diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce7b0b9e..188abb1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.9.9] — 2026-05-11
+
+Two field-reported regressions closed: pinned memory slots never reached SessionStart context (the `renderPinnedContext` and `listPinnedSlots` helpers shipped in v0.7 had no callers), and the MiniMax compression provider read its base URL straight off `process.env`, missing `~/.agentmemory/.env` values that the rest of agentmemory loads through the shared merged-env path.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Pinned memory slots are now actually injected into SessionStart context.** [@wyh0626](https://github.com/wyh0626) traced ([#286](https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/issues/286)) that `renderPinnedContext` (`src/functions/slots.ts:182`) and `listPinnedSlots` (`src/functions/slots.ts:169`) — introduced in [#182](https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/pull/182) — had zero callers in `src/`. `mem::context` (the function `/agentmemory/session/start` invokes and that `session-start.mjs` reads back into Claude Code) read profile / sessions / summaries / observations but never slots, so anything an agent wrote into a pinned slot via `mem::slot-replace` / `mem::slot-append` / `mem::slot-reflect` sat in KV and never reached the next session. The `mem::slot-reflect` writer fires on the Stop hook when `AGENTMEMORY_REFLECT=true` and persists into `pending_items` / `session_patterns` / `project_context` — the reflect → next-session loop was open. The fix wires `listPinnedSlots` → `renderPinnedContext` into `mem::context` behind `isSlotsEnabled()`, matching the existing `isGraphExtractionEnabled()` gate convention. Pinned slot content lands as a `type: "memory"` block with `recency: Date.now()` so it sorts to the top of the budget-bounded selection. `AGENTMEMORY_SLOTS=false` (the default) keeps the existing behaviour untouched. (#288, closes [#286](https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/issues/286) — thanks [@wyh0626](https://github.com/wyh0626) for the precise zero-callers trace and the six-case regression suite covering global / multi-sort / unpinned-skip / empty-skip / project-shadows-global / gate-off)
+
+- **MiniMax provider now honors `MINIMAX_BASE_URL` from `~/.agentmemory/.env`, with the default pointed at the current Anthropic-compatible host.** [@rager306](https://github.com/rager306) reported ([#285](https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/issues/285)) v0.9.8 MiniMax compression failing `MiniMax API error 401: invalid api key` against a verified-good key. Direct `curl https://api.minimax.io/anthropic/v1/messages` with the same key succeeded; the control call against `https://api.minimaxi.com/anthropic` returned 401. The 401 was the *stale fallback host* answering — the key was fine. Root cause: split-brain env source. `src/config.ts` (provider detection + API-key load) reads `~/.agentmemory/.env` through the merged `getMergedEnv()` loader; `src/providers/minimax.ts` read `MINIMAX_BASE_URL` straight off `process.env`. Deployments that kept MiniMax config in `~/.agentmemory/.env` only (systemd / launchd / `--env-file` not exported into the worker shell) got the key loaded but the base URL fell through to the stale default. The provider now resolves `MINIMAX_BASE_URL` via `getEnvVar()` (same merged loader the rest of agentmemory uses), and the default is bumped from `api.minimaxi.com` to `api.minimax.io/anthropic` per [MiniMax's current Anthropic-compatible docs](https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/text-anthropic-api). (#289, closes [#285](https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/issues/285) — thanks [@rager306](https://github.com/rager306) for the precise repro and the local-patch verification)
+
+### Changed
+
+- `@agentmemory/mcp` package version bumped from 0.9.8 → 0.9.9 to lockstep with the main package.
+
 ## [0.9.8] — 2026-05-11
 
 Single-line follow-up to v0.9.7's MCP shim work. v0.9.7 surfaced probe failures, added an `AGENTMEMORY_FORCE_PROXY=1` escape hatch, and shipped `AGENTMEMORY_DEBUG=1` — but the *local-mode* `tools/list` branch was still returning only 4 tools when an agentmemory server was unreachable, not the documented 7-tool `IMPLEMENTED_TOOLS` set the shim's `InMemoryKV` actually backs. v0.9.8 fixes that.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65eff891..3f3a90bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@agentmemory/agentmemory",
-  "version": "0.9.8",
+  "version": "0.9.9",
   "description": "Persistent memory for AI coding agents, powered by iii-engine's three primitives",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.mjs",
diff --git a/packages/mcp/package.json b/packages/mcp/package.json
index be45cf72..bde9d083 100644
--- a/packages/mcp/package.json
+++ b/packages/mcp/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@agentmemory/mcp",
-  "version": "0.9.8",
+  "version": "0.9.9",
   "description": "Standalone MCP server for agentmemory — thin shim that re-exposes @agentmemory/agentmemory's MCP entrypoint",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 669e84a1..45cb2a13 100644
--- a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "agentmemory",
-  "version": "0.9.8",
+  "version": "0.9.9",
   "description": "Persistent memory for AI coding agents -- captures tool usage, compresses via LLM, injects context into future sessions. 12 hooks, 51 MCP tools, 4 skills, real-time viewer.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Rohit Ghumare",
diff --git a/src/functions/export-import.ts b/src/functions/export-import.ts
index 9d29ca20..dd2eccad 100644
--- a/src/functions/export-import.ts
+++ b/src/functions/export-import.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export function registerExportImportFunction(sdk: ISdk, kv: StateKV): void {
       const strategy = data.strategy || "merge";
       const importData = data.exportData;
 
