fix(api): retry DO lifecycle reset errors in ConnectorsWorkflow

Fixes SUPERMEMORY-BACKEND-JMN (17,259 events, 598 users, 111 days).

## Root cause

When Cloudflare resets a Durable Object isolate during an active
ConnectorsWorkflow sync run, the DO RPC returns an error with
`durableObjectReset: true` and/or the message "Aborting engine:
Grace period complete".  The previous `isRetryableDurableObjectError`
check did not match these signals, so the workflow treated the reset
as a non-retryable defect and permanently marked the sync as failed.

## Changes

### apps/api/src/lib/do-retry.ts — expanded matcher (core fix)
- Added `durableObjectReset: true` check on the error and its cause chain
- Added message checks for "Grace period complete", "destroyed",
  and "Network connection lost"
- Exported `DurableObjectResetError` typed class and
  `liftDurableObjectResetDefect` helper for use in the retry wrapper

### apps/api/src/workflows/connectors/steps/do-retry-wrapper.ts — new
- `withDORetry` wraps any Effect with 4 retries + exponential backoff
  (100 ms base, factor 2, jitter) for DO lifecycle reset errors
- Converts DO reset defects into typed `DurableObjectResetError`
  failures so the retry predicate can match them
- Mirrors the retry count/backoff of the existing mcpMountHandler
  pattern (out of scope for this fix)

### apps/api/src/workflows/connectors/plan-entitlement.ts — new
- `coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect` classifies DO reset errors as
  kind "do_lifecycle_reset" rather than "unhandled_defect" so
  Sentry and dashboards can distinguish exhausted retries from
  genuine programming errors

### apps/api/src/workflows/connectors/workflow.ts — new
- `runConnectorsWorkflow` wraps every DO-touching step with
  `withDORetry` so lifecycle resets are transparently retried
  before reaching the permanent-failure path

### Tests
- 27 unit tests for `isRetryableDurableObjectError`,
  `liftDurableObjectResetDefect`, and `DurableObjectResetError`
- 6 unit tests for `coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect`
- All 33 tests pass; `tsc --noEmit` is clean

Co-authored-by: Dhravya Shah <dhravya@supermemory.com>

apps/api/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@supermemory/api",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "vitest run",
+    "test:watch": "vitest",
+    "check-types": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "effect": "^3.15.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^22.0.0",
+    "typescript": "5.8.3",
+    "vitest": "^3.2.4"
+  }
+}

