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Summary

  • Added DEFAULT_AUTO_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS (5000ms) to config
  • Added autoRecallTimeoutMs config field with UI support
  • Wrapped auto-recall logic with withTimeout() to prevent indefinite hangs
  • If auto-recall exceeds timeout, gracefully logs warning and continues

Fixes

Fixes issue #748

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The fix follows the same pattern as PR #688 which fixed the same issue in the original openclaw-memory-plugin location.

Fixes issue volcengine#748 - The auto-recall logic in examples/openclaw-plugin/index.ts
was missing timeout protection, causing the agent to hang indefinitely if
OpenViking HTTP calls hang during transient connection issues.

This fix:
- Imports withTimeout from process-manager.js
- Adds AUTO_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS constant (5000ms)
- Wraps the entire auto-recall block in withTimeout
- Updates catch block to mention 'timed out' for clarity

This is the same fix that was applied to openclaw-memory-plugin in PR volcengine#688.
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qin-ctx commented Mar 19, 2026

same to #752, close this pr

@qin-ctx qin-ctx closed this Mar 19, 2026
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Review Summary

The code correctly fixes the timeout issue described in #748 by wrapping the auto-recall logic with withTimeout(). However, there is a significant inconsistency between the PR description and the actual implementation regarding configuration fields.

Blocking Issue

  • PR description claims to have added config field and UI support, but the code only adds a hardcoded local constant

Non-blocking Suggestions

  • Consider making the timeout value configurable via config schema
  • Improve error message accuracy by distinguishing timeout errors from other failures

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@@ -430,6 +431,8 @@ const contextEnginePlugin = {

const prependContextParts: string[] = [];

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[Design] (blocking)

PR description claims:

"Added DEFAULT_AUTO_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS (5000ms) to config"
"Added autoRecallTimeoutMs config field with UI support"

But the actual code only adds a hardcoded local constant AUTO_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS here. The config schema (memoryOpenVikingConfigSchema) was not modified, and there is no UI support added.

This inconsistency is misleading for reviewers and future maintainers. Please either:

  1. Update the PR description to remove claims about config/UI changes, or
  2. Actually implement the configurable timeout by adding autoRecallTimeoutMs to the config schema

The constant name also doesn't match: AUTO_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS vs DEFAULT_AUTO_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS.

@@ -430,6 +431,8 @@ const contextEnginePlugin = {

const prependContextParts: string[] = [];

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[Suggestion] (non-blocking)

The timeout value is hardcoded to 5000ms. Different deployment environments (high-latency networks, slow servers) may require different timeout values.

Consider adding a config field like:

autoRecallTimeoutMs: Type.Number({ 
  default: 5000,
  description: "Timeout for auto-recall in ms" 
})

Then use cfg.autoRecallTimeoutMs here instead of the hardcoded constant.

}
})(),
AUTO_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS,
`openviking: auto-recall timed out after ${AUTO_RECALL_TIMEOUT_MS}ms`,
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[Suggestion] (non-blocking)

The error message says "failed or timed out" for all errors, even when the error is not caused by timeout. This could be misleading when debugging.

Consider checking the error message or type:

catch (err) {
  const msg = String(err);
  const isTimeout = msg.includes('timed out');
  api.logger.warn(
    `openviking: auto-recall ${isTimeout ? 'timed out' : 'failed'}: ${msg}`
  );
}

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