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-# Observational Memory
-
-**Added in:** `@mastra/memory@1.1.0`
-
-Observational Memory (OM) is Mastra's memory system for long-context agentic memory. Background agents, an **Observer** and a **Reflector**, watch your agent's conversations and maintain a dense observation log that replaces raw message history as it grows.
-
-## Quickstart
-
-Install `@mastra/memory` and a [storage adapter](https://mastra.ai/docs/storage). The examples below use `@mastra/libsql`, which stores data locally in a `memory.db` file.
-
-**npm**:
-
-```bash
-npm install @mastra/memory@latest @mastra/libsql@latest
-```
-
-**pnpm**:
-
-```bash
-pnpm add @mastra/memory@latest @mastra/libsql@latest
-```
-
-**Yarn**:
-
-```bash
-yarn add @mastra/memory@latest @mastra/libsql@latest
-```
-
-**Bun**:
-
-```bash
-bun add @mastra/memory@latest @mastra/libsql@latest
-```
-
-Then set `observationalMemory: true` in your Memory config to enable Observational Memory.
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
-
-export const agent = new Agent({
-  id: 'my-agent',
-  name: 'my-agent',
-  instructions: 'You are a helpful assistant.',
-  model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-  memory: new Memory({
-    options: {
-      observationalMemory: true,
-    },
-  }),
-})
-```
-
-**For AI agents:** Using Observational Memory requires a storage provider! You either need to set it on the Mastra instance at `src/mastra/index.ts` or pass it to the Agent constructor.
-
-The following script creates a local LibSQL database and enables Observational Memory before using one resource and thread across two agent calls:
-
-```typescript
-import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
-import { LibSQLStore } from '@mastra/libsql'
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  storage: new LibSQLStore({
-    id: 'memory-storage',
-    url: 'file:./memory.db',
-  }),
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-    },
-  },
-})
-
-const agent = new Agent({
-  id: 'memory-agent',
-  name: 'Memory Agent',
-  instructions: 'You are a helpful assistant.',
-  model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-  memory,
-})
-
-const memoryOptions = {
-  resource: 'user-123',
-  thread: 'conversation-123',
-}
-
-const firstResponse = await agent.generate('Remember that my favorite color is blue.', {
-  memory: memoryOptions,
-})
-console.log(firstResponse.text)
-
-const secondResponse = await agent.generate('What is my favorite color?', {
-  memory: memoryOptions,
-})
-console.log(secondResponse.text)
-```
-
-The `resource` identifies the user or entity, while the `thread` identifies the conversation. Reuse both values to continue the same conversation. Observational Memory processes the stored history as it grows and replaces older messages with observations when its activation conditions are met.
-
-The agent now has humanlike long-term memory that persists across conversations. Setting `observationalMemory: true` uses automatic model selection. To use a specific model, pass it in the config object:
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'deepseek/deepseek-reasoner',
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-See [configuration options](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) for full API details.
-
-> **Warning:** When you use OM with a client application, send **only the new message** from the client instead of the full conversation history.
->
-> Observational memory still relies on stored conversation history. Sending the full history is redundant and can cause message ordering bugs when client-side timestamps conflict with stored timestamps. Mastra filters client-echoed history before loading stored messages and uses the stored copy as the base when message IDs match, preserving stored timestamps and provider metadata while retaining new tool results.
->
-> If you assemble the request input yourself and need it processed exactly as sent, set `retainFullInput: true` on `memory.options` for that call, or in the memory constructor options to apply it agent-wide. This disables that filtering. History still loads underneath. Every input message that isn't already stored is saved to the thread, including few-shot examples.
->
-> For an AI SDK example, see [Using Mastra Memory](https://mastra.ai/integrations/agentic-ui/ai-sdk-ui).
-
-> **Note:** OM currently only supports `@mastra/pg`, `@mastra/libsql`, `@mastra/mysql`, `@mastra/mongodb`, `@mastra/convex`, and `@mastra/oracledb` storage adapters. It uses background agents for managing memory. When no model is set, the default is `model: 'auto'`.
-
-### Automatic models in Mastra Code and Factory
-
-Mastra Code and Factory surface the same automatic selection as a per-role **Auto** option in their settings.
-
-An automatic Observer or Reflector follows the active main model provider. Mastra Code uses that provider's built-in low-cost Observational Memory model when one is configured. For custom providers and providers without a built-in choice, it uses the active main model. The effective model is resolved when the role runs, so changing the main model doesn't rewrite the saved automatic selection.
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-Select an explicit model to pin one role independently. Reset that role to **Auto** to resume following the main model provider. Existing saved concrete model IDs remain explicit until you reset them.
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-Factory stores automatic intent separately from the effective model shown in settings. A missing provider credential can mark that effective model unavailable, but it doesn't replace the saved selection or prevent Factory from starting.
-
-## Temporal gap markers
-
-Temporal gap markers insert a short reminder before a new user message when enough time has passed since the previous message in the thread. They help the agent and the UI see that the conversation resumed after a useful pause.
-
-Temporal gap markers are off by default. Enable them with `temporalMarkers: true` in the `observationalMemory` config:
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
-
-export const agent = new Agent({
-  id: 'my-agent',
-  name: 'my-agent',
-  instructions: 'You are a helpful assistant.',
-  model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-  memory: new Memory({
-    options: {
-      observationalMemory: {
-        model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-        temporalMarkers: true,
-      },
-    },
-  }),
-})
-```
-
-Mastra inserts a temporal gap marker when the gap is at least 10 minutes. The marker is stored in memory and also emitted as a transient reminder event, so clients can render it as a lightweight timeline hint.
-
-The observer also sees these markers when it processes the thread. The observations it writes can anchor memories to when they happened (for example, "User asked about deployment after a 2-day gap").
