diff --git a/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_decide_empty.test.js b/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_decide_empty.test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 036d6985..00000000
--- a/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_decide_empty.test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-const test = require("node:test");
-const assert = require("node:assert");
-const { shouldSkipEmptyDecide } = require("../../tht-gate.js");
-
-test("skips the widget only when empty AND allow_empty AND advance", () => {
-  assert.equal(shouldSkipEmptyDecide({ meritCount: 0, allowEmpty: true, advance: true }), true);
-});
-
-test("does not skip when there are merito options", () => {
-  assert.equal(shouldSkipEmptyDecide({ meritCount: 2, allowEmpty: true, advance: true }), false);
-});
-
-test("does not skip when allow_empty is false or advance is false", () => {
-  assert.equal(shouldSkipEmptyDecide({ meritCount: 0, allowEmpty: false, advance: true }), false);
-  assert.equal(shouldSkipEmptyDecide({ meritCount: 0, allowEmpty: true, advance: false }), false);
-});
diff --git a/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_memory_promote.test.js b/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_memory_promote.test.js
index 08f5c2e4..100114d4 100644
--- a/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_memory_promote.test.js
+++ b/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_memory_promote.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const test = require("node:test");
 const assert = require("node:assert");
-const { installMemoryGate } = require("../memory/index.js");
+const { createMemoryGate } = require("../memory/index.js");
 const { createFakePi } = require("./fake_pi_runtime.js");
 
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test("the public Memory facade owns F8 policy and mutation ordering", async () =
     return JSON.stringify({ id: descriptor.id, choices: ["seq-5"] });
   };
 
-  installMemoryGate(pi, {
+  const memoryGate = createMemoryGate({
     workflow: {
       activate: () => calls.push(["activate"]),
       phase: () => ({ number: 8, id: "F8" }),
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ test("the public Memory facade owns F8 policy and mutation ordering", async () =
     },
     toTextResult: (text) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text }] }),
   });
+  memoryGate.install(pi);
 
   const result = await tools.get("reviewer_memory_promote").def.execute(
     "promote-via-facade",
diff --git a/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_memory_selection.test.js b/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_memory_selection.test.js
index ce92041f..fe654550 100644
--- a/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_memory_selection.test.js
+++ b/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/__tests__/gate_memory_selection.test.js
@@ -1,94 +1,180 @@
 const test = require("node:test");
 const assert = require("node:assert");
-const path = require("node:path");
-const {
-  memorySelectionWidgetProps,
-  normalizeMemoryOptions,
-} = require("../../tht-gate.js");
+const { createMemoryGate } = require("../memory/index.js");
+const { createFakePi } = require("./fake_pi_runtime.js");
 
-test("reviewer_decide accepts the exact memory content in option.description", () => {
-  const { createFakePi } = require("./fake_pi_runtime.js");
-  const { pi, tools } = createFakePi();
-  require(path.join(__dirname, "..", "..", "tht-gate.js")).default(pi);
 
-  const optionProperties = tools.get("reviewer_decide")
-    .def.parameters.properties.options.items.properties;
-  assert.ok(optionProperties.description);
-});
-
-test("F2 preseleziona solo le memory raccomandate e parla di applicazione", () => {
-  assert.deepEqual(
-    memorySelectionWidgetProps([
-      { id: "recommended", label: "Memory A", recommended: true },
-      { id: "optional", label: "Memory B" },
-    ]),
-    {
-      title: "Seleziona le memory da applicare alla domanda",
-      selected: ["recommended"],
-      selectionLabel: "memory da applicare",
-      confirmLabel: "Applica le memory selezionate",
+const MEMORY_OPTIONS = [
+  {
+    id: "first",
+    label: "Regola paziente attivo",
+    description: "Decisione concept_clarified: paziente attivo\nflag_attivo = TRUE",
+    decision: {
+      type: "concept_clarified",
+      subject: "paziente attivo",
+      detail: "flag_attivo = TRUE",
+      rationale: "Riusa mem-0042 per la stessa definizione",
     },
-  );
-});
+    recommended: true,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "duplicate",
+    label: "La stessa regola",
+    description: "Decisione concept_clarified: paziente attivo\nflag_attivo = TRUE",
+    decision: {
+      type: "concept_clarified",
+      subject: "paziente attivo",
+      detail: "flag_attivo = TRUE",
+      rationale: "Memory mem-0042",
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    id: "mem-0043",
+    label: "Tabella promossa",
+    description: "fact_pazienti",
+    decision: {
+      type: "table_promoted",
+      subject: "fact_pazienti",
+      detail: "tabella principale",
+    },
+  },
+];
 
