diff --git a/src/agents/auth-profiles.sqlite-store.test.ts b/src/agents/auth-profiles.sqlite-store.test.ts
index 73390ff971cb..146817c313c8 100644
--- a/src/agents/auth-profiles.sqlite-store.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/auth-profiles.sqlite-store.test.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { withEnvAsync } from "../test-utils/env.js";
 import { resolveAgentDir } from "./agent-scope.js";
 import { loadPersistedAuthProfileStore } from "./auth-profiles/persisted.js";
 import {
+  inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw,
   inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw,
   resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath,
 } from "./auth-profiles/sqlite.js";
@@ -179,6 +180,31 @@ describe("auth profile sqlite store", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("classifies each missing auth table through an existing database handle", async () => {
+    await withAgentDirEnv("openclaw-auth-sqlite-partial-schema-", (agentDir) => {
+      const database = new DatabaseSync(resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(agentDir));
+      database.exec(`
+        CREATE TABLE auth_profile_store (
+          store_key TEXT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+          store_json TEXT NOT NULL,
+          updated_at INTEGER NOT NULL
+        );
+      `);
+      try {
+        expect(inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(agentDir, { db: database })).toEqual({
+          status: "missing",
+          reason: "row",
+        });
+        expect(inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw(agentDir, { db: database })).toEqual({
+          status: "missing",
+          reason: "table",
+        });
+      } finally {
+        database.close();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   it("rejects a newer agent database that has no current auth table", async () => {
     await withAgentDirEnv("openclaw-auth-sqlite-newer-schema-", (agentDir) => {
       const database = new DatabaseSync(resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(agentDir));
diff --git a/src/agents/auth-profiles/sqlite.ts b/src/agents/auth-profiles/sqlite.ts
index 4d66d121d7e6..dcfcaecf1d24 100644
--- a/src/agents/auth-profiles/sqlite.ts
+++ b/src/agents/auth-profiles/sqlite.ts
@@ -101,10 +101,30 @@ function getAuthProfileKysely(db: DatabaseSync) {
   return getNodeSqliteKysely<AuthProfileDatabase>(db);
 }
 
+function inspectAuthProfileTable(
+  db: DatabaseSync,
+  target: "store" | "state",
+): PersistedAuthProfileStoreInspection | null {
+  const tableName = target === "store" ? "auth_profile_store" : "auth_profile_state";
+  const schemaObject = db
+    .prepare("SELECT type FROM sqlite_master WHERE name = ?")
+    .get(tableName) as { type?: unknown } | undefined;
+  if (!schemaObject) {
+    // Agent databases shipped before SQLite auth storage do not have these
+    // additive tables until their next writable bootstrap.
+    return { status: "missing", reason: "table" };
+  }
+  return schemaObject.type === "table" ? null : { status: "unreadable" };
+}
+
 function inspectAuthProfileJsonCell(
   db: DatabaseSync,
   target: "store" | "state",
 ): PersistedAuthProfileStoreInspection {
+  const tableInspection = inspectAuthProfileTable(db, target);
+  if (tableInspection) {
+    return tableInspection;
+  }
   const kysely = getAuthProfileKysely(db);
   let raw: string;
   if (target === "store") {
@@ -153,18 +173,6 @@ function inspectAuthProfileJsonCellReadOnly(
     if (readSqliteUserVersion(db) > OPENCLAW_AGENT_SCHEMA_VERSION) {
       return { status: "unreadable" };
     }
-    const tableName = target === "store" ? "auth_profile_store" : "auth_profile_state";
-    const schemaObject = db
-      .prepare("SELECT type FROM sqlite_master WHERE name = ?")
-      .get(tableName) as { type?: unknown } | undefined;
-    if (!schemaObject) {
-      // Agent databases shipped before SQLite auth storage do not have these
-      // additive tables until their next writable bootstrap.