-
-See [the API reference](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) for the full configuration shape.
-
-## Early activation
-
-OM can activate buffered observations before the token threshold is reached. This is useful when a prompt cache is likely to expire, or when the agent changes model providers.
-
-Top-level early activation settings apply to observations by default:
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      activateAfterIdle: 'auto',
-      activateOnProviderChange: true,
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-Use nested `observation` and `reflection` settings for per-phase control. Reflection early activation is opt-in, so top-level settings affect only observations.
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      activateAfterIdle: '5m',
-      observation: {
-        activateAfterIdle: false,
-      },
-      reflection: {
-        activateAfterIdle: '10m',
-        activateOnProviderChange: true,
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-In this example, the top-level idle setting is disabled for observations, while reflections opt into idle and provider-change activation.
-
-### Buffer on idle
-
-Set `observation.bufferOnIdle` to `true` to run background observation buffering when an agent turn ends and the agent becomes idle. This is useful for apps that want short turns to be observed without waiting for the next turn or the `messageTokens` threshold.
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-      observation: {
-        bufferOnIdle: true,
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-`bufferOnIdle` is off by default. It's separate from `bufferTokens`: `bufferTokens` controls step-time async buffering, while `bufferOnIdle` controls end-of-turn buffering for idle turns.
-
-### Retries and failure policy
-
-Observer and Reflector model calls are retried on transient provider errors. By default, a synchronous observation or reflection that still fails aborts the turn. Each stage is controlled independently by:
-
-- `maxRetries`: retries after the initial model call (default `8`).
-- `failurePolicy`: what happens once retries are exhausted, either `'abort'` (default) or `'continue'`.
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      observation: {
-        maxRetries: 8,
-        failurePolicy: 'continue',
-      },
-      reflection: {
-        maxRetries: 8,
-        failurePolicy: 'continue',
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-`maxRetries` governs OM's own retry ladder; the underlying model call is configured with no provider-level retries, so the option is the single retry knob for the stage.
-
-With `failurePolicy: 'continue'`, Mastra retries as configured, reports the failure through the existing OM diagnostics, keeps the failed input pending for a later cycle, and lets the main agent turn continue. It doesn't advance observation boundaries or discard unobserved messages. A Reflector failure under `'continue'` leaves any already-persisted observations committed and defers reflection to the next threshold crossing.
-
-A provider outage usually takes out both stages, so set the policy on both if you want the turn to survive one.
-
-This policy applies only to Observer and Reflector model and provider failures when observation or reflection runs synchronously: at `blockAfter`, when async buffering is disabled, and in resource-scoped observation. In those paths, persistence, indexing, transform, locking, invariant, and explicit abort failures remain fatal. It doesn't prevent the underlying provider or network error, change `blockAfter`, or change attachment handling.
-
-Background (async buffered) observation and reflection failures never stop the turn, whatever the policy. They're reported as `om_buffering_failed`, and the failed input stays pending. If it keeps growing, it reaches `blockAfter`, where synchronous observation applies `failurePolicy`.
-
-> **Warning:** `'continue'` has no backstop for a sustained outage. Unobserved messages stay pending and keep accruing in the main agent's context. A long outage moves the failure from the memory layer to the model's context limit.
-
-See [the API reference](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) for the full configuration shape.
-
-## Benefits
-
-- **Prompt caching**: OM's context is stable and observations append over time rather than being retrieved at runtime each turn. This keeps the prompt prefix cacheable, which reduces costs.
-- **Compression**: Raw message history and tool results get compressed into a dense observation log. Smaller context means faster responses and longer coherent conversations.
-- **Zero context rot**: The agent sees relevant information instead of noisy tool calls and irrelevant tokens, which keeps the agent on task over long sessions.
-
-## How it works
-
-You don't remember every word of every conversation you've ever had. You observe what happened subconsciously, then your brain reflects, reorganizing, combining, and condensing into long-term memory. OM works the same way.
-
-Every time an agent responds, it sees a context window containing its system prompt, recent message history, and any injected context. The context window is finite. Even models with large token limits perform worse when the window is full. This causes two problems:
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-- **Context rot**: the more raw message history an agent carries, the worse it performs.
-- **Context waste**: most of that history contains tokens no longer needed to keep the agent on task.
-
-OM solves both problems by compressing old context into dense observations.
-
-### Observations
-
-When message history tokens exceed a threshold (default: 30,000), the Observer creates observations which are concise notes about what happened:
-
-OM uses fast local token estimation for this thresholding work. Text is estimated with `tokenx`, while image parts use provider-aware heuristics so multimodal conversations still trigger observation at the right time. The same applies to image-like `file` parts when a transport normalizes an uploaded image as a file instead of an image part. For example, OpenAI image detail settings can materially change when OM decides to observe.
-
-The Observer can also see attachments in the history it reviews. For readability, OM keeps placeholders such as `[Image #1: reference-board.png]` or `[File #1: floorplan.pdf]` in the transcript while forwarding the actual attachments beside the text. When possible, image-like `file` parts become image inputs for the Observer. Other attachments remain file parts and use normalized token counting. This applies to both normal thread observation and batched resource-scope observation.
-
-### Extractors
-
-Use extractors when you want OM to persist specific values alongside observations. Built-in values use the same extraction pipeline as custom values. They include **current task** and **suggested response**, along with **thread title**.
