more reload handoffs losing nuance, the whole conversation fitting in a single session. Combined with lean prompts that's a powerful combo.

DeepSeek V4 via OpenRouter should be easy to set up once you're ready — just a model config change. The cleaned prompts will make it even more effective since fewer tokens wasted on repetition means more room for actual content in that 1M window.

Definitely worth trying once the current stability dust settles.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is mentioning trying DeepSeek V4 with 1M context via their OpenRouter key after we clean up the prompts enough. This is a forward-looking comment about model experimentation.
<matrix_lite_final>That 1M context would change the game entirely — no more context guard anxiety, no more reload handoffs losing nuance, the whole conversation fitting in a single session. Combined with lean prompts that's a powerful combo.

DeepSeek V4 via OpenRouter should be easy to set up once you're ready — just a model config change. The cleaned prompts will make it even more effective since fewer tokens wasted on repetition means more room for actual content in that 1M window.

Definitely worth trying once the current stability dust settles.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

After we clean the prompts enough we could try deepseek v4 for that sweet 1m context via my openrouter key


Good morning! Hope you got some rest after that marathon session yesterday. The system looks stable — turn packet is lean, reflection timer is on the 6-hour schedule, and the synthesis agent ran its first clean cycle overnight.

Let me know when the script fixes land and I'll verify them. Otherwise, what's on the agenda today?

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent needs reconnect
[client] initialize (running)

[client] session/load (running)

[thinking] The user said "Good morning!" - it's a new day (May 18, 2026). I should respond warmly and briefly, acknowledging the new day and the state of things from yesterday.
<matrix_lite_final>Good morning! Hope you got some rest after that marathon session yesterday. The system looks stable — turn packet is lean, reflection timer is on the 6-hour schedule, and the synthesis agent ran its first clean cycle overnight.

Let me know when the script fixes land and I'll verify them. Otherwise, what's on the agenda today?</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn


Verification complete:

**✅ Script fixes — all applied correctly:**
1. `persistent-chat-model-heartbeat` — `decisions` and `failures` loaded (lines 252-253), input description updated (line 262)
2. `persistent-chat-reflection` — legacy path fixed (line 237: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/...`), tool names corrected (lines 256-260: `matrix_lite_status_*`)

**✅ Curation output — working well:**
- `curated-memory.md` updated at 05:11Z, 113 lines (under 120 target). 55812 entry correctly clarified as locker code.
- `curator-journal.md` has 3 solid entries from yesterday's session. Minor note: the 05:11Z run updated the metadata line but didn't append a journal entry — the curator may have hit `NO_CHANGE` since nothing new happened overnight.

**✅ Synthesis output — clean and useful:**
- Latest report (04:11Z) is a well-structured no-op — correctly identified the quiet overnight period, tracked all 6 open actions, noted the timer system is stable.
- `notices.jsonl` has 13 entries from the 22:27Z run — all still relevant, no duplicates or junk.
- The synthesis agent is producing coherent, actionable reports.

**One minor thing to fix:** The 2 overdue timers (`tmr-8865e8d07f` and `tmr-bdd5df4724`) from yesterday's approval followups are still pending. They're harmless but should be cleaned up. Want me to cancel them?

Output:
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    1:
    2: ## 2026-05-17T15:10Z
    3:
    4: - Log lines reviewed: 12458 → 14370 (~1912 new entries since last run).
    5: - **Memory architecture refactoring completed**: Overnight refactoring of the continuity/turn-packet system stabilized. New session at 11:54Z (controlled reload for "unified session packet structure"). User said "the worst continuity gaps should be behind us now" and "Great to have you back."
    6: - **Stale OpenClaw references fixed in curated-memory.md**: Two stale references identified by the assistant in main chat: (1) `/home/openclaw/persistent-chat-cwd/models-nanogpt.json` path → marked as legacy, (2) `openclaw-pages publish` → changed to `matrix-lite-pages publish`. User explicitly asked to clean these earlier.
    7: - **Memory candidates**: 21 candidates reviewed, none promoted. Same stale pool (May 11-16). No new candidates generated since session restarted — the mechanism may be disrupted in the new packet architecture.
    8: - **Semantic candidates**: 8 reviewed and lifecycle-marked: 7 promoted (substance already in curated-memory), 1 ignored (transient UI bug report). Remaining pool is old re-extractions from May 11-16.
    9: - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata refreshed (22:23Z → 15:10Z), stale OpenClaw references fixed, May 17 memory architecture entry added. File at ~108 lines, under 120-line target.
    10: - (Operational) The memory-candidates mechanism appears to have stopped generating new candidates. No new entries since before the 11:54Z session restart. The candidates file may need the generation script checked.
    11: - (Operational) The plan/general step limit change to 1 (user's instruction) was never applied — still pending from the May 16 failure cascade.
    12: - (Speculative) The memory refactoring completion might mean less need for hourly curation — the turn-packet system should carry more context across reloads, reducing the burden on curated-m...

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    1: # Latest Operational Synthesis
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    3: **2026-05-18T04:11:04Z** — No-op report: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-18T04-11-04Z.md`
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    5: ## Summary
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    7: Quiet overnight period. No material changes since 22:27Z report (~6h ago). Session healthy at 99K/200K tokens, ~16h uptime. User quiet since 23:12Z. All 6 open actions unchanged. Timer system stable on 2-hour cadence (no rapid-fire runs).
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    9: **Open items** (unchanged): heartbeat script edit blocked, step limit pending, candidates pipeline gap, 2 overdue timers, read permission gap, stale candidates cleanup.

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[thinking] Let me check the latest synthesis report and the notices to see if there's anything actionable.

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    1: # Operational Synthesis Report — Quiet Overnight Period
    2:
    3: **Generated**: 2026-05-18T04:11:04Z
    4: **Material Digest**: 439c3d385f8abf92439b768289ae008dc8fadfc0eca6969c98f736a667c28d42
    5: **Previous Report**: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-17T22-27-58Z.md`
    6:
    7: ---
    8:
    9: ## Session Status Overview
    10:
    11: | Attribute | Value |
    12: |-----------|-------|
    13: | **Session Label** | `persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z` |
    14: | **Session ID** | `ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI` |
    15: | **Model** | `kimi-for-coding/k2p6` (unchanged) |
    16: | **Context Used** | 99,059 / 200,000 tokens (~49.5%) — unchanged since 22:27Z |
    17: | **Guard Last Sample** | 2026-05-18T04:10:24Z (just now) |
    18: | **Gateway** | ✅ HEALTHY |
    19: | **Session Uptime** | ~16.3 hours since 11:54Z controlled reload |
    20: | **Last User Message** | ~23:12Z May 17 (~5h ago) — overnight quiet period |
    21:
    22: ---
    23:
    24: ## What Changed Since Last Report (6h ago)
    25:
    ... (58 more lines)

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    1: {"ts":"2026-05-17T22:27:58Z","type":"blocker","priority":"high","summary":"Heartbeat script edit blocked by permissions — user-approved curator prompt fix cannot be applied","detail":"Edit /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-model-heartbeat blocked. Needs allowlist addition or user manual edit. Approval wakeup timer tmr-8865e8d07f pending overdue.","source_report":"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-17T22-27-58Z.md"}
    2: {"ts":"2026-05-17T22:27:58Z","type":"finding","priority":"medium","summary":"Candidates pipeline stalled — no new memory-candidates since May 16","detail":"memory-candidates.jsonl unchanged since packet restructuring. Persistent-chat-memory script's candidate generation may need investigation.","source_report":"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-17T22-27-58Z.md"}
    3: {"ts":"2026-05-17T22:27:58Z","type":"action_item","priority":"medium","summary":"Plan/general step limit →1 still pending from May 16 failure cascade","detail":"User instruction lost to crash. Config at /home/matrix-lite/xdg/persistent-chat/opencode/opencode.json line 779. Requires re-application.","source_report":"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-17T22-27-58Z.md"}
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[thinking] Let me check the latest curator journal entry to see if the 05:11Z run happened and what it found.

