diff --git a/docs/.generated/plugin-sdk-api-baseline.sha256 b/docs/.generated/plugin-sdk-api-baseline.sha256
index a44d3be5a92..d8dad615504 100644
--- a/docs/.generated/plugin-sdk-api-baseline.sha256
+++ b/docs/.generated/plugin-sdk-api-baseline.sha256
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ e5e67ddf3cab38fcbf9220bc3160715897e2709d9a9ff6ff36f1ecc9453c2367  module/agent-c
 30452bae2a689fb75dcb6dba9ef11e5b95f9cbe0c62eb190a0fcb82d0a19ae52  module/agent-core
 74daa746deb548379d3f0d6eac3c4d082df1034c4360cc03bf51fee0f10a2e4d  module/agent-harness
 e09226afd443cee02ed648f032f53bfeb60585617bb523a649995764d3c38da9  module/agent-harness-exec-review-runtime
-71ac9e3d66263fc973f3ef724b70300d66d79bdf2f61c6e8478fb49790d81a29  module/agent-harness-runtime
+ca9810b66aff3c8b60278b80d634c9c280322034964c05cb727d84252080aabf  module/agent-harness-runtime
 ec22d7a039fb58d0b8343ad149322960d3d8ca58b3f4c70f2fa8a099f8186d0c  module/agent-harness-task-runtime
 5f63bf587bf3547d59d0dc5d0dc2fee54745aa6edaab4aa3ae700dba03443edb  module/agent-harness-tool-runtime
 5168648cd946abad8a92822889f13ceacc87ed502314a66190d0b1eb8ebe76ea  module/agent-media-payload
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ a5e9215460bc99fb6e6cdd4bc67eb6466a5e99f28279e13d1769599c18dfe0b3  module/approva
 6c81b9122ab0a5c3190700c0a234047274a8d48edddcc8f26d3859b886696068  module/async-lock-runtime
 ad60ccc4fe9084d47f0477e02d9296bacad32f26d7456e2a84be8d25a53a25c2  module/boolean-param
 333a906d4ad9d3e89102ab7eb9059a7f9c7277328041223ee3b0713442f56a29  module/browser-config
-3a048c3733715f98e839f41a3a50c92e16d432e35bd255987424b7edd3711782  module/bundled-channel-config-schema
+0de3c53c3ba6ff739d4b047b440588ac25fdea3b795e92b37cab90bfd1520a8c  module/bundled-channel-config-schema
 b6e53fb9c69840d71785325cd9a244809ffd6d3f0dd08ed0cccf816dd993f210  module/channel-actions
 fcfd76dbfe818e8e8574a425f340fee935acf53d4484e961f54c3ec760fb15fe  module/channel-activity-runtime
 24c53c9cefacd8c1bec2aa91ba2b01e606f8b8477bc5cb2f99567225a4dcf67c  module/channel-config-helpers
-a82cc04b1cda7a647850a13c3de552ab638550c7042f887f32bb0ced7227d143  module/channel-config-primitives
-929b3f55b60e3885e33644ed3e1757b82349e1beeeede02eda80f7bf7eea4631  module/channel-config-schema
-16e36f0ddc2ce83cd60e1a96cb4838887e7b328c912ccebbdc9a5d45c550bd07  module/channel-config-schema-legacy
+16dc9d32e8ca3ef78fc63e0fc4b20e6b943633e9572de1a49d24a880b6ffc66c  module/channel-config-primitives
+5da2caccf30780a4cf86ac710e2ca42cc9576cb1c49291c0929889fec0cc2257  module/channel-config-schema
+080d51451ad15a2787eada3dcc04985154cc394058dfbf2194c6560801f3a1c1  module/channel-config-schema-legacy
 8740f7cc786a380043e41aaf710ac47931b3587c122bb152d5f0231f98fd5351  module/channel-config-writes
 2dd98659d9600e755f09ef00dd91c36692b8562ed3700461937e94f6cd1e640a  module/channel-contract
 3db1a968e5b8aa97623a48a9ee76393d578d4bb90634fa59f499a2fd87b9da72  module/channel-core
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ a224ce0381a32ed7a9d2261669c444f7f46701c15bf2f6121e9b057d9910da78  module/command
 eb4c757fe0086c1dbfa4c3f3caf3dcff0d3cab3924c608237f08f740a6ee5f59  module/command-status
 10f073c8c7c7384843cb89548e01cf66241e23ebabea01ccc1f9ac7e774f563e  module/command-status-runtime
 d340686cf814326b5a554a32cc5ca324a9e1254a933c4d9d8d1ada5ac7109a10  module/command-surface