-
-The following example extracts a compact user profile from observations:
-
-```typescript
-import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
-import { Extractor, Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-import { z } from 'zod'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-      observation: {
-        extract: [
-          new Extractor({
-            name: 'User profile',
-            instructions: 'Extract stable user profile facts that should be remembered.',
-            schema: z.object({
-              preferredName: z.string().optional(),
-              timezone: z.string().optional(),
-              tools: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
-            }),
-          }),
-        ],
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-
-export const agent = new Agent({
-  id: 'assistant',
-  name: 'assistant',
-  instructions: 'You are a helpful assistant.',
-  model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-  memory,
-})
-```
-
-Adding a `schema` makes the extractor run as a follow-up structured output request. Schema-less extractors are inline string extractors emitted directly in the Observer or Reflector response.
-
-```typescript
-new Extractor({
-  name: 'Mood',
-  instructions: 'Extract the user mood as a short phrase.',
-})
-```
-
-By default, OM shows the last extracted value to the extractor on later runs. Set `includePreviousExtraction: false` when the Observer shouldn't see the previous value.
-
-```typescript
-new Extractor({
-  name: 'Latest blocker',
-  instructions: 'Extract any blockers the agent is running into.',
-  includePreviousExtraction: false,
-})
-```
-
-Use runtime `instructions` or `schema` functions when an extractor needs runtime context, such as the active memory instance or request context:
-
-```typescript
-new Extractor({
-  name: 'Workspace summary',
-  instructions: ({ memory }) =>
-    memory ? 'Extract workspace facts for this memory instance.' : 'Extract workspace facts.',
-})
-```
-
-#### Read extracted values from a stream
-
-Extractor results are emitted when OM completes an observation or reflection. Read both completion data parts from the stream:
-
-```typescript
-const stream = await agent.stream('Remember that I prefer dark mode.')
-
-for await (const chunk of stream.fullStream) {
-  if (chunk.type === 'data-om-observation-end' || chunk.type === 'data-om-buffering-end') {
-    const { operationType, extractedValues = {}, extractionFailures = [] } = chunk.data
-
-    for (const [slug, value] of Object.entries(extractedValues)) {
-      console.log(`${operationType} extractor ${slug}:`, value)
-    }
-
-    for (const failure of extractionFailures) {
-      console.error(`Extractor ${failure.slug} failed:`, failure.error)
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-
-`extractedValues` uses each extractor's slug as its key. Both result fields are optional, and a failed extractor doesn't remove values from successful extractors.
-
-`data-om-observation-end` reports a synchronous completion. `data-om-buffering-end` reports completed background work. Its extractor metadata is persisted immediately, but the buffered content remains inactive until activation. Check `operationType` to determine whether the completed work was an observation or reflection.
-
-See the [`data-om-observation-end`](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) and [`data-om-buffering-end`](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) reference tables for the complete payloads.
-
-### Working memory updates
-
-Use `observationalMemory.observation.manageWorkingMemory` to let the Observer manage working memory automatically. The main agent no longer needs to call the working memory tool while it handles the user request, so working memory updates don't depend on the agent remembering to make them.
-
-This also keeps working memory prompt-cache friendly. Working memory normally lives in the system prompt, so updates can invalidate the prompt cache. OM-managed working memory defaults `workingMemory.useStateSignals` to `true`, which moves working memory into state signals instead.
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    workingMemory: {
-      enabled: true,
-    },
-    observationalMemory: {
-      enabled: true,
-      observation: {
-        manageWorkingMemory: true,
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-This setting adds `WorkingMemoryExtractor`, defaults `workingMemory.agentManaged` to `false`, and defaults `workingMemory.useStateSignals` to `true`. Set `workingMemory.agentManaged: true` if the main agent should still receive working memory tool and instruction injection.
-
-Use `onExtracted` to normalize or react to custom extracted values before they're persisted:
-
-```typescript
-import { z } from 'zod'
-
-new Extractor({
-  name: 'Project status',
-  instructions: 'Extract the current project status.',
-  schema: z.string(),
-  async onExtracted({ current, sendSignal }) {
-    await sendSignal?.({
-      type: 'user-message',
-      contents: `Project status extracted: ${current}`,
-    })
-    return current.trim().toLowerCase()
-  },
-})
-```
-
-Extractor failures are reported in OM markers and don't block other successful extractor values. See [the API reference](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) for the full `Extractor` shape.
-
-If your Observer model is text-only or its API rejects multimodal input, set `observation.observeAttachments` to `false` to drop attachments before they reach the Observer. The readable placeholders (`[Image #1: ...]`, `[File #1: ...]`) are kept in the transcript so the Observer can still reason about what was shared without receiving the binary payload. The same filter applies to tool results that contain image or file parts:
-
-```typescript
-new Agent({
-  id: 'assistant',
-  name: 'assistant',
-  instructions: 'You are a helpful assistant.',
-  model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-  memory: new Memory({
-    options: {
-      observationalMemory: {
-        observation: {
-          model: 'deepseek/deepseek-reasoner',
-          observeAttachments: false,
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  }),
-})
-```
-
-You can also pass an allowlist of mimeType globs (for example `['image/*']`) to forward only the kinds the Observer can handle. Alternatively, set `observeAttachments: 'auto'` so Mastra consults the provider capabilities registry. It forwards attachments when the Observer model supports multimodal input and drops them otherwise. If capability data is unavailable for the model, the setting falls back to `true`.
-
-Attachments that the agent recorded as unavailable, because they could no longer be downloaded, are never sent to the Observer. The Observer still sees their `[Image #1: ...]` or `[File #1: ...]` line. See [attachment download failures](https://mastra.ai/docs/agents/processors) for how Mastra records them.
-
-```md
-Date: 2026-01-15
-
-- 🔴 12:10 User is building a Next.js app with Supabase auth, due in 1 week (meaning January 22nd 2026)
-  - 🔴 12:10 App uses server components with client-side hydration
-  - 🟡 12:12 User asked about middleware configuration for protected routes
-  - 🔴 12:15 User stated the app name is "Acme Dashboard"
-```
-
-The compression is typically between 5x and 40x. During synchronous observation, the Observer can also track a **current task** and **suggested response** so the agent picks up where it left off.
