diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner.ts
index ecc62ba93bdd..dcebae0b734e 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ export { runEmbeddedAgent } from "./embedded-agent-runner/run.js";
 export {
   abortAndDrainEmbeddedAgentRun,
   abortEmbeddedAgentRun,
+  isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction,
   isEmbeddedAgentRunActive,
+  isEmbeddedAgentRunHandleActive,
   isEmbeddedAgentRunStreaming,
   queueEmbeddedAgentMessage,
   queueEmbeddedAgentMessageWithOutcome,
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/runs.test.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/runs.test.ts
index 6c1b73011543..45247a5f02b0 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/runs.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/runs.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   clearEmbeddedRunAbandonment,
   consumeEmbeddedRunModelSwitch,
   getActiveEmbeddedRunSnapshot,
+  isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction,
   isEmbeddedAgentRunHandleActive,
   isEmbeddedRunAbandoned,
   formatEmbeddedAgentQueueFailureSummary,
@@ -91,6 +92,20 @@ describe("embedded-agent runner run registry", () => {
     expect(abortNormal).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("keeps queued reply operations out of compact abort checks", () => {
+    const operation = createReplyOperation({
+      sessionKey: "agent:main:main",
+      sessionId: "session-reply-run",
+      resetTriggered: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction("session-reply-run")).toBe(false);
+
+    operation.setPhase("running");
+
+    expect(isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction("session-reply-run")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("aborts every active run in all mode", () => {
     const abortA = vi.fn();
     const abortB = vi.fn();
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/runs.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/runs.ts
index 1abb0d9e1130..3869a9f67326 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/runs.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/runs.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   abortReplyRunBySessionId,
   forceClearReplyRunBySessionId,
   isReplyRunActiveForSessionId,
+  isReplyRunAbortableForCompaction,
   isReplyRunStreamingForSessionId,
   queueReplyRunMessage,
   resolveActiveReplyRunSessionId,
@@ -520,6 +521,14 @@ export function isEmbeddedAgentRunHandleActive(sessionId: string): boolean {
   return active;
 }
 
+export function isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction(sessionId: string): boolean {
+  const active = ACTIVE_EMBEDDED_RUNS.has(sessionId) || isReplyRunAbortableForCompaction(sessionId);
+  if (active) {
+    diag.debug(`run compact abort check: sessionId=${sessionId} active=true`);
+  }
+  return active;
+}
+
 export function isEmbeddedAgentRunStreaming(sessionId: string): boolean {
   const handle = ACTIVE_EMBEDDED_RUNS.get(sessionId);
   if (!handle) {
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent.ts
index 65aa6972aa4d..845aab58e948 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ export {
   abortAndDrainEmbeddedAgentRun,
   abortEmbeddedAgentRun,
   compactEmbeddedAgentSession,
+  isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction,
   isEmbeddedAgentRunActive,
+  isEmbeddedAgentRunHandleActive,
   isEmbeddedAgentRunStreaming,
   queueEmbeddedAgentMessage,
   queueEmbeddedAgentMessageWithOutcome,
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.runtime.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.runtime.ts
index 996a0b460783..064b308e4395 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.runtime.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.runtime.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 export {
   abortEmbeddedAgentRun,
   compactEmbeddedAgentSession,
-  isEmbeddedAgentRunActive,
+  isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction,
   waitForEmbeddedAgentRunEnd,
 } from "../../agents/embedded-agent.js";
 export {
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.test.ts
index 8ef1143fba28..f0d18c16d249 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ vi.mock("./commands-compact.runtime.js", () => ({
   formatContextUsageShort: vi.fn(() => "Context 12.1k"),
   formatTokenCount: vi.fn((value: number) => `${value}`),
   incrementCompactionCount: vi.fn(),
-  isEmbeddedAgentRunActive: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
+  isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
   resolveFreshSessionTotalTokens: vi.fn(() => 12_345),
   resolveSessionFilePath: vi.fn(() => "/tmp/session.json"),
   resolveSessionFilePathOptions: vi.fn(() => ({})),
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ vi.mock("./commands-compact.runtime.js", () => ({
 }));
 
 const {
+  abortEmbeddedAgentRun,
   compactEmbeddedAgentSession,
   formatContextUsageShort,
   incrementCompactionCount,
+  isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction,
   resolveSessionFilePathOptions,
+  waitForEmbeddedAgentRunEnd,
 } = await import("./commands-compact.runtime.js");