-      return { status: "missing", reason: "table" };
-    }
-    if (schemaObject.type !== "table") {
-      return { status: "unreadable" };
-    }
     return inspectAuthProfileJsonCell(db, target);
   } catch {
     return { status: "unreadable" };
@@ -184,7 +192,7 @@ function readAuthProfileJsonCellReadOnly(pathname: string, target: "store" | "st
 /** Distinguishes an absent auth row from a present store that could not be read. */
 export function inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(
   agentDir?: string,
-  database?: OpenClawAgentDatabase,
+  database?: Pick<OpenClawAgentDatabase, "db">,
 ): PersistedAuthProfileStoreInspection {
   if (database) {
     return inspectAuthProfileJsonCell(database.db, "store");
@@ -199,7 +207,7 @@ export function inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(
 /** Distinguishes an absent auth-state row from state that could not be read. */
 export function inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw(
   agentDir?: string,
-  database?: OpenClawAgentDatabase,
+  database?: Pick<OpenClawAgentDatabase, "db">,
 ): PersistedAuthProfileStoreInspection {
   if (database) {
     return inspectAuthProfileJsonCell(database.db, "state");
diff --git a/test/helpers/stage-live-auth-profiles.test.ts b/test/helpers/stage-live-auth-profiles.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1cf7dba1528e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/stage-live-auth-profiles.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw,
+  inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw,
+  resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath,
+  runAuthProfileWriteTransaction,
+  writePersistedAuthProfileStateRaw,
+  writePersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw,
+} from "../../src/agents/auth-profiles/sqlite.js";
+import { closeOpenClawAgentDatabasesForTest } from "../../src/state/openclaw-agent-db.js";
+import { closeOpenClawStateDatabaseForTest } from "../../src/state/openclaw-state-db.js";
+import { stageLiveAuthProfiles } from "./stage-live-auth-profiles.js";
+
+const tempDirs = new Set<string>();
+
+function createStateDir(prefix: string): string {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix));
+  tempDirs.add(dir);
+  return dir;
+}
+
+function createAuthSource(stateDir: string): string {
+  const agentDir = path.join(stateDir, "agents", "main", "agent");
+  runAuthProfileWriteTransaction(
+    agentDir,
+    (database) => {
+      writePersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(
+        {
+          version: 1,
+          profiles: {
+            "openai:test": {
+              type: "api_key",
+              provider: "openai",
+              keyRef: { source: "env", provider: "default", id: "OPENCLAW_LIVE_OPENAI_KEY" },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        agentDir,
+        database,
+      );
+      writePersistedAuthProfileStateRaw(
+        { version: 1, order: { openai: ["openai:test"] } },
+        agentDir,
+        database,
+      );
+    },
+    { stateDir },
+  );
+  closeOpenClawAgentDatabasesForTest();
+  closeOpenClawStateDatabaseForTest();
+  return agentDir;
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  closeOpenClawAgentDatabasesForTest();
+  closeOpenClawStateDatabaseForTest();
+  for (const dir of tempDirs) {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+  tempDirs.clear();
+});
+
+describe("stage-live-auth-profiles", () => {
+  it.each(["auth_profile_store", "auth_profile_state"] as const)(
+    "fails closed when %s is the only missing auth table",
+    (missingTable) => {
+      const sourceStateDir = createStateDir("openclaw-live-auth-partial-source-");
+      const targetStateDir = createStateDir("openclaw-live-auth-partial-target-");
+      const sourceAgentDir = createAuthSource(sourceStateDir);
+      const database = new DatabaseSync(resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(sourceAgentDir));
+      database.exec(`DROP TABLE ${missingTable};`);
+      database.close();
+
+      expect(() => stageLiveAuthProfiles(sourceStateDir, targetStateDir)).toThrow(
+        "canonical auth schema is incomplete",
+      );
+      expect(
+        fs.existsSync(
+          resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(path.join(targetStateDir, "agents", "main", "agent")),
+        ),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("fails closed when both auth tables are absent", () => {
+    const sourceStateDir = createStateDir("openclaw-live-auth-legacy-source-");
+    const targetStateDir = createStateDir("openclaw-live-auth-legacy-target-");
+    const sourceAgentDir = createAuthSource(sourceStateDir);
+    const database = new DatabaseSync(resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(sourceAgentDir));
+    database.exec("DROP TABLE auth_profile_store; DROP TABLE auth_profile_state;");
+    database.close();
+
+    expect(() => stageLiveAuthProfiles(sourceStateDir, targetStateDir)).toThrow(
+      "canonical auth schema is incomplete",
+    );
+    expect(
+      fs.existsSync(
+        resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(path.join(targetStateDir, "agents", "main", "agent")),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("stages a readable store when the state row is absent", () => {
