diff --git a/extensions/matrix/doctor-contract-api.test.ts b/extensions/matrix/doctor-contract-api.test.ts
index b9ebf4c748f2..628f9c0bac23 100644
--- a/extensions/matrix/doctor-contract-api.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/matrix/doctor-contract-api.test.ts
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ describe("matrix doctor contract state migrations", () => {
     await expect(migration.detectLegacyState(createMigrationParams(stateDir))).resolves.toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("records an empty legacy scan and then skips historical databases", async () => {
+  it("records an empty legacy scan silently and then skips historical databases", async () => {
     const stateDir = tempDirs.make("openclaw-matrix-doctor-");
     const migration = migrationById("matrix-inbound-dedupe-to-claimable-dedupe");
     const params = createMigrationParams(stateDir);
@@ -773,10 +773,10 @@ describe("matrix doctor contract state migrations", () => {
     await expect(migration.detectLegacyState(params)).resolves.toEqual({
       preview: ["Matrix inbound dedupe legacy sources need a one-time migration scan"],
     });
+    // Fresh installs scan nothing: the durable receipt is recorded (proven by
+    // the historical-database skip below) without a user-visible change line.
     await expect(migration.migrateLegacyState(params)).resolves.toEqual({
-      changes: [
-        "Recorded Matrix inbound dedupe migration completion (0 SQLite roots, 0 JSON roots scanned)",
-      ],
+      changes: [],
       warnings: [],
     });
     const lateDatabasePath = path.join(
diff --git a/extensions/matrix/doctor-contract-api.ts b/extensions/matrix/doctor-contract-api.ts
index df3c61fffb43..524d6bf9f9a8 100644
--- a/extensions/matrix/doctor-contract-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/matrix/doctor-contract-api.ts
@@ -346,9 +346,13 @@ export const stateMigrations: PluginDoctorStateMigration[] = [
         }
         try {
           await recordMatrixInboundDedupeMigrationCompletion(params.context, params.env);
-          changes.push(
-            `Recorded Matrix inbound dedupe migration completion (${sources.sqliteRoots.length} SQLite roots, ${sources.jsonRoots.length} JSON roots scanned)`,
-          );
+          // Fresh installs scan zero roots; keep the durable receipt silent
+          // there so onboarding doesn't report a migration that touched nothing.
+          if (sources.sqliteRoots.length + sources.jsonRoots.length > 0) {
+            changes.push(
+              `Recorded Matrix inbound dedupe migration completion (${sources.sqliteRoots.length} SQLite roots, ${sources.jsonRoots.length} JSON roots scanned)`,
+            );
+          }
         } catch (err) {
           warnings.push(
             `Failed recording Matrix inbound dedupe migration completion: ${String(err)}`,