-test("F2 preserves the exact memory content and proposes each memory id once", () => {
-  const options = normalizeMemoryOptions([
+
+function setupRecall(choices) {
+  const { pi, tools, ctx } = createFakePi();
+  const calls = [];
+  let descriptor;
+  ctx.ui.input = async (title) => {
+    descriptor = JSON.parse(title);
+    calls.push(["review", descriptor.options.map((option) => option.id)]);
+    return JSON.stringify({ id: descriptor.id, choices });
+  };
+  const memoryGate = createMemoryGate({
+    workflow: {
+      activate: () => calls.push(["activate"]),
+      phase: () => ({ number: 8, id: "F8" }),
+      advance: () => {
+        calls.push(["advance"]);
+        return { advanced: choices.length === 0 };
+      },
+      close: () => null,
+    },
+    memory: {
+      execute: () => "[]",
+      mutate: () => null,
+    },
+    ledger: {
+      validate: () => null,
+      record: (_ctx, session, decision, recovery) => {
+        calls.push(["ledger", session, decision, recovery]);
+        return null;
+      },
+    },
+    waitForReviewer: async (runtimeContext, widget) => {
+      const response = await runtimeContext.ui.input(JSON.stringify(widget), "");
+      return JSON.parse(response);
+    },
+    toTextResult: (text) => ({ content: [{ type: "text", text }] }),
+  });
+  memoryGate.install(pi);
+  return { ctx, tools, calls, memoryGate, descriptor: () => descriptor };
+}
+
+
+test("the Memory facade normalizes search hits and applies only the selected F2 memory", async () => {
+  const { ctx, calls, memoryGate, descriptor } = setupRecall(["first"]);
+
+  const result = await memoryGate.reviewRecall(ctx, {
+    session: "s1",
+    title: "Memorie candidate",
+    options: MEMORY_OPTIONS,
+    allow_empty: true,
+    advance: true,
+  }, "F2");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(descriptor().options, [
     {
       id: "first",
       label: "Regola paziente attivo",
-      description: "Decisione concept_clarified: paziente attivo\nflag_attivo = TRUE",
-      decision: {
-        type: "concept_clarified",
-        subject: "paziente attivo",
-        detail: "flag_attivo = TRUE",
-        rationale: "Riusa mem-0042 per la stessa definizione",
-      },
-      recommended: true,
-    },
-    {
-      id: "duplicate",
-      label: "La stessa regola",
-      description: "Decisione concept_clarified: paziente attivo\nflag_attivo = TRUE",
-      decision: {
-        type: "concept_clarified",
-        subject: "paziente attivo",
-        detail: "flag_attivo = TRUE",
-        rationale: "Memory mem-0042",
-      },
+      detail: "Decisione concept_clarified: paziente attivo\nflag_attivo = TRUE",
+      rationale: "Riusa mem-0042 per la stessa definizione",
+      meta: { memory_id: "mem-0042" },
+      selected: true,
     },
   ]);
-
-  assert.equal(options.length, 1);
-  assert.equal(
-    options[0].detail,
-    "Decisione concept_clarified: paziente attivo\nflag_attivo = TRUE",
-  );
-  assert.equal(options[0].recommended, true);
-});
-
-test("F2 accepts only concept_clarified memory options", () => {
-  const options = normalizeMemoryOptions([
-    {
-      id: "mem-0042",
-      label: "Concetto paziente attivo",
-      description: "Definizione riusabile",
-      decision: {
-        type: "concept_clarified",
-        subject: "paziente attivo",
-        detail: "flag_attivo = TRUE",
-      },
-    },
-    {
-      id: "mem-0043",
-      label: "Tabella promossa",
-      description: "fact_pazienti",
-      decision: {
-        type: "table_promoted",
-        subject: "fact_pazienti",
-        detail: "tabella principale",
-      },
-    },
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [
+    ["review", ["first"]],
+    ["ledger", "s1", MEMORY_OPTIONS[0].decision, ""],
+    ["advance"],
   ]);
+  assert.match(result.content[0].text, /1 decisioni.*La fase resta aperta/s);
+});
 
