diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts b/packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts
index c4ad407bfc..631a89bf89 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export interface ContextWorker {
   readonly name: string;
   readonly triggers: {
     onNodesAdded?: boolean;
+    onNodesAgedOut?: boolean;
     onInboxTopics?: string[];
   };
   execute(args: {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts
index ac4c4952ac..4d637d8229 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class StateSnapshotWorker implements ContextWorker {
 
   // Triggers when nodes exceed retained threshold (via retained_exceeded in Orchestrator)
   readonly triggers = {
-    onNodesAdded: true,
+    onNodesAgedOut: true,
   };
 
   constructor(env: ContextEnvironment, options: StateSnapshotWorkerOptions) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts
index c7f1f3e42b..9dd78e0614 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
           this.eventBus.onConsolidationNeeded((event) => {
             void this.executePipelineAsync(
               pipeline,
-              [],
+              event.ship,
               event.targetNodeIds,
               new Set(), // protected IDs
             );
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
           this.eventBus.onChunkReceived((event) => {
             void this.executePipelineAsync(
               pipeline,
-              [],
+              event.ship,
               event.targetNodeIds,
               new Set(), // protected IDs
             );
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
       }
     }
 
-    // 2. Worker Triggers (onNodesAdded is roughly onChunkReceived for now)
+    // 2. Worker Triggers (onNodesAdded / onNodesAgedOut)
     this.eventBus.onChunkReceived((event) => {
       // Fire all workers that care about new nodes
       for (const worker of this.instantiatedWorkers.values()) {
@@ -151,14 +151,31 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
           const inboxSnapshot = new InboxSnapshotImpl(
             this.env.inbox?.getMessages() || [],
           );
+          const targets = event.ship.filter(n => event.targetNodeIds.has(n.id));
           // Fire and forget
-          worker.execute({ targets: [], inbox: inboxSnapshot }).catch((e) => {
+          worker.execute({ targets, inbox: inboxSnapshot }).catch((e) => {
             debugLogger.error(`Worker ${worker.name} failed onNodesAdded:`, e);
           });
         }
       }
     });
 
+    this.eventBus.onConsolidationNeeded((event) => {
+      // Fire all workers that care about aged out nodes
+      for (const worker of this.instantiatedWorkers.values()) {
+        if (worker.triggers.onNodesAgedOut) {
+          const inboxSnapshot = new InboxSnapshotImpl(
+            this.env.inbox?.getMessages() || [],
+          );
+          const targets = event.ship.filter(n => event.targetNodeIds.has(n.id));
+          // Fire and forget
+          worker.execute({ targets, inbox: inboxSnapshot }).catch((e) => {
+            debugLogger.error(`Worker ${worker.name} failed onNodesAgedOut:`, e);
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    });
+
     // We don't have a formal event bus for inbox publish yet, but we will soon.
     // For now the workers are just registered.
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts
index 1f7f0205e0..eafc3845bf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ export const defaultSidecarProfile: SidecarConfig = {
     retainedTokens: 65000,
     maxTokens: 150000,
   },
+  workers: [
+    {
+      workerId: 'StateSnapshotWorker',
+      options: {
+        type: 'accumulate',
+      },
+    },
+  ],
   pipelines: [
     {
       name: 'Immediate Sanitization',
@@ -41,7 +49,6 @@ export const defaultSidecarProfile: SidecarConfig = {
           processorId: 'SemanticCompressionProcessor',
           options: { nodeThresholdTokens: 5000 },
         },
-        { processorId: 'StateSnapshotProcessor', options: {} },
       ],
     },
     {
@@ -49,7 +56,10 @@ export const defaultSidecarProfile: SidecarConfig = {
       triggers: ['gc_backstop'],
       execution: 'blocking',
       processors: [
-        { processorId: 'StateSnapshotProcessor', options: {} },
+        { 
+          processorId: 'StateSnapshotProcessor', 
+          options: { target: 'max' } 
+        },
         { processorId: 'EmergencyTruncationProcessor', options: {} },
       ],
     },
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts
index b3fd83bd5d..03cee327c4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@ export function getSidecarConfigSchema(registry: ProcessorRegistry) {
           },
         },
       },
+      workers: {
+        type: 'array',
+        description: 'Background workers that proactively accumulate context.',
+        items: {
+          type: 'object',
+          required: ['workerId'],
+          properties: {
+            workerId: { type: 'string' },
+            options: { type: 'object' },
+          },
+        },
+      },
       pipelines: {
         type: 'array',
         description: 'The execution graphs for context manipulation.',