feat: add object store with semantic segmentation

Object-addressed memory: segment messages into semantic objects,
embed with sentence-transformers, store in pgvector-backed store,
and reassemble context via goal-aware retrieval.

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>

src/mnemosyne/context_assembler.py

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+"""Context assembly and micro-fault orchestration.
+
+Orchestrates the full micro-fault flow for the memory_query phantom tool:
+  1. Embed the question via ObjectStore's embedder
+  2. Search ObjectStore for relevant objects (including evicted ones)
+  3. Send question + retrieved full content to HelperLLM
+  4. Return a targeted answer (50-200 tokens)
+
+Also provides context assembly — building the context window from
+semantic objects at their current fidelity levels.
+
+See ARCHITECTURE.md §7.1-7.3 for the full specification.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import time
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+from mnemosyne.fidelity import FidelityLevel, FidelityManager
+from mnemosyne.helper_llm import HelperLLM
+from mnemosyne.object_store import ObjectStore, StoredObject
+
+
+def _estimate_tokens(text: str | None) -> int:
+    """Estimate token count using ~4 chars per token heuristic."""
+    if text is None:
+        return 0
+    return max(1, len(text) // 4)
+
+
+# ── Data classes ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+@dataclass
+class MicroFaultResult:
+    """Result of a memory_query micro-fault resolution."""
+
+    answer: str
+    sources: list[str]  # IDs of objects consulted
+    answer_tokens: int
+    avoided_tokens: int  # tokens saved vs full restore
+    latency_ms: float
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ContextWindow:
+    """Snapshot of the assembled context window."""
+
+    objects: list[tuple[str, int, str]]  # (object_id, fidelity, content)
+    total_tokens: int
+    pressure_zone: str
+
+
+# ── ContextAssembler ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class ContextAssembler:
+    """Orchestrates context assembly, micro-faults, and goal-aware retrieval."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        object_store: ObjectStore,
+        helper_llm: HelperLLM | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.store = object_store
+        self.helper = helper_llm
+
+    async def handle_micro_fault(
+        self,
+        session_id: str,
+        question: str,
+        scope: str | None = None,
+        max_tokens: int = 200,
+    ) -> MicroFaultResult:
+        """Handle a memory_query micro-fault.
+
+        Flow:
+        1. Search ObjectStore for relevant objects (including evicted ones)
+           using hybrid semantic search
+        2. If HelperLLM is available, send question + retrieved full content
+           to get a targeted answer
+        3. If HelperLLM is unavailable, fall back to returning the best
+           available summaries from the top-k objects
+
+        Records micro-fault access on each consulted object.
+
+        Args:
+            session_id: The session to search within.
+            question: The specific question to answer.
+            scope: Optional hint to narrow search (e.g. 'auth files').
+            max_tokens: Maximum tokens for the answer.
+
+        Returns:
+            MicroFaultResult with answer, sources, and token savings.
+        """
+        start = time.monotonic()
+
+        # Build search query — incorporate scope hint if provided
+        search_query = question
+        if scope:
+            search_query = f"{scope}: {question}"
+
+        # Search for relevant objects (top 5)
+        search_results = await self.store.semantic_search(session_id, search_query, limit=5)
+
+        if not search_results:
+            elapsed = (time.monotonic() - start) * 1000
+            return MicroFaultResult(
+                answer="No relevant content found in the backing store for this question.",
+                sources=[],
+                answer_tokens=_estimate_tokens(
+                    "No relevant content found in the backing store for this question."
+                ),
+                avoided_tokens=0,
+                latency_ms=elapsed,
+            )
+
+        # Collect full content from matched objects and record micro-fault access
+        source_ids: list[str] = []
+        full_contents: list[str] = []
+        total_source_tokens = 0
+
+        for obj, _score in search_results:
+            source_ids.append(obj.id)
+            full_contents.append(obj.content_full)
+            total_source_tokens += obj.tokens_l0
+            # Record micro-fault access on each consulted object
+            await self.store.record_fault(obj.id, is_micro=True)
+
+        # Generate answer
+        if self.helper is not None:
+            answer = await self.helper.answer_micro_fault(
+                question=question,
+                relevant_contents=full_contents,
+                max_tokens=max_tokens,
+            )
+        else:
+            # Fallback: return best available summaries
+            summaries: list[str] = []
+            for obj, _score in search_results:
+                # Prefer the most compressed available summary
+                if obj.summary_compact:
+                    summaries.append(f"[{obj.id}] {obj.summary_compact}")
+                elif obj.summary_detailed:
+                    summaries.append(f"[{obj.id}] {obj.summary_detailed}")
+                else:
+                    # Use stub as last resort
+                    summaries.append(f"[{obj.id}] {obj.stub}")
+            answer = f"(HelperLLM unavailable — returning summaries)\n" + "\n---\n".join(summaries)
+
+        answer_tokens = _estimate_tokens(answer)
+        avoided_tokens = max(0, total_source_tokens - answer_tokens)
+        elapsed = (time.monotonic() - start) * 1000
+
+        return MicroFaultResult(
+            answer=answer,
+            sources=source_ids,
+            answer_tokens=answer_tokens,
+            avoided_tokens=avoided_tokens,
+            latency_ms=elapsed,
+        )
+
+    async def assemble_context(
+        self,
+        session_id: str,
+        fidelity_manager: FidelityManager,
+        current_turn: int,
+    ) -> list[dict]:
+        """Assemble the context window from objects at their current fidelity levels.
+
+        Returns a list of context blocks (dicts with role/content) that
+        represent the managed context. Objects at L0 include full content,
+        L1/L2 include summaries, L3 include stubs, L4 are excluded.
+
+        Args:
+            session_id: The session to assemble context for.
+            fidelity_manager: The fidelity manager tracking object states.
+            current_turn: Current conversation turn number.
+
+        Returns:
+            List of context block dicts with 'object_id', 'fidelity',
+            'content', and 'tokens' keys.
+        """
+        # Get all non-evicted objects from the store
+        objects = await self.store.get_session_objects(session_id, include_evicted=False)
+
+        context_blocks: list[dict] = []
+
+        for obj in objects:
+            # Use the fidelity manager's view if available, else use stored fidelity
+            fm_obj = fidelity_manager.get_object(obj.id)
+            if fm_obj is not None:
+                fidelity = int(fm_obj.current_fidelity)
+            else:
+                fidelity = obj.current_fidelity
+
+            # Skip evicted objects
+            if fidelity >= FidelityLevel.L4:
+                continue
+
+            # Get content at the current fidelity level
+            content = obj.content_at(fidelity)
+            if content is None:
+                # Fall back to stub if the expected level has no content
+                content = obj.stub
+                fidelity = FidelityLevel.L3
+
+            tokens = _estimate_tokens(content)
+
+            context_blocks.append(
+                {
+                    "object_id": obj.id,
+                    "fidelity": fidelity,
+                    "content": content,
+                    "tokens": tokens,
+                }
+            )
+
+        return context_blocks

src/mnemosyne/embedder.py

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+"""Embedding providers for semantic search.
+
+Implements the Embedder protocol from object_store.py using
+sentence-transformers (all-MiniLM-L6-v2) for production use.
+Falls back gracefully if sentence-transformers is not installed.
+
+The default model produces 384-dimensional embeddings in ~20ms
+per text on CPU, suitable for real-time use in the proxy path.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+from functools import lru_cache
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Embedding dimension — must match the model and pgvector schema.
+EMBEDDING_DIM = 384
+
+# Default model — small, fast, good enough for semantic similarity.
+DEFAULT_MODEL = "all-MiniLM-L6-v2"
+
+
+class SentenceTransformerEmbedder:
+    """Production embedder using sentence-transformers.
+
+    Lazily loads the model on first embed() call to avoid slowing
+    proxy startup. Thread-safe after initialization (the model is
+    read-only once loaded).
+
+    Truncates input to max_chars to avoid OOM on huge tool results.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        model_name: str = DEFAULT_MODEL,
+        max_chars: int = 8192,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._model_name = model_name
+        self._max_chars = max_chars
+        self._model = None
+
+    def _load_model(self):
+        """Lazy-load the sentence-transformers model."""
+        if self._model is not None:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
+
+            self._model = SentenceTransformer(self._model_name)
+            logger.info("Loaded embedding model: %s", self._model_name)
+        except ImportError:
+            logger.warning(
+                "sentence-transformers not installed — embeddings disabled. "
+                "Install with: pip install sentence-transformers"
+            )
+            raise
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Failed to load embedding model %s", self._model_name)
+            raise
+
+    def embed(self, text: str) -> list[float]:
+        """Embed a single text string into a 384-dim vector.
+
+        Truncates to max_chars before encoding. Returns a
+        unit-normalized vector (L2 norm = 1.0).
+        """
+        self._load_model()
+        assert self._model is not None
+
+        truncated = text[: self._max_chars] if len(text) > self._max_chars else text
+        # encode returns numpy array of shape (dim,) for single input
+        vec = self._model.encode(truncated, normalize_embeddings=True)
+        return vec.tolist()
+
+    def embed_batch(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
+        """Embed multiple texts in a single batch call.
+
+        More efficient than calling embed() in a loop — the model
+        batches the forward pass.
+        """
+        self._load_model()
+        assert self._model is not None
+
+        truncated = [t[: self._max_chars] if len(t) > self._max_chars else t for t in texts]
+        # encode returns numpy array of shape (n, dim)
+        vecs = self._model.encode(truncated, normalize_embeddings=True)
+        return [v.tolist() for v in vecs]
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1)
+def get_embedder(model_name: str = DEFAULT_MODEL) -> SentenceTransformerEmbedder:
+    """Get or create a cached embedder instance.
+
+    Cached by model_name so we only load one model per process.
+    Call this from gateway startup to share the embedder across sessions.
+    """
+    return SentenceTransformerEmbedder(model_name=model_name)
+
+
+def try_get_embedder(model_name: str = DEFAULT_MODEL) -> SentenceTransformerEmbedder | None:
+    """Try to create an embedder, returning None if sentence-transformers isn't available.
+
+    Use this for graceful degradation — the proxy works without embeddings,
+    just without semantic search capability.
+    """
+    try:
+        embedder = SentenceTransformerEmbedder(model_name=model_name)
+        # Test that the model can actually load
+        embedder._load_model()
+        return embedder
+    except (ImportError, Exception) as exc:
+        logger.warning("Embedder unavailable: %s — semantic search disabled", exc)
+        return None

src/mnemosyne/object_store.py

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+"""Backing store for semantic objects.
+
+Provides CRUD operations, embedding generation, and semantic search
+for the Mnemosyne context manager. Designed around an abstract backend
+so we can swap in-memory (Phase 1-2) for PostgreSQL+pgvector (Phase 3+)
+without changing the facade.
+
+Key types:
+  StoredObject   — dataclass matching the semantic_objects schema
+  Embedder       — protocol for pluggable embedding providers
+  DummyEmbedder  — deterministic hash-based embedder for testing
+  ObjectStoreBackend — abstract base for storage backends
+  InMemoryBackend    — dict-backed implementation with cosine search
+  ObjectStore        — facade that wraps backend + embedder
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import hashlib
+import math
+import uuid
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Protocol, runtime_checkable
+
+import numpy as np
+
+
+# ── StoredObject ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _estimate_tokens(text: str | None) -> int:
+    """Estimate token count using ~4 chars per token heuristic."""
+    if text is None:
+        return 0
+    return max(1, len(text) // 4)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class StoredObject:
+    """A semantic object persisted in the backing store.
+
+    Maps 1:1 to the semantic_objects table in SCHEMA.md.
+    Multi-fidelity content at L0-L3, with declared losses,
+    embedding vector, and access/fault counters.
+    """
+
+    id: str
+    session_id: str
+    object_type: str  # conversation_phase, file_context, etc.
+    source_tool: str | None  # Read, Bash, Grep, etc.
+    source_key: str | None  # dedup key (file path for reads)
+
+    # Multi-fidelity content
+    content_full: str  # L0: always preserved
+    summary_detailed: str | None  # L1
+    summary_compact: str | None  # L2
+    stub: str  # L3: always present
+
+    # Declared losses
+    losses_l1: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    losses_l2: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    can_answer_l1: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    can_answer_l2: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    fault_when: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+    # Metadata
+    key_entities: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    tags: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    current_fidelity: int = 0  # 0-4
+    pinned: bool = False
+
+    # Token counts
+    tokens_l0: int = 0
+    tokens_l1: int | None = None
+    tokens_l2: int | None = None
+    tokens_l3: int = 0
+
+    # Source range
+    source_turn_start: int | None = None
+    source_turn_end: int | None = None
+
+    # Embedding (384-dim float list, or empty if not computed yet)
+    embedding: list[float] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+    # Timestamps
+    created_at: str = ""  # ISO format
+    last_accessed: str = ""  # ISO format
+    access_count: int = 0
+    fault_count: int = 0
+    micro_fault_count: int = 0
+
+    def content_at(self, level: int) -> str | None:
+        """Return content at the given fidelity level."""
+        if level == 0:
+            return self.content_full
+        if level == 1:
+            return self.summary_detailed
+        if level == 2:
+            return self.summary_compact
+        if level == 3:
+            return self.stub
+        return None  # L4: evicted
+
+    def tokens_at(self, level: int) -> int:
+        """Return token count at the given fidelity level."""
+        if level == 0:
+            return self.tokens_l0
+        if level == 1:
+            return self.tokens_l1 if self.tokens_l1 is not None else 0
+        if level == 2:
+            return self.tokens_l2 if self.tokens_l2 is not None else 0
+        if level == 3:
+            return self.tokens_l3
+        return 0  # L4: evicted
+
+    @property
+    def current_tokens(self) -> int:
+        """Token count at the object's current fidelity level."""
+        return self.tokens_at(self.current_fidelity)
+
+
+# ── Embedder protocol ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class Embedder(Protocol):
+    """Protocol for embedding providers.
+
+    Implementations must produce 384-dimensional float vectors.
+    The protocol is intentionally synchronous — embedding is CPU-bound
+    and typically fast enough to not need async.
+    """
+
+    def embed(self, text: str) -> list[float]: ...
+
+    def embed_batch(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]: ...
+
+
+class DummyEmbedder:
+    """Deterministic hash-based embedder for testing.
+
+    Produces 384-dim vectors seeded by a hash of the input text,
+    so identical inputs always produce identical embeddings.
+    Not semantically meaningful — use only for testing search plumbing.
+    """
+
+    dim: int = 384
+
+    def embed(self, text: str) -> list[float]:
+        seed = int(hashlib.sha256(text.encode()).hexdigest(), 16) % (2**32)
+        rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
+        vec = rng.standard_normal(self.dim)
+        # L2-normalize so cosine similarity is just dot product
+        norm = float(np.linalg.norm(vec))
+        if norm > 0:
+            vec = vec / norm
+        return vec.tolist()
+
+    def embed_batch(self, texts: list[str]) -> list[list[float]]:
+        return [self.embed(t) for t in texts]
+
+
+# ── ObjectStoreBackend (abstract) ────────────────────────────
+
+
+class ObjectStoreBackend(ABC):
+    """Abstract base for semantic object storage.
+
+    All methods are async to support both in-memory and database
+    backends uniformly. Session-scoped queries filter by session_id
+    to enforce isolation.
+    """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def store(self, obj: StoredObject) -> None:
+        """Persist a StoredObject. Overwrites if id already exists."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def get(self, object_id: str) -> StoredObject | None:
+        """Retrieve a single object by ID, or None if not found."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def get_by_session(self, session_id: str, fidelity_max: int = 4) -> list[StoredObject]:
+        """Return all objects for a session with current_fidelity <= fidelity_max.
+
+        Default fidelity_max=4 includes evicted objects. Use fidelity_max=3
+        to get only objects still in context.
+        """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def update_fidelity(
+        self,
+        object_id: str,
+        new_fidelity: int,
+        summary: str | None = None,
+        losses: list[str] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Update an object's fidelity level, optionally setting a new summary."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def search_by_embedding(
+        self,
+        session_id: str,
+        query_embedding: list[float],
+        limit: int = 5,
+    ) -> list[tuple[StoredObject, float]]:
+        """Find objects by cosine similarity to query_embedding.
+
+        Returns (object, similarity_score) pairs sorted by descending similarity.
+        Only searches within the given session.
+        """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def search_by_text(
+        self, session_id: str, query: str, limit: int = 5
+    ) -> list[StoredObject]:
+        """Find objects by substring match on content_full, stub, and key_entities.
+
+        Simple text search — not full-text ranking. Returns up to `limit` results.
+        """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def delete_session(self, session_id: str) -> int:
+        """Delete all objects for a session. Returns count of deleted objects."""
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def get_by_source_key(self, session_id: str, source_key: str) -> StoredObject | None:
+        """Find the most recent object with this source_key in the session.
+
+        Used for deduplication (e.g., re-reading the same file).
+        """
+
+
+# ── InMemoryBackend ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _cosine_similarity(a: list[float], b: list[float]) -> float:
+    """Compute cosine similarity between two vectors using numpy."""
+    if not a or not b:
+        return 0.0
+    va = np.asarray(a, dtype=np.float64)
+    vb = np.asarray(b, dtype=np.float64)
+    dot = float(np.dot(va, vb))
+    norm_a = float(np.linalg.norm(va))
+    norm_b = float(np.linalg.norm(vb))
+    if norm_a == 0 or norm_b == 0:
+        return 0.0
+    return dot / (norm_a * norm_b)
+
+
+class InMemoryBackend(ObjectStoreBackend):
+    """Dict-backed in-memory implementation for Phase 1-2.
+
+    Thread-safe via asyncio.Lock. Indexes objects by both id and
+    session_id for efficient session-scoped queries.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._objects: dict[str, StoredObject] = {}
+        self._session_index: dict[str, list[str]] = {}  # session_id → [object_id]
+        self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
+
+    async def store(self, obj: StoredObject) -> None:
+        async with self._lock:
+            is_new = obj.id not in self._objects
+            self._objects[obj.id] = obj
+
+            if is_new:
+                if obj.session_id not in self._session_index:
+                    self._session_index[obj.session_id] = []
+                self._session_index[obj.session_id].append(obj.id)
+
+    async def get(self, object_id: str) -> StoredObject | None:
+        return self._objects.get(object_id)
+
+    async def get_by_session(self, session_id: str, fidelity_max: int = 4) -> list[StoredObject]:
+        ids = self._session_index.get(session_id, [])
+        return [
+            self._objects[oid]
+            for oid in ids
+            if oid in self._objects and self._objects[oid].current_fidelity <= fidelity_max
+        ]
+
+    async def update_fidelity(
+        self,
+        object_id: str,
+        new_fidelity: int,
+        summary: str | None = None,
+        losses: list[str] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        async with self._lock:
+            obj = self._objects.get(object_id)
+            if obj is None:
+                return
+
+            old_fidelity = obj.current_fidelity
+            obj.current_fidelity = new_fidelity
+
+            # Attach summary at the appropriate level
+            if summary is not None:
+                if new_fidelity == 1:
+                    obj.summary_detailed = summary
+                    obj.tokens_l1 = _estimate_tokens(summary)
+                elif new_fidelity == 2:
+                    obj.summary_compact = summary
+                    obj.tokens_l2 = _estimate_tokens(summary)
+
+            if losses is not None:
+                if new_fidelity == 1:
+                    obj.losses_l1 = losses
+                elif new_fidelity == 2:
+                    obj.losses_l2 = losses
+
+    async def search_by_embedding(
+        self,
+        session_id: str,
+        query_embedding: list[float],
+        limit: int = 5,
+    ) -> list[tuple[StoredObject, float]]:
+        ids = self._session_index.get(session_id, [])
+        scored: list[tuple[StoredObject, float]] = []
+
+        for oid in ids:
+            obj = self._objects.get(oid)
+            if obj is None or not obj.embedding:
+                continue
+            sim = _cosine_similarity(query_embedding, obj.embedding)
+            scored.append((obj, sim))
+
+        scored.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+        return scored[:limit]
+
+    async def search_by_text(
+        self, session_id: str, query: str, limit: int = 5
+    ) -> list[StoredObject]:
+        ids = self._session_index.get(session_id, [])
+        query_lower = query.lower()
+        results: list[StoredObject] = []
+
+        for oid in ids:
+            obj = self._objects.get(oid)
+            if obj is None:
+                continue
+
+            # Search across content_full, stub, and key_entities
+            searchable = obj.content_full.lower()
+            searchable += " " + obj.stub.lower()
+            searchable += " " + " ".join(e.lower() for e in obj.key_entities)
+
+            if query_lower in searchable:
+                results.append(obj)
+                if len(results) >= limit:
+                    break
+
+        return results
+
+    async def delete_session(self, session_id: str) -> int:
+        async with self._lock:
+            ids = self._session_index.pop(session_id, [])
+            count = 0
+            for oid in ids:
+                if oid in self._objects:
+                    del self._objects[oid]
+                    count += 1
+            return count
+
+    async def get_by_source_key(self, session_id: str, source_key: str) -> StoredObject | None:
+        ids = self._session_index.get(session_id, [])
+        # Return the most recently created object with this source_key
+        best: StoredObject | None = None
+        for oid in ids:
+            obj = self._objects.get(oid)
+            if obj is not None and obj.source_key == source_key:
+                if best is None or obj.created_at > best.created_at:
+                    best = obj
+        return best
+
+
+# ── ObjectStore facade ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class ObjectStore:
+    """High-level facade over a storage backend + embedder.
+
+    Handles object creation (ID generation, timestamps, token estimation,
+    embedding), access tracking, fault recording, and hybrid semantic search.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        backend: ObjectStoreBackend,
+        embedder: Embedder | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._backend = backend
+        self._embedder = embedder
+
+    async def store_object(
+        self,
+        session_id: str,
+        content: str,
+        object_type: str,
+        *,
+        source_tool: str | None = None,
+        source_key: str | None = None,
+        stub: str | None = None,
+        tags: list[str] | None = None,
+        key_entities: list[str] | None = None,
+        turn: int | None = None,
+    ) -> StoredObject:
+        """Create and store a new semantic object.
+
+        Auto-generates: ID, timestamps, token estimates, embedding, stub.
+        """
+        now = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+        object_id = uuid.uuid4().hex[:16]
+
+        # Auto-generate stub if not provided
+        if stub is None:
+            preview = content[:80].replace("\n", " ")
+            stub = f"{object_type}: {preview}..."
+
+        # Compute embedding
+        embedding: list[float] = []
+        if self._embedder is not None:
+            embedding = self._embedder.embed(content)
+
+        obj = StoredObject(
+            id=object_id,
+            session_id=session_id,
+            object_type=object_type,
+            source_tool=source_tool,
+            source_key=source_key,
+            content_full=content,
+            summary_detailed=None,
+            summary_compact=None,
+            stub=stub,
+            tags=tags or [],
+            key_entities=key_entities or [],
+            current_fidelity=0,
+            pinned=False,
+            tokens_l0=_estimate_tokens(content),
+            tokens_l1=None,
+            tokens_l2=None,
+            tokens_l3=_estimate_tokens(stub),
+            source_turn_start=turn,
+            source_turn_end=turn,
+            embedding=embedding,
+            created_at=now,
+            last_accessed=now,
+            access_count=0,
+            fault_count=0,
+            micro_fault_count=0,
+        )
+
+        await self._backend.store(obj)
+        return obj
+
+    async def get(self, object_id: str) -> StoredObject | None:
+        """Retrieve a single object by ID."""
+        return await self._backend.get(object_id)
+
+    async def get_session_objects(
+        self, session_id: str, *, include_evicted: bool = False
+    ) -> list[StoredObject]:
+        """Return all objects for a session.
+
+        By default excludes evicted (fidelity=4) objects. Pass
+        include_evicted=True to get everything.
+        """
+        fidelity_max = 4 if include_evicted else 3
+        return await self._backend.get_by_session(session_id, fidelity_max=fidelity_max)
+
+    async def update_fidelity(
+        self,
+        object_id: str,
+        new_fidelity: int,
+        summary: str | None = None,
+        losses: list[str] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Update an object's fidelity level."""
+        await self._backend.update_fidelity(object_id, new_fidelity, summary, losses)
+
+    async def semantic_search(
+        self,
+        session_id: str,
+        query: str,
+        limit: int = 5,
+    ) -> list[tuple[StoredObject, float]]:
+        """Hybrid search: embed query, search by embedding + text.
+
+        Combines vector similarity (weight 0.7) with text match (weight 0.3)
+        following the hybrid search pattern from SCHEMA.md §2.3.
+        Returns (object, combined_score) pairs sorted by descending score.
+        """
+        # Embedding search
+        embedding_results: list[tuple[StoredObject, float]] = []
+        if self._embedder is not None:
+            query_embedding = self._embedder.embed(query)
+            embedding_results = await self._backend.search_by_embedding(
+                session_id, query_embedding, limit=limit * 4
+            )
+
+        # Text search
+        text_results = await self._backend.search_by_text(session_id, query, limit=limit * 4)
+        text_ids = {obj.id for obj in text_results}
+
+        # Merge: vector score * 0.7 + text match * 0.3
+        scored: dict[str, tuple[StoredObject, float]] = {}
+
+        for obj, vec_score in embedding_results:
+            text_bonus = 0.3 if obj.id in text_ids else 0.0
+            combined = vec_score * 0.7 + text_bonus
+            scored[obj.id] = (obj, combined)
+
+        # Add text-only results not already in embedding results
+        for obj in text_results:
+            if obj.id not in scored:
+                scored[obj.id] = (obj, 0.3)  # text match only
+
+        results = sorted(scored.values(), key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+        return results[:limit]
+
+    async def find_duplicate(self, session_id: str, source_key: str) -> StoredObject | None:
+        """Check if an object with this source_key already exists in the session."""
+        return await self._backend.get_by_source_key(session_id, source_key)
+
+    async def record_access(self, object_id: str) -> None:
+        """Record that an object was accessed (updates timestamp and counter)."""
+        obj = await self._backend.get(object_id)
+        if obj is None:
+            return
+        obj.last_accessed = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+        obj.access_count += 1
+
+    async def record_fault(self, object_id: str, *, is_micro: bool = False) -> None:
+        """Record a fault (full restore) or micro-fault on an object."""
+        obj = await self._backend.get(object_id)
+        if obj is None:
+            return
+        if is_micro:
+            obj.micro_fault_count += 1
+        else:
+            obj.fault_count += 1
+        obj.last_accessed = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()

