diff --git a/src/google/adk/tools/preload_memory_tool.py b/src/google/adk/tools/preload_memory_tool.py
index a69421f0b2..e3bfc59483 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/tools/preload_memory_tool.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/tools/preload_memory_tool.py
@@ -52,18 +52,17 @@ async def process_llm_request(
       llm_request: LlmRequest,
   ) -> None:
     user_content = tool_context.user_content
-    if (
-        not user_content
-        or not user_content.parts
-        or not user_content.parts[0].text
-    ):
+    if not user_content or not user_content.parts:
+      return
+
+    user_query = ' '.join(part.text for part in user_content.parts if part.text)
+    if not user_query:
       return
 
-    user_query: str = user_content.parts[0].text
     try:
       response = await tool_context.search_memory(user_query)
     except Exception:
-      logging.warning('Failed to preload memory for query: %s', user_query)
+      logger.warning('Failed to preload memory for query: %s', user_query)
       return
 
     if not response.memories:
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tools/test_preload_memory_tool.py b/tests/unittests/tools/test_preload_memory_tool.py
index 53173e0e7a..ded3228828 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/tools/test_preload_memory_tool.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/tools/test_preload_memory_tool.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import logging
 from unittest import mock
 
 from google.adk.memory.base_memory_service import SearchMemoryResponse
@@ -149,3 +150,52 @@ async def test_preload_memory_search_failure_is_noop():
   )
 
   assert request == original
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_preload_memory_uses_text_from_every_part():
+  """The search query is not limited to the first content part.
+
+  A leading non-text part (e.g. an inline file or a provider-required
+  placeholder) must not blank out or replace the user's actual question.
+  """
+  request = LlmRequest(contents=[types.UserContent('current query')])
+  tool_context = mock.Mock()
+  tool_context.user_content = types.Content(
+      role='user',
+      parts=[
+          types.Part(text=''),
+          types.Part.from_text(text='what tea do I like'),
+      ],
+  )
+  tool_context.search_memory = mock.AsyncMock(
+      return_value=SearchMemoryResponse(memories=[])
+  )
+
+  await PreloadMemoryTool().process_llm_request(
+      tool_context=tool_context,
+      llm_request=request,
+  )
+
+  tool_context.search_memory.assert_awaited_once_with('what tea do I like')
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_preload_memory_logs_search_failure_on_own_logger(caplog):
+  """Retrieval failures must be observable via the module's own logger.
+
+  Applications that configure logging by the `google_adk` namespace would
+  otherwise never see a memory backend outage, since a fail-open retrieval
+  error is indistinguishable from "no memories matched".
+  """
+  request = LlmRequest(contents=[types.UserContent('current query')])
+  tool_context = _tool_context()
+  tool_context.search_memory.side_effect = RuntimeError('unavailable')
+
+  with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger='google_adk'):
+    await PreloadMemoryTool().process_llm_request(
+        tool_context=tool_context,
+        llm_request=request,
+    )
+
+  assert any(record.name.startswith('google_adk') for record in caplog.records)