fix: probe memory vector availability

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 ## 2026.1.17 (Unreleased)
 
 ### Changes
+- Telegram: enrich forwarded message context with normalized origin details + legacy fallback. (#1090) — thanks @sleontenko.
 - macOS: strip prerelease/build suffixes when parsing gateway semver patches. (#1110) — thanks @zerone0x.
 - macOS: keep CLI install pinned to the full build suffix. (#1111) — thanks @artuskg.
-- CLI: add `channels capabilities` with provider probes (Discord intents, Slack bot/user scopes, Teams Graph hints).
+- CLI: surface update availability in `clawdbot status`.
 
 ### Fixes
 - Doctor: avoid re-adding WhatsApp ack reaction config when only legacy auth files exist. (#1087) — thanks @YuriNachos.
-- Providers: update MiniMax coding plan usage endpoint for API keys.
+- CLI: add WSL2/systemd unavailable hints in daemon status/doctor output.
+- Status: show both usage windows with reset hints when usage data is available. (#1101) — thanks @rhjoh.
+- Memory: probe sqlite-vec availability in `clawdbot memory status`.
 
 ## 2026.1.16-2
 
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 - Directory: unify `clawdbot directory` across channels and plugin channels.
 - UI: allow deleting sessions from the Control UI.
 - Memory: add sqlite-vec vector acceleration with CLI status details.
+- Memory: add experimental session transcript indexing for memory_search (opt-in via memorySearch.experimental.sessionMemory + sources).
 - Skills: add user-invocable skill commands and expanded skill command registration.
 - Telegram: default reaction level to minimal and enable reaction notifications by default.
 - Telegram: allow reply-chain messages to bypass mention gating in groups. (#1038) — thanks @adityashaw2.
@@ -74,6 +78,9 @@ Docs: https://docs.clawd.bot
 - macOS: drain subprocess pipes before waiting to avoid deadlocks. (#1081) — thanks @thesash.
 - Verbose: wrap tool summaries/output in markdown only for markdown-capable channels.
 - Tools: include provider/session context in elevated exec denial errors.
+- Tools: normalize exec tool alias naming in tool error logs.
+- Logging: reuse shared ANSI stripping to keep console capture lint-clean.
+- Logging: prefix nested agent output with session/run/channel context.
 - Telegram: accept tg/group/telegram prefixes + topic targets for inline button validation. (#1072) — thanks @danielz1z.
 - Telegram: split long captions into follow-up messages.
 - Config: block startup on invalid config, preserve best-effort doctor config, and keep rolling config backups. (#1083) — thanks @mukhtharcm.

src/cli/memory-cli.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function registerMemoryCli(program: Command) {
         return;
       }
       try {
+        await manager.probeVectorAvailability();
         const status = manager.status();
         if (opts.json) {
           defaultRuntime.log(JSON.stringify(status, null, 2));

src/memory/index.test.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,32 @@ describe("memory index", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("reports vector availability after probe", async () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: {
+        defaults: {
+          workspace: workspaceDir,
+          memorySearch: {
+            provider: "openai",
+            model: "mock-embed",
+            store: { path: indexPath },
+            sync: { watch: false, onSessionStart: false, onSearch: false },
+          },
+        },
+        list: [{ id: "main", default: true }],
+      },
+    };
+    const result = await getMemorySearchManager({ cfg, agentId: "main" });
+    expect(result.manager).not.toBeNull();
+    if (!result.manager) throw new Error("manager missing");
+    manager = result.manager;
+    const available = await result.manager.probeVectorAvailability();
+    const status = result.manager.status();
+    expect(status.vector?.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(typeof status.vector?.available).toBe("boolean");
+    expect(status.vector?.available).toBe(available);
+  });
+
   it("rejects reading non-memory paths", async () => {
     const cfg = {
       agents: {

src/memory/manager.ts

@@ -369,6 +369,11 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
     };
   }
 
+  async probeVectorAvailability(): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (!this.vector.enabled) return false;
+    return this.ensureVectorReady();
+  }
+
   async close(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.closed) return;
     this.closed = true;