diff --git a/plugins/memory/honcho/__init__.py b/plugins/memory/honcho/__init__.py
index 68f5c693f2f24..dde0108c9f51d 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/honcho/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/honcho/__init__.py
@@ -1449,7 +1449,10 @@ class HonchoMemoryProvider(MemoryProvider):
                 if clean_assistant_content:
                     for chunk in self._chunk_message(clean_assistant_content, msg_limit):
                         session.add_message("assistant", chunk)
-                self._manager._flush_session(session)
+                # Route through save() so writeFrequency is honored —
+                # _flush_session() directly bypassed "session"/N batching
+                # and flushed every turn regardless of config.
+                self._manager.save(session)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.debug("Honcho sync_turn failed: %s", e)
 
diff --git a/tests/honcho_plugin/test_save_messages.py b/tests/honcho_plugin/test_save_messages.py
index 6495ff7020c49..d86d8b1d85f2d 100644
--- a/tests/honcho_plugin/test_save_messages.py
+++ b/tests/honcho_plugin/test_save_messages.py
@@ -26,7 +26,16 @@ class TestSyncTurn:
         p = _provider(save_messages=False)
         p.sync_turn('user says', 'assistant says')
         p._manager.get_or_create.assert_not_called()
-        p._manager._flush_session.assert_not_called()
+        p._manager.save.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_enabled_routes_through_save(self):
+        p = _provider(save_messages=True)
+        p.sync_turn('user says', 'assistant says')
+        if p._sync_thread is not None:
+            p._sync_thread.join(timeout=5)
+        p._manager.get_or_create.assert_called_once()
+        # save() (not _flush_session) so writeFrequency batching is honored
+        p._manager.save.assert_called_once()
 
     def test_enabled_writes(self):
         p = _provider(save_messages=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_honcho_startup_fail_open.py b/tests/test_honcho_startup_fail_open.py
index 09daabb393979..4b8e1da2d3e8e 100644
--- a/tests/test_honcho_startup_fail_open.py
+++ b/tests/test_honcho_startup_fail_open.py
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ def test_honcho_sync_turn_same_instance_config_flip_gates_writes():
             manager_calls.append(session_key)
             return SimpleNamespace(add_message=lambda role, content: None)
 
-        def _flush_session(self, session):
+        def save(self, session):
             write_done.set()
 
     provider._config = cfg