-  assert.deepEqual(options.map((option) => option.id), ["mem-0042"]);
+
+test("the Memory facade accepts a deselected F2 result without a rejection", async () => {
+  const { ctx, calls, memoryGate } = setupRecall([]);
+
+  const result = await memoryGate.reviewRecall(ctx, {
+    session: "s1",
+    title: "Memorie candidate",
+    options: [MEMORY_OPTIONS[0]],
+    allow_empty: true,
+    advance: true,
+  }, "F2");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [["review", ["first"]], ["advance"]]);
+  assert.match(result.content[0].text, /Nessuna decisione registrata.*Fase avanzata/s);
+});
+
+
+test("the Memory facade skips an absent F2 result and advances without a widget", async () => {
+  const { ctx, calls, memoryGate, descriptor } = setupRecall([]);
+
+  const result = await memoryGate.reviewRecall(ctx, {
+    session: "s1",
+    title: "Memorie candidate",
+    options: [],
+    allow_empty: true,
+    advance: true,
+  }, "F2");
+
+  assert.equal(descriptor(), undefined);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [["advance"]]);
+  assert.deepEqual(ctx.notifications.map(({ level }) => level), ["info"]);
+  assert.match(result.content[0].text, /Fase memoria vuota/);
+});
+
+
+test("the Memory facade does not skip an absent F2 result when empty is forbidden", async () => {
+  const { ctx, calls, memoryGate, descriptor } = setupRecall([]);
+
+  const result = await memoryGate.reviewRecall(ctx, {
+    session: "s1",
+    title: "Memorie candidate",
+    options: [],
+    allow_empty: false,
+    advance: true,
+  }, "F2");
+
+  assert.equal(descriptor(), undefined);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
+  assert.match(result.content[0].text, /ERRORE INTERNO/);
+});
+
+
+test("the Memory facade keeps an absent F2 result open when advance is disabled", async () => {
+  const { ctx, calls, memoryGate, descriptor } = setupRecall([]);
+
+  const result = await memoryGate.reviewRecall(ctx, {
+    session: "s1",
+    title: "Memorie candidate",
+    options: [],
+    allow_empty: true,
+    advance: false,
+  }, "F2");
+
+  assert.deepEqual(descriptor().options, []);
+  assert.deepEqual(calls, [["review", []]]);
+  assert.match(result.content[0].text, /Nessuna decisione registrata/);
 });
diff --git a/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/memory/index.js b/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/memory/index.js
index a5d9dfb1..e7da0fc9 100644
--- a/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/memory/index.js
+++ b/harness/.pi/extensions/gate/memory/index.js
@@ -1,13 +1,168 @@
 import { Type } from "typebox";
 
 import { buildMultiselectRequest } from "../builders.js";
+import { isReserved } from "../../reserved-labels.mjs";
 
+// Compatibility note: reviewer labels move verbatim from the composition root.
+// Tickets #22 and #23 require observable parity; translating existing chrome is a
+// separate product behavior change rather than part of these extractions.
 
 function normalizedText(value) {
 	return String(value ?? "").trim().replace(/\s+/g, " ").toLowerCase();
 }
 
