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+namespace AiDotNet.Agentic.Graph.Checkpointing;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// An immutable snapshot of a graph run at a point in time: which node runs next and the state as of
+/// that point. Saved after each step so a run can be resumed, inspected, or replayed.
+/// </summary>
+/// <typeparam name="TState">The graph's state type.</typeparam>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// A checkpoint records the <see cref="NextNode"/> (where execution will continue) plus the
+/// <see cref="State"/> at that boundary, tagged with a <see cref="ThreadId"/> (the run/conversation) and a
+/// monotonically increasing <see cref="Step"/>. The sequence of checkpoints for a thread is its history —
+/// the basis for durable resume and time-travel.
+/// </para>
+/// <para><b>For Beginners:</b> Like a save-game. It remembers exactly where the graph was about to go
+/// next and what the data looked like, so you can stop and pick up later (or rewind to an earlier save).
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class GraphCheckpoint<TState>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new checkpoint.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="threadId">The run/thread this checkpoint belongs to.</param>
+    /// <param name="checkpointId">A unique id for this checkpoint within the thread.</param>
+    /// <param name="step">The zero-based step index (monotonically increasing within a thread).</param>
+    /// <param name="nextNode">The node that will execute next (or <see cref="GraphSpecialNodes.End"/> when complete).</param>
+    /// <param name="state">The state at this boundary.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">Thrown when a required string is <c>null</c>.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Thrown when a required string is empty/whitespace.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">Thrown when <paramref name="step"/> is negative.</exception>
+    public GraphCheckpoint(string threadId, string checkpointId, int step, string nextNode, TState state)
+    {
+        Guard.NotNullOrWhiteSpace(threadId);
+        Guard.NotNullOrWhiteSpace(checkpointId);
+        Guard.NotNullOrWhiteSpace(nextNode);
+        Guard.NonNegative(step);
+        ThreadId = threadId;
+        CheckpointId = checkpointId;
+        Step = step;
+        NextNode = nextNode;
+        State = state;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the run/thread this checkpoint belongs to.</summary>
+    public string ThreadId { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the unique id of this checkpoint within the thread.</summary>
+    public string CheckpointId { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the zero-based, monotonically increasing step index.</summary>
+    public int Step { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the node that will execute next (or <see cref="GraphSpecialNodes.End"/> when the run is complete).</summary>
+    public string NextNode { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the state captured at this boundary.</summary>
+    public TState State { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets a value indicating whether this checkpoint represents a completed run.</summary>
+    public bool IsComplete => NextNode == GraphSpecialNodes.End;
+}
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+namespace AiDotNet.Agentic.Graph.Checkpointing;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Persists and retrieves <see cref="GraphCheckpoint{TState}"/>s, enabling durable resume and time-travel
+/// for graph runs. Implementations back onto memory, SQLite, Postgres, Redis, etc.
+/// </summary>
+/// <typeparam name="TState">The graph's state type.</typeparam>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para><b>For Beginners:</b> The save-game store. The graph asks it to save a checkpoint after each
+/// step, to fetch the latest checkpoint when resuming, and to list the full history when rewinding.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public interface IGraphCheckpointer<TState>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves (appends) a checkpoint.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="checkpoint">The checkpoint to persist.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Token used to cancel the operation.</param>
+    Task SaveAsync(GraphCheckpoint<TState> checkpoint, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the most recent checkpoint for a thread, or <c>null</c> if the thread has none.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="threadId">The run/thread id.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Token used to cancel the operation.</param>
+    /// <returns>The latest checkpoint, or <c>null</c>.</returns>
+    Task<GraphCheckpoint<TState>?> GetLatestAsync(string threadId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a specific checkpoint by id (used for time-travel / replay from a past point).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="threadId">The run/thread id.</param>
+    /// <param name="checkpointId">The checkpoint id.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Token used to cancel the operation.</param>
+    /// <returns>The checkpoint, or <c>null</c> if not found.</returns>
+    Task<GraphCheckpoint<TState>?> GetAsync(string threadId, string checkpointId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the full <see cref="GraphCheckpoint{TState}"/> history for <paramref name="threadId"/> in
+    /// append (chronological) order — i.e. the order checkpoints were saved, by a persistent monotonic
+    /// sequence (e.g. the SQLite backend orders by <c>Seq ASC</c>), NOT by logical step number.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Replay/time-travel relies on this chronological ordering: logical step values can repeat or branch
+    /// (loops, re-runs from an earlier checkpoint), so ordering by step would diverge across backends.
