fix: dedupe identical session snapshots (#1)

## Summary

- Adds a per-session in-memory cache that stores the last-seen snapshot
content for each session ID.
- Before ingesting a snapshot event, the handler compares the incoming
content against the cached value; identical snapshots are silently
skipped, eliminating redundant Graphiti ingestion calls.
- Adds unit tests covering: first snapshot always ingested, duplicate
snapshot skipped, distinct sessions tracked independently, and changed
snapshot after duplicate is re-ingested.

<!-- CURSOR_SUMMARY -->
---

> [!NOTE]
> **Low Risk**
> Low risk behavior change limited to `session.idle` snapshot ingestion,
reducing redundant `addEpisode` calls. Main risk is unintentionally
skipping snapshots if downstream relied on duplicates, but dedupe only
applies to exact content matches and only after a successful save.
> 
> **Overview**
> Prevents redundant Graphiti ingestion on `session.idle` by caching the
last *successfully saved* snapshot body per session and skipping
`client.addEpisode` when the newly generated snapshot is identical.
> 
> Adds unit tests covering first-snapshot behavior, skipping identical
subsequent snapshots, re-saving when content changes, and ensuring
failed `addEpisode` attempts don’t update the dedupe cache (so retries
still occur).
> 
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Author: vicary

src/handlers/event.test.ts

@@ -505,6 +505,209 @@ describe("event handler integration", () => {
       // Should still flush despite error
       assertEquals(sessionManager.flushCalls.length, 1);
     });
+
+    it("snapshot dedup: first snapshot is always saved", async () => {
+      const sessionManager = new MockSessionManager();
+      const client = new MockGraphitiClient();
+      const sdkClient = new MockSdkClient();
+
+      sessionManager.setParentId("session-1", null);
+      sessionManager.setState("session-1", {
+        groupId: "test:project",
+        userGroupId: "test:user",
+        injectedMemories: false,
+        lastInjectionFactUuids: [],
+        visibleFactUuids: [],
+        messageCount: 1,
+        pendingMessages: ["User: Hello there"],
+        contextLimit: 200_000,
+        isMain: true,
+      });
+
+      const handler = createEventHandler({
+        sessionManager: sessionManager as any,
+        client: client as any,
+        defaultGroupId: "test:project",
+        sdkClient: sdkClient as any,
+        directory: "/test/dir",
+        groupIdPrefix: "test",
+      });
+
+      await handler({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.idle",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-1" },
+        } as any,
+      });
+
+      assertEquals(client.addEpisodeCalls.length, 1);
+      assertEquals(client.addEpisodeCalls[0].name, "Snapshot: session-1");
+    });
+
+    it("snapshot dedup: identical subsequent snapshot is skipped", async () => {
+      const sessionManager = new MockSessionManager();
+      const client = new MockGraphitiClient();
+      const sdkClient = new MockSdkClient();
+
+      sessionManager.setParentId("session-1", null);
+      sessionManager.setState("session-1", {
+        groupId: "test:project",
+        userGroupId: "test:user",
+        injectedMemories: false,
+        lastInjectionFactUuids: [],
+        visibleFactUuids: [],
+        messageCount: 1,
+        pendingMessages: ["User: Same content"],
+        contextLimit: 200_000,
+        isMain: true,
+      });
+
+      const handler = createEventHandler({
+        sessionManager: sessionManager as any,
+        client: client as any,
+        defaultGroupId: "test:project",
+        sdkClient: sdkClient as any,
+        directory: "/test/dir",
+        groupIdPrefix: "test",
+      });
+
+      // First idle — saved
+      await handler({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.idle",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-1" },
+        } as any,
+      });
+      assertEquals(client.addEpisodeCalls.length, 1);
+
+      // Second idle with identical pendingMessages — skipped
+      await handler({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.idle",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-1" },
+        } as any,
+      });
+      assertEquals(client.addEpisodeCalls.length, 1);
+    });
+
+    it("snapshot dedup: changed snapshot content is saved again", async () => {
+      const sessionManager = new MockSessionManager();
+      const client = new MockGraphitiClient();
+      const sdkClient = new MockSdkClient();
+
+      sessionManager.setParentId("session-1", null);
+      sessionManager.setState("session-1", {
+        groupId: "test:project",
+        userGroupId: "test:user",
+        injectedMemories: false,
+        lastInjectionFactUuids: [],
+        visibleFactUuids: [],
+        messageCount: 1,
+        pendingMessages: ["User: First message"],
+        contextLimit: 200_000,
+        isMain: true,
+      });
+
+      const handler = createEventHandler({
+        sessionManager: sessionManager as any,
+        client: client as any,
+        defaultGroupId: "test:project",
+        sdkClient: sdkClient as any,
+        directory: "/test/dir",
+        groupIdPrefix: "test",
+      });
+
+      // First idle — saved
+      await handler({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.idle",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-1" },
+        } as any,
+      });
+      assertEquals(client.addEpisodeCalls.length, 1);
+
+      // Change the session messages
+      sessionManager.setState("session-1", {
+        groupId: "test:project",
+        userGroupId: "test:user",
+        injectedMemories: false,
+        lastInjectionFactUuids: [],
+        visibleFactUuids: [],
+        messageCount: 2,
+        pendingMessages: [
+          "User: First message",
+          "Assistant: Here is my answer.",
+          "User: Follow-up question",
+        ],
+        contextLimit: 200_000,
+        isMain: true,
+      });
+
+      // Second idle with different content — saved again
+      await handler({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.idle",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-1" },
+        } as any,
+      });
+      assertEquals(client.addEpisodeCalls.length, 2);
+    });
+
+    it("snapshot dedup: failed addEpisode does not poison dedupe state", async () => {
+      const sessionManager = new MockSessionManager();
+      const client = new MockGraphitiClient();
+      const sdkClient = new MockSdkClient();
+
+      sessionManager.setParentId("session-1", null);
+      sessionManager.setState("session-1", {
+        groupId: "test:project",
+        userGroupId: "test:user",
+        injectedMemories: false,
+        lastInjectionFactUuids: [],
+        visibleFactUuids: [],
+        messageCount: 1,
+        pendingMessages: ["User: Retry me"],
+        contextLimit: 200_000,
+        isMain: true,
+      });
+
+      const handler = createEventHandler({
+        sessionManager: sessionManager as any,
+        client: client as any,
+        defaultGroupId: "test:project",
+        sdkClient: sdkClient as any,
+        directory: "/test/dir",
+        groupIdPrefix: "test",
+      });
+
+      // First idle — addEpisode throws
+      client.addEpisode = async () => {
+        throw new Error("Transient failure");
+      };
+
+      await handler({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.idle",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-1" },
+        } as any,
+      });
+
+      // Second idle with same content — should retry (not skipped)
+      let savedBody = "";
+      client.addEpisode = async (params) => {
+        savedBody = params.episodeBody;
+      };
+
+      await handler({
+        event: {
+          type: "session.idle",
+          properties: { sessionID: "session-1" },
+        } as any,
+      });
+
+      // The retry succeeded — body was written
+      assertStrictEquals(savedBody.includes("Retry me"), true);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("session.compacted", () => {