 
+const MEMORY_ID_RE = /\bmem-\d{4,}\b/i;
+
+
+function memoryOptionKey(option) {
+	const searchable = [
+		option.id,
+		option.label,
+		option.description,
+		option.decision?.rationale,
+	].join(" ");
+	const memoryId = searchable.match(MEMORY_ID_RE)?.[0]?.toLowerCase();
+	if (memoryId) return `id:${memoryId}`;
+	return [
+		"content",
+		normalizedText(option.decision?.type),
+		normalizedText(option.decision?.subject),
+		normalizedText(option.decision?.detail),
+	].join(":");
+}
+
+
+function normalizeMemoryOptions(options) {
+	const seen = new Set();
+	const out = [];
+	for (const option of options) {
+		if (option.decision?.type !== "concept_clarified") continue;
+		const key = memoryOptionKey(option);
+		if (seen.has(key)) continue;
+		seen.add(key);
+		const memoryId = [
+			option.id,
+			option.label,
+			option.description,
+			option.decision?.rationale,
+		].join(" ").match(MEMORY_ID_RE)?.[0]?.toLowerCase();
+		const fallbackDetail = [
+			option.decision?.type && option.decision?.subject
+				? `Decisione ${option.decision.type}: ${option.decision.subject}`
+				: "",
+			option.decision?.detail ?? "",
+		].filter(Boolean).join("\n");
+		out.push({
+			...option,
+			detail: option.description?.trim() || fallbackDetail,
+			rationale: option.decision?.rationale ?? "",
+			...(memoryId ? { meta: { memory_id: memoryId } } : {}),
+		});
+	}
+	return out;
+}
+
+
+function memorySelectionWidgetProps(options) {
+	return {
+		title: "Seleziona le memory da applicare alla domanda",
+		selected: options.filter((option) => option.recommended).map((option) => option.id),
+		selectionLabel: "memory da applicare",
+		confirmLabel: "Applica le memory selezionate",
+	};
+}
+
+
+function shouldSkipEmptyRecall({ meritCount, allowEmpty, advance }) {
+	return meritCount === 0 && !!allowEmpty && !!advance;
+}
+
+
+async function reviewRecall(ctx, params, phase, dependencies) {
+	const { workflow, ledger, waitForReviewer, toTextResult } = dependencies;
+	try {
+		const { session, advance } = params;
+		const options = normalizeMemoryOptions(params.options);
+		const typeError = ledger.validate(ctx, options, session);
+		if (typeError) return toTextResult(typeError);
+		const meritOptions = options
+			.filter((option) => !isReserved(option.label))
+			.map((option) => ({
+				id: option.id,
+				label: option.label,
+				...(option.detail ? { detail: option.detail } : {}),
+				...(option.rationale ? { rationale: option.rationale } : {}),
+				...(option.meta ? { meta: option.meta } : {}),
+			}));
+		if (shouldSkipEmptyRecall({
+			meritCount: meritOptions.length,
+			allowEmpty: params.allow_empty ?? false,
+			advance,
+		})) {
+			await ctx.ui.notify(
+				"Nessuna memory riutilizzabile per questa domanda — passo alla fase successiva.",
+				"info",
+			);
+			workflow.advance(ctx, session);
+			return toTextResult(
+				"Fase memoria vuota: nessuna decisione da registrare, " +
+					"avanzamento automatico alla fase successiva.",
+			);
+		}
+		const widget = buildMultiselectRequest({
+			id: `u${Date.now()}`,
+			phase,
+			allowEmpty: params.allow_empty ?? false,
+			options: meritOptions,
+			...memorySelectionWidgetProps(options),
+		});
+		const response = await waitForReviewer(ctx, widget);
+		if (response.control === "freetext") {
+			return toTextResult(
+				`Altro (reviewer): ${response.text}. Riformula la proposta tenendo conto.`,
+			);
+		}
+		if (response.control === "back") {
+			return toTextResult("Il reviewer vuole tornare indietro.");
+		}
+		if (response.control === "exit") {
+			return toTextResult("Il reviewer vuole uscire.");
+		}
+		const chosen = options.filter((option) =>
+			(response.choices ?? []).includes(option.id));
+		const recorded = [];
+		for (const choice of chosen) {
+			const error = ledger.record(ctx, session, choice.decision, "");
+			if (error) return error;
+			recorded.push(choice.decision);
+		}
+		if (!recorded.length) {
+			const result = advance ? workflow.advance(ctx, session) : { advanced: false };
+			const message =
+				"Nessuna decisione registrata (il reviewer non ha selezionato opzioni di merito).";
+			return toTextResult(
+				result.advanced ? message + " Fase avanzata automaticamente." : message,
+			);
+		}
+		const result = advance ? workflow.advance(ctx, session) : { advanced: false };
+		const parts = [
+			`Registrate ${recorded.length} decisioni: ` +
+				recorded.map((decision) => decision.type).join(", ") + ".",
+		];
+		parts.push(result.advanced
+			? "Fase avanzata automaticamente."
+			: 'La fase resta aperta: chiudila con reviewer_confirm kind:"phase" quando pronta.');
+		return toTextResult(parts.join(" "));
+	} catch (fatal) {
+		const message = (fatal.stderr || fatal.message || String(fatal)).toString().trim();
+		return toTextResult(
+			`[reviewer_decide ERRORE INTERNO] ${message}. Riprova o usa un approccio diverso.`,
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+
 // The candidates come from `tht memory promote --preview --json` (deterministic,
 // reviewer-approved decisions only); the model never authors them.
 function dedupePromotionCandidates(candidates) {
@@ -68,13 +223,10 @@ function splitPromotionChoices(candidates, choices) {
  * workflow composition root. Memory owns candidate policy, presentation and mutation
  * order; the capability keeps shared phase, ledger and persistence mechanisms in core.
  */
-export function installMemoryGate(
+function installMemoryGate(
 	pi,
 	{ workflow, memory, ledger, waitForReviewer, toTextResult },
 ) {
-	// Compatibility note: these labels move verbatim from the composition root.
-	// Ticket #22 requires byte-for-byte observable parity; translating existing chrome
-	// is a separate product behavior change rather than part of this extraction.
 	pi.registerTool({
 		name: "reviewer_memory_promote",
 		label: "Promozione memorie riusabili (reviewer)",
@@ -208,3 +360,11 @@ export function installMemoryGate(
 		},
 	});
 }
+
+
+export function createMemoryGate(dependencies) {
+	return {
+		install: (pi) => installMemoryGate(pi, dependencies),
+		reviewRecall: (ctx, params, phase) => reviewRecall(ctx, params, phase, dependencies),
+	};
+}
diff --git a/harness/.pi/extensions/tht-gate.js b/harness/.pi/extensions/tht-gate.js
index 25c5f9c5..c6c06b57 100644
--- a/harness/.pi/extensions/tht-gate.js
+++ b/harness/.pi/extensions/tht-gate.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import {
 	enrichPhaseSummaryV2,
 	appendLedgerSection,
 } from "./gate/enrich.js";
-import { installMemoryGate } from "./gate/memory/index.js";
+import { createMemoryGate } from "./gate/memory/index.js";
 import { isReserved } from "./reserved-labels.mjs";
 