 const { handleCompactCommand } = await import("./commands-compact.js");
 
@@ -191,6 +194,62 @@ describe("handleCompactCommand", () => {
     expect(call.senderE164).toBe("+15551234567");
     expect(call.agentDir).toBe("/tmp/openclaw-agent-compact");
     expect(call.authProfileId).toBe("github-copilot:work");
+    expect(vi.mocked(abortEmbeddedAgentRun)).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(vi.mocked(waitForEmbeddedAgentRunEnd)).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("does not abort the command reply run before compacting", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction).mockReturnValueOnce(false);
+    vi.mocked(compactEmbeddedAgentSession).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      ok: true,
+      compacted: false,
+    });
+
+    const result = await handleCompactCommand(
+      {
+        ...buildCompactParams("/compact", {
+          commands: { text: true },
+          channels: { whatsapp: { allowFrom: ["*"] } },
+        } as OpenClawConfig),
+        sessionEntry: {
+          sessionId: "session-1",
+          updatedAt: Date.now(),
+        },
+      } as HandleCommandsParams,
+      true,
+    );
+
+    expect(result?.shouldContinue).toBe(false);
+    expect(vi.mocked(isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("session-1");
+    expect(vi.mocked(abortEmbeddedAgentRun)).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(vi.mocked(waitForEmbeddedAgentRunEnd)).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(vi.mocked(compactEmbeddedAgentSession)).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("aborts an active embedded run before compacting", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction).mockReturnValueOnce(true);
+    vi.mocked(compactEmbeddedAgentSession).mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      ok: true,
+      compacted: false,
+    });
+
+    await handleCompactCommand(
+      {
+        ...buildCompactParams("/compact", {
+          commands: { text: true },
+          channels: { whatsapp: { allowFrom: ["*"] } },
+        } as OpenClawConfig),
+        sessionEntry: {
+          sessionId: "session-1",
+          updatedAt: Date.now(),
+        },
+      } as HandleCommandsParams,
+      true,
+    );
+
+    expect(vi.mocked(abortEmbeddedAgentRun)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("session-1");
+    expect(vi.mocked(waitForEmbeddedAgentRunEnd)).toHaveBeenCalledWith("session-1", 15_000);
+    expect(vi.mocked(compactEmbeddedAgentSession)).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });
 
   it("treats already-under-target manual compaction as skipped", async () => {
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.ts
index 41b2988c797e..70ada78321df 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-compact.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export const handleCompactCommand: CommandHandler = async (params) => {
   }
   const runtime = await loadCompactRuntime();
   const sessionId = targetSessionEntry.sessionId;
-  if (runtime.isEmbeddedAgentRunActive(sessionId)) {
+  if (runtime.isEmbeddedAgentRunAbortableForCompaction(sessionId)) {
     runtime.abortEmbeddedAgentRun(sessionId);
     await runtime.waitForEmbeddedAgentRunEnd(sessionId, 15_000);
   }
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/reply-run-registry.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/reply-run-registry.test.ts
index 8b2987b1eccc..d8a13facb2aa 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/reply-run-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/reply-run-registry.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   createReplyOperation,
   forceClearReplyRunBySessionId,
   isReplyRunActiveForSessionId,
+  isReplyRunAbortableForCompaction,
   queueReplyRunMessage,
   replyRunRegistry,
   resolveActiveReplyRunSessionId,
@@ -58,6 +59,21 @@ describe("reply run registry", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("treats queued reply operations as non-abortable for compaction", () => {
+    const operation = createReplyOperation({
+      sessionKey: "agent:main:main",
+      sessionId: "session-compact",
+      resetTriggered: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(isReplyRunActiveForSessionId("session-compact")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isReplyRunAbortableForCompaction("session-compact")).toBe(false);
+
+    operation.setPhase("running");
+
+    expect(isReplyRunAbortableForCompaction("session-compact")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("mirrors active reply operations into diagnostic work state", () => {
     const operation = createReplyOperation({
       sessionKey: "agent:main:telegram:direct:chat-1",
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/reply-run-registry.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/reply-run-registry.ts
index 85410c85cb23..ceceae6ea5de 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/reply-run-registry.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/reply-run-registry.ts
@@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ export function isReplyRunActiveForSessionId(sessionId: string): boolean {
