Method load

src/node/services/memoryMeta.ts:131–144

()

  }

  private async load(): Promise<MemoryMetaFile> {
    if (this.cache !== null) return this.cache;
    let parsed: unknown = null;
    try {
      parsed = JSON.parse(await fsPromises.readFile(this.metaPath, "utf-8"));
    } catch (error) {
      // Missing file is the normal first-run case; anything else is healed to empty.
      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== "ENOENT") {
        log.debug("[MemoryMetaService] healing unreadable sidecar", { error });
      }
    }
    this.cache = sanitizeMetaFile(parsed);
    return this.cache;
  }

  /**
   * Read-modify-write cycle under the sidecar mutex. Persists before updating