 // Load the workflow contract once when Pi loads the extension. Asking the model to
@@ -554,76 +554,6 @@ export function isJoinReviewApproval(resp, optionIds) {
 		[...chosen].every((id) => expected.has(id));
 }
 
-// True when a reviewer_decide has no merito options but is allowed to close empty
-// and advance (the empty memory phase F2). The gate then shows an info notice and
-// auto-advances instead of presenting an empty checklist.
-export function shouldSkipEmptyDecide({ meritCount, allowEmpty, advance }) {
-	return meritCount === 0 && !!allowEmpty && !!advance;
-}
-
-// Phase 2 uses a single positive checkbox meaning: apply this memory now.
-// Candidates not checked by the reviewer remain undecided and may be shown again.
-export function memorySelectionWidgetProps(options) {
-	return {
-		title: "Seleziona le memory da applicare alla domanda",
-		selected: options.filter((option) => option.recommended).map((option) => option.id),
-		selectionLabel: "memory da applicare",
-		confirmLabel: "Applica le memory selezionate",
-	};
-}
-
-const MEMORY_ID_RE = /\bmem-\d{4,}\b/i;
-
-function normalizedText(value) {
-	return String(value ?? "").trim().replace(/\s+/g, " ").toLowerCase();
-}
-
-function memoryOptionKey(option) {
-	const searchable = [
-		option.id,
-		option.label,
-		option.description,
-		option.decision?.rationale,
-	].join(" ");
-	const memoryId = searchable.match(MEMORY_ID_RE)?.[0]?.toLowerCase();
-	if (memoryId) return `id:${memoryId}`;
-	return [
-		"content",
-		normalizedText(option.decision?.type),
-		normalizedText(option.decision?.subject),
-		normalizedText(option.decision?.detail),
-	].join(":");
-}
-
-// F2 is model-orchestrated, so normalize at the trust boundary: retain the exact
-// retrieved memory text for the reviewer and collapse repeated representations of
-// the same memory id/content before rendering or persisting a choice.
-export function normalizeMemoryOptions(options) {
-	const seen = new Set();
-	const out = [];
-	for (const option of options) {
-		if (option.decision?.type !== "concept_clarified") continue;
-		const key = memoryOptionKey(option);
-		if (seen.has(key)) continue;
-		seen.add(key);
-		const memoryId = [option.id, option.label, option.description, option.decision?.rationale]
-			.join(" ").match(MEMORY_ID_RE)?.[0]?.toLowerCase();
-		const fallbackDetail = [
-			option.decision?.type && option.decision?.subject
-				? `Decisione ${option.decision.type}: ${option.decision.subject}`
-				: "",
-			option.decision?.detail ?? "",
-		].filter(Boolean).join("\n");
-		out.push({
-			...option,
-			detail: option.description?.trim() || fallbackDetail,
-			rationale: option.decision?.rationale ?? "",
-			...(memoryId ? { meta: { memory_id: memoryId } } : {}),
-		});
-	}
-	return out;
-}
-
 export async function emitAndWait(ctx, descriptor) {
 	for (;;) {
 		const value = await ctx.ui.input(JSON.stringify(descriptor), "");
@@ -662,6 +592,33 @@ export default function (pi) {
 	let lastSteered = false;
 	let pendingKickoff = null;
 	let activeSessionId = null;
+	const memoryGate = createMemoryGate({
+		workflow: {
+			activate: () => {
+				lockActive = true;
+			},
+			phase: (ctx, session) => {
+				const number = currentPhase(ctx, session);
+				return { number, id: phaseId(ctx, number) };
+			},
+			advance: advanceIfReady,
+			close: (...args) => closeAfterPromotion(...args),
+		},
+		memory: {
+			execute: (ctx, args) => tht(ctx, ["memory", ...args]),
+			mutate: (ctx, args, recovery) => relayIfThtFails(
+				ctx, ["memory", ...args], recovery,
+			),
+		},
+		ledger: {
+			validate: validateDecisionTypes,
+			record: (ctx, session, decision, recovery) => relayIfThtFails(
+				ctx, decisionAddArgs(session, decision), recovery,
+			),
+		},
+		waitForReviewer: emitAndWait,
+		toTextResult: textResult,
+	});
 
