diff --git a/benchmarks/AGENTS.md b/benchmarks/AGENTS.md
index 2f40d70afb..0754dff1da 100644
--- a/benchmarks/AGENTS.md
+++ b/benchmarks/AGENTS.md
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ This tree owns required, repository-level performance gates whose measured user
 - Exercise production entry points. Do not copy product algorithms, add production exports solely for measurement, or turn benchmark completion into duplicate semantic assertions.
 - A compiled worker may bundle a private integration adapter when no public Node export exposes the measured user path. Keep package imports external so product services resolve through their built package exports.
 - Record the workload, timing boundary, memory endpoint, calibration reference, alternatives, and known exclusions in the owning Agent Note.
+- `pnpm run test:bench:memory 4g|8g` reruns the files listed in [run-memory-pressure-bench.ts](../scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.ts) inside a swapless cgroup capped at 4 or 8 GiB, with unchanged budgets. Keep a file's budgets valid under both caps when it joins that list.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5fe3f6cd9d..9f20bb9734 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "test:e2e": "vitest run --config vitest.e2e.config.ts",
     "test:bench": "npm run build:bench && npm run build:web && npm run test:bench:built",
     "test:bench:built": "vitest run --config vitest.bench.config.ts",
+    "test:bench:memory": "tsx scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.ts",
     "test:expected": "vitest run --config vitest.expected.config.ts",
     "test:expected:refresh": "DSH_SNAPSHOT=refresh vitest run --config vitest.expected.config.ts",
     "test:approval-policy": "node --test .github/review-ownership/check-approval.test.mjs .github/review-ownership/blame-ownership.test.mjs .github/review-ownership/author-weight.test.mjs",
diff --git a/scripts/run-ci-bench.ts b/scripts/run-ci-bench.ts
index 8d2e4c042a..c4778982e1 100644
--- a/scripts/run-ci-bench.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-ci-bench.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,24 @@ import { resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { buildLibraryArtifacts, runPnpmCommand } from './compile-referenced-projects.ts'
 
 /**
- * Build native support, libraries, benchmark workers, and Web assets before running the existing benchmark suite.
+ * Build native support, libraries, benchmark workers, and Web assets that benchmark files consume.
  * @param root - Repository root containing all build configurations.
- * @throws If any build or the benchmark suite fails.
+ * @throws If any build fails.
  */
-export function runCiBench(root: string): void {
+export function buildCiBenchArtifacts(root: string): void {
   runPnpmCommand(root, ['run', 'build:native-system'])
   buildLibraryArtifacts(root, false, 'benchmark-emit')
   runPnpmCommand(root, ['exec', 'tsdown', '--config-loader', 'native', '--config', 'benchmarks/tsdown.config.ts'])
   runPnpmCommand(root, ['run', 'build:web'])
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build benchmark artifacts, then run the existing benchmark suite.
+ * @param root - Repository root containing all build configurations.
+ * @throws If any build or the benchmark suite fails.
+ */
+export function runCiBench(root: string): void {
+  buildCiBenchArtifacts(root)
   runPnpmCommand(root, ['run', 'test:bench:built'])
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.spec.ts b/scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96bd3f1d0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  MEMORY_PRESSURE_FILES,
+  memoryPressureMachine,
+  memoryScopeCommand,
+} from './run-memory-pressure-bench.ts'
+
+const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..')
+
+describe('memory-pressure benchmark launcher', () => {
+  it('selects existing benchmark files', () => {
+    for (const file of MEMORY_PRESSURE_FILES) expect(existsSync(resolve(root, file)), file).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('accepts only the modeled machines', () => {
+    expect(memoryPressureMachine('4g')).toBe('4g')
+    expect(memoryPressureMachine('8g')).toBe('8g')
+    expect(() => memoryPressureMachine('16g')).toThrow('usage')
+    expect(() => memoryPressureMachine(undefined)).toThrow('usage')
+  })
+
+  it('confines the command to the machine memory without swap', () => {
+    expect(memoryScopeCommand('4g', ['node', 'x.js'])).toEqual([
+      'systemd-run', '--user', '--scope', '--quiet', '-p', 'MemoryMax=4G', '-p', 'MemorySwapMax=0', '--', 'node', 'x.js',
+    ])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.ts b/scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b33e09259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/** Run the memory-sensitive benchmark files inside a Linux cgroup that models a 4 GB or 8 GB machine. */
+
+import { spawnSync } from 'node:child_process'
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { getHeapStatistics } from 'node:v8'
+import { buildCiBenchArtifacts } from './run-ci-bench.ts'
+import { pnpmCommand } from './release/process.ts'
+
+/** Modeled machines: memory available to the whole benchmark process tree, without swap. */
+export const MEMORY_PRESSURE_MACHINES = { '4g': 4, '8g': 8 } as const
+
+/** Modeled machine name. */
+export type MemoryPressureMachine = keyof typeof MEMORY_PRESSURE_MACHINES
+
+/**
+ * Benchmark files that run under the limit. They cover the Host operations with the largest measured
+ * resident memory, the longest Session open, and the Chromium long-history workflow with its Host.
