diff --git a/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_mode_test.go b/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_mode_test.go
index 005b1011572d..290efc5c816e 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_mode_test.go
+++ b/scripts/docs-i18n/doc_mode_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@ func TestMaskMarkdownDocSyntaxPreservesCanonicalNestedBackticks(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestMaskMarkdownDocSyntaxProtectsProductLinkLabelsInsideRawHTML(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMaskMarkdownDocSyntaxProtectsProductLinksInsideRawHTML(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	source := strings.Join([]string{
@@ -800,11 +801,11 @@ func TestMaskMarkdownDocSyntaxProtectsProductLinkLabelsInsideRawHTML(t *testing.
 	mapping := map[string]string{}
 	masked := maskMarkdownDocSyntax(source, state.Next, &placeholders, mapping)
 
-	if strings.Contains(masked, "[Discord]") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected protected link label %q to be masked:\n%s", "Discord", masked)
+	if strings.Contains(masked, "[Discord](/channels/discord)") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected protected link %q to be masked:\n%s", "Discord", masked)
 	}
 	if strings.Contains(masked, "[Render](https://render.com/docs)") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected contextual product link label %q to be masked:\n%s", "Render", masked)
+		t.Fatalf("expected contextual product link %q to be masked:\n%s", "Render", masked)
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(masked, "[Groups]") {
 		t.Fatalf("expected ordinary link label to remain translatable:\n%s", masked)
@@ -813,7 +814,30 @@ func TestMaskMarkdownDocSyntaxProtectsProductLinkLabelsInsideRawHTML(t *testing.
 		t.Fatalf("expected contextual ordinary-word label to remain translatable:\n%s", masked)
 	}
 	if restored := unmaskMarkdown(masked, placeholders, mapping); restored != source {
-		t.Fatalf("protected link-label round trip changed source:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", restored, source)
+		t.Fatalf("protected-link round trip changed source:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", restored, source)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMaskMarkdownDocSyntaxKeepsProtectedLinkAssociationOpaque(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	source := "Read [Slack](/channels/slack) and nearby Slack setup notes.\n"
+	state := NewPlaceholderState(source)
+	placeholders := []string{}
+	mapping := map[string]string{}
+	masked := maskMarkdownDocSyntax(source, state.Next, &placeholders, mapping)
+
+	if strings.Contains(masked, "[Slack]") || strings.Contains(masked, "/channels/slack") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected protected link label and destination to share one opaque placeholder:\n%s", masked)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(masked, "nearby Slack setup notes") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ordinary surrounding product prose to remain visible:\n%s", masked)
+	}
+	if len(placeholders) != 1 || mapping[placeholders[0]] != "[Slack](/channels/slack)" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected protected-link placeholder mapping: placeholders=%v mapping=%v", placeholders, mapping)
+	}
+	if restored := unmaskMarkdown(masked, placeholders, mapping); restored != source {
+		t.Fatalf("protected-link round trip changed source:\n%s\nwant:\n%s", restored, source)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2418,8 +2442,8 @@ func TestProcessFileDocUsesFieldLevelFrontmatterTranslation(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(text, "在 Fly.io 上部署 OpenClaw") {
 		t.Fatalf("expected translated read_when entry in output:\n%s", text)
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(text, "prompt_version: 30") {
-		t.Fatalf("expected prompt version 30 in output metadata:\n%s", text)
+	if !strings.Contains(text, fmt.Sprintf("prompt_version: %d", promptVersion)) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected prompt version %d in output metadata:\n%s", promptVersion, text)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2516,6 +2540,23 @@ func TestExtractNumericValuesKeepsLowAmbiguityComposites(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestExtractNumericValuesKeepsClockCoreBeforeMeridiemSuffix(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	if got := strings.Join(extractNumericValues("At 5am, meet again by 6:14am."), ","); got != "6:14" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected clock values: %q", got)
+	}
+	if err := validateDocChunkTranslation(
+		"At 5am, meet again by 6:14am.\n",
+		"सुबह 5 बजे मिलें और 6:14 बजे तक फिर मिलें।\n",
+	); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected detached translated clock suffix to preserve the numeric core: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got := extractNumericValues("Versions v6:14am and 6:14amx stay unprotected."); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected embedded clock values: %v", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValidateDocChunkTranslationRejectsDroppedDuplicateLink(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/scripts/docs-i18n/masking.go b/scripts/docs-i18n/masking.go
index 48bba594e94a..562e489cb734 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-i18n/masking.go
+++ b/scripts/docs-i18n/masking.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func maskMarkdownDocSyntax(text string, nextPlaceholder func() string, placehold
 			inlineRanges = append(inlineRanges, span)
 		}
 	}
-	inlineRanges = append(inlineRanges, protectedMarkdownLinkLabelRanges(text)...)
+	inlineRanges = append(inlineRanges, protectedMarkdownLinkRanges(text)...)
 	masked := maskByteRanges(text, inlineRanges, nextPlaceholder, placeholders, mapping)
 