 	// 1) ANTI-BYPASS tool_call hook (spec D4, verbatim). Blocks direct phase/decision
 	//    calls and writes to protected files so the reviewer cannot bypass the gate.
@@ -1014,9 +971,8 @@ export default function (pi) {
 			try {
 			const { session, title, advance } = params;
 			const phase = phaseId(ctx, currentPhase(ctx, session));
-			const opts = phase === "F2"
-				? normalizeMemoryOptions(params.options)
-				: params.options;
+			if (phase === "F2") return await memoryGate.reviewRecall(ctx, params, phase);
+			const opts = params.options;
 			const typeErr = validateDecisionTypes(ctx, opts, session);
 			if (typeErr) return textResult(typeErr);
 			const toAdd = [];
@@ -1032,16 +988,6 @@ export default function (pi) {
 			const joinOnly = meritOptions.length > 0 && opts
 				.filter((o) => !isReserved(o.label))
 				.every((o) => o.decision.type === "join_modified");
-			if (shouldSkipEmptyDecide({ meritCount: meritOptions.length, allowEmpty: params.allow_empty ?? false, advance })) {
-				await ctx.ui.notify(
-					"Nessuna memory riutilizzabile per questa domanda — passo alla fase successiva.",
-					"info",
-				);
-				advanceIfReady(ctx, session);
-				return textResult(
-					"Fase memoria vuota: nessuna decisione da registrare, avanzamento automatico alla fase successiva.",
-				);
-			}
 			const widget = joinOnly
 				? buildJoinReviewRequest({
 					id: `u${Date.now()}`,
@@ -1059,10 +1005,9 @@ export default function (pi) {
 				: buildMultiselectRequest({
 					id: `u${Date.now()}`,
 					phase,
-					title: phase === "F2" ? memorySelectionWidgetProps(opts).title : title,
+					title,
 					allowEmpty: params.allow_empty ?? false,
 					options: meritOptions,
-					...(phase === "F2" ? memorySelectionWidgetProps(opts) : {}),
 				});
 			let resp;
 			for (;;) {
@@ -1634,31 +1579,7 @@ export default function (pi) {
 		);
 	}
 
-	installMemoryGate(pi, {
-		workflow: {
-			activate: () => {
-				lockActive = true;
-			},
-			phase: (ctx, session) => {
-				const number = currentPhase(ctx, session);
-				return { number, id: phaseId(ctx, number) };
-			},
-			close: closeAfterPromotion,
-		},
-		memory: {
-			execute: (ctx, args) => tht(ctx, ["memory", ...args]),
-			mutate: (ctx, args, recovery) => relayIfThtFails(
-				ctx, ["memory", ...args], recovery,
-			),
-		},
-		ledger: {
-			record: (ctx, session, decision, recovery) => relayIfThtFails(
-				ctx, decisionAddArgs(session, decision), recovery,
-			),
-		},
-		waitForReviewer: emitAndWait,
-		toTextResult: textResult,
-	});
+	memoryGate.install(pi);
 
