From 8d756a421071d0dfd507226c03430413b6de9491 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: austrian_guy <33156212+ether-btc@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 00:56:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(run_agent): guard memory provider init against
 empty/whitespace string

---
 run_agent.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/run_agent.py b/run_agent.py
index b10a68cf9d..41af78f16c 100644
--- a/run_agent.py
+++ b/run_agent.py
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ class AIAgent:
             try:
                 _mem_provider_name = mem_config.get("provider", "") if mem_config else ""
 
-                if _mem_provider_name:
+                if _mem_provider_name and _mem_provider_name.strip():
                     from agent.memory_manager import MemoryManager as _MemoryManager
                     from plugins.memory import load_memory_provider as _load_mem
                     self._memory_manager = _MemoryManager()