- Updated paths in troubleshooting documentation to reflect new settings file location.
- Modified diagnostics and reference files to read from ~/.claude-mem/settings.json.
- Introduced getWorkerPort utility for cleaner worker port retrieval.
- Enhanced ChromaSync and SDKAgent to load Python version and Claude path from settings.
- Updated SettingsRoutes to validate new settings: CLAUDE_MEM_LOG_LEVEL and CLAUDE_MEM_PYTHON_VERSION.
- Added early-settings module to load settings for logger and other early-stage modules.
- Adjusted logger to use early-loaded log level setting.
- Refactored paths to utilize early-loaded data directory setting.
This PR addresses issue #193 affecting Windows installations of claude-mem.
## Bug 1: Missing ecosystem.config.cjs in packaged plugin
**Problem**: The ecosystem.config.cjs file was not included in the plugin
package, causing PM2 to fail when trying to start the worker from cache.
**Fix**: Added `plugin/ecosystem.config.cjs` with correct path for packaged
structure (`./scripts/worker-service.cjs` instead of `./plugin/scripts/`).
## Bug 2: Incorrect MCP Server Path (src/services/worker-service.ts)
**Problem**: Path `__dirname, '..', '..', 'plugin', 'scripts', 'mcp-server.cjs'`
only worked in dev structure, failed in packaged plugin.
**Error produced**:
```
Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\...\claude-mem\plugin\scripts\mcp-server.cjs'
[ERROR] [SYSTEM] Background initialization failed MCP error -32000: Connection closed
```
**Fix**: Changed to `path.join(__dirname, 'mcp-server.cjs')` since mcp-server.cjs
is in the same directory as worker-service.cjs after bundling.
## Bug 3: Missing smart-install.js in plugin package
**Problem**: smart-install.js was referenced in hooks.json but not included
in the plugin/ directory for cache deployment.
**Fix**: Added `plugin/scripts/smart-install.js` that uses `createRequire()`
to resolve modules from MARKETPLACE_ROOT.
## Bug 4: hooks.json incorrect path
**Problem**: Referenced `/../scripts/smart-install.js` but CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT
points to the plugin/ directory.
**Fix**: Changed to `/scripts/smart-install.js`.
## Bug 5: Windows Worker Startup - Visible Console Windows
**Problem**: PM2 ignores windowsHide option on Windows, opening visible
console windows when starting the worker service.
**Fix**: Use PowerShell `Start-Process -WindowStyle Hidden` on Windows while
keeping PM2 for Unix systems (src/shared/worker-utils.ts).
## Additional Improvements
- Increased worker startup timeouts for Windows (500ms health check, 1000ms
wait between retries, 15 retries = 15s total vs previous 5s)
- Added `windowsHide: true` to root ecosystem.config.cjs for PM2
## Note on Assertion Failure
The Windows libuv assertion failure `!(handle->flags & UV_HANDLE_CLOSING)`
at `src\win\async.c:76` is a known upstream issue in Claude Code (Issue #7579),
triggered by fetch() calls on Windows. This is NOT caused by worker spawning
and cannot be fixed in claude-mem.
Tested on Windows 11 with Node.js v24.
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- Introduced SettingsDefaultsManager to centralize default settings and loading logic.
- Updated context-generator, SDKAgent, SettingsRoutes, and worker-utils to utilize the new manager for loading settings.
- Removed redundant code for reading settings from files and environment variables.
- Ensured fallback to default values when settings file is missing or invalid.
* fix: Hide console window on Windows when spawning child processes
Add windowsHide: true to spawnSync and execSync calls to prevent
empty console windows from appearing on Windows when hooks execute.
Fixes two spawn points:
- worker-utils.ts: PM2 spawn when starting worker service
- user-message-hook.ts: Node spawn for context display
Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html (windowsHide option)
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* fix: Add windowsHide to remaining execSync calls for complete Windows console window hiding
This completes the Windows console window fix by adding `windowsHide: true` to all remaining `execSync` calls:
- src/services/worker-service.ts:220 - pgrep command for orphaned process detection
- src/services/worker-service.ts:226 - pkill command for process cleanup
- src/services/worker/SDKAgent.ts:414 - where/which claude command for finding executable
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- Decorative Product Hunt announcement in terminal with rocket borders
- Product Hunt badge in viewer header with theme-aware switching
- Badge uses separate tracking URL for analytics
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Added dynamic announcement system to welcome users to our first-ever Live AMA event! 🎉
What's New:
• Time-aware announcement for Live AMA (Dec 1-5, 5-7pm EST)
• Live indicator (🔴) appears during active sessions
• Announcement automatically expires after event ends
Join us for our inaugural AMA! Ask questions, share ideas, and connect with the community. Whether you're a longtime user or just getting started with claude-mem, we'd love to hear from you!