-
-If you enable `observation.threadTitle`, the Observer can also suggest a short thread title when the conversation topic meaningfully changes. Thread title generation is opt-in and updates the thread metadata, so apps like Mastra Code can show the latest title in thread lists and status UI.
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-Example: An agent using Playwright MCP might see 50,000+ tokens per page snapshot. With OM, the Observer watches the interaction and creates a few hundred tokens of observations about what was on the page and what actions were taken. The agent stays on task without carrying every raw snapshot.
-
-### Reflections
-
-When observations exceed their threshold (default: 40,000 tokens), the Reflector condenses them and combines related items, plus reflects on patterns.
-
-Reflections don't accumulate as a separate, ever-growing layer. Each reflection rewrites the entire observation log. The Reflector's output becomes the new log, and new observations append after it. When the log next hits the threshold, the Reflector re-processes everything, including earlier reflections. It condenses older information more aggressively while keeping recent detail. Memory stays bounded around the reflection threshold no matter how long the conversation runs.
-
-The result is a three-tier system:
-
-1. **Recent messages**: Exact conversation history for the current task
-2. **Observations**: A log of what the Observer has seen
-3. **Reflections**: Condensed observations when memory becomes too long
-
-### How context changes over time
-
-With default settings, the context window doesn't grow unbounded. It oscillates through an observe-and-shrink cycle:
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-![Chart of context tokens over the course of a conversation with Observational Memory enabled: message history repeatedly grows toward the 30,000 token observation threshold, then shrinks back to around 6,000 tokens as observations activate, while the observation log steps up with each cycle until it reaches the 40,000 token reflection threshold and the Reflector condenses it into reflections](/img/memory/om-context-over-time-light.svg)
-
-1. **0 → 30k tokens**: Message history grows normally. In the background, the Observer buffers observations every \~6k tokens (`bufferTokens: 0.2`).
-2. **30k reached**: Buffered observations activate instantly. Observed messages are removed from the context window and only \~6k tokens of recent history remain (`bufferActivation: 0.8` retains 20% of the threshold). The \~24k tokens of removed messages become roughly 1-5k tokens of observations at typical 5-40x compression.
-3. **Repeat**: History grows from \~6k back toward 30k and shrinks again. Each cycle appends to the observation log, which grows much more slowly than raw history.
-4. **Observations reach 40k**: The Reflector creates a smaller log from the current observations and any earlier reflections.
-
-In the normal buffered cycle, raw history oscillates between roughly 6k and 30k tokens. The observation log stays around 40k tokens, however long the conversation runs. These are activation thresholds rather than hard caps, so history can grow past the threshold whenever background buffering doesn't keep pace. Between the threshold and `blockAfter` (default `1.2`, \~36k tokens), buffering keeps running in the background and the next ready chunk activates without blocking the agent. At `blockAfter`, a synchronous observation runs if no buffered chunk activates. Reflection falls back to a synchronous run above its own `blockAfter` (\~48k tokens).
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-With [`shareTokenBudget`](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) enabled, the two budgets pool together. While the observation log is small, message history can expand into the unused observation space (up to \~70k tokens with the defaults) before observation triggers. It then shrinks as observations accumulate.
-
-### Retrieval mode
-
-Normal OM compresses messages into observations, which is great for staying on task, but the original wording is gone. Retrieval mode fixes this by keeping each observation group linked to the raw messages that produced it. The agent can call a `recall` tool to recover source details compressed by the summary, including exact wording and tool output as well as chronology.
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-#### Browsing only
-
-Set `retrieval: true` to enable the recall tool for browsing raw messages. No vector store needed. By default, the recall tool can browse across all threads for the current resource.
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      retrieval: true,
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-#### With semantic search
-
-Set `retrieval: { vector: true }` to also enable semantic search. This reuses the vector store and embedder already configured on your Memory instance:
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  storage,
-  vector: myVectorStore,
-  embedder: myEmbedder,
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      retrieval: { vector: true },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-When vector search is configured, new observation groups are automatically indexed at buffer time and during synchronous observation (fire-and-forget, non-blocking). Semantic search returns observation-group matches with their raw source message ID ranges, so the recall tool can show the summarized memory alongside where it came from.
-
-#### Restricting to the current thread
-
-By default, the recall tool scope is `'resource'`, the agent can list threads and browse other threads, plus search across all conversations. Set `scope: 'thread'` to restrict the agent to only the current thread:
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      retrieval: { vector: true, scope: 'thread' },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-#### Custom recall guidance
-
-Mastra injects scope-aware instructions that teach the agent when to search, list threads, or read a specific thread. Use `instructions` to append application-specific guidance after those built-in instructions. The built-in instructions are never replaced:
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      retrieval: {
-        vector: true,
-        instructions: `
-          Prefer the current conversation when it already contains the answer.
-          For an initial scan, use a small limit with detail="low".
-        `,
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-This keeps recall-specific guidance attached to the recall tool instead of the agent's global instructions, so it doesn't affect unrelated tasks.
-
-#### What retrieval enables
-
-With retrieval mode enabled, OM:
-
-- Stores a `range` (e.g. `startId:endId`) on each observation group pointing to the messages it was derived from
-
-- Keeps range metadata visible in the agent's context so the agent knows which observations map to which messages
-
-- Registers a `recall` tool the agent can call to:
-
-  - Page through the raw messages behind any observation group range
-  - Search by semantic similarity (`mode: "search"` with a `query` string); requires `vector: true`
-  - List all threads (`mode: "threads"`), browse other threads (`threadId`), and search across all threads (default `scope: 'resource'`)
-  - When `scope: 'thread'`: restrict browsing and search to the current thread only
-
-See the [recall tool reference](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) for the full API (detail levels, part indexing, pagination, cross-thread browsing, and token limiting).
