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Closes #493.

复现

在 :memory: store 上注入一个恒定返回中文点评的假 ctx.llm.stream（模拟 issue 现场「模型把转录当成该我回话了」），跑 20 轮 turn/end：

角色序列: system -> user
user 含角色约束: false
user 含转录分隔符 <<< >>>: false
额外 LLM 调用: 19 次
落库记忆: 0 条
distill_cursors.last_seq: undefined
窗口字符数 首/末: 25 -> 471 | 单调不减: true
error 审计: 20 条，全为 invalid summary JSON

两个缺陷都坐实：转录裸放在 user 位（格式指令只在 system），以及解析失败永不消费窗口。

改动

1. 围栏 + user 侧角色重申（src/summarize.js 的 collectMessages、src/lang.js）

user 消息现在以「你是第三方提炼员，不是下面这段会话的参与者」开头，转录包进 <<<会话转录开始>>> / <<<会话转录结束>>>。system 保持原样——模型对「当前这段文本是什么」的判断由它所在的 user 消息决定，只加 system 约束实测仍是 0/2 出 JSON。

围栏是确定性的（无时间戳/随机数），重试收到的转录与首次逐字节相同——否则「同文同温」这个前提不成立，护栏阈值就变成对着一堆不同输入计数。

2. 失败护栏（新键 summarizeParseFailureMaxRetries，默认 0 = 关）

连续失败到阈值后强制消费游标跳过该窗口。默认关是因为放弃内容有代价：短窗口偶发失败（429/5xx/超时）仍值得重试，这是 #424 那一侧的情形；本键针对的是确定性失败（finish_reason=stop、重试收益为 0）。

3. 失败行可诊断（issue 建议 3）

失败审计行的 metadata 现在恒带 distillChars / parse_failure / raw_len / raw_head（截断 300 字符）/ raw_has_bracket / streak。raw_has_bracket 是区分「模型没按格式写」与「格式对但内容救不回来」的唯一低成本判据，也正是 #493 现场那 20 条的关键特征。

4. distillChars 口径修正

改为只数转录正文（collected.transcriptChars）。加了约 100 字固定包裹后，若仍按「消息总字符数」算，4 字的窗口会凭空越过任何 summarizeMinWindowChars 阈值，闸门等于被自己的提示词旁路掉。

刻意不改的两处

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升级后建议

设 summarizeParseFailureMaxRetries: 2 或 3 止血。已有的卡死窗口（last_seq 停住的那条会话）在升级后仍会重试一次——第一次失败会把 streak 推到 1，再失败一次即达阈值被跳过。

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  • 新功能

    • 新增 summarizeParseFailureMaxRetries 配置，可设置连续解析失败后的最大重试次数（0–10，默认关闭）。
    • 达到失败阈值后可自动跳过当前窗口并继续处理，成功解析后重置失败计数。
    • 优化转录提示格式，减少模型误读并确保仅输出指定结构。

  • 错误修复

    • 失败审计信息现包含原始输出摘要、括号特征、失败次数及跳过状态，便于排查解析问题。

  • 文档

    • 更新配置说明与变更日志。

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fix(distill): fence the transcript and add a parse-failure guard (#493)
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The rendered transcript was sent bare in a user message while the format instruction lived only in the system prompt. Models read it as their turn to speak: they continued or commented on the conversation, the output had no '[' at all, and parseSummaryJsonResult bailed out at the bracket early-return with 'invalid summary JSON'. A parse failure does not advance the cursor (semantically 'not distilled yet, retry later'), so every turn/end retried the same window at the same temperature - same input, same failure - while the window kept growing. The reporter's 20 failures show input tokens rising 8194 -> 11118 with finish_reason=stop.

Two changes: (1) the transcript now sits inside an explicit fence with a user-side role reminder ('you are a third-party distiller, not a participant'), because the model decides what the text is from the message it arrives in - a system-only constraint still produced 0/2 JSON in testing. The fence is deterministic so retries stay byte-identical. (2) summarizeParseFailureMaxRetries (default 0 = off) consumes the cursor and skips the window once a session fails N times in a row; default off because discarding content has a real cost and short windows are worth retrying.

Parse-failure audit rows now carry distillChars / parse_failure / raw_len / raw_head / raw_has_bracket / streak instead of metadata: null, so 'what shape did the model actually emit' is answerable afterwards. distillChars now counts transcript body only, otherwise the added wrapper would push tiny windows past summarizeMinWindowChars.
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蒸馏 user 消息现在包含角色提醒和转录围栏，窗口字符数只统计转录正文。新增默认值为 0、范围为 0–10 的连续解析失败上限；达到非零阈值时，流程记录失败诊断并跳过当前窗口。