-251197439b471bc18d7470023b75a4b342884d7096217de9c7e8831ad037818f  module/compat
+e26e0f75b43c5bbadd34401b21d8c76406ca0b87cc997be5abd100462d318f1a  module/compat
 2cf2f7732af5491a14466fc984f833ddce2b0f6a20b1c82796c3ee856e2966ce  module/concurrency-runtime
-a821f9cc4e6f9339399d99e73f58c3b00baf139aa9d85c22d73c89d8be5702d2  module/config-contracts
+235a9e4d983042c3db156efcab0e333984cbbf13ebdfcc44a3a5ab40cf3edb4f  module/config-contracts
 20f3f8042de53e4eee61b64de9102c8c202b9299e6a29235647a4729f70145f2  module/config-mutation
 316949815affe623ac63951a5db580527f02663576dffa084f02768f612c0c1c  module/config-runtime
-0415d7b2b042d44990b3c1ffb7e648bd791bcded3128af35d1a02444f24bce91  module/config-schema
-566ad45c5702acbd7606e2473f5a00c0d4f21722fb9056243b43171cfc856e3e  module/config-types
+adb5fa3476c1f6b4e6c6d2d170254ed781949e7b609be1679661003911635de3  module/config-schema
+1531347939d51c528b7230b951da194faafdfc3d8284765e7e9a0373d1ce5ef8  module/config-types
 42d15153981cfe3adc1d5f91621434c56f07a9bd48c15ce34742f72dd040c142  module/context-visibility-runtime
 03636897fb99cb73e4d8620c8a0e0d72b4d52fc32bf94f525af2aa88c489c6c2  module/conversation-binding-runtime
 c1ea9510dfda047609a99d5d2cd1f1560f5d469a36e6b695766213d695c25b0f  module/conversation-runtime
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ f70c93d28053ca2e8353e45e6515ce7acef188097c6117d1545965d0699c8004  module/device-
 371ee1fd78810526745c93c24c4b85562c981676adcc33aaa0c627f5d2d45810  module/direct-dm-guard-policy
 91278c800e0f87d7111f226e1cfcb6f29552936fec7215b3b69be4da7e2ee8fb  module/directory-config-runtime
 ea81ef06956c1bc0853fa00afbbc2b5a4019116aaf8a436e1b27d06f7a2c9e88  module/directory-runtime
-eb069b02d837a4657f8230d0efaaf7cdc913a5ba4866d90f44620f1a8d06c3fe  module/discord
+c443b68d232f28b7241e1be10d1604def0d52d99ce3ae1ca8e2be3c6fd8b2d2f  module/discord
 f41f9b34ab771c894293453bcdf072860c7cd509dd4e0172156634a816b8d727  module/document-extractor
 3ac20ebba52de5a2f18807c0c8ade6e61f59e260a35fc1d077c9dedb9960dabd  module/embedding-providers
 46c05a90b66032d1d7ad08445840a4bf81aa2bd325348f87710ad4538daf38f6  module/error-runtime
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ c543747f32aebde42508e31606db325739f0c54fcc7cf683f68ac941c835f737  module/provide
 096f53f25cde2c3428b6ff042f1687c5a7c1b161a375ba97aefcdf2f1c38887f  module/provider-setup
 413af0d4597c1bab45e2f1a260b520445a25b9d11abd46a98fdfb74c60ddd601  module/provider-stream
 ea8bd63655e983dacfd306fe77d0793097166228a2dabd9b7fc8e33252eb359f  module/provider-stream-family
-dc720974ed8d5cfd98fb3bb2958630736883f38317ee4744ce0b4042fa4485d8  module/provider-stream-shared
+2285e2c23d64af94ff6b9bd6108e854343f1ec55eca6212fc4fd22138253363b  module/provider-stream-shared
 5a907292055c941ec7420163ea50e8bc90ead816b3c5867d94a23024d3b579e8  module/provider-tools
 8236935f56423a26aeb7219173c0c8c8c7aacb4a13d0d851f05bdf2d35790cd4  module/provider-transport-runtime
 009a594b19aa9f0d0c0c28f54968f807cad4b3ee40ec13c685367116d63aafdc  module/provider-usage
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ e9c4398b04d04fead0e46ec618589d8f597a0b6087805ab132138e941b76e190  module/sandbox
 596a315d426121c9620b314e3a9a7f523840b46e007d94d0d5e83cdedf789d15  module/security-runtime
 50beebb77e461deaccdbff038f6a461dff1d5773426322dc6d7991f6e05a7c37  module/self-hosted-provider-setup
