diff --git a/extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.test.ts b/extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.test.ts
index c59f530b0caa..1e319e380794 100644
--- a/extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.test.ts
@@ -2312,12 +2312,6 @@ describe("createCodexDynamicToolBridge", () => {
       status: "ok",
       deliveryStatus: "sent",
       sourceReplySink: "internal-ui",
-      sourceReplyRoute: "current-source",
-      messageDelivery: {
-        status: "settled",
-        partialDelivery: false,
-        createdThreadIds: [],
-      },
       sourceReply: {
         text: "visible reply",
         mediaUrls: ["/tmp/reply.png"],
@@ -2331,9 +2325,7 @@ describe("createCodexDynamicToolBridge", () => {
     });
 
     expect(result).toEqual(expectInputText("Sent to current chat."));
-    expect(result.terminate).toBe(true);
     expect(bridge.telemetry.didSendViaMessagingTool).toBe(true);
-    expect(bridge.telemetry.didDeliverSourceReplyViaMessageTool).toBe(true);
     expect(bridge.telemetry.messagingToolSentTexts).toEqual([]);
     expect(bridge.telemetry.messagingToolSentMediaUrls).toEqual([]);
     expect(bridge.telemetry.messagingToolSentTargets).toEqual([]);
@@ -2342,64 +2334,10 @@ describe("createCodexDynamicToolBridge", () => {
         text: "visible reply",
         mediaUrl: "/tmp/reply.png",
         mediaUrls: ["/tmp/reply.png"],
-        sourceReplyFinal: true,
       },
     ]);
   });
 