+    const sourceStateDir = createStateDir("openclaw-live-auth-row-source-");
+    const targetStateDir = createStateDir("openclaw-live-auth-row-target-");
+    const sourceAgentDir = createAuthSource(sourceStateDir);
+    const database = new DatabaseSync(resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(sourceAgentDir));
+    database.exec("DELETE FROM auth_profile_state;");
+    database.close();
+
+    expect(() => stageLiveAuthProfiles(sourceStateDir, targetStateDir)).not.toThrow();
+    const targetAgentDir = path.join(targetStateDir, "agents", "main", "agent");
+    expect(inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(targetAgentDir).status).toBe("readable");
+    expect(inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw(targetAgentDir)).toEqual({
+      status: "missing",
+      reason: "row",
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/helpers/stage-live-auth-profiles.ts b/test/helpers/stage-live-auth-profiles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d765eff648e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/stage-live-auth-profiles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
+import {
+  inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw,
+  inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw,
+  resolveAuthProfileDatabaseOwnerId,
+  resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath,
+  runAuthProfileWriteTransaction,
+  writePersistedAuthProfileStateRaw,
+  writePersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw,
+} from "../../src/agents/auth-profiles/sqlite.js";
+import { withOpenClawAgentDatabaseReadOnly } from "../../src/state/openclaw-agent-db-readonly.js";
+
+export function stageLiveAuthProfiles(realStateDir: string, tempStateDir: string): void {
+  const agentsDir = path.join(realStateDir, "agents");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(agentsDir)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(agentsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const sourceAgentDir = path.join(agentsDir, entry.name, "agent");
+    const sourceDatabasePath = resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(sourceAgentDir);
+    const sourceSnapshot = withOpenClawAgentDatabaseReadOnly(
+      (database) => {
+        database.db.exec("BEGIN");
+        try {
+          const snapshot = {
+            store: inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(sourceAgentDir, database),
+            state: inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw(sourceAgentDir, database),
+          };
+          database.db.exec("COMMIT");
+          return snapshot;
+        } catch (error) {
+          if (database.db.isTransaction) {
+            database.db.exec("ROLLBACK");
+          }
+          throw error;
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        agentId: resolveAuthProfileDatabaseOwnerId(sourceAgentDir),
+        path: sourceDatabasePath,
+      },
+    );
+    if (!sourceSnapshot.found) {
+      if (sourceSnapshot.reason === "schema-missing") {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Could not safely stage SQLite auth profiles for live agent "${entry.name}".`,
+        );
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+    const sourceStore = sourceSnapshot.value.store;
+    const sourceState = sourceSnapshot.value.state;
+    if (sourceStore.status === "unreadable" || sourceState.status === "unreadable") {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Could not safely stage SQLite auth profiles for live agent "${entry.name}".`,
+      );
+    }
+    const storeTableMissing = sourceStore.status === "missing" && sourceStore.reason === "table";
+    const stateTableMissing = sourceState.status === "missing" && sourceState.reason === "table";
+    if (storeTableMissing || stateTableMissing) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Could not safely stage SQLite auth profiles for live agent "${entry.name}": canonical auth schema is incomplete.`,
+      );
+    }
+    if (sourceStore.status !== "readable" && sourceState.status !== "readable") {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const targetAgentDir = path.join(tempStateDir, "agents", entry.name, "agent");
+    fs.mkdirSync(targetAgentDir, { recursive: true });
+    // Copy only canonical auth rows; cloning the agent database would expose
+    // unrelated sessions to the isolated live-test home.
+    runAuthProfileWriteTransaction(
+      targetAgentDir,
+      (database) => {
+        if (sourceStore.status === "readable") {
+          writePersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(sourceStore.raw, targetAgentDir, database);
+        }
+        if (sourceState.status === "readable") {
+          writePersistedAuthProfileStateRaw(sourceState.raw, targetAgentDir, database);
+        }
+      },
+      { stateDir: tempStateDir },
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+if (import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1] ?? "").href) {
+  const [realStateDir, tempStateDir] = process.argv.slice(2);
+  if (!realStateDir || !tempStateDir) {
+    throw new Error("Expected source and target state directories.");
+  }
+  stageLiveAuthProfiles(realStateDir, tempStateDir);
+}
diff --git a/test/test-env.test.ts b/test/test-env.test.ts
index 09bfeb610ebf..072422dd23a2 100644
