Failure Memory for Coding Agents
Failure memory is repo-local memory of observed failures and their context. It helps future coding-agent sessions avoid blindly repeating known failed paths.
AICTX failure memory is based on observed command, test, build, lint, typecheck, or compilation failures when those facts are captured by the runtime.
What failure memory can include
- failed command or test context;
- error summaries;
- related files or areas;
- resolution links when a later session fixes the issue;
- recurrence signals for similar failures.
What failure memory does not guarantee
Failure memory does not guarantee that future agents will avoid every repeated mistake. It provides inspectable continuity signals that a cooperating agent can use.
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