fix(oss): parallelize entity boost searches in Memory.search (#5377)

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/embeddings/lmstudio.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ export class LMStudioEmbedder implements Embedder {
         input: normalized,
         encoding_format: "float",
       });
-      return response.data.map((item) => item.embedding);
+      return response.data
+        .sort((a, b) => a.index - b.index)
+        .map((item) => item.embedding);
     } catch (err) {
       const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
       throw new Error(`LM Studio embedder failed: ${message}`);

mem0-ts/src/oss/src/memory/index.ts

@@ -1169,17 +1169,35 @@ export class Memory {
 
         if (deduped.length > 0) {
           const entityStore = await this.getEntityStore();
+          const entitySearchFilters: Record<string, any> = {};
+          for (const k of ["user_id", "agent_id", "run_id"] as const) {
+            if (effectiveFilters[k])
+              entitySearchFilters[k] = effectiveFilters[k];
+          }
+          const entityTexts = deduped.map((e) => e.text);
+          const embeddings = await this.embedder.embedBatch(entityTexts);
 
-          for (const entity of deduped) {
+          if (embeddings.length !== entityTexts.length) {
-            try {
+            console.warn(
-              const entityEmbedding = await this.embedder.embed(entity.text);
+              `embedBatch returned ${embeddings.length} vectors for ${entityTexts.length} texts — skipping entity boost`,
-              const matches = await entityStore.search(
+            );
-                entityEmbedding,
+          } else {
-                500,
+            const searchResults = await Promise.allSettled(
-                effectiveFilters,
+              deduped.map((_, i) =>
-              );
+                entityStore.search(embeddings[i], 500, entitySearchFilters),
+              ),
+            );
 
-              for (const match of matches) {
+            for (const result of searchResults) {
+              if (result.status === "rejected") {
+                console.warn(
+                  "Entity boost search failed for one entity:",
+                  result.reason,
+                );
+                continue;
+              }
+
+              for (const match of result.value) {
                 const similarity = match.score ?? 0;
                 if (similarity < 0.5) continue;
 
@@ -1187,7 +1205,6 @@ export class Memory {
                 const linkedMemoryIds = payload.linkedMemoryIds ?? [];
                 if (!Array.isArray(linkedMemoryIds)) continue;
 
-                // Spread-attenuated boost
                 const numLinked = Math.max(linkedMemoryIds.length, 1);
                 const memoryCountWeight =
                   1.0 / (1.0 + 0.001 * (numLinked - 1) ** 2);
@@ -1204,8 +1221,6 @@ export class Memory {
                   }
                 }
               }
-            } catch (e) {
-              // Individual entity boost failed — continue
             }
           }
         }