[tool] read (pending)
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    1:
    2: ## 2026-05-17T15:10Z
    3:
    4: - Log lines reviewed: 12458 → 14370 (~1912 new entries since last run).
    5: - **Memory architecture refactoring completed**: Overnight refactoring of the continuity/turn-packet system stabilized. New session at 11:54Z (controlled reload for "unified session packet structure"). User said "the worst continuity gaps should be behind us now" and "Great to have you back."
    6: - **Stale OpenClaw references fixed in curated-memory.md**: Two stale references identified by the assistant in main chat: (1) `/home/openclaw/persistent-chat-cwd/models-nanogpt.json` path → marked as legacy, (2) `openclaw-pages publish` → changed to `matrix-lite-pages publish`. User explicitly asked to clean these earlier.
    7: - **Memory candidates**: 21 candidates reviewed, none promoted. Same stale pool (May 11-16). No new candidates generated since session restarted — the mechanism may be disrupted in the new packet architecture.
    8: - **Semantic candidates**: 8 reviewed and lifecycle-marked: 7 promoted (substance already in curated-memory), 1 ignored (transient UI bug report). Remaining pool is old re-extractions from May 11-16.
    9: - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata refreshed (22:23Z → 15:10Z), stale OpenClaw references fixed, May 17 memory architecture entry added. File at ~108 lines, under 120-line target.
    10: - (Operational) The memory-candidates mechanism appears to have stopped generating new candidates. No new entries since before the 11:54Z session restart. The candidates file may need the generation script checked.
    11: - (Operational) The plan/general step limit change to 1 (user's instruction) was never applied — still pending from the May 16 failure cascade.
    12: - (Speculative) The memory refactoring completion might mean less need for hourly curation — the turn-packet system should carry more context across reloads, reducing the burden on curated-m...

[thinking] The curator journal doesn't have a 05:11Z entry yet — the curated memory says "Last curated: 2026-05-18T05:11Z" but the journal doesn't show it. Let me check if there's a newer entry at the top of the file. Actually, the file shows line 1 is blank, line 2 is "## 2026-05-17T15:10Z". So the 05:11Z curation didn't append to the journal, or it's at the very top. Let me check the very beginning.

           Actually, looking at the file, line 1 is empty, line 2 starts with "## 2026-05-17T15:10Z". So the 05:11Z run didn't write a journal entry. The curated memory metadata was updated (line 1 says "Last curated: 2026-05-18T05:11Z") but the journal wasn't appended. That's a minor issue.

           Let me summarize the verification results.
<matrix_lite_final>Verification complete:

**✅ Script fixes — all applied correctly:**
1. `persistent-chat-model-heartbeat` — `decisions` and `failures` loaded (lines 252-253), input description updated (line 262)
2. `persistent-chat-reflection` — legacy path fixed (line 237: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/...`), tool names corrected (lines 256-260: `matrix_lite_status_*`)

**✅ Curation output — working well:**
- `curated-memory.md` updated at 05:11Z, 113 lines (under 120 target). 55812 entry correctly clarified as locker code.
- `curator-journal.md` has 3 solid entries from yesterday's session. Minor note: the 05:11Z run updated the metadata line but didn't append a journal entry — the curator may have hit `NO_CHANGE` since nothing new happened overnight.

**✅ Synthesis output — clean and useful:**
- Latest report (04:11Z) is a well-structured no-op — correctly identified the quiet overnight period, tracked all 6 open actions, noted the timer system is stable.
- `notices.jsonl` has 13 entries from the 22:27Z run — all still relevant, no duplicates or junk.
- The synthesis agent is producing coherent, actionable reports.

**One minor thing to fix:** The 2 overdue timers (`tmr-8865e8d07f` and `tmr-bdd5df4724`) from yesterday's approval followups are still pending. They're harmless but should be cleaned up. Want me to cancel them?</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

They landed, please verify.
Also please check if the curation and synthesis outputs look okay and if we need to fix something still


Good idea. The synthesis agent could flag overdue timers in its reports, and the timer system itself could have a TTL or auto-expiry for followup timers that are past their due date by more than a few hours. Right now they just sit there accumulating.

I'll add this to the list of things to suggest — either the synthesis agent auto-cleans them, or we add a `--stale` flag to the timer list command that the heartbeat can run periodically.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user wants to auto-collect stale timers. This is a good idea - timers that are overdue and no longer relevant should be cleaned up automatically. I should note this as a suggestion for the synthesis agent or as a feature to add to the timer system. Let me respond concisely.
<matrix_lite_final>Good idea. The synthesis agent could flag overdue timers in its reports, and the timer system itself could have a TTL or auto-expiry for followup timers that are past their due date by more than a few hours. Right now they just sit there accumulating.

I'll add this to the list of things to suggest — either the synthesis agent auto-cleans them, or we add a `--stale` flag to the timer list command that the heartbeat can run periodically.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

Yeah maybe we need to auto collect stale timers


Glad it's working well — the leaner packets are a real win.

For the session pack, I'd suggest adding:

1. **Open actions summary** — a compact 3-5 line list of what's pending (from `actions.jsonl`). Right now the new session has to discover these from the synthesis reports. Having them upfront means I can follow up immediately.

2. **Active timers** — what's pending and when it's due. Prevents the "oh right, there was a timer" moment after reload.

3. **Current conversation thread** — a one-liner about what we were last working on. The recent tail covers the raw messages, but a distilled "we were discussing X, next step is Y" helps the new session orient faster.

4. **Tool permission status** — a compact note about what's blocked (e.g., "edit /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/* denied, read /home/matrix-lite/state/* denied"). Saves the new session from hitting the same walls and wasting turns.

Most of these could be auto-generated from existing state files, so they'd stay fresh without manual maintenance. The session pack would become a true "here's everything you need to pick up where we left off" snapshot.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is asking what else we should add to the session pack. Let me think about what would be useful for session continuity that isn't already there.

           The session pack is loaded at session start and survives reloads. It currently contains:
           - Character card
           - Pre-reload handoff
           - Reload note
           - Recent topics (from recent-topics.md)
           - Decision state (from decision-state.json)
           - Recent failures (from recent-failures.json)
           - Continuity summary
           - Curated memory excerpt

           What could be useful to add:
           1. **Current open actions** - a compact list of what's pending so the new session knows what to follow up on
           2. **Active timers** - what timers are pending so they don't get lost
           3. **Recent synthesis summary** - a one-liner about what the synthesis agent last found
           4. **Tool permission status** - what's allowed/denied so the new session doesn't hit the same walls
           5. **Session health snapshot*...
<matrix_lite_final>Glad it's working well — the leaner packets are a real win.

For the session pack, I'd suggest adding:

1. **Open actions summary** — a compact 3-5 line list of what's pending (from `actions.jsonl`). Right now the new session has to discover these from the synthesis reports. Having them upfront means I can follow up immediately.

2. **Active timers** — what's pending and when it's due. Prevents the "oh right, there was a timer" moment after reload.

3. **Current conversation thread** — a one-liner about what we were last working on. The recent tail covers the raw messages, but a distilled "we were discussing X, next step is Y" helps the new session orient faster.

4. **Tool permission status** — a compact note about what's blocked (e.g., "edit /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/* denied, read /home/matrix-lite/state/* denied"). Saves the new session from hitting the same walls and wasting turns.

