diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2efab79ac..e021b4266 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/wippyai/tree-sitter-markdown v0.0.3
 	github.com/wippyai/tree-sitter-sql v0.0.4
 	github.com/wippyai/wapp v0.1.2
-	github.com/wippyai/wasm-runtime v0.0.0-20260209224309-586ea6933075
+	github.com/wippyai/wasm-runtime v0.0.0-20260619200926-cc678f6c6549
 	github.com/xuri/excelize/v2 v2.10.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.44.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc v1.40.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2b313100f..9026e648a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ github.com/wippyai/tree-sitter-sql v0.0.4 h1:0hJyjkV6/lhoGA5FJAaf96od2xyo+OJINSE
 github.com/wippyai/tree-sitter-sql v0.0.4/go.mod h1:QN9CfIO55fwQNVNk1p/7pjxrLk7iKxrQs42Zh6lrr84=
 github.com/wippyai/wapp v0.1.2 h1:fCoxKr9s3gk+pWx4XcnIQmOVgPiuimXf3QcE9mHbdmw=
 github.com/wippyai/wapp v0.1.2/go.mod h1:ndCkYR80+osLGbd7AFWlP+3DxwooR+R6cxQYPZhksg4=
-github.com/wippyai/wasm-runtime v0.0.0-20260209224309-586ea6933075 h1:TZZCgi+CTZKcHRhpziSl9t1T33Dq+VWBNZQ9w6e9b+M=
-github.com/wippyai/wasm-runtime v0.0.0-20260209224309-586ea6933075/go.mod h1:1AVYdZibORqlBez081Seakxv2u9IR+KIMrvlBKsk2bQ=
+github.com/wippyai/wasm-runtime v0.0.0-20260619200926-cc678f6c6549 h1:XLrkn5LIgjIIyJ2pJ7WnGYyn9vCfP1K252wCw67mgiw=
+github.com/wippyai/wasm-runtime v0.0.0-20260619200926-cc678f6c6549/go.mod h1:1AVYdZibORqlBez081Seakxv2u9IR+KIMrvlBKsk2bQ=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e h1:JVG44RsyaB9T2KIHavMF/ppJZNG9ZpyihvCd0w101no=
diff --git a/runtime/wasm/engine/process.go b/runtime/wasm/engine/process.go
index 5e2e8136a..6ac48c062 100644
--- a/runtime/wasm/engine/process.go
+++ b/runtime/wasm/engine/process.go
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ import (
 	wasmrt "github.com/wippyai/wasm-runtime/runtime"
 )
 
+// recycleWarmInstanceAfter bounds how many synchronous calls a reused warm
+// instance serves before it is recycled. WASM linear memory only ever grows, so a
+// warm instance kept alive across calls accumulates each call's guest allocations;
+// after this many calls the instance is closed so the next call instantiates a
+// fresh one and reclaims the memory. Re-instantiation is safe because wasm-runtime
+// rebuilds the per-instance import bridges, so this keeps the fast warm path for the
+// common case while bounding linear-memory growth, at the cost of one re-instantiation
+// (and bridge recompile) per recycle.
+const recycleWarmInstanceAfter = 512
+
 // Transport can map runtime payloads into call args and map call results back.
 type Transport interface {
 	Prepare(ctx context.Context, input payload.Payloads) ([]any, error)
@@ -55,6 +65,7 @@ type Process struct {
 	waitingYield      bool
 	done              bool
 	started           bool
+	warmCalls         int
 }
 
 // NewProcess creates a scheduler process for WASM execution.
@@ -141,7 +152,12 @@ func (p *Process) stepSync(out *process.StepOutput) error {
 
 	p.result = result
 	p.done = true
-	p.softReset()
+	p.warmCalls++
+	if p.warmCalls >= recycleWarmInstanceAfter {
+		p.endExecution()
+	} else {
+		p.softReset()
+	}
 	out.Done(result)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -257,6 +273,7 @@ func (p *Process) endExecution() {
 		_ = p.inst.Close(context.Background())
 		p.inst = nil
 	}
+	p.warmCalls = 0
 	p.softReset()
 }
 
diff --git a/runtime/wasm/engine/process_transport_test.go b/runtime/wasm/engine/process_transport_test.go
index 7c60a99e9..b1a3c46e2 100644
--- a/runtime/wasm/engine/process_transport_test.go
+++ b/runtime/wasm/engine/process_transport_test.go
@@ -9,10 +9,67 @@ import (
 
 	ctxapi "github.com/wippyai/runtime/api/context"
 	"github.com/wippyai/runtime/api/payload"
+	"github.com/wippyai/runtime/api/process"
 	wasmapi "github.com/wippyai/runtime/api/runtime/wasm"
 	wasmrt "github.com/wippyai/wasm-runtime/runtime"
 )
 
+// TestProcessRecyclesWarmInstanceAfterThreshold verifies that a reused warm
+// instance is kept across synchronous calls and recycled (closed, so the next
+// call instantiates fresh and reclaims linear memory) once it has served
+// recycleWarmInstanceAfter calls. This bounds the WASM linear-memory growth that
+// otherwise accumulated unbounded across reused calls.
+func TestProcessRecyclesWarmInstanceAfterThreshold(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	rt, mod := compileEchoModule(ctx, t)
+	defer func() { _ = rt.Close(ctx) }()
+
+	p := &Process{module: mod, method: "run"}
+	var out process.StepOutput
+
+	for i := 1; i <= recycleWarmInstanceAfter+1; i++ {
+		if p.inst == nil {
+			inst, err := mod.Instantiate(ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("call %d: Instantiate() error = %v", i, err)
+			}
+			p.inst = inst
+		}
+		// softReset clears execCtx after each sync call; restore it like
+		// startExecution would for the next call.
+		p.execCtx = ctx
+
+		out.Reset()
+		if err := p.stepSync(&out); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("call %d: stepSync() error = %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		switch {
+		case i < recycleWarmInstanceAfter:
+			if p.inst == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("call %d: warm instance recycled before the threshold", i)
+			}
+			if p.warmCalls != i {
+				t.Fatalf("call %d: warmCalls = %d, want %d", i, p.warmCalls, i)
+			}
+		case i == recycleWarmInstanceAfter:
+			if p.inst != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("call %d: warm instance not recycled at the threshold", i)
+			}
+			if p.warmCalls != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("call %d: warmCalls = %d after recycle, want 0", i, p.warmCalls)
+			}
+		default:
+			if p.inst == nil {
+				t.Fatalf("call %d: expected a fresh warm instance after recycle", i)
+			}
+			if p.warmCalls != i-recycleWarmInstanceAfter {
+				t.Fatalf("call %d: warmCalls = %d, want %d", i, p.warmCalls, i-recycleWarmInstanceAfter)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 type processTestTransportRegistry struct {
 	items map[string]any
 }