diff --git a/enterprise/app/services/captain/assistant/memory_prompt_injector.rb b/enterprise/app/services/captain/assistant/memory_prompt_injector.rb
index 0fab1c499..4ff522ef8 100644
--- a/enterprise/app/services/captain/assistant/memory_prompt_injector.rb
+++ b/enterprise/app/services/captain/assistant/memory_prompt_injector.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 class Captain::Assistant::MemoryPromptInjector
   def initialize(conversation:)
     @conversation = conversation
+    @memory_block_cache = {}
   end
 
   def recall_enabled?
@@ -14,24 +15,39 @@ class Captain::Assistant::MemoryPromptInjector
   # Wraps the given base system prompt with a <memoria_cliente> block
   # when recall is enabled and memories are found. Degrades gracefully:
   # returns the untouched base prompt on any failure or absent context.
+  # Caches the memory block per-message-text within the injector instance so
+  # Agents::Runner evaluating instructions multiple times per turn does not
+  # re-hit EmbeddingService or pgvector on every call.
   def append_memory_block(base_prompt, message_text)
     return base_prompt unless recall_enabled?
     return base_prompt if @conversation&.contact.blank?
 
-    memories = Captain::ContactMemories::RecallService.new(
-      contact: @conversation.contact,
-      query_text: message_text,
-      unit_id: resolve_unit_id
-    ).call
+    block = memory_block_for(message_text)
+    return base_prompt if block.blank?
 
-    memory_block = Captain::ContactMemories::PromptInjectionService.new(memories: memories).call
-    return base_prompt if memory_block.blank?
-
-    [base_prompt, memory_block].join("\n\n")
+    [base_prompt, block].join("\n\n")
+  rescue StandardError => e
+    # Absolute guard: memory recall NEVER blocks or breaks the agent response.
+    Rails.logger.error("[Captain V2] MemoryPromptInjector unexpected failure: #{e.class}: #{e.message}")
+    base_prompt
   end
 
   private
 
+  def memory_block_for(message_text)
+    key = message_text.to_s
+    return @memory_block_cache[key] if @memory_block_cache.key?(key)
+
+    memories = Captain::ContactMemories::RecallService.new(
+      contact: @conversation.contact,
+      query_text: key,
+      unit_id: resolve_unit_id
+    ).call
+
+    @memory_block_cache[key] =
+      Captain::ContactMemories::PromptInjectionService.new(memories: memories).call
+  end
+
   def resolve_unit_id
     return nil if @conversation.blank?