diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/dreaming.test.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/dreaming.test.ts
index 22dc38984a4..30edd058400 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/dreaming.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/dreaming.test.ts
@@ -1307,6 +1307,82 @@ describe("gateway startup reconciliation", () => {
       clearInternalHooks();
     }
   });
+
+  it("uses live runtime config for heartbeat dreaming reconciliation", async () => {
+    clearInternalHooks();
+    const logger = createLogger();
+    const harness = createCronHarness();
+    const onMock = vi.fn();
+    const runtimeLoadConfig = vi.fn(
+      () =>
+        ({
+          plugins: {
+            entries: {
+              "memory-core": {
+                config: {
+                  dreaming: {
+                    enabled: false,
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        }) as OpenClawConfig,
+    );
+    const api: DreamingPluginApiTestDouble = {
+      config: {
+        plugins: {
+          entries: {
+            "memory-core": {
+              config: {
+                dreaming: {
+                  enabled: true,
+                  frequency: "15 4 * * *",
+                  timezone: "UTC",
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      } as OpenClawConfig,
+      pluginConfig: {},
+      logger,
+      runtime: {
+        config: {
+          loadConfig: runtimeLoadConfig,
+        },
+      },
+      on: onMock,
+    };
+
+    try {
+      registerShortTermPromotionDreamingForTest(api);
+      await triggerGatewayStart(onMock, {
+        config: api.config,
+        getCron: () => harness.cron,
+      });
+
+      const sessionKey = "agent:main:main";
+      enqueueSystemEvent(constants.DREAMING_SYSTEM_EVENT_TEXT, {
+        sessionKey,
+        contextKey: "cron:memory-dreaming",
+      });
+
+      const beforeAgentReply = getBeforeAgentReplyHandler(onMock);
+      const result = await beforeAgentReply(
+        { cleanedBody: constants.DREAMING_SYSTEM_EVENT_TEXT },
+        { trigger: "heartbeat", workspaceDir: ".", sessionKey },
+      );
+
+      expect(runtimeLoadConfig).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(result).toEqual({
+        handled: true,
+        reason: "memory-core: short-term dreaming disabled",
+      });
+    } finally {
+      clearInternalHooks();
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 describe("short-term dreaming trigger", () => {
diff --git a/extensions/memory-core/src/dreaming.ts b/extensions/memory-core/src/dreaming.ts
index 99b35bcb82e..bb314ad10ce 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-core/src/dreaming.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-core/src/dreaming.ts
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ export function registerShortTermPromotionDreaming(api: OpenClawPluginApi): void
   let lastRuntimeConfigKey: string | null = null;
   let lastRuntimeCronRef: CronServiceLike | null = null;
 
+  const resolveCurrentConfig = (): OpenClawConfig =>
+    api.runtime.config?.loadConfig?.() ?? api.config;
+
   const runtimeConfigKey = (config: ShortTermPromotionDreamingConfig): string =>
     [
       config.enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled",
@@ -660,7 +663,7 @@ export function registerShortTermPromotionDreaming(api: OpenClawPluginApi): void
     startupCron?: (() => CronServiceLike | null) | null;
   }): Promise<ShortTermPromotionDreamingConfig> => {
     const startupCfg =
-      params.reason === "startup" ? (params.startupConfig ?? api.config) : api.config;
+      params.reason === "startup" ? (params.startupConfig ?? api.config) : resolveCurrentConfig();
     const config = resolveShortTermPromotionDreamingConfig({
       pluginConfig:
         resolveMemoryCorePluginConfig(startupCfg) ??