-
-## Studio
-
-To see how it works in practice, open [Studio](https://mastra.ai/docs/studio/overview) and navigate to an agent with OM enabled. The **Memory** tab displays:
-
-- **Token progress bars**: Current token counts for messages and observations, showing how close each is to its threshold. Hover over the info icon to see the model and threshold for the Observer and Reflector.
-
-- **Active observations**: The current observation log is shown inline. If earlier observation or reflection records exist, expand "Previous observations" to browse them.
-
-- **Background processing**: During a conversation, buffered observation chunks and reflection status appear as the agent processes in the background.
-
-The progress bars update live while the agent is observing or reflecting, showing elapsed time and a status badge.
-
-## Models
-
-The Observer and Reflector run in the background. Any model that works with Mastra's [model routing](https://mastra.ai/models) (`provider/model`) can be used. When no model is set, the default is `model: 'auto'`.
-
-Automatic selection uses `google/gemini-2.5-flash` when `GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY` is configured. Otherwise, it selects a low-cost model for the active main model's provider, then falls back to the active main model. Observer and Reflector resolve independently before each invocation.
-
-Automatic selection reads the main model's `provider/model` ID. Models created from a plain model string carry that ID, and a dynamic model function can label a custom model by returning `{ model, id }`. When the ID is unknown, such as a model with a custom URL, API key, headers, or gateway, automatic selection reuses the main model itself because a sibling model isn't known to share that route. Pass a concrete model ID to the role to override either behavior.
-
-Use `autoModels` to change the model picked for a provider, and `resolveModel` to create the picked model with your own credentials or routing:
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      autoModels: { openai: 'openai/gpt-6-luna' },
-      resolveModel: (modelId, { requestContext }) => createRoutedModel(modelId, requestContext),
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-`resolveAutoModelId(mainModelId, { autoModels })` from `@mastra/memory` returns the model automatic selection would pick, which is useful for showing the effective model in a settings UI.
-
-Mastra recommends using a model that has a large context window (128K+ tokens) and is fast enough to run in the background without slowing down your actions.
-
-To pin a model instead, set a concrete model ID. We've also successfully tested `openai/gpt-6-luna`, `anthropic/claude-haiku-5-5`, `deepseek/deepseek-reasoner`, `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro`, `deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`, `xai/grok-4-1-fast`, `qwen3`, and `glm-4.7`.
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'deepseek/deepseek-reasoner',
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-See [model configuration](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) for using different models per agent.
-
-> **Note:** `google/gemini-2.5-flash` is unusually good at preserving detail in long output. As a result, the Reflector can produce reflections that stay above the configured `reflection.observationTokens` threshold even after the maximum compression retry. When this happens, the Reflector returns the smallest non-degenerate candidate produced during retries so the loop terminates instead of running forever.
->
-> If you'd rather have more aggressive compression on the Reflector, swap to a model that condenses more readily, such as `xai/grok-4-1-fast`, `deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro`, or `deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash`. You can keep `google/gemini-2.5-flash` for the Observer and use a different model for the Reflector. See [different models per agent](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory).
-
-### Token-tiered model selection
-
-**Added in:** `@mastra/memory@1.10.0`
-
-You can use `ModelByInputTokens` to specify different Observer or Reflector models based on input token count. OM selects the matching model tier at runtime from the configured `upTo` thresholds.
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory, ModelByInputTokens } from '@mastra/memory'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      observation: {
-        model: new ModelByInputTokens({
-          upTo: {
-            // Faster, cheaper models for smaller inputs; stronger models for larger contexts
-            5_000: 'openrouter/mistralai/ministral-8b-2512',
-            20_000: 'openrouter/mistralai/mistral-small-2603',
-            40_000: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-            1_000_000: 'google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview',
-          },
-        }),
-      },
-      reflection: {
-        model: new ModelByInputTokens({
-          upTo: {
-            20_000: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
-            100_000: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-          },
-        }),
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-The `upTo` keys are inclusive upper bounds. OM computes the actual input token count for the Observer or Reflector call and resolves the matching tier directly, plus uses that concrete model for the run.
-
-If the input exceeds the largest configured threshold, an error is thrown, ensure your thresholds cover the full range of possible input sizes, or use a model with a sufficiently large context window at the highest tier.
-
-## Scopes
-
-### Thread scope (default)
-
-Each thread has its own observations. This scope is well tested and works well as a general purpose memory system, especially for long horizon agentic use-cases.
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      scope: 'thread',
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-Thread scope requires a valid `threadId` to be provided when calling the agent. If `threadId` is missing, Observational Memory throws an error. This prevents multiple threads from silently sharing a single observation record, which can cause database deadlocks.
-
-### Resource scope (deprecated)
-
-> **Deprecated:** `scope: 'resource'` is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Mastra logs a warning the first time Observational Memory is created with resource scope. Remove the `scope` option to use the default thread scope, and use the [alternatives below](#cross-thread-continuity-without-resource-scope) for cross-conversation continuity.
-
-In resource scope, observations are shared across all threads for a resource (typically a user). Resource scope works much worse than thread scope for prompt caching and for the agent's understanding of the conversation:
-
-- **Prompt caching:** Observations from every thread share one record. When any thread is observed, the observation context changes for all other threads, which invalidates their cached prompt prefix.
-- **Agent understanding:** Each thread sees a mix of observations from every thread for the resource. Every new thread starts with context from earlier threads, and the agent may continue work that another thread started but didn't finish.
