diff --git a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/middlewares/uploads_middleware.py b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/middlewares/uploads_middleware.py
index dbd4727..d9cb5f8 100644
--- a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/middlewares/uploads_middleware.py
+++ b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/agents/middlewares/uploads_middleware.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class UploadsMiddleware(AgentMiddleware[UploadsMiddlewareState]):
             return None
 
         # Resolve uploads directory for existence checks
-        thread_id = runtime.context.get("thread_id") if runtime.context else None
+        thread_id = (runtime.context or {}).get("thread_id")
         uploads_dir = self._paths.sandbox_uploads_dir(thread_id) if thread_id else None
 
         # Get newly uploaded files from the current message's additional_kwargs.files
diff --git a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/sandbox/middleware.py b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/sandbox/middleware.py
index caf6e46..deefc23 100644
--- a/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/sandbox/middleware.py
+++ b/backend/packages/harness/deerflow/sandbox/middleware.py
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ class SandboxMiddleware(AgentMiddleware[SandboxMiddlewareState]):
 
         # Eager initialization (original behavior)
         if "sandbox" not in state or state["sandbox"] is None:
-            thread_id = runtime.context["thread_id"]
+            thread_id = (runtime.context or {}).get("thread_id")
+            if thread_id is None:
+                return super().before_agent(state, runtime)
             sandbox_id = self._acquire_sandbox(thread_id)
             logger.info(f"Assigned sandbox {sandbox_id} to thread {thread_id}")
             return {"sandbox": {"sandbox_id": sandbox_id}}
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ class SandboxMiddleware(AgentMiddleware[SandboxMiddlewareState]):
             get_sandbox_provider().release(sandbox_id)
             return None
 
-        if runtime.context and runtime.context.get("sandbox_id") is not None:
+        if (runtime.context or {}).get("sandbox_id") is not None:
             sandbox_id = runtime.context.get("sandbox_id")
             logger.info(f"Releasing sandbox {sandbox_id} from context")
             get_sandbox_provider().release(sandbox_id)
diff --git a/backend/packages/harness/pyproject.toml b/backend/packages/harness/pyproject.toml
index f8c5bfc..c5a31b9 100644
--- a/backend/packages/harness/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/packages/harness/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "langchain-deepseek>=1.0.1",
     "langchain-mcp-adapters>=0.1.0",
     "langchain-openai>=1.1.7",
-    "langgraph>=1.0.6",
+    "langgraph>=1.0.6,<1.0.10",
     "langgraph-api>=0.7.0,<0.8.0",
     "langgraph-cli>=0.4.14",
     "langgraph-runtime-inmem>=0.22.1",