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fix: Don't expose the user_id parameter to the LLM - #2190

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Description

  • user_id is now a configurable in field in the YAML for shared workflows
  • For per-user workflows a user_id_resolver method can be supplied.

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  • New Features

    • Memory tools now scope adding, retrieving, and deleting memories to a configured or authenticated user identity.
    • Supports fixed identities and trusted synchronous or asynchronous identity resolvers.
    • Callers no longer need to provide user_id; invalid, missing, or conflicting identity settings are rejected.
  • Documentation

    • Added secure authentication and trusted-proxy guidance.
    • Updated memory examples and configurations to demonstrate identity scoping and refreshed model settings.

…aving well with the react agent so I changed it to tool calling

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Walkthrough

Memory tools now bind identity through fixed configuration or trusted resolvers. LLM inputs no longer provide user_id. Tool schemas, examples, documentation, tests, and Redis model configuration were updated.

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Memory identity binding

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared identity and input contracts
packages/nvidia_nat_core/src/nat/tool/memory_tools/common.py, packages/nvidia_nat_core/tests/nat/tools/test_memory_tools.py
Memory tools share validated fixed or resolver-based identity configuration. Strict add, get, and delete inputs reject caller-supplied user_id values.
Tool identity resolution and memory operations
packages/nvidia_nat_core/src/nat/tool/memory_tools/*, packages/nvidia_nat_core/tests/nat/tools/test_memory_tools.py
Add, get, and delete operations resolve identity from configuration and pass it to memory storage. Tests cover fixed, synchronous, asynchronous, invalid, missing, and conflicting identity sources.
Documentation and example configuration
docs/source/build-workflows/memory.md, docs/source/components/agents/auto-memory-wrapper/*, docs/source/extend/custom-components/memory.md, examples/RAG/*, examples/agents/auto_memory_wrapper/README.md, examples/frameworks/semantic_kernel_demo/*, examples/memory/memmachine/*, examples/memory/redis/configs/config.yml, packages/nvidia_nat_langchain/src/nat/plugins/langchain/agent/auto_memory_wrapper/agent.py
Documentation and examples configure identity outside LLM payloads. X-User-ID is restricted to trusted proxy injection and illustrative testing.
Redis model configuration alignment
examples/memory/redis/configs/config.yml, ci/.nim_models_used.json
The Redis example uses Nemotron-3 Super and Nemotron-3 Embed. Model configuration counts were updated accordingly.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 93b8d

The change can allow memory workflows to reach runtime failures when no user identity is configured, while also accepting an unauthenticated request identity value contrary to the documented security boundary. Merge should wait for these behavior and identity-handling issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Agent
  participant MemoryTool
  participant MemoryEditor
  Agent->>MemoryTool: Submit operation input without user_id
  MemoryTool->>MemoryTool: Resolve configured identity
  MemoryTool->>MemoryEditor: Execute operation for resolved user_id
  MemoryEditor-->>MemoryTool: Return operation result
  MemoryTool-->>Agent: Return tool result
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packages/nvidia_nat_core/src/nat/tool/memory_tools/common.py (1)

16-17: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add the required public API documentation.

The module has no docstring. resolve_memory_user_id() also omits Google-style Args and Returns sections. Document these public APIs.

As per coding guidelines: “Provide Google-style docstrings for every public module, class, function and CLI command.”

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In `@packages/nvidia_nat_core/src/nat/tool/memory_tools/common.py` around lines 16
- 17, Add a module-level docstring to document the public memory-tools module,
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/source/build-workflows/memory.md`:
- Around line 26-35: Update docs/source/build-workflows/memory.md lines 26-35 to
state that memory tools require configured user_id or user_id_resolver, revise
the YAML comment accordingly, and replace “unscoped” with approved wording.
Update docs/source/extend/custom-components/memory.md lines 223-224 to state
that omitting both identity sources causes the tool to fail and link to the
user_id_resolver guidance for multi-user applications.

In `@examples/memory/redis/configs/config.yml`:
- Line 69: Update the Redis example configuration for ToolCallAgentGraph to use
native tool-calling instructions instead of the ReAct Thought/Action Input
protocol, ensuring the model emits structured tool calls that reach ToolNode.
Add an integration test for the Redis example that verifies a memory tool is
actually executed.

In `@packages/nvidia_nat_core/src/nat/tool/memory_tools/common.py`:
- Around line 67-72: Update validate_user_id_source to require exactly one of
user_id or user_id_resolver: retain the existing rejection when both are
configured and add validation for when neither is configured. Add a focused test
covering the neither-source configuration and its validation error.

In `@packages/nvidia_nat_core/tests/nat/tools/test_memory_tools.py`:
- Around line 68-125: Remove pytest.mark.asyncio from all six asynchronous tests
in the memory user ID test section, including the tests using
resolve_memory_user_id and the invalid-result parametrized test, while leaving
their async definitions and assertions unchanged.

In
`@packages/nvidia_nat_langchain/src/nat/plugins/langchain/agent/auto_memory_wrapper/agent.py`:
- Around line 77-78: Update _get_user_id_from_context() to remove the generic
X-User-ID header fallback; require Context.user_id populated by authenticated
middleware or an explicitly configured trusted resolver that strips and
validates the header, and reject unresolved identities before
MemoryEditor.search() or MemoryItem.user_id can use them.

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In `@packages/nvidia_nat_core/src/nat/tool/memory_tools/common.py`:
- Around line 16-17: Add a module-level docstring to document the public
memory-tools module, and update the public function resolve_memory_user_id()
with Google-style Args and Returns sections describing its parameter and result.
Apply the same documentation requirement to the additionally referenced public
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In `@docs/source/components/agents/auto-memory-wrapper/auto-memory-wrapper.md`:
- Around line 330-334: Update the user ID sources list in the auto-memory
wrapper documentation to include the “default_user” fallback used when no
runtime identity or header is available, explicitly mark it for development and
testing only, and require an authenticated runtime identity in production.

In `@examples/agents/auto_memory_wrapper/README.md`:
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