src/handlers/event.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ export function createEventHandler(deps: EventHandlerDeps) {
   } = deps;
   const defaultUserGroupId = makeUserGroupId(groupIdPrefix);
 
+  /** Stores the last successfully saved snapshot body per session ID. */
+  const lastSnapshotBody = new Map<string, string>();
+
   const buildSessionSnapshot = (
     sessionId: string,
     messages: string[],
@@ -161,14 +164,21 @@ export function createEventHandler(deps: EventHandlerDeps) {
             state.pendingMessages,
           );
           if (snapshotContent.trim()) {
-            await client.addEpisode({
-              name: `Snapshot: ${sessionId}`,
-              episodeBody: snapshotContent,
-              groupId: state.groupId,
-              source: "text",
-              sourceDescription: "session-snapshot",
-            });
-            logger.info("Saved session snapshot", { sessionId });
+            if (lastSnapshotBody.get(sessionId) === snapshotContent) {
+              logger.debug("Skipping duplicate session snapshot", {
+                sessionId,
+              });
+            } else {
+              await client.addEpisode({
+                name: `Snapshot: ${sessionId}`,
+                episodeBody: snapshotContent,
+                groupId: state.groupId,
+                source: "text",
+                sourceDescription: "session-snapshot",
+              });
+              lastSnapshotBody.set(sessionId, snapshotContent);
+              logger.info("Saved session snapshot", { sessionId });
+            }
           }
         } catch (err) {
           logger.error("Failed to save session snapshot", { sessionId, err });