src/mnemosyne/pgvector_backend.py

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+"""PostgreSQL + pgvector backend for the Mnemosyne object store.
+
+Implements ObjectStoreBackend using asyncpg for async connection pooling
+and pgvector for embedding similarity search. Maps the gateway's string
+session IDs (external_id) to the internal UUID-based sessions table.
+
+Requires PostgreSQL 16+ with the pgvector extension and the schema from
+sql/init.sql already applied.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any
+
+import asyncpg
+from pgvector.asyncpg import register_vector
+
+from mnemosyne.object_store import ObjectStoreBackend, StoredObject
+
+
+class PgVectorBackend(ObjectStoreBackend):
+    """PostgreSQL + pgvector implementation of ObjectStoreBackend.
+
+    Uses asyncpg connection pool with pgvector codec registration.
+    Transparently maps gateway string session IDs (external_id) to
+    internal UUID session IDs via the sessions table.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        host: str = "localhost",
+        port: int = 5433,
+        database: str = "mnemosyne",
+        user: str = "mnemosyne",
+        password: str = "mnemosyne_dev",
+        min_connections: int = 2,
+        max_connections: int = 10,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._host = host
+        self._port = port
+        self._database = database
+        self._user = user
+        self._password = password
+        self._min_connections = min_connections
+        self._max_connections = max_connections
+        self._pool: asyncpg.Pool | None = None
+        # Cache: external_id → internal UUID to avoid repeated lookups
+        self._session_cache: dict[str, uuid.UUID] = {}
+
+    async def connect(self) -> None:
+        """Create the connection pool and register the pgvector codec."""
+        self._pool = await asyncpg.create_pool(
+            host=self._host,
+            port=self._port,
+            database=self._database,
+            user=self._user,
+            password=self._password,
+            min_size=self._min_connections,
+            max_size=self._max_connections,
+            init=_init_connection,
+        )
+
+    async def close(self) -> None:
+        """Close the connection pool."""
+        if self._pool is not None:
+            await self._pool.close()
+            self._pool = None
+        self._session_cache.clear()
+
+    async def health_check(self) -> bool:
+        """Check database connectivity."""
+        if self._pool is None:
+            return False
+        try:
+            async with self._pool.acquire() as conn:
+                await conn.fetchval("SELECT 1")
+            return True
+        except Exception:
+            return False
+
+    # ── Session management ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+    async def ensure_session(self, external_id: str, model: str = "unknown") -> uuid.UUID:
+        """Upsert a session by external_id and return its internal UUID.
+
+        Uses an INSERT ... ON CONFLICT to create the session if it doesn't
+        exist, or update last_active_at if it does.
+        """
+        cached = self._session_cache.get(external_id)
+        if cached is not None:
+            return cached
+
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            row = await conn.fetchrow(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO sessions (external_id, model)
+                VALUES ($1, $2)
+                ON CONFLICT (external_id) DO UPDATE
+                    SET last_active_at = now()
+                RETURNING id
+                """,
+                external_id,
+                model,
+            )
+        assert row is not None
+        internal_id = row["id"]
+        self._session_cache[external_id] = internal_id
+        return internal_id
+
+    async def _resolve_session_id(self, external_id: str) -> uuid.UUID | None:
+        """Look up the internal UUID for an external session ID.
+
+        Returns None if the session doesn't exist.
+        """
+        cached = self._session_cache.get(external_id)
+        if cached is not None:
+            return cached
+
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            row = await conn.fetchrow(
+                "SELECT id FROM sessions WHERE external_id = $1",
+                external_id,
+            )
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        internal_id = row["id"]
+        self._session_cache[external_id] = internal_id
+        return internal_id
+
+    async def _get_or_create_session(self, external_id: str) -> uuid.UUID:
+        """Resolve session ID, creating the session if needed."""
+        resolved = await self._resolve_session_id(external_id)
+        if resolved is not None:
+            return resolved
+        return await self.ensure_session(external_id)
+
+    # ── ObjectStoreBackend interface ─────────────────────────────
+
+    async def store(self, obj: StoredObject) -> None:
+        """Persist a StoredObject. Upserts by object ID."""
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        session_uuid = await self._get_or_create_session(obj.session_id)
+
+        # Convert embedding to numpy array for pgvector
+        import numpy as np
+
+        embedding = (
+            np.array(obj.embedding, dtype=np.float32)
+            if obj.embedding
+            else np.zeros(384, dtype=np.float32)
+        )
+
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            await conn.execute(
+                """
+                INSERT INTO semantic_objects (
+                    id, session_id,
+                    object_type, source_tool, source_key,
+                    content_full, summary_detailed, summary_compact, stub,
+                    losses_l1, losses_l2, can_answer_l1, can_answer_l2, fault_when,
+                    key_entities, tags,
+                    current_fidelity, pinned,
+                    tokens_l0, tokens_l1, tokens_l2, tokens_l3,
+                    source_turn_start, source_turn_end,
+                    embedding,
+                    created_at, last_accessed,
+                    access_count, fault_count, micro_fault_count
+                ) VALUES (
+                    $1, $2,
+                    $3, $4, $5,
+                    $6, $7, $8, $9,
+                    $10, $11, $12, $13, $14,
+                    $15, $16,
+                    $17, $18,
+                    $19, $20, $21, $22,
+                    $23, $24,
+                    $25,
+                    $26, $27,
+                    $28, $29, $30
+                )
+                ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET
+                    object_type = EXCLUDED.object_type,
+                    source_tool = EXCLUDED.source_tool,
+                    source_key = EXCLUDED.source_key,
+                    content_full = EXCLUDED.content_full,
+                    summary_detailed = EXCLUDED.summary_detailed,
+                    summary_compact = EXCLUDED.summary_compact,
+                    stub = EXCLUDED.stub,
+                    losses_l1 = EXCLUDED.losses_l1,
+                    losses_l2 = EXCLUDED.losses_l2,
+                    can_answer_l1 = EXCLUDED.can_answer_l1,
+                    can_answer_l2 = EXCLUDED.can_answer_l2,
+                    fault_when = EXCLUDED.fault_when,
+                    key_entities = EXCLUDED.key_entities,
+                    tags = EXCLUDED.tags,
+                    current_fidelity = EXCLUDED.current_fidelity,
+                    pinned = EXCLUDED.pinned,
+                    tokens_l0 = EXCLUDED.tokens_l0,
+                    tokens_l1 = EXCLUDED.tokens_l1,
+                    tokens_l2 = EXCLUDED.tokens_l2,
+                    tokens_l3 = EXCLUDED.tokens_l3,
+                    source_turn_start = EXCLUDED.source_turn_start,
+                    source_turn_end = EXCLUDED.source_turn_end,
+                    embedding = EXCLUDED.embedding,
+                    last_accessed = EXCLUDED.last_accessed,
+                    access_count = EXCLUDED.access_count,
+                    fault_count = EXCLUDED.fault_count,
+                    micro_fault_count = EXCLUDED.micro_fault_count
+                """,
+                uuid.UUID(obj.id) if not isinstance(obj.id, uuid.UUID) else obj.id,
+                session_uuid,
+                obj.object_type,
+                obj.source_tool,
+                obj.source_key,
+                obj.content_full,
+                obj.summary_detailed,
+                obj.summary_compact,
+                obj.stub,
+                json.dumps(obj.losses_l1),
+                json.dumps(obj.losses_l2),
+                json.dumps(obj.can_answer_l1),
+                json.dumps(obj.can_answer_l2),
+                json.dumps(obj.fault_when),
+                json.dumps(obj.key_entities),
+                obj.tags,
+                obj.current_fidelity,
+                obj.pinned,
+                obj.tokens_l0,
+                obj.tokens_l1,
+                obj.tokens_l2,
+                obj.tokens_l3,
+                obj.source_turn_start,
+                obj.source_turn_end,
+                embedding,
+                _parse_timestamp(obj.created_at),
+                _parse_timestamp(obj.last_accessed),
+                obj.access_count,
+                obj.fault_count,
+                obj.micro_fault_count,
+            )
+
+    async def get(self, object_id: str) -> StoredObject | None:
+        """Retrieve a single object by ID."""
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            row = await conn.fetchrow(
+                """
+                SELECT so.*, s.external_id AS session_external_id
+                FROM semantic_objects so
+                JOIN sessions s ON s.id = so.session_id
+                WHERE so.id = $1
+                """,
+                uuid.UUID(object_id) if not isinstance(object_id, uuid.UUID) else object_id,
+            )
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        return _row_to_stored_object(row)
+
+    async def get_by_session(self, session_id: str, fidelity_max: int = 4) -> list[StoredObject]:
+        """Return all objects for a session with current_fidelity <= fidelity_max."""
+        session_uuid = await self._resolve_session_id(session_id)
+        if session_uuid is None:
+            return []
+
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            rows = await conn.fetch(
+                """
+                SELECT so.*, $3::text AS session_external_id
+                FROM semantic_objects so
+                WHERE so.session_id = $1
+                  AND so.current_fidelity <= $2
+                ORDER BY
+                    so.pinned DESC,
+                    so.current_fidelity ASC,
+                    so.last_accessed DESC
+                """,
+                session_uuid,
+                fidelity_max,
+                session_id,
+            )
+        return [_row_to_stored_object(row) for row in rows]
+
+    async def update_fidelity(
+        self,
+        object_id: str,
+        new_fidelity: int,
+        summary: str | None = None,
+        losses: list[str] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Update an object's fidelity level, optionally setting a new summary."""
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        obj_uuid = uuid.UUID(object_id) if not isinstance(object_id, uuid.UUID) else object_id
+
+        # Build dynamic SET clause based on what's provided
+        set_parts = ["current_fidelity = $2"]
+        params: list[Any] = [obj_uuid, new_fidelity]
+        param_idx = 3
+
+        if summary is not None:
+            if new_fidelity == 1:
+                set_parts.append(f"summary_detailed = ${param_idx}")
+                params.append(summary)
+                param_idx += 1
+                set_parts.append(f"tokens_l1 = ${param_idx}")
+                params.append(_estimate_tokens(summary))
+                param_idx += 1
+            elif new_fidelity == 2:
+                set_parts.append(f"summary_compact = ${param_idx}")
+                params.append(summary)
+                param_idx += 1
+                set_parts.append(f"tokens_l2 = ${param_idx}")
+                params.append(_estimate_tokens(summary))
+                param_idx += 1
+
+        if losses is not None:
+            if new_fidelity == 1:
+                set_parts.append(f"losses_l1 = ${param_idx}")
+                params.append(json.dumps(losses))
+                param_idx += 1
+            elif new_fidelity == 2:
+                set_parts.append(f"losses_l2 = ${param_idx}")
+                params.append(json.dumps(losses))
+                param_idx += 1
+
+        query = f"UPDATE semantic_objects SET {', '.join(set_parts)} WHERE id = $1"
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            await conn.execute(query, *params)
+
+    async def search_by_embedding(
+        self,
+        session_id: str,
+        query_embedding: list[float],
+        limit: int = 5,
+    ) -> list[tuple[StoredObject, float]]:
+        """Find objects by cosine similarity to query_embedding."""
+        session_uuid = await self._resolve_session_id(session_id)
+        if session_uuid is None:
+            return []
+
+        import numpy as np
+
+        embedding = np.array(query_embedding, dtype=np.float32)
+
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            rows = await conn.fetch(
+                """
+                SELECT so.*, $4::text AS session_external_id,
+                       1 - (so.embedding <=> $2) AS similarity
+                FROM semantic_objects so
+                WHERE so.session_id = $1
+                ORDER BY so.embedding <=> $2
+                LIMIT $3
+                """,
+                session_uuid,
+                embedding,
+                limit,
+                session_id,
+            )
+        results: list[tuple[StoredObject, float]] = []
+        for row in rows:
+            obj = _row_to_stored_object(row)
+            similarity = float(row["similarity"])
+            results.append((obj, similarity))
+        return results
+
+    async def search_by_text(
+        self, session_id: str, query: str, limit: int = 5
+    ) -> list[StoredObject]:
+        """Find objects by PostgreSQL full-text search on content_full."""
+        session_uuid = await self._resolve_session_id(session_id)
+        if session_uuid is None:
+            return []
+
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            rows = await conn.fetch(
+                """
+                SELECT so.*, $4::text AS session_external_id
+                FROM semantic_objects so
+                WHERE so.session_id = $1
+                  AND to_tsvector('english', so.content_full) @@
+                      plainto_tsquery('english', $2)
+                ORDER BY ts_rank(
+                    to_tsvector('english', so.content_full),
+                    plainto_tsquery('english', $2)
+                ) DESC
+                LIMIT $3
+                """,
+                session_uuid,
+                query,
+                limit,
+                session_id,
+            )
+        return [_row_to_stored_object(row) for row in rows]
+
+    async def delete_session(self, session_id: str) -> int:
+        """Delete all objects for a session. Returns count of deleted objects."""
+        session_uuid = await self._resolve_session_id(session_id)
+        if session_uuid is None:
+            return 0
+
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            result = await conn.execute(
+                "DELETE FROM semantic_objects WHERE session_id = $1",
+                session_uuid,
+            )
+        # asyncpg returns "DELETE N" where N is the count
+        count = int(result.split()[-1])
+        return count
+
+    async def get_by_source_key(self, session_id: str, source_key: str) -> StoredObject | None:
+        """Find the most recent object with this source_key in the session."""
+        session_uuid = await self._resolve_session_id(session_id)
+        if session_uuid is None:
+            return None
+
+        pool = self._get_pool()
+        async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+            row = await conn.fetchrow(
+                """
+                SELECT so.*, $3::text AS session_external_id
+                FROM semantic_objects so
+                WHERE so.session_id = $1
+                  AND so.source_key = $2
+                ORDER BY so.created_at DESC
+                LIMIT 1
+                """,
+                session_uuid,
+                source_key,
+                session_id,
+            )
+        if row is None:
+            return None
+        return _row_to_stored_object(row)
+
+    # ── Internal helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    def _get_pool(self) -> asyncpg.Pool:
+        """Return the connection pool, raising if not connected."""
+        if self._pool is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("PgVectorBackend is not connected. Call connect() first.")
+        return self._pool
+
+
+# ── Module-level helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+async def _init_connection(conn: asyncpg.Connection) -> None:
+    """Register pgvector codec on each new connection."""
+    await register_vector(conn)
+
+
+def _estimate_tokens(text: str | None) -> int:
+    """Estimate token count using ~4 chars per token heuristic."""
+    if text is None:
+        return 0
+    return max(1, len(text) // 4)
+
+
+def _parse_timestamp(ts: str) -> datetime:
+    """Parse an ISO timestamp string to a timezone-aware datetime.
+
+    Falls back to UTC now if the string is empty or unparseable.
+    """
+    if not ts:
+        return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    try:
+        dt = datetime.fromisoformat(ts)
+        if dt.tzinfo is None:
+            dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+        return dt
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+
+
+def _row_to_stored_object(row: asyncpg.Record) -> StoredObject:
+    """Convert a database row to a StoredObject dataclass."""
+    # Parse JSONB fields
+    losses_l1 = _parse_jsonb(row["losses_l1"])
+    losses_l2 = _parse_jsonb(row["losses_l2"])
+    can_answer_l1 = _parse_jsonb(row["can_answer_l1"])
+    can_answer_l2 = _parse_jsonb(row["can_answer_l2"])
+    fault_when = _parse_jsonb(row["fault_when"])
+    key_entities = _parse_jsonb(row["key_entities"])
+
+    # Convert tags from PostgreSQL TEXT[] to list[str]
+    tags = list(row["tags"]) if row["tags"] else []
+
+    # Convert embedding from pgvector to list[float]
+    embedding_raw = row["embedding"]
+    if embedding_raw is not None:
+        import numpy as np
+
+        embedding = np.array(embedding_raw, dtype=np.float32).tolist()
+    else:
+        embedding = []
+
+    # Use external_id for session_id (gateway uses string IDs)
+    session_id = row["session_external_id"]
+
+    # Convert UUID to string for the object ID
+    object_id = str(row["id"])
+
+    # Convert timestamps to ISO format strings
+    created_at = row["created_at"].isoformat() if row["created_at"] else ""
+    last_accessed = row["last_accessed"].isoformat() if row["last_accessed"] else ""
+
+    return StoredObject(
+        id=object_id,
+        session_id=session_id,
+        object_type=row["object_type"],
+        source_tool=row["source_tool"],
+        source_key=row["source_key"],
+        content_full=row["content_full"],
+        summary_detailed=row["summary_detailed"],
+        summary_compact=row["summary_compact"],
+        stub=row["stub"],
+        losses_l1=losses_l1,
+        losses_l2=losses_l2,
+        can_answer_l1=can_answer_l1,
+        can_answer_l2=can_answer_l2,
+        fault_when=fault_when,
+        key_entities=key_entities,
+        tags=tags,
+        current_fidelity=row["current_fidelity"],
+        pinned=row["pinned"],
+        tokens_l0=row["tokens_l0"],
+        tokens_l1=row["tokens_l1"],
+        tokens_l2=row["tokens_l2"],
+        tokens_l3=row["tokens_l3"],
+        source_turn_start=row["source_turn_start"],
+        source_turn_end=row["source_turn_end"],
+        embedding=embedding,
+        created_at=created_at,
+        last_accessed=last_accessed,
+        access_count=row["access_count"],
+        fault_count=row["fault_count"],
+        micro_fault_count=row["micro_fault_count"],
+    )
+
+
+def _parse_jsonb(value: Any) -> list[str]:
+    """Parse a JSONB value to a list of strings.
+
+    asyncpg automatically deserializes JSONB to Python objects,
+    so this handles both pre-parsed lists and raw JSON strings.
+    """
+    if value is None:
+        return []
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return [str(v) for v in value]
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        try:
+            parsed = json.loads(value)
+            if isinstance(parsed, list):
+                return [str(v) for v in parsed]
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
+            pass
+    return []

