`[2026-07-13]` **Memory extraction turned REASONING-OFF for the eval (operator-directed).** "same model, reasoning off via explicit kwarg" — scoped to the memory extractor ONLY (affect + RP stay reasoning-ON). The real lever was `chat_template_kwargs.enable_thinking:false` (the naive `thinking_enabled=False` kwarg was a no-op — see Tried/abandoned). Deckard extraction went 45s→~5s.
