diff --git a/python/packages/kagent-crewai/src/kagent/crewai/_memory.py b/python/packages/kagent-crewai/src/kagent/crewai/_memory.py
index aef7d1628..0b0ce614d 100644
--- a/python/packages/kagent-crewai/src/kagent/crewai/_memory.py
+++ b/python/packages/kagent-crewai/src/kagent/crewai/_memory.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def __init__(self, thread_id: str, user_id: str, base_url: str):
         self.user_id = user_id
         self.base_url = base_url
 
-    def save(self, task_description: str, metadata: dict, timestamp: str, score: float) -> None:
+    def save(self, task_description: str, metadata: dict, datetime: str, score: float) -> None:
         """
         Saves a memory item to the Kagent backend.
         The agent_id is expected to be in the metadata.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def save(self, task_description: str, metadata: dict, timestamp: str, score: flo
                 "task_description": task_description,
                 "score": score,
                 "metadata": metadata,
-                "datetime": timestamp,
+                "datetime": datetime,
             },
         )
 
diff --git a/python/packages/kagent-crewai/tests/conftest.py b/python/packages/kagent-crewai/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1459449f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/packages/kagent-crewai/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import os
+
+_DEFAULTS = {
+    "KAGENT_URL": "http://localhost:8080",
+    "KAGENT_NAME": "test-agent",
+    "KAGENT_NAMESPACE": "default",
+}
+
+_ORIGINAL_ENV: dict[str, str | None] = {}
+
+
+def pytest_configure(config):
+    # The kagent.crewai package imports KAgentApp at module load, which constructs a
+    # KAgentConfig and requires these environment variables to be present. Set safe
+    # defaults so the package can be imported in unit tests without a running backend.
+    for key, value in _DEFAULTS.items():
+        if key in os.environ:
+            _ORIGINAL_ENV[key] = os.environ[key]
+        else:
+            _ORIGINAL_ENV[key] = None
+            os.environ[key] = value
+
+
+def pytest_unconfigure(config):
+    # Restore environment so these defaults don't leak into other test suites.
+    for key, original in _ORIGINAL_ENV.items():
+        if original is None:
+            os.environ.pop(key, None)
+        else:
+            os.environ[key] = original
diff --git a/python/packages/kagent-crewai/tests/test_memory.py b/python/packages/kagent-crewai/tests/test_memory.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57db578aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/packages/kagent-crewai/tests/test_memory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import inspect
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from crewai.memory.long_term.long_term_memory import LongTermMemory
+from crewai.memory.long_term.long_term_memory_item import LongTermMemoryItem
+from crewai.memory.storage.ltm_sqlite_storage import LTMSQLiteStorage
+
+from kagent.crewai._memory import KagentMemoryStorage
+
+
+def test_save_signature_matches_crewai_storage_contract():
+    """KagentMemoryStorage.save must accept the same keyword arguments CrewAI's
+    LongTermMemory passes to its storage. CrewAI calls storage.save() with
+    datetime= as a keyword (see LongTermMemory.save), and the reference
+    LTMSQLiteStorage.save names that parameter 'datetime'."""
+    reference_params = list(inspect.signature(LTMSQLiteStorage.save).parameters)
+    kagent_params = list(inspect.signature(KagentMemoryStorage.save).parameters)
+    assert kagent_params == reference_params
+
+
+def test_long_term_memory_save_posts_datetime():
+    """A memory-enabled CrewAI crew wires KagentMemoryStorage as its
+    LongTermMemory backend. Saving must not raise and must forward the item's
+    datetime to the Kagent backend."""
+    storage = KagentMemoryStorage(
+        thread_id="thread-1",
+        user_id="user-1",
+        base_url="http://kagent.test",
+    )
+    long_term_memory = LongTermMemory(storage)
+    item = LongTermMemoryItem(
+        agent="researcher",
+        task="summarize the report",
+        expected_output="a summary",
+        datetime="2020-01-01T00:00:00",
+        quality=0.9,
+        metadata={"quality": 0.9},
+    )
+
+    with patch("kagent.crewai._memory.httpx.Client") as mock_client_cls:
+        mock_client = MagicMock()
+        mock_client_cls.return_value.__enter__.return_value = mock_client
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+        mock_client.post.return_value = mock_response
+
+        long_term_memory.save(item)
+
+        mock_client.post.assert_called_once()
+        _, kwargs = mock_client.post.call_args
+        memory_data = kwargs["json"]["memory_data"]
+        assert memory_data["datetime"] == "2020-01-01T00:00:00"
+        assert memory_data["task_description"] == "summarize the report"
+        assert memory_data["score"] == 0.9