From 759eba7fd243ceb01bb13cb4e5df4b64bd643868 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sydney Runkle <sydneymarierunkle@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:41:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] eh

---
 .../langgraph/checkpoint/base/__init__.py     | 23 +++++++++++++++----
 .../langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py   |  5 ++--
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/base/__init__.py b/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/base/__init__.py
index f8fb8bbb7..2ee1452af 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/base/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/base/__init__.py
@@ -40,6 +40,21 @@ PendingWrite = tuple[str, str, Any]
 _DELTA_RECONSTRUCTION: threading.local = threading.local()
 
 
+def _overwrite_types() -> tuple[type, ...]:
+    """Return `(Overwrite,)` if `langgraph` is installed, else `()`.
+
+    `Overwrite` lives in `langgraph.types`, which this library does not depend
+    on; importing eagerly would also be circular. An empty tuple makes
+    `isinstance(x, overwrite_types)` safely return `False` when `langgraph` is
+    not installed — no `Overwrite` values can exist in that environment.
+    """
+    try:
+        from langgraph.types import Overwrite  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+    except ImportError:
+        return ()
+    return (Overwrite,)
+
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -487,7 +502,7 @@ class BaseCheckpointSaver(Generic[V]):
         # it only reads pending_writes). This breaks the recursion safely.
         if getattr(_DELTA_RECONSTRUCTION, "active", False):
             return []
-        from langgraph.types import Overwrite  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+        overwrite_types = _overwrite_types()
 
         _DELTA_RECONSTRUCTION.active = True
         try:
@@ -504,7 +519,7 @@ class BaseCheckpointSaver(Generic[V]):
                     if ch != channel:
                         continue
                     collected.append(value)
-                    if isinstance(value, Overwrite):
+                    if isinstance(value, overwrite_types):
                         collected.reverse()
                         return collected
             collected.reverse()
@@ -516,7 +531,7 @@ class BaseCheckpointSaver(Generic[V]):
         self, config: RunnableConfig, channel: str
     ) -> List[Any]:  # noqa: UP006
         """Async version of get_channel_writes."""
-        from langgraph.types import Overwrite
+        overwrite_types = _overwrite_types()
 
         if getattr(_DELTA_RECONSTRUCTION, "active", False):
             return []
@@ -533,7 +548,7 @@ class BaseCheckpointSaver(Generic[V]):
                     if ch != channel:
                         continue
                     collected.append(value)
-                    if isinstance(value, Overwrite):
+                    if isinstance(value, overwrite_types):
                         collected.reverse()
                         return collected
             collected.reverse()
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py b/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py
index 9947be125..d9558c8f6 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint/langgraph/checkpoint/memory/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from langgraph.checkpoint.base import (
     CheckpointTuple,
     DeltaChannelWrites,
     SerializerProtocol,
+    _overwrite_types,
     get_checkpoint_id,
     get_checkpoint_metadata,
 )
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ class InMemorySaver(
             chain.append(current)
             _, _, parent = entry
             current = parent
-        from langgraph.types import Overwrite  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+        overwrite_types = _overwrite_types()
 
         # Scan writes newest→oldest. Stop at the first `Overwrite` — it
         # dominates all older history. Either from `snapshot_every` or from
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ class InMemorySaver(
                     continue
                 val = self.serde.loads_typed(serialized)
                 collected.append(val)
-                if isinstance(val, Overwrite):
+                if isinstance(val, overwrite_types):
                     collected.reverse()
                     return collected
         collected.reverse()