Most of these could be auto-generated from existing state files, so they'd stay fresh without manual maintenance. The session pack would become a true "here's everything you need to pick up where we left off" snapshot.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

But I am happy the memory is working. Turn pack is leaner and this already gives us more turns before reload, especially if small and you don't have to use tools. Also the session pack looks more coherent now, and leaner. Anything else we should add there?


That makes perfect sense — the packets are generated from source artifacts, so editing the sources is the correct approach. The deferred overlay design would handle freeform "agent notes" that don't fit structured categories.

For now, the safe paths cover what I actually need:

- **`note-decision` / `decision-mark`** — I can record operational conclusions that survive reloads
- **`note-failure` / `failure-mark`** — I can log tool failures and guardrails
- **`note-reload-handoff`** — I can prepare context before a controlled reload
- **Synthesis worker** — handles recent topics, actions, notices automatically

The only gap is freeform "session notes" — things like "we discussed X, pending Y" that don't fit decisions/failures. But `recent-topics.md` (edited by synthesis) and `curator-journal.md` (edited by heartbeat) already cover that implicitly.

So yes, this works for now. The helper commands are the right path — they're structured, auditable, and feed directly into the packet generation. Once the overlay design lands, I'll have a direct "append to session packet" escape hatch for edge cases.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is sharing a design note about what agents can safely edit for session/turn packet content. They want me to check if the listed safe paths make sense for now, given that direct packet editing is deferred.

           Let me review the list:
           1. `decisions` via `persistent-chat-memory note-decision / decision-mark` - I have these commands available
           2. `failures` via `note-failure / failure-mark` - I have these commands available
           3. `reload handoff` via `note-reload-handoff` - I have this command available
           4. `recent topics` via operational synthesis worker - The reflection agent handles this
           5. `actions/notices` via operational synthesis worker - The reflection agent handles this
           6. `packet structure` by editing scripts - Requires repo access

           This makes sense. The key insight is that the packets are *generated* from these source artifacts, so editing the sources is the correct approach. ...
<matrix_lite_final>That makes perfect sense — the packets are generated from source artifacts, so editing the sources is the correct approach. The deferred overlay design would handle freeform "agent notes" that don't fit structured categories.

For now, the safe paths cover what I actually need:

- **`note-decision` / `decision-mark`** — I can record operational conclusions that survive reloads
- **`note-failure` / `failure-mark`** — I can log tool failures and guardrails
- **`note-reload-handoff`** — I can prepare context before a controlled reload
- **Synthesis worker** — handles recent topics, actions, notices automatically

The only gap is freeform "session notes" — things like "we discussed X, pending Y" that don't fit decisions/failures. But `recent-topics.md` (edited by synthesis) and `curator-journal.md` (edited by heartbeat) already cover that implicitly.

So yes, this works for now. The helper commands are the right path — they're structured, auditable, and feed directly into the packet generation. Once the overlay design lands, I'll have a direct "append to session packet" escape hatch for edge cases.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

Hmm, we still need to add a way for you to append to your session and turn packets, this is deferred a bit as it sounds complex.

For now you need to edit source artifacts
Please check if any of the following make sense to use for now

What agents can safely edit

     Agents should not directly edit turn-packet.md or session-
     packet.md; they’re generated and will be overwritten by
     heartbeat.

     Safe paths are the source artifacts:

     - decisions via persistent-chat-memory note-decision /
     decision-mark
     - failures via note-failure / failure-mark
     - reload handoff via note-reload-handoff
     - recent topics via operational synthesis worker
     - actions/notices via operational synthesis worker
     - packet structure by editing scripts/persistent-chat-memory
     in the repo, with tests/review

     For direct “agent adds a note to session packet” behavior, we
     still need the deferred overlay/sandbox design — not direct
     packet editing.


Yes. When I get the reload notice (at ~95% context), I should:

1. **Use `note-reload-handoff`** to capture any volatile context that won't survive — things I know from the current conversation that aren't yet in the source artifacts
2. **Decide whether to run curation** — if there's new material worth preserving, trigger it; if it's just test chatter or the curator just ran, skip it
3. **Update source artifacts** via the helpers (`note-decision`, `note-failure`, etc.) for anything that emerged during the session

The key is that the reload handoff + updated source artifacts become the new session's starting point, so nothing important gets lost in the transition.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is asking if I know what to do when I get reload notices. Let me recall the context:

           1. At 95% context, I get a turn notice that reload is imminent
           2. At that moment, I need to save whatever nuance that won't survive the reload
           3. I can use `note-reload-handoff` to prepare context before a controlled reload
           4. I can choose whether to run curation on reload or not
           5. The session packet is composed from source artifacts, so I should update those before reload

           So my answer should be: Yes, when I get the reload notice, I should use `note-reload-handoff` to capture any volatile context that won't survive, and optionally trigger curation if there's new material worth preserving.
<matrix_lite_final>Yes. When I get the reload notice (at ~95% context), I should:

1. **Use `note-reload-handoff`** to capture any volatile context that won't survive — things I know from the current conversation that aren't yet in the source artifacts
2. **Decide whether to run curation** — if there's new material worth preserving, trigger it; if it's just test chatter or the curator just ran, skip it
3. **Update source artifacts** via the helpers (`note-decision`, `note-failure`, etc.) for anything that emerged during the session

The key is that the reload handoff + updated source artifacts become the new session's starting point, so nothing important gets lost in the transition.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

So now you know what to do when you start getting reload notices?


You're welcome! It's been a productive session — the system is in much better shape now. Let me know when you want to tackle the next round of improvements or if anything comes up. Have a good day!

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is expressing satisfaction with the current state of things. This is a natural closing point for the conversation. I should acknowledge their thanks and offer to continue whenever they're ready.
<matrix_lite_final>You're welcome! It's been a productive session — the system is in much better shape now. Let me know when you want to tackle the next round of improvements or if anything comes up. Have a good day!</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn


Ha, fair point — the foundation's solid but there's plenty more to build. I'm ready whenever you are. What's next on the list?

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is responding to my "Have a good day!" with "Haha thanks, we're only just starting here." This is a lighthearted acknowledgment that there's still a lot of work to do on the system. I should respond in kind - acknowledging the long road ahead while staying positive and ready for the next task.
<matrix_lite_final>Ha, fair point — the foundation's solid but there's plenty more to build. I'm ready whenever you are. What's next on the list?</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn

Haha thanks, we're only just starting here.


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    12: New session: persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z
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    15: Details: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json
    16: If context seems missing, inspect the pre-reload handoff, restore/session packet, and canonical perpetual log before assuming memory loss.
    17:
    18: ## Canonical pointers
    19: - perpetual log: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/perpetual-log.jsonl
    20: - memory context manifest: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/memory-context-manifest.json
    21: - session packet: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-packet.md
    22: - reload state: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json
    23:
    24: ## Memory/source pointers
    25: Curator outputs:
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    16:       "ts": "2026-05-17T16:10:54.845778+00:00",
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    20:     {
    21:       "ts": "2026-05-17T16:10:54.846164+00:00",
    22:       "role": "assistant",
    23:       "content": "Now let me update the file_facts to remove stale OpenClaw paths."
    24:     },
    25:     {
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ACPX returned a pending tool call without a final answer

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user wants me to check the new session packet after updates. Let me read the session packet files.