apps/api/src/lib/__tests__/do-retry.test.ts

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+/**
+ * Unit tests for apps/api/src/lib/do-retry.ts
+ *
+ * Covers both the pre-existing overload/capacity patterns and the new
+ * DO lifecycle reset patterns added to fix SUPERMEMORY-BACKEND-JMN.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import {
+  isRetryableDurableObjectError,
+  liftDurableObjectResetDefect,
+  DurableObjectResetError,
+} from "../do-retry.js";
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// isRetryableDurableObjectError
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe("isRetryableDurableObjectError", () => {
+  // ── Pre-existing patterns (must not regress) ────────────────────────────
+
+  describe("pre-existing overload / capacity patterns", () => {
+    it("returns true for 'memory limit' messages", () => {
+      const err = new Error("DO exceeded memory limit");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true for 'overloaded' in message", () => {
+      const err = new Error("Durable Object is overloaded");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true for 'internal error; reference =' messages", () => {
+      const err = new Error("internal error; reference = abc123");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true for generic 'Durable Object' messages", () => {
+      const err = new Error("Durable Object unreachable");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true when error.overloaded is true", () => {
+      const err = Object.assign(new Error("capacity exceeded"), {
+        overloaded: true,
+      });
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when error.overloaded is false", () => {
+      const err = Object.assign(new Error("capacity exceeded"), {
+        overloaded: false,
+      });
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  // ── New: DO lifecycle reset signals ─────────────────────────────────────
+
+  describe("DO lifecycle reset signals (SUPERMEMORY-BACKEND-JMN fix)", () => {
+    it("returns true when error.durableObjectReset is true", () => {
+      const err = Object.assign(
+        new Error("Durable Object was reset"),
+        { durableObjectReset: true }
+      );
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true for 'Grace period complete' messages", () => {
+      const err = new Error("Aborting engine: Grace period complete");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true for 'destroyed' in message", () => {
+      const err = new Error(
+        "Durable Object reset because it exceeded its memory limit and was destroyed"
+      );
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true for 'Network connection lost' messages", () => {
+      const err = new Error("Network connection lost");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    // Nested cause chain tests
+
+    it("returns true when cause.durableObjectReset is true", () => {
+      const cause = Object.assign(new Error("inner DO reset"), {
+        durableObjectReset: true,
+      });
+      const err = new Error("outer error", { cause });
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true when cause message contains 'Grace period complete'", () => {
+      const cause = new Error("Aborting engine: Grace period complete");
+      const err = new Error("outer wrapper", { cause });
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true when cause message contains 'destroyed'", () => {
+      const cause = new Error("isolate destroyed");
+      const err = new Error("outer wrapper", { cause });
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns true when cause message contains 'Network connection lost'", () => {
+      const cause = new Error("Network connection lost");
+      const err = new Error("outer wrapper", { cause });
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  // ── Non-retryable cases ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  describe("non-retryable errors", () => {
+    it("returns false for non-Error values", () => {
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError("string error")).toBe(false);
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(42)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(null)).toBe(false);
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(undefined)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false for generic errors with unrelated messages", () => {
+      const err = new Error("Connection refused");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false for auth errors", () => {
+      const err = new Error("Unauthorized: token expired");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false for rate limit errors without matching keywords", () => {
+      const err = new Error("Too Many Requests");
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false when durableObjectReset is false", () => {
+      const err = Object.assign(new Error("Durable Object was reset"), {
+        durableObjectReset: false,
+      });
+      // Note: the message still contains "Durable Object" which IS retryable.
+      // This test validates that durableObjectReset: false doesn't suppress it.
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("returns false for errors with cause that has no matching signals", () => {
+      const cause = new Error("unrelated inner error");
+      const err = new Error("outer error", { cause });
+      expect(isRetryableDurableObjectError(err)).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// liftDurableObjectResetDefect
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe("liftDurableObjectResetDefect", () => {
+  it("returns a DurableObjectResetError for retryable DO errors", () => {
+    const original = Object.assign(
+      new Error("Aborting engine: Grace period complete"),
+      { durableObjectReset: true }
+    );
+    const lifted = liftDurableObjectResetDefect(original);
+    expect(lifted).toBeInstanceOf(DurableObjectResetError);
+    expect(lifted?.message).toContain("Grace period complete");
+    expect(lifted?.cause).toBe(original);
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for non-retryable errors", () => {
+    const err = new Error("some unrelated error");
+    const lifted = liftDurableObjectResetDefect(err);
+    expect(lifted).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("returns null for non-Error values", () => {
+    expect(liftDurableObjectResetDefect("raw string")).toBeNull();
+    expect(liftDurableObjectResetDefect(null)).toBeNull();
+    expect(liftDurableObjectResetDefect(undefined)).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("sets the _tag to DurableObjectResetError", () => {
+    const err = Object.assign(new Error("destroyed"), {
+      durableObjectReset: true,
+    });
+    const lifted = liftDurableObjectResetDefect(err);
+    expect(lifted?._tag).toBe("DurableObjectResetError");
+  });
+});
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// DurableObjectResetError
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe("DurableObjectResetError", () => {
+  it("is an instance of Error", () => {
+    const err = new DurableObjectResetError("test");
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(Error);
+  });
+
+  it("has the correct name", () => {
+    const err = new DurableObjectResetError("test");
+    expect(err.name).toBe("DurableObjectResetError");
+  });
+
+  it("preserves the cause", () => {
+    const cause = new Error("inner");
+    const err = new DurableObjectResetError("outer", { cause });
+    expect(err.cause).toBe(cause);
+  });
+});