   return resolveReplyRunForCurrentSessionId(sessionId) !== undefined;
 }
 
+export function isReplyRunAbortableForCompaction(sessionId: string): boolean {
+  const operation = resolveReplyRunForCurrentSessionId(sessionId);
+  return Boolean(operation && operation.phase !== "queued");
+}
+
 export function isReplyRunStreamingForSessionId(sessionId: string): boolean {
   const operation = resolveReplyRunForCurrentSessionId(sessionId);
   if (!operation || operation.phase !== "running") {
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.directive-tags.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.directive-tags.test.ts
index 49fcc8a587e4..e0b88b586b93 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.directive-tags.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.directive-tags.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ const mockState = vi.hoisted(() => ({
       replyToId?: string;
       replyToCurrent?: boolean;
       isReasoning?: boolean;
+      isStatusNotice?: boolean;
       isError?: boolean;
     };
   }>,
@@ -1490,6 +1491,38 @@ describe("chat directive tag stripping for non-streaming final payloads", () =>
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("broadcasts agent-run status notices without source reply mirrors", async () => {
+    createTranscriptFixture("openclaw-chat-send-agent-status-notice-");
+    mockState.triggerAgentRunStart = true;
+    mockState.dispatchedReplies = [
+      {
+        kind: "final",
+        payload: {
+          text: "⚙️ Codex compaction started • Context 2k/200k",
+          isStatusNotice: true,
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    const respond = vi.fn();
+    const context = createChatContext();
+
+    const broadcast = await runNonStreamingChatSend({
+      context,
+      respond,
+      idempotencyKey: "idem-agent-status-notice",
+      message: "/compact",
+    });
+
+    expect(broadcast).toMatchObject({
+      runId: "idem-agent-status-notice",
+      sessionKey: "main",
+      state: "final",
+    });
+    expect(extractFirstTextBlock(broadcast)).toBe("⚙️ Codex compaction started • Context 2k/200k");
+    const assistantEntries = await readActiveAssistantTranscriptMessages();
+    expect(assistantEntries).toStrictEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it("does not duplicate media-bearing internal-ui source replies in the transcript", async () => {
     await withTranscriptFixtureState(
       "openclaw-chat-send-agent-source-reply-media-",
@@ -2175,6 +2208,48 @@ describe("chat directive tag stripping for non-streaming final payloads", () =>
     });
   });
 
+  it("broadcasts returned agent errors after status notices", async () => {
+    createTranscriptFixture("openclaw-chat-send-agent-status-notice-error-");
+    const errorMessage = "LLM idle timeout (120s): no response from model";
+    mockState.triggerAgentRunStart = true;
+    mockState.dispatchedReplies = [
+      {
+        kind: "final",
+        payload: {
+          text: "⚙️ Codex compaction started • Context 2k/200k",
+          isStatusNotice: true,
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        kind: "final",
+        payload: {
+          text: errorMessage,
+          isError: true,
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+    const respond = vi.fn();
+    const context = createChatContext();
+
+    const broadcast = await runNonStreamingChatSend({
+      context,
+      respond,
+      idempotencyKey: "idem-agent-status-notice-error",
+      message: "/compact",
+    });
+
+    expect(broadcast).toMatchObject({
+      runId: "idem-agent-status-notice-error",
+      sessionKey: "main",
+      state: "error",
+      errorMessage,
+    });
+    const finalBroadcasts = (
+      context.broadcast as unknown as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>
+    ).mock.calls.filter(([, payload]) => (payload as { state?: unknown })?.state === "final");
+    expect(finalBroadcasts).toStrictEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it("broadcasts returned agent-run error payloads after an agent starts", async () => {
     createTranscriptFixture("openclaw-chat-send-agent-returned-error-");
     const errorMessage = "LLM idle timeout (120s): no response from model";
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
index 21ce01ddf328..ebccf1b1803e 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ import { resolveAgentTimeoutMs } from "../../agents/timeout.js";
 import type { ModelCatalogEntry } from "../../agents/model-catalog.types.js";
 import { modelCatalogBrowseRequiresFullDiscovery } from "../../agents/model-catalog-browse.js";
 import { dispatchInboundMessage } from "../../auto-reply/dispatch.js";
-import { getReplyPayloadMetadata, type ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/reply-payload.js";
+import {
+  getReplyPayloadMetadata,
+  isReplyPayloadStatusNotice,
+  type ReplyPayload,
+} from "../../auto-reply/reply-payload.js";
 import { createReplyDispatcher } from "../../auto-reply/reply/reply-dispatcher.js";