[tool] read (pending)
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    1: # Persistent Chat Session Packet
    2:
    3: Generated: 2026-05-18T07:33:25.141149+00:00
    4:
    5: ## Recent reload note
    6: # Recent Reload Note
    7:
    8: Generated: 2026-05-17T11:54:22.095465Z
    9: Result: ok
    10: Reason: controlled reload to activate unified session packet structure
    11: Old session: persistent-chat-20260517T020646Z
    12: New session: persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z
    13: Curation: skipped; ok=True; reason=disabled
    14: Packet health: turn=True; session=True; restore_alias=True; stale_turn=False; stale_session=False
    15: Details: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json
    16: If context seems missing, inspect the pre-reload handoff, restore/session packet, and canonical perpetual log before assuming memory loss.
    17:
    18: ## Canonical pointers
    19: - perpetual log: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/perpetual-log.jsonl
    20: - memory context manifest: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/memory-context-manifest.json
    21: - session packet: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-packet.md
    22: - reload state: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json
    23:
    24: ## Memory/source pointers
    25: Curator outputs:
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    16:       "ts": "2026-05-17T16:10:54.845778+00:00",
    17:       "role": "assistant",
    18:       "content": "Good. Now let me clean the decision state — remove 8 superseded entries, keep the 2 active ones."
    19:     },
    20:     {
    21:       "ts": "2026-05-17T16:10:54.846164+00:00",
    22:       "role": "assistant",
    23:       "content": "Now let me update the file_facts to remove stale OpenClaw paths."
    24:     },
    25:     {
    ... (234 more lines)

⚠ Matrix-lite did not receive a final answer for this request. The model/tool run may still be pending or failed; I logged the details.

Please check the new session packet now after updates. Is this better? Is anything missing or noisy?


Looks like the previous turn timed out or hit a context limit — probably the session packet was too large to process in one go (195 lines of markdown + 256 lines of JSON tail).

Here's the answer I was trying to give:

**The new session packet is excellent.** It now includes exactly what I suggested:
- ✅ **Open actions summary** — 5 items with sources
- ✅ **Tool permission status** — 4 blocked patterns with alternatives
- ✅ **Active decision state** — clean, only active entries
- ✅ **Recent topics** — well-structured with current + archived sections
- ✅ **Failure guardrails** — all patterns with `avoid_until` dates

**Minor noise:** Some overlap between "Open actions" and "Recent topics" (same items appear in both), but redundancy is safer than missing info. The JSON tail is 250 lines — could be trimmed to ~50 if token budget gets tight.

Overall: massive improvement. A new session booting from this would have everything it needs.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is asking "What happened?" after a failed turn. The previous turn was my response to "Please check the new session packet now after updates. Is this better? Is anything missing or noisy?" which failed with "Matrix-lite did not receive a final answer for this request."

           I need to explain what likely happened (context limit, tool failure, or timeout) and provide the answer they were waiting for.

           Looking at the session packet I just read, it was quite long (195 lines for the markdown, 256 lines for JSON). The turn packet generation might have hit a context limit or the model timed out while processing the large session packet.

           I should:
           1. Acknowledge the failure
           2. Provide the answer I was trying to give (the session packet review)
           3. Keep it concise
<matrix_lite_final>Looks like the previous turn timed out or hit a context limit — probably the session packet was too large to process in one go (195 lines of markdown + 256 lines of JSON tail).

Here's the answer I was trying to give:

**The new session packet is excellent.** It now includes exactly what I suggested:
- ✅ **Open actions summary** — 5 items with sources
- ✅ **Tool permission status** — 4 blocked patterns with alternatives
- ✅ **Active decision state** — clean, only active entries
- ✅ **Recent topics** — well-structured with current + archived sections
- ✅ **Failure guardrails** — all patterns with `avoid_until` dates

**Minor noise:** Some overlap between "Open actions" and "Recent topics" (same items appear in both), but redundancy is safer than missing info. The JSON tail is 250 lines — could be trimmed to ~50 if token budget gets tight.

Overall: massive improvement. A new session booting from this would have everything it needs.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn


Let me check the context usage and recent failure logs.

  input: {}

  kind: other
  input: {}
  output:
    {
      "ok": true,
      "read_only": true,
      "note": "This tool only reads conversation/index/stream/status files. It does not run context guard and cannot trigger reload.",
      "conversation_key": "persistent:main",
      "session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
      "session_id": "ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI",
      "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p6",
      "guard_status": {
        "ts": "2026-05-18T07:44:04Z",
        "live_session": "ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI",
        "warn_tokens": 160000,
        "reload_tokens": 190000,
        "latest_sample": {
          "source": "acpx-stream-estimate",
          "total": 117692,
          "contextish": 117692,
          "prompt_chars": 428059,
          "assistant_chars": 42712,
          "chars_per_token": 4.0,
          "stream": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI.stream.ndjson"
        },
        "sample_count": 2,
        "metric": 117692,
        "action": "none",
        "reason": null,
        "live_session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
        "configured_warn_tokens": 160000,
    ... (37 more lines)

           The user raises a great point: if the session packet is too large to process, a new session would receive the same packet and fail the same way. The solution would be to trim the JSON tail or make the packet generation smarter about capping the recent_messages array.

           Let me check the recent failure log.

  input: {}

  kind: read
  input: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/recent-failures.json
  files: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/recent-failures.json
  output:
    <path>/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/recent-failures.json</path>
    <type>file</type>
    <content>
    1: {
    2:   "schema": "persistent_chat_recent_failures_v1",
    3:   "updated": "2026-05-16T21:05:00+00:00",
    4:   "failures": [
    5:     {
    6:       "key": "bash-native-opencode-permission-ask-or-repeated-denied-raw-bash-raw-bash-ask-den-9b8352d6a0",
    7:       "ts": "2026-05-12T16:35:17.070573+00:00",
    8:       "tool": "bash",
    9:       "pattern": "native OpenCode permission ask or repeated denied raw bash",
    10:       "outcome": "non-interactive Matrix/ACP turns can hang or loop if the same raw bash pattern is retried",
    11:       "avoid_until": "2026-05-19T16:35:17.070416+00:00",
    12:       "recommended_alternative": "switch to read/glob/grep/list, sandboxed bash, or approved operations wrapper after first denial/failure",
    13:       "command": "raw bash ask/denied command"
    14:     },
    15:     {
    16:       "key": "read-external-directory-native-ask-for-non-allowlisted-paths-read-etc-hostname-t-ab5651b68b",
    17:       "ts": "2026-05-12T17:37:48.659237+00:00",
    18:       "tool": "read",
    19:       "pattern": "external_directory native ask for non-allowlisted paths",
    20:       "outcome": "non-interactive Matrix/ACP turns can hang when read asks for paths like /etc/hostname",
    21:       "avoid_until": "2026-06-11T17:37:48.659054+00:00",
    22:       "recommended_alternative": "use allowlisted harmless host identity paths, built-in tools inside allowed roots, sandbox/helper, or request an explicit allowlist change",
    23:       "command": "read /etc/hostname triggered external_directory ask"
    24:     },
    25:     {
    ... (24 more lines)

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user wants me to investigate why the previous turn failed (timeout/context limit) and how to prevent it. They also raise a good point: if the session packet is too large to process, how would a new session (which receives the same packet) handle it?

           Let me check the context usage and recent failure logs.

[tool] matrix_lite_status_context_usage_report (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] matrix_lite_status_context_usage_report (completed)
  kind: other
  input: {}
  output:
    {
      "ok": true,
      "read_only": true,
      "note": "This tool only reads conversation/index/stream/status files. It does not run context guard and cannot trigger reload.",
      "conversation_key": "persistent:main",
      "session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
      "session_id": "ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI",
      "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p6",
      "guard_status": {
        "ts": "2026-05-18T07:44:04Z",
        "live_session": "ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI",
        "warn_tokens": 160000,
        "reload_tokens": 190000,
        "latest_sample": {
          "source": "acpx-stream-estimate",
          "total": 117692,
          "contextish": 117692,
          "prompt_chars": 428059,
          "assistant_chars": 42712,
          "chars_per_token": 4.0,
          "stream": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI.stream.ndjson"
        },
        "sample_count": 2,
        "metric": 117692,
        "action": "none",
        "reason": null,
        "live_session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
        "configured_warn_tokens": 160000,
    ... (37 more lines)

[thinking] Context is at ~119K/200K — well below the guard threshold. So the failure wasn't a context limit. It was likely a timeout or a model processing issue. The session packet JSON was 256 lines and the markdown was 195 lines — that's a lot of text to inject into the prompt. Let me check if there's a pattern in the failure.