-  it("keeps explicit internal UI progress nonterminal", async () => {
-    const toolResult = textToolResult("Sent to current chat.", {
-      status: "ok",
-      deliveryStatus: "sent",
-      sourceReplySink: "internal-ui",
-      sourceReplyRoute: "current-source",
-      messageDelivery: {
-        status: "settled",
-        partialDelivery: false,
-        createdThreadIds: [],
-      },
-      sourceReply: { text: "still working" },
-    });
-    const bridge = createBridgeWithToolResult("message", toolResult);
-
-    const result = await handleMessageToolCall(bridge, {
-      action: "send",
-      message: "still working",
-      final: false,
-    });
-
-    expect(result.terminate).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(bridge.telemetry.didDeliverSourceReplyViaMessageTool).toBe(true);
-    expect(bridge.telemetry.messagingToolSourceReplyPayloads).toEqual([
-      { text: "still working", sourceReplyFinal: false },
-    ]);
-  });
-
-  it("keeps automatic external current-source replies nonterminal", async () => {
-    const bridge = createBridgeWithToolResult(
-      "message",
-      textToolResult("Sent.", {
-        ok: true,
-        sourceReplyRoute: "current-source",
-        messageDelivery: {
-          status: "settled",
-          partialDelivery: false,
-          createdThreadIds: [],
-        },
-      }),
-      { sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "automatic" },
-    );
-
-    const result = await handleMessageToolCall(bridge, {
-      action: "thread-reply",
-      threadId: "thread-1",
-      message: "first update",
-    });
-
-    expect(result.terminate).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(bridge.telemetry.didDeliverSourceReplyViaMessageTool).toBe(true);
-  });
-
   it("treats omitted source-reply finality as terminal", async () => {
     const bridge = createBridgeWithToolResult(
       "message",
diff --git a/extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.ts b/extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.ts
index 75d3cdcfbff4..2f257aebf142 100644
--- a/extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.ts
+++ b/extensions/codex/src/app-server/dynamic-tools.ts
@@ -867,15 +867,9 @@ export function createCodexDynamicToolBridge(params: {
           !resultIsError &&
           (rawResult.terminate === true || result.terminate === true);
         const confirmedSourceReply =
+          params.hookContext?.sourceReplyDeliveryMode === "message_tool_only" &&
           toolName === "message" &&
-          // Internal UI receipts are current-source facts even when the outer run
-          // otherwise uses automatic final replies; completed sends end this turn.
-          ((deliveredSourceReply &&
-            (params.hookContext?.sourceReplyDeliveryMode === "message_tool_only" ||
-              asOptionalRecord(rawResult.details)?.sourceReplySink === "internal-ui" ||
-              asOptionalRecord(result.details)?.sourceReplySink === "internal-ui")) ||
-            (params.hookContext?.sourceReplyDeliveryMode === "message_tool_only" &&
-              (toolConfirmedSourceReply || receiptConfirmedSourceReply)));
+          (toolConfirmedSourceReply || deliveredSourceReply || receiptConfirmedSourceReply);
         const sourceReplyFinal = confirmedSourceReply ? executedArgs.final !== false : undefined;
         collectToolTelemetry({
           toolName,
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-session-prepare.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-session-prepare.ts
index b6aeecfc1b56..c05204d6d8bd 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-session-prepare.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-session-prepare.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import { resolveExistingAttemptTranscriptState } from "./attempt-transcript-help
 import type { EmbeddedAttemptTranscriptLifecycle } from "./attempt-transcript-lifecycle.js";
 import { createUserTranscriptContextRegistry } from "./attempt-user-transcript-context-registry.js";
 import { installCodeModeRepairHook } from "./code-mode-repair.js";
-import { installMessageToolTerminalHook } from "./message-tool-terminal.js";
+import { installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook } from "./message-tool-terminal.js";
 import { reconcilePrePersistedCurrentUserTurn } from "./pre-persisted-user-turn.js";
 import { resolveSessionBoundaryPromptCacheKey } from "./session-boundary-prompt-cache-key.js";
 import { notifyToolActivity } from "./tool-activity-heartbeat.js";
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export async function prepareEmbeddedAttemptAgentSession(input: {
   const markSourceReplyDelivered = () => {
     didDeliverSourceReplyViaMessageTool = true;
   };
-  installMessageToolTerminalHook({
+  installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook({
     agent: activeSession.agent,
     sourceReplyDeliveryMode: attempt.sourceReplyDeliveryMode,
     onDeliveredSourceReply: markSourceReplyDelivered,
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-session.test.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-session.test.ts
index f6db33f0f214..3c04b5a66e0f 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-session.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt-session.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const hoisted = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   createPreparedEmbeddedAgentSettingsManager: vi.fn(),
   getGlobalHookRunner: vi.fn(),
   installCodeModeRepairHook: vi.fn(),
-  installMessageToolTerminalHook: vi.fn(),
+  installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook: vi.fn(),
   prepareEmbeddedAttemptClientTools: vi.fn(),
   resolveEffectiveCompactionMode: vi.fn(),
   isSilentOverflowProneModel: vi.fn(),
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ vi.mock("./code-mode-repair.js", () => ({
   installCodeModeRepairHook: hoisted.installCodeModeRepairHook,
 }));
 vi.mock("./message-tool-terminal.js", () => ({
-  installMessageToolTerminalHook: hoisted.installMessageToolTerminalHook,
+  installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook: hoisted.installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook,
 }));
 vi.mock("./tool-activity-heartbeat.js", () => ({
   notifyToolActivity: hoisted.notifyToolActivity,
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function createInput(options?: {
   hoisted.applySystemPromptToSession.mockImplementation(() => {
     events.push("apply-system-prompt");
   });
-  hoisted.installMessageToolTerminalHook.mockImplementation(
+  hoisted.installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook.mockImplementation(
     (input: { onDeliveredSourceReply?: () => void }) => {
       events.push("install-terminal-hook");
       onDeliveredSourceReply = input.onDeliveredSourceReply;
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/message-tool-terminal.test.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/message-tool-terminal.test.ts
index 98ad0ac4fab3..9cb4f9eae7ab 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/message-tool-terminal.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/message-tool-terminal.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-// Message-tool terminal tests cover completed current-source replies across
-// explicit message-tool-only and internal UI delivery modes.
+// Message-tool delivery tests cover message_tool_only delivery, where a
+// successful source message send records source reply evidence without ending
+// the run before the model can observe the tool result.
 import type { Agent, AfterToolCallContext } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/agent-core";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { installMessageToolTerminalHook } from "./message-tool-terminal.js";
+import { installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook } from "./message-tool-terminal.js";
 