 250476d121ffa4ed67d497c59d9c7bb1886973e92ebed39325a02609217bade0  module/session-binding-runtime
-2866ff45859edc6a299cd36eaaf0b9ef32181cc6f0370b7e71eb9deddea5989c  module/session-catalog
+e3cfdf7ff5181ecd517bcb965c11f78b8363c8adf9f7f53f18bdbb5e0ceca1a6  module/session-catalog
 f07839f5b8929a179857a0b4b89f8448864078cd5972dd53f9a30e50bf55408d  module/session-key-runtime
 f59099aa2d536246d4b1297f01bcea66796351a9259debdd45909afeb7a42d86  module/session-store-runtime
 b1d0a76337122cb9dbb0c89fbb8bfacc1a88ce689270d3d684019c9a03ce669a  module/session-transcript-hit
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ eb9a25321eaa2bbea1721f7d4b8b218bed398379494e09a21a621f264435b39a  module/string-
 32f031eb75c887b24b8eaa693cd0aa1a4648dca85eab7bfdfb3d08136861c274  module/system-event-runtime
 65361dc9a23578787c1ccf98f7df99e443574614e7ce95889f9a295725e12fae  module/talk-config-runtime
 9efd666b8c2cc8a9abf816751fd9420f3c048d158e48570cae8b7a4cbc52a83f  module/target-resolver-runtime
-cb77f0dcdd4f360cbc5efbb657f57f8ed5840e66adc903a23385ba6d42ca0101  module/telegram-account
+da05dc1506e226fc25285a2963bd8d96dd0e882d6baa24b8073a0c53fef9fc81  module/telegram-account
 7729f9f201c08f114925da75ee86a5a8deb6677e5d1b5ee86bc60aacaa01f63b  module/telegram-command-config
 110944726884fca94f38c9c329b5950629438b9a719f4782c4beeade8bd67746  module/temp-path
 a65f17db3d04c2ca1b34f9a4ebe8748952bbcb00318b741adbe3f227d2e2de20  module/text-autolink-runtime
diff --git a/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 60c14a3fd76..d0160862fde 100644
--- a/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         "@mistralai/mistralai": "2.4.0",
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "1.29.0",
         "@mozilla/readability": "0.6.0",
-        "@openclaw/fs-safe": "0.4.1",
+        "@openclaw/fs-safe": "0.4.4",
         "@openclaw/proxyline": "0.3.3",
         "@silvia-odwyer/photon-node": "0.3.4",
         "chalk": "5.6.2",
@@ -434,16 +434,16 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@openclaw/fs-safe": {
-      "version": "0.4.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@openclaw/fs-safe/-/fs-safe-0.4.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-hQi+BxO10KdRFlYUot1syC+hTaUnGeQNdqX5kwkKJig8CFq1tKsYJLPm+zkiiGsSKOprPAquQl/txejEhpKPgg==",
+      "version": "0.4.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@openclaw/fs-safe/-/fs-safe-0.4.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-QklFGshaQDXl7RFyxPeSN/1moYq/X+SJcmX/nY3oXJO/tzVasL9i1g3m4nJqIfd6qUTJQjeu+41aIqw8+SbUww==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=22"
       },
       "optionalDependencies": {
         "jszip": "^3.10.1",
-        "tar": "7.5.19"
+        "tar": "7.5.20"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@openclaw/proxyline": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4d57a30dfe..569a23f7da1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "1.29.0",
     "@mozilla/readability": "0.6.0",
     "@openclaw/ai": "workspace:*",
-    "@openclaw/fs-safe": "0.4.1",
+    "@openclaw/fs-safe": "0.4.4",
     "@openclaw/proxyline": "0.3.3",
     "@silvia-odwyer/photon-node": "0.3.4",
     "chalk": "5.6.2",
diff --git a/patches/@openclaw__fs-safe@0.4.1.patch b/patches/@openclaw__fs-safe@0.4.1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 18ef0e9afd9..00000000000
