feat(config): split memoryManager flag into autoMemory (#25601)

packages/core/src/config/config.test.ts

@@ -3443,6 +3443,50 @@ describe('Config JIT Initialization', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('isAutoMemoryEnabled', () => {
+    it('should default to false', () => {
+      const params: ConfigParameters = {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        targetDir: '/tmp/test',
+        debugMode: false,
+        model: 'test-model',
+        cwd: '/tmp/test',
+      };
+
+      config = new Config(params);
+      expect(config.isAutoMemoryEnabled()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should return true when experimentalAutoMemory is true', () => {
+      const params: ConfigParameters = {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        targetDir: '/tmp/test',
+        debugMode: false,
+        model: 'test-model',
+        cwd: '/tmp/test',
+        experimentalAutoMemory: true,
+      };
+
+      config = new Config(params);
+      expect(config.isAutoMemoryEnabled()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should be independent of experimentalMemoryManager', () => {
+      const params: ConfigParameters = {
+        sessionId: 'test-session',
+        targetDir: '/tmp/test',
+        debugMode: false,
+        model: 'test-model',
+        cwd: '/tmp/test',
+        experimentalMemoryManager: true,
+      };
+
+      config = new Config(params);
+      expect(config.isMemoryManagerEnabled()).toBe(true);
+      expect(config.isAutoMemoryEnabled()).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('reloadSkills', () => {
     it('should refresh disabledSkills and re-register ActivateSkillTool when skills exist', async () => {
       const mockOnReload = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({

packages/core/src/config/config.ts

@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ export interface ConfigParameters {
   experimentalJitContext?: boolean;
   autoDistillation?: boolean;
   experimentalMemoryManager?: boolean;
+  experimentalAutoMemory?: boolean;
   experimentalContextManagementConfig?: string;
   experimentalAgentHistoryTruncation?: boolean;
   experimentalAgentHistoryTruncationThreshold?: number;
@@ -942,6 +943,7 @@ export class Config implements McpContext, AgentLoopContext {
   private readonly adminSkillsEnabled: boolean;
   private readonly experimentalJitContext: boolean;
   private readonly experimentalMemoryManager: boolean;
+  private readonly experimentalAutoMemory: boolean;
   private readonly experimentalContextManagementConfig?: string;
   private readonly memoryBoundaryMarkers: readonly string[];
   private readonly topicUpdateNarration: boolean;
@@ -1154,6 +1156,7 @@ export class Config implements McpContext, AgentLoopContext {
 
     this.experimentalJitContext = params.experimentalJitContext ?? false;
     this.experimentalMemoryManager = params.experimentalMemoryManager ?? false;
+    this.experimentalAutoMemory = params.experimentalAutoMemory ?? false;
     this.experimentalContextManagementConfig =
       params.experimentalContextManagementConfig;
     this.memoryBoundaryMarkers = params.memoryBoundaryMarkers ?? ['.git'];
@@ -2486,6 +2489,10 @@ export class Config implements McpContext, AgentLoopContext {
     return this.experimentalMemoryManager;
   }
 
+  isAutoMemoryEnabled(): boolean {
+    return this.experimentalAutoMemory;
+  }
+
   getExperimentalContextManagementConfig(): string | undefined {
     return this.experimentalContextManagementConfig;
   }