diff --git a/api/app/clients/tools/util/handleTools.js b/api/app/clients/tools/util/handleTools.js
index 0790e9ab76..96bef6d683 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/tools/util/handleTools.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/tools/util/handleTools.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const { Calculator, createSearchTool, createCodeExecutionTool } = require('@libr
 const {
   checkAccess,
   toolkitParent,
+  isMemoryEnabled,
   createSafeUser,
   mcpToolPattern,
   createMemoryTool,
@@ -54,6 +55,34 @@ const { getMCPServerTools } = require('~/server/services/Config');
 const { getMCPServersRegistry } = require('~/config');
 const { getRoleByName, setMemory, deleteMemory, getFormattedMemories } = require('~/models');
 
+/**
+ * Re-checks the full memory gate before constructing inline memory tools.
+ * The event-driven executor loads tools by name, so an unsolicited
+ * `set_memory`/`delete_memory` call must not bypass the config, opt-out, and
+ * permission checks enforced when the tools were registered.
+ * @param {ServerRequest} [req]
+ * @returns {Promise<boolean>}
+ */
+async function isMemoryToolUsable(req) {
+  if (!isMemoryEnabled(req?.config?.memory)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (req?.user?.personalization?.memories === false) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  try {
+    return await checkAccess({
+      user: req.user,
+      permissionType: PermissionTypes.MEMORIES,
+      permissions: [Permissions.USE],
+      getRoleByName,
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('[handleTools] Memory permission check failed:', error);
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Validates the availability and authentication of tools for a user based on environment variables or user-specific plugin authentication values.
  * Tools without required authentication or with valid authentication are considered valid.
@@ -366,6 +395,9 @@ const loadTools = async ({
       const validKeys = memoryConfig?.validKeys;
       const tokenLimit = memoryConfig?.tokenLimit;
       requestedTools[tool] = async () => {
+        if (!(await isMemoryToolUsable(options.req))) {
+          return null;
+        }
         let totalTokens = 0;
         if (tokenLimit) {
           try {
@@ -381,6 +413,9 @@ const loadTools = async ({
     } else if (tool === DELETE_MEMORY_TOOL_NAME) {
       const memoryConfig = options.req?.config?.memory;
       requestedTools[tool] = async () => {
+        if (!(await isMemoryToolUsable(options.req))) {
+          return null;
+        }
         return createDeleteMemoryTool({
           userId: user,
           deleteMemory,
diff --git a/client/src/utils/endpoints.ts b/client/src/utils/endpoints.ts
index 665159e246..d186a32037 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/endpoints.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/endpoints.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ export function applyModelSpecEphemeralAgent({
       ['web_search', LocalStorageKeys.LAST_WEB_SEARCH_TOGGLE_],
       ['file_search', LocalStorageKeys.LAST_FILE_SEARCH_TOGGLE_],
       ['artifacts', LocalStorageKeys.LAST_ARTIFACTS_TOGGLE_],
+      ['memory', LocalStorageKeys.LAST_MEMORY_TOGGLE_],
     ];
 
     for (const [toolKey, storagePrefix] of toolStorageMap) {
diff --git a/client/src/utils/localStorage.ts b/client/src/utils/localStorage.ts
index d1c9d1acf1..4a8e425365 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/localStorage.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/localStorage.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export function clearLocalStorage(skipFirst?: boolean) {
     if (
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.LAST_MCP_) ||
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.LAST_CODE_TOGGLE_) ||
+      key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.LAST_MEMORY_TOGGLE_) ||
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.ASST_ID_PREFIX) ||
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.AGENT_ID_PREFIX) ||
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.LAST_CONVO_SETUP) ||
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export function clearAllConversationStorage() {
     if (
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.LAST_MCP_) ||
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.LAST_CODE_TOGGLE_) ||
+      key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.LAST_MEMORY_TOGGLE_) ||
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.TEXT_DRAFT) ||
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.ASST_ID_PREFIX) ||
       key.startsWith(LocalStorageKeys.AGENT_ID_PREFIX) ||
diff --git a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/service.spec.ts b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/service.spec.ts
index 1b8928d8ba..1d4b31292f 100644
--- a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/service.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/service.spec.ts
@@ -174,4 +174,14 @@ describe('AppService memory capability', () => {
       AgentCapabilities.memory,
     );
   });
+
+  it('strips the memory capability even when an agents endpoint block is configured', async () => {
+    const config = {
+      endpoints: { [EModelEndpoint.agents]: { disableBuilder: true } },
+    } as DeepPartial<TCustomConfig>;
+    const result = await AppService({ config });
+    expect(result.endpoints?.[EModelEndpoint.agents]?.capabilities).not.toContain(
+      AgentCapabilities.memory,
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/service.ts b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/service.ts
index e9cb4e1d03..6a2b4ac16e 100644
--- a/packages/data-schemas/src/app/service.ts
+++ b/packages/data-schemas/src/app/service.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import {
   skillSyncConfigSchema,
   summarizationConfigSchema,
 } from 'librechat-data-provider';
-import type { TCustomConfig, FileSources, DeepPartial } from 'librechat-data-provider';
+import type {
+  FileSources,
+  DeepPartial,
+  TCustomConfig,
+  TAgentsEndpoint,
+} from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import type { AppConfig, FunctionTool } from '~/types/app';
 import { loadMemoryConfig, isMemoryEnabled } from './memory';
 import { loadDefaultInterface } from './interface';
@@ -162,12 +167,20 @@ export const AppService = async (params?: {
   /** The `memory` capability only functions when memory is configured and
    *  enabled. Drop it from the served capability set otherwise so the agent
    *  builder toggle, ephemeral badge, and backend capability gate stay
-   *  consistent instead of exposing an inert memory toggle. */
-  if (!isMemoryEnabled(memory) && Array.isArray(agentsDefaults.capabilities)) {
-    agentsDefaults.capabilities = agentsDefaults.capabilities.filter(
+   *  consistent instead of exposing an inert memory toggle. Applied to the
+   *  final served agents config — `loadEndpoints` reparses any
+   *  `endpoints.agents` block and would otherwise restore the default
+   *  capability. */
+  const memoryDisabled = !isMemoryEnabled(memory);
+  const stripInertMemoryCapability = (agentsEndpoint?: Partial<TAgentsEndpoint>): void => {
+    if (!memoryDisabled || !agentsEndpoint || !Array.isArray(agentsEndpoint.capabilities)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    agentsEndpoint.capabilities = agentsEndpoint.capabilities.filter(
       (capability) => capability !== AgentCapabilities.memory,
     );
-  }
+  };
+  stripInertMemoryCapability(agentsDefaults);
 
   if (!Object.keys(config).length) {
     const appConfig = {
@@ -180,6 +193,7 @@ export const AppService = async (params?: {
   }
 
   const loadedEndpoints = loadEndpoints(config, agentsDefaults);
+  stripInertMemoryCapability(loadedEndpoints[EModelEndpoint.agents]);
 
   const appConfig: AppConfig = {
     ...defaultConfig,