--- a/test/test-env.test.ts
+++ b/test/test-env.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { importFreshModule } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-fixtures";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+  inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw,
+  inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw,
+  resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath,
+  runAuthProfileWriteTransaction,
+  writePersistedAuthProfileStateRaw,
+  writePersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw,
+} from "../src/agents/auth-profiles/sqlite.js";
+import { closeOpenClawAgentDatabaseByPath } from "../src/state/openclaw-agent-db.js";
+import { closeOpenClawStateDatabaseByPath } from "../src/state/openclaw-state-db.js";
+import { resolveOpenClawStateSqlitePath } from "../src/state/openclaw-state-db.paths.js";
 import { deleteTestEnvValue, setTestEnvValue } from "../src/test-utils/env.js";
 import { cleanupTempDirs, makeTempDir } from "./helpers/temp-dir.js";
 import { installTestEnv } from "./test-env.js";
@@ -121,10 +132,43 @@ describe("installTestEnv", () => {
       path.join(openClawHome, ".openclaw", "external-plugins", "glueclaw", "openclaw.plugin.json"),
       '{"id":"glueclaw"}\n',
     );
-    writeFile(
-      path.join(openClawHome, ".openclaw", "agents", "main", "agent", "auth-profiles.json"),
-      JSON.stringify({ version: 1, profiles: { default: { provider: "openai" } } }, null, 2),
+    const realStateDir = path.join(openClawHome, ".openclaw");
+    const realAgentDir = path.join(realStateDir, "agents", "main", "agent");
+    const liveAuthStore = {
+      version: 1,
+      profiles: {
+        "openai:api-key": {
+          type: "api_key",
+          provider: "openai",
+          keyRef: {
+            source: "env",
+            provider: "default",
+            id: "OPENCLAW_LIVE_OPENAI_KEY",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const liveAuthState = {
+      version: 1,
+      order: { openai: ["openai:api-key"] },
+    };
+    runAuthProfileWriteTransaction(
+      realAgentDir,
+      (database) => {
+        writePersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(liveAuthStore, realAgentDir, database);
+        writePersistedAuthProfileStateRaw(liveAuthState, realAgentDir, database);
+      },
+      { stateDir: realStateDir },
     );
+    cleanupFns.push(() => {
+      closeOpenClawAgentDatabaseByPath(resolveAuthProfileDatabasePath(realAgentDir));
+      closeOpenClawStateDatabaseByPath(
+        resolveOpenClawStateSqlitePath({
+          ...process.env,
+          OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: realStateDir,
+        }),
+      );
+    });
     writeFile(path.join(realHome, ".claude", ".credentials.json"), '{"accessToken":"token"}\n');
     writeFile(path.join(realHome, ".claude", "projects", "old-session.jsonl"), "session\n");
     fs.mkdirSync(path.join(realHome, ".claude", "settings.local.json"), { recursive: true });
@@ -232,11 +276,16 @@ describe("installTestEnv", () => {
         ),
       ),
     ).toBe(true);
-    expect(
-      fs.existsSync(
-        path.join(testEnv.tempHome, ".openclaw", "agents", "main", "agent", "auth-profiles.json"),
-      ),
-    ).toBe(true);
+    const stagedAgentDir = path.join(testEnv.tempHome, ".openclaw", "agents", "main", "agent");
+    expect(inspectPersistedAuthProfileStoreRaw(stagedAgentDir)).toEqual({
+      status: "readable",
+      raw: liveAuthStore,
+    });
+    expect(inspectPersistedAuthProfileStateRaw(stagedAgentDir)).toEqual({
+      status: "readable",
+      raw: liveAuthState,
+    });
+    expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(stagedAgentDir, "auth-profiles.json"))).toBe(false);
     expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(testEnv.tempHome, ".claude", ".credentials.json"))).toBe(true);
     expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(testEnv.tempHome, ".claude", "projects"))).toBe(false);
     expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(testEnv.tempHome, ".claude", "settings.local.json"))).toBe(
diff --git a/test/test-env.ts b/test/test-env.ts
index e8e97570ca04..bb872392e017 100644
--- a/test/test-env.ts
+++ b/test/test-env.ts
@@ -399,14 +399,21 @@ function copyLiveAuthProfiles(realStateDir: string, tempStateDir: string): void
   if (!fs.existsSync(agentsDir)) {
     return;
   }
-  for (const entry of fs.readdirSync(agentsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    const sourcePath = path.join(agentsDir, entry.name, "agent", "auth-profiles.json");
-    const targetPath = path.join(tempStateDir, "agents", entry.name, "agent", "auth-profiles.json");
-    copyFileIfExists(sourcePath, targetPath);
-  }
+  const liveAuthStageScript = path.resolve(
+    path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+    "helpers",
+    "stage-live-auth-profiles.ts",
+  );
+  // Live workers need canonical SQLite auth without loading the database stack
+  // into every hermetic Vitest worker.
+  execFileSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    ["--import", "tsx", liveAuthStageScript, realStateDir, tempStateDir],
+    {
+      env: { ...process.env, NODE_OPTIONS: undefined },
+      stdio: "pipe",
+    },
+  );
 }
 
 function stageLiveTestState(params: {