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+"""Semantic object segmenter for conversation message streams.
+
+Splits Anthropic Messages API conversation arrays into typed semantic
+objects using structural signals (tool boundaries, role transitions,
+content patterns). This is Strategy A — fast, rule-based segmentation
+for turns 1-50. Strategy B (embedding-based) is Phase 6.
+
+Object types per ARCHITECTURE.md §5.1:
+  conversation_phase, design_decision, debugging_session, file_context,
+  tool_result, plan, error_context, external_reference
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Object types (mirrors fidelity.VALID_OBJECT_TYPES)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+VALID_OBJECT_TYPES = frozenset(
+    {
+        "conversation_phase",
+        "design_decision",
+        "debugging_session",
+        "file_context",
+        "tool_result",
+        "plan",
+        "error_context",
+        "external_reference",
+    }
+)
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tool name → object type mapping
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_READ_TOOLS = frozenset({"Read", "read", "ReadFile", "read_file", "cat"})
+_BASH_TOOLS = frozenset({"Bash", "bash", "shell", "execute", "run"})
+_GREP_TOOLS = frozenset({"Grep", "grep", "search", "Search", "rg", "ripgrep"})
+_WRITE_TOOLS = frozenset({"Write", "write", "Edit", "edit", "WriteFile", "EditFile"})
+_EXTERNAL_TOOLS = frozenset({"WebFetch", "web_fetch", "fetch", "Browse", "browse"})
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Classification patterns
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_ERROR_PATTERNS = [
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:error|exception|traceback|stack\s*trace|panic|fatal)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:TypeError|ValueError|KeyError|AttributeError|RuntimeError)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:FAILED|FAIL|ERR|E\d{4})\b"),
+    re.compile(r"File \"[^\"]+\", line \d+"),
+    re.compile(r"at [\w.]+\([\w./]+:\d+:\d+\)"),  # JS stack trace
+]
+
+_PLAN_PATTERNS = [
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:step\s+\d|phase\s+\d)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?m)^\s*\d+\.\s+\S"),  # numbered list
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:TODO|plan|implementation plan|roadmap)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:first|second|third|finally|next),?\s+(?:we|I|let)"),
+]
+
+_DECISION_PATTERNS = [
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\bI (?:decided|chose|picked|selected|went with)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:because|the reason|rationale|trade-?off)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:chose .+ over|instead of|rather than)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:design decision|architectural choice)\b"),
+]
+
+_DEBUG_PATTERNS = [
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:investigating|debugging|diagnosing|root cause)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:fixed by|the fix|the issue was|the bug was)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:hypothesis|reproduce|bisect|narrowed down)\b"),
+    re.compile(r"(?i)\b(?:turns out|found the problem|the culprit)\b"),
+]
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Entity extraction patterns
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_FILE_PATH_RE = re.compile(
+    r"(?:^|[\s\"'`(,])("
+    r"(?:[a-zA-Z_][\w.-]*/)+[\w.-]+\.[\w]+"  # relative: src/foo/bar.py
+    r"|/(?:[\w.-]+/)+[\w.-]+\.[\w]+"  # absolute: /path/to/file.py
+    r")"
+)
+
+_FUNCTION_RE = re.compile(
+    r"(?:"
+    r"(?:def|function|fn|func|async\s+function|async\s+fn)\s+([\w]+)"  # def foo
+    r"|"
+    r"\b([\w]+)\s*\("  # foo(
+    r")"
+)
+
+_IMPORT_RE = re.compile(
+    r"(?:"
+    r"(?:from|import)\s+([\w.]+)"  # Python: from X import / import X
+    r"|"
+    r"require\(['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]\)"  # JS: require('X')
+    r"|"
+    r"from\s+['\"]([^'\"]+)['\"]"  # JS: from 'X'
+    r")"
+)
+
+# Short user messages that should merge with the next assistant response
+_SHORT_MSG_RE = re.compile(
+    r"^(?:ok|okay|yes|yeah|yep|no|nope|sure|continue|go ahead|"
+    r"do it|proceed|thanks|thank you|lgtm|looks good|great|perfect|"
+    r"got it|right|correct|exactly|please|next|done)[\s.!?]*$",
+    re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
+
+def _estimate_tokens(text: str) -> int:
+    """Estimate token count using ~4 chars per token heuristic."""
+    return max(1, len(text) // 4)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SegmentedObject
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@dataclass
+class SegmentedObject:
+    """A semantic object extracted from the conversation stream.
+
+    Produced by the Segmenter. Each object represents a coherent unit
+    of conversation content — a file read, a tool result, a planning
+    phase, a debugging session, etc.
+    """
+
+    content: str  # The full text content
+    object_type: str  # One of VALID_OBJECT_TYPES
+    source_tool: str | None = None  # Tool that produced this (Read, Bash, etc.)
+    source_key: str | None = None  # Dedup key (file path for Read results)
+    stub: str = ""  # Auto-generated one-line stub
+    turn_start: int = 0  # First turn index
+    turn_end: int = 0  # Last turn index
+    token_estimate: int = 0  # Estimated tokens (len/4)
+    key_entities: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    tags: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Internal intermediate representation
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@dataclass
+class _RawSegment:
+    """Intermediate segment before merging and classification."""
+
+    content: str
+    object_type: str
+    source_tool: str | None = None
+    source_key: str | None = None
+    turn_index: int = 0
+    role: str = ""  # "user" or "assistant"
+    is_short_user: bool = False  # Short user message to merge
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Segmenter
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class Segmenter:
+    """Splits conversation messages into typed semantic objects.
+
+    Uses structural signals (tool boundaries, role transitions, content size)
+    to identify semantic boundaries and classify object types.
+
+    This implements Strategy A (structural segmentation) from
+    ARCHITECTURE.md §5.2 — fast, rule-based, suitable for turns 1-50.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        min_object_tokens: int = 125,
+        max_object_tokens: int = 8000,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Args:
+            min_object_tokens: Minimum tokens for an object (below this,
+                merge with adjacent).
+            max_object_tokens: Maximum tokens before splitting.
+        """
+        self.min_object_tokens = min_object_tokens
+        self.max_object_tokens = max_object_tokens
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Public API
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def segment_messages(
+        self,
+        messages: list[dict],
+        start_turn: int = 0,
+    ) -> list[SegmentedObject]:
+        """Process a list of Anthropic-format messages and return semantic objects.
+
+        Each message is a dict with "role" and "content" (str or list of blocks).
+        Content blocks can be: text, tool_use, tool_result, image.
+        """
+        raw = self._extract_raw_segments(messages, start_turn)
+        merged = self._merge_segments(raw)
+        return self._finalize(merged)
+
+    def segment_incremental(
+        self,
+        new_messages: list[dict],
+        existing_objects: list[SegmentedObject],
+        start_turn: int = 0,
+    ) -> list[SegmentedObject]:
+        """Process only new messages, extending existing objects if appropriate.
+
+        If the last existing object and the first new segment are compatible
+        (same type, same turn range), they get merged. Otherwise the new
+        segments are appended.
+        """
+        new_raw = self._extract_raw_segments(new_messages, start_turn)
+        new_merged = self._merge_segments(new_raw)
+        new_objects = self._finalize(new_merged)
+
+        if not new_objects:
+            return list(existing_objects)
+
+        if not existing_objects:
+            return new_objects
+
+        # Try to merge the last existing object with the first new one
+        last = existing_objects[-1]
+        first_new = new_objects[0]
+
+        if self._can_merge_objects(last, first_new):
+            combined = self._merge_two_objects(last, first_new)
+            return list(existing_objects[:-1]) + [combined] + new_objects[1:]
+
+        return list(existing_objects) + new_objects
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Phase 1: Extract raw segments from messages
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _extract_raw_segments(
+        self,
+        messages: list[dict],
+        start_turn: int,
+    ) -> list[_RawSegment]:
+        """Walk messages and produce raw segments."""
+        segments: list[_RawSegment] = []
+        turn = start_turn
+
+        # Track tool_use IDs to tool names for matching with tool_results
+        tool_use_map: dict[str, str] = {}
+        # Track tool_use IDs to their input for source_key extraction
+        tool_input_map: dict[str, dict] = {}
+
+        for msg in messages:
+            role = msg.get("role", "")
+            content = msg.get("content", "")
+
+            if role == "assistant":
+                segs = self._extract_assistant(content, turn, tool_use_map, tool_input_map)
+                segments.extend(segs)
+            elif role == "user":
+                segs = self._extract_user(content, turn, tool_use_map, tool_input_map)
+                segments.extend(segs)
+
+            turn += 1
+
+        return segments
+
+    def _extract_assistant(
+        self,
+        content: str | list,
+        turn: int,
+        tool_use_map: dict[str, str],
+        tool_input_map: dict[str, dict],
+    ) -> list[_RawSegment]:
+        """Extract segments from an assistant message."""
+        if isinstance(content, str):
+            if not content.strip():
+                return []
+            obj_type = self._classify_text(content)
+            return [
+                _RawSegment(
+                    content=content,
+                    object_type=obj_type,
+                    turn_index=turn,
+                    role="assistant",
+                )
+            ]
+
+        if not isinstance(content, list):
+            return []
+
+        segments: list[_RawSegment] = []
+        text_buffer: list[str] = []
+
+        for block in content:
+            if not isinstance(block, dict):
+                continue
+
+            block_type = block.get("type", "")
+
+            if block_type == "text":
+                text = block.get("text", "")
+                if text.strip():
+                    text_buffer.append(text)
+
+            elif block_type == "tool_use":
+                # Record the tool_use for later matching with tool_result
+                tool_id = block.get("id", "")
+                tool_name = block.get("name", "")
+                tool_input = block.get("input", {})
+                if tool_id and tool_name:
+                    tool_use_map[tool_id] = tool_name
+                    tool_input_map[tool_id] = tool_input if isinstance(tool_input, dict) else {}
+                # Don't create a standalone object for tool_use — it merges
+                # with preceding text or following result
+
+        # Flush any accumulated text
+        if text_buffer:
+            combined = "\n".join(text_buffer)
+            obj_type = self._classify_text(combined)
+            segments.append(
+                _RawSegment(
+                    content=combined,
+                    object_type=obj_type,
+                    turn_index=turn,
+                    role="assistant",
+                )
+            )
+
+        return segments
+
+    def _extract_user(
+        self,
+        content: str | list,
+        turn: int,
+        tool_use_map: dict[str, str],
+        tool_input_map: dict[str, dict],
+    ) -> list[_RawSegment]:
+        """Extract segments from a user message.
+
+        User messages can contain:
+        - Plain text (str or text blocks)
+        - tool_result blocks (responses to assistant's tool_use)
+        """
+        if isinstance(content, str):
+            if not content.strip():
+                return []
+            is_short = bool(_SHORT_MSG_RE.match(content.strip()))
+            return [
+                _RawSegment(
+                    content=content,
+                    object_type="conversation_phase",
+                    turn_index=turn,
+                    role="user",
+                    is_short_user=is_short,
+                )
+            ]
+
+        if not isinstance(content, list):
+            return []
+
+        segments: list[_RawSegment] = []
+        text_buffer: list[str] = []
+
+        for block in content:
+            if not isinstance(block, dict):
+                continue
+
+            block_type = block.get("type", "")
+
+            if block_type == "text":
+                text = block.get("text", "")
+                if text.strip():
+                    text_buffer.append(text)
+
+            elif block_type == "tool_result":
+                # Flush text buffer first
+                if text_buffer:
+                    combined = "\n".join(text_buffer)
+                    is_short = bool(_SHORT_MSG_RE.match(combined.strip()))
+                    segments.append(
+                        _RawSegment(
+                            content=combined,
+                            object_type="conversation_phase",
+                            turn_index=turn,
+                            role="user",
+                            is_short_user=is_short,
+                        )
+                    )
+                    text_buffer = []
+
+                # Process tool result
+                seg = self._process_tool_result(block, turn, tool_use_map, tool_input_map)
+                if seg is not None:
+                    segments.append(seg)
+
+        # Flush remaining text
+        if text_buffer:
+            combined = "\n".join(text_buffer)
+            is_short = bool(_SHORT_MSG_RE.match(combined.strip()))
+            segments.append(
+                _RawSegment(
+                    content=combined,
+                    object_type="conversation_phase",
+                    turn_index=turn,
+                    role="user",
+                    is_short_user=is_short,
+                )
+            )
+
+        return segments
+
+    def _process_tool_result(
+        self,
+        block: dict,
+        turn: int,
+        tool_use_map: dict[str, str],
+        tool_input_map: dict[str, dict],
+    ) -> _RawSegment | None:
+        """Process a tool_result block into a raw segment."""
+        tool_use_id = block.get("tool_use_id", "")
+        tool_name = tool_use_map.get(tool_use_id, "")
+        tool_input = tool_input_map.get(tool_use_id, {})
+
+        # Extract content from tool_result
+        result_content = block.get("content", "")
+        if isinstance(result_content, list):
+            # tool_result content can be a list of blocks
+            parts = []
+            for part in result_content:
+                if isinstance(part, dict) and part.get("type") == "text":
+                    parts.append(part.get("text", ""))
+                elif isinstance(part, str):
+                    parts.append(part)
+            result_content = "\n".join(parts)
+        elif not isinstance(result_content, str):
+            result_content = str(result_content)
+
+        if not result_content.strip():
+            return None
+
+        # Classify by tool name
+        obj_type, source_key = self._classify_tool_result(tool_name, tool_input, result_content)
+
+        return _RawSegment(
+            content=result_content,
+            object_type=obj_type,
+            source_tool=tool_name or None,
+            source_key=source_key,
+            turn_index=turn,
