From 6eb84c195a7e1d916dd1a5c64647bf35d03c8f32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gmer4Lfe <gmer4lfe@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:36:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Keep the memory instruction out of the answer it was attached
 to

Told there was nothing worth remembering, the model wrote a sentence saying so,
which is a footnote about a mechanism the operator cannot see.
---
 Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php b/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
index 1e21791..7587e62 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
@@ -778,7 +778,11 @@ if (vv_ai_mem_learn_enabled()) {
              . "Never where a setting lives or how to reach it in the web UI — all of that is "
              . "already documented and retrievable, so remembering it gains nothing and costs "
              . "budget that a fact the documents cannot supply would have used.\n"
-             . "Most exchanges warrant nothing — when in doubt, leave the line out entirely.\n\n";
+             . "Most exchanges warrant nothing — when in doubt, leave the line out entirely.\n"
+             . "When there is nothing to remember, say nothing about it. Do not write that no "
+             . "memory was needed, do not explain why, do not mention this instruction at all. "
+             . "The operator never asked about any of it and is not expecting an answer about "
+             . "it — your reply should read exactly as it would if this section did not exist.\n\n";
 }
 
 if (trim($mem['learned']) !== '') {
@@ -979,6 +983,24 @@ if (vv_ai_mem_learn_enabled() && $answer !== '') {
                 mb_substr($candidate, 0, 80)));
         }
     }
+
+    // The model narrating its decision not to remember anything — "No MEMORY needed here, this is
+    // a standard Unix permission setting." It is not a marker, so the strip above leaves it, and
+    // it lands in the transcript as a footnote about a mechanism the operator never asked about
+    // and cannot see. Every General Chat answer carried one from the moment learning was switched
+    // on.
+    //
+    // Narrow on purpose: the last line only, mentioning MEMORY in the capitals the marker uses,
+    // and short. Prose about RAM says "memory"; only a comment about this instruction shouts it.
+    $lines = explode("\n", $answer);
+    $last  = trim(end($lines));
+    if (count($lines) > 1 && $last !== '' && mb_strlen($last) <= 200
+        && strpos($last, 'MEMORY') !== false
+        && preg_match('/\b(no|not|nothing|none|skip|omit|need|worth|warrant)\b/i', $last)) {
+        array_pop($lines);
+        $answer = rtrim(implode("\n", $lines));
+        wlog('stripped a trailing remark about the memory marker');
+    }
 }
 
 if ($answer === '') {