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  • FAQ Frequently asked questions, organised by category. Many "how do I…" questions are answered in one paragraph.

  • Troubleshooting When things go wrong: error messages, common failure modes, what to check, what each STUCK state means.

  • Glossary Every Tape-specific term defined in one place. Effect, outbox, reactor, lease, idempotency key — start here if a doc page assumes you know a word.

Other places to look

  • Search (/ from anywhere) — Material's full-text search indexes every page on this site, including the reference pages generated from docstrings.
  • GitHub Discussions — for design questions and "is this the right approach?" conversations. vamsiramakrishnan/durable-agents/discussions
  • GitHub Issues — for bugs and concrete feature requests. vamsiramakrishnan/durable-agents/issues
  • The treatise — when the question is "but why does Tape do it this way?", the answer is usually in the treatise.

When to ask vs. when to read

Symptom Try first
"What's an X?" Glossary
"How do I…?" FAQ or How-to guides
"I got an error and don't understand it." Troubleshooting
"Is this the right design?" Concepts, then Discussions
"Tape did something I didn't expect." tape doctor, then tape doctor --dump-run r-<id>, then Issues