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This release introduces powerful new privacy controls and search improvements:
**New Features:**
- Dual-tag system for meta-observation control
- <private> tags for user-level privacy control
- <claude-mem-context> tags for system-level auto-injected observations
- Privacy tag documentation and inline help in context hook
**Improvements:**
- Simplified search API parameters to eliminate bracket encoding issues
- Improved user messaging for new privacy features
**Technical:**
- Tag stripping happens at hook layer (edge processing)
- Shared utilities in src/utils/tag-stripping.ts
- Database index optimization for user prompts lookup
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* fix(context-hook): update savings message to reference mem-search skill
Changed "Use claude-mem search" to "Use the mem-search skill" for clarity.
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* chore: delete outdated docs, experiments, and test results
Removed:
- docs/context/ (moved to private/)
- experiment/ (obsolete)
- test-results/ (stale)
- tests/ (outdated)
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* fix(user-message-hook): update support link to Discord community
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- Added a new script to simulate token savings from Endless Mode using real observation data.
- Introduced functions to calculate token costs with and without Endless Mode, showcasing the differences in context handling.
- Enhanced output to display detailed token usage statistics and potential savings at scale.
- Integrated assumptions for user activity to estimate weekly and annual token savings.
- Updated worker-utils to automatically start the worker using PM2 if not running, improving service reliability.
* feat: Add discovery_tokens for ROI tracking in observations and session summaries
- Introduced `discovery_tokens` column in `observations` and `session_summaries` tables to track token costs associated with discovering and creating each observation and summary.
- Updated relevant services and hooks to calculate and display ROI metrics based on discovery tokens.
- Enhanced context economics reporting to include savings from reusing previous observations.
- Implemented migration to ensure the new column is added to existing tables.
- Adjusted data models and sync processes to accommodate the new `discovery_tokens` field.
* refactor: streamline context hook by removing unused functions and updating terminology
- Removed the estimateTokens and getObservations helper functions as they were not utilized.
- Updated the legend and output messages to replace "discovery" with "work" for clarity.
- Changed the emoji representation for different observation types to better reflect their purpose.
- Enhanced output formatting for improved readability and understanding of token usage.
* Refactor user-message-hook and context-hook for improved clarity and functionality
- Updated user-message-hook.js to enhance error messaging and improve variable naming for clarity.
- Modified context-hook.ts to include a new column key section, improved context index instructions, and added emoji icons for observation types.
- Adjusted footer messages in context-hook.ts to emphasize token savings and access to past research.
- Changed user-message-hook.ts to update the feedback and support message for clarity.
* fix: Critical ROI tracking fixes from PR review
Addresses critical findings from PR #111 review:
1. **Fixed incorrect discovery token calculation** (src/services/worker/SDKAgent.ts)
- Changed from passing cumulative total to per-response delta
- Now correctly tracks token cost for each observation/summary
- Captures token state before/after response processing
- Prevents all observations getting inflated cumulative values
2. **Fixed schema version mismatch** (src/services/sqlite/SessionStore.ts)
- Changed ensureDiscoveryTokensColumn() from version 11 to version 7
- Now matches migration007 definition in migrations.ts
- Ensures consistent version tracking across migration system
These fixes ensure ROI metrics accurately reflect token costs.
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- Removed fragile PM2 string parsing and replaced with direct PM2 restart logic.
- Eliminated silent error handling in worker-utils.ts for better error visibility.
- Extracted duplicated session auto-creation logic into a new helper method getOrCreateSession() in worker-service.ts.
- Centralized configuration values and replaced magic numbers with named constants.
- Updated health check logic to ensure worker is restarted if unhealthy.
- Removed unnecessary getWorkerPort() wrapper function.
- Improved overall code quality and maintainability by applying DRY and YAGNI principles.
* Add viewer HTML for claude-mem with live stream and settings interface
- Implemented a responsive layout with left and right columns for observations and settings.
- Added status indicators for connection state.
- Integrated server-sent events (SSE) for real-time updates on observations and summaries.
- Created dynamic project filter dropdown based on available observations.
- Developed settings section for environment variables and worker stats.
- Included functionality to save settings and load current stats from the server.
- Enhanced UI with custom styles for better user experience.
* Remove draft implementation plan for v5.1 web UI
* feat: Implement viewer UI with sidebar, feed, and settings management
- Add main viewer template (HTML) with styling for dark mode.
- Create App component to manage state and render Header, Feed, and Sidebar.
- Implement Feed component to display observations and summaries with filtering.
- Develop Header component for project selection and connection status.