--- a/patches/@openclaw__fs-safe@0.4.1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/dist/pinned-python.js b/dist/pinned-python.js
-index c6177eaf56295780ef2edba47ca8bee02cdcdbf2..f6f361974d48f8f4abd3f1e47f1fdb10bc3f2f77 100644
---- a/dist/pinned-python.js
-+++ b/dist/pinned-python.js
-@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ def write_all(fd, data):
-         if written <= 0:
-             raise OSError(errno.EIO, "short write")
-         view = view[written:]
-+def fsync_best_effort(fd):
-+    try:
-+        os.fsync(fd)
-+    except OSError as error:
-+        if error.errno != errno.EPERM:
-+            raise
- def link_unsupported(exc):
-     unsupported = (errno.EPERM, errno.EOPNOTSUPP, getattr(errno, "ENOTSUP", errno.EOPNOTSUPP))
-     return getattr(exc, "errno", None) in unsupported
-@@ -298,13 +304,13 @@ def write_path(root_fd, payload):
-         temp_name, temp_fd = create_temp_file(parent_fd, basename, mode)
-         os.fchmod(temp_fd, mode)
-         write_all(temp_fd, data)
--        os.fsync(temp_fd)
-+        fsync_best_effort(temp_fd)
-         temp_stat = os.fstat(temp_fd)
-         os.close(temp_fd)
-         temp_fd = None
-         result_stat = commit_temp_file(parent_fd, temp_name, basename, overwrite, mode, temp_stat)
-         temp_name = None
--        os.fsync(parent_fd)
-+        fsync_best_effort(parent_fd)
-         return {"dev": result_stat.st_dev, "ino": result_stat.st_ino}
-     finally:
-         if temp_fd is not None:
-diff --git a/dist/pinned-write.js b/dist/pinned-write.js
-index 77d0ddfa5a1df2de0449c806d19781daaed4910b..09dd77aef95659865b93ce29e15f26e874dd0c25 100644
---- a/dist/pinned-write.js
-+++ b/dist/pinned-write.js
-@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ function assertWithinMaxBytes(bytes, maxBytes) {
-         throw new FsSafeError("too-large", `file exceeds limit of ${maxBytes} bytes (got at least ${bytes})`);
-     }
- }
-+async function syncFileBestEffort(handle) {
-+    try {
-+        await handle.sync();
-+    }
-+    catch (error) {
-+        if (error?.code !== "EPERM") {
-+            throw error;
-+        }
-+    }
-+}
- async function writeStreamToHandle(stream, handle, maxBytes) {
-     let bytes = 0;
-     for await (const chunk of stream) {
-@@ -192,7 +202,7 @@ async function runPinnedWriteFallback(params) {
-             else {
-                 await writeStreamToHandle(params.input.stream, handle, params.maxBytes);
-             }
--            await handle.sync();
-+            await syncFileBestEffort(handle);
-             const stat = await handle.stat();
-             await handle.close().catch(() => undefined);
-             await syncDirectoryBestEffort(parentPath);
-@@ -237,7 +247,7 @@ async function runPinnedWriteFallback(params) {
-             throw new FsSafeError("path-mismatch", "fallback temp path changed during write");
-         }
-         const expectedTempStat = tempStat;
--        await handle.sync();
-+        await syncFileBestEffort(handle);
-         await handle.close().catch(() => undefined);
-         handle = undefined;
-         await withAsyncDirectoryGuards([parentGuard], async () => {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 88eae63bd85..28906008ff2 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ overrides:
 
