diff --git a/plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py b/plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py
index c9ebb95f8..b46d3e6ed 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py
@@ -1112,7 +1112,6 @@ class HindsightMemoryProvider(MemoryProvider):
 
     def shutdown(self) -> None:
         logger.debug("Hindsight shutdown: waiting for background threads")
-        global _loop, _loop_thread
         for t in (self._prefetch_thread, self._sync_thread):
             if t and t.is_alive():
                 t.join(timeout=5.0)
@@ -1131,13 +1130,17 @@ class HindsightMemoryProvider(MemoryProvider):
             except Exception:
                 pass
             self._client = None
-        # Stop the background event loop so no tasks are pending at exit
-        if _loop is not None and _loop.is_running():
-            _loop.call_soon_threadsafe(_loop.stop)
-            if _loop_thread is not None:
-                _loop_thread.join(timeout=5.0)
-            _loop = None
-            _loop_thread = None
+        # The module-global background event loop (_loop / _loop_thread)
+        # is intentionally NOT stopped here. It is shared across every
+        # HindsightMemoryProvider instance in the process — the plugin
+        # loader creates a new provider per AIAgent, and the gateway
+        # creates one AIAgent per concurrent chat session. Stopping the
+        # loop from one provider's shutdown() strands the aiohttp
+        # ClientSession + TCPConnector owned by every sibling provider
+        # on a dead loop, which surfaces as the "Unclosed client session"
+        # / "Unclosed connector" warnings reported in #11923. The loop
+        # runs on a daemon thread and is reclaimed on process exit;
+        # per-session cleanup happens via self._client.aclose() above.
 
 
 def register(ctx) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py b/tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py
index aed3a2349..64e5fa39e 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/memory/test_hindsight_provider.py
@@ -767,3 +767,73 @@ class TestAvailability:
         p = HindsightMemoryProvider()
         p.initialize(session_id="test-session", hermes_home=str(tmp_path), platform="cli")
         assert p._mode == "disabled"
+
+
+class TestSharedEventLoopLifecycle:
+    """Regression tests for #11923 — Hindsight leaking aiohttp ClientSession /
+    TCPConnector objects in long-running gateway processes.
+
+    Root cause: the module-global ``_loop`` / ``_loop_thread`` pair is shared
+    across every HindsightMemoryProvider instance in the process (the plugin
+    loader builds one provider per AIAgent, and the gateway builds one AIAgent
+    per concurrent chat session). When a session ended, ``shutdown()`` stopped
+    the shared loop, which orphaned every *other* live provider's aiohttp
+    ClientSession on a dead loop. Those sessions were never closed and surfaced
+    as ``Unclosed client session`` / ``Unclosed connector`` errors.
+    """
+
+    def test_shutdown_does_not_stop_shared_event_loop(self, provider_with_config):
+        from plugins.memory import hindsight as hindsight_mod
+
+        async def _noop():
+            return 1
+
+        # Prime the shared loop by scheduling a trivial coroutine — mirrors
+        # the first time any real async call (arecall/aretain/areflect) runs.
+        assert hindsight_mod._run_sync(_noop()) == 1
+
+        loop_before = hindsight_mod._loop
+        thread_before = hindsight_mod._loop_thread
+        assert loop_before is not None and loop_before.is_running()
+        assert thread_before is not None and thread_before.is_alive()
+
+        # Build two independent providers (two concurrent chat sessions).
+        provider_a = provider_with_config()
+        provider_b = provider_with_config()
+
+        # End session A.
+        provider_a.shutdown()
+
+        # Module-global loop/thread must still be the same live objects —
+        # provider B (and any other sibling provider) is still relying on them.
+        assert hindsight_mod._loop is loop_before, (
+            "shutdown() swapped out the shared event loop — sibling providers "
+            "would have their aiohttp ClientSession orphaned (#11923)"
+        )
+        assert hindsight_mod._loop.is_running(), (
+            "shutdown() stopped the shared event loop — sibling providers' "
+            "aiohttp sessions would leak (#11923)"
+        )
+        assert hindsight_mod._loop_thread is thread_before
+        assert hindsight_mod._loop_thread.is_alive()
+
+        # Provider B can still dispatch async work on the shared loop.
+        async def _still_working():
+            return 42
+
+        assert hindsight_mod._run_sync(_still_working()) == 42
+
+        provider_b.shutdown()
+
+    def test_client_aclose_called_on_cloud_mode_shutdown(self, provider):
+        """Per-provider session cleanup still runs even though the shared
+        loop is preserved. Each provider's own aiohttp session is closed
+        via ``self._client.aclose()``; only the (empty) shared loop survives.
+        """
+        assert provider._client is not None
+        mock_client = provider._client
+
+        provider.shutdown()
+
+        mock_client.aclose.assert_called_once()
+        assert provider._client is None