-- **Performance:** Unobserved messages across _all_ threads are processed together, which is slow for users with many existing threads.
-
-A new knowledge and subconscious memory primitive for cross-thread memory is coming soon and will replace resource scope. Until then, use the alternatives below.
-
-#### Cross-thread continuity without resource scope
-
-Switching from resource scope to thread scope doesn't migrate resource-scoped observations. Each thread uses its existing thread-scoped record if it has one, or starts a new, empty one, and messages already observed under resource scope aren't observed again. Keep facts that must carry over in resource-scoped working memory.
-
-Use thread scope with one or both of these features instead:
-
-- [Retrieval mode](#retrieval-mode): The agent gets a `recall` tool that can list and browse other threads for the same resource, and optionally search them semantically. The agent looks up earlier conversations only when it needs them.
-- [Resource-scoped working memory](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/working-memory): Stores small, durable facts about the user that every thread can read.
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      retrieval: true,
-    },
-    workingMemory: {
-      enabled: true,
-      scope: 'resource',
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-## Token budgets
-
-OM uses token thresholds to decide when to observe and reflect. See [token budget configuration](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) for details.
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      observation: {
-        // when to run the Observer (default: 30,000)
-        messageTokens: 30_000,
-      },
-      reflection: {
-        // when to run the Reflector (default: 40,000)
-        observationTokens: 40_000,
-      },
-      // let message history borrow from observation budget
-      // requires bufferTokens: false (temporary limitation)
-      shareTokenBudget: false,
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-### Token counting cache
-
-OM caches token estimates in message metadata to reduce repeat counting work during threshold checks and buffering decisions.
-
-- Per-part estimates are stored on `part.providerMetadata.mastra` and reused on subsequent passes when the cache version/tokenizer source matches.
-- For string-only message content (without parts), OM uses a message-level metadata fallback cache.
-- Message and conversation overhead are still recalculated on every pass. The cache only stores payload estimates, so counting semantics stay the same.
-- `data-*` and `reasoning` parts are still skipped and aren't cached.
-
-### Caller-supplied token estimates for file parts
-
-You can attach a token estimate directly to an `image` or `file` part using `providerMetadata.mastra.tokenEstimate`. The Token Counter honors this value verbatim and skips its own estimator:
-
-```typescript
-const filePart = {
-  type: 'file',
-  data: 'storage://bucket/large-report.pdf',
-  mimeType: 'application/pdf',
-  filename: 'large-report.pdf',
-  providerMetadata: {
-    mastra: {
-      tokenEstimate: {
-        v: 0,
-        source: 'client',
-        key: 'client',
-        tokens: 100_000,
-      },
-    },
-  },
-}
-```
-
-The `tokenEstimate` object follows the same shape the Token Counter uses internally for cached estimates:
-
-- `v`: cache schema version. Set to `0`. Caller-supplied entries are exempt from the framework's version check, so the value isn't read.
-- `source`: cache lineage marker. Must be `'client'`. This is what tells the Token Counter the entry is authoritative and should be honored verbatim instead of being recomputed or overwritten.
-- `key`: content fingerprint slot. Set to `'client'`. Framework entries use a content hash here so they invalidate when the payload changes. The `'client'` sentinel keeps caller estimates stable across writes.
-- `tokens`: the token count to use. Must be a finite non-negative number.
-
-Additional notes:
-
-- The estimate is only honored on `image` and `file` parts. `text` and `tool-invocation` parts are always counted normally, even if they carry a `tokenEstimate`.
-
-## Async buffering
-
-Without async buffering, the Observer runs synchronously when the message threshold is reached, the agent pauses mid-conversation while the Observer LLM call completes. With async buffering (enabled by default), observations are pre-computed in the background as the conversation grows. When the threshold is hit, buffered observations activate instantly with no pause.
-
-### How it works
-
-As the agent converses, message tokens accumulate. At regular intervals (`bufferTokens`), a background Observer call runs without blocking the agent. Each call produces a "chunk" of observations that's stored in a buffer.
-
-When message tokens reach the `messageTokens` threshold, buffered chunks activate: their observations move into the active observation log, and the corresponding raw messages are removed from the context window. The agent never pauses.
-
-Async buffered Observer calls don't generate continuation hints because delayed hints can be stale by activation time. When buffered chunks activate, any previously stored suggested response and current task are cleared. The main agent receives the compressed observations without those hints.
-
-When message production outpaces the Observer, history can pass `messageTokens` before a buffered chunk is ready. Between `messageTokens` and `blockAfter`, Mastra keeps buffering in the background and activates the chunk on a later step, so the agent doesn't wait on the Observer. A synchronous observation runs if pending tokens still reach `blockAfter` after buffered activation, for example when a large tool result leaves an uncovered tail. Above `blockAfter`, activation may also overshoot the retention target instead of using fewer chunks. Buffered activation usually preserves a minimum remaining context (the smaller of \~1k tokens or the configured retention floor), but a single buffered chunk that covers the whole pending window still activates and can leave less.
-
-At `blockAfter`, activation waits a bounded time for a buffered observation that's still being produced so it activates with the rest. If that takes longer, Mastra observes the remaining messages synchronously. A late observation whose messages are all already observed is then dropped instead of stored. Activations triggered by the idle TTL or a model change don't wait.
-
-Reflection works similarly: the Reflector runs in the background when observations reach a fraction of the reflection threshold.
