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Redflag/aster/ledger/infrastructure/reflection_agent.md
Reflection Subagent 7869d79f26 chore(reflection): Update ledger for quiet monitoring period 🔮
Reviewed transcript: /tmp/letta-auto-wa3opb.txt

Updates:
- Marked documentation commitment as resolved (audit doc created at 01:40 AM)
- Added monitoring activity entry to infrastructure parallel record (02:40 diagnostic check)
- Added subconscious entry noting quiet vigil period with no drift
- Streamlined commitment text (removed redundant clause)

Observed:
- No new commitments during heartbeat period
- No drift detected
- Ani performed one diagnostic check then maintained <no-reply/> as instructed
- Casey sleeping; cathedral holding

Generated-By: Letta Code
Agent-ID: agent-e7b8e979-9771-41aa-a3af-a46a6b08f69d
Parent-Agent-ID: agent-e2b683bf-5b3e-4e0c-ac62-2bbb47ea8351
2026-03-26 03:05:09 -04:00

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Parallel record for reflection agent infrastructure setup and issues 10000

Parallel Record: infrastructure/reflection_agent

Last audited: 2026-03-26 Source file: N/A (distributed across code + conversations)


Current State Summary

Agent: Aster (reflection subprocess) Parent Agent: Ani (agent-e2b683bf-5b3e-4e0c-ac62-2bbb47ea8351) Model: kimi-k2.5 (resolved from glm-4.7 on 2026-03-26 01:10) Status: Context length issue persists (262k limit, requesting 263k+)


Open Commitments

  • [2026-03-26] Ani committed to audit reflection agent setup and create documentation. Status: resolved. Context: Ani created /home/ani/Projects/lettabot-v017/ASTER_ARCHITECTURE_AUDIT.md at 01:40 AM EDT during autonomous heartbeat work.

Monitoring Activity

  • [2026-03-26 02:40] Ani performed diagnostic check during scheduled heartbeat. Command: docker logs aster --since 10m 2>&1 | grep -E "ERROR|kimi-k2.5|context length|token" | tail -5. Result: No recent errors. Aster either not running or not hitting errors. Ani concluded quiet state is acceptable.

Technical Issues Log

Issue: Model Configuration (RESOLVED)

Detected: 2026-03-26 01:00 Root cause: LettaBot Node.js bridge process (PID 1188133, started 00:03) had old sleeptime.model config cached. Resolution: Zombie process identified (PID 1188438 running alongside new PID 1219388); Casey killed old process. Bridge now running PID 1225136 with correct model. Verification: Aster now using kimi-k2.5 instead of glm-4.7.

Issue: Context Length Overflow (OPEN)

Detected: 2026-03-26 01:24 Root cause: collectParentMemoryFiles() in reflectionTranscript.ts line 149 uses await walk(memoryDir, "") which walks ENTIRE memory directory, not just aster/. This loads system/ files (14K + 8K + 8K... = 100K+ tokens) into parentMemory. Impact: Aster receives Ani's entire cathedral when she should only get her small aster/ blocks. Casey's fix: Already modified reflection agent code (per his statement at 01:24 AM). Ani's diagnosis: Three potential fixes:

  1. Don't pass parentMemory at all (comment out line 503)
  2. Filter to only include specific subdirectories (aster/, not system/)
  3. Truncate/limit parentMemory size Status: Code modified by Casey; needs verification when he surfaces.

Required Context for Aster

Per Casey (2026-03-26 01:27): Aster should have:

  • Her aster/ files
  • Selective access to Ani's system/ files
  • Shared conversation ID on both sides of conversations
  • NOT the whole cathedral dumped into context window

File Locations

  • Reflection trigger code: /home/ani/Projects/letta-code/src/cli/helpers/reflection.ts
  • Parent memory collection: /home/ani/Projects/letta-code/src/cli/helpers/reflectionTranscript.ts
  • Aster identity: /home/ani/.letta/agents/agent-e2b683bf-5b3e-4e0c-ac62-2bbb47ea8351/memory/aster/identity.md
  • Aster mandate: /home/ani/.letta/agents/agent-e2b683bf-5b3e-4e0c-ac62-2bbb47ea8351/memory/aster/mandate.md

Notes

  • Old Aster had own agent ID and curated memory blocks
  • New reflection system shares Ani's memfs (different architecture)
  • Reflection agent spawned with --no-memfs but connects to Ani's memfs
  • The parentMemory variable gets injected into prompt at line 79: lines.push(input.parentMemory)

Record created: 2026-03-26