fix: restore dict-reducer tests; rename _delta → delta throughout

The dict-reducer tests were incorrectly removed — they test valid
DeltaChannel behavior (dict type inference via Annotated) that was
already supported by the base branch's _is_field_channel logic in
state.py. The only thing needed was fixing the module name.

Also updates all remaining channels._delta imports to channels.delta
across state.py and test files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

libs/langgraph/tests/test_channels.py

@@ -317,6 +317,233 @@ def test_delta_channel_inmemory_saver_assembles_writes() -> None:
     assert len(state.values["messages"]) == 4  # 2 human + 2 AI
 
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Dict-reducer tests
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _delta_channel_with_type(operator, typ):
+    """Build a DeltaChannel with an explicit type via the Annotated injection path."""
+    from typing import Annotated
+
+    from langgraph.channels.delta import DeltaChannel
+    from langgraph.graph.state import _get_channel
+
+    return _get_channel("_test", Annotated[typ, DeltaChannel(operator)])
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_fresh_channel() -> None:
+    """DeltaChannel with a dict reducer starts as empty dict on MISSING checkpoint."""
+
+    def merge_dicts(left: dict, right: dict) -> dict:
+        return {**left, **right}
+
+    ch = _delta_channel_with_type(merge_dicts, dict).from_checkpoint(MISSING)
+    assert ch.is_available()
+    assert ch.get() == {}
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_basic_updates() -> None:
+    """DeltaChannel with a dict reducer accumulates key/value pairs across steps."""
+
+    def merge_dicts(left: dict, right: dict) -> dict:
+        return {**left, **right}
+
+    ch = _delta_channel_with_type(merge_dicts, dict).from_checkpoint(MISSING)
+
+    ch.update([{"a": 1}])
+    d1 = ch.checkpoint()
+    assert d1 is DELTA_SENTINEL
+
+    ch.update([{"b": 2}])
+    d2 = ch.checkpoint()
+    assert d2 is DELTA_SENTINEL
+
+    assert ch.get() == {"a": 1, "b": 2}
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_writes_reconstruction() -> None:
+    """replay_writes on a fresh channel replays through a dict merge reducer."""
+
+    def merge_dicts(left: dict, right: dict) -> dict:
+        return {**left, **right}
+
+    spec = _delta_channel_with_type(merge_dicts, dict)
+    ch = spec.from_checkpoint(DELTA_SENTINEL)
+    ch.replay_writes(
+        [
+            ("t0", "files", {"a": 1}),
+            ("t1", "files", {"b": 2}),
+            ("t2", "files", {"c": 3}),
+        ]
+    )
+    assert ch.get() == {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_with_deletions() -> None:
+    """Dict reducer that treats None values as deletions works end-to-end."""
+
+    def merge_files(left: dict | None, right: dict) -> dict:
+        if left is None:
+            return {k: v for k, v in right.items() if v is not None}
+        result = {**left}
+        for k, v in right.items():
+            if v is None:
+                result.pop(k, None)
+            else:
+                result[k] = v
+        return result
+
+    ch = _delta_channel_with_type(merge_files, dict).from_checkpoint(MISSING)
+    ch.update([{"file1.py": "content1", "file2.py": "content2"}])
+    ch.update([{"file1.py": None, "file3.py": "content3"}])
+    assert ch.get() == {"file2.py": "content2", "file3.py": "content3"}
+
+    spec = _delta_channel_with_type(merge_files, dict)
+    ch2 = spec.from_checkpoint(DELTA_SENTINEL)
+    ch2.replay_writes(
+        [
+            ("t0", "files", {"file1.py": "content1", "file2.py": "content2"}),
+            ("t1", "files", {"file1.py": None, "file3.py": "content3"}),
+        ]
+    )
+    assert ch2.get() == {"file2.py": "content2", "file3.py": "content3"}
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_overwrite_in_update() -> None:
+    """Overwrite(dict) in update() must preserve dict shape, not coerce to list."""
+    from langgraph.types import Overwrite
+
+    def merge_dicts(left: dict, right: dict) -> dict:
+        return {**left, **right}
+
+    ch = _delta_channel_with_type(merge_dicts, dict).from_checkpoint(MISSING)
+    ch.update([{"a": 1}])
+    ch.update([Overwrite({"b": 2, "c": 3})])
+    assert ch.get() == {"b": 2, "c": 3}
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_overwrite_in_writes_replay() -> None:
