LibreChat/api/server/controllers/agents
Danny Avila ed8547018c
perf: Persist HITL checkpoints only on pause (lazy checkpointer) (#14024)
*  feat: Persist HITL checkpoints only on pause (skip clean-exit writes)

With `durability: 'exit'` (set by the SDK whenever a checkpointer is active) LangGraph
persists ONE checkpoint at the exit boundary on EVERY run — paused or not. So a non-paused
HITL turn writes a dead checkpoint whose only fate is to be pruned by deleteAgentCheckpoint:
pure write+delete churn on the common path, given HITL only ever resumes an *interrupt*
checkpoint.

`InterruptOnlyMongoSaver` (a MongoDBSaver subclass) persists only interrupt checkpoints and
discards clean-exit ones, so a non-paused turn writes nothing.

How it tells them apart (verified empirically against @langchain/langgraph, not docs):
when a run interrupts, the runner calls `putWrites` with the `INTERRUPT` ("__interrupt__")
channel for the checkpoint it's about to create, and that write's `config.checkpoint_id`
equals the `checkpoint.id` of the `put` that immediately follows. A clean exit calls `put`
with no preceding interrupt `putWrites`. So we record the checkpoint id of any interrupt
`putWrites` and persist a `put` only when its `checkpoint.id` was so marked. Keying on the
globally-unique checkpoint id (not thread_id) keeps this correct even when two runs race on
the same conversation (the job-replacement scenario).

Correctness is preserved end-to-end: interrupt checkpoints + their pending writes persist
exactly as before (resume unchanged); clean checkpoints were only ever written-then-pruned,
so not writing them is observationally equivalent. The eager prune stays as the backstop.

Tests (mongodb-memory-server): a bare put() is discarded; an interrupt-seeded checkpoint is
persisted with its __interrupt__ pending write; and an end-to-end real-graph run writes 0
checkpoints on a clean completion and a resumable one on interrupt.

NOTE: a non-paused turn's deleteAgentCheckpoint now finds nothing to delete (a 0-match
no-op) — a follow-up can skip that call entirely once the lingering-abandoned-pause cleanup
role is reassigned to the TTL + expiry sweeper.

*  feat: Drop the redundant clean-path checkpoint prune

With the lazy checkpointer (InterruptOnlyMongoSaver) a non-paused turn no longer writes a
clean-exit checkpoint, so the post-completion prune in chatCompletion's finally had nothing
left to delete. It was also already redundant: every fresh turn runs a pre-run prune
(`deleteAgentCheckpoint` before `processStream`) that clears any checkpoint orphaned by a
prior abandoned pause — verified empirically that a lingering interrupt checkpoint WOULD
otherwise poison a fresh turn (LangGraph continues the abandoned state + re-interrupts), and
that the pre-run prune is what prevents it. The Mongo TTL remains the backstop, and the
resume path still prunes after a successful finalize.

Removing the clean-path prune also deletes its job-replacement race surface (round-17 F21):
an older run's late finally can no longer delete a newer paused run's checkpoint, because
there is no longer a clean-path prune to race. Dropped the now-dead F21 predicate test.

Net per non-paused HITL turn: from {pre-run prune + checkpoint write + post-run prune} down
to {pre-run prune} — no write, no post-completion delete.

* 🛡️ fix: Anchor any pending-write checkpoint; stale-only eviction (Codex)

Broaden the lazy saver's keep-rule from "interrupt-only" to "persist any checkpoint that
carries pending writes" (renamed InterruptOnlyMongoSaver → LazyMongoSaver). This makes it
robust to delta-channel graphs without changing behavior for LibreChat's graph:

- K1 (P1): a delta-channel graph can write a synthetic PARENT/anchor checkpoint (no
  __interrupt__ mark) that the interrupt checkpoint then points at, with the delta writes
  stored under the parent id. The old rule discarded that parent, breaking delta-state
  resume. Now any checkpoint that received putWrites is persisted, so the anchor parent and
  its writes survive and resume can walk the chain.
- K3 (P2): for the same reason, clean delta-write rows are no longer orphaned — their
  checkpoint is persisted alongside them. (For LibreChat's standard Annotation/messages
  graph a clean run makes no putWrites at all — verified empirically — so the common path
  still writes nothing and the optimization is unchanged.)
- K2 (P2): the 1024 FIFO cap could evict a valid in-flight id whose put() was just behind
  Mongo I/O, mis-classifying its interrupt checkpoint as a clean exit. Replaced with
  time-based eviction: only ids older than 5 min (a put always follows its putWrites within
  ms) are swept; a recent in-flight id is never dropped, and the map grows rather than evict
  a valid id if nothing is stale.

New integration test: a checkpoint anchored by a NON-interrupt write is persisted. Full
agents/HITL suites green (108).

* style(checkpointer): fix import order to satisfy sort-imports CI

* fix(checkpointer): don't persist failed-turn (error-only) checkpoints

LazyMongoSaver anchored on ANY pending write, so a non-paused turn that
errors (LangGraph records an __error__ write then a put) was persisted and,
with the clean-path prune removed, lingered until the next fresh-turn prune
or the Mongo TTL. Anchor only on resumable writes — INTERRUPT or a real
(non-__-prefixed) state/delta channel — so error/bookkeeping-only checkpoints
are discarded at the source. Addresses Codex P3.

Codex P2 (delta-stub parent orphan) is not reachable: the SDK graph uses
standard Annotation/MessagesAnnotation channels (no DeltaChannel), and under
durability:'exit' putWrites precedes put with a parentless boundary
checkpoint — probe-confirmed against @langchain/langgraph@1.4. Documented the
durability:'exit' invariant the saver depends on.

