Help⌗
Stuck? Confused? Looking for a term you don't recognise? Start here.
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FAQ Frequently asked questions, organised by category. Many "how do I…" questions are answered in one paragraph.
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Troubleshooting When things go wrong: error messages, common failure modes, what to check, what each STUCK state means.
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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 |
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| "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 |