+    """Overwrite(dict) embedded in replayed writes must reconstruct as dict."""
+    from langgraph.types import Overwrite
+
+    def merge_dicts(left: dict, right: dict) -> dict:
+        return {**left, **right}
+
+    spec = _delta_channel_with_type(merge_dicts, dict)
+    ch = spec.from_checkpoint(DELTA_SENTINEL)
+    ch.replay_writes(
+        [
+            ("t0", "files", {"a": 1}),
+            ("t1", "files", Overwrite({"x": 10, "y": 20})),
+            ("t2", "files", {"z": 30}),
+        ]
+    )
+    assert ch.get() == {"x": 10, "y": 20, "z": 30}
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_with_notrequired_annotation() -> None:
+    """DeltaChannel infers dict type through `Annotated[NotRequired[dict[...]], ch]`."""
+    from typing import Annotated
+
+    from typing_extensions import NotRequired
+
+    from langgraph.channels.delta import DeltaChannel
+    from langgraph.graph.state import _get_channel
+
+    def merge_dicts(left: dict | None, right: dict) -> dict:
+        if left is None:
+            return dict(right)
+        return {**left, **right}
+
+    annotation = Annotated[NotRequired[dict[str, int]], DeltaChannel(merge_dicts)]
+    ch = _get_channel("files", annotation).from_checkpoint(MISSING)
+    assert ch.get() == {}
+    ch.update([{"a": 1}])
+    ch.update([{"b": 2}])
+    assert ch.get() == {"a": 1, "b": 2}
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_end_to_end_filesystem() -> None:
+    """End-to-end: graph with dict-reducer (filesystem-style) channel wrapped in DeltaChannel."""
+    from typing import Annotated
+
+    from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver
+    from typing_extensions import TypedDict
+
+    from langgraph.channels.delta import DeltaChannel
+    from langgraph.graph import START, StateGraph
+
+    def merge_files(left: dict | None, right: dict) -> dict:
+        if left is None:
+            return {k: v for k, v in right.items() if v is not None}
+        result = {**left}
+        for k, v in right.items():
+            if v is None:
+                result.pop(k, None)
+            else:
+                result[k] = v
+        return result
+
+    class State(TypedDict):
+        files: Annotated[dict[str, str], DeltaChannel(merge_files)]
+
+    turn = {"v": 0}
+
+    def write_file(state: State) -> dict:
+        turn["v"] += 1
+        n = turn["v"]
+        return {"files": {f"/doc_{n}.txt": f"content for turn {n}"}}
+
+    builder = StateGraph(State)
+    builder.add_node("write_file", write_file)
+    builder.add_edge(START, "write_file")
+    saver = InMemorySaver()
+    graph = builder.compile(checkpointer=saver)
+    config = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "fs"}}
+
+    for _ in range(3):
+        graph.invoke({"files": {}}, config)
+
+    saved = saver.get_tuple(config)
+    assert saved is not None
+    assert saved.checkpoint["channel_values"]["files"] is DELTA_SENTINEL
+    state = graph.get_state(config)
+    assert state.values["files"] == {
+        "/doc_1.txt": "content for turn 1",
+        "/doc_2.txt": "content for turn 2",
+        "/doc_3.txt": "content for turn 3",
+    }
+
+    def delete_file(state: State) -> dict:
+        return {"files": {"/doc_1.txt": None}}
+
+    builder2 = StateGraph(State)
+    builder2.add_node("write_file", write_file)
+    builder2.add_node("delete_file", delete_file)
+    builder2.add_edge(START, "write_file")
+    builder2.add_edge("write_file", "delete_file")
+    turn["v"] = 0
+    saver2 = InMemorySaver()
+    graph2 = builder2.compile(checkpointer=saver2)
+    config2 = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "fs2"}}
+    graph2.invoke({"files": {}}, config2)
+    state2 = graph2.get_state(config2)
+    assert state2.values["files"] == {}
+
+
+def test_delta_channel_dict_reducer_backwards_compat() -> None:
+    """A pre-DeltaChannel dict checkpoint must load as a dict, not be listified."""
+
+    def merge_dicts(left: dict, right: dict) -> dict:
+        return {**left, **right}
+
+    spec = _delta_channel_with_type(merge_dicts, dict)
+    old_value = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
+    ch = spec.from_checkpoint(old_value)
+    assert ch.get() == {"a": 1, "b": 2}
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # seed / pre-delta migration
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------