fix(ts-sdk): resolve SQLite db paths correctly in OSS mode

Propagate top-level historyDbPath into historyStore.config so it
survives config merging, default the memory vector store to
~/.mem0/vector_store.db instead of process.cwd(), auto-create parent
directories for file-backed SQLite databases, and remove dead code
in the Memory constructor.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/config/manager.ts

@@ -95,16 +95,34 @@ export class ConfigManager {
         })(),
       },
       historyDbPath:
-        userConfig.historyDbPath || DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG.historyDbPath,
+        userConfig.historyDbPath ||
+        userConfig.historyStore?.config?.historyDbPath ||
+        DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG.historyStore?.config?.historyDbPath,
       customPrompt: userConfig.customPrompt,
       graphStore: {
         ...DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG.graphStore,
         ...userConfig.graphStore,
       },
-      historyStore: {
+      historyStore: (() => {
-        ...DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG.historyStore,
+        const defaultHistoryStore = DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG.historyStore!;
-        ...userConfig.historyStore,
+        const historyProvider =
-      },
+          userConfig.historyStore?.provider || defaultHistoryStore.provider;
+
+        // Precedence: explicit historyStore.config > top-level historyDbPath > default
+        return {
+          ...defaultHistoryStore,
+          ...userConfig.historyStore,
+          provider: historyProvider,
+          config: {
+            ...defaultHistoryStore.config,
+            ...(historyProvider.toLowerCase() === "sqlite" &&
+            userConfig.historyDbPath
+              ? { historyDbPath: userConfig.historyDbPath }
+              : {}),
+            ...userConfig.historyStore?.config,
+          },
+        };
+      })(),
       disableHistory:
         userConfig.disableHistory || DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG.disableHistory,
       enableGraph: userConfig.enableGraph || DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG.enableGraph,

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/memory/index.ts

@@ -70,20 +70,10 @@ export class Memory {
     if (this.config.disableHistory) {
       this.db = new DummyHistoryManager();
     } else {
-      const defaultConfig = {
+      this.db = HistoryManagerFactory.create(
-        provider: "sqlite",
+        this.config.historyStore!.provider,
-        config: {
+        this.config.historyStore!,
-          historyDbPath: this.config.historyDbPath || ":memory:",
+      );
-        },
-      };
-
-      this.db =
-        this.config.historyStore && !this.config.disableHistory
-          ? HistoryManagerFactory.create(
-              this.config.historyStore.provider,
-              this.config.historyStore,
-            )
-          : HistoryManagerFactory.create("sqlite", defaultConfig);
     }
 
     this.collectionName = this.config.vectorStore.config.collectionName;

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/storage/SQLiteManager.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Database from "better-sqlite3";
 import { HistoryManager } from "./base";
+import { ensureSQLiteDirectory } from "../utils/sqlite";
 
 export class SQLiteManager implements HistoryManager {
   private db: Database.Database;
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ export class SQLiteManager implements HistoryManager {
   private stmtSelect!: Database.Statement;
 
   constructor(dbPath: string) {
+    ensureSQLiteDirectory(dbPath);
     this.db = new Database(dbPath);
     this.init();
   }