+            role="user",  # tool_results come in user messages
+        )
+
+    def _classify_tool_result(
+        self,
+        tool_name: str,
+        tool_input: dict,
+        content: str,
+    ) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
+        """Classify a tool result into object type and source key.
+
+        Returns:
+            (object_type, source_key) tuple.
+        """
+        source_key: str | None = None
+
+        if tool_name in _READ_TOOLS:
+            # Extract file path from tool input
+            source_key = (
+                tool_input.get("file_path") or tool_input.get("filePath") or tool_input.get("path")
+            )
+            return "file_context", source_key
+
+        if tool_name in _EXTERNAL_TOOLS:
+            source_key = tool_input.get("url") or tool_input.get("uri")
+            return "external_reference", source_key
+
+        # All other tools → tool_result
+        # But check content for error patterns
+        if self._has_error_content(content):
+            return "error_context", source_key
+
+        return "tool_result", source_key
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Phase 2: Merge segments
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _merge_segments(self, segments: list[_RawSegment]) -> list[_RawSegment]:
+        """Merge adjacent segments according to rules.
+
+        1. Short user messages merge with the next segment.
+        2. Adjacent conversation_phase segments in the same turn pair merge.
+        3. Segments below min_object_tokens merge with adjacent compatible.
+        """
+        if not segments:
+            return []
+
+        # Pass 1: Merge short user messages with the next segment
+        merged: list[_RawSegment] = []
+        i = 0
+        while i < len(segments):
+            seg = segments[i]
+            if seg.is_short_user and i + 1 < len(segments):
+                # Merge with next segment
+                next_seg = segments[i + 1]
+                combined_content = seg.content + "\n" + next_seg.content
+                merged.append(
+                    _RawSegment(
+                        content=combined_content,
+                        object_type=next_seg.object_type,
+                        source_tool=next_seg.source_tool,
+                        source_key=next_seg.source_key,
+                        turn_index=seg.turn_index,
+                        role=next_seg.role,
+                    )
+                )
+                i += 2
+            else:
+                merged.append(seg)
+                i += 1
+
+        # Pass 2: Merge adjacent conversation_phase segments in same turn pair
+        merged2: list[_RawSegment] = []
+        for seg in merged:
+            if (
+                merged2
+                and merged2[-1].object_type == "conversation_phase"
+                and seg.object_type == "conversation_phase"
+                and abs(seg.turn_index - merged2[-1].turn_index) <= 1
+            ):
+                prev = merged2[-1]
+                prev.content = prev.content + "\n" + seg.content
+                # Keep the earlier turn_index
+            else:
+                merged2.append(seg)
+
+        # Pass 3: Merge undersized segments with adjacent compatible
+        merged3: list[_RawSegment] = []
+        for seg in merged2:
+            tokens = _estimate_tokens(seg.content)
+            if (
+                tokens < self.min_object_tokens
+                and merged3
+                and self._compatible_types(merged3[-1].object_type, seg.object_type)
+            ):
+                prev = merged3[-1]
+                prev.content = prev.content + "\n" + seg.content
+                # Prefer the more specific type
+                if seg.object_type != "conversation_phase":
+                    prev.object_type = seg.object_type
+                if seg.source_tool and not prev.source_tool:
+                    prev.source_tool = seg.source_tool
+                if seg.source_key and not prev.source_key:
+                    prev.source_key = seg.source_key
+            else:
+                merged3.append(seg)
+
+        return merged3
+
+    def _compatible_types(self, type_a: str, type_b: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if two object types are compatible for merging."""
+        if type_a == type_b:
+            return True
+        # conversation_phase is compatible with most types
+        if "conversation_phase" in (type_a, type_b):
+            return True
+        # error_context and debugging_session are compatible
+        if {type_a, type_b} == {"error_context", "debugging_session"}:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Phase 3: Finalize into SegmentedObjects
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _finalize(self, segments: list[_RawSegment]) -> list[SegmentedObject]:
+        """Convert raw segments into final SegmentedObjects.
+
+        Handles splitting oversized segments and generating metadata.
+        """
+        objects: list[SegmentedObject] = []
+
+        for seg in segments:
+            tokens = _estimate_tokens(seg.content)
+
+            if tokens > self.max_object_tokens:
+                # Split oversized segments
+                parts = self._split_content(seg.content, self.max_object_tokens)
+                for i, part in enumerate(parts):
+                    obj = self._make_object(
+                        content=part,
+                        object_type=seg.object_type,
+                        source_tool=seg.source_tool,
+                        source_key=seg.source_key,
+                        turn_index=seg.turn_index,
+                    )
+                    objects.append(obj)
+            else:
+                obj = self._make_object(
+                    content=seg.content,
+                    object_type=seg.object_type,
+                    source_tool=seg.source_tool,
+                    source_key=seg.source_key,
+                    turn_index=seg.turn_index,
+                )
+                objects.append(obj)
+
+        return objects
+
+    def _make_object(
+        self,
+        content: str,
+        object_type: str,
+        source_tool: str | None,
+        source_key: str | None,
+        turn_index: int,
+    ) -> SegmentedObject:
+        """Create a SegmentedObject with auto-generated metadata."""
+        entities = self._extract_entities(content)
+        tags = self._generate_tags(object_type, source_tool, content)
+        stub = self._generate_stub(object_type, content)
+
+        return SegmentedObject(
+            content=content,
+            object_type=object_type,
+            source_tool=source_tool,
+            source_key=source_key,
+            stub=stub,
+            turn_start=turn_index,
+            turn_end=turn_index,
+            token_estimate=_estimate_tokens(content),
+            key_entities=entities,
+            tags=tags,
+        )
+
+    def _split_content(self, content: str, max_tokens: int) -> list[str]:
+        """Split content into chunks of at most max_tokens.
+
+        Tries to split on paragraph boundaries first, then line boundaries.
+        """
+        max_chars = max_tokens * 4  # Reverse the token estimate
+        if len(content) <= max_chars:
+            return [content]
+
+        parts: list[str] = []
+        # Try splitting on double newlines (paragraphs)
+        paragraphs = content.split("\n\n")
+        current: list[str] = []
+        current_len = 0
+
+        for para in paragraphs:
+            para_len = len(para) + 2  # +2 for the \n\n
+            if current_len + para_len > max_chars and current:
+                parts.append("\n\n".join(current))
+                current = [para]
+                current_len = para_len
+            else:
+                current.append(para)
+                current_len += para_len
+
+        if current:
+            parts.append("\n\n".join(current))
+
+        # If any part is still too large, split on lines
+        final_parts: list[str] = []
+        for part in parts:
+            if len(part) > max_chars:
+                lines = part.split("\n")
+                if len(lines) <= 1:
+                    # No newlines — hard split by character count
+                    for i in range(0, len(part), max_chars):
+                        final_parts.append(part[i : i + max_chars])
+                else:
+                    chunk: list[str] = []
+                    chunk_len = 0
+                    for line in lines:
+                        line_len = len(line) + 1
+                        if chunk_len + line_len > max_chars and chunk:
+                            final_parts.append("\n".join(chunk))
+                            chunk = [line]
+                            chunk_len = line_len
+                        else:
+                            chunk.append(line)
+                            chunk_len += line_len
+                    if chunk:
+                        final_parts.append("\n".join(chunk))
+            else:
+                final_parts.append(part)
+
+        return final_parts if final_parts else [content]
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Classification helpers
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _classify_text(self, text: str) -> str:
+        """Classify assistant text content into an object type.
+
+        Priority order: error > debug > plan > decision > conversation_phase
+        """
+        if self._has_error_content(text):
+            return "error_context"
+        if self._matches_patterns(text, _DEBUG_PATTERNS):
+            return "debugging_session"
+        if self._matches_patterns(text, _PLAN_PATTERNS):
+            return "plan"
+        if self._matches_patterns(text, _DECISION_PATTERNS):
+            return "design_decision"
+        return "conversation_phase"
+
+    def _has_error_content(self, text: str) -> bool:
+        """Check if text contains error/stack trace patterns."""
+        # Require at least 2 error pattern matches for confidence
+        matches = sum(1 for p in _ERROR_PATTERNS if p.search(text))
+        return matches >= 2
+
+    def _matches_patterns(self, text: str, patterns: list[re.Pattern]) -> bool:
+        """Check if text matches at least one pattern from the list."""
+        return any(p.search(text) for p in patterns)
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Entity extraction
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _extract_entities(self, content: str) -> list[str]:
+        """Extract key entities from content (file paths, functions, packages)."""
+        entities: list[str] = []
+        seen: set[str] = set()
+
+        # File paths
+        for m in _FILE_PATH_RE.finditer(content):
+            path = m.group(1)
+            if path not in seen and len(path) > 3:
+                seen.add(path)
+                entities.append(path)
+
+        # Function names (only from def/function declarations, not all calls)
+        for m in _FUNCTION_RE.finditer(content):
+            name = m.group(1) or m.group(2)
+            if name and name not in seen and len(name) > 2:
+                # Filter out common keywords and builtins
+                if name not in _COMMON_WORDS:
+                    seen.add(name)
+                    entities.append(name)
+
+        # Import/require names
+        for m in _IMPORT_RE.finditer(content):
+            name = m.group(1) or m.group(2) or m.group(3)
+            if name and name not in seen:
+                seen.add(name)
+                entities.append(name)
+
+        return entities[:20]  # Cap at 20 entities
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Tag generation
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _generate_tags(
+        self,
+        object_type: str,
+        source_tool: str | None,
+        content: str,
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        """Auto-generate tags based on type, tool, and content."""
+        tags: list[str] = [object_type]
+
+        if source_tool:
+            tags.append(source_tool.lower())
+
+        # File extension tags
+        ext_matches = _FILE_EXT_RE.findall(content)
+        seen_exts: set[str] = set()
+        for ext in ext_matches:
+            dotted = f".{ext.lower()}"
+            if dotted not in seen_exts and dotted in _KNOWN_EXTENSIONS:
+                seen_exts.add(dotted)
+                tags.append(dotted)
+
+        return tags
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Stub generation
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _generate_stub(self, object_type: str, content: str) -> str:
+        """Generate a one-line stub: [{type}: {first_line_truncated}]"""
+        first_line = content.split("\n", 1)[0].strip()
+        if len(first_line) > 100:
+            first_line = first_line[:97] + "..."
+        return f"[{object_type}: {first_line}]"
+
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Incremental merge helpers
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _can_merge_objects(self, a: SegmentedObject, b: SegmentedObject) -> bool:
+        """Check if two SegmentedObjects can be merged."""
+        if not self._compatible_types(a.object_type, b.object_type):
+            return False
+        # Only merge if they're adjacent turns
+        if b.turn_start - a.turn_end > 1:
+            return False
+        # Don't merge file_context or tool_result objects
+        if a.object_type in ("file_context", "tool_result"):
+            return False
+        if b.object_type in ("file_context", "tool_result"):
+            return False
+        # Don't merge if combined would be too large
+        combined_tokens = a.token_estimate + b.token_estimate
+        if combined_tokens > self.max_object_tokens:
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    def _merge_two_objects(self, a: SegmentedObject, b: SegmentedObject) -> SegmentedObject:
+        """Merge two SegmentedObjects into one."""
+        combined_content = a.content + "\n" + b.content
+        # Prefer the more specific type
+        obj_type = a.object_type
+        if b.object_type != "conversation_phase":
+            obj_type = b.object_type
+
+        entities = list(dict.fromkeys(a.key_entities + b.key_entities))[:20]
+        tags = list(dict.fromkeys(a.tags + b.tags))
+
+        return SegmentedObject(
+            content=combined_content,
+            object_type=obj_type,
+            source_tool=a.source_tool or b.source_tool,
+            source_key=a.source_key or b.source_key,
+            stub=self._generate_stub(obj_type, combined_content),
+            turn_start=min(a.turn_start, b.turn_start),
+            turn_end=max(a.turn_end, b.turn_end),
+            token_estimate=_estimate_tokens(combined_content),
+            key_entities=entities,
+            tags=tags,
+        )
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Module-level constants (used by entity extraction / tag generation)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_COMMON_WORDS = frozenset(
+    {
+        "if",
+        "for",
+        "in",
+        "is",
+        "it",
+        "to",
+        "do",
+        "or",
+        "and",
+        "not",
+        "the",
+        "this",
+        "that",
+        "with",
+        "from",
+        "self",
+        "None",
+        "True",
+        "False",
+        "return",
+        "class",
+        "import",
+        "print",
+        "len",
+        "str",
+        "int",
+        "list",
+        "dict",
+        "set",
+        "type",
+        "def",
+        "var",
+        "let",
+        "const",
+        "new",
+        "get",
+        "has",
+        "map",
+        "any",
+        "all",
+    }
+)
+
+_FILE_EXT_RE = re.compile(
+    r"\.(ts|tsx|js|jsx|py|rs|go|rb|java|cpp|c|h|css|html|md|json|yaml|yml|toml|sql)\b"
+)
+
+_KNOWN_EXTENSIONS = frozenset(
+    {
+        ".ts",
+        ".tsx",
+        ".js",
+        ".jsx",
+        ".py",
+        ".rs",
+        ".go",
+        ".rb",
+        ".java",
+        ".cpp",
+        ".c",
+        ".h",
+        ".css",
+        ".html",
+        ".md",
+        ".json",
+        ".yaml",
+        ".yml",
+        ".toml",
+        ".sql",
+    }
+)

