rdmsm4x-changelog-20260826-1953-mem0-root-checkpoint

Confirmed the renamed Mem0 project root and persisted a source-backed, compact-ready documentation checkpoint with clean local Git history and a verified bundle backup; no runtime, model, credential, client, or network state changed.

Scope

• Host: rdmsm4x
• Canonical project root: /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0
• Previous path checked: /Users/richh/dev/mem0
• Change class: local project documentation, Git initialization, project-index milestone, coordination record, and recovery artifact
• Runtime exclusions: no Mem0/Qdrant containers, Ollama changes, MCP registration, account signup, credentials, remote-host changes, or network exposure

Before

• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0 existed as an empty directory owned by richh:staff and was not inside a Git repository.
• /Users/richh/dev/mem0 was absent.
• No peer check-in claimed either Mem0 path.
• The researched Mem0/Qwen design existed only in the active task context and had not been materialized in the new root.

Changes

Created and committed:

• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/.gitignore
• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/AGENTS.md
• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/README.md
• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/SESSION-STATE.md
• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/ISSUES.md
• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/docs/research-and-architecture-2026-08-26.md
• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/.git/ with root commit d56c3d5440221f4597e22aee7826305e896d4444 on local branch main

Created recovery artifact:

• /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/backups/checkpoints/mem0-root-checkpoint-d56c3d5-20260826.bundle
• Bundle SHA-256: 8f0df6d3328b140f89f943b84d6b419f86ca31ff6589683035b1b34df3c4cc8a

Updated:

• /Users/richh/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Codex/projects/AGENTS.md principles/PROJECTS.md
• /Users/richh/.agent-coordination/checkins/codex-mem0-root-persistence-20260826.json
• This changelog file

Commands and operations

• Resolved the host with scutil --get ComputerName.
• Read the live fleet coordination policy and fleet inventory.
• Synchronized fleet check-ins and searched check-ins/mail for Mem0 path ownership.
• Used stat, find, and Git read-only probes to compare the old and new roots.
• Materialized project files with the patch editor.
• Initialized local Git with git init -b main.
• Staged files and ran git diff --cached --check; corrected the only reported Markdown trailing whitespace.
• Ran gitleaks dir . --redact --no-banner.
• Committed with message docs: persist Mem0 project checkpoint.
• Created and verified a complete Git bundle with git bundle create and git bundle verify.
• Rechecked Git status, HEAD, tree contents, and object integrity.

Verification evidence

• New root exists and contains six tracked project files.
• Old root remains absent.
• Git branch: main.
• Git HEAD: d56c3d5440221f4597e22aee7826305e896d4444.
• Working tree: clean; ignored recovery directory is backups/.
• git diff --cached --check: passed before commit.
• Gitleaks 8.30.1: scanned approximately 24.94 KB; no leaks found.
• git bundle verify: bundle is okay, contains refs/heads/main and HEAD, and records complete history.
• Project-index post-change SHA-256: 0775d7fb019bd2a89b2a896c4e4328df44c9ef9bab02174afd29f9bac183da65.
• Project-index pre-change SHA-256 recorded before editing: 14481dde5aae759a3e1bd5f08dea56288c975bae503e64f46dc3f5d6c65bf574.
• No Mem0/Qdrant runtime or client integration was started.

git fsck --full returned success and reported two harmless unreachable staging blobs left by correcting files before the first commit; all committed objects and refs verified.

Backup and recovery

• No project-file backup was required because the new root was verified empty and the former root was absent before writing.
• The complete committed checkpoint is recoverable from /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0/backups/checkpoints/mem0-root-checkpoint-d56c3d5-20260826.bundle.
• The project-index update is one additive Mem0 milestone line; its exact pre-change SHA-256 is recorded above, and iCloud/FileProvider version history remains additive recovery coverage.

Undo

To remove only this checkpoint while preserving the recovery artifact, first copy the verified bundle outside the project, then remove the newly initialized project root only with explicit destructive authorization. Without destructive authorization, restore individual tracked files from commit d56c3d5440221f4597e22aee7826305e896d4444 as needed.

To undo only the project-index change, delete the single Mem0 Local Shared Agent Memory milestone line and verify that no later agent expanded it before editing.

Outstanding owner action

Runtime implementation remains intentionally blocked on explicit approval of the proposed local-only architecture and capture policy. The pending approval phrase is:

Approve local-only Mem0, staged Qwen 3.8 promotion, and explicit-save defaults.

Primary-folder reconciliation — 20:01 EDT

• Richh directed that all Mem0 project files be relocated to their designated primary folder under ~/dev/localAI/.
• A bounded filename and content-reference inventory of /Users/richh/dev, ~/Documents/Codex, and the iCloud Codex tree found no Mem0 project payload outside /Users/richh/dev/localAI/mem0.
• The former candidate roots /Users/richh/dev/mem0 and /Users/richh/dev/ai/mem0 remain absent. No file move was necessary, so no source shell or redirect was created.
• The fleet-wide operating project index, coordination check-ins, Markdown changelog archive, and Apple Notes record remain in their mandated shared locations; they are governance ledgers, not movable Mem0 project payload.
• Independent verification reconfirmed clean branch main at d56c3d5440221f4597e22aee7826305e896d4444, a complete bundle backup, successful git fsck --full, and Gitleaks 8.30.1 with no leaks found.
• Three Apple Notes records created by overlapping closeout saves had identical content after normalizing only their title-minute stamp. The earliest authoritative note, ID ending p71728, was retained. Exact duplicates ending p71729 and p71730 were moved to Notes' recoverable Recently Deleted area; a live re-read confirmed one remaining Mem0 checkpoint note.

No project source, runtime data, service configuration, model, credential, client registration, or network state changed during this reconciliation. To undo only the Notes deduplication, restore the two exact duplicate notes from Recently Deleted before that recoverable retention window expires.