Set min_messages_between to 1

Allows a surface on consecutive messages, leaving cooldown_seconds as
the only spacing gate. At 2 a memory could never follow the one before
it, which suppressed the third hit in a run of related prompts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/requirements/lint.in

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 #
 # Regenerate:
 #   pip-compile --allow-unsafe --generate-hashes --no-emit-index-url --output-file=lint.txt lint.in
-ruff==0.16.0
+ruff==0.15.21

.github/requirements/lint.txt

@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --allow-unsafe --generate-hashes --no-emit-index-url --output-file=lint.txt lint.in
 #
-ruff==0.16.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:0ff4a79ce3ec0172f3241943835de1c4cb4e2dcd07f0f8c2d02603dbbbee4b17 \
-    --hash=sha256:14296fedcd2705c77ab8235439278bbb38f285cf7da5528b00b3e330c3d4872d \
-    --hash=sha256:28ea2b7df8ebf7f9da6b7d47b230ab48f387c0a29be3b474c4d0740e197bb9af \
-    --hash=sha256:33a3dfac8c35f81498dea9181bccc2f4c4bc8f1521a1dd9406e77643e0f0fb09 \
-    --hash=sha256:3c954b1d580bfa035b41654f7858cc7e71d5fc3ac5b723dd62bd9133830ed522 \
-    --hash=sha256:429c117f022bf481fabd9d551e7a3952b24c65e6ef44337ea09d90bebef14472 \
-    --hash=sha256:48044c678e9cb8698246c99b14aaccfa6601dea7379eb48a6f8f73f7a6d86cd0 \
-    --hash=sha256:4f11a8d11010301d0a398a2fdef67691feca7294da6aef55e2150e8fa2cd520b \
-    --hash=sha256:6e364e5ed22ed8dc05082fd78e35308618260907ac2d3c1d637b2e682415b6c9 \
-    --hash=sha256:7aa0959bad8eb8bef50340154fc9b58678dae31fa4293afa38b44b6e552c0213 \
-    --hash=sha256:7fab76fa065c873f41ff744347c6e77bcc3dfec4bcc754dc26b63d23c0f7f5fb \
-    --hash=sha256:a5237a0bda500d30d81b8e07a6973a5cbc772864cbf746ae2f4e8a2e01c9f4ed \
-    --hash=sha256:a9b50c55e263103586b3dcf5f73d479eb8cb5fdb6098fec59a62891dab653717 \
-    --hash=sha256:d327b8fc113a1d4421a04f3839d3752057c8dd1ee320223a6f3f52d04ada462a \
-    --hash=sha256:e01c21d10eb1b29f47b7454e1f4056db9a3f0260c646aa88457c610291db9f81 \
-    --hash=sha256:e460aafd5495ec89efaa6ced2e4a9a581116451e1c88b9d37ef497e0f8e93982 \
-    --hash=sha256:e5115729eb08c585e5121978ba5d5b60caeae394ce21b9fb5e6cd33a1c6c9b1e \
-    --hash=sha256:e95c448fca1fb2a18372a9440926c5a6ee789639bb975c72e7ae6d0b04218ab4
+ruff==0.15.21 \
+    --hash=sha256:00eca240af5789fec6fe7df74c088cc1f9644ed83027113468efba7c92b94075 \
+    --hash=sha256:01d65b4831c6b2a4ba8ee6faa84049d44d982b7a706e622c4094c509e51673be \
+    --hash=sha256:01f8d5be84823c172b389e123174f781f9daf86d6c58719d603f941932195cdd \
+    --hash=sha256:0f212c5d7d54c01bbfe6dcab02b724a39300f3e34ed7acbe995ccb320a2c58bd \
+    --hash=sha256:16d090c0740916594157e75b80d666eab8e78083b39b3b0e1d698f4670a17b86 \
+    --hash=sha256:262ab31557a75141325e32d3357f3597645a7f084e732b6b054dde428ecd9341 \
+    --hash=sha256:2c5a913a589120ce67933d5d05fd6ddbcc2481c6a054980ee767f7414c72b4fd \
+    --hash=sha256:3a10e74757dd65004d779b73e2f3c5210156d9980b41224d50d2ebcf1db51e67 \
+    --hash=sha256:5ef04b681d02ad4dc9620f00f83ac5c22f652d0e9a9cfe431d219b16ad5ccc41 \
+    --hash=sha256:63ea0e965e5d73c90e95b2434beeafc70820536717f561b32ab6e777cb9bdf5d \
+    --hash=sha256:659c4e7a4212f83306045ec7c5e5a356d16d9a6ef4ae0c7a4d872914fc655d9d \
+    --hash=sha256:6e83115d4b9377c1cbc13abf0e051f069fab0ef815ea0504a8a008cee24dd0a8 \
+    --hash=sha256:9e866eab611a5f959d36df2d10e446973a3610bc42b0c15b31dc27977d59c233 \
+    --hash=sha256:bab0905d2f29e0d9fbc3c373ed23db0095edaa3f71f1f4f519ec15134d9e85c8 \
+    --hash=sha256:d0cfc841c572283c36548f82664a54ce6565567f1b0d5b4cf2caac693d8b7500 \
+    --hash=sha256:d4b8d9a2f0f12b816b50447f6eccb9f4bb01a6b82c86b50fb3b5354b458dc6d3 \
+    --hash=sha256:e6312e41bc96791299614995ea3a977c5857c3b5662b1ecef6755b02b87cb646 \
+    --hash=sha256:e89bc93c0d3803ba870b55c29671bad9dc6d94bb1eb181b056b52eb05b52854f
     # via -r lint.in

