diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/assertions.mjs b/scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/assertions.mjs
index f3e620a17b88..f5e2c8186d82 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/assertions.mjs
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/assertions.mjs
@@ -328,10 +328,24 @@ async function waitClickClackSocket() {
     30,
     "ClickClack websocket timeout seconds",
   );
-  await waitForClickClackSocket({ baseUrl, timeoutMs: timeoutSeconds * 1000 });
+  const minimumSocketCount = readPositiveInt(
+    process.argv[5],
+    1,
+    "ClickClack minimum websocket count",
+  );
+  await waitForClickClackSocket({
+    baseUrl,
+    timeoutMs: timeoutSeconds * 1000,
+    minimumSocketCount,
+  });
 }
 
-export async function waitForClickClackSocket({ baseUrl, timeoutMs, pollIntervalMs = 250 }) {
+export async function waitForClickClackSocket({
+  baseUrl,
+  timeoutMs,
+  minimumSocketCount = 1,
+  pollIntervalMs = 250,
+}) {
   const deadline = Date.now() + timeoutMs;
   while (Date.now() < deadline) {
     const remainingMs = Math.max(1, deadline - Date.now());
@@ -347,7 +361,7 @@ export async function waitForClickClackSocket({ baseUrl, timeoutMs, pollInterval
       },
     ).catch(() => undefined);
     if (state) {
-      if (Number(state.socketCount ?? 0) > 0) {
+      if (Number(state.socketCount ?? 0) >= minimumSocketCount) {
         return;
       }
     }
@@ -355,7 +369,9 @@ export async function waitForClickClackSocket({ baseUrl, timeoutMs, pollInterval
       setTimeout(resolve, Math.min(pollIntervalMs, Math.max(0, deadline - Date.now())));
     });
   }
-  throw new Error(`Timed out waiting for ClickClack websocket connection at ${baseUrl}`);
+  throw new Error(
+    `Timed out waiting for ${minimumSocketCount} ClickClack websocket connection(s) at ${baseUrl}`,
+  );
 }
 
 function assertClickClackState() {
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/scenario.sh b/scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/scenario.sh
index 555b77dce6f5..3f527670d44b 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/scenario.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/scenario.sh
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ node scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/assertions.mjs wait-clickclack-reply "
 echo "Restarting Gateway and checking state survival..."
 stop_gateway
 start_gateway "$GATEWAY_2_LOG"
+node scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/assertions.mjs wait-clickclack-socket "http://127.0.0.1:$CLICKCLACK_PORT" 45 2
 openclaw plugins inspect journey-plugin-b --runtime --json >"$PLUGIN_B_AFTER_RESTART_JSON" 2>&1
 openclaw channels status --json >"$STATUS_AFTER_RESTART_JSON" 2>"$STATUS_AFTER_RESTART_ERR"
 node scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/assertions.mjs assert-channel-running clickclack "$STATUS_AFTER_RESTART_JSON"
diff --git a/test/scripts/release-user-journey-assertions.test.ts b/test/scripts/release-user-journey-assertions.test.ts
index ee3b891fb0ef..f1db1c40e37e 100644
--- a/test/scripts/release-user-journey-assertions.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/release-user-journey-assertions.test.ts
@@ -326,8 +326,10 @@ describe("release user journey assertions", () => {
   it("accepts ready ClickClack fixture state", async () => {
     const root = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-release-user-assertions-"));
     const home = path.join(root, "home");
+    let requestCount = 0;
     const server = await startTcpFixtureServer((socket) => {
-      const body = JSON.stringify({ socketCount: 1 });
+      requestCount += 1;
+      const body = JSON.stringify({ socketCount: requestCount });
       socket.end(
         `HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: ${Buffer.byteLength(body)}\r\n\r\n${body}`,
       );
@@ -339,9 +341,11 @@ describe("release user journey assertions", () => {
           runReleaseUserJourneyAssertion("wait-clickclack-socket", [
             `http://127.0.0.1:${server.port}`,
             "1",
+            "2",
           ]),
         ),
       ).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+      expect(requestCount).toBe(2);
     } finally {
       await server.stop();
       rmSync(root, { force: true, recursive: true });
@@ -392,7 +396,7 @@ describe("release user journey assertions", () => {
             timeoutMs: 150,
           }),
         ),
-      ).rejects.toThrow("Timed out waiting for ClickClack websocket connection");
+      ).rejects.toThrow("Timed out waiting for 1 ClickClack websocket connection");
       expect(Date.now() - startedAt).toBeLessThan(750);
     } finally {
       await server.stop();