mem0-ts/src/oss/tests/memory.entity-boost.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+/**
+ * Entity boost parallelism tests (#5214).
+ *
+ * Verifies that entity boost searches run concurrently via Promise.allSettled,
+ * scoring is preserved, and individual entity failures don't abort others.
+ */
+/// <reference types="jest" />
+import { Memory } from "../src/memory";
+import { ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT } from "../src/utils/scoring";
+import type { VectorStoreResult } from "../src/types";
+
+jest.setTimeout(15000);
+
+jest.mock("../src/embeddings/google", () => ({
+  GoogleEmbedder: jest.fn(),
+}));
+jest.mock("../src/llms/google", () => ({
+  GoogleLLM: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+jest.mock("../src/llms/openai", () => ({
+  OpenAILLM: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    generateResponse: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        memory: [{ id: "0", text: "fact", attributed_to: "user" }],
+      }),
+    ),
+  })),
+}));
+
+const mockEmbedding = new Array(1536).fill(0.1);
+jest.mock("../src/embeddings/openai", () => ({
+  OpenAIEmbedder: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    embed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockEmbedding),
+    embedBatch: jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockImplementation((texts: string[]) =>
+        Promise.resolve(texts.map(() => mockEmbedding)),
+      ),
+    embeddingDims: 1536,
+  })),
+}));
+
+function makeMatch(
+  id: string,
+  score: number,
+  linkedMemoryIds: string[],
+): VectorStoreResult {
+  return { id, score, payload: { linkedMemoryIds } };
+}
+
+function createMemory(): Memory {
+  return new Memory({
+    version: "v1.1",
+    embedder: {
+      provider: "openai",
+      config: { apiKey: "test-key", model: "text-embedding-3-small" },
+    },
+    vectorStore: {
+      provider: "memory",
+      config: {
+        collectionName: `test-entity-${Date.now()}-${Math.random()}`,
+        dimension: 1536,
+        dbPath: ":memory:",
+      },
+    },
+    llm: {
+      provider: "openai",
+      config: { apiKey: "test-key", model: "gpt-5-mini" },
+    },
+    historyDbPath: ":memory:",
+  });
+}
+
+describe("Entity boost parallelism (#5214)", () => {
+  let memory: Memory;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    memory = createMemory();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await memory.reset();
+  });
+
+  it("should use Promise.allSettled for concurrent entity searches", async () => {
+    // Spy on Promise.allSettled to confirm it's being used
+    const allSettledSpy = jest.spyOn(Promise, "allSettled");
+
+    // Access internals to inject a mock entity store
+    const m = memory as any;
+    await m._ensureInitialized();
+
+    const mockEntityStore = {
+      search: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([makeMatch("e1", 0.9, ["mem-1"])]),
+      initialize: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    };
+    m._entityStore = mockEntityStore;
+
+    m.embedder = {
+      embed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockEmbedding),
+      embedBatch: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockImplementation((texts: string[]) =>
+          Promise.resolve(texts.map(() => mockEmbedding)),
+        ),
+    };
+
+    // Mock the vector store to return a semantic result
+    m.vectorStore.search = jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue([
+        { id: "mem-1", score: 0.8, payload: { data: "test" } },
+      ]);
+    m.vectorStore.keywordSearch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+    await m.search("alice and bob", { filters: { user_id: "u1" } });
+
+    expect(allSettledSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    allSettledSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("should preserve scoring math with parallel execution", async () => {
+    const m = memory as any;
+    await m._ensureInitialized();
+
+    // Two entities: "alice" links to mem-1, "bob" links to mem-1 and mem-2
+    // mem-1 should get max(alice_boost, bob_boost)
+    const mockEntityStore = {
+      search: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockImplementation(
+          (_embedding: number[], _topK: number, _filters: any) => {
+            // We need to differentiate by embedding content — but since all
+            // embeddings are identical mocks, we'll use call order
+            const callCount = mockEntityStore.search.mock.calls.length;
+            if (callCount <= 1) {
+              // First entity: "alice"
+              return Promise.resolve([makeMatch("e-alice", 0.9, ["mem-1"])]);
+            }
+            // Second entity: "bob"
+            return Promise.resolve([
+              makeMatch("e-bob", 0.6, ["mem-1", "mem-2"]),
+            ]);
+          },
+        ),