Tests: error-only put discarded; e2e throwing graph persists 0 checkpoints.

* fix(checkpointer): drop bookkeeping-only write batches, not just the checkpoint

The prior fix stopped the failed-turn CHECKPOINT from persisting, but putWrites
still forwarded the __error__ batch to MongoDBSaver.putWrites — writing a row to
agent_checkpoint_writes whose parent checkpoint is then discarded. With the
post-run deleteThread removed, that orphan row lingered until the Mongo TTL or
the conversation's next pre-run prune. putWrites now drops a non-resumable
(bookkeeping-only) batch entirely instead of forwarding it.

Probed against a real MongoDBSaver (mongodb-memory-server): a throwing graph now
leaves 0 checkpoints AND 0 write rows (was 0 + 1 orphan), while interrupt->resume
is unaffected — the __interrupt__ write is resumable so it is still forwarded.
Addresses Codex P2 (round 3).

Tests: error-only put leaves no checkpoint and no write row; e2e throwing graph
leaves both collections empty; new e2e interrupt->resume completes with the
approval value.

* fix(checkpointer): un-anchor a checkpoint whose putWrites failed; freshen comments

Self-review findings on the converged PR:

1. LangGraph dispatches put() concurrently with putWrites (probe-confirmed on
   1.4.5), and put() still completes when putWrites rejects — so a transient
   Mongo failure during the interrupt write could persist a checkpoint whose
   __interrupt__ row is missing (an unresumable phantom pause). putWrites now
   deletes the write anchor on rejection (best-effort) and rethrows, so that
   put() discards the checkpoint instead. The pre-recorded anchor stays where
   it is — recording after the await would drop slow-I/O interrupts on the
   success path, which the same probe showed is reachable.

2. Renamed leftovers: two comments still said InterruptOnlyMongoSaver; the
   class is LazyMongoSaver.

3. Documented why the pre-run prune is deliberately unconditional per HITL
   turn (any cheaper gate can go stale across replicas and skip the prune
   exactly when an orphaned interrupt exists).

Test: failed putWrites → subsequent put persists nothing (14/14 green).

* fix(checkpointer): bookkeeping write batches follow their checkpoint's fate

The round-3 rule dropped bookkeeping-only putWrites batches (__error__/
__resume__/__no_writes__) unconditionally — batch-scoped, when the decision
must be checkpoint-scoped. Probe-confirmed (langgraph 1.4.5, durability:'exit'):
a Send fan-out that pauses on one sibling records the completed siblings as
pure __no_writes__ batches on the RETAINED interrupt checkpoint; dropping those
markers makes resume re-execute the completed siblings (side effects measured
twice). Addresses Codex M2 (P2).

putWrites now PARKS a bookkeeping-only batch in memory until the checkpoint's
fate is known: forwarded when the checkpoint is anchored (or was just
persisted — put is dispatched concurrently), dropped when put discards it. Net:
an errored turn still leaves nothing durable (0 checkpoints, 0 write rows),
and a retained checkpoint stores byte-for-byte what a plain MongoDBSaver would.

Codex M1 (__resume__ lost on re-pause) did not reproduce: the re-pause emits
[__interrupt__,__resume__] as ONE batch (anchored, forwarded whole) and a
second resume on a rebuilt graph replays both answers correctly — but the
fate-scoped buffering now covers a lone __resume__ batch in any ordering too.

Tests: bookkeeping preserved on a retained checkpoint in either arrival order;
e2e Send-sibling pause/resume with side-effect counters (was {a:2,c:2} under
the drop rule, now {a:1,c:1}); error-only turn still leaves both collections
empty. 16/16 green.
2026-07-05 08:30:06 -04:00
..
__tests__ perf: Persist HITL checkpoints only on pause (lazy checkpointer) (#14024) 2026-07-05 08:30:06 -04:00
callbacks.js 🧠 feat: Add Memory as an Agent Capability with Inline Tools and Ephemeral Badge (#13869) 2026-06-24 17:14:13 -04:00
client.js perf: Persist HITL checkpoints only on pause (lazy checkpointer) (#14024) 2026-07-05 08:30:06 -04:00
client.test.js 🪝 feat: Human-in-the-Loop Runtime - Tool Approval + Ask-User-Question (Slice B) (#13942) 2026-06-29 16:56:41 -04:00
errors.js 📦 refactor: Consolidate DB models, encapsulating Mongoose usage in data-schemas (#11830) 2026-03-21 14:28:53 -04:00
filterAuthorizedTools.spec.js 🧠 feat: Add Memory as an Agent Capability with Inline Tools and Ephemeral Badge (#13869) 2026-06-24 17:14:13 -04:00
openai.js 📛 feat: Tag Langfuse Traces With Tenant ID (#13808) 2026-06-17 20:27:55 -04:00
recordCollectedUsage.spec.js 🪢 chore: Consolidate Pricing and Tx Imports After tx.js Module Removal (#12086) 2026-03-21 14:28:53 -04:00
request.js 🪝 feat: Human-in-the-Loop Runtime - Tool Approval + Ask-User-Question (Slice B) (#13942) 2026-06-29 16:56:41 -04:00
responses.js 🎒 fix: Apply OCR Context to Responses API Agents and Handoffs (#13707) 2026-06-20 10:17:09 -04:00
resume.js 🪝 feat: Human-in-the-Loop Runtime - Tool Approval + Ask-User-Question (Slice B) (#13942) 2026-06-29 16:56:41 -04:00
v1.js 🦥 perf: Lazy-Load Agent Version History in Editor (#13977) 2026-06-26 12:19:54 -04:00
v1.spec.js 🦥 perf: Lazy-Load Agent Version History in Editor (#13977) 2026-06-26 12:19:54 -04:00