 	pi.registerTool({
 		name: "rewrite_question",
diff --git a/harness/tests/memory/test_recall.py b/harness/tests/memory/test_recall.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bed1cc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harness/tests/memory/test_recall.py
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import json
+from datetime import UTC, datetime
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+import uuid
+
+from typer.testing import CliRunner
+
+from tht.cli import app
+from tht.decisions import DecisionInput
+from tht.memory import MemoryRecord, recall_memories, save_registry
+from tht.phase import current_phase
+from tht.session.filesystem_repository import FilesystemSessionRepository
+from tht.session.models import PrincipalContext, SessionManifest
+
+
+def _memory(id_: str, type_: str = "concept_clarified") -> MemoryRecord:
+    return MemoryRecord(
+        id=id_,
+        ts=datetime(2026, 8, 24, tzinfo=UTC),
+        session_id="source-session",
+        decision_seq=int(id_.split("-")[1]),
+        type=type_,
+        subject=f"subject {id_}",
+        detail=f"detail {id_}",
+        rationale=f"rationale {id_}",
+        question_context="source question",
+        concepts=[f"concept {id_}"],
+    )
+
+
+class Embedder:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.questions = []
+
+    def embed_query(self, question):
+        self.questions.append(question)
+        return [0.1, 0.2]
+
+
+class Searcher:
+    def __init__(self, hits):
+        self.hits = hits
+        self.calls = []
+
+    def search(self, embedding, *, top_n, kinds):
+        self.calls.append((embedding, top_n, kinds))
+        return self.hits
+
+
+def test_recall_preserves_rank_and_public_payload_for_reusable_memories():
+    records = [_memory("mem-0001"), _memory("mem-0002", "table_promoted"), _memory("mem-0003")]
+    searcher = Searcher([
+        SimpleNamespace(ref="mem-0003", similarity=0.93456),
+        SimpleNamespace(ref="mem-0002", similarity=0.92345),
+        SimpleNamespace(ref="orphan", similarity=0.91234),
+        SimpleNamespace(ref="mem-0001", similarity=0.87654),
+    ])
+    embedder = Embedder()
+
+    results = recall_memories(
+        "active patients",
+        records=records,
+        decisions=[],
+        searcher=searcher,
+        embedder=embedder,
+        top=5,
+    )
+
+    assert [result["id"] for result in results] == ["mem-0003", "mem-0001"]
+    assert results[0] == {
+        "id": "mem-0003",
+        "type": "concept_clarified",
+        "subject": "subject mem-0003",
+        "detail": "detail mem-0003",
+        "rationale": "rationale mem-0003",
+        "question_context": "source question",
+        "tables": [],
+        "concepts": ["concept mem-0003"],
+        "session_id": "source-session",
+        "score": 0.9346,
+    }
+    assert embedder.questions == ["active patients"]
+    assert searcher.calls == [([0.1, 0.2], 5, ["memory"])]
+
+
+def _workspace_config(tmp_path):
+    config = tmp_path / "workspace.yaml"
+    config.write_text(
+        f"""
+runtime_identity:
+  workspace_id: psd-clinical
+  workspace_revision: {'a' * 40}
+dwh:
+  type: postgres_direct
+  connection: {{database: analytics, schema: mart, user: reader, password: secret}}
+vectors:
+  type: qdrant
+  base_url: http://qdrant:6333
+  collection: psd-clinical
+roots:
+  sessions: {tmp_path / 'sessions'}
+  artifacts: {tmp_path / 'artifacts'}
+  indexes: {tmp_path / 'indexes'}
+embeddings:
+  provider: ollama_internal
+  base_url: http://embedding:11434
+  model: qwen3-embedding:0.6b
+  dim: 1024
+"""
+    )
+    return config
+
+
+def test_recall_cli_reconstructs_applied_and_rejected_memory_from_persisted_f2_session(
+    tmp_path, monkeypatch
+):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("THT_HOME", str(tmp_path / "home"))
+    repository = FilesystemSessionRepository(
+        tmp_path / "home",
+        "psd-clinical",
+        PrincipalContext(issuer="local", subject="reviewer"),
+        root=tmp_path / "sessions",
+    )
+    session_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    repository.create(SessionManifest(
+        id=session_id,
+        created_at=datetime(2026, 8, 24, tzinfo=UTC),
+        question="active patients",
+        database="analytics",
+        schema="mart",
+    ))
+    repository.append_decisions(session_id, [
+        DecisionInput(type="phase_approved", subject="phase:1"),
+        DecisionInput(
+            type="concept_clarified",
+            subject="active patient",
+            rationale="Applied from mem-0003",
+        ),
+        DecisionInput(
+            type="memory_rejected",
+            subject="mem-0001",
+            rationale="Not relevant to the resumed question",
+        ),
+    ])
+
+    records = [_memory("mem-0001"), _memory("mem-0003")]
+    searcher = Searcher([
+        SimpleNamespace(ref="mem-0003", similarity=0.9),
+        SimpleNamespace(ref="mem-0001", similarity=0.8),
+    ])
+    embedder = Embedder()
+    save_registry(records, tmp_path / "artifacts" / "memory" / "registry.jsonl")
+    monkeypatch.setattr("tht.cli.vector_cmd.open_searcher", lambda cfg: searcher)
+    monkeypatch.setattr("tht.cli.vector_cmd.make_embedder", lambda cfg: embedder)
+
+    response = CliRunner().invoke(
+        app,
+        [
+            "memory", "search", "active patients", "--session", session_id,
+            "--json", "-c", str(_workspace_config(tmp_path)),
+        ],
+    )
+
+    assert response.exit_code == 0, response.output
+    assert json.loads(response.stdout) == []
+    assert current_phase(repository.get(session_id)) == 2
+    assert embedder.questions == ["active patients"]
+    assert searcher.calls == [([0.1, 0.2], 5, ["memory"])]
diff --git a/harness/tht/cli/memory_cmd.py b/harness/tht/cli/memory_cmd.py
index 90c92765..c9ca446c 100644
--- a/harness/tht/cli/memory_cmd.py
+++ b/harness/tht/cli/memory_cmd.py
@@ -361,34 +361,21 @@ def search_cmd(
     from rich.table import Table
 
