diff --git a/src/agents/tools/memory-tool.does-not-crash-on-errors.e2e.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/memory-tool.does-not-crash-on-errors.e2e.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 85535cedfe5..00000000000
--- a/src/agents/tools/memory-tool.does-not-crash-on-errors.e2e.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-
-vi.mock("../../memory/index.js", () => {
-  return {
-    getMemorySearchManager: async () => {
-      return {
-        manager: {
-          search: async () => {
-            throw new Error("openai embeddings failed: 429 insufficient_quota");
-          },
-          readFile: async () => {
-            throw new Error("path required");
-          },
-          status: () => ({
-            files: 0,
-            chunks: 0,
-            dirty: true,
-            workspaceDir: "/tmp",
-            dbPath: "/tmp/index.sqlite",
-            provider: "openai",
-            model: "text-embedding-3-small",
-            requestedProvider: "openai",
-          }),
-        },
-      };
-    },
-  };
-});
-
-import { createMemoryGetTool, createMemorySearchTool } from "./memory-tool.js";
-
-describe("memory tools", () => {
-  it("does not throw when memory_search fails (e.g. embeddings 429)", async () => {
-    const cfg = { agents: { list: [{ id: "main", default: true }] } };
-    const tool = createMemorySearchTool({ config: cfg });
-    expect(tool).not.toBeNull();
-    if (!tool) {
-      throw new Error("tool missing");
-    }
-
-    const result = await tool.execute("call_1", { query: "hello" });
-    expect(result.details).toEqual({
-      results: [],
-      disabled: true,
-      error: "openai embeddings failed: 429 insufficient_quota",
-    });
-  });
-
-  it("does not throw when memory_get fails", async () => {
-    const cfg = { agents: { list: [{ id: "main", default: true }] } };
-    const tool = createMemoryGetTool({ config: cfg });
-    expect(tool).not.toBeNull();
-    if (!tool) {
-      throw new Error("tool missing");
-    }
-
-    const result = await tool.execute("call_2", { path: "memory/NOPE.md" });
-    expect(result.details).toEqual({
-      path: "memory/NOPE.md",
-      text: "",
-      disabled: true,
-      error: "path required",
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/agents/tools/memory-tool.citations.e2e.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/memory-tool.e2e.test.ts
similarity index 69%
rename from src/agents/tools/memory-tool.citations.e2e.test.ts
rename to src/agents/tools/memory-tool.e2e.test.ts
index 8e4d5c1b7fd..38e2caab24d 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/memory-tool.citations.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/memory-tool.e2e.test.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 let backend: "builtin" | "qmd" = "builtin";
+let searchImpl: () => Promise<unknown[]> = async () => [
+  {
+    path: "MEMORY.md",
+    startLine: 5,
+    endLine: 7,
+    score: 0.9,
+    snippet: "@@ -5,3 @@\nAssistant: noted",
+    source: "memory" as const,
+  },
+];
+let readFileImpl: () => Promise<string> = async () => "";
+
 const stubManager = {
-  search: vi.fn(async () => [
-    {
-      path: "MEMORY.md",
-      startLine: 5,
-      endLine: 7,
-      score: 0.9,
-      snippet: "@@ -5,3 @@\nAssistant: noted",
-      source: "memory" as const,
-    },
-  ]),
-  readFile: vi.fn(),
+  search: vi.fn(async () => await searchImpl()),
+  readFile: vi.fn(async () => await readFileImpl()),
   status: () => ({
     backend,
     files: 1,
@@ -37,9 +40,21 @@ vi.mock("../../memory/index.js", () => {
   };
 });
 
-import { createMemorySearchTool } from "./memory-tool.js";
+import { createMemoryGetTool, createMemorySearchTool } from "./memory-tool.js";
 
 beforeEach(() => {
+  backend = "builtin";
+  searchImpl = async () => [
+    {
+      path: "MEMORY.md",
+      startLine: 5,
+      endLine: 7,
+      score: 0.9,
+      snippet: "@@ -5,3 @@\nAssistant: noted",
+      source: "memory" as const,
+    },
+  ];
+  readFileImpl = async () => "";
   vi.clearAllMocks();
 });
 
@@ -121,3 +136,46 @@ describe("memory search citations", () => {
     expect(details.results[0]?.snippet).not.toMatch(/Source:/);
   });
 });
+
+describe("memory tools", () => {
+  it("does not throw when memory_search fails (e.g. embeddings 429)", async () => {
+    searchImpl = async () => {
+      throw new Error("openai embeddings failed: 429 insufficient_quota");
+    };
+
+    const cfg = { agents: { list: [{ id: "main", default: true }] } };
+    const tool = createMemorySearchTool({ config: cfg });
+    expect(tool).not.toBeNull();
+    if (!tool) {
+      throw new Error("tool missing");
+    }
+
+    const result = await tool.execute("call_1", { query: "hello" });
+    expect(result.details).toEqual({
+      results: [],
+      disabled: true,
+      error: "openai embeddings failed: 429 insufficient_quota",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("does not throw when memory_get fails", async () => {
+    readFileImpl = async () => {
+      throw new Error("path required");
+    };
+
+    const cfg = { agents: { list: [{ id: "main", default: true }] } };
+    const tool = createMemoryGetTool({ config: cfg });
+    expect(tool).not.toBeNull();
+    if (!tool) {
+      throw new Error("tool missing");
+    }
+
+    const result = await tool.execute("call_2", { path: "memory/NOPE.md" });
+    expect(result.details).toEqual({
+      path: "memory/NOPE.md",
+      text: "",
+      disabled: true,
+      error: "path required",
+    });
+  });
+});