• v2.4.0 43f2743e0c

    FTMahringer released this 2026-05-11 14:39:44 +02:00 | 126 commits to main since this release

    SYNAPSE v2.4.0 - Advanced Agent Capabilities

    Release date: 2026-05-11

    Overview

    v2.4.0 delivers the Advanced Agent Capabilities milestone by completing the full v2.3.x development chain: collaboration, planning/reasoning persistence, native Java tools, and centralized hardening guardrails.

    Included Development Cycle

    • v2.3.1-dev - roadmap/docs workflow alignment
    • v2.3.2-dev - runtime stability hotfix
    • v2.3.3-dev - agent memory foundation
    • v2.3.4-dev - collaboration framework
    • v2.3.5-dev - reasoning and planning
    • v2.3.6-dev - native Java tools integration
    • v2.3.7-dev - capability hardening
    • v2.3.8-hotfix - version metadata/runtime release alignment

    Highlights

    1. Agent Collaboration Framework

    • Team-scoped collaboration sessions
    • Typed inter-agent messages (DIRECTIVE, CONTEXT, STATUS, RESULT)
    • Task delegation tracking
    • Shared context entries with versioning

    2. Reasoning & Planning Persistence

    • Planning goals and lifecycle state
    • Versioned planning artifacts
    • Compact summaries + reasoning chain snapshots
    • Next-step retrieval for token-efficient execution

    3. Native Java Tools Runtime

    • Extensible NativeJavaTool contract
    • Registry/discovery endpoints
    • Timeout-bounded JVM execution
    • Tool-result caching with deterministic keys
    • Built-ins:
      • tool_registry_inspect
      • plugin_contract_validate

    4. Central Hardening and Governance Foundation

    • Shared policy engine for delegation/planning/tooling checks
    • Delegation loop and max-hop guardrails
    • Planning max-step and max-refinement guardrails
    • Token budget guardrails with concise-mode signaling near thresholds

    5. Release Quality Hotfix

    v2.3.8-hotfix corrected runtime metadata consistency by removing stale hardcoded compose defaults and aligning runtime version fallback behavior with the active build version.

    Operational Notes

    • Compose startup smoke test was executed with docker compose up -d --build before milestone release.
    • Health endpoint returned status=UP.
    • Flyway migrations validated and reached schema v15.

    Documentation

    Documentation updates for this milestone were published incrementally in synapse-docs dev releases through v2.1.6-dev, including:

    • REST API additions for collaboration/planning/tools/hardening
    • Agent concept updates for native tools and hardening behavior
    • Environment variable updates for tooling and hardening settings
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