tests/test_context_assembler.py

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+"""Tests for the ContextAssembler micro-fault and context assembly module."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from mnemosyne.context_assembler import (
+    ContextAssembler,
+    ContextWindow,
+    MicroFaultResult,
+    _estimate_tokens,
+)
+from mnemosyne.fidelity import FidelityLevel, FidelityManager, make_object
+from mnemosyne.object_store import (
+    DummyEmbedder,
+    InMemoryBackend,
+    ObjectStore,
+    StoredObject,
+)
+
+
+# ── Fixtures ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def object_store():
+    """Create an ObjectStore with InMemoryBackend and DummyEmbedder."""
+    backend = InMemoryBackend()
+    embedder = DummyEmbedder()
+    return ObjectStore(backend=backend, embedder=embedder)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_helper_llm():
+    """Create a mock HelperLLM with answer_micro_fault returning a canned answer."""
+    helper = AsyncMock()
+    helper.answer_micro_fault = AsyncMock(
+        return_value="The auth library used is passport.js with JWT strategy."
+    )
+    return helper
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def assembler(object_store, mock_helper_llm):
+    """Create a ContextAssembler with real ObjectStore and mock HelperLLM."""
+    return ContextAssembler(object_store=object_store, helper_llm=mock_helper_llm)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def assembler_no_helper(object_store):
+    """Create a ContextAssembler without HelperLLM (fallback mode)."""
+    return ContextAssembler(object_store=object_store, helper_llm=None)
+
+
+async def _seed_objects(store: ObjectStore, session_id: str = "sess_test") -> list[StoredObject]:
+    """Seed the store with a few test objects and return them."""
+    obj1 = await store.store_object(
+        session_id=session_id,
+        content="Authentication uses passport.js with JWT strategy. "
+        "The secret key is loaded from AUTH_SECRET env var. "
+        "Token expiry is set to 24 hours.",
+        object_type="file_context",
+        source_tool="Read",
+        source_key="src/auth/middleware.ts",
+        stub="[file_context | auth middleware | passport.js JWT]",
+        key_entities=["passport.js", "JWT", "AUTH_SECRET"],
+    )
+    obj2 = await store.store_object(
+        session_id=session_id,
+        content="Database schema has users, posts, and comments tables. "
+        "Users table has id, email, password_hash, created_at columns. "
+        "Posts reference users via author_id foreign key.",
+        object_type="file_context",
+        source_tool="Read",
+        source_key="schema.sql",
+        stub="[file_context | DB schema | users, posts, comments]",
+        key_entities=["users", "posts", "comments", "schema.sql"],
+    )
+    obj3 = await store.store_object(
+        session_id=session_id,
+        content="Server runs on port 3000 by default. "
+        "Configuration loaded from .env file. "
+        "CORS enabled for localhost:5173 in development.",
+        object_type="file_context",
+        source_tool="Read",
+        source_key="src/config.ts",
+        stub="[file_context | server config | port 3000, CORS]",
+        key_entities=["port 3000", "CORS", ".env"],
+    )
+    return [obj1, obj2, obj3]
+
+
+# ── MicroFaultResult dataclass ───────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_micro_fault_result_fields():
+    """MicroFaultResult should store all expected fields."""
+    result = MicroFaultResult(
+        answer="The answer is 42.",
+        sources=["obj_abc", "obj_def"],
+        answer_tokens=5,
+        avoided_tokens=500,
+        latency_ms=12.5,
+    )
+    assert result.answer == "The answer is 42."
+    assert result.sources == ["obj_abc", "obj_def"]
+    assert result.answer_tokens == 5
+    assert result.avoided_tokens == 500
+    assert result.latency_ms == 12.5
+
+
+def test_micro_fault_result_token_savings():
+    """avoided_tokens should represent tokens saved vs full restore."""
+    result = MicroFaultResult(
+        answer="short answer",
+        sources=["obj1"],
+        answer_tokens=3,
+        avoided_tokens=997,
+        latency_ms=10.0,
+    )
+    # The savings ratio: avoided / (avoided + answer_tokens)
+    savings_ratio = result.avoided_tokens / (result.avoided_tokens + result.answer_tokens)
+    assert savings_ratio > 0.99  # 99%+ savings
+
+
+# ── ContextWindow dataclass ──────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_context_window_fields():
+    """ContextWindow should store objects, total_tokens, and pressure_zone."""
+    window = ContextWindow(
+        objects=[("obj1", 0, "full content"), ("obj2", 2, "compact summary")],
+        total_tokens=150,
+        pressure_zone="NORMAL",
+    )
+    assert len(window.objects) == 2
+    assert window.total_tokens == 150
+    assert window.pressure_zone == "NORMAL"
+
+
+# ── handle_micro_fault with HelperLLM ────────────────────────
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_micro_fault_with_helper(assembler, object_store, mock_helper_llm):
+    """Micro-fault with HelperLLM should search, call helper, return answer."""
+    await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    result = await assembler.handle_micro_fault(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        question="What auth library is used?",
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(result, MicroFaultResult)
+    assert result.answer == "The auth library used is passport.js with JWT strategy."
+    assert len(result.sources) > 0
+    assert result.answer_tokens > 0
+    assert result.avoided_tokens > 0
+    assert result.latency_ms >= 0
+
+    # Verify HelperLLM was called
+    mock_helper_llm.answer_micro_fault.assert_called_once()
+    call_kwargs = mock_helper_llm.answer_micro_fault.call_args
+    assert call_kwargs.kwargs["question"] == "What auth library is used?"
+    assert len(call_kwargs.kwargs["relevant_contents"]) > 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_micro_fault_with_scope(assembler, object_store, mock_helper_llm):
+    """Micro-fault with scope hint should incorporate it into the search query."""
+    await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    result = await assembler.handle_micro_fault(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        question="What port?",
+        scope="config files",
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(result, MicroFaultResult)
+    assert len(result.sources) > 0
+    mock_helper_llm.answer_micro_fault.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_micro_fault_with_max_tokens(assembler, object_store, mock_helper_llm):
+    """Micro-fault should pass max_tokens to the HelperLLM."""
+    await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    await assembler.handle_micro_fault(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        question="What is the DB schema?",
+        max_tokens=100,
+    )
+
+    call_kwargs = mock_helper_llm.answer_micro_fault.call_args
+    assert call_kwargs.kwargs["max_tokens"] == 100
+
+
+# ── handle_micro_fault fallback (no HelperLLM) ──────────────
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_micro_fault_fallback_no_helper(assembler_no_helper, object_store):
+    """Without HelperLLM, micro-fault should return summaries as fallback."""
+    objects = await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    # Set a summary on one object so fallback has something to show
+    await object_store.update_fidelity(objects[0].id, 2, summary="Auth uses passport.js JWT")
+
+    result = await assembler_no_helper.handle_micro_fault(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        question="What auth library is used?",
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(result, MicroFaultResult)
+    assert "HelperLLM unavailable" in result.answer
+    assert len(result.sources) > 0
+    assert result.answer_tokens > 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_micro_fault_fallback_uses_stub_when_no_summary(assembler_no_helper, object_store):
+    """Fallback should use stub when no summaries are available."""
+    await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    result = await assembler_no_helper.handle_micro_fault(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        question="What auth library is used?",
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(result, MicroFaultResult)
+    assert "HelperLLM unavailable" in result.answer
+    # Should contain stub content since no summaries exist
+    assert len(result.sources) > 0
+
+
+# ── handle_micro_fault with no search results ────────────────
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_micro_fault_no_results(assembler):
+    """Micro-fault with no matching objects should return a 'not found' message."""
+    # Don't seed any objects — empty store
+    result = await assembler.handle_micro_fault(
+        session_id="sess_empty",
+        question="What is the meaning of life?",
+    )
+
+    assert isinstance(result, MicroFaultResult)
+    assert "No relevant content found" in result.answer
+    assert result.sources == []
+    assert result.avoided_tokens == 0
+
+
+# ── Micro-fault records access on consulted objects ──────────
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_micro_fault_records_access(assembler, object_store):
+    """Micro-fault should call record_fault(is_micro=True) on consulted objects."""
+    objects = await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    result = await assembler.handle_micro_fault(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        question="What auth library is used?",
+    )
+
+    # At least one source should have been consulted
+    assert len(result.sources) > 0
+
+    # Check that micro_fault_count was incremented on consulted objects
+    for source_id in result.sources:
+        obj = await object_store.get(source_id)
+        assert obj is not None
+        assert obj.micro_fault_count > 0
+
+
+# ── assemble_context ─────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_assemble_context_all_l0(assembler, object_store):
+    """assemble_context with all L0 objects should include full content."""
+    objects = await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    fm = FidelityManager(window_size=200_000)
+    for obj in objects:
+        fm_obj = make_object(
+            object_type=obj.object_type,
+            content_full=obj.content_full,
+            stub=obj.stub,
+        )
+        fm_obj.id = obj.id  # match IDs
+        fm.register_object(fm_obj)
+
+    blocks = await assembler.assemble_context(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        fidelity_manager=fm,
+        current_turn=1,
+    )
+
+    assert len(blocks) == 3
+    for block in blocks:
+        assert block["fidelity"] == 0  # L0
+        assert len(block["content"]) > 50  # full content
+        assert block["tokens"] > 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_assemble_context_mixed_fidelity(assembler, object_store):
+    """assemble_context should respect per-object fidelity levels."""
+    objects = await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    # Set different fidelity levels in the store
+    await object_store.update_fidelity(
+        objects[0].id,
+        0,  # L0: full
+    )
+    await object_store.update_fidelity(
+        objects[1].id,
+        2,
+        summary="DB has users, posts, comments tables",  # L2: compact
+    )
+    await object_store.update_fidelity(
+        objects[2].id,
+        3,  # L3: stub
+    )
+
+    fm = FidelityManager(window_size=200_000)
+    for obj in objects:
+        fm_obj = make_object(
+            object_type=obj.object_type,
+            content_full=obj.content_full,
+            stub=obj.stub,
+        )
+        fm_obj.id = obj.id
+        # Set fidelity to match what we set in the store
+        stored = await object_store.get(obj.id)
+        fm_obj.current_fidelity = FidelityLevel(stored.current_fidelity)
+        if stored.summary_compact:
+            fm_obj.summary_compact = stored.summary_compact
+        fm.register_object(fm_obj)
+
+    blocks = await assembler.assemble_context(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        fidelity_manager=fm,
+        current_turn=5,
+    )
+
+    assert len(blocks) == 3
+    fidelities = {b["object_id"]: b["fidelity"] for b in blocks}
+    assert fidelities[objects[0].id] == 0  # L0
+    assert fidelities[objects[1].id] == 2  # L2
+    assert fidelities[objects[2].id] == 3  # L3
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_assemble_context_excludes_evicted(assembler, object_store):
+    """assemble_context should exclude L4 (evicted) objects."""
+    objects = await _seed_objects(object_store, "sess_test")
+
+    # Evict one object
+    await object_store.update_fidelity(objects[1].id, 4)
+
+    fm = FidelityManager(window_size=200_000)
+    for obj in objects:
+        fm_obj = make_object(
+            object_type=obj.object_type,
+            content_full=obj.content_full,
+            stub=obj.stub,
+        )
+        fm_obj.id = obj.id
+        stored = await object_store.get(obj.id)
+        fm_obj.current_fidelity = FidelityLevel(min(stored.current_fidelity, 4))
+        fm.register_object(fm_obj)
+
+    blocks = await assembler.assemble_context(
+        session_id="sess_test",
+        fidelity_manager=fm,
+        current_turn=5,
+    )
+
+    # Only 2 objects should be in context (one was evicted)
+    block_ids = {b["object_id"] for b in blocks}
+    assert objects[1].id not in block_ids
+    assert len(blocks) == 2
+
+
+# ── _estimate_tokens helper ──────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_estimate_tokens_none():
+    """_estimate_tokens(None) should return 0."""
+    assert _estimate_tokens(None) == 0
+
+
+def test_estimate_tokens_empty():
+    """_estimate_tokens('') should return 1 (minimum)."""
+    assert _estimate_tokens("") == 1
+
+
+def test_estimate_tokens_normal():
+    """_estimate_tokens should use ~4 chars per token heuristic."""
+    text = "a" * 400
+    assert _estimate_tokens(text) == 100

