diff --git a/src/gateway/managed-image-attachments.test.ts b/src/gateway/managed-image-attachments.test.ts
index 43b1e033a9f..449aa01c8ab 100644
--- a/src/gateway/managed-image-attachments.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/managed-image-attachments.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { AddressInfo } from "node:net";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator } from "../config/sessions/paths.js";
 import { replaceSqliteSessionTranscriptEvents } from "../config/sessions/transcript-store.sqlite.js";
 import { createPinnedLookup } from "../infra/net/ssrf.js";
 import { resolvePreferredOpenClawTmpDir } from "../infra/tmp-openclaw-dir.js";
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ const readSessionMessagesMock = vi.fn();
 const expectedManagedOriginalsDir = () =>
   path.join(resolvePreferredOpenClawTmpDir(), "media", "outgoing", "originals");
 
+function sqliteTranscript(sessionId: string, agentId = "main"): string {
+  return createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({ agentId, sessionId });
+}
+
 vi.mock("./http-utils.js", () => ({
   authorizeGatewayHttpRequestOrReply: authorizeGatewayHttpRequestOrReplyMock,
   resolveOpenAiCompatibleHttpOperatorScopes: resolveOpenAiCompatibleHttpOperatorScopesMock,
@@ -167,7 +172,10 @@ async function requestManagedImage(params: {
   });
   loadSessionEntryMock.mockReturnValue({
     storePath: path.join(params.stateDir, "openclaw-state.sqlite"),
-    entry: params.sessionEntry ?? { sessionId: "sess-1", sessionFile: "session.jsonl" },
+    entry: params.sessionEntry ?? {
+      sessionId: "sess-1",
+      sessionFile: sqliteTranscript("sess-1"),
+    },
   });
   readSessionMessagesMock.mockReturnValue(
     params.transcriptMessages ?? [
@@ -380,7 +388,7 @@ describe("handleManagedOutgoingImageHttpRequest", () => {
 
   it("reuses the session attachment index across requests until the transcript changes", async () => {
     const { attachmentId, sessionKey } = await createFixture(stateDir);
-    const sessionFile = path.join(stateDir, "agents", "main", "sessions", "sess-main.jsonl");
+    const sessionFile = sqliteTranscript("sess-main");
     replaceSqliteSessionTranscriptEvents({
       agentId: "main",
       sessionId: "sess-main",
@@ -953,7 +961,7 @@ describe("cleanupManagedOutgoingImageRecords", () => {
     const fixture = await createFixture(stateDir);
     loadSessionEntryMock.mockReturnValue({
       storePath: path.join(stateDir, "openclaw-state.sqlite"),
-      entry: { sessionId: "sess-main", sessionFile: "/tmp/sess-main.jsonl" },
+      entry: { sessionId: "sess-main", sessionFile: sqliteTranscript("sess-main") },
     });
     readSessionMessagesMock.mockReturnValue([]);
 
