diff --git a/src/commands/doctor-heartbeat-main-session-repair.ts b/src/commands/doctor-heartbeat-main-session-repair.ts
index 0734f4d2376..d90331b0d3f 100644
--- a/src/commands/doctor-heartbeat-main-session-repair.ts
+++ b/src/commands/doctor-heartbeat-main-session-repair.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { isHeartbeatOkResponse, isHeartbeatUserMessage } from "../auto-reply/heartbeat-filter.js";
 import { formatFilesystemTimestamp } from "../config/sessions/artifacts.js";
 import { resolveMainSessionKey } from "../config/sessions/main-session.js";
-import { resolveSessionFilePath, type SessionFilePathOptions } from "../config/sessions/paths.js";
+import {
+  resolveSessionTranscriptLocator,
+  type SessionTranscriptLocatorOptions,
+} from "../config/sessions/paths.js";
 import {
   deleteSessionEntry,
   getSessionEntry,
@@ -180,7 +183,7 @@ export async function repairHeartbeatPoisonedMainSession(params: {
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;
   store: Record<string, SessionEntry>;
   stateDir: string;
-  sessionPathOpts: SessionFilePathOptions;
+  sessionPathOpts: SessionTranscriptLocatorOptions;
   prompter: DoctorPrompterLike;
   warnings: string[];
   changes: string[];
@@ -192,7 +195,11 @@ export async function repairHeartbeatPoisonedMainSession(params: {
   }
   let transcriptPath: string | undefined;
   try {
-    transcriptPath = resolveSessionFilePath(mainEntry.sessionId, mainEntry, params.sessionPathOpts);
+    transcriptPath = resolveSessionTranscriptLocator(
+      mainEntry.sessionId,
+      mainEntry,
+      params.sessionPathOpts,
+    );
   } catch {
     transcriptPath = undefined;
   }
diff --git a/src/commands/doctor-state-integrity.ts b/src/commands/doctor-state-integrity.ts
index 0e7afdc985c..cde444220a0 100644
--- a/src/commands/doctor-state-integrity.ts
+++ b/src/commands/doctor-state-integrity.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { resolveOAuthDir, resolveStateDir } from "../config/paths.js";
 import { isPrimarySessionTranscriptFileName } from "../config/sessions/artifacts.js";
 import { resolveMainSessionKey } from "../config/sessions/main-session.js";
 import {
-  resolveSessionFilePath,
+  resolveSessionTranscriptLocator,
   resolveSessionTranscriptsDirForAgent,
 } from "../config/sessions/paths.js";
 import { listSessionEntries, upsertSessionEntry } from "../config/sessions/store.js";
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ export async function noteStateIntegrity(
       if (!sessionId) {
         return false;
       }
-      const transcriptPath = resolveSessionFilePath(sessionId, entry, sessionPathOpts);
+      const transcriptPath = resolveSessionTranscriptLocator(sessionId, entry, sessionPathOpts);
       return !hasSessionTranscript({ agentId, sessionId, transcriptPath });
     });
     if (missing.length > 0) {
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ export async function noteStateIntegrity(
     const mainKey = resolveMainSessionKey(cfg);
     const mainEntry = store[mainKey];
     if (mainEntry?.sessionId) {
-      const transcriptPath = resolveSessionFilePath(
+      const transcriptPath = resolveSessionTranscriptLocator(
         mainEntry.sessionId,
         mainEntry,
         sessionPathOpts,
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ export async function noteStateIntegrity(
       try {
         referencedTranscriptPaths.add(
           resolveComparableTranscriptPath(
-            resolveSessionFilePath(entry.sessionId, entry, sessionPathOpts),
+            resolveSessionTranscriptLocator(entry.sessionId, entry, sessionPathOpts),
           ),
         );
       } catch {
diff --git a/src/config/sessions.test.ts b/src/config/sessions.test.ts
index 1b0ae56e3da..fec69bb3b96 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   resolveSessionKey,
   updateLastRoute,
 } from "./sessions.js";
-import { resolveSessionFilePath } from "./sessions/paths.js";
+import { resolveSessionTranscriptLocator } from "./sessions/paths.js";
 import {
   deleteSessionEntry,
   listSessionEntries,
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ describe("sessions", () => {
 