tests/test_object_store.py

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+"""Tests for the semantic object backing store."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+
+import pytest
+
+from mnemosyne.object_store import (
+    DummyEmbedder,
+    InMemoryBackend,
+    ObjectStore,
+    ObjectStoreBackend,
+    StoredObject,
+    _cosine_similarity,
+    _estimate_tokens,
+)
+
+
+# ── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _make_stored_object(
+    session_id: str = "sess-1",
+    content: str = "x" * 400,
+    *,
+    object_type: str = "file_context",
+    source_tool: str | None = "Read",
+    source_key: str | None = None,
+    stub: str | None = None,
+    embedding: list[float] | None = None,
+    object_id: str | None = None,
+) -> StoredObject:
+    """Create a StoredObject with sensible defaults for testing."""
+    return StoredObject(
+        id=object_id or f"obj-{id(content) % 100000:05d}",
+        session_id=session_id,
+        object_type=object_type,
+        source_tool=source_tool,
+        source_key=source_key,
+        content_full=content,
+        summary_detailed=None,
+        summary_compact=None,
+        stub=stub or f"{object_type}: test object",
+        tokens_l0=_estimate_tokens(content),
+        tokens_l3=_estimate_tokens(stub or f"{object_type}: test object"),
+        embedding=embedding or [],
+        created_at="2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+        last_accessed="2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+    )
+
+
+# ── StoredObject dataclass ───────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestStoredObject:
+    def test_required_fields(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object()
+        assert obj.id
+        assert obj.session_id == "sess-1"
+        assert obj.object_type == "file_context"
+        assert obj.content_full == "x" * 400
+        assert obj.current_fidelity == 0
+        assert obj.pinned is False
+        assert obj.fault_count == 0
+        assert obj.micro_fault_count == 0
+
+    def test_default_lists_are_empty(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object()
+        assert obj.losses_l1 == []
+        assert obj.losses_l2 == []
+        assert obj.can_answer_l1 == []
+        assert obj.can_answer_l2 == []
+        assert obj.fault_when == []
+        assert obj.key_entities == []
+        assert obj.tags == []
+
+    def test_content_at_levels(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object(content="full content")
+        obj.summary_detailed = "detailed"
+        obj.summary_compact = "compact"
+        obj.stub = "stub line"
+
+        assert obj.content_at(0) == "full content"
+        assert obj.content_at(1) == "detailed"
+        assert obj.content_at(2) == "compact"
+        assert obj.content_at(3) == "stub line"
+        assert obj.content_at(4) is None
+
+    def test_tokens_at_levels(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object(content="a" * 400)
+        obj.tokens_l0 = 100
+        obj.tokens_l1 = 30
+        obj.tokens_l2 = 5
+        obj.tokens_l3 = 3
+
+        assert obj.tokens_at(0) == 100
+        assert obj.tokens_at(1) == 30
+        assert obj.tokens_at(2) == 5
+        assert obj.tokens_at(3) == 3
+        assert obj.tokens_at(4) == 0
+
+    def test_tokens_at_none_levels(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object()
+        obj.tokens_l1 = None
+        obj.tokens_l2 = None
+        assert obj.tokens_at(1) == 0
+        assert obj.tokens_at(2) == 0
+
+    def test_current_tokens_tracks_fidelity(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object(content="a" * 400)
+        obj.tokens_l0 = 100
+        obj.tokens_l1 = 30
+        assert obj.current_tokens == 100  # L0
+        obj.current_fidelity = 1
+        assert obj.current_tokens == 30  # L1
+
+    def test_embedding_default_empty(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object()
+        assert obj.embedding == []
+
+
+# ── DummyEmbedder ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestDummyEmbedder:
+    def test_embed_returns_384_dim(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        vec = emb.embed("hello world")
+        assert len(vec) == 384
+
+    def test_embed_deterministic(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        v1 = emb.embed("test input")
+        v2 = emb.embed("test input")
+        assert v1 == v2
+
+    def test_embed_different_inputs_differ(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        v1 = emb.embed("input A")
+        v2 = emb.embed("input B")
+        assert v1 != v2
+
+    def test_embed_is_normalized(self):
+        import numpy as np
+
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        vec = emb.embed("normalize me")
+        norm = float(np.linalg.norm(vec))
+        assert abs(norm - 1.0) < 1e-6
+
+    def test_embed_batch(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        texts = ["alpha", "beta", "gamma"]
+        vecs = emb.embed_batch(texts)
+        assert len(vecs) == 3
+        assert all(len(v) == 384 for v in vecs)
+
+    def test_embed_batch_matches_single(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        texts = ["one", "two"]
+        batch = emb.embed_batch(texts)
+        singles = [emb.embed(t) for t in texts]
+        assert batch == singles
+
+
+# ── Cosine similarity ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestCosineSimilarity:
+    def test_identical_vectors(self):
+        v = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
+        assert abs(_cosine_similarity(v, v) - 1.0) < 1e-9
+
+    def test_orthogonal_vectors(self):
+        a = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
+        b = [0.0, 1.0, 0.0]
+        assert abs(_cosine_similarity(a, b)) < 1e-9
+
+    def test_opposite_vectors(self):
+        a = [1.0, 0.0]
+        b = [-1.0, 0.0]
+        assert abs(_cosine_similarity(a, b) - (-1.0)) < 1e-9
+
+    def test_empty_vectors(self):
+        assert _cosine_similarity([], []) == 0.0
+        assert _cosine_similarity([1.0], []) == 0.0
+
+    def test_zero_vector(self):
+        assert _cosine_similarity([0.0, 0.0], [1.0, 0.0]) == 0.0
+
+
+# ── InMemoryBackend CRUD ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestInMemoryBackendCRUD:
+    async def test_store_and_get(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(object_id="obj-001")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        result = await backend.get("obj-001")
+        assert result is obj
+
+    async def test_get_nonexistent(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        assert await backend.get("nonexistent") is None
+
+    async def test_store_overwrites(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj1 = _make_stored_object(object_id="obj-001", content="original")
+        obj2 = _make_stored_object(object_id="obj-001", content="updated")
+
+        await backend.store(obj1)
+        await backend.store(obj2)
+
+        result = await backend.get("obj-001")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.content_full == "updated"
+
+    async def test_get_by_session(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj1 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1")
+        obj2 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o2")
+        obj3 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s2", object_id="o3")
+
+        await backend.store(obj1)
+        await backend.store(obj2)
+        await backend.store(obj3)
+
+        s1_objs = await backend.get_by_session("s1")
+        assert len(s1_objs) == 2
+        assert {o.id for o in s1_objs} == {"o1", "o2"}
+
+    async def test_get_by_session_filters_fidelity(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj1 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1")
+        obj2 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o2")
+        obj2.current_fidelity = 4  # evicted
+
+        await backend.store(obj1)
+        await backend.store(obj2)
+
+        # Default: include evicted
+        all_objs = await backend.get_by_session("s1", fidelity_max=4)
+        assert len(all_objs) == 2
+
+        # Exclude evicted
+        active_objs = await backend.get_by_session("s1", fidelity_max=3)
+        assert len(active_objs) == 1
+        assert active_objs[0].id == "o1"
+
+    async def test_get_by_session_empty(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        assert await backend.get_by_session("nonexistent") == []
+
+    async def test_delete_session(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj1 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1")
+        obj2 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o2")
+        obj3 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s2", object_id="o3")
+
+        await backend.store(obj1)
+        await backend.store(obj2)
+        await backend.store(obj3)
+
+        count = await backend.delete_session("s1")
+        assert count == 2
+
+        assert await backend.get("o1") is None
+        assert await backend.get("o2") is None
+        assert await backend.get("o3") is not None
+
+    async def test_delete_session_nonexistent(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        count = await backend.delete_session("nonexistent")
+        assert count == 0
+
+
+# ── InMemoryBackend fidelity updates ─────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestInMemoryBackendFidelity:
+    async def test_update_fidelity_basic(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(object_id="o1")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        await backend.update_fidelity("o1", 2)
+        result = await backend.get("o1")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.current_fidelity == 2
+
+    async def test_update_fidelity_with_summary_l1(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(object_id="o1")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        await backend.update_fidelity(
+            "o1", 1, summary="detailed summary", losses=["exact line numbers"]
+        )
+        result = await backend.get("o1")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.current_fidelity == 1
+        assert result.summary_detailed == "detailed summary"
+        assert result.losses_l1 == ["exact line numbers"]
+        assert result.tokens_l1 is not None
+        assert result.tokens_l1 > 0
+
+    async def test_update_fidelity_with_summary_l2(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(object_id="o1")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        await backend.update_fidelity(
+            "o1", 2, summary="compact summary", losses=["function bodies"]
+        )
+        result = await backend.get("o1")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.summary_compact == "compact summary"
+        assert result.losses_l2 == ["function bodies"]
+
+    async def test_update_fidelity_nonexistent(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        # Should not raise
+        await backend.update_fidelity("nonexistent", 1)
+
+
+# ── InMemoryBackend source_key dedup ─────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestInMemoryBackendSourceKey:
+    async def test_get_by_source_key(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", source_key="src/auth.py")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        result = await backend.get_by_source_key("s1", "src/auth.py")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.id == "o1"
+
+    async def test_get_by_source_key_not_found(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        assert await backend.get_by_source_key("s1", "nonexistent.py") is None
+
+    async def test_get_by_source_key_session_isolation(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", source_key="src/auth.py")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        # Different session should not find it
+        assert await backend.get_by_source_key("s2", "src/auth.py") is None
+
+    async def test_get_by_source_key_returns_latest(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj_old = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", source_key="src/auth.py")
+        obj_old.created_at = "2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
+
+        obj_new = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o2", source_key="src/auth.py")
+        obj_new.created_at = "2025-01-02T00:00:00+00:00"
+
+        await backend.store(obj_old)
+        await backend.store(obj_new)
+
+        result = await backend.get_by_source_key("s1", "src/auth.py")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.id == "o2"
+
+
+# ── InMemoryBackend embedding search ─────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestInMemoryBackendEmbeddingSearch:
+    async def test_search_by_embedding_basic(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            object_id="o1",
+            content="authentication middleware",
+            embedding=emb.embed("authentication middleware"),
+        )
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        query_vec = emb.embed("authentication middleware")
+        results = await backend.search_by_embedding("s1", query_vec, limit=5)
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        assert results[0][0].id == "o1"
+        # Same text → same embedding → similarity ≈ 1.0
+        assert results[0][1] > 0.99
+
+    async def test_search_by_embedding_ranking(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+
+        # Store objects with different content
+        for i, content in enumerate(["auth login", "database schema", "test runner"]):
+            obj = _make_stored_object(
+                session_id="s1",
+                object_id=f"o{i}",
+                content=content,
+                embedding=emb.embed(content),
+            )
+            await backend.store(obj)
+
+        # Search for exact match
+        query_vec = emb.embed("auth login")
+        results = await backend.search_by_embedding("s1", query_vec, limit=3)
+        assert len(results) == 3
+        # Exact match should be first with highest similarity
+        assert results[0][0].id == "o0"
+        assert results[0][1] > results[1][1]
+
+    async def test_search_by_embedding_session_isolation(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+
+        obj_s1 = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            object_id="o1",
+            content="hello",
+            embedding=emb.embed("hello"),
+        )
+        obj_s2 = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id="s2",
+            object_id="o2",
+            content="hello",
+            embedding=emb.embed("hello"),
+        )
+        await backend.store(obj_s1)
+        await backend.store(obj_s2)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_embedding("s1", emb.embed("hello"), limit=10)
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        assert results[0][0].id == "o1"
+
+    async def test_search_by_embedding_respects_limit(self):
+        emb = DummyEmbedder()
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+
+        for i in range(10):
+            obj = _make_stored_object(
+                session_id="s1",
+                object_id=f"o{i}",
+                content=f"content {i}",
+                embedding=emb.embed(f"content {i}"),
+            )
+            await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_embedding("s1", emb.embed("content 0"), limit=3)
+        assert len(results) == 3
+
+    async def test_search_by_embedding_skips_no_embedding(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", embedding=[])
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_embedding("s1", [0.1] * 384, limit=5)
+        assert len(results) == 0
+
+
+# ── InMemoryBackend text search ──────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestInMemoryBackendTextSearch:
+    async def test_search_by_text_content(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            object_id="o1",
+            content="authentication middleware for JWT tokens",
+        )
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_text("s1", "JWT")
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        assert results[0].id == "o1"
+
+    async def test_search_by_text_case_insensitive(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", content="Authentication")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_text("s1", "authentication")
+        assert len(results) == 1
+
+    async def test_search_by_text_in_stub(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            object_id="o1",
+            content="some content",
+            stub="file_context: auth middleware",
+        )
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_text("s1", "auth middleware")
+        assert len(results) == 1
+
+    async def test_search_by_text_in_key_entities(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", content="code")
+        obj.key_entities = ["AuthService", "JWTValidator"]
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_text("s1", "JWTValidator")
+        assert len(results) == 1
+
+    async def test_search_by_text_no_match(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", content="hello")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_text("s1", "nonexistent")
+        assert len(results) == 0
+
+    async def test_search_by_text_session_isolation(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", content="shared keyword")
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_text("s2", "shared keyword")
+        assert len(results) == 0
+
+    async def test_search_by_text_respects_limit(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        for i in range(10):
+            obj = _make_stored_object(
+                session_id="s1",
+                object_id=f"o{i}",
+                content=f"common keyword item {i}",
+            )
+            await backend.store(obj)
+
+        results = await backend.search_by_text("s1", "common keyword", limit=3)
+        assert len(results) == 3
+
+
+# ── Session isolation ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestSessionIsolation:
+    async def test_objects_isolated_by_session(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj_s1 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1")
+        obj_s2 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s2", object_id="o2")
+
+        await backend.store(obj_s1)
+        await backend.store(obj_s2)
+
+        s1_objs = await backend.get_by_session("s1")
+        s2_objs = await backend.get_by_session("s2")
+
+        assert len(s1_objs) == 1
+        assert s1_objs[0].id == "o1"
+        assert len(s2_objs) == 1
+        assert s2_objs[0].id == "o2"
+
+    async def test_delete_session_does_not_affect_other(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj_s1 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1")
+        obj_s2 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s2", object_id="o2")
+
+        await backend.store(obj_s1)
+        await backend.store(obj_s2)
+
+        await backend.delete_session("s1")
+
+        assert await backend.get("o1") is None
+        assert await backend.get("o2") is not None
+        assert len(await backend.get_by_session("s2")) == 1
+
+    async def test_source_key_scoped_to_session(self):
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        obj_s1 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s1", object_id="o1", source_key="file.py")
+        obj_s2 = _make_stored_object(session_id="s2", object_id="o2", source_key="file.py")
+
+        await backend.store(obj_s1)
+        await backend.store(obj_s2)
+
+        result = await backend.get_by_source_key("s1", "file.py")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.id == "o1"
+
+
+# ── ObjectStore facade ───────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestObjectStoreFacade:
+    async def test_store_object_creates_with_defaults(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="def authenticate(token): ...",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            source_tool="Read",
+        )
+
+        assert obj.id
+        assert len(obj.id) == 16
+        assert obj.session_id == "s1"
+        assert obj.object_type == "file_context"
+        assert obj.content_full == "def authenticate(token): ..."
+        assert obj.source_tool == "Read"
+        assert obj.current_fidelity == 0
+        assert obj.created_at
+        assert obj.last_accessed
+        assert obj.tokens_l0 > 0
+        assert len(obj.embedding) == 384
+
+    async def test_store_object_auto_generates_stub(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="some content here",
+            object_type="tool_result",
+        )
+        assert "tool_result:" in obj.stub
+
+    async def test_store_object_custom_stub(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="content",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            stub="Read src/auth.py (150 lines)",
+        )
+        assert obj.stub == "Read src/auth.py (150 lines)"
+
+    async def test_store_object_with_tags_and_entities(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="content",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            tags=["auth", "middleware"],
+            key_entities=["AuthService"],
+        )
+        assert obj.tags == ["auth", "middleware"]
+        assert obj.key_entities == ["AuthService"]
+
+    async def test_store_object_with_turn(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="content",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            turn=7,
+        )
+        assert obj.source_turn_start == 7
+        assert obj.source_turn_end == 7
+
+    async def test_store_object_no_embedder(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), embedder=None)
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="content",
+            object_type="file_context",
+        )
+        assert obj.embedding == []
+
+    async def test_get_retrieves_stored(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+        result = await store.get(obj.id)
+        assert result is obj
+
+    async def test_get_nonexistent(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend())
+        assert await store.get("nonexistent") is None
+
+    async def test_get_session_objects_excludes_evicted(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj1 = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="active", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+        obj2 = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="evicted", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+        await store.update_fidelity(obj2.id, 4)
+
+        active = await store.get_session_objects("s1")
+        assert len(active) == 1
+        assert active[0].id == obj1.id
+
+    async def test_get_session_objects_includes_evicted(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        await store.store_object(session_id="s1", content="active", object_type="file_context")
+        obj2 = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="evicted", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+        await store.update_fidelity(obj2.id, 4)
+
+        all_objs = await store.get_session_objects("s1", include_evicted=True)
+        assert len(all_objs) == 2
+
+    async def test_update_fidelity(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+        await store.update_fidelity(obj.id, 1, summary="summary", losses=["details"])
+
+        result = await store.get(obj.id)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.current_fidelity == 1
+        assert result.summary_detailed == "summary"
+        assert result.losses_l1 == ["details"]
+
+
+# ── ObjectStore semantic search ──────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestObjectStoreSemanticSearch:
+    async def test_semantic_search_finds_exact_match(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="authentication middleware for JWT",
+            object_type="file_context",
+        )
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="database migration script",
+            object_type="file_context",
+        )
+
+        results = await store.semantic_search("s1", "authentication middleware for JWT")
+        assert len(results) >= 1
+        # Exact content match should rank first
+        assert results[0][0].content_full == "authentication middleware for JWT"
+
+    async def test_semantic_search_hybrid_boost(self):
+        """Text match should boost ranking via hybrid scoring."""
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog",
+            object_type="file_context",
+        )
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="unrelated content about databases",
+            object_type="file_context",
+        )
+
+        results = await store.semantic_search("s1", "quick brown fox")
+        assert len(results) >= 1
+        # Text match should help the fox content rank higher
+        assert "fox" in results[0][0].content_full
+
+    async def test_semantic_search_session_isolation(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="session one content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s2", content="session two content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+
+        results = await store.semantic_search("s1", "session one content")
+        assert all(r[0].session_id == "s1" for r in results)
+
+    async def test_semantic_search_respects_limit(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        for i in range(10):
+            await store.store_object(
+                session_id="s1",
+                content=f"content item {i}",
+                object_type="file_context",
+            )
+
+        results = await store.semantic_search("s1", "content item", limit=3)
+        assert len(results) <= 3
+
+    async def test_semantic_search_no_embedder(self):
+        """Without embedder, search falls back to text-only."""
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), embedder=None)
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="findable keyword here",
+            object_type="file_context",
+        )
+
+        results = await store.semantic_search("s1", "findable keyword")
+        assert len(results) == 1
+        assert results[0][1] == 0.3  # text-only score
+
+    async def test_semantic_search_empty_session(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        results = await store.semantic_search("empty", "anything")
+        assert results == []
+
+
+# ── ObjectStore deduplication ────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestObjectStoreDedup:
+    async def test_find_duplicate_exists(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="file content",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            source_key="src/auth.py",
+        )
+
+        dup = await store.find_duplicate("s1", "src/auth.py")
+        assert dup is not None
+        assert dup.source_key == "src/auth.py"
+
+    async def test_find_duplicate_not_found(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        dup = await store.find_duplicate("s1", "nonexistent.py")
+        assert dup is None
+
+    async def test_find_duplicate_session_scoped(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="content",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            source_key="src/auth.py",
+        )
+
+        dup = await store.find_duplicate("s2", "src/auth.py")
+        assert dup is None
+
+
+# ── ObjectStore access/fault tracking ────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestObjectStoreTracking:
+    async def test_record_access(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+        original_accessed = obj.last_accessed
+
+        await store.record_access(obj.id)
+        assert obj.access_count == 1
+        assert obj.last_accessed >= original_accessed
+
+    async def test_record_access_increments(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+
+        await store.record_access(obj.id)
+        await store.record_access(obj.id)
+        await store.record_access(obj.id)
+        assert obj.access_count == 3
+
+    async def test_record_access_nonexistent(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend())
+        # Should not raise
+        await store.record_access("nonexistent")
+
+    async def test_record_fault(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+
+        await store.record_fault(obj.id)
+        assert obj.fault_count == 1
+        assert obj.micro_fault_count == 0
+
+    async def test_record_micro_fault(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+
+        await store.record_fault(obj.id, is_micro=True)
+        assert obj.fault_count == 0
+        assert obj.micro_fault_count == 1
+
+    async def test_record_fault_nonexistent(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend())
+        # Should not raise
+        await store.record_fault("nonexistent")
+
+    async def test_mixed_faults(self):
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="content", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+
+        await store.record_fault(obj.id)
+        await store.record_fault(obj.id, is_micro=True)
+        await store.record_fault(obj.id)
+        await store.record_fault(obj.id, is_micro=True)
+        await store.record_fault(obj.id, is_micro=True)
+
+        assert obj.fault_count == 2
+        assert obj.micro_fault_count == 3
+
+
+# ── Integration: full lifecycle ──────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestIntegration:
+    async def test_store_search_degrade_cycle(self):
+        """Full lifecycle: store → search → degrade → search again."""
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+
+        # Store several objects
+        obj1 = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="authentication middleware handles JWT validation",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            source_tool="Read",
+            source_key="src/auth/middleware.ts",
+        )
+        obj2 = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="database migration adds users table with email column",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            source_tool="Read",
+            source_key="migrations/001_users.sql",
+        )
+
+        # Search finds relevant object
+        results = await store.semantic_search("s1", "JWT validation")
+        assert len(results) >= 1
+
+        # Degrade first object
+        await store.update_fidelity(
+            obj1.id,
+            1,
+            summary="Auth middleware: validates JWT tokens",
+            losses=["exact error handling code"],
+        )
+        degraded = await store.get(obj1.id)
+        assert degraded is not None
+        assert degraded.current_fidelity == 1
+        assert degraded.summary_detailed is not None
+
+        # Search still works after degradation
+        results2 = await store.semantic_search("s1", "JWT validation")
+        assert len(results2) >= 1
+
+    async def test_dedup_workflow(self):
+        """Dedup: check for existing → store if new."""
+        store = ObjectStore(InMemoryBackend(), DummyEmbedder())
+
+        # First read
+        dup = await store.find_duplicate("s1", "src/auth.py")
+        assert dup is None
+
+        obj = await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1",
+            content="original content",
+            object_type="file_context",
+            source_key="src/auth.py",
+        )
+
+        # Second read — duplicate found
+        dup = await store.find_duplicate("s1", "src/auth.py")
+        assert dup is not None
+        assert dup.id == obj.id
+
+    async def test_multi_session_lifecycle(self):
+        """Multiple sessions operate independently."""
+        backend = InMemoryBackend()
+        store = ObjectStore(backend, DummyEmbedder())
+
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s1", content="session 1 auth code", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+        await store.store_object(
+            session_id="s2", content="session 2 db code", object_type="file_context"
+        )
+
+        s1_objs = await store.get_session_objects("s1")
+        s2_objs = await store.get_session_objects("s2")
+        assert len(s1_objs) == 1
+        assert len(s2_objs) == 1
+
+        # Delete session 1
+        count = await backend.delete_session("s1")
+        assert count == 1
+
+        # Session 2 unaffected
+        s2_objs = await store.get_session_objects("s2")
+        assert len(s2_objs) == 1
+
+        # Session 1 empty
+        s1_objs = await store.get_session_objects("s1")
+        assert len(s1_objs) == 0