 packageExtensionsChecksum: sha256-zZ8fyodhMTumshonC7kktCqTPsiHL3UAyS9vltFAlMo=
 
-patchedDependencies:
-  '@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.1': e49004277fcb3e714125baf15a996682c7310e8e9269c865cc5bcb9fef46a57c
-
 importers:
 
   .:
@@ -86,8 +83,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:packages/ai
       '@openclaw/fs-safe':
-        specifier: 0.4.1
-        version: 0.4.1(patch_hash=e49004277fcb3e714125baf15a996682c7310e8e9269c865cc5bcb9fef46a57c)
+        specifier: 0.4.4
+        version: 0.4.4
       '@openclaw/proxyline':
         specifier: 0.3.3
         version: 0.3.3(undici@8.5.0)
@@ -3702,8 +3699,8 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=22'}
     hasBin: true
 
-  '@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.1':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-hQi+BxO10KdRFlYUot1syC+hTaUnGeQNdqX5kwkKJig8CFq1tKsYJLPm+zkiiGsSKOprPAquQl/txejEhpKPgg==}
+  '@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.4':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-QklFGshaQDXl7RFyxPeSN/1moYq/X+SJcmX/nY3oXJO/tzVasL9i1g3m4nJqIfd6qUTJQjeu+41aIqw8+SbUww==}
     engines: {node: '>=22'}
 
   '@openclaw/libterminal@0.3.2':
@@ -10072,7 +10069,7 @@ snapshots:
       - bufferutil
       - utf-8-validate
 
-  '@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.1(patch_hash=e49004277fcb3e714125baf15a996682c7310e8e9269c865cc5bcb9fef46a57c)':
+  '@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.4':
     optionalDependencies:
       jszip: 3.10.1
       tar: 7.5.19
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 0bb5f8a31e9..50ccbd99547 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ minimumReleaseAge: 2880
 
 minimumReleaseAgeExclude:
   - "@openclaw/crabline@0.1.11"
-  - "@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.1"
+  - "@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.4"
   - "@openclaw/libterminal@0.3.2"
   - "@openclaw/proxyline@0.3.3"
   - "@openclaw/uirouter@0.1.0"
@@ -155,4 +155,3 @@ packageExtensions:
         optional: true
 
 patchedDependencies:
-  "@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.1": patches/@openclaw__fs-safe@0.4.1.patch
diff --git a/scripts/check-package-patches.mjs b/scripts/check-package-patches.mjs
index b0c8bc1f3d2..4b7efc18fd6 100644
--- a/scripts/check-package-patches.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-package-patches.mjs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import YAML from "yaml";
 
 const ALLOWED_PATCHED_DEPENDENCIES = new Map([
-  // Remove after fs-safe ships pinned-write fsync with best-effort EPERM handling.
-  ["@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.1", "patches/@openclaw__fs-safe@0.4.1.patch"],
   ["baileys@7.0.0-rc12", "patches/baileys@7.0.0-rc12.patch"],
   ["baileys@7.0.0-rc13", "patches/baileys@7.0.0-rc13.patch"],
 ]);
diff --git a/src/agents/identity-avatar-file.ts b/src/agents/identity-avatar-file.ts
index 682bc32e8e7..aab4930a162 100644
--- a/src/agents/identity-avatar-file.ts
+++ b/src/agents/identity-avatar-file.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { openRootFileSync } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
-import { readFileDescriptorBoundedSync } from "../infra/file-descriptor-read.js";
+import { readFileDescriptorBoundedSync } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
 import { isRenderableAvatarImageDataUrl } from "../shared/avatar-limits.js";
 import {
   AVATAR_MAX_BYTES,
diff --git a/src/agents/workspace-bootstrap-read.ts b/src/agents/workspace-bootstrap-read.ts
index 282566161d5..dc29b8b401c 100644
--- a/src/agents/workspace-bootstrap-read.ts
+++ b/src/agents/workspace-bootstrap-read.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { readFileDescriptorBounded } from "../infra/file-descriptor-read.js";
+import { readFileDescriptorBounded } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
 
 // Workspace bootstrap files are model context, not arbitrary attachments. Keep every
 // read path on the same bound so compaction and sandbox copies cannot bypass it.
diff --git a/src/cli/config-set-input.ts b/src/cli/config-set-input.ts
index de4cd486370..b637bc65ebb 100644
--- a/src/cli/config-set-input.ts
+++ b/src/cli/config-set-input.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import {
   normalizeStringifiedOptionalString,
 } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import JSON5 from "json5";
+import { readFileDescriptorBoundedSync } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
 import { hasErrnoCode } from "../infra/errors.js";
-import { readFileDescriptorBoundedSync } from "../infra/file-descriptor-read.js";
 
