Memory Decay and Garbage Collection
Forget old, low-relevance memories on a schedule so the index stays focused.
Memory Grows Without Bound
Without active maintenance, your memory store keeps growing. Old, irrelevant memories pollute retrieval and waste storage.
Memory needs garbage collection just like any other resource.
Why Delete Memories?
- Privacy — comply with GDPR/CCPA delete requests
- Relevance — old facts are less likely correct now
- Cost — vector storage adds up at scale
- Quality — bloated indexes dilute search relevance
All lessons in this course
- Episodic Memory (Per-Session History)
- Semantic Memory (Vectorised Facts)
- Procedural Memory (Skill Library)
- Memory Decay and Garbage Collection