diff --git a/tests/test_memusage_integration.py b/tests/test_memusage_integration.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import sys
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks
+
+from scrapy import signals
+from scrapy.crawler import CrawlerRunner
+from scrapy.extensions.memusage import MemoryUsage
+from scrapy.settings import Settings
+from scrapy.spiders import Spider
+
+# Skip on Windows; memusage relies on 'resource'
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"),
+    reason="MemoryUsage extension not available on Windows",
+)
+
+
+class _LoopSpider(Spider):
+    """Keep the crawl alive long enough for periodic checks to run."""
+
+    name = "loop-file-spider"
+
+    def __init__(self, url: str, loops: int = 60, **kw):
+        super().__init__(**kw)
+        self.url = url
+        self.loops = loops
+        self.start_urls = [url]
+
+    def parse(self, response):
+        count = response.meta.get("count", 0)
+        if count + 1 < self.loops:
+            yield response.follow(
+                self.url, callback=self.parse, meta={"count": count + 1}
+            )
+
+
+def _tmp_file_uri(tmp_path: Path) -> str:
+    f = tmp_path / "hello.txt"
+    f.write_text("hello\\n")
+    return f.as_uri()
+
+
+@inlineCallbacks
+@pytest.mark.twisted
+def test_memusage_limit_closes_spider_with_reason_and_error_log(
+    tmp_path, caplog, monkeypatch
+):
+    url = _tmp_file_uri(tmp_path)
+    settings = Settings(
+        {
+            "MEMUSAGE_ENABLED": True,
+            "MEMUSAGE_LIMIT_MB": 10,
+            "MEMUSAGE_CHECK_INTERVAL_SECONDS": 0.01,
+            "LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
+        }
+    )
+
+    # Start LOW, flip HIGH only after spider is opened.
+    MB = 1024 * 1024
+    state = {"high": False}
+
+    def fake_vsz(self):
+        return 250 * MB if state["high"] else 5 * MB
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(MemoryUsage, "get_virtual_size", fake_vsz)
+
+    runner = CrawlerRunner(settings)
+    crawler = runner.create_crawler(_LoopSpider)
+
+    # Use the correct kwarg name from the signal: 'spider'
+    def on_opened(spider):
+        state["high"] = True
+
+    crawler.signals.connect(on_opened, signal=signals.spider_opened)
+
+    caplog.set_level(logging.ERROR, logger="scrapy.extensions.memusage")
+    yield runner.crawl(crawler, url=url, loops=60)  # plenty of time for checks
+
+    # Assert finish reason via stats (black-box)
+    assert crawler.stats.get_value("finish_reason") == "memusage_exceeded"
+    # Assert the ERROR log message was emitted
+    assert any("memory usage exceeded" in r.message.lower() for r in caplog.records)
+
+
+@inlineCallbacks
+@pytest.mark.twisted
+def test_memusage_warning_logs_but_allows_normal_finish(tmp_path, caplog, monkeypatch):
+    url = _tmp_file_uri(tmp_path)
+    settings = Settings(
+        {
+            "MEMUSAGE_ENABLED": True,
+            "MEMUSAGE_WARNING_MB": 50,
+            "MEMUSAGE_LIMIT_MB": 0,  # no hard limit
+            "MEMUSAGE_CHECK_INTERVAL_SECONDS": 0.01,
+            "LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
+        }
+    )
+
+    MB = 1024 * 1024
+    # Always above warning, never limited
+    monkeypatch.setattr(MemoryUsage, "get_virtual_size", lambda self: 75 * MB)
+
+    runner = CrawlerRunner(settings)
+    crawler = runner.create_crawler(_LoopSpider)
+
+    caplog.set_level(logging.WARNING, logger="scrapy.extensions.memusage")
+    yield runner.crawl(crawler, url=url, loops=40)
+
+    # Normal completion
+    assert crawler.stats.get_value("finish_reason") == "finished"
+    # Warning log appeared (match actual message)
+    assert any(
+        "memory usage reached" in r.message.lower()
+        or "memory usage warning" in r.message.lower()
+        or "warning: memory usage reached" in r.message.lower()
+        for r in caplog.records
+    )