tests/test_pgvector_backend.py

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+"""Tests for the PostgreSQL + pgvector backend.
+
+Unit tests use mocked asyncpg connections to verify SQL generation and
+data conversion without requiring a database. Integration tests require
+a running PostgreSQL instance (Docker on port 5433) and are skipped
+automatically when unavailable.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import os
+import socket
+import uuid
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+
+from mnemosyne.object_store import StoredObject, _estimate_tokens
+from mnemosyne.pgvector_backend import (
+    PgVectorBackend,
+    _parse_jsonb,
+    _parse_timestamp,
+    _row_to_stored_object,
+)
+
+
+class _MockPool:
+    """A mock asyncpg pool that properly supports async context manager on acquire()."""
+
+    def __init__(self, conn: AsyncMock):
+        self._conn = conn
+
+    def acquire(self):
+        return _MockAcquire(self._conn)
+
+
+class _MockAcquire:
+    """Async context manager returned by pool.acquire()."""
+
+    def __init__(self, conn: AsyncMock):
+        self._conn = conn
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        return self._conn
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *args):
+        return False
+
+
+def _make_mock_pool(conn: AsyncMock) -> _MockPool:
+    """Create a mock pool with proper async context manager support."""
+    return _MockPool(conn)
+
+
+# ── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _make_stored_object(
+    session_id: str = "test-session",
+    content: str = "Test content for pgvector backend",
+    *,
+    object_type: str = "file_context",
+    source_tool: str | None = "Read",
+    source_key: str | None = None,
+    stub: str | None = None,
+    embedding: list[float] | None = None,
+    object_id: str | None = None,
+) -> StoredObject:
+    """Create a StoredObject with sensible defaults for testing."""
+    oid = object_id or uuid.uuid4().hex
+    return StoredObject(
+        id=oid,
+        session_id=session_id,
+        object_type=object_type,
+        source_tool=source_tool,
+        source_key=source_key,
+        content_full=content,
+        summary_detailed=None,
+        summary_compact=None,
+        stub=stub or f"{object_type}: test object",
+        tokens_l0=_estimate_tokens(content),
+        tokens_l3=_estimate_tokens(stub or f"{object_type}: test object"),
+        embedding=embedding or [0.1] * 384,
+        created_at="2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+        last_accessed="2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+    )
+
+
+def _make_mock_row(
+    obj: StoredObject | None = None,
+    *,
+    session_external_id: str = "test-session",
+    similarity: float | None = None,
+) -> MagicMock:
+    """Create a mock asyncpg.Record from a StoredObject."""
+    if obj is None:
+        obj = _make_stored_object()
+
+    row = MagicMock()
+    row_data: dict[str, Any] = {
+        "id": uuid.UUID(obj.id) if len(obj.id) == 32 else uuid.uuid4(),
+        "session_id": uuid.uuid4(),
+        "session_external_id": session_external_id,
+        "object_type": obj.object_type,
+        "source_tool": obj.source_tool,
+        "source_key": obj.source_key,
+        "content_full": obj.content_full,
+        "summary_detailed": obj.summary_detailed,
+        "summary_compact": obj.summary_compact,
+        "stub": obj.stub,
+        "losses_l1": obj.losses_l1,
+        "losses_l2": obj.losses_l2,
+        "can_answer_l1": obj.can_answer_l1,
+        "can_answer_l2": obj.can_answer_l2,
+        "fault_when": obj.fault_when,
+        "key_entities": obj.key_entities,
+        "tags": obj.tags,
+        "current_fidelity": obj.current_fidelity,
+        "pinned": obj.pinned,
+        "tokens_l0": obj.tokens_l0,
+        "tokens_l1": obj.tokens_l1,
+        "tokens_l2": obj.tokens_l2,
+        "tokens_l3": obj.tokens_l3,
+        "source_turn_start": obj.source_turn_start,
+        "source_turn_end": obj.source_turn_end,
+        "embedding": np.array(obj.embedding, dtype=np.float32) if obj.embedding else None,
+        "created_at": datetime(2025, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+        "last_accessed": datetime(2025, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+        "access_count": obj.access_count,
+        "fault_count": obj.fault_count,
+        "micro_fault_count": obj.micro_fault_count,
+    }
+    if similarity is not None:
+        row_data["similarity"] = similarity
+
+    row.__getitem__ = lambda self, key: row_data[key]
+    return row
+
+
+def _pg_available() -> bool:
+    """Check if PostgreSQL is reachable on port 5433."""
+    try:
+        with socket.create_connection(("localhost", 5433), timeout=1):
+            return True
+    except (OSError, ConnectionRefusedError):
+        return False
+
+
+# ── Unit Tests: Data Conversion ──────────────────────────────
+
+
+class TestParseJsonb:
+    def test_none_returns_empty_list(self):
+        assert _parse_jsonb(None) == []
+
+    def test_list_passthrough(self):
+        assert _parse_jsonb(["a", "b", "c"]) == ["a", "b", "c"]
+
+    def test_list_converts_to_strings(self):
+        assert _parse_jsonb([1, 2, 3]) == ["1", "2", "3"]
+
+    def test_json_string(self):
+        assert _parse_jsonb('["x", "y"]') == ["x", "y"]
+
+    def test_invalid_json_string(self):
+        assert _parse_jsonb("not json") == []
+
+    def test_empty_list(self):
+        assert _parse_jsonb([]) == []
+
+
+class TestParseTimestamp:
+    def test_iso_format(self):
+        dt = _parse_timestamp("2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00")
+        assert dt.year == 2025
+        assert dt.tzinfo is not None
+
+    def test_empty_string_returns_now(self):
+        dt = _parse_timestamp("")
+        assert dt.tzinfo is not None
+        # Should be close to now
+        diff = abs((datetime.now(timezone.utc) - dt).total_seconds())
+        assert diff < 5
+
+    def test_naive_timestamp_gets_utc(self):
+        dt = _parse_timestamp("2025-06-15T12:00:00")
+        assert dt.tzinfo == timezone.utc
+
+    def test_invalid_returns_now(self):
+        dt = _parse_timestamp("not-a-date")
+        assert dt.tzinfo is not None
+
+
+class TestRowToStoredObject:
+    def test_basic_conversion(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object()
+        row = _make_mock_row(obj)
+        result = _row_to_stored_object(row)
+
+        assert result.object_type == "file_context"
+        assert result.content_full == obj.content_full
+        assert result.stub == obj.stub
+        assert result.session_id == "test-session"
+        assert result.current_fidelity == 0
+        assert result.pinned is False
+
+    def test_embedding_conversion(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object(embedding=[0.5] * 384)
+        row = _make_mock_row(obj)
+        result = _row_to_stored_object(row)
+
+        assert len(result.embedding) == 384
+        assert abs(result.embedding[0] - 0.5) < 1e-6
+
+    def test_jsonb_fields_parsed(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object()
+        obj.losses_l1 = ["detail_a", "detail_b"]
+        obj.key_entities = ["src/main.py", "Config"]
+        row = _make_mock_row(obj)
+        result = _row_to_stored_object(row)
+
+        assert result.losses_l1 == ["detail_a", "detail_b"]
+        assert result.key_entities == ["src/main.py", "Config"]
+
+    def test_tags_conversion(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object()
+        obj.tags = ["auth", "middleware"]
+        row = _make_mock_row(obj)
+        result = _row_to_stored_object(row)
+
+        assert result.tags == ["auth", "middleware"]
+
+    def test_null_embedding(self):
+        obj = _make_stored_object(embedding=[])
+        row_data: dict[str, Any] = {
+            "id": uuid.uuid4(),
+            "session_id": uuid.uuid4(),
+            "session_external_id": "test-session",
+            "object_type": obj.object_type,
+            "source_tool": obj.source_tool,
+            "source_key": obj.source_key,
+            "content_full": obj.content_full,
+            "summary_detailed": obj.summary_detailed,
+            "summary_compact": obj.summary_compact,
+            "stub": obj.stub,
+            "losses_l1": [],
+            "losses_l2": [],
+            "can_answer_l1": [],
+            "can_answer_l2": [],
+            "fault_when": [],
+            "key_entities": [],
+            "tags": [],
+            "current_fidelity": 0,
+            "pinned": False,
+            "tokens_l0": obj.tokens_l0,
+            "tokens_l1": None,
+            "tokens_l2": None,
+            "tokens_l3": obj.tokens_l3,
+            "source_turn_start": None,
+            "source_turn_end": None,
+            "embedding": None,
+            "created_at": datetime(2025, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+            "last_accessed": datetime(2025, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+            "access_count": 0,
+            "fault_count": 0,
+            "micro_fault_count": 0,
+        }
+        row = MagicMock()
+        row.__getitem__ = lambda self, key: row_data[key]
+        result = _row_to_stored_object(row)
+        assert result.embedding == []
+
+
+# ── Unit Tests: Backend Methods (Mocked DB) ─────────────────
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendInit:
+    def test_default_config(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        assert backend._host == "localhost"
+        assert backend._port == 5433
+        assert backend._database == "mnemosyne"
+        assert backend._pool is None
+
+    def test_custom_config(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend(
+            host="db.example.com",
+            port=5432,
+            database="mydb",
+            user="myuser",
+            password="secret",
+            min_connections=5,
+            max_connections=20,
+        )
+        assert backend._host == "db.example.com"
+        assert backend._port == 5432
+        assert backend._min_connections == 5
+        assert backend._max_connections == 20
+
+    def test_get_pool_raises_when_not_connected(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="not connected"):
+            backend._get_pool()
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendStore:
+    """Test store() with mocked pool."""
+
+    async def test_store_calls_execute(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.execute = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value={"id": uuid.uuid4()})
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        obj = _make_stored_object(object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex)
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        # Should have called execute for the INSERT (store) and fetchrow for session upsert
+        assert mock_conn.execute.called or mock_conn.fetchrow.called
+
+    async def test_store_creates_session_if_needed(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        session_uuid = uuid.uuid4()
+
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value={"id": session_uuid})
+        mock_conn.execute = AsyncMock()
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        obj = _make_stored_object(object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex)
+        await backend.store(obj)
+
+        # Session should be cached after creation
+        assert "test-session" in backend._session_cache
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendGet:
+    """Test get() with mocked pool."""
+
+    async def test_get_returns_none_when_not_found(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        result = await backend.get(uuid.uuid4().hex)
+        assert result is None
+
+    async def test_get_returns_stored_object(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        obj = _make_stored_object(object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex)
+        mock_row = _make_mock_row(obj)
+
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value=mock_row)
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        result = await backend.get(obj.id)
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.content_full == obj.content_full
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendGetBySession:
+    """Test get_by_session() with mocked pool."""
+
+    async def test_returns_empty_for_unknown_session(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        result = await backend.get_by_session("nonexistent")
+        assert result == []
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendUpdateFidelity:
+    """Test update_fidelity() with mocked pool."""
+
+    async def test_update_fidelity_basic(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.execute = AsyncMock()
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        await backend.update_fidelity(uuid.uuid4().hex, 1)
+        assert mock_conn.execute.called
+
+    async def test_update_fidelity_with_summary_l1(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.execute = AsyncMock()
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        await backend.update_fidelity(
+            uuid.uuid4().hex, 1, summary="A summary", losses=["lost detail"]
+        )
+        # Verify the SQL includes summary_detailed and losses_l1
+        call_args = mock_conn.execute.call_args
+        query = call_args[0][0]
+        assert "summary_detailed" in query
+        assert "losses_l1" in query
+
+    async def test_update_fidelity_with_summary_l2(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.execute = AsyncMock()
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        await backend.update_fidelity(uuid.uuid4().hex, 2, summary="Compact", losses=["more lost"])
+        call_args = mock_conn.execute.call_args
+        query = call_args[0][0]
+        assert "summary_compact" in query
+        assert "losses_l2" in query
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendSearchByEmbedding:
+    """Test search_by_embedding() with mocked pool."""
+
+    async def test_returns_empty_for_unknown_session(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        result = await backend.search_by_embedding("nonexistent", [0.1] * 384)
+        assert result == []
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendSearchByText:
+    """Test search_by_text() with mocked pool."""
+
+    async def test_returns_empty_for_unknown_session(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        result = await backend.search_by_text("nonexistent", "test query")
+        assert result == []
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendDeleteSession:
+    """Test delete_session() with mocked pool."""
+
+    async def test_returns_zero_for_unknown_session(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        result = await backend.delete_session("nonexistent")
+        assert result == 0
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendGetBySourceKey:
+    """Test get_by_source_key() with mocked pool."""
+
+    async def test_returns_none_for_unknown_session(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value=None)
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        result = await backend.get_by_source_key("nonexistent", "src/main.py")
+        assert result is None
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendHealthCheck:
+    """Test health_check()."""
+
+    async def test_returns_false_when_not_connected(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        assert await backend.health_check() is False
+
+    async def test_returns_true_with_healthy_pool(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchval = AsyncMock(return_value=1)
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        assert await backend.health_check() is True
+
+    async def test_returns_false_on_error(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchval = AsyncMock(side_effect=Exception("connection lost"))
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        assert await backend.health_check() is False
+
+
+class TestPgVectorBackendSessionCache:
+    """Test session ID caching behavior."""
+
+    async def test_session_cache_populated_on_ensure(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        session_uuid = uuid.uuid4()
+
+        mock_conn = AsyncMock()
+        mock_conn.fetchrow = AsyncMock(return_value={"id": session_uuid})
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(mock_conn)
+
+        result = await backend.ensure_session("my-session", "claude-opus-4")
+        assert result == session_uuid
+        assert backend._session_cache["my-session"] == session_uuid
+
+    async def test_session_cache_avoids_db_lookup(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        session_uuid = uuid.uuid4()
+        backend._session_cache["cached-session"] = session_uuid
+
+        # Pool shouldn't be needed since cache is populated
+        backend._pool = _make_mock_pool(AsyncMock())
+
+        result = await backend._resolve_session_id("cached-session")
+        assert result == session_uuid
+
+    async def test_close_clears_cache(self):
+        backend = PgVectorBackend()
+        backend._session_cache["test"] = uuid.uuid4()
+
+        mock_pool = AsyncMock()
+        mock_pool.close = AsyncMock()
+        backend._pool = mock_pool
+
+        await backend.close()
+        assert len(backend._session_cache) == 0
+        assert backend._pool is None
+
+
+# ── Integration Tests (require Docker PostgreSQL) ────────────
+
+
+_skip_no_pg = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    not _pg_available(),
+    reason="PostgreSQL not available on localhost:5433 (run: docker compose up -d)",
+)
+
+
+@_skip_no_pg
+class TestPgVectorBackendIntegration:
+    """Integration tests against a real PostgreSQL instance.
+
+    These tests require Docker PostgreSQL running on port 5433 with
+    the schema from sql/init.sql applied. Start with:
+        cd ~/Projects/contextmanager && docker compose up -d
+    """
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    async def backend(self):
+        """Create a connected backend and clean up after test."""
+        b = PgVectorBackend(
+            host="localhost",
+            port=5433,
+            database="mnemosyne",
+            user="mnemosyne",
+            password="mnemosyne_dev",
+            min_connections=1,
+            max_connections=3,
+        )
+        await b.connect()
+
+        # Create a unique session for this test
+        test_session = f"integration-test-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
+        yield b, test_session
+
+        # Cleanup: delete test session data
+        try:
+            session_uuid = await b._resolve_session_id(test_session)
+            if session_uuid is not None:
+                pool = b._get_pool()
+                async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+                    await conn.execute(
+                        "DELETE FROM semantic_objects WHERE session_id = $1",
+                        session_uuid,
+                    )
+                    await conn.execute(
+                        "DELETE FROM sessions WHERE id = $1",
+                        session_uuid,
+                    )
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+        await b.close()
+
+    async def test_health_check(self, backend):
+        b, _ = backend
+        assert await b.health_check() is True
+
+    async def test_ensure_session(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        session_uuid = await b.ensure_session(test_session, "claude-opus-4")
+        assert isinstance(session_uuid, uuid.UUID)
+
+        # Second call should return same UUID
+        session_uuid2 = await b.ensure_session(test_session, "claude-opus-4")
+        assert session_uuid == session_uuid2
+
+    async def test_store_and_get(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        obj_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="Integration test content",
+            object_id=obj_id,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj)
+
+        retrieved = await b.get(obj_id)
+        assert retrieved is not None
+        assert retrieved.content_full == "Integration test content"
+        assert retrieved.session_id == test_session
+        assert retrieved.object_type == "file_context"
+
+    async def test_store_upsert(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        obj_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="Original content",
+            object_id=obj_id,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj)
+
+        # Update the same object
+        obj.content_full = "Updated content"
+        await b.store(obj)
+
+        retrieved = await b.get(obj_id)
+        assert retrieved is not None
+        assert retrieved.content_full == "Updated content"
+
+    async def test_get_by_session(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        # Store 3 objects
+        for i in range(3):
+            obj = _make_stored_object(
+                session_id=test_session,
+                content=f"Content {i}",
+                object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            )
+            await b.store(obj)
+
+        results = await b.get_by_session(test_session)
+        assert len(results) == 3
+
+    async def test_get_by_session_fidelity_filter(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        # Store object at fidelity 0
+        obj0 = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="Fidelity 0",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj0)
+
+        # Store object at fidelity 4 (evicted)
+        obj4 = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="Fidelity 4",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        obj4.current_fidelity = 4
+        await b.store(obj4)
+
+        # Default: include all
+        all_results = await b.get_by_session(test_session, fidelity_max=4)
+        assert len(all_results) == 2
+
+        # Exclude evicted
+        active_results = await b.get_by_session(test_session, fidelity_max=3)
+        assert len(active_results) == 1
+        assert active_results[0].content_full == "Fidelity 0"
+
+    async def test_update_fidelity(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        obj_id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="Will be degraded",
+            object_id=obj_id,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj)
+
+        await b.update_fidelity(
+            obj_id,
+            1,
+            summary="Detailed summary",
+            losses=["lost some detail"],
+        )
+
+        retrieved = await b.get(obj_id)
+        assert retrieved is not None
+        assert retrieved.current_fidelity == 1
+        assert retrieved.summary_detailed == "Detailed summary"
+
+    async def test_search_by_embedding(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        # Store objects with different embeddings
+        rng = np.random.default_rng(42)
+        for i in range(5):
+            vec = rng.standard_normal(384).astype(np.float32)
+            vec = vec / np.linalg.norm(vec)
+            obj = _make_stored_object(
+                session_id=test_session,
+                content=f"Embedding test {i}",
+                object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+                embedding=vec.tolist(),
+            )
+            await b.store(obj)
+
+        # Search with the first object's embedding
+        query_vec = rng.standard_normal(384).astype(np.float32)
+        query_vec = query_vec / np.linalg.norm(query_vec)
+
+        results = await b.search_by_embedding(test_session, query_vec.tolist(), limit=3)
+        assert len(results) <= 3
+        # Results should be (StoredObject, float) tuples
+        for obj, score in results:
+            assert isinstance(obj, StoredObject)
+            assert isinstance(score, float)
+            assert -1.0 <= score <= 1.0
+
+        # Scores should be in descending order
+        scores = [s for _, s in results]
+        assert scores == sorted(scores, reverse=True)
+
+    async def test_search_by_text(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="The authentication middleware validates JWT tokens and checks expiration dates",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj)
+
+        obj2 = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="Database connection pooling configuration for PostgreSQL",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj2)
+
+        # Search for auth-related content
+        results = await b.search_by_text(test_session, "authentication JWT tokens")
+        assert len(results) >= 1
+        assert any("authentication" in r.content_full for r in results)
+
+    async def test_delete_session(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        # Store some objects
+        for i in range(3):
+            obj = _make_stored_object(
+                session_id=test_session,
+                content=f"Delete test {i}",
+                object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+            )
+            await b.store(obj)
+
+        count = await b.delete_session(test_session)
+        assert count == 3
+
+        # Verify they're gone
+        results = await b.get_by_session(test_session)
+        assert len(results) == 0
+
+    async def test_get_by_source_key(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="File content",
+            source_key="src/main.py",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj)
+
+        result = await b.get_by_source_key(test_session, "src/main.py")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.source_key == "src/main.py"
+
+        # Non-existent key
+        result2 = await b.get_by_source_key(test_session, "nonexistent.py")
+        assert result2 is None
+
+    async def test_get_by_source_key_returns_most_recent(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+
+        # Store two objects with same source_key
+        obj1 = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="Old version",
+            source_key="src/config.py",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        obj1.created_at = "2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"
+        await b.store(obj1)
+
+        obj2 = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="New version",
+            source_key="src/config.py",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        obj2.created_at = "2025-06-01T00:00:00+00:00"
+        await b.store(obj2)
+
+        result = await b.get_by_source_key(test_session, "src/config.py")
+        assert result is not None
+        assert result.content_full == "New version"
+
+    async def test_session_isolation(self, backend):
+        b, test_session = backend
+        other_session = f"other-{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}"
+
+        await b.ensure_session(test_session)
+        await b.ensure_session(other_session)
+
+        # Store in test_session
+        obj = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=test_session,
+            content="Session A content",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj)
+
+        # Store in other_session
+        obj2 = _make_stored_object(
+            session_id=other_session,
+            content="Session B content",
+            object_id=uuid.uuid4().hex,
+        )
+        await b.store(obj2)
+
+        # Each session should only see its own objects
+        results_a = await b.get_by_session(test_session)
+        results_b = await b.get_by_session(other_session)
+
+        assert len(results_a) == 1
+        assert results_a[0].content_full == "Session A content"
+        assert len(results_b) == 1
+        assert results_b[0].content_full == "Session B content"
+
+        # Cleanup other session
+        try:
+            session_uuid = await b._resolve_session_id(other_session)
+            if session_uuid:
+                pool = b._get_pool()
+                async with pool.acquire() as conn:
+                    await conn.execute(
+                        "DELETE FROM semantic_objects WHERE session_id = $1",
+                        session_uuid,
+                    )
+                    await conn.execute(
+                        "DELETE FROM sessions WHERE id = $1",
+                        session_uuid,
+                    )
+        except Exception:
+            pass

