From 59b5058cdb404e1583d1955c30df6f52bc90ee5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 13:31:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(active-memory): stabilize timeout partial recovery

---
 CHANGELOG.md                           | 1 +
 extensions/active-memory/index.test.ts | 2 +-
 extensions/active-memory/index.ts      | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d95a6336389..2b004aa6731 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 ### Fixes
 
 - Diagnostics: grant the internal diagnostics event bus to official installed diagnostics exporter plugins, so npm-installed `@openclaw/diagnostics-prometheus` can emit metrics without broadening the capability to arbitrary global plugins. Fixes #76628. Thanks @RayWoo.
+- Active Memory: give timeout partial transcript recovery enough abort-settle headroom so temporary recall summaries are returned before cleanup. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Doctor/config: restore legacy group chat config migrations for `routing.allowFrom`, `routing.groupChat.*`, and `channels.telegram.requireMention` so upgrades keep WhatsApp, Telegram, and iMessage group mention gates and history settings instead of leaving configs invalid or silently blocked. Thanks @scoootscooob.
 - CLI/update: make package-update follow-up processes write completion results and exit explicitly, so Windows packaged upgrades do not hang after the new package finishes post-core plugin work. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Release validation: skip Slack live QA unless Slack credentials are explicitly configured, so release gates can keep proving non-Slack surfaces while Slack is still local and credential-gated. Thanks @vincentkoc.
diff --git a/extensions/active-memory/index.test.ts b/extensions/active-memory/index.test.ts
index ff6b452c36a..d1e56d193fb 100644
--- a/extensions/active-memory/index.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/active-memory/index.test.ts
@@ -3283,7 +3283,6 @@ describe("active-memory plugin", () => {
         `^${escapeRegExp(expectedDir)}${escapeRegExp(path.sep)}active-memory-[a-z0-9]+-[a-f0-9]{8}\\.jsonl$`,
       ),
     );
-    expect(rmSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(
       vi
         .mocked(api.logger.info)
@@ -3291,6 +3290,7 @@ describe("active-memory plugin", () => {
           String(call[0]).includes(`transcript=${expectedDir}${path.sep}`),
         ),
     ).toBe(true);
+    expect(rmSpy.mock.calls.some(([target]) => String(target).startsWith(expectedDir))).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("falls back to the default transcript directory when transcriptDir is unsafe", async () => {
diff --git a/extensions/active-memory/index.ts b/extensions/active-memory/index.ts
index 918e4c04d81..b6f80208ae5 100644
--- a/extensions/active-memory/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/active-memory/index.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const TOGGLE_STATE_FILE = "session-toggles.json";
 const DEFAULT_PARTIAL_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_CHARS = 32_000;
 const DEFAULT_TRANSCRIPT_READ_MAX_LINES = 2_000;
 const DEFAULT_TRANSCRIPT_READ_MAX_BYTES = 50 * 1024 * 1024;
-const TIMEOUT_PARTIAL_DATA_GRACE_MS = 50;
+const TIMEOUT_PARTIAL_DATA_GRACE_MS = 500;
 const MAX_ACTIVE_MEMORY_SEARCH_QUERY_CHARS = 480;
 const TERMINAL_MEMORY_SEARCH_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 25;