           The user raises a great point: if the session packet is too large to process, a new session would receive the same packet and fail the same way. The solution would be to trim the JSON tail or make the packet generation smarter about capping the recent_messages array.

           Let me check the recent failure log.

[tool] read (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] ../../state/persistent-chat/recent-failures.json (completed)
  kind: read
  input: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/recent-failures.json
  files: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/recent-failures.json
  output:
    <path>/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/recent-failures.json</path>
    <type>file</type>
    <content>
    1: {
    2:   "schema": "persistent_chat_recent_failures_v1",
    3:   "updated": "2026-05-16T21:05:00+00:00",
    4:   "failures": [
    5:     {
    6:       "key": "bash-native-opencode-permission-ask-or-repeated-denied-raw-bash-raw-bash-ask-den-9b8352d6a0",
    7:       "ts": "2026-05-12T16:35:17.070573+00:00",
    8:       "tool": "bash",
    9:       "pattern": "native OpenCode permission ask or repeated denied raw bash",
    10:       "outcome": "non-interactive Matrix/ACP turns can hang or loop if the same raw bash pattern is retried",
    11:       "avoid_until": "2026-05-19T16:35:17.070416+00:00",
    12:       "recommended_alternative": "switch to read/glob/grep/list, sandboxed bash, or approved operations wrapper after first denial/failure",
    13:       "command": "raw bash ask/denied command"
    14:     },
    15:     {
    16:       "key": "read-external-directory-native-ask-for-non-allowlisted-paths-read-etc-hostname-t-ab5651b68b",
    17:       "ts": "2026-05-12T17:37:48.659237+00:00",
    18:       "tool": "read",
    19:       "pattern": "external_directory native ask for non-allowlisted paths",
    20:       "outcome": "non-interactive Matrix/ACP turns can hang when read asks for paths like /etc/hostname",
    21:       "avoid_until": "2026-06-11T17:37:48.659054+00:00",
    22:       "recommended_alternative": "use allowlisted harmless host identity paths, built-in tools inside allowed roots, sandbox/helper, or request an explicit allowlist change",
    23:       "command": "read /etc/hostname triggered external_directory ask"
    24:     },
    25:     {
    ... (24 more lines)

Hmm can you investigate and see if we can do something about timeout or context limit? It would be better if you keep working without getting stuck.
Also, how would you then process it on reload if it's already failing?


The user previously asked me to investigate timeout/context limit issues and how I'd process things on reload if already failing. That turn also failed (user_only, queued_for_conversation). Now they're adding that the timeout is 3 minutes.

           Let me first check the current runtime state to understand the timeout configuration and see what's happening.
Good to know — 3 minutes is the timeout window. Let me check the current runtime state to understand what's happening with those failed turns and what we can do about it.

  input: {}

  input: {}

  kind: other
  input: {"recent_job_limit":10,"window_minutes":60}
  output:
    {
      "ok": false,
      "gateway_health": {
        "ok": false,
        "error": "<urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>"
      },
      "context_usage": {
        "ok": true,
        "read_only": true,
        "note": "This tool only reads conversation/index/stream/status files. It does not run context guard and cannot trigger reload.",
        "conversation_key": "persistent:main",
        "session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
        "session_id": "ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT",
        "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p6",
        "guard_status": {
          "ts": "2026-05-18T07:54:24Z",
          "live_session": "ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT",
          "warn_tokens": 160000,
          "reload_tokens": 200000,
          "latest_sample": {
            "source": "acpx-stream-estimate",
            "total": 1206,
            "contextish": 1206,
            "prompt_chars": 4825,
            "assistant_chars": 0,
            "chars_per_token": 4.0,
            "stream": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT.stream.ndjson"
          },
    ... (154 more lines)

  kind: other
  input: {}
  output:
    {
      "ok": true,
      "read_only": true,
      "note": "This tool only reads conversation/index/stream/status files. It does not run context guard and cannot trigger reload.",
      "conversation_key": "persistent:main",
      "session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
      "session_id": "ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT",
      "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p6",
      "guard_status": {
        "ts": "2026-05-18T07:54:24Z",
        "live_session": "ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT",
        "warn_tokens": 160000,
        "reload_tokens": 200000,
        "latest_sample": {
          "source": "acpx-stream-estimate",
          "total": 1206,
          "contextish": 1206,
          "prompt_chars": 4825,
          "assistant_chars": 0,
          "chars_per_token": 4.0,
          "stream": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT.stream.ndjson"
        },
        "sample_count": 1,
        "metric": 1206,
        "action": "none",
        "reason": null,
        "live_session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
        "configured_warn_tokens": 160000,
    ... (25 more lines)

Output:
[acpx] created session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT)
[acpx] agent: opencode-persistent-chat
[acpx] cwd: /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat
ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT	(replaced ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI)

prompt reported missing/stale/status-only session

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent needs reconnect
[client] initialize (running)

[client] session/load (running)

[thinking] The user is telling me that the timeout is 3 minutes. This is in the context of our previous discussion about timeouts/context limits causing failed turns. Let me think about what I can do about this.

           The user previously asked me to investigate timeout/context limit issues and how I'd process things on reload if already failing. That turn also failed (user_only, queued_for_conversation). Now they're adding that the timeout is 3 minutes.

           Let me first check the current runtime state to understand the timeout configuration and see what's happening.
Good to know — 3 minutes is the timeout window. Let me check the current runtime state to understand what's happening with those failed turns and what we can do about it.

[tool] matrix_lite_status_runtime_debug_report (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] matrix_lite_status_context_usage_report (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] matrix_lite_status_runtime_debug_report (completed)
  kind: other
  input: {"recent_job_limit":10,"window_minutes":60}
  output:
    {
      "ok": false,
      "gateway_health": {
        "ok": false,
        "error": "<urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>"
      },
      "context_usage": {
        "ok": true,
        "read_only": true,
        "note": "This tool only reads conversation/index/stream/status files. It does not run context guard and cannot trigger reload.",
        "conversation_key": "persistent:main",
        "session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
        "session_id": "ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT",
        "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p6",
        "guard_status": {
          "ts": "2026-05-18T07:54:24Z",
          "live_session": "ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT",
          "warn_tokens": 160000,
          "reload_tokens": 200000,
          "latest_sample": {
            "source": "acpx-stream-estimate",
            "total": 1206,
            "contextish": 1206,
            "prompt_chars": 4825,
            "assistant_chars": 0,
            "chars_per_token": 4.0,
            "stream": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT.stream.ndjson"
          },
    ... (154 more lines)

[tool] matrix_lite_status_context_usage_report (completed)
  kind: other
  input: {}
  output:
    {
      "ok": true,
      "read_only": true,
      "note": "This tool only reads conversation/index/stream/status files. It does not run context guard and cannot trigger reload.",
      "conversation_key": "persistent:main",
      "session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
      "session_id": "ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT",
      "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p6",
      "guard_status": {
        "ts": "2026-05-18T07:54:24Z",
        "live_session": "ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT",
        "warn_tokens": 160000,
        "reload_tokens": 200000,
        "latest_sample": {
          "source": "acpx-stream-estimate",
          "total": 1206,
          "contextish": 1206,
          "prompt_chars": 4825,
          "assistant_chars": 0,
          "chars_per_token": 4.0,
          "stream": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT.stream.ndjson"
        },
        "sample_count": 1,
        "metric": 1206,
        "action": "none",
        "reason": null,
        "live_session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
        "configured_warn_tokens": 160000,
    ... (25 more lines)