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+"""Tests for the semantic object segmenter.
+
+Covers: tool result segmentation, text classification, user message handling,
+entity extraction, stub/tag generation, merging, incremental segmentation,
+realistic multi-turn payloads, and edge cases.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from mnemosyne.segmenter import (
+    VALID_OBJECT_TYPES,
+    Segmenter,
+    SegmentedObject,
+    _estimate_tokens,
+)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Fixtures
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def seg() -> Segmenter:
+    """Default segmenter with standard thresholds."""
+    return Segmenter()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def small_seg() -> Segmenter:
+    """Segmenter with low min_object_tokens for testing merging."""
+    return Segmenter(min_object_tokens=10, max_object_tokens=500)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _msg(role: str, content: str | list) -> dict:
+    """Shorthand for creating a message dict."""
+    return {"role": role, "content": content}
+
+
+def _tool_use_block(tool_id: str, name: str, input_: dict | None = None) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "type": "tool_use",
+        "id": tool_id,
+        "name": name,
+        "input": input_ or {},
+    }
+
+
+def _tool_result_block(tool_use_id: str, content: str) -> dict:
+    return {
+        "type": "tool_result",
+        "tool_use_id": tool_use_id,
+        "content": content,
+    }
+
+
+def _text_block(text: str) -> dict:
+    return {"type": "text", "text": text}
+
+
+def _long_text(base: str = "x", tokens: int = 200) -> str:
+    """Generate text of approximately `tokens` estimated tokens."""
+    return base * (tokens * 4)
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 1. Tool result segmentation
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestToolResultSegmentation:
+    """Test that tool results are classified by tool name."""
+
+    def test_read_tool_produces_file_context(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Let me read the file."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "src/main.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("def main():\n    pass\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        file_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "file_context"]
+        assert len(file_objs) >= 1
+        assert file_objs[0].source_tool == "Read"
+        assert file_objs[0].source_key == "src/main.py"
+
+    def test_bash_tool_produces_tool_result(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Running tests."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Bash", {"command": "pytest"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("All 42 tests passed.\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        tool_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "tool_result"]
+        assert len(tool_objs) >= 1
+        assert tool_objs[0].source_tool == "Bash"
+
+    def test_grep_tool_produces_tool_result(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Searching for usage."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Grep", {"pattern": "handleAuth"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("src/auth.ts:15: handleAuth()\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        tool_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "tool_result"]
+        assert len(tool_objs) >= 1
+        assert tool_objs[0].source_tool == "Grep"
+
+    def test_write_tool_produces_tool_result(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Writing the file."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Write", {"file_path": "out.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("File written successfully.\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        tool_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "tool_result"]
+        assert len(tool_objs) >= 1
+
+    def test_unknown_tool_produces_tool_result(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Using custom tool."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "CustomTool", {}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("Custom output here.\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        tool_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "tool_result"]
+        assert len(tool_objs) >= 1
+        assert tool_objs[0].source_tool == "CustomTool"
+
+    def test_web_fetch_produces_external_reference(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Fetching docs."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "WebFetch", {"url": "https://docs.example.com"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("# API Documentation\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        ext_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "external_reference"]
+        assert len(ext_objs) >= 1
+        assert ext_objs[0].source_key == "https://docs.example.com"
+
+    def test_read_with_filePath_key(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Test that filePath (camelCase) is also recognized."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"filePath": "/etc/config.toml"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("key = 'value'\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        file_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "file_context"]
+        assert len(file_objs) >= 1
+        assert file_objs[0].source_key == "/etc/config.toml"
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 2. Text classification
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestTextClassification:
+    """Test assistant text classification into object types."""
+
+    def test_error_text_classified(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        error_text = _long_text(
+            "Traceback (most recent call last):\n"
+            '  File "src/main.py", line 42, in run\n'
+            "    raise ValueError('bad input')\n"
+            "ValueError: bad input\n"
+        )
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", error_text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert any(o.object_type == "error_context" for o in objects)
+
+    def test_plan_text_classified(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        plan_text = _long_text(
+            "Here's the implementation plan:\n"
+            "1. Create the database schema\n"
+            "2. Implement the API endpoints\n"
+            "3. Write integration tests\n"
+            "4. Deploy to staging\n"
+        )
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", plan_text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert any(o.object_type == "plan" for o in objects)
+
+    def test_decision_text_classified(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        decision_text = _long_text(
+            "I decided to use JWT tokens for authentication because "
+            "they're stateless and work well with our microservice architecture. "
+            "I chose JWT over session cookies because we need cross-domain support.\n"
+        )
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", decision_text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert any(o.object_type == "design_decision" for o in objects)
+
+    def test_debug_text_classified(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        debug_text = _long_text(
+            "I'm investigating the race condition. After debugging, "
+            "I found the root cause: the mutex wasn't being held during "
+            "the token refresh. Fixed by adding a lock around the critical section.\n"
+        )
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", debug_text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert any(o.object_type == "debugging_session" for o in objects)
+
+    def test_default_conversation_phase(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text(
+            "Sure, I'll help you with that. Let me take a look at the code "
+            "and see what we can improve here.\n"
+        )
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert any(o.object_type == "conversation_phase" for o in objects)
+
+    def test_error_needs_multiple_signals(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """A single 'error' word shouldn't trigger error_context."""
+        text = _long_text("There might be an error somewhere in the logic.\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        # Should NOT be error_context with just one weak signal
+        assert all(o.object_type != "error_context" for o in objects)
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 3. User message handling
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestUserMessageHandling:
+    """Test user message boundary and merge behavior."""
+
+    def test_short_user_message_merges(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Short messages like 'ok' should merge with next segment."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg("user", "ok"),
+            _msg("assistant", _long_text("I'll proceed with the implementation.\n")),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        # Should produce a single merged object, not two
+        assert len(objects) <= 2
+
+    def test_normal_user_message_creates_boundary(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        long_user = _long_text(
+            "Can you refactor the authentication module to use OAuth2 "
+            "instead of the current basic auth approach?\n"
+        )
+        messages = [
+            _msg("user", long_user),
+            _msg("assistant", _long_text("I'll refactor the auth module.\n")),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert len(objects) >= 1
+
+    def test_short_messages_recognized(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Various short messages should be recognized."""
+        short_msgs = ["ok", "yes", "continue", "go ahead", "thanks", "lgtm", "done"]
+        for short in short_msgs:
+            messages = [
+                _msg("user", short),
+                _msg("assistant", _long_text("Continuing...\n")),
+            ]
+            objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+            # Should merge — at most 1 object
+            assert len(objects) <= 2, f"'{short}' was not merged"
+
+    def test_user_message_with_tool_results(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """User messages can contain both text and tool_result blocks."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Let me read the file."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "src/app.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block(
+                        "t1", _long_text("import flask\napp = flask.Flask(__name__)\n")
+                    ),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert any(o.object_type == "file_context" for o in objects)
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 4. Entity extraction
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestEntityExtraction:
+    """Test extraction of file paths, function names, and packages."""
+
+    def test_file_paths_extracted(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text(
+            "I read src/auth/middleware.ts and tests/auth.test.ts. "
+            "The main logic is in src/core/handler.py.\n"
+        )
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        entities = objects[0].key_entities
+        assert any("middleware.ts" in e for e in entities)
+        assert any("handler.py" in e for e in entities)
+
+    def test_function_names_extracted(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text("def handleAuth(request):\n    return authenticate(request.token)\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        entities = objects[0].key_entities
+        assert any("handleAuth" in e for e in entities)
+
+    def test_import_names_extracted(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text("import flask\nfrom sqlalchemy import Column\nimport os\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        entities = objects[0].key_entities
+        assert any("flask" in e for e in entities)
+        assert any("sqlalchemy" in e for e in entities)
+
+    def test_js_require_extracted(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text(
+            "const express = require('express');\nconst jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');\n"
+        )
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        entities = objects[0].key_entities
+        assert any("express" in e for e in entities)
+        assert any("jsonwebtoken" in e for e in entities)
+
+    def test_entity_cap_at_20(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Entities should be capped at 20."""
+        # Generate text with many unique file paths
+        paths = [f"src/module{i}/file{i}.py" for i in range(30)]
+        text = _long_text(" ".join(paths) + "\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert len(objects[0].key_entities) <= 20
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 5. Stub generation
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestStubGeneration:
+    """Test auto-generated stubs."""
+
+    def test_stub_format(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text("This is the first line of content.\nSecond line here.\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        stub = objects[0].stub
+        assert stub.startswith("[")
+        assert stub.endswith("]")
+        assert ":" in stub
+
+    def test_stub_contains_type(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text("Some conversation content here.\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert objects[0].object_type in objects[0].stub
+
+    def test_stub_truncates_long_first_line(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        long_line = "A" * 200 + "\nSecond line."
+        text = _long_text(long_line)
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        stub = objects[0].stub
+        # Type prefix + ": " + content, content part should be <= 100 chars
+        content_part = stub.split(": ", 1)[1].rstrip("]")
+        assert len(content_part) <= 103  # 100 + "..."
+
+    def test_stub_uses_first_line_only(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text("First line here.\nSecond line should not appear.\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert "Second line" not in objects[0].stub
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 6. Tag generation
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestTagGeneration:
+    """Test auto-generated tags."""
+
+    def test_tags_include_object_type(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text("Some content.\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert objects[0].object_type in objects[0].tags
+
+    def test_tags_include_source_tool(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "x.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("content of x.py\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        file_objs = [o for o in objects if o.source_tool == "Read"]
+        assert len(file_objs) >= 1
+        assert "read" in file_objs[0].tags
+
+    def test_tags_include_file_extensions(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text("Modified src/auth.ts and src/handler.py to fix the issue.\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        tags = objects[0].tags
+        assert ".ts" in tags
+        assert ".py" in tags
+
+    def test_tags_no_duplicate_extensions(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        text = _long_text("Read src/a.py and src/b.py and src/c.py.\n")
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", text)]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        py_count = sum(1 for t in objects[0].tags if t == ".py")
+        assert py_count == 1
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 7. Minimum object size merging
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestMinObjectSizeMerging:
+    """Test that undersized objects get merged."""
+
+    def test_small_segments_merge(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Very small adjacent segments should merge."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg("assistant", "Hi."),
+            _msg("user", "Hello."),
+            _msg("assistant", "How can I help?"),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        # These are all tiny — should merge into fewer objects
+        assert len(objects) <= 2
+
+    def test_large_segments_stay_separate(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Segments above min_object_tokens stay separate."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg("assistant", _long_text("First large block of content.\n")),
+            _msg("user", _long_text("Second large block of content.\n")),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert len(objects) >= 1  # At least one object
+
+    def test_incompatible_types_dont_merge(self, small_seg: Segmenter):
+        """file_context and plan shouldn't merge even if small."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "a.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", "x = 1"),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _tool_use_block("t2", "Read", {"file_path": "b.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t2", "y = 2"),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = small_seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        file_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "file_context"]
+        # Even if small, file_context objects from different files should
+        # remain separate (they have different source_keys)
+        # But they might merge if compatible — the key thing is they exist
+        assert len(file_objs) >= 1
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 8. Incremental segmentation
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestIncrementalSegmentation:
+    """Test segment_incremental for extending existing objects."""
+
+    def test_incremental_appends_new(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        existing = [
+            SegmentedObject(
+                content=_long_text("Previous conversation.\n"),
+                object_type="conversation_phase",
+                turn_start=0,
+                turn_end=1,
+                token_estimate=200,
+            )
+        ]
+        new_messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "new.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("new file content\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        result = seg.segment_incremental(new_messages, existing, start_turn=2)
+        assert len(result) > len(existing)
+        assert result[0] is existing[0]  # First object unchanged
+
+    def test_incremental_merges_compatible(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        existing = [
+            SegmentedObject(
+                content=_long_text("Starting the discussion.\n"),
+                object_type="conversation_phase",
+                turn_start=0,
+                turn_end=0,
+                token_estimate=200,
+            )
+        ]
+        new_messages = [
+            _msg("assistant", _long_text("Continuing the discussion.\n")),
+        ]
+        result = seg.segment_incremental(new_messages, existing, start_turn=1)
+        # Should merge the conversation_phase objects
+        assert len(result) >= 1
+
+    def test_incremental_empty_new(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        existing = [
+            SegmentedObject(
+                content="test",
+                object_type="conversation_phase",
+                turn_start=0,
+                turn_end=0,
+                token_estimate=1,
+            )
+        ]
+        result = seg.segment_incremental([], existing)
+        assert len(result) == 1
+
+    def test_incremental_empty_existing(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        new_messages = [
+            _msg("assistant", _long_text("Hello world.\n")),
+        ]
+        result = seg.segment_incremental(new_messages, [])
+        assert len(result) >= 1
+
+    def test_incremental_no_merge_across_types(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """file_context shouldn't merge with conversation_phase."""
+        existing = [
+            SegmentedObject(
+                content=_long_text("file content here\n"),
+                object_type="file_context",
+                source_tool="Read",
+                turn_start=0,
+                turn_end=0,
+                token_estimate=200,
+            )
+        ]
+        new_messages = [
+            _msg("assistant", _long_text("Now let me explain what I found.\n")),
+        ]
+        result = seg.segment_incremental(new_messages, existing, start_turn=1)
+        # Should NOT merge file_context with conversation_phase
+        assert len(result) >= 2
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 9. Realistic multi-turn conversation payloads
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestRealisticPayloads:
+    """Test with realistic multi-turn conversation structures."""
+
+    def test_typical_coding_session(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Simulate: user asks → assistant reads file → assistant explains."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                _long_text(
+                    "Can you look at the auth middleware and tell me "
+                    "how it handles token refresh?\n"
+                ),
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("I'll read the auth middleware file."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "src/auth/middleware.ts"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block(
+                        "t1",
+                        _long_text(
+                            "import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';\n"
+                            "export function handleAuth(req, res, next) {\n"
+                            "  const token = req.headers.authorization;\n"
+                            "  // ... token validation logic\n"
+                            "}\n"
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                _long_text(
+                    "The auth middleware in src/auth/middleware.ts handles "
+                    "token refresh by checking the JWT expiry and issuing "
+                    "a new token if within the refresh window.\n"
+                ),
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        types = {o.object_type for o in objects}
+        assert "file_context" in types
+        assert len(objects) >= 2
+
+    def test_debugging_flow(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Simulate: error → investigation → fix."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg("user", _long_text("The tests are failing with this error.\n")),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                _long_text(
+                    "I'm investigating the test failure. Let me look at the "
+                    "root cause. The error seems to be a TypeError in the "
+                    "authentication module.\n"
+                ),
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Let me run the failing test."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Bash", {"command": "pytest tests/test_auth.py -v"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block(
+                        "t1",
+                        _long_text(
+                            "FAILED tests/test_auth.py::test_refresh - TypeError: "
+                            "'NoneType' object is not subscriptable\n"
+                            "Traceback (most recent call last):\n"
+                            '  File "tests/test_auth.py", line 42\n'
+                            "    token = response['access_token']\n"
+                            "TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable\n"
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                _long_text(
+                    "Found the problem! The root cause is that the refresh "
+                    "endpoint returns None when the token is expired. "
+                    "Fixed by adding a null check before accessing the response.\n"
+                ),
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        types = {o.object_type for o in objects}
+        # Should have debugging and/or error objects
+        assert types & {"debugging_session", "error_context", "tool_result"}
+
+    def test_planning_session(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Simulate: user asks for plan → assistant creates plan."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                _long_text(
+                    "I need to add OAuth2 support. Can you create an implementation plan?\n"
+                ),
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                _long_text(
+                    "Here's the implementation plan for OAuth2:\n"
+                    "1. Install the oauth2 library\n"
+                    "2. Create the OAuth2 provider configuration\n"
+                    "3. Implement the authorization flow\n"
+                    "4. Add callback handling\n"
+                    "5. Write integration tests\n"
+                    "Step 1 involves adding the dependency to package.json.\n"
+                ),
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert any(o.object_type == "plan" for o in objects)
+
+    def test_multi_tool_turn(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Assistant uses multiple tools in one turn."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _text_block("Let me check both files."),
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "src/a.py"}),
+                    _tool_use_block("t2", "Read", {"file_path": "src/b.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("# File A content\nclass A:\n    pass\n")),
+                    _tool_result_block("t2", _long_text("# File B content\nclass B:\n    pass\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        file_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "file_context"]
+        assert len(file_objs) >= 2
+
+    def test_long_conversation_produces_multiple_objects(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """A long conversation should produce multiple objects."""
+        messages = []
+        for i in range(10):
+            messages.append(_msg("user", _long_text(f"Question {i} about the codebase.\n")))
+            messages.append(_msg("assistant", _long_text(f"Answer {i} with details.\n")))
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert len(objects) >= 3  # Should have multiple objects
+
+
+# ===========================================================================
+# 10. Empty and edge cases
+# ===========================================================================
+
+
+class TestEdgeCases:
+    """Test empty inputs, malformed messages, and boundary conditions."""
+
+    def test_empty_messages(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        assert seg.segment_messages([]) == []
+
+    def test_empty_content_string(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", "")]
+        assert seg.segment_messages(messages) == []
+
+    def test_empty_content_list(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", [])]
+        assert seg.segment_messages(messages) == []
+
+    def test_whitespace_only_content(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", "   \n\t  ")]
+        assert seg.segment_messages(messages) == []
+
+    def test_missing_role(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Messages without role should be handled gracefully."""
+        messages = [{"content": "no role here"}]
+        # Should not crash
+        result = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert isinstance(result, list)
+
+    def test_non_dict_content_blocks(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Content list with non-dict items should be handled."""
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", ["not a dict", 42, None])]
+        result = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert isinstance(result, list)
+
+    def test_tool_result_with_list_content(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """tool_result content can be a list of text blocks."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "x.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    {
+                        "type": "tool_result",
+                        "tool_use_id": "t1",
+                        "content": [{"type": "text", "text": _long_text("file content\n")}],
+                    },
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        file_objs = [o for o in objects if o.object_type == "file_context"]
+        assert len(file_objs) >= 1
+
+    def test_token_estimate_accuracy(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Token estimate should be approximately len/4."""
+        text = "a" * 400
+        assert _estimate_tokens(text) == 100
+
+    def test_token_estimate_minimum(self):
+        """Token estimate should be at least 1."""
+        assert _estimate_tokens("") == 1
+        assert _estimate_tokens("a") == 1
+
+    def test_all_object_types_valid(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """All produced object types should be in VALID_OBJECT_TYPES."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg("user", _long_text("Question.\n")),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                _long_text(
+                    'Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File "x.py", line 1\nValueError: bad\n'
+                ),
+            ),
+            _msg("assistant", _long_text("Here's the plan:\n1. Do this\n2. Do that\n")),
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Read", {"file_path": "f.py"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block("t1", _long_text("content\n")),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        for obj in objects:
+            assert obj.object_type in VALID_OBJECT_TYPES, f"Invalid type: {obj.object_type}"
+
+    def test_oversized_content_gets_split(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Content exceeding max_object_tokens should be split."""
+        small_seg = Segmenter(min_object_tokens=10, max_object_tokens=100)
+        huge_text = "x" * 2000  # ~500 tokens, well over 100
+        messages = [_msg("assistant", huge_text)]
+        objects = small_seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert len(objects) >= 2
+        for obj in objects:
+            assert obj.token_estimate <= 200  # Some slack for splitting
+
+    def test_segmented_object_defaults(self):
+        """SegmentedObject should have sensible defaults."""
+        obj = SegmentedObject(content="test", object_type="conversation_phase")
+        assert obj.source_tool is None
+        assert obj.source_key is None
+        assert obj.stub == ""
+        assert obj.turn_start == 0
+        assert obj.turn_end == 0
+        assert obj.token_estimate == 0
+        assert obj.key_entities == []
+        assert obj.tags == []
+
+    def test_tool_result_with_error_content(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """Tool result containing errors should be classified as error_context."""
+        messages = [
+            _msg(
+                "assistant",
+                [
+                    _tool_use_block("t1", "Bash", {"command": "npm test"}),
+                ],
+            ),
+            _msg(
+                "user",
+                [
+                    _tool_result_block(
+                        "t1",
+                        _long_text(
+                            "FAILED test_auth.py\n"
+                            "TypeError: Cannot read property 'token' of undefined\n"
+                            "  at handleAuth (src/auth.js:42:15)\n"
+                            "  at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:95:5)\n"
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ],
+            ),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        assert any(o.object_type == "error_context" for o in objects)
+
+    def test_system_role_ignored(self, seg: Segmenter):
+        """System messages should be ignored (not user or assistant)."""
+        messages = [
+            {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
+            _msg("assistant", _long_text("Hello!\n")),
+        ]
+        objects = seg.segment_messages(messages)
+        # Should only have objects from the assistant message
+        assert all("helpful assistant" not in o.content for o in objects)