diff --git a/plugins/memory/holographic/store.py b/plugins/memory/holographic/store.py
index a521b865d6b..bf58d7a22db 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/holographic/store.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/holographic/store.py
@@ -129,7 +129,13 @@ class MemoryStore:
         self._hrr_available = hrr._HAS_NUMPY
 
         # Acquire (or open) the process-wide shared connection for this DB.
-        self._key = str(self.db_path)
+        # resolve() (not just expanduser) so symlinked/relative paths to the
+        # same file share ONE connection instead of silently reintroducing
+        # the multi-writer contention this registry exists to prevent.
+        try:
+            self._key = str(self.db_path.resolve())
+        except OSError:
+            self._key = str(self.db_path)
         with MemoryStore._shared_guard:
             entry = MemoryStore._shared.get(self._key)
             if entry is None:
diff --git a/scripts/release.py b/scripts/release.py
index cfd36bb9476..6b3f9043baf 100755
--- a/scripts/release.py
+++ b/scripts/release.py
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ AUTHOR_MAP = {
     "sswdarius@gmail.com": "necoweb3",
     "bassisho@Mac-mini-bassis.local": "hydracoco7",  # PR #61382 salvage (id-less cron job freeze)
     "AlexFucuson9@users.noreply.github.com": "AlexFucuson9",  # PR #61209 salvage (hygiene compression data loss)
+    "email@adambig.gs": "adambiggs",  # PR #43819 salvage (holographic shared SQLite connection)
     "t.chen@aftership.com": "cypctlinux",  # PR #52403 salvage (Slack bot/workflow auth before no-user-id guard)
     "30854794+YLChen-007@users.noreply.github.com": "YLChen-007",  # PR #26965 (approval remote command substitution)
     "1078345+egilewski@users.noreply.github.com": "egilewski",  # co-author, PR #40663
diff --git a/tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_store.py b/tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_store.py
index 59d8ee1cb81..df351864b00 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_store.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_store.py
@@ -68,6 +68,24 @@ class TestSharedConnection:
             a.close()
             b.close()
 
+    def test_symlinked_path_shares_connection(self, tmp_path):
+        """A symlink to the same DB file must hit the same registry entry —
+        otherwise two connections to one file silently reintroduce the
+        multi-writer contention the registry exists to prevent."""
+        real_dir = tmp_path / "real"
+        real_dir.mkdir()
+        link_dir = tmp_path / "link"
+        link_dir.symlink_to(real_dir)
+
+        a = MemoryStore(real_dir / "memory_store.db")
+        b = MemoryStore(link_dir / "memory_store.db")
+        try:
+            assert a._conn is b._conn
+            assert len(MemoryStore._shared) == 1
+        finally:
+            a.close()
+            b.close()
+
     def test_writes_visible_across_instances(self, db_path):
         a = MemoryStore(db_path)
         b = MemoryStore(db_path)