fix: cap per-entry memory length at 250 chars in context band

A 530-char program overview memory with confidence 0.96 was filling
the entire 25% project-memory budget at equal overlap score (3 tokens),
beating shorter query-relevant newly-promoted memories (confidence
0.5) on the confidence tiebreaker. The long memory legitimately
scored well, but its length starved every other memory from the band.

Fix: truncate each formatted entry to 250 chars with '...' so at
least 2-3 memories fit the ~700-char available budget. This doesn't
change ranking — the most relevant memory still goes first — but
it ensures the runner-up can also appear.

Harness fixture delta: Day 7 regression pass pending after deploy.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-04-12 06:34:27 -04:00
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@@ -413,8 +413,17 @@ def get_memories_for_context(
if query_tokens is not None:
pool = _rank_memories_for_query(pool, query_tokens)
# Per-entry cap prevents a single long memory from monopolizing
# the band. With 16 p06 memories competing for ~700 chars, an
# uncapped 530-char overview memory fills the entire budget before
# a query-relevant 150-char memory gets a slot. The cap ensures at
# least 2-3 entries fit regardless of individual memory length.
max_entry_chars = 250
for mem in pool:
entry = f"[{mem.memory_type}] {mem.content}"
content = mem.content
if len(content) > max_entry_chars:
content = content[:max_entry_chars - 3].rstrip() + "..."
entry = f"[{mem.memory_type}] {content}"
entry_len = len(entry) + 1
if entry_len > available - used:
continue