@@ -971,7 +979,7 @@ describe("cleanupManagedOutgoingImageRecords", () => {
     const fixture = await createFixture(stateDir);
     loadSessionEntryMock.mockReturnValue({
       storePath: path.join(stateDir, "openclaw-state.sqlite"),
-      entry: { sessionId: "sess-main", sessionFile: "/tmp/sess-main.jsonl" },
+      entry: { sessionId: "sess-main", sessionFile: sqliteTranscript("sess-main") },
     });
     readSessionMessagesMock.mockReturnValue([
       {
@@ -1007,7 +1015,7 @@ describe("cleanupManagedOutgoingImageRecords", () => {
     });
     loadSessionEntryMock.mockReturnValue({
       storePath: path.join(stateDir, "openclaw-state.sqlite"),
-      entry: { sessionId: "sess-main", sessionFile: "/tmp/sess-main.jsonl" },
+      entry: { sessionId: "sess-main", sessionFile: sqliteTranscript("sess-main") },
     });
     readSessionMessagesMock.mockReturnValue([
       {
@@ -1051,7 +1059,10 @@ describe("cleanupManagedOutgoingImageRecords", () => {
       storePath: path.join(stateDir, "openclaw-state.sqlite"),
       entry: {
         sessionId: sessionKey === retainedFixture.sessionKey ? "sess-other" : "sess-main",
-        sessionFile: "/tmp/session.jsonl",
+        sessionFile:
+          sessionKey === retainedFixture.sessionKey
+            ? sqliteTranscript("sess-other", "other")
+            : sqliteTranscript("sess-main"),
       },
     }));
     readSessionMessagesMock.mockReturnValue([]);
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/usage.sessions-usage.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/usage.sessions-usage.test.ts
index bde7e43a58a..d323bc8d5ca 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/usage.sessions-usage.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/usage.sessions-usage.test.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ vi.mock("../../infra/session-cost-usage.js", async () => {
   const actual = await vi.importActual<typeof import("../../infra/session-cost-usage.js")>(
     "../../infra/session-cost-usage.js",
   );
+  const locator = (agentId: string, sessionId: string) =>
+    `sqlite-transcript://${agentId}/${sessionId}.jsonl`;
   return {
     ...actual,
     discoverAllSessions: vi.fn(async (params?: { agentId?: string }) => {
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ vi.mock("../../infra/session-cost-usage.js", async () => {
         return [
           {
             sessionId: "s-main",
-            sessionFile: "/tmp/transcript-fixtures/main/s-main.jsonl",
+            sessionFile: locator("main", "s-main"),
             mtime: 100,
             firstUserMessage: "hello",
           },
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ vi.mock("../../infra/session-cost-usage.js", async () => {
         return [
           {
             sessionId: "s-opus",
-            sessionFile: "/tmp/transcript-fixtures/opus/s-opus.jsonl",
+            sessionFile: locator("opus", "s-opus"),
             mtime: 200,
             firstUserMessage: "hi",
           },
@@ -178,10 +180,14 @@ describe("sessions.usage", () => {
 
     try {
       await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: stateDir }, async () => {
+        const sessionFile = createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({
+          agentId: "opus",
+          sessionId: "s-opus",
+        });
         replaceSqliteSessionTranscriptEvents({
           agentId: "opus",
           sessionId: "s-opus",
-          transcriptPath: path.join(stateDir, "agents", "opus", "sessions", "s-opus.jsonl"),
+          transcriptPath: sessionFile,
           events: [{ type: "session", id: "s-opus" }],
         });
         // Swap the store mock for this test: the canonical key differs from the discovered key
@@ -191,7 +197,7 @@ describe("sessions.usage", () => {
           entries: {
             [storeKey]: {
               sessionId: "s-opus",
-              sessionFile: "s-opus.jsonl",
+              sessionFile,
               label: "Named session",
               updatedAt: 999,
             },
@@ -330,10 +336,14 @@ describe("sessions.usage", () => {
 
     try {
       await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: stateDir }, async () => {
+        const sessionFile = createSqliteSessionTranscriptLocator({
+          agentId: "opus",
+          sessionId: "run-dup",
+        });
         replaceSqliteSessionTranscriptEvents({
           agentId: "opus",
           sessionId: "run-dup",
-          transcriptPath: path.join(stateDir, "agents", "opus", "sessions", "run-dup.jsonl"),
+          transcriptPath: sessionFile,
           events: [{ type: "session", id: "run-dup" }],
         });
         vi.mocked(loadCombinedSessionEntriesForGateway).mockReturnValue({
@@ -341,12 +351,12 @@ describe("sessions.usage", () => {
           entries: {
             [preferredKey]: {
               sessionId: "run-dup",
-              sessionFile: "run-dup.jsonl",
+              sessionFile,
               updatedAt: 1_000,
             },
             "agent:other:main": {
               sessionId: "run-dup",
-              sessionFile: "run-dup.jsonl",
+              sessionFile,
               updatedAt: 2_000,
             },
           },