From 0b7c94a5e109a018d9fc9f15835d4233b6daafcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 14:22:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(memory): initialize provider-none lifecycle during sync

---
 .../memory-core/src/memory/manager.fts-only-reindex.test.ts | 5 +++++
 extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts                | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.fts-only-reindex.test.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.fts-only-reindex.test.ts
index 69616b144b0d..c7d6c3cb30b6 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.fts-only-reindex.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.fts-only-reindex.test.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ describe("memory manager FTS-only reindex", () => {
     expect(createEmbeddingProviderMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(countChunksContaining("Alpha topic")).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     expect(memoryManager.status().custom?.indexIdentity).toEqual({ status: "valid" });
+    expect(memoryManager.status().custom?.providerState).toEqual({
+      mode: "fts-only",
+      reason: "No embedding provider available (FTS-only mode)",
+      attemptedProviderId: "none",
+    });
   });
 
   it("reports explicit provider-none probes as FTS-only without resolving providers", async () => {
diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts
index 63a12dc11be4..27d96ea5a453 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/memory/manager.ts
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager extends MemoryManagerEmbeddingOps implements Mem
         log.warn(`memory sync failed (search): ${String(err)}`);
       },
     });
-    if (preflight.shouldInitializeProvider && this.settings.provider !== "none") {
+    if (preflight.shouldInitializeProvider) {
       await this.ensureProviderInitialized();
     }
     if (!this.provider && this.providerLifecycle.mode === "degraded") {
@@ -802,9 +802,7 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager extends MemoryManagerEmbeddingOps implements Mem
       return this.syncing;
     }
     this.syncing = (async () => {
-      if (this.settings.provider !== "none") {
-        await this.ensureProviderInitialized();
-      }
+      await this.ensureProviderInitialized();
       await this.runSyncWithReadonlyRecovery(params);
     })().finally(() => {
       this.syncing = null;