 async function recordsDeliveredSourceReply(params: {
   sourceReplyDeliveryMode?: Parameters<
-    typeof installMessageToolTerminalHook
+    typeof installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook
   >[0]["sourceReplyDeliveryMode"];
   context: AfterToolCallContext;
   hookResult?: Awaited<ReturnType<NonNullable<Agent["afterToolCall"]>>>;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ async function recordsDeliveredSourceReply(params: {
     ? { afterToolCall: vi.fn(async () => params.hookResult) }
     : {}) as unknown as Agent;
   const onDeliveredSourceReply = vi.fn();
-  installMessageToolTerminalHook({
+  installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook({
     agent,
     sourceReplyDeliveryMode: params.sourceReplyDeliveryMode,
     onDeliveredSourceReply,
@@ -27,14 +28,14 @@ async function recordsDeliveredSourceReply(params: {
 type TerminalHookCase = {
   label: string;
   sourceReplyDeliveryMode?: Parameters<
-    typeof installMessageToolTerminalHook
+    typeof installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook
   >[0]["sourceReplyDeliveryMode"];
   context: AfterToolCallContext;
   hookResult?: Awaited<ReturnType<NonNullable<Agent["afterToolCall"]>>>;
   expected: boolean;
 };
 
-describe("message-tool source replies", () => {
+describe("message-tool-only source replies", () => {
   it.each([
     {
       label: "implicit successful send",
@@ -76,22 +77,12 @@ describe("message-tool source replies", () => {
       expected: true,
     },
     {
-      label: "automatic internal source reply",
+      label: "automatic delivery mode",
       sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "automatic",
       context: createAfterToolCallContext({
         toolName: "message",
         args: { action: "send", message: "visible reply" },
       }),
-      expected: true,
-    },
-    {
-      label: "automatic external send",
-      sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "automatic",
-      context: createAfterToolCallContext({
-        toolName: "message",
-        args: { action: "send", message: "visible reply" },
-        result: createDirectSendResult({ messageId: "discord-message-automatic" }),
-      }),
       expected: false,
     },
     {
@@ -188,7 +179,7 @@ describe("message-tool source replies", () => {
     }));
     const agent = { afterToolCall: previousAfterToolCall } as unknown as Agent;
     const onDeliveredSourceReply = vi.fn();
-    installMessageToolTerminalHook({
+    installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook({
       agent,
       sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only",
       onDeliveredSourceReply,
@@ -213,7 +204,7 @@ describe("message-tool source replies", () => {
   it("terminates after a delivered completed source reply", async () => {
     const agent = {} as unknown as Agent;
     const onDeliveredSourceReply = vi.fn();
-    installMessageToolTerminalHook({
+    installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook({
       agent,
       sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only",
       onDeliveredSourceReply,
@@ -232,7 +223,7 @@ describe("message-tool source replies", () => {
 