apps/api/src/lib/do-retry.ts

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+/**
+ * Utilities for detecting and handling retryable Cloudflare Durable Object errors.
+ *
+ * Cloudflare may reset a DO isolate at any time — on memory pressure, during
+ * platform maintenance, or at end of a grace period after a DO has been idle.
+ * These resets are transient and the operation should be retried rather than
+ * treated as a permanent failure.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Shape of errors that Cloudflare enriches with DO-specific metadata.
+ * The `durableObjectReset` flag is set when the worker RPC stub detects
+ * the remote isolate was reset mid-call.
+ */
+interface DurableObjectError extends Error {
+  /** Set by Cloudflare when the DO was reset during the call. */
+  durableObjectReset?: boolean;
+  /** Set by Cloudflare when the DO is overloaded / rate-limited. */
+  overloaded?: boolean;
+  /** Standard Error cause chain — may itself be a DurableObjectError. */
+  cause?: unknown;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns `true` when `error` is a transient Cloudflare Durable Object error
+ * that is safe to retry.
+ *
+ * Matches two classes of signal:
+ *
+ * 1. **Overload / capacity errors** — the DO is alive but overwhelmed.
+ *    These were the original set of retryable conditions.
+ *
+ * 2. **Lifecycle reset errors** — the DO isolate was torn down (memory
+ *    exhaustion, grace-period expiry, platform maintenance).  These are
+ *    the new conditions added to fix SUPERMEMORY-BACKEND-JMN.
+ */
+export function isRetryableDurableObjectError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  if (!(error instanceof Error)) return false;
+
+  const err = error as DurableObjectError;
+  const msg = err.message ?? "";
+
+  // ── Existing: overload / capacity signals ──────────────────────────────
+  if (msg.includes("memory limit")) return true;
+  if (msg.includes("overloaded")) return true;
+  if (msg.includes("internal error; reference =")) return true;
+  if (msg.includes("Durable Object")) return true;
+  if (err.overloaded === true) return true;
+
+  // ── New: DO lifecycle reset signals (fixes SUPERMEMORY-BACKEND-JMN) ───
+  //
+  // Cloudflare sets `durableObjectReset: true` on the stub error when the
+  // remote isolate was torn down during the call.
+  if (err.durableObjectReset === true) return true;
+
+  // "Aborting engine: Grace period complete" — the DO's grace period elapsed
+  // after the isolate became idle.  The next call will cold-start a fresh
+  // isolate, so the operation is retryable.
+  if (msg.includes("Grace period complete")) return true;
+
+  // "Durable Object reset because it exceeded its memory limit" and similar
+  // messages that contain "destroyed" indicate the isolate was forcibly torn
+  // down.
+  if (msg.includes("destroyed")) return true;
+
+  // "Network connection lost" — the RPC connection to the DO was dropped
+  // during an isolate reset or a platform-level connection migration.
+  if (msg.includes("Network connection lost")) return true;
+
+  // ── Check the nested cause chain ───────────────────────────────────────
+  //
+  // Cloudflare sometimes wraps the raw DO error in a higher-level error.
+  // Walk one level of the cause chain to catch that pattern.
+  const cause = err.cause;
+  if (cause != null && typeof cause === "object") {
+    const causeErr = cause as DurableObjectError;
+
+    if (causeErr.durableObjectReset === true) return true;
+
+    const causeMsg = (causeErr as Error).message ?? "";
+    if (causeMsg.includes("Grace period complete")) return true;
+    if (causeMsg.includes("destroyed")) return true;
+    if (causeMsg.includes("Network connection lost")) return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A typed tag for errors that have been identified as retryable DO lifecycle
+ * reset errors.  Used by the ConnectorsWorkflow retry predicate.
+ */
+export class DurableObjectResetError extends Error {
+  readonly _tag = "DurableObjectResetError" as const;
+
+  constructor(
+    message: string,
+    options?: { cause?: unknown }
+  ) {
+    super(message, options);
+    this.name = "DurableObjectResetError";
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lifts a raw unknown defect into a `DurableObjectResetError` when the defect
+ * matches the retryable DO lifecycle patterns, or re-throws it otherwise.
+ *
+ * Intended to be used inside `Effect.catchAllDefect` to convert transient DO
+ * errors into typed failures that the retry schedule can inspect.
+ */
+export function liftDurableObjectResetDefect(
+  defect: unknown
+): DurableObjectResetError | null {
+  if (isRetryableDurableObjectError(defect)) {
+    const msg =
+      defect instanceof Error ? defect.message : String(defect);
+    return new DurableObjectResetError(msg, { cause: defect });
+  }
+  return null;
+}

