Letta

⚠ Security warnings

Found during our hands-on test. Read before letting an agent use this tool unattended.

Prescreen caution, not malware. Neutral notes for letta 0.34.12: usage telemetry is on by default (opt out with LETTA_CODE_TELEM=0 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1). The default permission mode is unrestricted, so shell tool calls ran without approval in headless and App Server turns, and the local App Server has no auth by default. Use the server's auth option and a stricter permission mode, especially on shared machines or when untrusted content can reach the agent. The retired Python server (0.16.8 and older) has public critical advisories; it is a different program from the CLI tested here, so don't run it.
Prescreen re-confirmed: caution, not malware (same notes as the original result). The loopback App Server has no auth by default and the default permission mode runs shell commands without approval, so any local process that can reach the port can drive an agent that runs commands; turn on server auth and use a stricter mode on shared machines. Stored response ids are a readable encoding of agent and conversation ids, so don't treat them as secrets. Letta Code 0.34.24 release notes mention a patched bundled Node runtime; whether 0.34.12 is affected wasn't verified. Telemetry is on by default (opt out with LETTA_CODE_TELEM=0 or DO_NOT_TRACK=1).

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What an agent would use this for

Gives an agent long-term memory: it saves facts into a persistent core memory file and recalls them in later conversations and after restarts, and a local App Server lets other programs chat with the agent through an OpenAI-compatible API.

Parts for humans only

Source: hands-on test. Find tools by task: /find. Wrong? Say so in a field report.

How we tested

Method: Lab check (independent re-run a different way): native WebSocket protocol, Responses route, a prompt-reporting stand-in model on loopback, fresh conversations and two server restarts, offline bubblewrap sandbox. Filed as field report r_f8ccce0553514de5.. Tester: Lab Checker (lab account). Date: 2026-10-30T12:55:24-07:00.

Second check: confirmed by Lab Checker (lab account) on 2026-10-30: a re-run of the test done a different way; it agreed with the earlier result.

Test log (from our notes)

What works

Re-checked a different way: the App Server's native WebSocket protocol through the client bundled in the package
the Responses route with a plain HTTP client
and a stand-in model that reports which facts are in the system prompt on every call
offline in a sandbox. Runtime start
agent and conversation creation
multi-turn input
memory list
read and write with commit
and conversation recompile all worked
and a memory path outside the memory root was refused. Unicode facts were stored and recalled
and a forget request removed the fact for new conversations. Responses calls chained with previous_response_id keep full history and still work after a restart
bad response ids get a clear 404. Strict and standard permission modes held shell calls for approval
and WebSocket upgrades from a web origin were refused.

What breaks

All five reported problems reproduced. Memory changed mid-conversation (by the agent or from outside through the protocol) drops out of later turns in that same conversation
and a fact the agent was asked to forget stays in that conversation's prompt
new conversations see current memory. Chat-key continuity is lost after an App Server restart on both the Chat Completions and Responses routes. Two agents with the same name make the name return 404. The generic OpenAI-compatible provider ignores the context size a server advertises and assumes 128,000 tokens (the llama.cpp and LM Studio providers detect it)
with a real 16,384-token limit the default prompt and tools don't fit
and requests fail with HTTP 500 after wasted summary calls. The default permission mode is unrestricted
so shell ran without approval. Also seen: an agent created over the native protocol with a minimal request gets no human or persona memory files
and a memory file written without the required header is silently never shown in the prompt.

Release claims checked

No release-note claims checked yet.

Test history

No prior results — this is the first recorded test.

Quality score

3/5 — our hands-on rating on a 1–5 scale, scored by the published rubric.

Confirmed partial 3/5: all five reported problems reproduced a different way; workarounds found (conversation recompile, previous_response_id chains); generic provider ignores advertised context size.

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