 export type ConfigSetOptions = {
   strictJson?: boolean;
diff --git a/src/cli/exec-approvals-cli.ts b/src/cli/exec-approvals-cli.ts
index 6197321d278..3930b34af0e 100644
--- a/src/cli/exec-approvals-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/exec-approvals-cli.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { getTerminalTableWidth, renderTable } from "../../packages/terminal-core
 import { isRich, theme } from "../../packages/terminal-core/src/theme.js";
 import { readBestEffortConfig, type OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { ADMIN_SCOPE, APPROVALS_SCOPE, type OperatorScope } from "../gateway/method-scopes.js";
+import { readFileDescriptorBounded } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
 import { formatErrorMessage } from "../infra/errors.js";
 import {
   collectExecPolicyScopeSnapshots,
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ import {
   type ExecApprovalsDefaults,
   type ExecApprovalsFile,
 } from "../infra/exec-approvals.js";
-import { readFileDescriptorBounded } from "../infra/file-descriptor-read.js";
 import { formatTimeAgo } from "../infra/format-time/format-relative.ts";
 import { defaultRuntime } from "../runtime.js";
 import { callGatewayFromCli } from "./gateway-rpc.js";
diff --git a/src/cli/secrets-cli.ts b/src/cli/secrets-cli.ts
index 5dd2be11a7b..6ee775fff86 100644
--- a/src/cli/secrets-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/secrets-cli.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async function readPlanFile(pathname: string): Promise<SecretsApplyPlan> {
   // Apply consumes a generated plan shape, not arbitrary JSON.
   const [fsModule, { readFileDescriptorBounded }, { isSecretsApplyPlan }] = await Promise.all([
     fsModuleLoader.load(),
-    import("../infra/file-descriptor-read.js"),
+    import("../infra/boundary-file-read.js"),
     import("../secrets/plan.js"),
   ]);
   const fsConstants = fsModule.constants as typeof fsModule.constants & { O_NONBLOCK?: number };
diff --git a/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.ts b/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.ts
index b26a6b02a05..46948ef1b50 100644
--- a/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.ts
+++ b/src/commands/agent-via-gateway.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 import { isGatewaySecretRefUnavailableError } from "../gateway/credentials.js";
 import { ADMIN_SCOPE } from "../gateway/operator-scopes.js";
 import { createAbortError } from "../infra/abort-signal.js";
-import { readFileDescriptorBounded } from "../infra/file-descriptor-read.js";
+import { readFileDescriptorBounded } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
 import { parseStrictNonNegativeInteger } from "../infra/parse-finite-number.js";
 import { routeLogsToStderr } from "../logging/console.js";
 import {
diff --git a/src/gateway/control-ui.ts b/src/gateway/control-ui.ts
index 7a428370256..e245c605fef 100644
--- a/src/gateway/control-ui.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/control-ui.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import {
 } from "../agents/identity-avatar.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { matchRootFileOpenFailure, openRootFileSync } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
+import { readFileDescriptorBounded } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
 import {
   isPackageProvenControlUiRootSync,
   resolveControlUiRootSync,
 } from "../infra/control-ui-assets.js";
 import { resolveDevInstallGitBranch } from "../infra/dev-install-branch.js";
 import { listDevicePairing, verifyDeviceToken } from "../infra/device-pairing.js";
-import { readFileDescriptorBounded } from "../infra/file-descriptor-read.js";
 import { openLocalFileSafely, FsSafeError } from "../infra/fs-safe.js";
 import { safeFileURLToPath } from "../infra/local-file-access.js";
 import { verifyPairingToken } from "../infra/pairing-token.js";
diff --git a/src/hooks/workspace.ts b/src/hooks/workspace.ts
index 23c364a9315..8b3b4ce40db 100644
--- a/src/hooks/workspace.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/workspace.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { normalizeTrimmedStringList } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-
 import { MANIFEST_KEY } from "../compat/legacy-names.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { openRootFileSync } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
-import { readFileDescriptorBoundedSync } from "../infra/file-descriptor-read.js";
+import { readFileDescriptorBoundedSync } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
 import { isPathInsideWithRealpath } from "../security/scan-paths.js";
 import { CONFIG_DIR, resolveUserPath } from "../utils.js";
diff --git a/src/infra/boundary-file-read.test.ts b/src/infra/boundary-file-read.test.ts
index 2f7ce55b4f4..913dc44848f 100644
--- a/src/infra/boundary-file-read.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/boundary-file-read.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 // Tests safe boundary file reads against upstream fs-safe behavior.
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
 import * as upstream from "@openclaw/fs-safe/advanced";
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { useAutoCleanupTempDirTracker } from "../../test/helpers/temp-dir.js";
 import * as shim from "./boundary-file-read.js";
 