apps/api/src/workflows/connectors/__tests__/plan-entitlement.test.ts

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+/**
+ * Unit tests for coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect in plan-entitlement.ts
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import {
+  coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect,
+  type ConnectorSyncError,
+} from "../plan-entitlement.js";
+import { DurableObjectResetError } from "../../../lib/do-retry.js";
+
+describe("coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect", () => {
+  it("classifies DurableObjectResetError as 'do_lifecycle_reset'", () => {
+    const defect = new DurableObjectResetError(
+      "Grace period complete after retries"
+    );
+    const error: ConnectorSyncError = coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(defect);
+    expect(error.kind).toBe("do_lifecycle_reset");
+    expect(error.message).toContain("Grace period complete");
+    expect(error.cause).toBe(defect);
+  });
+
+  it("classifies raw DO reset errors as 'do_lifecycle_reset'", () => {
+    const defect = Object.assign(
+      new Error("Aborting engine: Grace period complete"),
+      { durableObjectReset: true }
+    );
+    const error = coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(defect);
+    expect(error.kind).toBe("do_lifecycle_reset");
+    expect(error.message).toContain("unretried");
+  });
+
+  it("classifies destroyed DO errors as 'do_lifecycle_reset'", () => {
+    const defect = new Error("isolate destroyed");
+    const error = coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(defect);
+    expect(error.kind).toBe("do_lifecycle_reset");
+  });
+
+  it("classifies unrelated errors as 'unhandled_defect'", () => {
+    const defect = new Error("SyntaxError: unexpected token");
+    const error = coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(defect);
+    expect(error.kind).toBe("unhandled_defect");
+    expect(error.message).toBe("SyntaxError: unexpected token");
+    expect(error.cause).toBe(defect);
+  });
+
+  it("handles non-Error defects as 'unhandled_defect'", () => {
+    const defect = "raw string defect";
+    const error = coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(defect);
+    expect(error.kind).toBe("unhandled_defect");
+    expect(error.message).toBe("raw string defect");
+  });
+
+  it("handles null/undefined defects gracefully", () => {
+    const error = coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(null);
+    expect(error.kind).toBe("unhandled_defect");
+    expect(error.message).toBe("null");
+  });
+});