+    /// Implementations MUST return checkpoints oldest-first by save order.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="threadId">The run/thread id.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Token used to cancel the operation.</param>
+    /// <returns>The chronologically-ordered history (possibly empty).</returns>
+    Task<IReadOnlyList<GraphCheckpoint<TState>>> GetHistoryAsync(string threadId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+}
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+namespace AiDotNet.Agentic.Graph.Checkpointing;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// An in-memory <see cref="IGraphCheckpointer{TState}"/> that keeps each thread's checkpoint history in a
+/// dictionary. Suitable for tests, single-process runs, and as the default when no durable store is wired.
+/// </summary>
+/// <typeparam name="TState">The graph's state type.</typeparam>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// Thread-safe via a per-instance lock. Because it stores the state object by reference, callers that use
+/// a mutable reference type for <typeparamref name="TState"/> should treat the state as immutable per step
+/// (return a new/copied instance from nodes) to get true snapshots; durable checkpointers serialize and so
+/// snapshot inherently.
+/// </para>
+/// <para><b>For Beginners:</b> Keeps your save-games in memory. Great for tests and short-lived runs; for
+/// durability across process restarts, use a database-backed checkpointer (coming in later slices).
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class InMemoryGraphCheckpointer<TState> : IGraphCheckpointer<TState>
+{
+    private readonly object _gate = new();
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, List<GraphCheckpoint<TState>>> _byThread = new(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public Task SaveAsync(GraphCheckpoint<TState> checkpoint, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        Guard.NotNull(checkpoint);
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (!_byThread.TryGetValue(checkpoint.ThreadId, out var list))
+            {
+                list = new List<GraphCheckpoint<TState>>();
+                _byThread[checkpoint.ThreadId] = list;
+            }
+
+            list.Add(checkpoint);
+        }
+
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public Task<GraphCheckpoint<TState>?> GetLatestAsync(string threadId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        Guard.NotNull(threadId);
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_byThread.TryGetValue(threadId, out var list) && list.Count > 0)
+            {
+                return Task.FromResult<GraphCheckpoint<TState>?>(list[list.Count - 1]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Task.FromResult<GraphCheckpoint<TState>?>(null);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public Task<GraphCheckpoint<TState>?> GetAsync(string threadId, string checkpointId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        Guard.NotNull(threadId);
+        Guard.NotNull(checkpointId);
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            if (_byThread.TryGetValue(threadId, out var list))
+            {
+                // Return the NEWEST checkpoint with this id (history is append-ordered), matching the durable
+                // backends which order by descending sequence — so re-saving an id resolves to the latest.
+                var match = list.LastOrDefault(cp => cp.CheckpointId == checkpointId);
+                return Task.FromResult<GraphCheckpoint<TState>?>(match);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Task.FromResult<GraphCheckpoint<TState>?>(null);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public Task<IReadOnlyList<GraphCheckpoint<TState>>> GetHistoryAsync(string threadId, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        Guard.NotNull(threadId);
+        lock (_gate)
+        {
+            IReadOnlyList<GraphCheckpoint<TState>> history = _byThread.TryGetValue(threadId, out var list)
+                ? list.ToList()
+                : new List<GraphCheckpoint<TState>>();
+            return Task.FromResult(history);
+        }
+    }
+}