diff --git a/src/agents/extensions/memory/sqlalchemy_session.py b/src/agents/extensions/memory/sqlalchemy_session.py
index 977c25cfa4..1bc55da4a9 100644
--- a/src/agents/extensions/memory/sqlalchemy_session.py
+++ b/src/agents/extensions/memory/sqlalchemy_session.py
@@ -435,7 +435,16 @@ async def pop_item(self) -> TResponseInputItem | None:
                         select(self._messages.c.message_data).where(self._messages.c.id == row_id)
                     )
                     row = res_data.scalar_one_or_none()
-                    await sess.execute(delete(self._messages).where(self._messages.c.id == row_id))
+                    deleted = await sess.execute(
+                        delete(self._messages).where(self._messages.c.id == row_id)
+                    )
+
+                    # The DELETE is the only atomic claim on this row: the select above can
+                    # return the same id to concurrent poppers, so treat deleting zero rows as
+                    # losing the race and look for the next item instead of handing the same
+                    # item to two callers.
+                    if deleted.rowcount == 0:
+                        continue
 
                     if row is None:
                         continue
diff --git a/tests/extensions/memory/test_sqlalchemy_session.py b/tests/extensions/memory/test_sqlalchemy_session.py
index 25f3001a2e..bde700c137 100644
--- a/tests/extensions/memory/test_sqlalchemy_session.py
+++ b/tests/extensions/memory/test_sqlalchemy_session.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Sequence
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, cast
 
 import pytest
@@ -990,3 +991,39 @@ async def test_runner_with_session_settings_override(agent: Agent):
     history_items = [item for item in last_input if item.get("content") != "New question"]
     # Should have 2 history items (last two from the 10 we added)
     assert len(history_items) == 2
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_concurrent_pop_item_hands_each_item_to_one_caller(
+    agent: Agent, tmp_path: Path
+) -> None:
+    """pop_item removes an item, so concurrent callers must never receive the same one.
+
+    pop_item selects the newest id, reads its payload, then deletes it in three separate
+    statements. Concurrent callers can therefore select the same id before either delete
+    lands, and both return that item while the rows they never claimed stay in the store.
+    """
+    item_count = 40
+    session_id = "concurrent_pop"
+    session = SQLAlchemySession.from_url(
+        session_id,
+        url=f"sqlite+aiosqlite:///{(tmp_path / 'concurrent_pop.db').as_posix()}",
+        create_tables=True,
+    )
+
+    await session.add_items(
+        cast(
+            list[TResponseInputItem],
+            [{"role": "user", "content": f"m{index}"} for index in range(item_count)],
+        )
+    )
+
+    popped = await asyncio.gather(*[session.pop_item() for _ in range(item_count)])
+    contents = [item.get("content") for item in popped if item is not None]
+
+    assert len(contents) == item_count
+    # Each item belongs to exactly one caller.
+    assert len(set(contents)) == item_count
+    assert sorted(cast(list[str], contents)) == sorted(f"m{index}" for index in range(item_count))
+    # And nothing is left behind by a pop that returned an item it did not delete.
+    assert await session.get_items() == []