     from tht.cli.vector_cmd import make_embedder, open_searcher, require_vector_cfg
-    from tht.memory import REUSABLE_TYPES, decided_memory_ids, load_registry
+    from tht.memory import load_registry, recall_memories
 
     cfg = _load_config_or_exit(config)
     require_vector_cfg(cfg)
-    excluded: set[str] = set()
-    if session is not None:
-        excluded = decided_memory_ids(load_snapshot_or_exit(cfg, session).decisions)
+    decisions = load_snapshot_or_exit(cfg, session).decisions if session is not None else []
     searcher = open_searcher(cfg)
     embedder = make_embedder(cfg.embeddings)
-    hits = searcher.search(embedder.embed_query(question), top_n=top, kinds=["memory"])
-    by_id = {r.id: r for r in load_registry(registry_path(cfg))}
-
-    results = []
-    for h in hits:
-        rec = by_id.get(h.ref)
-        if rec is None:
-            continue  # indice piu' avanti del registro: ignora
-        if rec.type not in REUSABLE_TYPES:
-            continue  # record legacy non-concept: non e' una memory riusabile
-        if rec.id in excluded:
-            continue  # gia' decisa in questa sessione: non riproporla
-        results.append({
-            "id": rec.id, "type": rec.type, "subject": rec.subject,
-            "detail": rec.detail, "rationale": rec.rationale,
-            "question_context": rec.question_context,
-            "tables": rec.tables, "concepts": rec.concepts,
-            "session_id": rec.session_id, "score": round(h.similarity, 4),
-        })
+    results = recall_memories(
+        question,
+        records=load_registry(registry_path(cfg)),
+        decisions=decisions,
+        searcher=searcher,
+        embedder=embedder,
+        top=top,
+    )
 
     if json_out:
         typer.echo(json.dumps(results, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
diff --git a/harness/tht/memory.py b/harness/tht/memory.py
index 33f47be8..2d720b0a 100644
--- a/harness/tht/memory.py
+++ b/harness/tht/memory.py
@@ -137,6 +137,48 @@ REUSABLE_TYPES = frozenset({"concept_clarified"})
 MAX_PROMOTION_CANDIDATES = 5
 
 
+def recall_memories(
+    question: str,
+    *,
+    records: list[MemoryRecord],
+    decisions: list[DecisionRecord],
+    searcher,
+    embedder,
+    top: int = 5,
+) -> list[dict]:
+    """Return reviewer-visible F2 candidates in semantic-search rank order.
+
+    Memory owns filtering against the canonical registry, reusable decision types,
+    and decisions already persisted in the current (including resumed) session.
+    The CLI remains a thin adapter that supplies the vector ports and renders output.
+    """
+    excluded = decided_memory_ids(decisions)
+    hits = searcher.search(
+        embedder.embed_query(question),
+        top_n=top,
+        kinds=["memory"],
+    )
+    by_id = {record.id: record for record in records}
+    results = []
+    for hit in hits:
+        record = by_id.get(hit.ref)
+        if record is None or record.type not in REUSABLE_TYPES or record.id in excluded:
+            continue
+        results.append({
+            "id": record.id,
+            "type": record.type,
+            "subject": record.subject,
+            "detail": record.detail,
+            "rationale": record.rationale,
+            "question_context": record.question_context,
+            "tables": record.tables,
+            "concepts": record.concepts,
+            "session_id": record.session_id,
+            "score": round(hit.similarity, 4),
+        })
+    return results
+
+
 def _compute_promotions(
     session_dir: Path, manifest: SessionManifest, *,
     seqs: list[int] | None, existing: list[MemoryRecord],