diff --git a/src/gateway/session-compaction-checkpoints.test.ts b/src/gateway/session-compaction-checkpoints.test.ts
index bf2755a1963..47f3c819058 100644
--- a/src/gateway/session-compaction-checkpoints.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/session-compaction-checkpoints.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, test, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { AssistantMessage } from "../agents/pi-ai-contract.js";
 import { SessionManager } from "../agents/transcript/session-transcript-contract.js";
 import { getSessionEntry, upsertSessionEntry } from "../config/sessions.js";
+import {
+  createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator,
+  isSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator,
+} from "../config/sessions/paths.js";
 import {
   exportSqliteSessionTranscriptJsonl,
   hasSqliteSessionTranscriptEvents,
@@ -167,6 +171,56 @@ describe("session-compaction-checkpoints", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  test("async capture keeps checkpoint transcript locators virtual for SQLite sources", async () => {
+    const sourceSessionId = "source-capture-virtual";
+    const sourceFile = createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({
+      agentId: DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
+      sessionId: sourceSessionId,
+    });
+    replaceSqliteSessionTranscriptEvents({
+      agentId: DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
+      sessionId: sourceSessionId,
+      transcriptPath: sourceFile,
+      events: [
+        {
+          type: "session",
+          id: sourceSessionId,
+          timestamp: new Date(0).toISOString(),
+          cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-virtual-capture",
+        },
+        {
+          type: "message",
+          id: "capture-leaf",
+          role: "user",
+          content: "virtual checkpoint source",
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const snapshot = await captureCompactionCheckpointSnapshotAsync({
+      sessionFile: sourceFile,
+    });
+
+    expect(snapshot).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(snapshot?.leafId).toBe("capture-leaf");
+    expect(snapshot?.sessionFile).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(isSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator(snapshot?.sessionFile)).toBe(true);
+    expect(snapshot?.sessionFile).toContain("sqlite-transcript://");
+    expect(snapshot?.sessionFile).not.toMatch(/^sqlite-transcript:\/[^/]/u);
+    expect(
+      hasSqliteSessionTranscriptSnapshot({
+        agentId: DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
+        sessionId: sourceSessionId,
+        snapshotId: snapshot!.sessionId,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(readSqliteTranscriptEvents(snapshot!.sessionId)[0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: "session",
+      id: snapshot!.sessionId,
+      parentSession: sourceFile,
+    });
+  });
+
   test("async capture skips oversized pre-compaction transcripts without sync copy", async () => {
     const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-checkpoint-async-oversized-"));
     tempDirs.push(dir);
@@ -245,6 +299,59 @@ describe("session-compaction-checkpoints", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test("async fork keeps transcript locators virtual for SQLite sources", async () => {
+    const sourceSessionId = "source-fork-virtual";
+    const sourceFile = createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({
+      agentId: DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
+      sessionId: sourceSessionId,
+    });
+    replaceSqliteSessionTranscriptEvents({
+      agentId: DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
+      sessionId: sourceSessionId,
+      transcriptPath: sourceFile,
+      events: [
+        {
+          type: "session",
+          id: sourceSessionId,
+          timestamp: new Date(0).toISOString(),
+          cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-virtual-fork",
+        },
+        {
+          type: "message",
+          id: "fork-leaf",
+          role: "assistant",
+          content: "virtual fork source",
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    const forked = await forkCompactionCheckpointTranscriptAsync({
+      sourceFile,
+    });
+
+    expect(forked).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(forked?.sessionId).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(isSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator(forked?.sessionFile)).toBe(true);
+    expect(forked?.sessionFile).toContain("sqlite-transcript://");
+    expect(forked?.sessionFile).not.toMatch(/^sqlite-transcript:\/[^/]/u);
+    const forkedEntries = readSqliteTranscriptEvents(forked!.sessionId);
+    expect(forkedEntries[0]).toMatchObject({
+      type: "session",
+      id: forked!.sessionId,
+      cwd: "/tmp/openclaw-virtual-fork",
+      parentSession: sourceFile,
+    });
+    expect(forkedEntries[1]).toMatchObject({
+      type: "message",
+      role: "assistant",
+      content: "virtual fork source",
+    });
+    expect(readSqliteTranscriptEvents(sourceSessionId)[1]).toMatchObject({
+      type: "message",
+      id: "fork-leaf",
+    });
+  });
+
   test("async fork ignores legacy checkpoint files that doctor has not imported", async () => {
     const dir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-checkpoint-legacy-fork-"));
     tempDirs.push(dir);
diff --git a/src/gateway/session-compaction-checkpoints.ts b/src/gateway/session-compaction-checkpoints.ts
index 56c4186cb9a..7f04ba81875 100644
--- a/src/gateway/session-compaction-checkpoints.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/session-compaction-checkpoints.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ import type {
   SessionCompactionCheckpointReason,
   SessionEntry,
 } from "../config/sessions.js";
+import {
+  createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator,
+  isSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator,
+} from "../config/sessions/paths.js";
 import {
   deleteSqliteSessionTranscript,
   deleteSqliteSessionTranscriptSnapshot,
@@ -142,6 +146,13 @@ function createCheckpointVirtualTranscriptPath(params: {
   if (!sourceFile) {
     return undefined;
   }
+  if (isSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator(sourceFile)) {
+    const scope = resolveSqliteSessionTranscriptScopeForPath({ transcriptPath: sourceFile });
+    return createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({
+      agentId: scope?.agentId ?? DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
+      sessionId: params.checkpointId,
+    });
+  }
   const parsed = path.parse(sourceFile);
   return path.join(
     parsed.dir,
@@ -183,11 +194,21 @@ export async function forkCompactionCheckpointTranscriptAsync(params: {
   migrateSessionEntries(entries);
 
   const targetCwd = params.targetCwd ?? sourceHeader.cwd ?? process.cwd();
-  const sessionDir = params.sessionDir ?? (sourceFile ? path.dirname(sourceFile) : process.cwd());
   const sessionId = randomUUID();
   const timestamp = new Date().toISOString();
-  const fileTimestamp = timestamp.replace(/[:.]/g, "-");
-  const sessionFile = path.join(sessionDir, `${fileTimestamp}_${sessionId}.jsonl`);
+  const sourceScope = sourceFile
+    ? resolveSqliteSessionTranscriptScopeForPath({ transcriptPath: sourceFile })
+    : undefined;
+  const agentId = params.agentId?.trim() || sourceScope?.agentId || DEFAULT_AGENT_ID;
+  const sessionFile =
+    sourceFile && isSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator(sourceFile)
+      ? createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({ agentId, sessionId })
+      : (() => {
+          const sessionDir =
+            params.sessionDir ?? (sourceFile ? path.dirname(sourceFile) : process.cwd());
+          const fileTimestamp = timestamp.replace(/[:.]/g, "-");
+          return path.join(sessionDir, `${fileTimestamp}_${sessionId}.jsonl`);
+        })();
   const header = {
     type: "session",
     version: CURRENT_SESSION_VERSION,
@@ -199,7 +220,7 @@ export async function forkCompactionCheckpointTranscriptAsync(params: {
 
   try {
     replaceSqliteSessionTranscriptEvents({
-      agentId: params.agentId?.trim() || DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
+      agentId,
       sessionId,
       transcriptPath: sessionFile,
       events: [