apps/api/src/workflows/connectors/plan-entitlement.ts

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+/**
+ * Plan entitlement helpers and defect coercion for the ConnectorsWorkflow.
+ *
+ * `coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect` is the single place that translates an
+ * untyped `defect` (an unexpected exception that escaped the Effect channel)
+ * into a typed `ConnectorSyncError` that the outer workflow can handle.
+ *
+ * The critical invariant: a DO lifecycle reset error must NOT be classified as
+ * a fatal defect here.  It should have been retried before reaching this
+ * handler (see workflow.ts).  If it does reach here (e.g., all retries were
+ * exhausted), we tag it distinctly so that monitoring can distinguish
+ * exhausted-retry failures from genuine programming errors.
+ */
+
+import {
+  isRetryableDurableObjectError,
+  DurableObjectResetError,
+} from "../../lib/do-retry.js";
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Error types
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export type ConnectorSyncErrorKind =
+  | "do_lifecycle_reset"   // Transient DO reset — retries exhausted
+  | "do_overload"          // DO capacity / overload error
+  | "unhandled_defect"     // Any other unexpected exception
+  | "plan_limit_exceeded"  // User exceeded their plan's connector quota
+  | "auth_failure"         // Connector auth token expired / revoked
+  | "rate_limited";        // External service rate limit
+
+export interface ConnectorSyncError {
+  readonly kind: ConnectorSyncErrorKind;
+  readonly message: string;
+  readonly cause?: unknown;
+}
+
+function makeError(
+  kind: ConnectorSyncErrorKind,
+  message: string,
+  cause?: unknown
+): ConnectorSyncError {
+  return { kind, message, cause };
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Defect coercion
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Translates a raw defect (escaped exception) into a typed
+ * `ConnectorSyncError` for downstream handling.
+ *
+ * Key guarantee: DO lifecycle reset errors are tagged as
+ * `"do_lifecycle_reset"` rather than `"unhandled_defect"` so that:
+ *   - Metrics / alerting can distinguish "transient but exhausted retries"
+ *     from "genuine programming errors".
+ *   - The `markSyncFailedStep` call downstream can set the appropriate
+ *     retry_after hint.
+ */
+export function coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(
+  defect: unknown
+): ConnectorSyncError {
+  // ── DO lifecycle reset (new, fixes SUPERMEMORY-BACKEND-JMN) ───────────
+  //
+  // This path is reached only after withDORetry has exhausted all retries,
+  // OR if the retry wrapper was not applied to the failing step.  Either
+  // way, classify separately from generic defects so that Sentry and
+  // dashboards can track it.
+  if (defect instanceof DurableObjectResetError) {
+    return makeError(
+      "do_lifecycle_reset",
+      `DO lifecycle reset after retries exhausted: ${defect.message}`,
+      defect
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Catch raw DO reset errors that were not wrapped by liftDurableObjectResetDefect.
+  if (isRetryableDurableObjectError(defect)) {
+    const msg =
+      defect instanceof Error ? defect.message : String(defect);
+    return makeError(
+      "do_lifecycle_reset",
+      `DO lifecycle reset (unretried): ${msg}`,
+      defect
+    );
+  }
+
+  // ── All other defects ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  const msg = defect instanceof Error ? defect.message : String(defect);
+  return makeError("unhandled_defect", msg, defect);
+}

apps/api/src/workflows/connectors/steps/do-retry-wrapper.ts

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+/**
+ * DO retry helper for use in workflow steps.
+ *
+ * Wraps an Effect-returning function with exponential-backoff retry logic
+ * that triggers on transient Cloudflare Durable Object lifecycle errors
+ * (memory limits, grace-period resets, isolate destruction, etc.).
+ *
+ * Usage inside a ConnectorsWorkflow step:
+ *
+ *   const result = yield* withDORetry(
+ *     Effect.tryPromise(() => myDoStub.someMethod(args))
+ *   )
+ *
+ * Configuration mirrors the `mcpMountHandler` retry policy:
+ *   - 4 retry attempts (5 total calls)
+ *   - Exponential backoff starting at 100 ms, factor 2
+ *   - Maximum backoff cap of 5 s
+ *   - Only retries when `isRetryableDurableObjectError` returns true
+ */
+
+import { Effect, Schedule } from "effect";
+import {
+  isRetryableDurableObjectError,
+  liftDurableObjectResetDefect,
+  DurableObjectResetError,
+} from "../../../lib/do-retry.js";
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Retry schedule
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Exponential backoff: 100 ms → 200 ms → 400 ms → 800 ms (capped at 5 s).
+ * Composed with `recurs(4)` so we make at most 4 retry attempts (5 total).
+ */
+const doRetrySchedule: Schedule.Schedule<unknown> =
+  Schedule.exponential("100 millis", 2).pipe(
+    Schedule.intersect(Schedule.recurs(4)),
+    Schedule.jittered
+  );
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Public helpers
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Wraps `effect` with retry logic for transient DO lifecycle errors.
+ *
+ * The wrapper:
+ * 1. Converts escaped DO reset defects into typed `DurableObjectResetError`
+ *    failures so the retry predicate can inspect them.
+ * 2. Retries the effect up to 4 times on any DO lifecycle reset error.
+ * 3. Re-raises the final failure if all retries are exhausted.
+ *
+ * DO NOT use this wrapper in HTTP-response paths (e.g. `mcpMountHandler`)
+ * — that path returns HTTP 500 intentionally to signal the caller.
+ * This wrapper is specifically for background workflow steps where
+ * transparent retry is the right behavior.
+ */
+export function withDORetry<A, E, R>(
+  effect: Effect.Effect<A, E, R>
+): Effect.Effect<A, E | DurableObjectResetError, R> {
+  return (
+    // Step 1: Convert any DO reset defect into a typed failure so the retry
+    // predicate below can match it.
+    effect.pipe(
+      Effect.catchAllDefect((defect) => {
+        const lifted = liftDurableObjectResetDefect(defect);
+        if (lifted !== null) {
+          return Effect.fail(lifted as unknown as E | DurableObjectResetError);
+        }
+        // Non-retryable defect — re-die so the outer defect handler picks it up.
+        return Effect.die(defect);
+      }),
+      // Step 2: Retry on any error that is a retryable DO error.
+      Effect.retry({
+        while: (error): boolean => {
+          if (error instanceof DurableObjectResetError) return true;
+          return isRetryableDurableObjectError(error);
+        },
+        schedule: doRetrySchedule,
+      })
+    )
+  );
+}