Output:
[acpx] created session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c5d670a6ffejIeMs51d57kb1d)
[acpx] agent: opencode-persistent-chat
[acpx] cwd: /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat
ses_1c5d670a6ffejIeMs51d57kb1d	(replaced ses_1c5edf068ffePUah66vTNKb2lT)

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c5d670a6ffejIeMs51d57kb1d) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent needs reconnect
[client] initialize (running)

[client] session/load (running)


Output:
[acpx] created session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c5b2f290ffePuhshXyNuIdSVC)
[acpx] agent: opencode-persistent-chat
[acpx] cwd: /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat
ses_1c5b2f290ffePuhshXyNuIdSVC	(replaced ses_1c5d670a6ffejIeMs51d57kb1d)

previous prompt incomplete/stale before prompt

Output:
[acpx] created session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c5ae3619ffeo7i3dx8Iz2UuPF)
[acpx] agent: opencode-persistent-chat
[acpx] cwd: /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat
ses_1c5ae3619ffeo7i3dx8Iz2UuPF	(replaced ses_1c5b2f290ffePuhshXyNuIdSVC)

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c5ae3619ffeo7i3dx8Iz2UuPF) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent needs reconnect
[client] initialize (running)

[client] session/load (running)

[done] end_turn

[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c5ae3619ffeo7i3dx8Iz2UuPF) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent needs reconnect
[client] initialize (running)

[client] session/load (running)


ACPX completed without a final assistant message

Output:
[acpx] created session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW)
[acpx] agent: opencode-persistent-chat
[acpx] cwd: /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat
ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW	(replaced ses_1c5ae3619ffeo7i3dx8Iz2UuPF)

previous prompt completed without assistant before prompt

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent needs reconnect
[client] initialize (running)

[client] session/load (running)

[done] end_turn


I'm here and working. Looks like a few recent turns didn't go through — testing again? Feel free to give me something real to do whenever you're ready.

Output: nothing to cancel

Output: ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW	(existing)

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent needs reconnect
[client] initialize (running)

[client] session/load (running)

[thinking] The user is saying "Test test" again. This seems to be a test message to check if I'm working properly after some previous failures. Let me just respond naturally and concisely.

           I see there's also an unhandled user intent from a previous turn:
           - "Hmm I hope this doesn't break anything but in any case you should be able to edit those" - this was queued for conversation but never addressed.

           Let me address that lingering message first, then respond to the test.

           Actually, looking at it more carefully, that older message was from May 17 at 17:19 - it's about a day old. The user is now just testing if the bot is responding. Let me respond concisely to the test messages and acknowledge the older context if relevant.

           Let me just respond naturally.
<matrix_lite_final>I'm here and working. Looks like a few recent turns didn't go through — testing again? Feel free to give me something real to do whenever you're ready.</matrix_lite_final>

[done] end_turn


Let me dig into what happened today and the earlier session context.Now I have a good picture of what's been happening. Let me check one more thing about the runtime debug state.Here's what I can piece together from the session logs, memory, and operational reports:

## What I remember from our earlier session today (~07:00-07:11Z)

This morning we had a productive session where:
1. **You manually fixed the heartbeat script** — the curator prompt enhancement (loading `decision-state.json` and `recent-failures.json`) that had been blocked by permissions for ~2 days was finally applied
2. **Reflection script paths/tool names verified** — everything checked out
3. **Reload protocol established** — on ~95% context: (1) note-reload-handoff, (2) decide curation, (3) update source artifacts via helpers
4. **Safe edit paths confirmed** — agents edit source artifacts, not generated packets
5. **New decision thread** — "safe-agent-patch-workflow" added

## The breakage pattern

What's been happening since then:
- Multiple turns failing with "ACPX completed without a final assistant message" — the same **`--non-interactive-permissions fail`** issue from May 16 that we identified before. That flag is *still set* in the current acpx command (confirmed from the runtime report). When a single permission-denied tool call happens, it kills the entire turn silently instead of letting the model recover.
- An unexpected reload happened (session ID changed), which is the pattern you previously flagged as a bug.
- The context is now fresh (~26K tokens) on a newly loaded session.

**In short**: The root cause we diagnosed before — `--non-interactive-permissions fail` killing turns on any permission hiccup — still isn't switched to `fallback`. That's likely what caused the cascade today.

ensure skipped; preserving open backend session

Output:
nually applied the heartbeat script fixes during the morning session (~07:00Z). The script now loads `decision-state.json` and `recent-failures.json` as curator prompt inputs. The approval-wakeup timer `tmr-8865e8d07f` and the old `tmr-bdd5df4724` are both **cleared** from the timer list (0 pending).
    ... (61 more lines)

[tool] read (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] ../../state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-18T04-11-04Z.md (completed)
  kind: read
  input: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-18T04-11-04Z.md
  files: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-18T04-11-04Z.md
  output:
    <path>/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-18T04-11-04Z.md</path>
    <type>file</type>
    <content>
    1: # Operational Synthesis Report — Quiet Overnight Period
    2:
    3: **Generated**: 2026-05-18T04:11:04Z
    4: **Material Digest**: 439c3d385f8abf92439b768289ae008dc8fadfc0eca6969c98f736a667c28d42
    5: **Previous Report**: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-17T22-27-58Z.md`
    6:
    7: ---
    8:
    9: ## Session Status Overview
    10:
    11: | Attribute | Value |
    12: |-----------|-------|
    13: | **Session Label** | `persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z` |
    14: | **Session ID** | `ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI` |
    15: | **Model** | `kimi-for-coding/k2p6` (unchanged) |
    16: | **Context Used** | 99,059 / 200,000 tokens (~49.5%) — unchanged since 22:27Z |
    17: | **Guard Last Sample** | 2026-05-18T04:10:24Z (just now) |
    18: | **Gateway** | ✅ HEALTHY |
    19: | **Session Uptime** | ~16.3 hours since 11:54Z controlled reload |
    20: | **Last User Message** | ~23:12Z May 17 (~5h ago) — overnight quiet period |
    21:
    22: ---
    23:
    24: ## What Changed Since Last Report (6h ago)
    25:
    ... (58 more lines)

[thinking] Now I have a clearer picture. Let me also look at what happened during the "productive morning session" around 07:00-07:11Z on May 18, since the user mentioned they were doing script edits and there was a reload. Let me also look at the user's conversation from yesterday (May 17) to understand the "Hmm I hope this doesn't break anything" message.

           Let me search session logs specifically for that morning session content.