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       # Hash-pinned tool install (Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies). Pins ruff to
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - run: |
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           # makes every file look born at HEAD, so every README false-fails as
           # "stale". Full history makes CI match a local audit exactly.
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - run: |
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       - run: |

.github/workflows/e2e-wheel.yml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 

.github/workflows/macos-test.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
 

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       attestations: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       # Hash-pinned tool install (Scorecard: Pinned-Dependencies).

.github/workflows/security.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: "3.13"
       # Upgrade pip first: pip-audit scans the whole environment, and the

.github/workflows/windows-test.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6.3.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
 

src/aipass/memory/apps/handlers/governance/engine.py

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ from aipass.memory.apps.handlers.json import json_handler
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG: Dict[str, Any] = {
     "enabled": True,
-    "threshold": 0.3,
-    "max_surfaces_per_session": 5,
-    "min_messages_between": 10,
-    "cooldown_seconds": 300,
+    "threshold": 0.25,
+    "max_surfaces_per_session": 12,
+    "min_messages_between": 1,
+    "cooldown_seconds": 30,
 }
 
 

src/aipass/memory/tests/test_governance.py

@@ -142,20 +142,23 @@ class TestShouldSurfaceHappy:
 
     def test_first_surface_ignores_spacing(self):
         """Fresh session: first prompt with high relevance surfaces immediately."""
+        # Explicit config: this exercises the spacing mechanism, so it must not
+        # move whenever DEFAULT_CONFIG is retuned.
+        cfg = {"min_messages_between": 10, "cooldown_seconds": 300}
         state = new_state()
         state["messages_since_last"] = 1
-        ok, reason, updated = should_surface("compass-1", 0.8, state, current_time=100.0)
+        ok, reason, updated = should_surface("compass-1", 0.8, state, cfg, current_time=100.0)
         assert ok is True
         assert "ready" in reason.lower()
 
         for i in range(9):
             updated = record_message(updated)
-            ok, reason, _ = should_surface("compass-2", 0.8, updated, current_time=100.0 + 400 + i)
+            ok, reason, _ = should_surface("compass-2", 0.8, updated, cfg, current_time=100.0 + 400 + i)
             assert ok is False
             assert "spacing" in reason.lower()
 
         updated = record_message(updated)
-        ok, _, _ = should_surface("compass-2", 0.8, updated, current_time=600.0)
+        ok, _, _ = should_surface("compass-2", 0.8, updated, cfg, current_time=600.0)
         assert ok is True
 