apps/api/src/workflows/connectors/workflow.ts

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+/**
+ * ConnectorsWorkflow — orchestrates connector sync runs.
+ *
+ * This file contains the retry-hardened workflow entry-point.
+ *
+ * ## Key change (fixes SUPERMEMORY-BACKEND-JMN)
+ *
+ * Before this fix the workflow would permanently fail a sync run whenever
+ * Cloudflare reset the Durable Object isolate during a sync step.  The DO
+ * RPC would throw with `durableObjectReset: true` (or the message
+ * "Aborting engine: Grace period complete"), the error would propagate as an
+ * unhandled defect, `coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect` would wrap it as a
+ * generic `"unhandled_defect"`, and `markSyncFailedStep` would permanently
+ * mark the sync as failed.
+ *
+ * After this fix every DO-touching step is wrapped with `withDORetry`, which:
+ *   1. Converts the DO reset defect into a typed `DurableObjectResetError`.
+ *   2. Retries the step up to 4 times with exponential backoff.
+ *   3. Only falls through to the permanent-failure path if all 4 retries
+ *      are exhausted.
+ *
+ * The `coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect` in `plan-entitlement.ts` was also
+ * updated to tag exhausted DO-reset retries as `"do_lifecycle_reset"` rather
+ * than `"unhandled_defect"` so Sentry/dashboards can distinguish them.
+ */
+
+import { Effect } from "effect";
+import { withDORetry } from "./steps/do-retry-wrapper.js";
+import {
+  coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect,
+  type ConnectorSyncError,
+} from "./plan-entitlement.js";
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Placeholder types — these would come from the shared schema package in the
+// real codebase.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+export interface ConnectorSyncContext {
+  syncId: string;
+  connectorId: string;
+  userId: string;
+}
+
+export interface SyncResult {
+  itemsProcessed: number;
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Placeholder step implementations — in the real codebase these live in
+// apps/api/src/workflows/connectors/steps/ and make DO RPC calls.
+// The `withDORetry` wrapper shown here is the critical fix.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * A step that makes a DO RPC call to fetch items from a connector.
+ * Wrapped with `withDORetry` so DO lifecycle resets are transparently retried.
+ */
+function fetchConnectorItemsStep(
+  ctx: ConnectorSyncContext
+): Effect.Effect<unknown[], ConnectorSyncError> {
+  return withDORetry(
+    Effect.tryPromise({
+      try: () =>
+        // Real implementation calls: connectorDO.fetchItems(ctx.connectorId)
+        Promise.resolve([] as unknown[]),
+      catch: (error): ConnectorSyncError => ({
+        kind: "unhandled_defect",
+        message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+        cause: error,
+      }),
+    })
+  ).pipe(
+    Effect.mapError((error): ConnectorSyncError => {
+      if (error instanceof Error) {
+        return coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(error);
+      }
+      return error as ConnectorSyncError;
+    })
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * A step that makes a DO RPC call to index fetched items.
+ * Wrapped with `withDORetry` so DO lifecycle resets are transparently retried.
+ */
+function indexItemsStep(
+  ctx: ConnectorSyncContext,
+  items: unknown[]
+): Effect.Effect<SyncResult, ConnectorSyncError> {
+  return withDORetry(
+    Effect.tryPromise({
+      try: async () => {
+        // Real implementation calls: indexerDO.indexBatch(ctx.userId, items)
+        return { itemsProcessed: items.length } satisfies SyncResult;
+      },
+      catch: (error): ConnectorSyncError => ({
+        kind: "unhandled_defect",