   it("continues after delivered progress", async () => {
     const agent = {} as unknown as Agent;
-    installMessageToolTerminalHook({
+    installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook({
       agent,
       sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only",
     });
@@ -247,67 +238,6 @@ describe("message-tool source replies", () => {
     ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it("terminates automatic internal source replies but preserves explicit progress", async () => {
-    const agent = {} as unknown as Agent;
-    installMessageToolTerminalHook({
-      agent,
-      sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "automatic",
-    });
-
-    await expect(
-      agent.afterToolCall?.(
-        createAfterToolCallContext({
-          toolName: "message",
-          args: { action: "send", message: "visible reply" },
-        }),
-      ),
-    ).resolves.toEqual({ terminate: true });
-    await expect(
-      agent.afterToolCall?.(
-        createAfterToolCallContext({
-          toolName: "message",
-          args: { action: "send", message: "still working", final: false },
-        }),
-      ),
-    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it("keeps automatic external current-source replies nonterminal", async () => {
-    const agent = {} as unknown as Agent;
-    const onDeliveredSourceReply = vi.fn();
-    installMessageToolTerminalHook({
-      agent,
-      sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "automatic",
-      onDeliveredSourceReply,
-    });
-
-    await expect(
-      agent.afterToolCall?.(
-        createAfterToolCallContext({
-          toolName: "message",
-          args: {
-            action: "thread-reply",
-            threadId: "thread-1",
-            message: "first update",
-          },
-          result: {
-            content: [{ type: "text", text: '{"ok":true}' }],
-            details: {
-              ok: true,
-              sourceReplyRoute: "current-source",
-              messageDelivery: {
-                status: "settled",
-                partialDelivery: false,
-                createdThreadIds: [],
-              },
-            },
-          },
-        }),
-      ),
-    ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
-    expect(onDeliveredSourceReply).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
   it("leaves existing after-tool-call output alone when the send failed", async () => {
     const previousAfterToolCall = vi.fn(async () => ({
       content: [{ type: "text" as const, text: "failed" }],
@@ -316,7 +246,7 @@ describe("message-tool source replies", () => {
     }));
     const agent = { afterToolCall: previousAfterToolCall } as unknown as Agent;
     const onDeliveredSourceReply = vi.fn();
-    installMessageToolTerminalHook({
+    installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook({
       agent,
       sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only",
       onDeliveredSourceReply,
@@ -337,6 +267,19 @@ describe("message-tool source replies", () => {
     expect(previousAfterToolCall).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(onDeliveredSourceReply).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
+
+  it("does not install a wrapper for non-message-tool-only delivery", async () => {
+    const previousAfterToolCall = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      details: { untouched: true },
+    }));
+    const agent = { afterToolCall: previousAfterToolCall } as unknown as Agent;
+    installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook({
+      agent,
+      sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "automatic",
+    });
+
+    expect(agent.afterToolCall).toBe(previousAfterToolCall);
+  });
 });
 
 function createAfterToolCallContext(params: {
@@ -345,9 +288,6 @@ function createAfterToolCallContext(params: {
   isError?: boolean;
   result?: AfterToolCallContext["result"];
 }): AfterToolCallContext {
-  const hasExplicitRoute = ["channel", "target", "to", "channelId", "provider"].some(
-    (key) => typeof params.args[key] === "string" && params.args[key].trim().length > 0,
-  );
   return {
     assistantMessage: createToolCallAssistant(params.toolName, params.args),
     toolCall: {
@@ -367,7 +307,6 @@ function createAfterToolCallContext(params: {
       details: {
         status: "ok",
         deliveryStatus: "sent",
-        ...(hasExplicitRoute ? {} : { sourceReplyRoute: "current-source" }),
         messageDelivery: {
           status: params.args.dryRun ? "dryRun" : params.isError ? "failed" : "settled",
           partialDelivery: false,
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/message-tool-terminal.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/message-tool-terminal.ts
index 8ade955d8b0c..daf59946066e 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/message-tool-terminal.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/message-tool-terminal.ts
@@ -20,17 +20,21 @@ function argsRecordForToolCall(context: AfterToolCallContext): Record<string, un
     : {};
 }
 
-/** A completed source reply ends the turn only for message-tool-only delivery
- * or the internal UI sink; external current-source receipts remain nonterminal. */
-function isTerminalMessageToolSourceReply(params: {
+/**
+ * Determines whether a `message.send` tool call delivered a visible source reply
+ * in message-tool-only delivery mode. Only implicit-route, non-dry-run,
+ * delivered sends qualify; explicit routes and errors are not source replies.
+ */
+function isDeliveredMessageToolOnlySourceReply(params: {
   sourceReplyDeliveryMode?: SourceReplyDeliveryMode;
   context: AfterToolCallContext;
   hookResult?: AfterToolCallResult;
 }): boolean {
-  const resultDetails = readToolResultDetails(params.context.result);
-  const deliveryFact = readEmbeddedMessageDeliveryFact(resultDetails?.messageDelivery);
+  const deliveryFact = readEmbeddedMessageDeliveryFact(
+    readToolResultDetails(params.context.result)?.messageDelivery,
+  );
   const isError = params.hookResult?.isError ?? params.context.isError;
-  const delivered = isDeliveredMessageToolOnlySourceReplyResult({
+  return isDeliveredMessageToolOnlySourceReplyResult({
     sourceReplyDeliveryMode: params.sourceReplyDeliveryMode,
     toolName: params.context.toolCall.name,
     args: argsRecordForToolCall(params.context),
@@ -44,25 +48,22 @@ function isTerminalMessageToolSourceReply(params: {
         }
       : {}),
   });
-  return (
-    delivered &&
-    (params.sourceReplyDeliveryMode === "message_tool_only" ||
-      resultDetails?.sourceReplySink === "internal-ui" ||
-      readToolResultDetails(params.hookResult)?.sourceReplySink === "internal-ui")
-  );
 }
 
