From 2a86504723419e44f978909c1b526473c2196b99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 08:05:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] perf: lazy-load memory manager

---
 src/commands/status.scan.ts  | 5 +++--
 src/memory/index.ts          | 2 +-
 src/memory/search-manager.ts | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/status.scan.ts b/src/commands/status.scan.ts
index 94c7b6df9..860192325 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.scan.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.scan.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { probeGateway } from "../gateway/probe.js";
 import { collectChannelStatusIssues } from "../infra/channels-status-issues.js";
 import { resolveOsSummary } from "../infra/os-summary.js";
 import { getTailnetHostname } from "../infra/tailscale.js";
-import { MemoryIndexManager } from "../memory/manager.js";
+import type { MemoryIndexManager } from "../memory/manager.js";
 import { runExec } from "../process/exec.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
 import { getAgentLocalStatuses } from "./status.agent-local.js";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { getStatusSummary } from "./status.summary.js";
 import { getUpdateCheckResult } from "./status.update.js";
 import { buildChannelsTable } from "./status-all/channels.js";
 
-type MemoryStatusSnapshot = ReturnType<(typeof MemoryIndexManager)["prototype"]["status"]> & {
+type MemoryStatusSnapshot = ReturnType<MemoryIndexManager["status"]> & {
   agentId: string;
 };
 
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ export async function scanStatus(
         if (!memoryPlugin.enabled) return null;
         if (memoryPlugin.slot !== "memory-core") return null;
         const agentId = agentStatus.defaultId ?? "main";
+        const { MemoryIndexManager } = await import("../memory/manager.js");
         const manager = await MemoryIndexManager.get({ cfg, agentId }).catch(() => null);
         if (!manager) return null;
         try {
diff --git a/src/memory/index.ts b/src/memory/index.ts
index 98d19d932..092c4b03c 100644
--- a/src/memory/index.ts
+++ b/src/memory/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export { MemoryIndexManager, type MemorySearchResult } from "./manager.js";
+export type { MemoryIndexManager, MemorySearchResult } from "./manager.js";
 export { getMemorySearchManager, type MemorySearchManagerResult } from "./search-manager.js";
diff --git a/src/memory/search-manager.ts b/src/memory/search-manager.ts
index 5ec0d11bc..76612e88d 100644
--- a/src/memory/search-manager.ts
+++ b/src/memory/search-manager.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ClawdbotConfig } from "../config/config.js";
-import { MemoryIndexManager } from "./manager.js";
+import type { MemoryIndexManager } from "./manager.js";
 
 export type MemorySearchManagerResult = {
   manager: MemoryIndexManager | null;
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export async function getMemorySearchManager(params: {
   agentId: string;
 }): Promise<MemorySearchManagerResult> {
   try {
+    const { MemoryIndexManager } = await import("./manager.js");
     const manager = await MemoryIndexManager.get(params);
     return { manager };
   } catch (err) {