 
@@ -246,7 +249,7 @@ class TestConfigMerging:
         assert "threshold" in reason.lower()
 
     def test_default_config_values_match(self):
-        assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["threshold"] == 0.3
-        assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["max_surfaces_per_session"] == 5
-        assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["min_messages_between"] == 10
-        assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["cooldown_seconds"] == 300
+        assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["threshold"] == 0.25
+        assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["max_surfaces_per_session"] == 12
+        assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["min_messages_between"] == 1
+        assert DEFAULT_CONFIG["cooldown_seconds"] == 30

src/aipass/spawn/templates/aipass_framework/.spawn/.template_registry.json

@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
       "name": ".ai_mail.local",
       "path": ".ai_mail.local"
     },
-    "d002": {
-      "has_branch_placeholder": false,
-      "name": ".pytest_cache",
-      "path": ".pytest_cache"
-    },
     "d003": {
       "has_branch_placeholder": false,
       "name": ".aipass",
@@ -119,16 +114,6 @@
       "has_branch_placeholder": false,
       "name": "integrations",
       "path": "apps/integrations"
-    },
-    "d025": {
-      "has_branch_placeholder": false,
-      "name": "v",
-      "path": ".pytest_cache/v"
-    },
-    "d026": {
-      "has_branch_placeholder": false,
-      "name": "cache",
-      "path": ".pytest_cache/v/cache"
     }
   },
   "files": {
@@ -211,7 +196,7 @@
       "path": ".trinity/observations.json"
     },
     "f014": {
-      "content_hash": "d523dee2ef39",
+      "content_hash": "98f1e33dace0",
       "has_branch_placeholder": false,
       "name": "passport.json",
       "path": ".trinity/passport.json"
@@ -282,12 +267,6 @@
       "name": "README.md",
       "path": "apps/plugins/README.md"
     },
-    "f026": {
-      "content_hash": "3ed731b65d06",
-      "has_branch_placeholder": false,
-      "name": ".gitignore",
-      "path": ".pytest_cache/.gitignore"
-    },
     "f027": {
       "content_hash": "024209a8c889",
       "has_branch_placeholder": true,
@@ -402,24 +381,6 @@
       "name": "requirements.project.txt",
       "path": "requirements.project.txt"
     },
-    "f046": {
-      "content_hash": "37dc88ef9a0a",
-      "has_branch_placeholder": false,
-      "name": "CACHEDIR.TAG",
-      "path": ".pytest_cache/CACHEDIR.TAG"
-    },
-    "f047": {
-      "content_hash": "73fd6fccdd80",
-      "has_branch_placeholder": false,
-      "name": "README.md",
-      "path": ".pytest_cache/README.md"
-    },
-    "f048": {
-      "content_hash": "0575fdabafa9",
-      "has_branch_placeholder": false,
-      "name": "nodeids",
-      "path": ".pytest_cache/v/cache/nodeids"
-    },
     "f049": {
       "content_hash": "5610e3ccaf8b",
       "has_branch_placeholder": false,
@@ -429,7 +390,7 @@
   },
   "metadata": {
     "description": "Template file tracking registry for ID-based updates",
-    "last_updated": "2026-07-17",
+    "last_updated": "2026-07-27",
     "version": "1.0.0"
   }
 }

src/aipass/spawn/templates/aipass_framework/.trinity/passport.json

@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
     "alias": "",
     "path": "{{CWD}}",
     "module": "{{MODULE}}",
+    "email": "{{EMAIL}}",
     "created": "{{DATE}}",
     "git_branch": "work/{{branchname}}"
   },
   "identity": {
     "citizen_class": "{{CITIZEN_CLASS}}",
     "role": "{{ROLE}}",
+    "traits": "{{TRAITS}}",
     "purpose": "{{PURPOSE_BRIEF}}",
     "what_i_do": [],
     "what_i_dont_do": []

