diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index fd1b6a6..4c05755 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 JIVAS is an Agentic Framework for rapidly prototyping and deploying graph-based, AI solutions.
 """
 
-__version__ = "2.1.20"
+__version__ = "2.1.21"
diff --git a/core/jivas/agent/action/interact.jac b/core/jivas/agent/action/interact.jac
index f120b2b..8e32e84 100644
--- a/core/jivas/agent/action/interact.jac
+++ b/core/jivas/agent/action/interact.jac
@@ -108,10 +108,13 @@ walker interact(agent_graph_walker) {
             visit queued_actions;
         }
 
+        self.logger.info(f"Utterance: {self.utterance}");
+
     }
 
     can on_action with InteractAction entry {
         # performs execute routine for action nodes
+        self.logger.info(f"Touch: {here.label}");
 
         if not self.is_intended(here) {
             return;
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ walker interact(agent_graph_walker) {
         }
 
         if here.touch(self) {
+            self.logger.info(f"Execute: {here.label}");
             # execute the action
             here.execute(self);
             self.interaction_node.trail.append(here.label);
diff --git a/core/jivas/agent/action/retrieval_interact_action.jac b/core/jivas/agent/action/retrieval_interact_action.jac
index a286ece..e239d2e 100644
--- a/core/jivas/agent/action/retrieval_interact_action.jac
+++ b/core/jivas/agent/action/retrieval_interact_action.jac
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ node RetrievalInteractAction(InteractAction) {
     has model_name:str = "gpt-4o";
     has model_temperature:float = 0.2;
     has model_max_tokens:int = 10000;
+    has cache_interact_action:str = "CacheInteractAction";
 
     def on_register() {
 
@@ -87,6 +88,19 @@ node RetrievalInteractAction(InteractAction) {
 
     def execute(visitor: agent_graph_walker) {
 
+        content_filter="";
+        if cache_interact_action := self.get_agent().get_action(action_label=self.cache_interact_action) {
+            cached_result = cache_interact_action.get_cached_response(visitor);
+            if cached_result.get("message") {
+                visitor.interaction_node.set_message(cached_result["message"]);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if cache_interact_action.can_use_cache_filter() {
+                content_filter = "metadata.document_type:!=cache_response";
+            }
+        }
+
         # first prepare the query with context completion
         # prepare query using conversation history or fallback to original utterance
         query = self.process_query(visitor);
@@ -109,7 +123,7 @@ node RetrievalInteractAction(InteractAction) {
         interaction_context['query'] = query.get("query", visitor);
 
         # handle context, if any and queue directive
-        if(context_data := self.retrieve_context(interaction_context['query'])) {
+        if(context_data := self.retrieve_context(query = interaction_context['query'], filter=content_filter)) {
 
             context_directive = None;
             # add raw context to the interaction node
@@ -159,6 +173,11 @@ node RetrievalInteractAction(InteractAction) {
                     query = model_action_result.get_json_result();
                 }
             }
+        } else {
+            query = {
+                "query": visitor.utterance,
+                "is_query": True
+            };
         }
 
         return query;
diff --git a/core/jivas/agent/memory/collection.jac b/core/jivas/agent/memory/collection.jac
index e2c6419..d3b21bc 100644
--- a/core/jivas/agent/memory/collection.jac
+++ b/core/jivas/agent/memory/collection.jac
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import from jivas.agent.core.graph_node { GraphNode }
 import from jac_cloud.plugin.jaseci { JacPlugin as Jac }
+import from jac_cloud.core.archetype { NodeAnchor }
+
 
 node Collection(GraphNode) {
     # represents a named collection for long-term memory storage
@@ -38,8 +40,20 @@ walker _purge_collection {
     }
 
