From 7addb519da0071f1a783ff0843f45d516eb13060 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vignesh Natarajan <vigneshnatarajan92@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 18:48:34 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix (memory/builtin): keep status dirty state stable across
 invocations

---
 src/memory/manager.ts | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/memory/manager.ts b/src/memory/manager.ts
index 92f1f84e95b..9f0e0c6ec97 100644
--- a/src/memory/manager.ts
+++ b/src/memory/manager.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager implements MemorySearchManager {
   static async get(params: {
     cfg: OpenClawConfig;
     agentId: string;
+    purpose?: "default" | "status";
   }): Promise<MemoryIndexManager | null> {
     const { cfg, agentId } = params;
     const settings = resolveMemorySearchConfig(cfg, agentId);
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager implements MemorySearchManager {
       workspaceDir,
       settings,
       providerResult,
+      purpose: params.purpose,
     });
     INDEX_CACHE.set(key, manager);
     return manager;
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager implements MemorySearchManager {
     workspaceDir: string;
     settings: ResolvedMemorySearchConfig;
     providerResult: EmbeddingProviderResult;
+    purpose?: "default" | "status";
   }) {
     this.cacheKey = params.cacheKey;
     this.cfg = params.cfg;
@@ -175,7 +178,8 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager implements MemorySearchManager {
     this.ensureWatcher();
     this.ensureSessionListener();
     this.ensureIntervalSync();
-    this.dirty = this.sources.has("memory");
+    const statusOnly = params.purpose === "status";
+    this.dirty = this.sources.has("memory") && (statusOnly ? !meta : true);
     this.batch = this.resolveBatchConfig();
   }