 import { stageSandboxMedia } from "../../auto-reply/reply/stage-sandbox-media.js";
 import type { MsgContext, TemplateContext } from "../../auto-reply/templating.js";
@@ -4043,17 +4047,25 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
                   });
                 }
               } else {
-                const sourceReplyPayloads = deliveredReplies
+                const hasReturnedAgentErrorPayloads = returnedAgentErrorPayloads.length > 0;
+                const agentRunReplyPayloads = deliveredReplies
                   .filter((entryEntry) => entryEntry.kind === "final")
                   .map((entryResult) => entryResult.payload)
-                  .filter(isSourceReplyTranscriptMirrorPayload);
-                if (sourceReplyPayloads.length > 0) {
+                  .filter(
+                    (payload) =>
+                      isSourceReplyTranscriptMirrorPayload(payload) ||
+                      (!hasReturnedAgentErrorPayloads && isReplyPayloadStatusNotice(payload)),
+                  );
+                if (agentRunReplyPayloads.length > 0) {
+                  const hasSourceReplyTranscriptMirror = agentRunReplyPayloads.some(
+                    isSourceReplyTranscriptMirrorPayload,
+                  );
                   const finalPayloads = await normalizeWebchatReplyMediaPathsForDisplay({
                     cfg,
                     sessionKey,
                     agentId,
                     accountId,
-                    payloads: sourceReplyPayloads,
+                    payloads: agentRunReplyPayloads,
                   });
                   const { storePath: latestStorePath, entry: latestEntry } = loadSessionEntry(
                     sessionKey,
@@ -4100,11 +4112,11 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
                       },
                     });
                   const combinedAssistantContent =
-                    sourceReplyPayloads.length === 1
+                    agentRunReplyPayloads.length === 1
                       ? await buildReplyAssistantContent(finalPayloads)
                       : undefined;
                   const combinedMediaMessage =
-                    sourceReplyPayloads.length === 1
+                    agentRunReplyPayloads.length === 1
                       ? await buildReplyMediaMessage(finalPayloads)
                       : undefined;
                   type SourceReplyContentState = {
@@ -4115,17 +4127,17 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
                   };
                   const sourceReplyContentStates: SourceReplyContentState[] = [];
                   const sourceReplyBroadcastContent: AssistantDisplayContentBlock[] = [];
-                  for (const [replyIndex] of sourceReplyPayloads.entries()) {
+                  for (const [replyIndex] of agentRunReplyPayloads.entries()) {
                     const finalPayload = finalPayloads[replyIndex];
                     if (!finalPayload) {
                       continue;
                     }
                     const replyAssistantContent =
-                      sourceReplyPayloads.length === 1
+                      agentRunReplyPayloads.length === 1
                         ? combinedAssistantContent
                         : await buildReplyAssistantContent([finalPayload]);
                     const replyMediaMessage =
-                      sourceReplyPayloads.length === 1
+                      agentRunReplyPayloads.length === 1
                         ? combinedMediaMessage
                         : await buildReplyMediaMessage([finalPayload]);
                     const replyBroadcastContent = hasAssistantDisplayMediaContent(
@@ -4163,7 +4175,10 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
                       >["sourceReplyTranscriptMirror"];
                       state: SourceReplyContentState;
                     }> = [];
-                    for (const [replyIndex, sourceReplyPayload] of sourceReplyPayloads.entries()) {
+                    for (const [
+                      replyIndex,
+                      sourceReplyPayload,
+                    ] of agentRunReplyPayloads.entries()) {
                       const state = sourceReplyContentStates[replyIndex];
                       if (!state || !hasAssistantDisplayMediaContent(state.persistedContent)) {
                         continue;
@@ -4210,7 +4225,7 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
                       for (const [
                         replyIndex,
                         sourceReplyPayload,
-                      ] of sourceReplyPayloads.entries()) {
+                      ] of agentRunReplyPayloads.entries()) {
                         if (!sourceReplyContentStates[replyIndex]) {
                           continue;
                         }
@@ -4352,7 +4367,7 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
                       agentId,
                       message,
                     });
-                    broadcastedSourceReplyFinal = true;
+                    broadcastedSourceReplyFinal = hasSourceReplyTranscriptMirror;
                   }
                 }
               }