-      const supportedVersions = new Set(["0.3.0", "0.4.0", "0.5.0", "0.6.0", "0.6.1", "0.7.0", "0.7.2", "0.7.3", "0.7.4", "0.7.5", "0.7.6", "0.7.7", "0.7.9", "0.8.0", "0.8.1", "0.8.2", "0.8.3", "0.8.4", "0.8.5", "0.8.6", "0.8.7", "0.8.8", "0.8.9", "0.8.10", "0.8.11", "0.8.12", "0.8.13", "0.9.0", "0.9.1", "0.9.2", "0.9.3", "0.9.4", "0.9.5", "0.9.6", "0.9.7", "0.9.8"]);
+      const supportedVersions = new Set(["0.3.0", "0.4.0", "0.5.0", "0.6.0", "0.6.1", "0.7.0", "0.7.2", "0.7.3", "0.7.4", "0.7.5", "0.7.6", "0.7.7", "0.7.9", "0.8.0", "0.8.1", "0.8.2", "0.8.3", "0.8.4", "0.8.5", "0.8.6", "0.8.7", "0.8.8", "0.8.9", "0.8.10", "0.8.11", "0.8.12", "0.8.13", "0.9.0", "0.9.1", "0.9.2", "0.9.3", "0.9.4", "0.9.5", "0.9.6", "0.9.7", "0.9.8", "0.9.9"]);
       if (!supportedVersions.has(importData.version)) {
         return {
           success: false,
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index ca454250..5285281b 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export interface ExportPagination {
 }
 
 export interface ExportData {
-  version: "0.3.0" | "0.4.0" | "0.5.0" | "0.6.0" | "0.6.1" | "0.7.0" | "0.7.2" | "0.7.3" | "0.7.4" | "0.7.5" | "0.7.6" | "0.7.7" | "0.7.9" | "0.8.0" | "0.8.1" | "0.8.2" | "0.8.3" | "0.8.4" | "0.8.5" | "0.8.6" | "0.8.7" | "0.8.8" | "0.8.9" | "0.8.10" | "0.8.11" | "0.8.12" | "0.8.13" | "0.9.0" | "0.9.1" | "0.9.2" | "0.9.3" | "0.9.4" | "0.9.5" | "0.9.6" | "0.9.7" | "0.9.8";
+  version: "0.3.0" | "0.4.0" | "0.5.0" | "0.6.0" | "0.6.1" | "0.7.0" | "0.7.2" | "0.7.3" | "0.7.4" | "0.7.5" | "0.7.6" | "0.7.7" | "0.7.9" | "0.8.0" | "0.8.1" | "0.8.2" | "0.8.3" | "0.8.4" | "0.8.5" | "0.8.6" | "0.8.7" | "0.8.8" | "0.8.9" | "0.8.10" | "0.8.11" | "0.8.12" | "0.8.13" | "0.9.0" | "0.9.1" | "0.9.2" | "0.9.3" | "0.9.4" | "0.9.5" | "0.9.6" | "0.9.7" | "0.9.8" | "0.9.9";
   exportedAt: string;
   sessions: Session[];
   observations: Record<string, CompressedObservation[]>;
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
index fa17bf63..14d8a926 100644
--- a/src/version.ts
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const VERSION = "0.9.8";
+export const VERSION = "0.9.9";
diff --git a/test/export-import.test.ts b/test/export-import.test.ts
index f0c5ebd3..249ef8d9 100644
--- a/test/export-import.test.ts
+++ b/test/export-import.test.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe("Export/Import Functions", () => {
   it("export produces valid ExportData structure", async () => {
     const result = (await sdk.trigger("mem::export", {})) as ExportData;
 
-    expect(result.version).toBe("0.9.8");
+    expect(result.version).toBe("0.9.9");
     expect(result.exportedAt).toBeDefined();
     expect(result.sessions.length).toBe(1);
     expect(result.sessions[0].id).toBe("ses_1");