# Pitfall Log

Project: topoteretes/cognee

Summary: Found 32 structured pitfall item(s), including 10 high/blocking item(s). Top priority: Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification.

## 1. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2913

## 2. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/3079

## 3. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/3154

## 4. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this security_permissions risk before relying on the project: cognee.add silently creates a new owner-scoped dataset when non-owner uses an existing dataset name
- User impact: Developers may expose sensitive permissions or credentials: cognee.add silently creates a new owner-scoped dataset when non-owner uses an existing dataset name
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2846

## 5. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this security_permissions risk before relying on the project: cognee.search ignores ACL when resolving dataset by name for non-owners
- User impact: Developers may expose sensitive permissions or credentials: cognee.search ignores ACL when resolving dataset by name for non-owners
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2845

## 6. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this security_permissions risk before relying on the project: cognify pipeline silently skips data added by non-owner users
- User impact: Developers may expose sensitive permissions or credentials: cognify pipeline silently skips data added by non-owner users
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2847

## 7. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/3004

## 8. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2846

## 9. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2845

## 10. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: high
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a security or permission risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2847

## 11. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v1.0.8
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.0.8
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.0.8

## 12. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v1.0.9
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.0.9
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.0.9

## 13. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: v1.1.0.dev1
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.1.0.dev1
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.1.0.dev1

## 14. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2976

## 15. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: LiteLLM ignores custom LLM_ENDPOINT for OpenAI-compatible APIs
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: LiteLLM ignores custom LLM_ENDPOINT for OpenAI-compatible APIs
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2842

## 16. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: [Bug]: JSON issue while adding the file for Cognify the data
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: [Bug]: JSON issue while adding the file for Cognify the data
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/3079

## 17. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: [Feature]: Temporal freshness policies for stale and superseded memories
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: [Feature]: Temporal freshness policies for stale and superseded memories
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/3004

## 18. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v1.1.0
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.1.0
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.1.0

## 19. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v1.1.1
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.1.1
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.1.1

## 20. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: v1.1.1.dev0
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.1.1.dev0
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.1.1.dev0

## 21. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a configuration risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/2933

## 22. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.assumptions | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee

## 23. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this runtime risk before relying on the project: PR Review: feat/staging-bridge-fix — Fix None reactions crash
- User impact: Developers may hit a documented source-backed failure mode: PR Review: feat/staging-bridge-fix — Fix None reactions crash
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/3065

## 24. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a runtime risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/issues/3065

## 25. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this migration risk before relying on the project: v1.0.7
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.0.7
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.0.7

## 26. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this migration risk before relying on the project: v1.1.0.dev0
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.1.0.dev0
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.1.0.dev0

## 27. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this migration risk before relying on the project: v1.1.2
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v1.1.2
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee/releases/tag/v1.1.2

## 28. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee

## 29. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: downstream_validation.risk_items | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee

## 30. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: risks.scoring_risks | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee

## 31. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: issue_or_pr_quality=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee

## 32. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: release_recency=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/topoteretes/cognee