+      initialize: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    };
+    m._entityStore = mockEntityStore;
+    m.embedder = {
+      embed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockEmbedding),
+      embedBatch: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockImplementation((texts: string[]) =>
+          Promise.resolve(texts.map(() => mockEmbedding)),
+        ),
+    };
+
+    // Semantic results include mem-1 and mem-2
+    m.vectorStore.search = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue([
+      { id: "mem-1", score: 0.85, payload: { data: "alice memory" } },
+      { id: "mem-2", score: 0.75, payload: { data: "bob memory" } },
+    ]);
+    m.vectorStore.keywordSearch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+    const result = await m.search("alice and bob", {
+      filters: { user_id: "u1" },
+    });
+
+    // Entity store was called (parallelized via Promise.allSettled)
+    expect(mockEntityStore.search).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    // Results should exist and have scores
+    expect(result.results.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    for (const item of result.results) {
+      expect(typeof item.score).toBe("number");
+      expect(item.score).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("should survive one entity search failure without losing other boosts", async () => {
+    const m = memory as any;
+    await m._ensureInitialized();
+
+    let callIndex = 0;
+    const mockEntityStore = {
+      search: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+        callIndex++;
+        if (callIndex === 1) {
+          return Promise.reject(new Error("provider timeout"));
+        }
+        return Promise.resolve([makeMatch("e-ok", 0.8, ["mem-9"])]);
+      }),
+      initialize: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    };
+    m._entityStore = mockEntityStore;
+    m.embedder = {
+      embed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockEmbedding),
+      embedBatch: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockImplementation((texts: string[]) =>
+          Promise.resolve(texts.map(() => mockEmbedding)),
+        ),
+    };
+    m.vectorStore.search = jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue([
+        { id: "mem-9", score: 0.85, payload: { data: "surviving memory" } },
+      ]);
+    m.vectorStore.keywordSearch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+    const warnSpy = jest.spyOn(console, "warn").mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+    // "John Smith met Jane Doe" extracts two proper entities
+    const result = await m.search("John Smith met Jane Doe", {
+      filters: { user_id: "u1" },
+    });
+
+    expect(result.results.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(result.results[0].id).toBe("mem-9");
+    // Should log the failure like Python does
+    expect(warnSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "Entity boost search failed for one entity:",
+      expect.any(Error),
+    );
+    warnSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("should call entity searches concurrently, not sequentially", async () => {
+    const m = memory as any;
+    await m._ensureInitialized();
+
+    const concurrency = { current: 0, peak: 0 };
+
+    const mockEntityStore = {
+      search: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+        concurrency.current++;
+        concurrency.peak = Math.max(concurrency.peak, concurrency.current);
+        return new Promise<VectorStoreResult[]>((resolve) => {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            concurrency.current--;
+            resolve([makeMatch("e1", 0.7, ["mem-1"])]);
+          }, 100);
+        });
+      }),
+      initialize: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    };
+    m._entityStore = mockEntityStore;
+    m.embedder = {
+      embed: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockEmbedding),
+      embedBatch: jest
+        .fn()
+        .mockImplementation((texts: string[]) =>
+          Promise.resolve(texts.map(() => mockEmbedding)),
+        ),
+    };
+    m.vectorStore.search = jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue([
+        { id: "mem-1", score: 0.8, payload: { data: "test" } },
+      ]);
+    m.vectorStore.keywordSearch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(null);
+
+    const start = performance.now();
+    await m.search("entity1 and entity2 and entity3 and entity4", {
+      filters: { user_id: "u1" },
+    });
+    const elapsed = performance.now() - start;
+
+    // With 4 entities at 100ms each, sequential would be ~400ms+.
+    // Parallel should be well under that. Use generous bound for CI.
+    expect(elapsed).toBeLessThan(500);
+    // At least 2 searches should have overlapped
+    expect(concurrency.peak).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(2);
+  });
+});

