From d6844aabe52e9adc935e2d05ad0f4342977c8660 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominik Jain <dominik.jain@oraios-ai.de>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:50:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] MemoryManager.load_memory: Raise exception on error

---
 src/serena/memories/memory_manager.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/serena/memories/memory_manager.py b/src/serena/memories/memory_manager.py
index f3d4a22f..76c24447 100644
--- a/src/serena/memories/memory_manager.py
+++ b/src/serena/memories/memory_manager.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class MemoryManager:
         self._check_not_ignored(name)
         memory_file_path = self.get_memory_file_path(name)
         if not memory_file_path.exists():
-            return f"Memory file {name} not found, consider creating it with the `write_memory` tool if you need it."
+            raise FileNotFoundError(f"Memory named '{name}' not found")
         with open(memory_file_path, encoding=self._encoding) as f:
             return f.read()