diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 5529a783d12a..4b8714bedef7 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ Skills own workflows; root owns hard policy and routing.
 - No surprise GH writes: chat must mention every posted/updated public comment with URL.
 - GH comments with backticks, `$`, or shell snippets: use heredoc/body file, not inline double-quoted `--body`.
 - PR create: real body required. Use the current template: `What Problem This Solves`, `Why This Change Was Made`, `User Impact`, and `Evidence`; include visible refs, behavior, and validation.
+- PR create races GitHub's merge-ref computation: the pull_request-open CI run can drop entirely or die as `startup_failure`/`BuildFailed` (`(Unknown event)`, not rerunnable). After opening, verify the CI workflow attached to the head SHA; if missing, close/reopen the PR to re-fire the event.
 - PR create/refresh: keep PR branches takeover-ready. Use a branch maintainers can push to, or for fork PRs ensure `maintainer_can_modify` / GitHub's `Allow edits by maintainers` is enabled unless explicitly told otherwise or GitHub's Actions/secrets warning makes that unsafe.
 - GitHub issue/PR create: read `$agent-transcript`; ask about sanitized transcript logs when available.
 - Contributor PRs: parsed context requires authored `What Problem This Solves` and `Evidence` sections. Do not require field-level proof forms; reviewers inspect code, tests, and CI for correctness.
diff --git a/ui/src/test-helpers/lit-warnings.setup.ts b/ui/src/test-helpers/lit-warnings.setup.ts
index e0babec91397..ffe1fe0fcda7 100644
--- a/ui/src/test-helpers/lit-warnings.setup.ts
+++ b/ui/src/test-helpers/lit-warnings.setup.ts
@@ -77,3 +77,70 @@ if (typeof HTMLDialogElement !== "undefined" && !("close" in HTMLDialogElement.p
     },
   });
 }
+
+// Node 25+ enables WebStorage by default with a global localStorage getter
+// that is dead without --localstorage-file (undefined on 26.5, reported to
+// throw or return an inert proxy on other 25/26 releases). During jsdom
+// global population it shadows the DOM Storage (globalThis is the window),
+// so storage-touching tests crash on newer local Node while Linux CI
+// (Node 24, no default WebStorage) passes. Capability-probe instead of
+// trusting any one shape, then install an in-memory Storage.
+function globalLocalStorageIsUsable(): boolean {
+  try {
+    const existing = globalThis.localStorage;
+    if (!existing) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    existing.setItem("__openclaw_probe__", "1");
+    const roundTrips = existing.getItem("__openclaw_probe__") === "1";
+    existing.removeItem("__openclaw_probe__");
+    return roundTrips;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function usableWindowLocalStorage(): Storage | null {
+  try {
+    const candidate = window.localStorage;
+    if (!candidate) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    candidate.setItem("__openclaw_probe__", "1");
+    const roundTrips = candidate.getItem("__openclaw_probe__") === "1";
+    candidate.removeItem("__openclaw_probe__");
+    return roundTrips ? candidate : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+if (typeof window !== "undefined" && !globalLocalStorageIsUsable()) {
+  const backing = new Map<string, string>();
+  // Prefer jsdom's own Storage when only the global alias is dead so
+  // `localStorage` and `window.localStorage` stay the same object.
+  const storage: Storage = usableWindowLocalStorage() ?? {
+    get length() {
+      return backing.size;
+    },
+    clear: () => backing.clear(),
+    getItem: (key: string) => backing.get(key) ?? null,
+    key: (index: number) => [...backing.keys()][index] ?? null,
+    removeItem: (key: string) => {
+      backing.delete(key);
+    },
+    setItem: (key: string, value: string) => {
+      backing.set(key, value);
+    },
+  };
+  const install = (target: object) =>
+    Object.defineProperty(target, "localStorage", {
+      configurable: true,
+      enumerable: false,
+      get: () => storage,
+    });
+  install(globalThis);
+  if ((window as unknown) !== globalThis) {
+    install(window);
+  }
+}