mem0/memory/main.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+import concurrent.futures
 import gc
 import hashlib
 import json
@@ -1464,34 +1465,55 @@ class Memory(MemoryBase):
         memory_boosts = {}
 
         try:
-            for _, entity_text in deduped:
+            entity_texts = [text for _, text in deduped]
-                entity_embedding = self.embedding_model.embed(entity_text, "search")
+            embeddings = self.embedding_model.embed_batch(entity_texts, "search")
-                matches = self.entity_store.search(
+
-                    query=entity_text,
+            if len(embeddings) != len(entity_texts):
-                    vectors=entity_embedding,
+                logger.warning(
-                    top_k=500,
+                    "embed_batch returned %d vectors for %d texts — skipping entity boost",
-                    filters=search_filters,
+                    len(embeddings),
+                    len(entity_texts),
+                )
+                return memory_boosts
+
+            entity_store = self.entity_store
+
+            def _search_entity(entity_text, embedding):
+                return entity_store.search(
+                    query=entity_text, vectors=embedding, top_k=500, filters=search_filters
                 )
 
-                for match in matches:
+            with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as pool:
-                    similarity = match.score if hasattr(match, 'score') else 0.0
+                futures = {
-                    if similarity < 0.5:
+                    pool.submit(_search_entity, text, emb): text
+                    for text, emb in zip(entity_texts, embeddings)
+                }
+
+                for future in concurrent.futures.as_completed(futures):
+                    try:
+                        matches = future.result()
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        logger.warning("Entity boost search failed for one entity: %s", e)
                         continue
 
-                    payload = match.payload if hasattr(match, 'payload') else {}
+                    for match in matches:
-                    linked_memory_ids = payload.get("linked_memory_ids", [])
+                        similarity = match.score if hasattr(match, 'score') else 0.0
-                    if not isinstance(linked_memory_ids, list):
+                        if similarity < 0.5:
-                        continue
+                            continue
 
-                    # Spread-attenuated boost: entities linking to many memories get attenuated
+                        payload = match.payload if hasattr(match, 'payload') else {}
-                    num_linked = max(len(linked_memory_ids), 1)
+                        linked_memory_ids = payload.get("linked_memory_ids", [])
-                    memory_count_weight = 1.0 / (1.0 + 0.001 * ((num_linked - 1) ** 2))
+                        if not isinstance(linked_memory_ids, list):
-                    boost = similarity * ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT * memory_count_weight
+                            continue
 
-                    for memory_id in linked_memory_ids:
+                        num_linked = max(len(linked_memory_ids), 1)
-                        if memory_id:
+                        memory_count_weight = 1.0 / (1.0 + 0.001 * ((num_linked - 1) ** 2))
-                            memory_key = str(memory_id)
+                        boost = similarity * ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT * memory_count_weight
-                            memory_boosts[memory_key] = max(memory_boosts.get(memory_key, 0.0), boost)
+
+                        for memory_id in linked_memory_ids:
+                            if memory_id:
+                                memory_key = str(memory_id)
+                                memory_boosts[memory_key] = max(memory_boosts.get(memory_key, 0.0), boost)
 
         except Exception as e:
             logger.warning(f"Entity boost computation failed: {e}")
@@ -2872,15 +2894,38 @@ class AsyncMemory(MemoryBase):
         memory_boosts = {}
 
         try:
-            for _, entity_text in deduped:
+            entity_texts = [text for _, text in deduped]
-                entity_embedding = await asyncio.to_thread(self.embedding_model.embed, entity_text, "search")
+            embeddings = await asyncio.to_thread(self.embedding_model.embed_batch, entity_texts, "search")
-                matches = await asyncio.to_thread(
+
-                    self.entity_store.search,
+            if len(embeddings) != len(entity_texts):
-                    query=entity_text,
+                logger.warning(
-                    vectors=entity_embedding,
+                    "embed_batch returned %d vectors for %d texts — skipping entity boost",
-                    top_k=500,
+                    len(embeddings),
-                    filters=search_filters,
+                    len(entity_texts),
                 )
+                return memory_boosts
+
+            sem = asyncio.Semaphore(4)
+
+            async def _search_entity(entity_text, embedding):
+                async with sem:
+                    return await asyncio.to_thread(
+                        self.entity_store.search,
+                        query=entity_text,
+                        vectors=embedding,
+                        top_k=500,
+                        filters=search_filters,
+                    )
+
+            results = await asyncio.gather(
+                *(_search_entity(text, emb) for text, emb in zip(entity_texts, embeddings)),
+                return_exceptions=True,
+            )
+
+            for matches in results:
+                if isinstance(matches, BaseException):
+                    logger.warning("Entity boost search failed for one entity: %s", matches)
+                    continue
 
                 for match in matches:
                     similarity = match.score if hasattr(match, 'score') else 0.0

tests/memory/test_main.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import logging
+import time
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, Mock
 
 import pytest
@@ -663,3 +665,195 @@ async def test_async_update_preserves_actor_id_when_different_actor_updates(mock
     assert stored["actor_id"] == "Alice"
 