+const tempDirs = useAutoCleanupTempDirTracker(afterEach);
+
 describe("root file open shim", () => {
   it("re-exports the fs-safe root file helpers", () => {
     expect(shim.canUseRootFileOpen).toBe(upstream.canUseRootFileOpen);
@@ -10,4 +15,28 @@ describe("root file open shim", () => {
     expect(shim.openRootFile).toBe(upstream.openRootFile);
     expect(shim.openRootFileSync).toBe(upstream.openRootFileSync);
   });
+
+  it("preserves the existing overflow error for fs-safe descriptor reads", async () => {
+    const dir = tempDirs.make("openclaw-boundary-file-read-");
+    const filePath = path.join(dir, "oversized.txt");
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, "oversized");
+
+    const asyncFd = fs.openSync(filePath, "r");
+    try {
+      await expect(shim.readFileDescriptorBounded(asyncFd, 4)).rejects.toThrow(
+        new RangeError("File exceeds 4 bytes"),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      fs.closeSync(asyncFd);
+    }
+
+    const syncFd = fs.openSync(filePath, "r");
+    try {
+      expect(() => shim.readFileDescriptorBoundedSync(syncFd, 4)).toThrow(
+        new RangeError("File exceeds 4 bytes"),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      fs.closeSync(syncFd);
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/infra/boundary-file-read.ts b/src/infra/boundary-file-read.ts
index 9c34ce812c3..39336f5e3cc 100644
--- a/src/infra/boundary-file-read.ts
+++ b/src/infra/boundary-file-read.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 // Exposes root-scoped file open helpers with fs-safe defaults.
 import "./fs-safe-defaults.js";
+import {
+  readFileDescriptorBounded as readFileDescriptorBoundedFsSafe,
+  readFileDescriptorBoundedSync as readFileDescriptorBoundedSyncFsSafe,
+} from "@openclaw/fs-safe/advanced";
+import { FsSafeError } from "@openclaw/fs-safe/errors";
 
