diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/codex-npm-plugin-live/assertions.mjs b/scripts/e2e/lib/codex-npm-plugin-live/assertions.mjs
index 41d4ce7d363f..29c1faa269af 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/codex-npm-plugin-live/assertions.mjs
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/codex-npm-plugin-live/assertions.mjs
@@ -120,6 +120,41 @@ function readCodexBinding(sessionId, sessionKey) {
   }
 }
 
+function readSessionEntry(sessionId) {
+  const dbPath = path.join(stateDir(), "agents", "main", "agent", "openclaw-agent.sqlite");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dbPath)) {
+    throw new Error(`missing agent session database: ${dbPath}`);
+  }
+  const db = new DatabaseSync(dbPath, { readOnly: true });
+  try {
+    const row = db
+      .prepare(
+        `SELECT se.session_key, se.entry_json, s.agent_harness_id
+           FROM sessions AS s
+           INNER JOIN session_entries AS se ON se.session_id = s.session_id
+          WHERE s.session_id = ?
+          ORDER BY se.updated_at DESC, se.session_key
+          LIMIT 1`,
+      )
+      .get(sessionId);
+    if (!row || typeof row.session_key !== "string" || typeof row.entry_json !== "string") {
+      throw new Error(`missing session store entry for ${sessionId}`);
+    }
+    const entry = JSON.parse(row.entry_json);
+    return {
+      entry: {
+        ...entry,
+        agentHarnessId:
+          typeof row.agent_harness_id === "string" ? row.agent_harness_id : entry.agentHarnessId,
+        sessionId,
+      },
+      sessionKey: row.session_key,
+    };
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
 function configure() {
   const modelRef = process.argv[3] || "codex/gpt-5.4";
   const state = stateDir();
@@ -442,16 +477,7 @@ function assertAgentTurn() {
     );
   }
 
-  const sessionsDir = path.join(stateDir(), "agents", "main", "sessions");
-  const storePath = path.join(sessionsDir, "sessions.json");
-  const store = readJson(storePath);
-  const sessionMatch = Object.entries(store).find(
-    ([, candidate]) => candidate?.sessionId === sessionId,
-  );
-  if (!sessionMatch) {
-    throw new Error(`missing session store entry for ${sessionId}: ${JSON.stringify(store)}`);
-  }
-  const [sessionKey, entry] = sessionMatch;
+  const { entry, sessionKey } = readSessionEntry(sessionId);
   if (entry.agentHarnessId !== "codex") {
     throw new Error(`expected codex harness in session entry, got ${entry.agentHarnessId}`);
   }
diff --git a/test/scripts/codex-install-assertions.test.ts b/test/scripts/codex-install-assertions.test.ts
index d17d5d9fb476..d756747ac763 100644
--- a/test/scripts/codex-install-assertions.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/codex-install-assertions.test.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,55 @@ function writeCodexBindingStateSqlite(params: {
   }
 }
 
+function writeSessionStoreSqlite(params: {
+  stateDir: string;
+  sessionFile: string;
+  sessionId: string;
+  sessionKey: string;
+}) {
+  const dbPath = path.join(params.stateDir, "agents", "main", "agent", "openclaw-agent.sqlite");
+  mkdirSync(path.dirname(dbPath), { recursive: true });
+  const db = new DatabaseSync(dbPath);
+  try {
+    db.exec(`
+      CREATE TABLE sessions (
+        session_id TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+        session_key TEXT NOT NULL,
+        agent_harness_id TEXT,
+        created_at INTEGER NOT NULL,
+        updated_at INTEGER NOT NULL
+      );
+      CREATE TABLE session_entries (
+        session_key TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+        session_id TEXT NOT NULL,
+        entry_json TEXT NOT NULL,
+        updated_at INTEGER NOT NULL
+      );
+    `);
+    const now = Date.now();
+    db.prepare(
+      `INSERT INTO sessions (
+         session_id, session_key, agent_harness_id, created_at, updated_at
+       ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+    ).run(params.sessionId, params.sessionKey, "codex", now, now);
+    db.prepare(
+      `INSERT INTO session_entries (session_key, session_id, entry_json, updated_at)
+       VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+    ).run(
+      params.sessionKey,
+      params.sessionId,
+      JSON.stringify({
+        sessionId: params.sessionId,
+        sessionFile: params.sessionFile,
+        agentHarnessId: "codex",
+      }),
+      now,
+    );
+  } finally {
+    db.close();
+  }
+}
+
 function createCodexNpmPluginLiveFixture(root: string, storedSessionId?: string) {
   const stateDir = path.join(root, "state");
   const sessionsDir = path.join(stateDir, "agents", "main", "sessions");
@@ -184,13 +233,13 @@ function createCodexNpmPluginLiveFixture(root: string, storedSessionId?: string)
     payloads: [{ text: marker }],
     meta: { executionTrace: { winnerProvider: "codex" } },
   });
-  writeJson(path.join(sessionsDir, "sessions.json"), {
-    [sessionKey]: {
-      sessionId,
-      sessionFile,
-      agentHarnessId: "codex",
-    },
+  writeSessionStoreSqlite({
+    stateDir,
+    sessionFile,
+    sessionId,
+    sessionKey,
   });
+  mkdirSync(sessionsDir, { recursive: true });
   writeFileSync(sessionFile, '{"type":"session"}\n', "utf8");
   writeJson(path.join(stateDir, "agents", "main", "codex-home", "sessions", "native.jsonl"), {
     threadId,
@@ -286,7 +335,7 @@ describe("Codex install helpers", () => {
     expect(result.stderr).toBe("");
   });
 
-  it("accepts the SQLite-backed Codex binding in the npm live assertion", () => {
+  it("accepts SQLite-backed session and Codex binding state in the npm live assertion", () => {
     const root = makeTempDir(tempDirs, "openclaw-codex-npm-live-");
     const fixture = createCodexNpmPluginLiveFixture(root);