JuliusBrussee/caveman · error

supersede requires old memory id

Error message

supersede requires old memory id

What it means

Error "supersede requires old memory id" thrown in JuliusBrussee/caveman.

Source

Thrown at mem/store.go:203

		return Memory{}, fmt.Errorf("store memory: %w", err)
	}
	var stored Memory
	row := s.db.QueryRow(memorySelect+` WHERE id = ?`, id)
	if err := scanMemory(row, &stored); err != nil {
		return Memory{}, fmt.Errorf("read back memory: %w", err)
	}
	if stored.ValidUntil != nil {
		return Memory{}, fmt.Errorf("memory %s exists only as an expired historical version and cannot be re-remembered as current", stored.ID)
	}
	return stored, nil
}

// Supersede atomically replaces one current memory with a new current version.
// The old row remains durable for history and byte-exact audit, but normal recall
// excludes it. An already-expired or unknown id fails closed.
func (s *Store) Supersede(oldID, newText string) (Memory, error) {
	if strings.TrimSpace(oldID) == "" {
		return Memory{}, fmt.Errorf("supersede requires old memory id")
	}
	if strings.TrimSpace(newText) == "" {
		return Memory{}, fmt.Errorf("cannot supersede with empty text")
	}
	if err := validateMemorySize(newText); err != nil {
		return Memory{}, err
	}
	tx, err := s.db.Begin()
	if err != nil {
		return Memory{}, fmt.Errorf("supersede begin: %w", err)
	}
	defer tx.Rollback()

	var old Memory
	if err := scanMemory(tx.QueryRow(memorySelect+` WHERE id = ? AND valid_until IS NULL`, oldID), &old); err != nil {
		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
			return Memory{}, fmt.Errorf("memory %s is not current", oldID)
		}

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Solutions

1. Pass the id of the memory to supersede.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at mem/store.go:203 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of JuliusBrussee/caveman@27d5a3981a (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ada75b10f6787fec. Report an issue: GitHub.