 // Root-scoped file open helpers. Use these for user paths that must stay under
 // an already trusted boundary.
@@ -11,3 +16,28 @@ export {
   type RootFileOpenFailure,
   type RootFileOpenResult,
 } from "@openclaw/fs-safe/advanced";
+
+function preserveOpenClawOverflowError(error: unknown, maxBytes: number): never {
+  if (error instanceof FsSafeError && error.code === "too-large") {
+    throw new RangeError(`File exceeds ${maxBytes} bytes`, { cause: error });
+  }
+  throw error;
+}
+
+/** Read a pinned descriptor without changing OpenClaw's user-facing overflow error. */
+export async function readFileDescriptorBounded(fd: number, maxBytes: number): Promise<Buffer> {
+  try {
+    return await readFileDescriptorBoundedFsSafe(fd, maxBytes);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return preserveOpenClawOverflowError(error, maxBytes);
+  }
+}
+
+/** Synchronous variant for callers that own a pinned descriptor. */
+export function readFileDescriptorBoundedSync(fd: number, maxBytes: number): Buffer {
+  try {
+    return readFileDescriptorBoundedSyncFsSafe(fd, maxBytes);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return preserveOpenClawOverflowError(error, maxBytes);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/infra/file-descriptor-read.ts b/src/infra/file-descriptor-read.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d88320b30a6..00000000000
--- a/src/infra/file-descriptor-read.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-// Bounded reads for file descriptors already pinned by a boundary open.
-import fs from "node:fs";
-
-const READ_CHUNK_BYTES = 64 * 1024;
-
-function createScratchBuffer(maxBytes: number): Buffer {
-  return Buffer.allocUnsafe(Math.min(READ_CHUNK_BYTES, Math.max(1, maxBytes + 1)));
-}
-
-function appendChunk(params: {
-  chunks: Buffer[];
-  scratch: Buffer;
-  bytesRead: number;
-  total: number;
-  maxBytes: number;
-}): number {
-  const total = params.total + params.bytesRead;
-  if (total > params.maxBytes) {
-    throw new RangeError(`File exceeds ${params.maxBytes} bytes`);
-  }
-  params.chunks.push(Buffer.from(params.scratch.subarray(0, params.bytesRead)));
-  return total;
-}
-
-/** Read at most maxBytes from the descriptor without an unbounded allocation. */
-export function readFileDescriptorBoundedSync(fd: number, maxBytes: number): Buffer {
-  const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
-  const scratch = createScratchBuffer(maxBytes);
-  let total = 0;
-  while (true) {
-    const bytesRead = fs.readSync(fd, scratch, 0, scratch.length, null);
-    if (bytesRead === 0) {
-      return Buffer.concat(chunks, total);
-    }
-    total = appendChunk({ chunks, scratch, bytesRead, total, maxBytes });
-  }
-}
-
-function readChunk(fd: number, scratch: Buffer): Promise<number> {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    fs.read(fd, scratch, 0, scratch.length, null, (error, bytesRead) => {
-      if (error) {
-        reject(error);
-        return;
-      }
-      resolve(bytesRead);
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-/** Async variant for request paths; caller retains descriptor ownership. */
-export async function readFileDescriptorBounded(fd: number, maxBytes: number): Promise<Buffer> {
-  const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
-  const scratch = createScratchBuffer(maxBytes);
-  let total = 0;
-  while (true) {
-    const bytesRead = await readChunk(fd, scratch);
-    if (bytesRead === 0) {
-      return Buffer.concat(chunks, total);
-    }
-    total = appendChunk({ chunks, scratch, bytesRead, total, maxBytes });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/secrets/resolve.test.ts b/src/secrets/resolve.test.ts
index d653fa3c086..cd6b9aeacfa 100644
--- a/src/secrets/resolve.test.ts
+++ b/src/secrets/resolve.test.ts
@@ -656,12 +656,12 @@ describe("secret ref resolver", () => {
 
     const sampleHandle = await fs.open(filePath, "r");
     const fileHandlePrototype = Object.getPrototypeOf(sampleHandle) as {
-      readFile: typeof sampleHandle.readFile;
+      read: typeof sampleHandle.read;
     };
     await sampleHandle.close();
-    const readFileSpy = vi
-      .spyOn(fileHandlePrototype, "readFile")
-      .mockImplementation(() => new Promise<Buffer>(() => {}) as never);
+    const readSpy = vi
+      .spyOn(fileHandlePrototype, "read")
+      .mockImplementation(() => new Promise(() => {}) as never);
 
     try {
       await expect(
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ describe("secret ref resolver", () => {
         ),
       ).rejects.toThrow('File provider "filemain" timed out');
     } finally {
-      readFileSpy.mockRestore();
+      readSpy.mockRestore();
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/check-package-patches.test.ts b/test/scripts/check-package-patches.test.ts
index 152d42f254a..ffba67c9ee9 100644
--- a/test/scripts/check-package-patches.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/check-package-patches.test.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ describe("check-package-patches", () => {
       `packages:
   - .
 patchedDependencies:
-  "@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.1": "patches/@openclaw__fs-safe@0.4.1.patch"
   "baileys@7.0.0-rc12": "patches/baileys@7.0.0-rc12.patch"
 `,
       "utf8",
@@ -69,13 +68,11 @@ patchedDependencies:
       path.join(dir, "pnpm-lock.yaml"),
       `lockfileVersion: '9.0'
 patchedDependencies:
-  "@openclaw/fs-safe@0.4.1": fs-safe-hash
   baileys@7.0.0-rc12: a9aea1790d2c65b1ae543c77faca4119bbfb91ee3b6ca6c38d1cad4f5702ada2
 `,
       "utf8",
     );
     writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "patches", "baileys@7.0.0-rc12.patch"), "diff\n", "utf8");
-    writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "patches", "@openclaw__fs-safe@0.4.1.patch"), "diff\n", "utf8");
     git(dir, ["add", "pnpm-workspace.yaml", "pnpm-lock.yaml", "patches"]);
 
     expect(collectPackagePatchViolations(dir)).toEqual([]);