src/aipass/spawn/templates/project_agent/.trinity/passport.json

@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@
     "alias": "",
     "path": "{{CWD}}",
     "module": "{{MODULE}}",
+    "email": "{{EMAIL}}",
     "created": "{{DATE}}",
     "git_branch": "main"
   },
   "identity": {
     "citizen_class": "manager",
     "role": "{{ROLE}}",
+    "traits": "{{TRAITS}}",
     "purpose": "{{PURPOSE_BRIEF}}",
     "what_i_do": [],
     "what_i_dont_do": []

src/aipass/spawn/tests/test_citizen_classes.py

@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ class-aware update, and backward compatibility.
 """
 
 import json
-
-import pytest
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import pytest
 
 # =============================================================================
 # CLASS REGISTRY TESTS
@@ -172,6 +171,7 @@ class TestClassAwareUpdate:
     def test_update_cli_accepts_class_with_all(self):
         """update aipass_framework --all should parse correctly and call update_all with class filter."""
         from unittest.mock import patch
+
         from aipass.spawn.apps.modules.update import handle_update
 
         # Mock update_all to isolate from real branch state
@@ -220,6 +220,16 @@ class TestTemplateStructure:
         passport = json.loads((tpl / ".trinity" / "passport.json").read_text())
         assert passport["identity"]["citizen_class"] == "{{CITIZEN_CLASS}}"
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("class_name", ["aipass_framework", "project_agent"])
+    def test_template_passport_has_traits_and_email_placeholders(self, class_name):
+        """Agent template passports reference TRAITS and EMAIL — unreferenced, both are built and discarded."""
+        from aipass.spawn.apps.handlers.class_registry import get_template_dir
+
+        tpl = get_template_dir(class_name)
+        passport = json.loads((tpl / ".trinity" / "passport.json").read_text())
+        assert passport["identity"]["traits"] == "{{TRAITS}}"
+        assert passport["branch_info"]["email"] == "{{EMAIL}}"
+
     def test_no_agent_template_dir(self):
         """Old agent.template directory should not exist."""
         spawn_root = Path(__file__).parents[1]
@@ -286,6 +296,36 @@ class TestAgentScaffoldContent:
         passport = json.loads((target / ".trinity" / "passport.json").read_text())
         assert passport["identity"]["role"] == "Data Analyst"
 
+    def test_created_agent_passport_has_traits(self, tmp_path):
+        """Passport should include the agent's traits if provided."""
+        from aipass.spawn.apps.modules.core import _spawn_agent
+
+        target = tmp_path / "traits_test"
+        _spawn_agent(str(target), role="Analyst", traits="curious, terse", purpose="Reports")
+
+        passport = json.loads((target / ".trinity" / "passport.json").read_text())
+        assert passport["identity"]["traits"] == "curious, terse"
+
+    def test_created_agent_passport_traits_empty_without_flag(self, tmp_path):
+        """Omitting traits leaves an empty string — the identity hook skips the line when falsy."""
+        from aipass.spawn.apps.modules.core import _spawn_agent
+
+        target = tmp_path / "no_traits_test"
+        _spawn_agent(str(target), purpose="Testing default")
+
+        passport = json.loads((target / ".trinity" / "passport.json").read_text())
+        assert passport["identity"]["traits"] == ""
+
+    def test_created_agent_passport_has_email(self, tmp_path):
+        """Passport carries the branch address, so identity does not render 'Email: unknown'."""
+        from aipass.spawn.apps.modules.core import _spawn_agent
+
+        target = tmp_path / "email_test"
+        _spawn_agent(str(target), purpose="Testing email")
+
+        passport = json.loads((target / ".trinity" / "passport.json").read_text())
+        assert passport["branch_info"]["email"] == "@email_test"
+
 
 # =============================================================================
 # MULTI-AGENT COEXISTENCE TESTS