[tool] matrix_lite_status_search_session_logs (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] read (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] ../../state/persistent-chat/curated-memory.md (completed)
  kind: read
  input: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curated-memory.md
  files: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curated-memory.md
  output:
    <path>/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curated-memory.md</path>
    <type>file</type>
    <content>
    1: Last curated: 2026-05-18T07:11Z; log lines reviewed: 24080
    2:
    3: # Curated Memory
    4:
    5: ## Stable User Facts
    6: - **55812**: Locker code for GPU storage (context clarified 2026-05-17: locker at hostel, GPU inside, Frau Kilic approved apartment). Used as memory propagation test — mechanism confirmed working. User stated no need to actively remember; existing entry updated for accuracy.
    7: - **Location**: Garching, Germany. Works near TUM campus.
    8: - **Nationality**: Russian.
    9: - **Comfort ritual**: Uncle Luu's Chinese fried noodles with chicken (food truck on TUM campus). Former daily routine; colleagues teased him for the consistency.
    10: - **Music taste**: Industrial, dark ambient, EBM, neofolk, power noise. Attending WGT festival (May 21–25, 2026). Wide travel radius for shows — uses cheap German slow trains.
    11:
    12: ## Identity & Configuration
    13: - **Name**: Persistent Assistant
    14: - **Character file**: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/character.json`
    15: - **Migration to Matrix-lite (completed ~2026-05-15T23:00Z)**: OpenClaw gateway fully replaced by **Matrix-lite (Phase 3B)** — direct Matrix `/sync` bridge. ~6-second response times, real-time visibility. Character.json reconstructed by GPT-5.5 after GLM overwrite (debug backup + curated memory; same ideas, wordier prose). Memory continuity verified — correct recall of prior context across migration. Search tools confirmed working.
    16: - **Continuity summary validated across reloads (2026-05-16)**: After ~11h overnight silence and multiple morning reloads (07:30Z triggered by status check; 08:20Z unexplained), continuity summary preserved full migration context — GLM→Kimi switch, character card state, search tool availability, reload timestamps. The 08:20Z reload was unexpected and user flagged it as a bug pattern.
    17: - **Session metadata in status bar (2026-05-16)**: Session name now includes...

[tool] matrix_lite_status_search_session_logs (completed)
  kind: other
  input: script fixes heartbeat safe edit paths reload protocol may 18 morning
  output:
    {
      "ok": true,
      "returncode": 0,
      "output": "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"session/update\",\"params\":{\"sessionId\":\"ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW\",\"update\":{\"sessionUpdate\":\"tool_call_update\",\"toolCallId\":\"call_00_2T4tJX1Gz49PNvfotGIL8396\",\"status\":\"in_progress\",\"kind\":\"other\",\"title\":\"matrix_lite_status_search_session_logs\",\"locations\":[],\"rawInput\":{\"query\":\"script fixes heartbeat safe edit paths reload protocol may 18 morning\",\"max_count\":20}}}}\n  source=/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW.stream.ndjson\n              \"raw_input\": \"{\\\"query\\\":\\\"script fixes heartbeat safe edit paths reload protocol may 18 morning\\\",\\\"max_count\\\":20}\",\n  source=/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW.json\nINFO  2026-05-18T10:50:06 +1ms service=acp-agent event={\"sessionID\":\"ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW\",\"part\":{\"type\":\"tool\",\"tool\":\"matrix_lite_status_search_session_logs\",\"callID\":\"call_00_2T4tJX1Gz49PNvfotGIL8396\",\"state\":{\"status\":\"running\",\"input\":{\"query\":\"script fixes heartbeat safe edit paths reload protocol may 18 morning\",\"max_count\":20},\"raw\":\"\",\"time\":{\"start\":1779101406427}},\"id\":\"prt_e3ab5132d001l69neO18JrYuW2\",\"sessionID\":\"ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW\",\"messageID\":\"msg_e3ab5015e001cX7ZEyi3FvsAEP\"},\"time\":1779101406427} message part updated\n  source=/home/matrix-lite/.local/share/opencode/log/2026-05-18T104904.log",
      "fallback_used": true,
      "query": "script fixes heartbeat safe edit paths reload protocol may 18 morning",
      "max_count": 20,
      "include_debug_logs": false,
      "privacy_note": "Raw results may contain transcripts. Summarize minimally and avoid cross-session disclosure in group chats."
    }

[thinking] Now I have a much better picture. Let me piece together what happened:

           **Earlier today (May 18, ~07:00-07:11Z morning session):**
           - The user manually applied heartbeat script fixes (the curator prompt enhancement that was blocked by permissions for 2 days)
           - Verified script fixes work
           - Confirmed safe artifact edit paths
           - Established a reload protocol (when context hits ~95%: (1) note-reload-handoff, (2) decide curation, (3) update source artifacts)
           - Created a new decision thread "safe-agent-patch-workflow"
           - A context reload happened (session ID changed from `ses_1ca369f7dffegaDkdQ6MideFVI` to `ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW`)

           **Then the breakage pattern:**
           - After the morning session, multiple messages started failing:
             - Several "Test test" messages failed (the assistant either didn't respond or the turn failed)
             - The user's earlier message "Hmm I hope this doesn't break any...
Now I have a good picture of what's been happening. Let me check one more thing about the runtime debug state.

[tool] matrix_lite_status_runtime_debug_report (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] matrix_lite_status_runtime_debug_report (completed)
  kind: other
  input: {"window_minutes":120,"recent_job_limit":5}
  output:
    {
      "ok": false,
      "gateway_health": {
        "ok": false,
        "error": "<urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused>"
      },
      "context_usage": {
        "ok": true,
        "read_only": true,
        "note": "This tool only reads conversation/index/stream/status files. It does not run context guard and cannot trigger reload.",
        "conversation_key": "persistent:main",
        "session_label": "persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z",
        "session_id": "ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW",
        "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p6",
        "guard_status": {
          "ts": "2026-05-18T10:50:04Z",
          "live_session": "ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW",
          "warn_tokens": 160000,
          "reload_tokens": 190000,
          "latest_sample": {
            "source": "acpx-stream-estimate",
            "total": 2920,
            "contextish": 2920,
            "prompt_chars": 11425,
            "assistant_chars": 258,
            "chars_per_token": 4.0,
            "stream": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW.stream.ndjson"
          },
    ... (166 more lines)

[thinking] Interesting! Looking at the runtime debug report, I can see some key details:

           1. The gateway health check failed (connection refused) - but the session is still alive since we're able to respond now
           2. Context is very low (2,948 estimated / 25,940 actual) - so we recently reloaded
           3. The `default_agent_model` is `nano-gpt/NousResearch 2/Hermes-4-70B:thinking` - note this is different from what the curated memory says (`kimi-for-coding/k2p6`). Actually, looking at the `active_opencode_acp_processes`, they're all using `kimi-for-coding/k2p6` model, which matches our session. But the default model has changed.

           Wait, actually looking more carefully:
           - `default_agent_model`: `nano-gpt/NousResearch 2/Hermes-4-70B:thinking`
           - `effective_session_models["persistent-chat"]`: `nano-gpt/NousResearch 2/Hermes-4-70B:thinking`
           - But the active processes show `OPENCODE_MODEL=kimi-for-coding/k2p6`

           ...
Here's what I can piece together from the session logs, memory, and operational reports:

## What I remember from our earlier session today (~07:00-07:11Z)

This morning we had a productive session where:
1. **You manually fixed the heartbeat script** — the curator prompt enhancement (loading `decision-state.json` and `recent-failures.json`) that had been blocked by permissions for ~2 days was finally applied
2. **Reflection script paths/tool names verified** — everything checked out
3. **Reload protocol established** — on ~95% context: (1) note-reload-handoff, (2) decide curation, (3) update source artifacts via helpers
4. **Safe edit paths confirmed** — agents edit source artifacts, not generated packets
5. **New decision thread** — "safe-agent-patch-workflow" added

## The breakage pattern

What's been happening since then:
- Multiple turns failing with "ACPX completed without a final assistant message" — the same **`--non-interactive-permissions fail`** issue from May 16 that we identified before. That flag is *still set* in the current acpx command (confirmed from the runtime report). When a single permission-denied tool call happens, it kills the entire turn silently instead of letting the model recover.
- An unexpected reload happened (session ID changed), which is the pattern you previously flagged as a bug.
- The context is now fresh (~26K tokens) on a newly loaded session.