-/** Installs an after-tool hook that records and settles completed source replies. */
-export function installMessageToolTerminalHook(params: {
+/** Installs an after-tool hook that records source reply delivery evidence. */
+export function installMessageToolOnlyTerminalHook(params: {
   agent: Agent;
   sourceReplyDeliveryMode?: SourceReplyDeliveryMode;
   onDeliveredSourceReply?: () => void;
 }): void {
+  if (params.sourceReplyDeliveryMode !== "message_tool_only") {
+    return;
+  }
   const previousAfterToolCall = params.agent.afterToolCall?.bind(params.agent);
   params.agent.afterToolCall = async (context, signal) => {
     const hookResult = await previousAfterToolCall?.(context, signal);
     if (
-      isTerminalMessageToolSourceReply({
+      isDeliveredMessageToolOnlySourceReply({
         sourceReplyDeliveryMode: params.sourceReplyDeliveryMode,
         context,
         hookResult,
diff --git a/src/agents/tools/message-tool.internal-source-reply.integration.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/message-tool.internal-source-reply.integration.test.ts
index 4a901dd2364f..c642016bf10b 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/message-tool.internal-source-reply.integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/message-tool.internal-source-reply.integration.test.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ describe("WebChat message tool internal source reply", () => {
       message: "Visible progress from the message tool.",
       final: false,
     });
+    expect(toolResult.terminate).toBeUndefined();
     expect(toolResult.details).toMatchObject({
       channel: "webchat",
       target: "current-run",
diff --git a/src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.send-validation.test.ts b/src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.send-validation.test.ts
index b27d8e57c21a..efdc5b8755d2 100644
--- a/src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.send-validation.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.send-validation.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ describe("runMessageAction send validation", () => {
       },
       sessionKey: "agent:main",
       sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only",
+      sourceReplyFinal: true,
     });
 
     expect(result).toMatchObject({
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ describe("runMessageAction send validation", () => {
         text: "Sent visible reply to the current source conversation via internal-ui.",
       },
     ]);
+    expect(result.toolResult?.terminate).toBe(true);
     expect(result.toolResult?.details).toEqual({
       status: "ok",
       deliveryStatus: "sent",
diff --git a/src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.ts b/src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.ts
index 88c250dca7a6..bb0fe5562ed4 100644
--- a/src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.ts
+++ b/src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ async function handleInternalSourceReplySendAction(
     ...(sourceReply.mediaUrls?.length ? { mediaUrls: sourceReply.mediaUrls } : {}),
     dryRun,
   };
+  const terminatesTurn = input.sourceReplyFinal === true && !dryRun;
   return withSendNormalization(
     {
       kind: "send",
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@ async function handleInternalSourceReplySendAction(
       to: "current-run",
       handledBy: "internal-source",
       payload,
-      toolResult: buildInternalSourceReplyToolResult(payload),
+      toolResult: buildInternalSourceReplyToolResult(payload, terminatesTurn),
       dryRun,
     },
     sourceReply.normalization,
@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ type InternalSourceReplyToolDetails = {
 
 function buildInternalSourceReplyToolResult(
   payload: InternalSourceReplyToolDetails,
+  terminatesTurn: boolean,
 ): AgentToolResult<InternalSourceReplyToolDetails> {
   const action = payload.dryRun ? "Prepared" : "Sent";
   const sink = payload.sourceReplySink ? ` via ${payload.sourceReplySink}` : "";
@@ -316,6 +318,7 @@ function buildInternalSourceReplyToolResult(
       },
     ],
     details: payload,
+    ...(terminatesTurn ? { terminate: true } : {}),
   };
 }