 
+def _make_match(score, linked_memory_ids):
+    return SimpleNamespace(score=score, payload={"linked_memory_ids": linked_memory_ids})
+
+
+class TestEntityBoostParallelism:
+    """Tests for parallelized entity boost searches (#5214)."""
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def mock_memory(self, mocker):
+        _setup_mocks(mocker)
+        return Memory()
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def mock_async_memory(self, mocker):
+        _setup_mocks(mocker)
+        return AsyncMemory()
+
+    def test_sync_boosts_preserve_scoring(self, mock_memory):
+        from mem0.utils.scoring import ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT
+
+        mock_memory.embedding_model = Mock()
+        mock_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch = Mock(return_value=[[0.1, 0.2, 0.3], [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]])
+
+        results_by_query = {
+            "alice": [_make_match(0.9, ["mem-1"])],
+            "bob": [_make_match(0.6, ["mem-1", "mem-2"])],
+        }
+
+        def fake_search(query, vectors, top_k, filters):
+            return results_by_query[query]
+
+        mock_memory._entity_store = Mock()
+        mock_memory._entity_store.search = Mock(side_effect=fake_search)
+
+        boosts = mock_memory._compute_entity_boosts(
+            [("person", "alice"), ("person", "bob")],
+            {"user_id": "u1"},
+        )
+
+        boost_alice = 0.9 * ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT * (1.0 / (1.0 + 0.001 * (0**2)))
+        boost_bob = 0.6 * ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT * (1.0 / (1.0 + 0.001 * (1**2)))
+        assert boosts["mem-1"] == pytest.approx(max(boost_alice, boost_bob))
+        assert boosts["mem-2"] == pytest.approx(boost_bob)
+
+    def test_sync_embed_batch_called_once(self, mock_memory):
+        mock_memory.embedding_model = Mock()
+        mock_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch = Mock(return_value=[[0.1], [0.1], [0.1]])
+        mock_memory._entity_store = Mock()
+        mock_memory._entity_store.search = Mock(return_value=[_make_match(0.7, ["mem-1"])])
+
+        mock_memory._compute_entity_boosts(
+            [("person", "alice"), ("person", "bob"), ("person", "carol")],
+            {"user_id": "u1"},
+        )
+
+        mock_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch.assert_called_once_with(["alice", "bob", "carol"], "search")
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_async_boosts_preserve_scoring(self, mock_async_memory):
+        from mem0.utils.scoring import ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT
+
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model = Mock()
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch = Mock(return_value=[[0.1, 0.2, 0.3], [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]])
+
+        results_by_query = {
+            "alice": [_make_match(0.9, ["mem-1"])],
+            "bob": [_make_match(0.6, ["mem-1", "mem-2"])],
+        }
+
+        def fake_search(query, vectors, top_k, filters):
+            return results_by_query[query]
+
+        mock_async_memory._entity_store = Mock()
+        mock_async_memory._entity_store.search = Mock(side_effect=fake_search)
+
+        boosts = await mock_async_memory._compute_entity_boosts_async(
+            [("person", "alice"), ("person", "bob")],
+            {"user_id": "u1"},
+        )
+
+        boost_alice = 0.9 * ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT * (1.0 / (1.0 + 0.001 * (0**2)))
+        boost_bob = 0.6 * ENTITY_BOOST_WEIGHT * (1.0 / (1.0 + 0.001 * (1**2)))
+        assert boosts["mem-1"] == pytest.approx(max(boost_alice, boost_bob))
+        assert boosts["mem-2"] == pytest.approx(boost_bob)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_async_embed_batch_called_once(self, mock_async_memory):
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model = Mock()
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch = Mock(return_value=[[0.1], [0.1], [0.1]])
+        mock_async_memory._entity_store = Mock()
+        mock_async_memory._entity_store.search = Mock(return_value=[_make_match(0.7, ["mem-1"])])
+
+        await mock_async_memory._compute_entity_boosts_async(
+            [("person", "alice"), ("person", "bob"), ("person", "carol")],
+            {"user_id": "u1"},
+        )
+
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch.assert_called_once_with(["alice", "bob", "carol"], "search")
