Root cause of the test_mcp_sse_forces_local KeyError('FORCE_LOCAL') flake
(#940, Python 3.14 leg): the stdio variants of the mcp routing tests invoke
`bm mcp`, which starts a real background auto-update daemon thread before
mcp_server.run (the tests only mock run). That thread hits PyPI and then
rewrites config.json (auto_update_last_checked_at) with an in-place
Path.write_text, which truncates the file before writing. If that write lands
while a later test's CLI invocation is reading config.json (the app callback's
CliContainer.create()), load_config() sees empty/partial JSON and raises
SystemExit. CliRunner.invoke swallows it, the mocked mcp_server.run never
executes, and the test dies with KeyError on env_at_run['FORCE_LOCAL'] —
exactly the observed CI failure shape. Nothing is 3.14-specific; that leg
only shifted the timing.
The same torn write is user-visible in production: the MCP stdio server
re-reads config.json on mtime change and load_config() exits the process on
invalid JSON if it races a CLI save.
Fix: save_basic_memory_config writes a per-process/per-thread sibling temp
file and publishes it with os.replace, so readers always observe either the
old or the new complete document. The regression test injects an interrupted
write and asserts the published config stays untouched; it fails against the
old in-place write.
Test hardening: the stdio routing tests stub run_auto_update so no PyPI call
or config write leaks across tests, and all four transport tests now assert
result.exit_code == 0 so a future pre-run failure surfaces its real error
instead of a KeyError.
Refs #940
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: phernandez <paul@basicmachines.co>
When append or prepend targets a non-existent note, the tool now
creates the file automatically instead of returning an error. This
eliminates silent failures for plugins (like openclaw) that use
edit_note(append) to build daily conversation notes — on the first
message of each day, the note didn't exist yet.
- find_replace and replace_section still require an existing note
- JSON output now includes `fileCreated: bool` in all responses
- Path traversal security check applied to auto-created directories
- Updated error messages to suggest append/prepend for missing notes
🧪 25 unit tests, 14 MCP integration tests, 10 CLI integration tests — all passing
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: phernandez <paul@basicmachines.co>
The htop-inspired dashboard (3004d0d1) changed the project info output
from "Basic Memory Project Info" / "Statistics" to project name title
with "Knowledge Graph" section. Update test assertions to match.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: phernandez <paul@basicmachines.co>
Add a new config option to enforce frontmatter on markdown sync when missing, writing derived title/type/permalink and updating in-memory metadata before upsert. Add startup warning when this option is combined with disable_permalinks to make precedence explicit. Add config/sync/initialization tests for the new behavior, and stabilize project list CLI integration assertions by forcing a wide terminal in tests to avoid Rich truncation.
Signed-off-by: phernandez <paul@basicmachines.co>
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