feat(webchat): the lobster remembers — dex memories and a familiarity arc#103359
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The Lobsterdex upgrades to a v2 object schema (v1 arrays migrate in
place, memories backfill on the next visit): each palette remembers its
first visitor's name and date, shown in the gallery tooltips ('Goldie -
first visited 7/5/2026'). Familiarity counters (visits, shoos) shape
behavior with no UI: fewer than three lifetime visits is shy (shorter
stays, later arrivals), fifteen or more is a friend (longer stays,
sooner returns, and a hello wave on the first arrival of each load),
and shooing it too often makes it wary, stretching the gaps between
visits. All best-effort localStorage; tuning lives in one exported
table.
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… arc (openclaw#103359) The Lobsterdex upgrades to a v2 object schema (v1 arrays migrate in place, memories backfill on the next visit): each palette remembers its first visitor's name and date, shown in the gallery tooltips ('Goldie - first visited 7/5/2026'). Familiarity counters (visits, shoos) shape behavior with no UI: fewer than three lifetime visits is shy (shorter stays, later arrivals), fifteen or more is a friend (longer stays, sooner returns, and a hello wave on the first arrival of each load), and shooing it too often makes it wary, stretching the gaps between visits. All best-effort localStorage; tuning lives in one exported table.
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Related: #102754 · Stacked on #103352 (visitors) — lands after it.
What Problem This Solves
The pet has no memory of you, and the Lobsterdex has no memory of them. Relationships are what turn a mascot into a pet.
Why This Change Was Made
Lobsterdex memories: the dex storage upgrades to a v2 object schema (v1 arrays migrate in place; old entries backfill their memory on the next visit). Each palette remembers its first visitor's name and date, surfaced in the gallery tooltips: "Goldie · first visited 7/5/2026". First memories are immutable — later same-palette visitors don't overwrite history.
The familiarity arc: two counters (lifetime visits, lifetime shoos) shape behavior with zero UI:
No meter, no progress bar — the relationship expresses itself purely through behavior, which is how actual pets work. Tuning lives in one exported table.
User Impact
Your lobster warms up to you over weeks: early visitors are skittish, regulars settle in, old friends wave when they arrive. Shoo it too often and it keeps its distance for a while. Hover the Lobsterdex to reminisce about your first gold.
Evidence
Validation (delegated Blacksmith Testbox,
exit=0on retry after an infra box-shutdown flake):pnpm test ui/src/components/lobster-pet.test.ts ui/src/components/lobster-dex.test.ts ui/src/pages/config/quick.test.ts— 68/68: v1→v2 migration + backfill + first-memory immutability, tier/wary counter math, tuning-table sanity, arrival recording of name+date, the friend greeting wave, shoo counter persistence, plus all existing suites.pnpm tsgo:test:uiandpnpm --dir ui build.pnpm dev:ui:mock: gallery tooltips render "Pinchy · first visited 7/4/2026" / "Goldie · first visited 7/5/2026" with unseen slots still "?".