- Create ObservationCard and SummaryCard components for displaying individual items.
- Implement Sidebar for settings management and displaying worker/database stats.
- Add hooks for managing SSE connections, settings, and stats fetching.
- Define types for observations, summaries, settings, and stats.
* Enhance UI components and improve layout
- Updated padding and layout for the feed and card components in viewer.html, viewer-template.html, and viewer.html to improve visual spacing and alignment.
- Increased card margins and padding for better readability and aesthetics.
- Adjusted font sizes, weights, and line heights for card titles and subtitles to enhance text clarity and hierarchy.
- Added a new feed-content class to center the feed items and limit their maximum width.
- Modified the Header component to improve the settings icon's SVG structure for better rendering.
- Enhanced the Sidebar component by adding a close button with an SVG icon, improving user experience for closing settings.
- Updated the Sidebar component's props to include an onClose function for handling sidebar closure.
* feat: Add user prompts feature with UI integration
- Implemented a new method in SessionStore to retrieve recent user prompts.
- Updated WorkerService to fetch and broadcast user prompts to clients.
- Enhanced the Feed component to display user prompts alongside observations and summaries.
- Created a new PromptCard component for rendering individual user prompts.
- Modified useSSE hook to handle new prompt events and processing status.
- Updated viewer templates and styles to accommodate the new prompts feature.
* feat: Add project filtering and pagination for observations
- Implemented `getAllProjects` method in `SessionStore` to retrieve unique projects from the database.
- Added `/api/observations` endpoint in `WorkerService` for paginated observations fetching.
- Enhanced `App` component to manage paginated observations and integrate with the new API.
- Updated `Feed` component to support infinite scrolling and loading more observations.
- Modified `Header` to display processing status.
- Refactored `PromptCard` to remove unnecessary processing indicator.
- Introduced `usePagination` hook to handle pagination logic for observations.
- Updated `useSSE` hook to include projects in the state.
- Adjusted types to accommodate new project data.
* Refactor viewer build process and remove deprecated HTML template
- Updated build-viewer.js to copy HTML template to build output with improved logging.
- Removed src/ui/viewer.html as it is no longer needed.
- Enhanced App component to merge observations while removing duplicates using useMemo.
- Improved Feed component to utilize a ref for onLoadMore callback and adjusted infinite scroll logic.
- Updated Sidebar component to use default settings from constants and removed redundant formatting functions.
- Refactored usePagination hook to streamline loading logic and prevent concurrent requests.
- Updated useSSE hook to use centralized API endpoints and improved reconnection logic.
- Refactored useSettings and useStats hooks to utilize constants for API endpoints and timing.
- Introduced ErrorBoundary component for better error handling in the viewer.
- Centralized API endpoint paths, default settings, timing constants, and UI-related constants into dedicated files.
- Added utility functions for formatting uptime and bytes for consistent display across components.
* feat: Enhance session management and pagination for user prompts, summaries, and observations
- Added project field to user prompts in the database and API responses.
- Implemented new API endpoints for fetching summaries and prompts with pagination.
- Updated WorkerService to handle new endpoints and filter results by project.
- Modified App component to manage paginated data for prompts and summaries.
- Refactored Feed component to remove unnecessary filtering and handle combined data.
- Improved usePagination hook to support multiple data types and project filtering.
- Adjusted useSSE hook to only load projects initially, with data fetched via pagination.
- Updated types to include project information for user prompts.
* feat: add SummarySkeleton component and data utility for merging items
- Introduced SummarySkeleton component for displaying loading state in the UI.
- Implemented mergeAndDeduplicateByProject utility function to merge real-time and paginated data while removing duplicates based on project filtering.
* Enhance UI and functionality of the viewer component
- Updated sidebar transition effects to use translate3d for improved performance.
- Added a sidebar header with title and connection status indicators.
- Modified the PromptCard to display project name instead of prompt number.
- Introduced a GitHub and X (Twitter) link in the header for easy access.
- Improved styling for setting descriptions and card hover effects.
- Enhanced Sidebar component to include connection status and updated layout.
* fix: reduce timeout for worker health checks and ensure proper responsiveness
Changes:
- Renamed src/hooks/stderr-test-hook.ts to user-message-hook.ts
- Updated user-message-hook with production-ready messaging
- Updated scripts/build-hooks.js to build user-message-hook
- Updated plugin/hooks/hooks.json to reference user-message-hook.js
- Cleaned up old stderr-test-hook.js files
- Built and deployed user-message-hook.js to plugin directory
This hook displays context information to users via stderr, which is
currently the only way to show messages in Claude Code UI. It runs in
parallel with context-hook during SessionStart.
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