diff --git a/Sources/ContainerPersistence/MemorySize.swift b/Sources/ContainerPersistence/MemorySize.swift
index e0762b37d..d5fc645f6 100644
--- a/Sources/ContainerPersistence/MemorySize.swift
+++ b/Sources/ContainerPersistence/MemorySize.swift
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ public struct MemorySize: Codable, Sendable, Equatable, CustomStringConvertible
     ]
 
     public var formatted: String {
+        // Only whole-number sizes can be represented in the stored unit without
+        // loss. A fractional value (e.g. "1.5gb") would truncate to "1gb" and
+        // silently drop memory when re-encoded, so emit the exact byte count
+        // instead. Binary units are integer multiples of a byte, so this keeps
+        // the encode/decode round-trip lossless while leaving whole-number
+        // output (e.g. "1gb", "2048mb") unchanged.
+        guard measurement.value == measurement.value.rounded() else {
+            let bytes = UInt64(measurement.converted(to: .bytes).value.rounded())
+            return "\(bytes)\(Self.unitLabels[.bytes] ?? "b")"
+        }
         let value = Int64(measurement.value)
         let label = Self.unitLabels[measurement.unit] ?? "unknown"
         return "\(value)\(label)"
diff --git a/Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/MemorySizeTests.swift b/Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/MemorySizeTests.swift
index 1d518db72..6baa2be16 100644
--- a/Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/MemorySizeTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ContainerAPIClientTests/MemorySizeTests.swift
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ struct MemorySizeTests {
         #expect(original == decoded)
     }
 
+    @Test(arguments: ["1.5gb", "0.5gb", "2.25tb", "1.5mb"])
+    func testRoundTripEncodingFractional(input: String) throws {
+        let original = try MemorySize(input)
+        let data = try JSONEncoder().encode(original)
+        let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode(MemorySize.self, from: data)
+        #expect(original == decoded)
+        #expect(original.toUInt64(unit: .bytes) == decoded.toUInt64(unit: .bytes))
+    }
+
     @Test func testDecodingFromString() throws {
         let json = Data("\"512kb\"".utf8)
         let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode(MemorySize.self, from: json)