diff --git a/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-checks.yml
index 6a14ff1ab9c..46bcac87c29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openclaw-release-checks.yml
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/package-acceptance.yml
     with:
       advisory: false
+      allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions: ${{ inputs.allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions }}
       workflow_ref: ${{ github.sha }}
       source: ${{ (needs.resolve_target.outputs.package_acceptance_package_spec != '' || needs.resolve_target.outputs.release_package_spec != '') && 'npm' || 'artifact' }}
       package_spec: ${{ needs.resolve_target.outputs.package_acceptance_package_spec || needs.resolve_target.outputs.release_package_spec || 'openclaw@beta' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package-acceptance.yml b/.github/workflows/package-acceptance.yml
index 9b2eabdbe6a..cfdf10efa55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package-acceptance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package-acceptance.yml
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: ""
         type: string
+      allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions:
+        description: Trusted opt-in to omit survivor scenarios absent from a canonical frozen target
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
       telegram_mode:
         description: Optional Telegram QA lane for the resolved package candidate
         required: false
@@ -801,6 +806,7 @@ jobs:
       published_upgrade_survivor_baseline: ${{ inputs.published_upgrade_survivor_baseline }}
       published_upgrade_survivor_baselines: ${{ needs.resolve_package.outputs.published_upgrade_survivor_baselines }}
       published_upgrade_survivor_scenarios: ${{ needs.resolve_package.outputs.published_upgrade_survivor_scenarios }}
+      allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions: ${{ inputs.allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions }}
       package_artifact_name: ${{ needs.resolve_package.outputs.package_artifact_name }}
       package_artifact_digest: ${{ needs.resolve_package.outputs.package_artifact_digest }}
       package_artifact_id: ${{ needs.resolve_package.outputs.package_artifact_id }}
diff --git a/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.sh b/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.sh
index 3d12a3d4b78..6031275e8a3 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ delay_seconds="${OPENCLAW_LIVE_COMMAND_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS:-10}"
 rate_limit_delay_seconds="${OPENCLAW_LIVE_COMMAND_RATE_LIMIT_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS:-60}"
 # Live provider 5xx responses and one-off test timeouts get one retry; deterministic
 # hangs still fail the second attempt. Keep auth and input failures fail-fast.
-retry_pattern="${OPENCLAW_LIVE_COMMAND_RETRY_PATTERN:-ECONNRESET|ETIMEDOUT|ENOTFOUND|EAI_AGAIN|fetch failed|TLS connection|socket hang up|UND_ERR|gateway request timeout|HTTP 5[0-9][0-9]|Test timed out in [0-9]+ms|MiniMax image generation API error \\(1000\\)|model idle timeout|did not produce a response before the model idle timeout|\\b429\\b|\\b529\\b}"
+retry_pattern="${OPENCLAW_LIVE_COMMAND_RETRY_PATTERN:-ECONNRESET|ETIMEDOUT|ENOTFOUND|EAI_AGAIN|fetch failed|TLS connection|socket hang up|UND_ERR|gateway request timeout|HTTP 5[0-9][0-9]|Test timed out in [0-9]+ms|terminal timeout after [0-9]+ms|MiniMax image generation API error \\(1000\\)|model idle timeout|did not produce a response before the model idle timeout|\\b429\\b|\\b529\\b}"
 rate_limit_pattern="${OPENCLAW_LIVE_COMMAND_RATE_LIMIT_PATTERN:-Rate limit reached|rate.?limit|tokens per min|requests per min|\\bTPM\\b|\\bRPM\\b}"
 
 if ! [[ "$attempts" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]; then
diff --git a/test/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.test.ts b/test/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.test.ts
index 3aad768ed4c..59d04574efd 100644
--- a/test/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/ci-live-command-retry.test.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ describe("scripts/ci-live-command-retry.sh", () => {
   it.each([
     ["provider HTTP 500", "xAI image edit failed (HTTP 500): Please try again later"],
     ["live test timeout", "Error: Test timed out in 45000ms."],
+    ["live terminal timeout", "Error: terminal timeout after 300000ms"],
   ])("retries a transient %s", (_label, message) => {
     const { commandPath, counterPath } = writeCommand("openclaw-ci-live-transient-", [
       'attempts="$(cat "$OPENCLAW_RETRY_TEST_COUNTER" 2>/dev/null || printf 0)"',
diff --git a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
index 0f4b98d65ba..ca27b0e1fb8 100644
--- a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
@@ -2317,8 +2317,29 @@ describe("package artifact reuse", () => {
 
   it("includes package acceptance in release checks", () => {
     const workflow = readFileSync(RELEASE_CHECKS_WORKFLOW, "utf8");
+    const packageAcceptanceWorkflow = parse(readFileSync(PACKAGE_ACCEPTANCE_WORKFLOW, "utf8")) as {
+      on?: {
+        workflow_call?: { inputs?: Record<string, unknown> };
+      };
+    };
+    const packageAcceptanceJob = workflowJob(
+      RELEASE_CHECKS_WORKFLOW,
+      "package_acceptance_release_checks",
+    );
+    const dockerAcceptanceJob = workflowJob(PACKAGE_ACCEPTANCE_WORKFLOW, "docker_acceptance");
 
     expect(workflow).toContain("package_acceptance_release_checks:");
+    expect(packageAcceptanceWorkflow.on?.workflow_call?.inputs).toHaveProperty(
+      "allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions",
+    );
+    expect(packageAcceptanceJob.with).toMatchObject({
+      allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions:
+        "${{ inputs.allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions }}",
+    });
+    expect(dockerAcceptanceJob.with).toMatchObject({
+      allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions:
+        "${{ inputs.allow_frozen_target_scenario_omissions }}",
+    });
     expect(workflow).toContain(
       "live_repo_e2e_release_checks:\n    name: Run repo/live E2E validation\n    needs: [resolve_target]",
     );