     can on_collection_node with GraphNode entry {
-        visit [-->];
-        self.removed.append(here);
-        Jac.destroy(here);
+        try {
+            visit [-->];
+            self.removed.append(here);
+            Jac.destroy(here);
+        } except Exception as e {
+            node_id = re.search(r'\[(.*?)\]', str(e)).group(1);
+            filter_query = {"$and": [{"name": "Frame"}, {"archetype.id": node_id}]};
+
+            if (cursor := NodeAnchor.Collection.find(filter_query)) {
+                nodes = [n.archetype for n in cursor];
+                for node_obj in nodes {
+                    Jac.destroy(node_obj);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index 5549f1b..5dded2d 100644
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -42,21 +42,25 @@ def get_version() -> str:
     package_data={"jivas": []},
     python_requires=">=3.12.0",
     install_requires=[
-        "jvcli>=2.1.0",
-        "jvclient>=0.0.2",
-        "jvserve>=2.1.0",
-        "pytz>=2024.2",
-        "types-pytz>=2024.2.0.20241003",
-        "schedule>=1.2.2",
-        "openai>=1.68.2",
-        "langchain>=0.3.21",
-        "langchain-community>=0.3.20",
-        "langchain-core>=0.3.47",
-        "langchain-experimental>=0.3.4",
-        "langchain-openai>=0.3.9",
-        "setuptools>=75.8.1",
-        "transformers>=4.49.0",
-        "ftfy>=6.2.3",
+        "jvcli<=2.1.20",
+        "jvclient<=2.1.20",
+        "jvserve<=2.1.20",
+        "jac-cloud==0.2.7",
+        "jaclang==0.8.7",
+        "pytz==2025.2",
+        "types-pytz==2025.2.0.20250809",
+        "schedule==1.2.2",
+        "openai==1.109.1",
+        "langchain==0.3.27",
+        "langchain-community==0.3.27",
+        "langchain-core==0.3.79",
+        "langchain-experimental==0.3.4",
+        "langchain-openai==0.3.19",
+        "langchain-text-splitters==0.3.11",
+        "langsmith==0.4.38",
+        "setuptools==80.9.0",
+        "transformers==4.57.1",
+        "ftfy==6.3.1",
     ],
     extras_require={
         "dev": [
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diff --git a/jvcli/jvcli/templates/2.1.20/sourcefiles/agent_memory.yaml b/jvcli/jvcli/templates/2.1.21/sourcefiles/agent_memory.yaml
similarity index 100%
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diff --git a/jvcli/jvcli/templates/2.1.20/sourcefiles/interact_action_archetype.jac b/jvcli/jvcli/templates/2.1.21/sourcefiles/interact_action_archetype.jac
similarity index 100%
rename from jvcli/jvcli/templates/2.1.20/sourcefiles/interact_action_archetype.jac
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diff --git a/jvcli/setup.py b/jvcli/setup.py
index 6879d8c..743ca60 100644
--- a/jvcli/setup.py
+++ b/jvcli/setup.py
@@ -36,17 +36,17 @@ def get_version() -> str:
     ),
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
-        "click>=8.1.8",
-        "requests>=2.32.3",
-        "packaging>=24.2",
-        "pyaml>=25.1.0",
-        "python-dotenv>=1.0.0",
-        "semver>=3.0.4",
+        "click==8.3.0",
+        "requests==2.32.5",
+        "packaging==25.0",
+        "pyaml==25.7.0",
+        "python-dotenv==1.2.1",
+        "semver==3.0.4",
         "node-semver>=0.9.0",
-        "jaclang",
-        "pymongo",
-        "uvicorn",
-        "fastapi",
+        "jaclang==0.8.7",
+        "pymongo==4.11.3",
+        "uvicorn==0.34.0",
+        "fastapi==0.115.11",
     ],
     extras_require={
         "dev": [
diff --git a/jvserve/setup.py b/jvserve/setup.py
index 3ad5ed1..2d2f876 100644
--- a/jvserve/setup.py
+++ b/jvserve/setup.py
@@ -41,13 +41,14 @@ def get_version() -> str:
     package_data={"jvserve": []},
     python_requires=">=3.12.0",
     install_requires=[
-        "jac-cloud>=0.2.5",
+        "jac-cloud==0.2.7",
+        "jaclang==0.8.7",
         "psutil>=7.0.0",
-        "pyaml>=25.1.0",
-        "requests>=2.32.3",
-        "aiohttp>=3.10.10",
-        "schedule>=1.2.2",
-        "boto3>=1.37.10",
+        "pyaml==25.7.0",
+        "requests==2.32.5",
+        "aiohttp==3.13.1",
+        "schedule==1.2.2",
+        "boto3==1.40.59",
     ],
     extras_require={
         "dev": [