diff --git a/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/__tests__/list-pagination.test.ts b/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/__tests__/list-pagination.test.ts
index 5833dfa8..5457f58e 100644
--- a/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/__tests__/list-pagination.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/__tests__/list-pagination.test.ts
@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@
  * Cursor pagination for GET /v1/memories (issue #267).
  * The API caps each page at 500 rows and returns next_cursor when more exist.
  */
+import { createServer, type Server } from "node:http";
+import type { AddressInfo } from "node:net";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { MemoriaClient } from "../client.js";
 import { buildApiConfig, mockFetch } from "./helpers.js";
 
 const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+const servers: Server[] = [];
 
-afterEach(() => {
+afterEach(async () => {
   globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  for (const server of servers.splice(0)) {
+    server.closeAllConnections();
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.close(() => resolve()));
+  }
 });
 
 const SERVER_PAGE_MAX = 500;
@@ -63,6 +70,50 @@ function serveMemories(f: ReturnType<typeof mockFetch>, total: number) {
 }
 
 describe("listMemories cursor pagination", () => {
+  it.each([
+    { limit: 1, pages: 1, ids: [2], partial: true },
+    { limit: 3, pages: 2, ids: [2, 3, 4], partial: false },
+  ])("filters by type before applying the API page budget: $limit rows", async ({ limit, pages, ids, partial }) => {
+    const requests: URL[] = [];
+    const rows = Array.from({ length: 5 }, (_, i) => ({
+      memory_id: memoryId(i), content: `m${i}`,
+      memory_type: i < 2 ? "semantic" : "episodic",
+    }));
+    const server = createServer((request, response) => {
+      const url = new URL(request.url!, "http://localhost");
+      requests.push(url);
+      const type = url.searchParams.get("memory_type");
+      const selected = type ? rows.filter((row) => row.memory_type === type) : rows;
+      const cursor = url.searchParams.get("cursor");
+      const start = cursor ? selected.findIndex((row) => row.memory_id === cursor) + 1 : 0;
+      const size = Math.min(2, Number(url.searchParams.get("limit")));
+      const items = selected.slice(start, start + size);
+      const more = start + items.length < selected.length;
+      response.setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
+      response.end(JSON.stringify({ items, next_cursor: more ? items.at(-1)!.memory_id : null }));
+    });
+    servers.push(server);
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
+    const client = new MemoriaClient(buildApiConfig({
+      apiUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${(server.address() as AddressInfo).port}`,
+      maxListPages: pages,
+    }));
+    try {
+      const result = await client.listMemories({ userId: "u", limit, memoryType: "episodic" });
+      expect(result.items.map((row) => row.memory_id)).toEqual(ids.map(memoryId));
+      expect(result.count).toBe(ids.length);
+      expect(result.partial).toBe(partial);
+      expect(result.limitations).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(requests).toHaveLength(pages);
+      expect(requests.every((url) => url.searchParams.get("memory_type") === "episodic")).toBe(true);
+      expect(requests.map((url) => Number(url.searchParams.get("limit")))).toEqual(
+        pages === 1 ? [1] : [3, 1],
+      );
+    } finally {
+      client.close();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("issue #267 repro: a truncated page with next_cursor is never reported complete", async () => {
     const f = mockFetch();
     const client = new MemoriaClient(buildApiConfig({ maxListPages: 1 }));
diff --git a/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/client.ts b/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/client.ts
index a79d4893..fdb9d20c 100644
--- a/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/client.ts
+++ b/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/client.ts
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ export class MemoriaClient {
     sessionId?: string;
     includeInactive?: boolean;
   }): Promise<MemoriaListMemoriesResponse> {
-    const needsClientFiltering = Boolean(params.memoryType);
+    const needsClientFiltering = Boolean(params.memoryType) && this.config.backend !== "api";
     const scanLimit = needsClientFiltering
       ? Math.min(2000, Math.max(params.limit, params.limit * this.config.maxListPages))
       : params.limit;
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ export class MemoriaClient {
     const generation = this.currentGeneration(params.userId);
     const text = await this.callToolText(params.userId, "memory_list", {
       limit: scanLimit,
+      ...(this.config.backend === "api" && params.memoryType ? { memory_type: params.memoryType } : {}),
     });
     let items = parseMemoryTextList(text);
     const hasMore = parseListHasMore(text) ?? items.length >= scanLimit;
@@ -457,7 +458,9 @@ export class MemoriaClient {
     const limitations: string[] = [];
     if (params.memoryType) {
       items = items.filter((memory) => memory.memory_type === params.memoryType);
-      limitations.push("memoryType filtering is applied client-side from a bounded Rust MCP scan.");
+      if (needsClientFiltering) {
+        limitations.push("memoryType filtering is applied client-side from a bounded Rust MCP scan.");
+      }
     }
     if (params.sessionId) {
       limitations.push("Rust Memoria MCP does not expose session_id on memory_list; sessionId was ignored.");
diff --git a/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/http-client.ts b/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/http-client.ts
index 1f59274a..200cf984 100644
--- a/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/http-client.ts
+++ b/plugins/openclaw/openclaw/http-client.ts
@@ -155,13 +155,15 @@ export class MemoriaHttpTransport {
   private async list(args: Record<string, unknown>) {
     const limit = typeof args.limit === "number" ? args.limit : 100;
     const items: unknown[] = [];
+    const typeFilter = typeof args.memory_type === "string"
+      ? `&memory_type=${encodeURIComponent(args.memory_type)}` : "";
     let cursor: string | null = null;
     for (let page = 0; page < this.maxListPages && items.length < limit; page++) {
       const pageSize = Math.min(limit - items.length, API_LIST_PAGE_MAX);
       const query = cursor
         ? `limit=${pageSize}&cursor=${encodeURIComponent(cursor)}`
         : `limit=${pageSize}`;
-      const data = await this.get(`/v1/memories?${query}`);
+      const data = await this.get(`/v1/memories?${query}${typeFilter}`);
       const rec = this.asRecord(data);
       const pageItems = Array.isArray(rec?.items) ? rec!.items : Array.isArray(data) ? data : [];
       const next = typeof rec?.next_cursor === "string" && rec.next_cursor ? rec.next_cursor : null;