v13.10.1

snarktank/ralphv13.10.1Jul 4, 2026by thedotmack

AI Summary

A hotfix addressing a startup failure in Codex SessionStart hooks caused by invalid fallback JSON output.

Key Highlights

  • Codex SessionStart hooks no longer fail at startup due to invalid JSON structure.
  • The fallback JSON output now correctly matches Codex expectations using `hookSpecificOutput`.
  • The adapter now preserves explicit empty-string `additionalContext` in its output.

Full Release Notes

## Fixes

- **Codex SessionStart hook no longer fails at startup.** When a hook errored before its handler ran (missing `session_id`, invalid `cwd`, or a missing transcript path), claude-mem fell back to a bare `{"continue":true}` regardless of which hook fired. Codex's strict `SessionStart` validator rejects that shape as "invalid session start JSON output," breaking context injection at Codex startup. The fallback now emits a valid `hookSpecificOutput: { hookEventName: "SessionStart", additionalContext: "" }` for the `context` hook, matching what Codex expects.
- Fixed a related gap where the Codex adapter silently dropped an explicit empty-string `additionalContext` from its output instead of preserving it, which could leave the SessionStart payload incomplete.

Closes #2947, #2972. Supersedes #2953 and #2948.