diff --git a/src/daemon/launchd-stop.ts b/src/daemon/launchd-stop.ts
index aad3be7c7de1..a4103dbed930 100644
--- a/src/daemon/launchd-stop.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/launchd-stop.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { inspectPortUsage } from "../infra/ports-inspect.js";
 import { probePortUsage } from "../infra/ports-probe.js";
 import { cleanStaleGatewayProcessesSync } from "../infra/restart-stale-pids.js";
 import { sleep } from "../utils.js";
+import { NODE_SERVICE_KIND } from "./constants.js";
 import { isCurrentProcessLaunchdServiceLabel } from "./launchd-current-service.js";
 import {
   execLaunchctl,
@@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ async function waitForGatewayPortRelease(
 }
 
 async function assertGatewayPortReleasedAfterStop(env: GatewayServiceEnv): Promise<void> {
+  // Node-host services only ever connect outward to a gateway as a client;
+  // they never bind the gateway's own port. Reusing the generic LaunchAgent
+  // stop path for `openclaw node stop`/`restart` on a host that is also
+  // running the Gateway would otherwise make this assertion see the
+  // co-located Gateway's own (legitimately still-open) port and report a
+  // false-positive "still busy" failure. See openclaw/openclaw#124296.
+  if (env.OPENCLAW_SERVICE_KIND?.trim() === NODE_SERVICE_KIND) {
+    return;
+  }
   const { port, probeHosts } = await resolveLaunchAgentGatewayContext(env);
   if (port === null) {
     return;
diff --git a/src/daemon/launchd.test.ts b/src/daemon/launchd.test.ts
index 866af23df944..1ded9cccfd67 100644
--- a/src/daemon/launchd.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/launchd.test.ts
@@ -2732,6 +2732,53 @@ describe("launchd install", () => {
     expect(output).not.toContain("Stopped LaunchAgent");
   });
 
+  it("does not treat a co-located Gateway's own port as busy when stopping a node-host LaunchAgent", async () => {
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/124296:
+    // `openclaw node stop`/`restart` must not fail with a false-positive
+    // port-collision guard when the node-host and Gateway are co-located on
+    // the same host. The node-host only ever connects outward to the
+    // gateway port as a client and never binds it, so the generic
+    // LaunchAgent stop path must skip the port-release assertion entirely
+    // when stopping a service tagged with the node service kind.
+    const env = {
+      ...createDefaultLaunchdEnv(),
+      OPENCLAW_SERVICE_KIND: "node",
+      OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT: "18789",
+    };
+    const stdout = new PassThrough();
+    let output = "";
+    stdout.on("data", (chunk: Buffer) => {
+      output += chunk.toString();
+    });
+    // Simulate the Gateway's own port still being (legitimately) busy on the
+    // same host; this must not fail the node-host stop.
+    inspectPortUsage.mockResolvedValue({
+      port: 18789,
+      status: "busy",
+      listeners: [],
+      hints: [],
+    });
+    probePortUsage.mockResolvedValue("busy");
+
+    await withProcessEnv(
+      {
+        LAUNCH_JOB_LABEL: undefined,
+        LAUNCH_JOB_NAME: undefined,
+        XPC_SERVICE_NAME: undefined,
+        OPENCLAW_SERVICE_MARKER: undefined,
+        OPENCLAW_SERVICE_KIND: undefined,
+        OPENCLAW_LAUNCHD_LABEL: undefined,
+      },
+      async () => {
+        await stopLaunchAgent({ env, stdout });
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(inspectPortUsage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(cleanStaleGatewayProcessesSync).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(output).toContain("Stopped LaunchAgent");
+  });
+
   it("stops LaunchAgent with disable+stop when --disable is passed", async () => {
     const env = createDefaultLaunchdEnv();
     const stdout = new PassThrough();