+ */
+export const MEMORY_PRESSURE_FILES = [
+  'benchmarks/session-corpus/session-corpus.bench.ts',
+  'benchmarks/session-corpus/projection-list.bench.ts',
+  'benchmarks/session-open/session-open.bench.ts',
+  'benchmarks/long-session-browser/long-session.bench.ts',
+] as const
+
+const USAGE = `usage: run-memory-pressure-bench.ts <${Object.keys(MEMORY_PRESSURE_MACHINES).join('|')}>`
+
+/**
+ * Parse a modeled machine name.
+ * @param value - Command-line machine name.
+ * @returns The machine name.
+ * @throws If the name is not a modeled machine.
+ */
+export function memoryPressureMachine(value: string | undefined): MemoryPressureMachine {
+  if (value !== undefined && Object.hasOwn(MEMORY_PRESSURE_MACHINES, value)) return value as MemoryPressureMachine
+  throw new Error(USAGE)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the systemd transient-scope command that confines `command` to the machine's memory.
+ * @param machine - Modeled machine.
+ * @param command - Command and arguments to run inside the scope.
+ * @returns The `systemd-run` argument vector.
+ */
+export function memoryScopeCommand(machine: MemoryPressureMachine, command: readonly string[]): string[] {
+  return [
+    'systemd-run', '--user', '--scope', '--quiet',
+    '-p', `MemoryMax=${String(MEMORY_PRESSURE_MACHINES[machine])}G`,
+    '-p', 'MemorySwapMax=0',
+    '--', ...command,
+  ]
+}
+
+function run(root: string, command: readonly string[]): number {
+  const [file, ...args] = command
+  if (file === undefined) throw new Error('run-memory-pressure-bench: empty command')
+  const result = spawnSync(file, args, { cwd: root, stdio: 'inherit' })
+  if (result.error !== undefined) throw result.error
+  return result.status ?? 1
+}
+
+function cgroupFile(name: string): string {
+  const line = readFileSync('/proc/self/cgroup', 'utf8').split('\n').find(entry => entry.startsWith('0::'))
+  if (line === undefined) throw new Error('run-memory-pressure-bench: the process is not in a cgroup v2 hierarchy')
+  return readFileSync(join('/sys/fs/cgroup', line.slice(3), name), 'utf8').trim()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Run the selected benchmark files inside the current scope and report the scope's memory facts.
+ * @param root - Repository root with built benchmark artifacts.
+ * @param machine - Modeled machine that the current scope must enforce.
+ * @returns The benchmark exit status.
+ * @throws If the current cgroup does not enforce the machine's memory.
+ */
+export function runScopedMemoryPressureBench(root: string, machine: MemoryPressureMachine): number {
+  const limitBytes = MEMORY_PRESSURE_MACHINES[machine] * 1024 ** 3
+  if (Number(cgroupFile('memory.max')) !== limitBytes || process.constrainedMemory() !== limitBytes) {
+    throw new Error(`run-memory-pressure-bench: the scope does not enforce ${machine}: memory.max=${cgroupFile('memory.max')}`)
+  }
+  const status = run(root, [...pnpmCommand(), 'exec', 'vitest', 'run', '--config', 'vitest.bench.config.ts', ...MEMORY_PRESSURE_FILES])
+  const oomKills = /^oom_kill (\d+)$/m.exec(cgroupFile('memory.events'))?.[1]
+  console.log(JSON.stringify({
+    benchmark: `memory-pressure/${machine}`,
+    limitMb: limitBytes / 1024 ** 2,
+    swapLimit: cgroupFile('memory.swap.max'),
+    nodeHeapLimitMb: Math.round(getHeapStatistics().heap_size_limit / 1024 ** 2),
+    peakMb: Math.round(Number(cgroupFile('memory.peak')) / 1024 ** 2),
+    oomKills: Number(oomKills),
+    files: MEMORY_PRESSURE_FILES,
+    status,
+  }))
+  return status
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build benchmark artifacts unconfined, then rerun this script inside a transient memory-limited scope.
+ * @param root - Repository root.
+ * @param machine - Modeled machine.
+ * @returns The scoped benchmark exit status.
+ * @throws If the host is not Linux or a build fails.
+ */
+export function runMemoryPressureBench(root: string, machine: MemoryPressureMachine): number {
+  if (process.platform !== 'linux') {
+    throw new Error('run-memory-pressure-bench: memory limits need Linux cgroup v2 and a systemd user manager')
+  }
+  buildCiBenchArtifacts(root)
+  return run(root, memoryScopeCommand(machine, [
+    ...pnpmCommand(), 'exec', 'tsx', 'scripts/run-memory-pressure-bench.ts', '--scoped', machine,
+  ]))
+}
+
+if (import.meta.main) {
+  const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..')
+  const args = process.argv.slice(2)
+  process.exitCode = args[0] === '--scoped'
+    ? runScopedMemoryPressureBench(root, memoryPressureMachine(args[1]))
+    : runMemoryPressureBench(root, memoryPressureMachine(args[0]))
+}