diff --git a/extensions/elevenlabs/tts.test.ts b/extensions/elevenlabs/tts.test.ts
index fe2a32af0c0..5284816e724 100644
--- a/extensions/elevenlabs/tts.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/elevenlabs/tts.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Elevenlabs tests cover tts plugin behavior.
 import { MAX_AUDIO_BYTES } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/media-runtime";
+import { synthesizeElevenLabsLiveSpeech } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-test-contracts";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { createStreamingErrorResponse } from "../test-support/streaming-error-response.js";
 import { elevenLabsTTS, elevenLabsTTSStream } from "./tts.js";
@@ -326,3 +327,37 @@ describe("elevenlabs tts diagnostics", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("elevenlabs live audio helper error-path body release", () => {
+  const originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;
+  });
+
+  it("cancels an unread streaming error body when ElevenLabs returns non-2xx", async () => {
+    const cancel = vi.fn();
+    const response = new Response(
+      new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+        start(controller) {
+          controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]));
+        },
+        cancel,
+      }),
+      { status: 401 },
+    );
+    globalThis.fetch = vi.fn(async () => response) as typeof fetch;
+
+    await expect(
+      synthesizeElevenLabsLiveSpeech({
+        text: "OpenClaw leak check.",
+        apiKey: "x",
+        outputFormat: "mp3_44100_128",
+        timeoutMs: 1_000,
+      }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("ElevenLabs live TTS failed (401)");
+
+    expect(cancel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    expect(response.bodyUsed).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/test-helpers/stt-live-audio.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/test-helpers/stt-live-audio.ts
index 4bab838995d..c4e92d86546 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/test-helpers/stt-live-audio.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/test-helpers/stt-live-audio.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ export async function synthesizeElevenLabsLiveSpeech(params: {
       signal: controller.signal,
     });
     if (!response.ok) {
+      // Error payloads are not used by the live fixture. Cancel instead of buffering an
+      // untrusted or unbounded body so Undici can release the connection promptly.
+      await response.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
       throw new Error(`ElevenLabs live TTS failed (${response.status})`);
     }
     return Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());