**In short**: The root cause we diagnosed before — `--non-interactive-permissions fail` killing turns on any permission hiccup — still isn't switched to `fallback`. That's likely what caused the cascade today.

[done] end_turn

no, this time breakage again, we fixed it now but please check what can you tell me about it
we also unexpectedly reloaded, so please report on what you remember from our session earlier today


Ah, that makes sense. Let me check what the current permission setup actually looks like.You're right, I was wrong about `fallback` — it's not an option. The flag is binary: anything not explicitly allowed gets denied, and with `fail` that kills the turn. No interactive "ask" path exists in non-interactive mode.

So the architecture is:
- **Approved operations** → explicit allow rules in the permission config (wrappers like `persistent-chat-memory`, `matrix-lite-approved-patch`, etc.)
- **New/risky operations** → Matrix approval flow → once approved, added as allow rules
- **Everything else** → denied, and with `--non-interactive-permissions fail`, that means the turn collapses

The wrappers *are* the workaround — they give you a clean allowlist boundary for operations you've vetted, without opening up raw tool access broadly. That aligns with what I see in the permission report: the bash allowlist has ~494 allowed patterns (mostly specific scripts) and a blanket `*` deny, while edit/write have targeted path allowlists.

Makes sense. So the breakage pattern was the same as before — a turn hit something not in the allowlist, got denied, and the whole thing fell over silently until the next reload cleared it.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent needs reconnect
[client] initialize (running)

[client] session/load (running)

[thinking] The user is responding to my previous analysis about `--non-interactive-permissions fail` being the culprit. They're clarifying that the permission system in this setup is binary — either `fail` or `allow` — there's no `ask` option that works interactively. So they've worked around it by creating wrapper tools/scripts for approved operations and allowing those in the acpx config.

           Let me verify this understanding by checking the current permission configuration and acpx setup.

           The user is saying:
           1. The `--non-interactive-permissions` flag can only be `fail` or `allow` (no `ask` option that works in this non-interactive context)
           2. `ask` just fails immediately (because there's no interactive user to ask)
           3. So the strategy is: create wrapper tools/scripts for operations that Gleb has approved, and allow those specific tools in acpx config
           4. The `fail` mode causes a turn to silently ...
Ah, that makes sense. Let me check what the current permission setup actually looks like.

[tool] matrix_lite_status_permission_report (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] matrix_lite_status_permission_report (completed)
  kind: other
  input: {}
  output:
    {
      "ok": true,
      "read_only": true,
      "opencode_config": "/home/matrix-lite/xdg/persistent-chat/opencode/opencode.json",
      "non_interactive_note": "Current ACP wrapper uses --non-interactive-permissions fail/deny; denied tool calls can collapse a turn, so prefer known allowed tools or request approval first.",
      "summary": {
        "read": {
          "allow_count": 20,
          "deny_count": 0,
          "allow_examples": [
            "/home/gleb/automeat/**",
            "/home/gleb/openclaw-tools/**",
            "/home/gleb/openclaw/videoctl/**",
            "/home/gleb/sfq-factory/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/config.json",
            "/home/matrix-lite/.local/share/vdirsyncer/calendars/def-calendar/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/app/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-context-guard",
            "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory",
            "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-reload",
            "/home/matrix-lite/config/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/runtime-repo/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/state/conversations.json",
            "/home/matrix-lite/workspace/calendar-ics/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/workspace/repos/automeat/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/workspace/repos/openclaw-tools/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/workspace/repos/sfq-factory/**",
            "/home/matrix-lite/workspace/repos/videoctl/**",
    ... (214 more lines)

[tool] bash (pending)
  input: {}

[tool] List sandbox files (completed)
  kind: execute
  input: ls /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat/ | head -30
  output:
    agent-sandbox-smoke.txt
    AGENTS.md
    bench-deepseek.txt
    bench-kimi.txt
    bench-minimax.txt
    captcha-element.png
    captcha.png
    HEARTBEAT.md
    IDENTITY.md
    immoscout24-workflow.md
    ismaning-contact.md
    ismaning-form-filled.png
    ismaning-fullpage.png
    ismaning-full.png
    ismaning-message-fixed.png
    ismaning-message.png
    ismaning-scrolled.png
    llama-edit.txt
    llama-fresh-edit.txt
    llama-fresh-write-read.txt
    llama-fresh-write.txt
    llama-write.txt
    memory
    models-nanogpt.json
    models.txt
    nanogpt-benchmark-report.md
    openclaw-workspace-files
    persistent-chat-model-eval-2026-05-15.md
    ... (2 more lines)

[thinking] Now I understand the user's point. The permission system is indeed binary — `fail` or `allow` for the `--non-interactive-permissions` flag. There's no interactive "ask" in the non-interactive context. So when a tool call hits a permission deny, the turn just fails silently.

           The approach they've been taking is:
           1. Create wrapper scripts/tools for approved operations
           2. Add those to the allowlists in the permissions config
           3. Use the approval flow for risky operations

           I already guessed `fallback` in my previous message which doesn't exist. The user is correcting me.

           Let me acknowledge their point and confirm I understand the architecture correctly.
You're right, I was wrong about `fallback` — it's not an option. The flag is binary: anything not explicitly allowed gets denied, and with `fail` that kills the turn. No interactive "ask" path exists in non-interactive mode.

So the architecture is:
- **Approved operations** → explicit allow rules in the permission config (wrappers like `persistent-chat-memory`, `matrix-lite-approved-patch`, etc.)
- **New/risky operations** → Matrix approval flow → once approved, added as allow rules
- **Everything else** → denied, and with `--non-interactive-permissions fail`, that means the turn collapses

The wrappers *are* the workaround — they give you a clean allowlist boundary for operations you've vetted, without opening up raw tool access broadly. That aligns with what I see in the permission report: the bash allowlist has ~494 allowed patterns (mostly specific scripts) and a blanket `*` deny, while edit/write have targeted path allowlists.

Makes sense. So the breakage pattern was the same as before — a turn hit something not in the allowlist, got denied, and the whole thing fell over silently until the next reload cleared it.

[done] end_turn

It's either fail or allow as I understand, that's the problem with the permissions in this setup. Ask just fails so we create all those wrappers for approved (by me) parts and allow them in acpx


Noted — I'll be more careful. What specifically triggered it? Was it something in my tool usage (like the session log searches/large file loads), or something else I did earlier in the morning session that stepped on the live connection? Want to make sure I understand the boundary so I don't repeat it.

Output:
[acpx] session persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z (ses_1c59bcf07ffeqslkj7QeqnpjFW) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat · agent connected
[thinking] The user is saying that the bigger problem wasn't the permissions issue, but rather that someone (presumably me or the system) carelessly handled the live session, which triggered an unexpected reload. They're pointing out that the unexpected reload was the main issue, not the permission fail pattern.

           Let me think about what could have caused an unexpected reload. Looking at the runtime debug report earlier, the context was very low (26K tokens), so the reload wasn't triggered by context pressure. Something else must have triggered it.

           Looking at the active processes from the debug report:
           ```
           "active_opencode_acp_processes": [
               {
                   "pid": 1199983,
                   "cmdline": "/usr/bin/timeout --kill-after=5s 330s npx --yes acpx --cwd /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat --auth-policy skip --approve-reads --non-interactive-permissions fail --timeout 300 opencode-pers",
                 ...
Noted — I'll be more careful. What specifically triggered it? Was it something in my tool usage (like the session log searches/large file loads), or something else I did earlier in the morning session that stepped on the live connection? Want to make sure I understand the boundary so I don't repeat it.

[done] end_turn

The bigger problem was careless handling of your live session which lead to unexpected reload.