-
-### Settings
-
-| Setting                               | Default | What it controls                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
-| ------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `observation.bufferTokens`            | `0.2`   | How often to buffer. `0.2` means every 20% of `messageTokens`. With the default 30k threshold, that's roughly every 6k tokens. Can also be an absolute token count (e.g. `5000`).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
-| `observation.bufferActivation`        | `0.8`   | How aggressively to clear the message window on activation. `0.8` means remove enough messages to keep only 20% of `messageTokens` remaining. Lower values keep more message history.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
-| `observation.blockAfter`              | `1.2`   | Safety net if buffering can't keep up. Values from 1 up to (but not including) 100 multiply `messageTokens`. For example, `1.2` creates a threshold of 36k tokens (1.2 × 30k). Below it, only background buffering and activation run. Observation runs synchronously if pending tokens still reach it after buffered activation. Activation may also overshoot the retention target. Values of 100 or more are absolute token counts (e.g. `50_000`) and must be greater than `messageTokens`. Set `1` to observe synchronously at `messageTokens`. |
-| `activateAfterIdle`                   | none    | Forces buffered observations to activate after a period of inactivity, even before `observation.messageTokens` is reached. Accepts a numeric millisecond value such as `300_000`, duration strings like `"5m"` or `"1hr"`, `"auto"` for a provider-aware prompt cache TTL, or an object of per-provider TTLs such as `{ default: 'auto', anthropic: '1h' }`.                                                                                                                                                                                         |
-| `activateOnProviderChange`            | `false` | Forces buffered observations to activate when the next step uses a different `provider/model` than the one that produced the latest assistant step. Use this when switching providers or models would invalidate prompt cache reuse.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| `reflection.bufferActivation`         | `0.5`   | When to start background reflection. `0.5` means reflection begins when observations reach 50% of the `observationTokens` threshold.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
-| `reflection.activateAfterIdle`        | none    | Opts buffered reflections into idle activation. Reflections don't inherit top-level `activateAfterIdle`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| `reflection.activateOnProviderChange` | `false` | Opts buffered reflections into provider-change activation. Reflections don't inherit top-level `activateOnProviderChange`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
-| `reflection.blockAfter`               | `1.2`   | Safety threshold for reflection. Same value format as observation (absolute values must be greater than `observationTokens`), but above it reflection runs synchronously when no buffered reflection is ready to activate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
-
-If you're relying on prompt caching, set `activateAfterIdle` to `"auto"` or to a specific cache TTL. That way, once a thread has been idle long enough for the cache to expire, the next request can activate buffered observations first and send a smaller compressed context window.
-
-With `"auto"`, Mastra chooses an idle activation TTL from the active model provider:
-
-| Provider                                                                                               | Auto TTL  |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- |
-| Anthropic, OpenRouter, unknown providers, xAI                                                          | 5 minutes |
-| DeepSeek                                                                                               | 1 hour    |
-| Google Gemini                                                                                          | 24 hours  |
-| Groq                                                                                                   | 2 hours   |
-| OpenAI with `providerOptions.openai.promptCacheRetention: "24h"`                                       | 1 hour    |
-| OpenAI with `providerOptions.openai.promptCacheRetention: "in_memory"`                                 | 5 minutes |
-| OpenAI `gpt-4*`, `gpt-5`, `gpt-5-*`, and `gpt-5.1` through `gpt-5.4` (including `-` suffixed variants) | 5 minutes |
-| Other OpenAI models                                                                                    | 1 hour    |
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      activateAfterIdle: 'auto',
-      activateOnProviderChange: true,
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-With `"auto"`, this activates buffered observations based on the active provider's prompt cache behavior so the next uncached prompt uses compressed observations instead of a larger raw message window. If you prefer a fixed 5-minute TTL, use `"5m"` or `300_000`.
-
-Changing models or providers mid-thread will invalidate the prompt cache. If your agent can switch between providers or models mid-thread, `activateOnProviderChange: true` forces buffered observations to activate before the new provider runs. That avoids sending a large raw window to a provider that can't reuse the previous prompt cache.
-
-#### Per-provider idle TTLs
-
-`"auto"` can't see a cache TTL that you set on individual messages, such as Anthropic's `cacheControl: { type: 'ephemeral', ttl: '1h' }`. It keeps using the provider's 5-minute default, so buffered observations activate while the 1-hour cache is still warm. Pass an object to set the TTL per provider instead:
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      activateAfterIdle: { default: 'auto', anthropic: '1h' },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-Set the `anthropic` entry to the same TTL as your `cacheControl.ttl`. Mastra doesn't read the per-message cache setting, so the two must be kept in sync by hand.
-
-How the object resolves:
-
-- Keys are provider names. Mastra compares them case-insensitively with the part of the model's provider before the first `.`, so `anthropic` matches both `anthropic` and `anthropic.messages`. Claude served through another provider uses that provider's key instead, for example `amazon-bedrock`. Keys must not contain `.` or `/`.
-- Each value accepts the same forms as a single TTL: milliseconds, a duration string, `"auto"`, or `false` to turn off idle activation for that provider.
-- `default` applies to every provider without its own key. Without `default`, those providers don't idle-activate.
-- `observation.activateAfterIdle` and `reflection.activateAfterIdle` accept the same object. An `observation.activateAfterIdle` object replaces the top-level value and isn't merged with it.
-
-### Disabling
-
-To disable async buffering and use synchronous observation/reflection instead:
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      observation: {
-        bufferTokens: false,
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-Setting `bufferTokens: false` disables both observation and reflection async buffering. See [async buffering configuration](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory) for the full API.
-
-> **Note:** Resource scope (deprecated) automatically disables async buffering.
-
-## Observer Context Optimization
-
-By default, the Observer receives the full observation history as context when processing new messages. The Observer also receives prior `current-task` and `suggested-response` metadata (when available), so it can stay oriented even when observation context is truncated. For long-running conversations where observations grow large, you can opt into context optimization to reduce Observer input costs.
