diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner.misc.runreplyagent.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner.misc.runreplyagent.test.ts
index c7e07201c5d..9d4b3c61042 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner.misc.runreplyagent.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner.misc.runreplyagent.test.ts
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ describe("runReplyAgent auto-compaction token update", () => {
         sessionId: "session",
         sessionKey: "main",
         messageProvider: "whatsapp",
-        sessionFile: params.sessionFile ?? "/tmp/session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: params.sessionFile ?? createTestTranscriptLocator(),
         workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir ?? "/tmp",
         config: params.config ?? {},
         skillsSnapshot: {},
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-core.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-core.test.ts
index 725e58f70b0..d0a41e502b9 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-core.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-core.test.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe("emitResetCommandHooks", () => {
       sessionKey: "agent:main:telegram:group:-1003826723328:topic:8428",
       previousSessionEntry: {
         sessionId: "prev-session",
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/prev-session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://main/prev-session.jsonl",
       } as HandleCommandsParams["previousSessionEntry"],
       workspaceDir: "/tmp/openclaw-workspace",
     });
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe("emitResetCommandHooks", () => {
     await vi.waitFor(() => expect(hookRunnerMocks.runBeforeReset).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
     expect(hookRunnerMocks.runBeforeReset).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/prev-session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://main/prev-session.jsonl",
         messages: [],
         reason: "new",
       }),
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe("emitResetCommandHooks", () => {
       sessionKey: "agent:target:main",
       previousSessionEntry: {
         sessionId: "prev-session",
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/prev-session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://main/prev-session.jsonl",
       } as HandleCommandsParams["previousSessionEntry"],
       workspaceDir: "/tmp/openclaw-workspace",
     });
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe("emitResetCommandHooks", () => {
     });
     expect(hookRunnerMocks.runBeforeReset).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/prev-session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://main/prev-session.jsonl",
         messages: [{ role: "assistant", content: "Recovered from SQLite" }],
         reason: "reset",
       }),
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-plugin.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-plugin.test.ts
index 902733373e5..06915551063 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-plugin.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-plugin.test.ts
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ describe("handlePluginCommand", () => {
     } as OpenClawConfig);
     params.sessionEntry = {
       sessionId: "wrapper-session",
-      sessionFile: "/tmp/wrapper-session.jsonl",
+      sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://main/wrapper-session.jsonl",
       updatedAt: Date.now(),
     } as HandleCommandsParams["sessionEntry"];
     params.sessionStore = {
       [params.sessionKey]: {
         sessionId: "target-session",
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/target-session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://main/target-session.jsonl",
         updatedAt: Date.now(),
       },
     };
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe("handlePluginCommand", () => {
     expect(executePluginCommandMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         sessionId: "target-session",
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/target-session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://main/target-session.jsonl",
       }),
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-session-usage.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-session-usage.test.ts
index 1fcfd709c34..899da1f774e 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-session-usage.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-session-usage.test.ts
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ describe("handleUsageCommand", () => {
     const params = buildUsageParams();
     params.sessionEntry = {
       sessionId: "wrapper-session",
-      sessionFile: "/tmp/wrapper-session.jsonl",
+      sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://target/wrapper-session.jsonl",
       updatedAt: Date.now(),
     };
     params.sessionStore = {
       [params.sessionKey]: {
         sessionId: "target-session",
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/target-session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://target/target-session.jsonl",
         updatedAt: Date.now(),
       },
     };
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ describe("handleUsageCommand", () => {
     expect(loadSessionCostSummaryMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         sessionId: "target-session",
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/target-session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://target/target-session.jsonl",
       }),
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/queue/state.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/queue/state.test.ts
index 164923a85f2..5550a594aa2 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/queue/state.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/queue/state.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function makeRun(): FollowupRun["run"] {
     agentDir: "/tmp/agent",
     sessionId: "session-1",
     sessionKey: QUEUE_KEY,
-    sessionFile: "/tmp/session-1.jsonl",
+    sessionFile: "sqlite-transcript://main/session-1.jsonl",
     workspaceDir: "/tmp/workspace",
     config: {} as FollowupRun["run"]["config"],
     provider: "anthropic",