diff --git a/src/agents/agent-tools.create-openclaw-coding-tools.test.ts b/src/agents/agent-tools.create-openclaw-coding-tools.test.ts
index b028566adda1..66fdbd0dacd7 100644
--- a/src/agents/agent-tools.create-openclaw-coding-tools.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/agent-tools.create-openclaw-coding-tools.test.ts
@@ -552,6 +552,18 @@ describe("createOpenClawCodingTools", () => {
     expect(inheritedToolAllowlistRef).not.toContain("exec");
   });
 
+  it("does not snapshot additive alsoAllow policies for spawn inheritance", () => {
+    const inheritedToolAllowlistRef: string[] = [];
+
+    createOpenClawCodingTools({
+      config: { tools: { alsoAllow: ["read"], deny: ["exec"] } },
+      inheritedToolAllowlistRef,
+    });
+
+    expect(inheritedToolAllowlistRef).toEqual([]);
+    expect(latestCreateOpenClawToolsOptions().inheritedToolDenylist).toContain("exec");
+  });
+
   it("preserves runtime-allowed message through restrictive profiles", () => {
     const tools = createOpenClawCodingTools({
       config: { tools: { profile: "minimal" } },
diff --git a/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts b/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
index 71fa385bdbf4..de57d48de087 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tool-policy.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   collectExplicitAllowlist,
   DEFAULT_PLUGIN_TOOLS_ALLOWLIST_ENTRY,
   expandToolGroups,
+  hasRestrictiveAllowPolicy,
   normalizeToolName,
   resolveToolProfilePolicy,
   TOOL_GROUPS,
@@ -79,6 +80,19 @@ describe("tool-policy", () => {
       "*",
     ]);
   });
+
+  it("does not treat additive allow-all policies as restrictive", () => {
+    expect(hasRestrictiveAllowPolicy(pickSandboxToolPolicy({ alsoAllow: ["optional-demo"] }))).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+    expect(
+      hasRestrictiveAllowPolicy(pickSandboxToolPolicy({ allow: [], alsoAllow: ["optional-demo"] })),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("still treats explicit bounded allowlists as restrictive", () => {
+    expect(hasRestrictiveAllowPolicy(pickSandboxToolPolicy({ allow: ["read"] }))).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("sandbox tool policy", () => {
diff --git a/src/agents/tool-policy.ts b/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
index f5fc03dfe672..65573684b8d5 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
@@ -55,16 +55,17 @@ const SHIPPED_PLUGIN_POLICY_FAMILY_CORE_TOOLS = new Map<string, readonly string[
 
 /** Returns true when an allow policy is narrower than all/default plugin tools. */
 export function hasRestrictiveAllowPolicy(policy?: { allow?: string[] }): boolean {
-  return (
-    Array.isArray(policy?.allow) &&
-    policy.allow.some((entry) => {
-      const normalized = normalizeToolName(entry);
-      return (
-        Boolean(normalized) &&
-        normalized !== "*" &&
-        normalized !== DEFAULT_PLUGIN_TOOLS_ALLOWLIST_ENTRY
-      );
-    })
+  if (!Array.isArray(policy?.allow)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const normalizedAllow = policy.allow.map((entry) => normalizeToolName(entry));
+  // A wildcard remains allow-all when additive entries are present. Treating
+  // those extras as restrictive would unnecessarily cap delegated sessions.
+  if (normalizedAllow.includes("*")) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return normalizedAllow.some(
+    (entry) => Boolean(entry) && entry !== DEFAULT_PLUGIN_TOOLS_ALLOWLIST_ENTRY,
   );
 }