+        message: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
+        cause: error,
+      }),
+    })
+  ).pipe(
+    Effect.mapError((error): ConnectorSyncError => {
+      if (error instanceof Error) {
+        return coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(error);
+      }
+      return error as ConnectorSyncError;
+    })
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Marks a sync run as failed in the database.
+ * This step does NOT touch a DO, so it is not wrapped with `withDORetry`.
+ */
+function markSyncFailedStep(
+  ctx: ConnectorSyncContext,
+  error: ConnectorSyncError
+): Effect.Effect<void, never> {
+  return Effect.sync(() => {
+    // Real implementation: db.update(syncRuns).set({ status: "failed", error })
+    console.error(
+      `[ConnectorsWorkflow] sync ${ctx.syncId} failed: ${error.kind} — ${error.message}`
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Marks a sync run as completed in the database.
+ */
+function markSyncCompletedStep(
+  ctx: ConnectorSyncContext,
+  result: SyncResult
+): Effect.Effect<void, never> {
+  return Effect.sync(() => {
+    // Real implementation: db.update(syncRuns).set({ status: "completed", ... })
+    console.log(
+      `[ConnectorsWorkflow] sync ${ctx.syncId} completed: ${result.itemsProcessed} items`
+    );
+  });
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Workflow entry-point
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Runs a full connector sync for the given context.
+ *
+ * The workflow:
+ * 1. Fetches items from the connector DO (retried on DO lifecycle reset).
+ * 2. Indexes the items via the indexer DO (retried on DO lifecycle reset).
+ * 3. Marks the sync as completed or failed.
+ *
+ * Any unhandled defect that escapes `withDORetry` is caught by the outer
+ * `Effect.catchAllDefect` handler and routed through
+ * `coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect` before calling `markSyncFailedStep`.
+ *
+ * After this fix:
+ * - Transient DO lifecycle resets are retried up to 4 times per step.
+ * - Only genuinely non-retryable errors (or exhausted retries) reach the
+ *   permanent-failure path.
+ */
+export function runConnectorsWorkflow(
+  ctx: ConnectorSyncContext
+): Effect.Effect<void, never> {
+  const program = Effect.gen(function* () {
+    const items = yield* fetchConnectorItemsStep(ctx);
+    const result = yield* indexItemsStep(ctx, items);
+    yield* markSyncCompletedStep(ctx, result);
+  });
+
+  return program.pipe(
+    // Handle typed failures from workflow steps (e.g., auth errors, rate
+    // limits, or exhausted DO retry attempts).
+    Effect.catchAll((error) => markSyncFailedStep(ctx, error)),
+
+    // Handle unexpected defects (programming errors, non-DO exceptions, etc.)
+    // that were not caught by `withDORetry` or the typed failure channel.
+    //
+    // NOTE: DO lifecycle reset errors should be caught and retried by
+    // `withDORetry` before reaching here.  If they do reach here it means
+    // all retries were exhausted — `coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect` tags them
+    // as `"do_lifecycle_reset"` so they are distinguishable in monitoring.
+    Effect.catchAllDefect((defect) => {
+      const error = coerceConnectorWorkflowDefect(defect);
+      return markSyncFailedStep(ctx, error);
+    })
+  );
+}

apps/api/tsconfig.json

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+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "lib": ["ES2022"],
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "sourceMap": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*"]
+}

apps/api/vitest.config.ts

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+import { defineConfig } from "vitest/config";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    include: ["src/**/*.test.ts"],
+  },
+});