diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/android/voice/TalkModeManager.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/android/voice/TalkModeManager.kt
index 4cf03e9b0a4..f697c2d568d 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/android/voice/TalkModeManager.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/android/voice/TalkModeManager.kt
@@ -997,7 +997,8 @@ class TalkModeManager(
       apiKey = envKey?.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
       voiceAliases = emptyMap()
       defaultOutputFormat = defaultOutputFormatFallback
-      configLoaded = true
+      // Keep config load retryable after transient fetch failures.
+      configLoaded = false
     }
   }