+
+    def test_sync_one_entity_failure_does_not_abort_others(self, mock_memory, caplog):
+        mock_memory.embedding_model = Mock()
+        mock_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch = Mock(return_value=[[0.1, 0.2, 0.3], [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]])
+
+        def fake_search(query, vectors, top_k, filters):
+            if query == "boom":
+                raise RuntimeError("provider timeout")
+            return [_make_match(0.8, ["mem-9"])]
+
+        mock_memory._entity_store = Mock()
+        mock_memory._entity_store.search = Mock(side_effect=fake_search)
+
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+            boosts = mock_memory._compute_entity_boosts(
+                [("person", "boom"), ("person", "ok")],
+                {"user_id": "u1"},
+            )
+
+        assert "mem-9" in boosts
+        assert any("Entity boost search failed" in r.message for r in caplog.records)
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_async_one_entity_failure_does_not_abort_others(self, mock_async_memory, caplog):
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model = Mock()
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch = Mock(return_value=[[0.1, 0.2, 0.3], [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]])
+
+        def fake_search(query, vectors, top_k, filters):
+            if query == "boom":
+                raise RuntimeError("provider timeout")
+            return [_make_match(0.8, ["mem-9"])]
+
+        mock_async_memory._entity_store = Mock()
+        mock_async_memory._entity_store.search = Mock(side_effect=fake_search)
+
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
+            boosts = await mock_async_memory._compute_entity_boosts_async(
+                [("person", "boom"), ("person", "ok")],
+                {"user_id": "u1"},
+            )
+
+        assert "mem-9" in boosts
+        assert any("Entity boost search failed" in r.message for r in caplog.records)
+
+    def test_sync_searches_run_concurrently(self, mock_memory):
+        mock_memory.embedding_model = Mock()
+        mock_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch = Mock(return_value=[[0.1]] * 4)
+
+        concurrent_count = {"current": 0, "peak": 0}
+
+        def blocking_search(query, vectors, top_k, filters):
+            concurrent_count["current"] += 1
+            concurrent_count["peak"] = max(concurrent_count["peak"], concurrent_count["current"])
+            time.sleep(0.2)
+            concurrent_count["current"] -= 1
+            return [_make_match(0.7, [f"mem-{query}"])]
+
+        mock_memory._entity_store = Mock()
+        mock_memory._entity_store.search = Mock(side_effect=blocking_search)
+
+        entities = [("person", f"e{i}") for i in range(4)]
+        start = time.perf_counter()
+        boosts = mock_memory._compute_entity_boosts(entities, {"user_id": "u1"})
+        elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
+
+        assert elapsed < 0.6, f"searches did not run concurrently (took {elapsed:.2f}s)"
+        assert concurrent_count["peak"] >= 2, "no overlap observed between entity searches"
+        assert len(boosts) == 4
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_async_searches_run_concurrently(self, mock_async_memory):
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model = Mock()
+        mock_async_memory.embedding_model.embed_batch = Mock(return_value=[[0.1]] * 4)
+
+        concurrent_count = {"current": 0, "peak": 0}
+
+        def blocking_search(query, vectors, top_k, filters):
+            concurrent_count["current"] += 1
+            concurrent_count["peak"] = max(concurrent_count["peak"], concurrent_count["current"])
+            time.sleep(0.2)
+            concurrent_count["current"] -= 1
+            return [_make_match(0.7, [f"mem-{query}"])]
+
+        mock_async_memory._entity_store = Mock()
+        mock_async_memory._entity_store.search = Mock(side_effect=blocking_search)
+
+        entities = [("person", f"e{i}") for i in range(4)]
+        start = time.perf_counter()
+        boosts = await mock_async_memory._compute_entity_boosts_async(entities, {"user_id": "u1"})
+        elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
+
+        assert elapsed < 0.6, f"searches did not run concurrently (took {elapsed:.2f}s)"
+        assert concurrent_count["peak"] >= 2, "no overlap observed between entity searches"
+        assert len(boosts) == 4