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转录提示与字符计量
dsh-mneme/lib/lang.js, dsh-mneme/src/lang.js, dsh-mneme/lib/summarize.js, dsh-mneme/src/summarize.js, dsh-mneme/test/summarize.test.js		 user 消息新增中英文第三方提炼员角色提醒和转录围栏。窗口字符数改为只统计转录正文。测试覆盖提示构造、重试时转录一致性和字符计量。
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dsh-mneme/lib/config.js, dsh-mneme/src/config.js, dsh-mneme/lib/settings.js, dsh-mneme/src/settings.js, dsh-mneme/lib/summarize.js, dsh-mneme/src/summarize.js, dsh-mneme/test/summarize.test.js, dsh-mneme/test/api.test.js, dsh-mneme/README.md, dsh-mneme/docs/CONFIGURATION.md, dsh-mneme/CHANGELOG.md		 新增连续解析失败次数配置，默认关闭。失败审计记录原始输出诊断和失败次数；达到非零阈值时推进游标并跳过窗口。成功和销毁 summarizer 时清理失败计数。测试覆盖审计、默认关闭、阈值触发和计数重置。文档及变更日志同步说明配置和行为。

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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sequenceDiagram
  participant createSummarizer
  participant Model
  participant llm_audit_logs
  participant distill_cursors
  createSummarizer->>Model: 请求解析当前窗口
  Model-->>createSummarizer: 返回摘要内容
  createSummarizer->>llm_audit_logs: 记录解析失败诊断
  alt 达到非零失败阈值
    createSummarizer->>distill_cursors: 提交游标并跳过窗口
  else 未达到阈值或阈值为零
    createSummarizer->>Model: 后续再次处理当前窗口
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Failed background processing can now leave conversation-derived text in records readable without the configured access token. Network exposure limits who can reach those records, but the new text capture is enabled by default.

Retained concerns

  • Medium · security · observed: Parse failures now copy unredacted output prefixes into default-enabled audit storage and an unauthenticated in-host read response. These prefixes can reproduce conversation or tool content even when transcript retention is disabled. Readers can paginate across the shared audit store without apiToken. The route predates this PR, but exposing failed-output content through it is new; actual remote reachability depends on deployment.
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Security Blast Radius

  • observed — The new exposure covers stored failure-output prefixes across sessions sharing the audit store, with 300 characters per failure. The audit endpoint offers global pagination rather than session ownership enforcement. Retention defaults to 90 days, with age-based cleanup performed at startup rather than continuous expiry.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

  • inferred — If a failed output echoes sensitive conversation or tool content, a caller able to reach the in-host audit endpoint can retrieve that prefix without apiToken. The source-to-response path is established; actual secret disclosure and remote deployment reachability were not demonstrated.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The audit response removes session_key but retains metadata, including raw_head. Truncation limits volume, not sensitivity. Disabling audit logging prevents new capture, while the separate opt-in transcript-retention setting does not govern this field.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The failure bound is process-local and session-based, not tied to an immutable transcript fingerprint. Successful parsing and disposal reset it. This bounds repeated failures within a process lifetime while allowing growing windows to contribute to the same streak.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Keep failure-shape metrics enabled without storing raw content by default. If content capture is needed, give it explicit consent and retention controls, and exclude it from unauthenticated audit responses or require authentication for content-bearing reads.
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Title check Passed 标题准确概括了主要变更：为转录内容添加围栏，并增加解析失败防护。标题简洁、明确，且与变更内容一致。
Linked Issues check Passed 直接关联的开放议题 #493 的编码要求均有实现。src/summarize.js 和 src/lang.js 为 user 转录加入确定性围栏，并重申第三方提炼员角色。新增 summarizeParseFailureMaxRetries；达到配置的连续解析失败阈值后，代码消费并跳过可提交游标对应的窗口。失败审计元数据包含 distillChars、parse_failure、…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed 变更集中在 #493 的提示构造、解析失败护栏、失败诊断、字符计量、配置注册、同步构建文件、文档和回归测试。src/ 与 lib/ 的对应更新支持同一功能。未发现与该议题无关的实现变更；PR 也保留了 llm_audit_logs.session_key 为 NULL 和不显式设置 temperature 的既有约束。
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直接关联的开放议题 #493 的编码要求均有实现。src/summarize.js 和 src/lang.js 为 user 转录加入确定性围栏，并重申第三方提炼员角色。新增 summarizeParseFailureMaxRetries；达到配置的连续解析失败阈值后，代码消费并跳过可提交游标对应的窗口。失败审计元数据包含 distillChars、parse_failure、raw_len、截断的 raw_head、raw_has_bracket 和 streak。distillChars 仅统计转录正文。test/summarize.test.js 覆盖围栏、确定性重试、诊断字段、失败护栏和计数清零。默认值为 0，表示按当前配置关闭护栏；该行为符合 PR 对可选护栏的明确目标。

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fix(distill): only skip a window when the cursor is actually committa…
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…ble (#493)

CodeRabbit caught that the guard could record 'window abandoned' while commitCursor was a no-op: persistCursor returns early when nextSeq is not finite and lastDistilledSeq is skipped too, so the cursor never moved, yet the streak was reset. The audit would claim the window was skipped while the next turn/end retried it unchanged - a false all-clear, which is worse than no guard at all.

Gate the skip branch on Number.isFinite(nextSeq) and tighten the streak-reset test to assert every error row rather than only the newest one.
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