   it("uses agent id when resolving session file fallback paths", () => {
     withStateDir("/custom/state", () => {
-      const sessionFile = resolveSessionFilePath("sess-2", undefined, {
+      const sessionFile = resolveSessionTranscriptLocator("sess-2", undefined, {
         agentId: "codex",
       });
       expect(sessionFile).toBe(
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ describe("sessions", () => {
     withStateDir(path.resolve("/different/state"), () => {
       const originalBase = path.resolve("/original/state");
       const bot2Session = path.join(originalBase, "agents", "bot2", "sessions", "sess-1.jsonl");
-      const sessionFile = resolveSessionFilePath(
+      const sessionFile = resolveSessionTranscriptLocator(
         "sess-1",
         { sessionFile: bot2Session },
         { agentId: "bot1" },
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ describe("sessions", () => {
         agentId: "bot1",
         sessionId: "sess-1",
       });
-      const sessionFile = resolveSessionFilePath(
+      const sessionFile = resolveSessionTranscriptLocator(
         "sess-1",
         { sessionFile: locator },
         { agentId: "bot1" },
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ describe("sessions", () => {
         agentId: "bot2",
         sessionId: "sess-1",
       });
-      const sessionFile = resolveSessionFilePath(
+      const sessionFile = resolveSessionTranscriptLocator(
         "sess-1",
         { sessionFile: bot2Locator },
         { agentId: "bot1" },
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/paths.ts b/src/config/sessions/paths.ts
index 0d8302785f1..2b25fb09e14 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/paths.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/paths.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function resolveSessionTranscriptsDirForAgent(
   return resolveAgentSessionsDir(agentId, env, homedir);
 }
 
-export type SessionFilePathOptions = {
+export type SessionTranscriptLocatorOptions = {
   agentId?: string;
 };
 
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ export function isSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator(locator: string | undefined): b
   return typeof locator === "string" && parseSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator(locator) !== undefined;
 }
 
-export function resolveSessionFilePath(
+export function resolveSessionTranscriptLocator(
   sessionId: string,
   entry?: { sessionFile?: string },
-  opts?: SessionFilePathOptions,
+  opts?: SessionTranscriptLocatorOptions,
 ): string {
   const candidate = entry?.sessionFile?.trim();
   const parsed = candidate ? parseSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator(candidate) : undefined;
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/sessions.test.ts b/src/config/sessions/sessions.test.ts
index 4ae551660e7..9c714f3bfab 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/sessions.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/sessions.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type { SessionConfig } from "../types.base.js";
 import { resolveSessionLifecycleTimestamps } from "./lifecycle.js";
 import {
   createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator,
-  resolveSessionFilePath,
+  resolveSessionTranscriptLocator,
   validateSessionId,
 } from "./paths.js";
 import { evaluateSessionFreshness, resolveSessionResetPolicy } from "./reset.js";
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe("session path safety", () => {
   });
 
   it("ignores legacy sessionFile paths", () => {
-    const resolved = resolveSessionFilePath("sess-1", {
+    const resolved = resolveSessionTranscriptLocator("sess-1", {
       sessionFile: "/tmp/openclaw/agents/work/not-sessions/abc-123.jsonl",
     });
     expect(resolved).toBe(createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({ sessionId: "sess-1" }));
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe("session path safety", () => {
 
   it("uses SQLite transcript locators instead of runtime JSONL paths by default", () => {
     expect(
-      resolveSessionFilePath("sess-1", {
+      resolveSessionTranscriptLocator("sess-1", {
         sessionFile: "/tmp/openclaw/agents/main/sessions/legacy.jsonl",
       }),
     ).toBe(createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({ sessionId: "sess-1" }));