Quanzheng LongandGitHub
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Fixes langchain-ai/deepagents#3774 Reworks the fresh-thread `update_state` fix for `DeltaChannel`: instead of creating stub checkpoint (#8011), force a new Snapshot into the first checkpoint so the value is stored inline and needs no ancestor replay. ## Background `update_state` / `bulk_update_state` on a *fresh* thread silently dropped the first write to a `DeltaChannel`. By design, a `DeltaChannel` reconstructs its value by walking ancestor checkpoints and replaying the writes attached to them. Checkpoint writes need a parent to persist. But on a fresh thread there is no ancestor, there is no parent to use. #8011 fixed this by lazily persisting an empty stub checkpoint (step `-1`) to give the first write a parent to use. This PR reverts that and takes a simpler route. ## A better fix On a fresh thread (`saved is None`), force a snapshot of every available `DeltaChannel` into the first checkpoint via `create_checkpoint(..., channels_to_snapshot=...)`. This way, the read/replay path is untouched and no stub is needed. ## Behavior change A fresh-thread `update_state` now produces a **single** self-contained checkpoint (step `0`, no parent, snapshot inline) instead of two (stub step `-1` + update step `0`). This is visible via `get_state_history`. ## Verify `make format`, `make lint`, `make test` in `libs/langgraph`. `tests/test_delta_channel_update_state.py` is updated to assert the single-checkpoint shape on a fresh thread and pins the non-fresh paths (`update_state` after `invoke`, consecutive `update_state`, `bulk_update_state`) against regression.
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Acknowledgements
LangGraph is inspired by Pregel and Apache Beam. The public interface draws inspiration from NetworkX. LangGraph is built by LangChain Inc, the creators of LangChain, but can be used without LangChain.