diff --git a/acp_adapter/entry.py b/acp_adapter/entry.py
index 13dcbcbcc4..9f855e3651 100644
--- a/acp_adapter/entry.py
+++ b/acp_adapter/entry.py
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@ def _run_setup_browser(assume_yes: bool = False) -> int:
         return 1
 
 
+def _warm_memory_provider_import(logger: logging.Logger) -> None:
+    """Import ``memory.provider``'s module (no provider instance) before any thread exists."""
+    try:
+        from hermes_cli.config import load_config
+        from plugins.memory import import_memory_provider_module
+
+        name = str(((load_config() or {}).get("memory") or {}).get("provider") or "").strip()
+        if name and not import_memory_provider_module(name):
+            logger.debug("memory provider %r not warmed; agent init will report the real error", name)
+    except Exception:
+        logger.debug("memory provider warm-up skipped", exc_info=True)
+
+
 def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
     """Entry point: load env, configure logging, run the ACP agent."""
     args = _parse_args(argv)
@@ -182,6 +195,14 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
     import acp
     from .server import HermesACPAgent
 
+    # Windows: import the configured memory provider on the main thread while it is still
+    # the ONLY thread. A first-time native-extension import (numpy via holographic /
+    # mnemosyne / hindsight) racing the MCP-discovery or ACP stdin-reader thread's import
+    # chain deadlocked in create_module and session/new never answered (#58083). After
+    # this the off-loop agent build finds the module in sys.modules.
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        _warm_memory_provider_import(logger)
+
     # MCP discovery from config.yaml runs in a background daemon thread so the ACP server is
     # responsive immediately (blocking here cost 2-5 s); per-session MCP servers registered via
     # asyncio.to_thread are unaffected. Metadata-only hosts can opt out of the global startup.
diff --git a/plugins/memory/__init__.py b/plugins/memory/__init__.py
index bf2c6dab50..8c293e2887 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/__init__.py
@@ -209,6 +209,27 @@ def load_memory_provider(name: str, *, register_skills: Optional[bool] = None) -
     return _loader.load_named(name, provider_dir, _load, kind="Memory provider", noun="provider", logger=logger)
 
 
+def import_memory_provider_module(name: str) -> bool:
+    """Import the configured provider's module WITHOUT constructing a provider — the
+    later ``load_memory_provider`` then hits ``sys.modules`` instead of a fresh native
+    extension load. Exists so ``hermes acp`` can pay the heavy import (numpy / ML stack)
+    on the main thread before any other thread starts: on Windows a first-time native
+    import racing another thread's import chain deadlocked ``session/new`` (#58083).
+    False when the provider is unknown or its import fails (agent init reports that)."""
+    try:
+        if provider_dir := find_provider_dir(name):
+            return _loader.load_plugin_module(
+                _module_name(provider_dir, name), provider_dir, parents=("plugins", "plugins.memory"),
+                logger=logger, synthetic_namespace=None if _is_bundled(provider_dir) else _USER_NAMESPACE,
+            ) is not None
+        if (entry_point := find_provider_entry_point(name)) is not None:
+            entry_point.load()
+            return True
+    except Exception:
+        logger.debug("memory provider '%s' warm-up import failed", name, exc_info=True)
+    return False
+
+
 def _instantiate_subclass(namespace) -> Optional["MemoryProvider"]:
     """First instantiable ``MemoryProvider`` subclass found among *namespace*'s attributes."""
     from agent.memory_provider import MemoryProvider