 	listRanges := make([][2]int, 0)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func maskMarkdownDocSyntax(text string, nextPlaceholder func() string, placehold
 	return maskByteRanges(masked, listRanges, nextPlaceholder, placeholders, mapping)
 }
 
-func protectedMarkdownLinkLabelRanges(text string) [][2]int {
+func protectedMarkdownLinkRanges(text string) [][2]int {
 	ranges := make([][2]int, 0)
 	for _, match := range linkLabelRe.FindAllStringSubmatchIndex(text, -1) {
 		if len(match) < 6 {
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ func protectedMarkdownLinkLabelRanges(text string) [][2]int {
 		label := text[match[2]:match[3]]
 		destination := markdownInlineLinkDestination(text[match[4]:match[5]])
 		if isProtectedProductLinkLabel(label, destination) {
-			ranges = append(ranges, [2]int{match[2], match[3]})
+			// Keep the protected label attached to its original destination even when
+			// recursive chunk retries isolate or recombine the surrounding prose.
+			ranges = append(ranges, [2]int{match[0], match[1]})
 		}
 	}
 	return ranges
@@ -154,7 +156,9 @@ func extractNumericValues(text string) []string {
 	values := make([]string, 0)
 	for _, span := range numericValueRe.FindAllStringIndex(text, -1) {
 		candidate := [2]int{span[0], span[1]}
-		if hasCompositeNumericLeadingContinuation(text, candidate[0]) || hasCompositeNumericContinuation(text, candidate[1]) || rangeOverlapsAny(candidate, protocolRanges) {
+		if hasCompositeNumericLeadingContinuation(text, candidate[0]) ||
+			(hasCompositeNumericContinuation(text, candidate[1]) && !hasClockMeridiemSuffix(text, candidate)) ||
+			rangeOverlapsAny(candidate, protocolRanges) {
 			continue
 		}
 		values = append(values, text[span[0]:span[1]])
@@ -162,6 +166,17 @@ func extractNumericValues(text string) []string {
 	return values
 }
 
+func hasClockMeridiemSuffix(text string, span [2]int) bool {
+	if !strings.Contains(text[span[0]:span[1]], ":") || span[1]+2 > len(text) {
+		return false
+	}
+	suffix := strings.ToLower(text[span[1] : span[1]+2])
+	if suffix != "am" && suffix != "pm" {
+		return false
+	}
+	return span[1]+2 == len(text) || !isCompositeNumericWordByte(text[span[1]+2])
+}
+
 func hasCompositeNumericLeadingContinuation(text string, position int) bool {
 	if position == 0 {
 		return false
diff --git a/scripts/docs-i18n/util.go b/scripts/docs-i18n/util.go
index ada1a24711a0..5eae5d053f80 100644
--- a/scripts/docs-i18n/util.go
+++ b/scripts/docs-i18n/util.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	workflowVersion          = 16
-	promptVersion            = 30
+	promptVersion            = 31
 	docsI18nEngineName       = "codex"
 	envDocsI18nProvider      = "OPENCLAW_DOCS_I18N_PROVIDER"
 	envDocsI18nModel         = "OPENCLAW_DOCS_I18N_MODEL"