diff --git a/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.js b/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.js
index 1c0f71c5e0..350e0fd4a1 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.js
@@ -1199,13 +1199,10 @@ const initializeClient = async ({
             subagentGraphIds.add(subagentId);
           }
           countExpandedSubagentDescriptor(subagentId);
-          const existingChildren = await buildLazySubagentDescriptors(
-            existing,
-            depth + 1,
-            nextAncestors,
-          );
-          existing.lazySubagentConfigs = existingChildren.filter((child) => child.configId);
-          existing.subagentAgentConfigs = existingChildren.filter((child) => !child.configId);
+          /** Every initialized config is expanded independently in `rootSubagentConfigs`.
+           *  Descend here only to enforce path-sensitive depth and size limits; mutating the
+           *  shared object from this ancestor-specific walk would race its root expansion. */
+          await buildLazySubagentDescriptors(existing, depth + 1, nextAncestors);
           return existing;
         }
         const metadata = await loadSubagentMetadata(subagentId);
diff --git a/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.spec.js b/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.spec.js
index cb80c3807b..c6c4b23c1e 100644
--- a/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.spec.js
+++ b/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.spec.js
@@ -2479,6 +2479,45 @@ describe('initializeClient — subagent loading', () => {
     expect(agentClientArgs.agentConfigs.has(HANDOFF_AND_SUB_ID)).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it('preserves shared initialized agent children across parallel walkers', async () => {
+    const leftId = 'agent_parallel_left';
+    const rightId = 'agent_parallel_right';
+    const sharedId = 'agent_parallel_shared';
+    const primaryConfig = makePrimaryConfig({
+      subagents: { enabled: true, allowSelf: false, agent_ids: [leftId, rightId] },
+    });
+    const leftConfig = makeNestedSubagentConfig(leftId, [sharedId]);
+    const rightConfig = makeNestedSubagentConfig(rightId, [sharedId]);
+    const sharedConfig = makeNestedSubagentConfig(sharedId, [leftId]);
+    mockInitializeAgent.mockResolvedValue(primaryConfig);
+    processAddedConvo.mockImplementationOnce(async ({ agentConfigs }) => {
+      agentConfigs.set(leftId, leftConfig);
+      agentConfigs.set(rightId, rightConfig);
+      agentConfigs.set(sharedId, sharedConfig);
+      return { userMCPAuthMap: undefined };
+    });
+
+    await initializeClient({
+      req: makeSubagentReq(),
+      res: {},
+      signal: new AbortController().signal,
+      endpointOption: makeEndpointOption(),
+    });
+
+    const subagentsById = new Map(
+      agentClientArgs.agent.subagentAgentConfigs.map((config) => [config.id, config]),
+    );
+    const left = subagentsById.get(leftId);
+    const right = subagentsById.get(rightId);
+    const leftShared = left.subagentAgentConfigs[0];
+    const rightShared = right.subagentAgentConfigs[0];
+    expect(leftShared).toBe(sharedConfig);
+    expect(rightShared).toBe(sharedConfig);
+    expect(leftShared.subagentAgentConfigs.map((child) => child.id)).toEqual([leftId]);
+    expect(rightShared.subagentAgentConfigs.map((child) => child.id)).toEqual([leftId]);
+    expect(agentClientArgs.agentConfigs.get(sharedId)).toBe(sharedConfig);
+  });
+
   it('clears subagents config on primary when the capability is disabled', async () => {
     /** Admin can turn subagents off at the endpoint level even if an agent was
      *  configured for them. The primary's `subagents` field should be
diff --git a/packages/api/src/agents/__tests__/run-summarization.test.ts b/packages/api/src/agents/__tests__/run-summarization.test.ts
index 5132ba889b..26412970fe 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/agents/__tests__/run-summarization.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/agents/__tests__/run-summarization.test.ts
@@ -2022,6 +2022,74 @@ describe('subagentConfigs', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('prunes shared-agent cycles per traversal path without dropping valid edges', async () => {
+    const left = makeAgent({
+      id: 'agent_left',
+      name: 'Left',
+      subagents: { enabled: true, allowSelf: false, agent_ids: ['agent_shared'] },
+    }) as TestRunAgent;
+    const right = makeAgent({
+      id: 'agent_right',
+      name: 'Right',
+      subagents: { enabled: true, allowSelf: false, agent_ids: ['agent_shared'] },
+    }) as TestRunAgent;
+    const shared = makeAgent({
+      id: 'agent_shared',
+      name: 'Shared',
+      subagents: { enabled: true, allowSelf: false, agent_ids: ['agent_left'] },
+    }) as TestRunAgent;
+    left.subagentAgentConfigs = [shared];
+    right.subagentAgentConfigs = [shared];
+    shared.subagentAgentConfigs = [left];
+
+    const agents = await callAndCapture({
+      agents: [
+        makeAgent({
+          subagents: {
+            enabled: true,
+            allowSelf: false,
+            agent_ids: ['agent_left', 'agent_right'],
+          },
+          subagentAgentConfigs: [left, right],
+        }),
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const rootConfigs = agents[0].subagentConfigs as Parameters<typeof buildChildInputs>[0][];
+    const rootConfigsByType = new Map(rootConfigs.map((config) => [config.type, config]));
+    const leftConfig = rootConfigsByType.get('agent_left');
+    const rightConfig = rootConfigsByType.get('agent_right');
+    if (!leftConfig || !rightConfig) {
+      throw new Error('Expected both root subagent configs');
+    }
+    const leftInputs = buildChildInputs(leftConfig, 'agent_left', MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH);
+    const rightInputs = buildChildInputs(rightConfig, 'agent_right', MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH);
+    const leftShared = leftInputs.subagentConfigs?.[0];
+    const rightShared = rightInputs.subagentConfigs?.[0];
+    if (
+      !leftShared ||
+      !rightShared ||
+      leftInputs.maxSubagentDepth == null ||
+      rightInputs.maxSubagentDepth == null
+    ) {
+      throw new Error('Expected both shared subagent configs');
+    }
+    const leftSharedInputs = buildChildInputs(
+      leftShared,
+      'agent_shared',
+      leftInputs.maxSubagentDepth,
+    );
+    const rightSharedInputs = buildChildInputs(
+      rightShared,
+      'agent_shared',
+      rightInputs.maxSubagentDepth,
+    );
+
+    expect(leftSharedInputs.subagentConfigs).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(rightSharedInputs.subagentConfigs).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(rightSharedInputs.subagentConfigs?.[0]).toMatchObject({ type: 'agent_left' });
+  });
+
   it('combines self-spawn and explicit subagents when both enabled', async () => {
     const child = makeAgent({ id: 'agent_child', name: 'Helper' });
     const agents = await callAndCapture({