-
-Set `observation.previousObserverTokens` to limit how many tokens of previous observations are sent to the Observer. Observations are tail-truncated, keeping the most recent entries. When a buffered reflection is pending, the already-reflected lines are automatically replaced with the reflection summary before truncation is applied.
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-2.5-flash',
-      observation: {
-        previousObserverTokens: 10_000, // keep only ~10k tokens of recent observations
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-- `previousObserverTokens: false` → default. Sends the full previous observations.
-- `previousObserverTokens: 2000` → keeps \~2k tokens of recent observations.
-- `previousObserverTokens: 0` → omit previous observations completely.
-
-## Hooks
-
-OM exposes two kinds of config-level hooks on `observationalMemory.hooks`:
-
-- **Lifecycle hooks** (`onObservationStart`, `onObservationEnd`, `onReflectionStart`, `onReflectionEnd`) are telemetry callbacks. They receive `threadId`, `resourceId`, and `trigger`, and the end hooks also receive the model call's `usage`, `providerMetadata`, and any `error`. They never change what OM stores.
-- **Transform hooks** (`beforeObservation`, `afterObservation`, `beforeReflection`, `afterReflection`) intercept the data flowing through a cycle. Return `void` to pass the input through unchanged, or return a replacement to change what the Observer/Reflector sees or what gets persisted.
-
-```typescript
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-3.8-flash',
-      hooks: {
-        // Drop or redact messages before the Observer sees them.
-        beforeObservation: ({ messages }) => ({
-          messages: messages.filter(m => !isSensitive(m)),
-        }),
-        // Rewrite observations before they are persisted.
-        afterObservation: ({ observations, threadId }) => ({
-          observations: redact(observations),
-        }),
-        // Rewrite the text the Reflector condenses, or its output.
-        beforeReflection: ({ observations }) => ({
-          observations: stripInternalNotes(observations),
-        }),
-        afterReflection: async ({ observations, resourceId }) => {
-          await syncToExternalStore(resourceId, observations)
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-Transform hooks are always awaited, on every path (manual `observe()`/`reflect()`, turn-synchronous observation, and async buffering). If `beforeObservation` returns an empty `messages` array, the Observer model call is skipped and the filtered messages are still marked as observed. If a transform hook throws, the cycle fails before committing the transformed observation or reflection text. This doesn't roll back extractor callbacks or other side effects that have already run.
-
-`afterObservation` and `afterReflection` replace only the observation or reflection text. They don't recompute or redact the separate structured extractor results stored in thread metadata. Reflection extraction and its callbacks run before `afterReflection`, so rewriting the reflection doesn't rerun those callbacks. Use extractor configuration and callbacks to control structured values. Don't treat an after hook as a redaction boundary for all cycle data.
-
-Because hooks receive `threadId` and `resourceId`, you can also use them to update [working memory](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/working-memory) via `memory.updateWorkingMemory()` during a cycle. These external updates aren't atomic with the OM text commit.
-
-### Redact skill results
-
-Agent skills are injected into the agent as tools (`skill`, `skill_search`, `skill_read`). Their results contain the skill's full instructions or file contents, so without redaction the Observer re-observes that text every time a skill is used. `skillResultRedactor()` is a ready-made `beforeObservation` hook that replaces those results with a placeholder and leaves everything else in place. The tool call survives, so the Observer still records which skill was used and what it was called with.
-
-```typescript
-import { Memory } from '@mastra/memory'
-import { skillResultRedactor } from '@mastra/memory/hooks'
-
-const memory = new Memory({
-  options: {
-    observationalMemory: {
-      model: 'google/gemini-3.8-flash',
-      hooks: {
-        beforeObservation: skillResultRedactor(),
-      },
-    },
-  },
-})
-```
-
-Pass `toolNames` to redact results from a different set of tools. Because a hook is a function over the messages, it composes with your own transforms by chaining the outputs. Await each chained hook so an async one isn't discarded:
-
-```typescript
-const dropSkillResults = skillResultRedactor()
-
-hooks: {
-  beforeObservation: async input => {
-    const messages = (await dropSkillResults(input))?.messages ?? input.messages
-    return { messages: messages.filter(m => m.role !== 'signal') }
-  },
-}
-```
-
-## Migrating existing threads
-
-No manual migration needed. OM reads existing messages and observes them lazily when thresholds are exceeded.
-
-- **Thread scope**: The first time a thread exceeds `observation.messageTokens`, the Observer processes the backlog.
-- **Resource scope (deprecated)**: All unobserved messages across all threads for a resource are processed together. For users with many existing threads, this could take substantial time.
-
-## Comparing OM with other memory features
-
-- **[Message history](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/message-history)**: High-fidelity record of the current conversation
-- **[Working memory](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/working-memory)**: Small, structured state (JSON or markdown) for user preferences, names, goals
-- **[Semantic Recall](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/semantic-recall)**: RAG-based retrieval of relevant past messages
-- **[Multi-user threads](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/multi-user-threads)**: How OM attributes facts to individual users when several people share a single thread
-
-If you're using working memory to store conversation summaries or ongoing state that grows over time, OM is a better fit. Working memory is for small, structured data. OM is for long-running event logs. OM also manages message history automatically, the `messageTokens` setting controls how much raw history remains before observation runs.
-
-In practical terms, OM replaces both working memory and message history, and has greater accuracy (and lower cost) than Semantic Recall.
-
-## Related
-
-- [Observational Memory Reference](https://mastra.ai/reference/memory/observational-memory)
-- [Memory Overview](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/overview)
-- [Message History](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/message-history)
-- [Memory Processors](https://mastra.ai/docs/memory/memory-processors)
-- [Mastra Code](https://code.mastra.ai/): A coding agent using Observational Memory
-- 📹 [Mastra processors and Observational Memory workshop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vpp7xQYvl0)