diff --git a/gateway/run_agent_cache.py b/gateway/run_agent_cache.py
index 968d997493..8b19bb6bbb 100644
--- a/gateway/run_agent_cache.py
+++ b/gateway/run_agent_cache.py
@@ -94,8 +94,34 @@ class GatewayAgentCacheMixin:
         provider = cfg_get(cfg, "memory", "provider")
         honcho = isinstance(provider, str) and provider.lower() == "honcho"
         out.update(cls._extract_honcho_cache_busting_config() if honcho else dict.fromkeys(cls._HONCHO_CACHE_BUSTING_KEYS))
+        for key, value in cls._memory_provider_identity_signature(provider).items():
+            out[f"memory.{key}"] = value
         return out
 
+    # Uninitialized provider instances by name, kept for the process lifetime: loading one imports
+    # its plugin module, and identity_signature() runs on every inbound message.
+    _MEMORY_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_MEMO: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _memory_provider_identity_signature(cls, provider_name: Any) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """The active memory provider's ``identity_signature()``; ``{}`` when there is no provider,
+        it fails to load, or the hook raises."""
+        if not isinstance(provider_name, str) or not provider_name.strip():
+            return {}
+        name = provider_name.strip()
+        try:
+            instance = cls._MEMORY_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_MEMO.get(name)
+            if instance is None:
+                from plugins.memory import load_memory_provider
+                instance = load_memory_provider(name, register_skills=False)
+                if instance is None:
+                    return {}
+                cls._MEMORY_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_MEMO[name] = instance
+            signature = instance.identity_signature()
+            return dict(signature) if isinstance(signature, dict) else {}
+        except Exception:
+            return {}
+
     @staticmethod
     def _agent_config_signature(
         model: str, runtime: dict, enabled_toolsets: list, ephemeral_prompt: str,
diff --git a/tests/gateway/test_agent_cache.py b/tests/gateway/test_agent_cache.py
index 088829ea89..7897768837 100644
--- a/tests/gateway/test_agent_cache.py
+++ b/tests/gateway/test_agent_cache.py
@@ -225,6 +225,73 @@ class TestExtractCacheBustingConfig:
 
         assert out["tools.registry_generation"] == 12345
 
+    # -- Provider-declared identity (MemoryProvider.identity_signature) ------
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _provider_declared_keys(out):
+        """``memory.*`` keys a provider added, excluding the config.yaml keys already documented."""
+        from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
+
+        documented = {f"{s}.{k}" for s, k in GatewayRunner._CACHE_BUSTING_CONFIG_KEYS if s == "memory"}
+        return sorted(k for k in out if k.startswith("memory.") and k not in documented)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _install_fake_provider(monkeypatch, provider):
+        """Route ``load_memory_provider`` to ``provider`` and start from an empty memo."""
+        import plugins.memory as plugins_memory
+        from gateway.run_agent_cache import GatewayAgentCacheMixin
+
+        calls = []
+
+        def _load(name, *, register_skills=None):
+            calls.append((name, register_skills))
+            return provider
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(plugins_memory, "load_memory_provider", _load)
+        monkeypatch.setattr(GatewayAgentCacheMixin, "_MEMORY_IDENTITY_PROVIDER_MEMO", {})
+        return calls
+
+    def test_provider_identity_signature_enters_under_memory_prefix_and_is_re_read_from_one_instance(self, monkeypatch):
+        from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
+        from tests.agent.test_memory_provider import FakeMemoryProvider
+
+        class IdentityProvider(FakeMemoryProvider):
+            writer = "alice"
+
+            def identity_signature(self):
+                return {"fakeprov.writer": self.writer, "fakeprov.aliases": [("a", "b")]}
+
+        provider = IdentityProvider("fakeprov")
+        calls = self._install_fake_provider(monkeypatch, provider)
+        cfg = {"memory": {"provider": "fakeprov"}}
+
+        first = GatewayRunner._extract_cache_busting_config(cfg)
+        provider.writer = "bob"
+        second = GatewayRunner._extract_cache_busting_config(cfg)
+
+        assert self._provider_declared_keys(first) == ["memory.fakeprov.aliases", "memory.fakeprov.writer"]
+        assert first["memory.fakeprov.aliases"] == [("a", "b")]
+        assert (first["memory.fakeprov.writer"], second["memory.fakeprov.writer"]) == ("alice", "bob")
+        assert calls == [("fakeprov", False)]
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("kind", ["no hook", "no provider", "raising hook"])
+    def test_provider_contributes_nothing_without_a_working_identity_hook(self, monkeypatch, kind):
+        from gateway.run import GatewayRunner
+        from tests.agent.test_memory_provider import FakeMemoryProvider
+
+        class BrokenProvider(FakeMemoryProvider):
+            def identity_signature(self):
+                raise RuntimeError("boom")
+
+        provider = {"no hook": FakeMemoryProvider("p"), "no provider": None, "raising hook": BrokenProvider("p")}[kind]
+        calls = self._install_fake_provider(monkeypatch, provider)
+
+        out = GatewayRunner._extract_cache_busting_config({"memory": {"provider": "p"}} if provider else {})
+
+        assert self._provider_declared_keys(out) == []
+        assert "tools.registry_generation" in out
+        assert calls == ([] if provider is None else [("p", False)])
+
 
 class TestAgentCacheLifecycle:
     """End-to-end cache behavior with real AIAgent construction."""