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/tests/sqlite-path-resolution.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import fs from "fs";
+import os from "os";
+import path from "path";
+import { ConfigManager } from "../config/manager";
+import { SQLiteManager } from "../storage/SQLiteManager";
+import { MemoryVectorStore } from "../vector_stores/memory";
+
+function normalize(vector: number[]): number[] {
+  const norm = Math.sqrt(vector.reduce((sum, value) => sum + value * value, 0));
+  return vector.map((value) => value / norm);
+}
+
+describe("SQLite path resolution", () => {
+  const originalCwd = process.cwd();
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.chdir(originalCwd);
+    jest.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("propagates top-level historyDbPath into the sqlite history store config", async () => {
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(
+      path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mem0-history-path-"),
+    );
+    const historyDbPath = path.join(tempDir, "nested", "history.db");
+    let manager: SQLiteManager | undefined;
+
+    try {
+      const mergedConfig = ConfigManager.mergeConfig({ historyDbPath });
+
+      expect(mergedConfig.historyDbPath).toBe(historyDbPath);
+      expect(mergedConfig.historyStore?.provider).toBe("sqlite");
+      expect(mergedConfig.historyStore?.config.historyDbPath).toBe(
+        historyDbPath,
+      );
+
+      // Verify the DB is actually created at the configured path
+      manager = new SQLiteManager(
+        mergedConfig.historyStore!.config.historyDbPath!,
+      );
+      await manager.addHistory("memory-1", null, "remember me", "ADD");
+
+      expect(fs.existsSync(historyDbPath)).toBe(true);
+    } finally {
+      manager?.close();
+      fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("explicit historyStore.config.historyDbPath takes precedence over top-level historyDbPath", () => {
+    const mergedConfig = ConfigManager.mergeConfig({
+      historyDbPath: "/path/from/shorthand.db",
+      historyStore: {
+        provider: "sqlite",
+        config: { historyDbPath: "/path/from/explicit.db" },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(mergedConfig.historyStore?.config.historyDbPath).toBe(
+      "/path/from/explicit.db",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("uses default memory.db when neither historyDbPath nor historyStore is provided", () => {
+    const mergedConfig = ConfigManager.mergeConfig({});
+
+    expect(mergedConfig.historyStore?.provider).toBe("sqlite");
+    expect(mergedConfig.historyStore?.config.historyDbPath).toBe("memory.db");
+  });
+
+  it("defaults the memory vector store dbPath to ~/.mem0/vector_store.db", async () => {
+    const fakeHomeDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mem0-home-"));
+    const tempCwd = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mem0-cwd-"));
+    const expectedDbPath = path.join(fakeHomeDir, ".mem0", "vector_store.db");
+
+    try {
+      jest.spyOn(os, "homedir").mockReturnValue(fakeHomeDir);
+      process.chdir(tempCwd);
+
+      const store = new MemoryVectorStore({ dimension: 4 });
+      await store.insert(
+        [normalize([1, 0, 0, 0])],
+        ["vector-1"],
+        [{ data: "hello" }],
+      );
+
+      expect(fs.existsSync(expectedDbPath)).toBe(true);
+      expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(tempCwd, "vector_store.db"))).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(fakeHomeDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      fs.rmSync(tempCwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("does not depend on a writable current working directory for the default vector store db", async () => {
+    const fakeHomeDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mem0-home-"));
+    const readOnlyCwd = fs.mkdtempSync(
+      path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mem0-readonly-cwd-"),
+    );
+    const expectedDbPath = path.join(fakeHomeDir, ".mem0", "vector_store.db");
+
+    try {
+      fs.chmodSync(readOnlyCwd, 0o555);
+      jest.spyOn(os, "homedir").mockReturnValue(fakeHomeDir);
+      process.chdir(readOnlyCwd);
+
+      const store = new MemoryVectorStore({ dimension: 4 });
+      await store.insert(
+        [normalize([0, 1, 0, 0])],
+        ["vector-2"],
+        [{ data: "hello again" }],
+      );
+
+      expect(fs.existsSync(expectedDbPath)).toBe(true);
+      expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(readOnlyCwd, "vector_store.db"))).toBe(
+        false,
+      );
+    } finally {
+      fs.chmodSync(readOnlyCwd, 0o755);
+      fs.rmSync(fakeHomeDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      fs.rmSync(readOnlyCwd, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/types/index.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export interface EmbeddingConfig {
 export interface VectorStoreConfig {
   collectionName?: string;
   dimension?: number;
+  dbPath?: string;
   client?: any;
   instance?: any;
   [key: string]: any;
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export const MemoryConfigSchema = z.object({
       .object({
         collectionName: z.string().optional(),
         dimension: z.number().optional(),
+        dbPath: z.string().optional(),
         client: z.any().optional(),
       })
       .passthrough(),

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/utils/sqlite.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import fs from "fs";
+import os from "os";
+import path from "path";
+
+export function getDefaultVectorStoreDbPath(): string {
+  return path.join(os.homedir(), ".mem0", "vector_store.db");
+}
+
+export function ensureSQLiteDirectory(dbPath: string): void {
+  if (!dbPath || dbPath === ":memory:" || dbPath.startsWith("file:")) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(dbPath), { recursive: true });
+}

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/vector_stores/memory.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { VectorStore } from "./base";
 import { SearchFilters, VectorStoreConfig, VectorStoreResult } from "../types";
 import Database from "better-sqlite3";
+import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
+import {
+  ensureSQLiteDirectory,
+  getDefaultVectorStoreDbPath,
+} from "../utils/sqlite";
 
 interface MemoryVector {
   id: string;
@@ -16,10 +21,19 @@ export class MemoryVectorStore implements VectorStore {
 
   constructor(config: VectorStoreConfig) {
     this.dimension = config.dimension || 1536; // Default OpenAI dimension
-    this.dbPath = path.join(process.cwd(), "vector_store.db");
+    this.dbPath = config.dbPath || getDefaultVectorStoreDbPath();
-    if (config.dbPath) {
+
-      this.dbPath = config.dbPath;
+    if (!config.dbPath) {
+      const oldDefault = path.join(process.cwd(), "vector_store.db");
+      if (fs.existsSync(oldDefault) && oldDefault !== this.dbPath) {
+        console.warn(
+          `[mem0] Default vector_store.db location changed from ${oldDefault} to ${this.dbPath}. ` +
+            `Move your existing file or set vectorStore.config.dbPath explicitly.`,
+        );
+      }
     }
+
+    ensureSQLiteDirectory(this.dbPath);
     this.db = new Database(this.dbPath);
     this.init();
   }