diff --git a/extensions/workboard/src/sqlite-store-policy.test.ts b/extensions/workboard/src/sqlite-store-policy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9211b290195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/workboard/src/sqlite-store-policy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+const { close, configureSqliteConnectionPragmas } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  close: vi.fn(),
+  configureSqliteConnectionPragmas: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("node:sqlite", () => ({
+  DatabaseSync: vi.fn(function DatabaseSync() {
+    return { close };
+  }),
+}));
+vi.mock("openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-state-runtime", () => ({
+  configureSqliteConnectionPragmas,
+}));
+
+import { createWorkboardSqliteStores } from "./sqlite-store.js";
+
+describe("Workboard SQLite policy", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    close.mockClear();
+    configureSqliteConnectionPragmas.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  it("closes a newly opened database when filesystem policy refuses it", () => {
+    const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-workboard-policy-"));
+    const dbPath = path.join(dir, "workboard.sqlite");
+    configureSqliteConnectionPragmas.mockImplementation(() => {
+      throw new Error("SSHFS is unsupported");
+    });
+
+    try {
+      expect(() => createWorkboardSqliteStores({ dbPath })).toThrow(/SSHFS/);
+      expect(close).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/workboard/src/sqlite-store.ts b/extensions/workboard/src/sqlite-store.ts
index d4617ef5563..4b4fe6d25a8 100644
--- a/extensions/workboard/src/sqlite-store.ts
+++ b/extensions/workboard/src/sqlite-store.ts
@@ -390,17 +390,27 @@ function createDatabase(dbPath: string): {
     fs.closeSync(fs.openSync(dbPath, "a", WORKBOARD_SQLITE_FILE_MODE));
   }
   const db = new DatabaseSync(dbPath);
-  const maintenance = configureSqliteConnectionPragmas(db, {
-    busyTimeoutMs: WORKBOARD_SQLITE_BUSY_TIMEOUT_MS,
-    checkpointIntervalMs: 0,
-    databaseLabel: "workboard database",
-    databasePath: dbPath,
-    foreignKeys: true,
-    synchronous: "NORMAL",
-  });
-  ensureWorkboardSchema(db);
-  hardenWorkboardDatabaseFiles(dbPath);
-  return { db, maintenance };
+  let maintenance: ReturnType<typeof configureSqliteConnectionPragmas> | undefined;
+  try {
+    maintenance = configureSqliteConnectionPragmas(db, {
+      busyTimeoutMs: WORKBOARD_SQLITE_BUSY_TIMEOUT_MS,
+      checkpointIntervalMs: 0,
+      databaseLabel: "workboard database",
+      databasePath: dbPath,
+      foreignKeys: true,
+      synchronous: "NORMAL",
+    });
+    ensureWorkboardSchema(db);
+    hardenWorkboardDatabaseFiles(dbPath);
+    return { db, maintenance };
+  } catch (error) {
+    try {
+      maintenance?.close();
+    } finally {
+      db.close();
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
 }
 
 function childRows(db: DatabaseSync, table: string, cardId: string): Row[] {
diff --git a/src/infra/sqlite-wal.test.ts b/src/infra/sqlite-wal.test.ts
index 4e68db4c3db..b01a110214a 100644
--- a/src/infra/sqlite-wal.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/sqlite-wal.test.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,82 @@ describe("sqlite WAL maintenance", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("refuses fuse.sshfs mountinfo entries", () => {
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-sqlite-sshfs-"));
+    try {
+      const db = createMockDb();
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "statfsSync").mockReturnValue(statfsFixture(0));
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "readFileSync").mockReturnValue(
+        `42 12 0:41 / ${tempDir} rw,relatime - fuse.sshfs user@host:/share rw\n`,
+      );
+
+      expect(() =>
+        configureSqliteWalMaintenance(db, {
+          checkpointIntervalMs: 0,
+          databaseLabel: "test-db",
+          databasePath: path.join(tempDir, "openclaw.sqlite"),
+        }),
+      ).toThrow(/test-db .*SSHFS.*refusing to open/);
+
+      expect(db["prepare"]).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(db["exec"]).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("refuses symlinked paths into fuse.sshfs mounts", () => {
+    if (process.platform === "win32") {
+      return;
+    }
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-sqlite-sshfs-link-"));
+    const mountDir = path.join(tempDir, "mount");
+    const linkedDir = path.join(tempDir, "linked");
+    try {
+      fs.mkdirSync(mountDir);
+      fs.symlinkSync(mountDir, linkedDir);
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "statfsSync").mockReturnValue(statfsFixture(0));
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "readFileSync").mockReturnValue(
+        `42 12 0:41 / ${mountDir} rw,relatime - fuse.sshfs user@host:/share rw\n`,
+      );
+
+      expect(() =>
+        configureSqliteWalMaintenance(createMockDb(), {
+          checkpointIntervalMs: 0,
+          databasePath: path.join(linkedDir, "openclaw.sqlite"),
+        }),
+      ).toThrow(/SSHFS.*refusing to open/);
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("matches raw mount paths when the existing path canonicalizes elsewhere", () => {
+    if (process.platform === "win32") {
+      return;
+    }
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-sqlite-sshfs-prefix-"));
+    const canonicalMountDir = path.join(tempDir, "canonical-mount");
+    const rawMountDir = path.join(tempDir, "raw-mount");
+    try {
+      fs.mkdirSync(canonicalMountDir);
+      fs.symlinkSync(canonicalMountDir, rawMountDir);
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "statfsSync").mockReturnValue(statfsFixture(0));
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "readFileSync").mockReturnValue(
+        `42 12 0:41 / ${rawMountDir} rw,relatime - fuse.sshfs user@host:/share rw\n`,
+      );
+
+      expect(() =>
+        configureSqliteWalMaintenance(createMockDb(), {
+          checkpointIntervalMs: 0,
+          databasePath: path.join(rawMountDir, "openclaw.sqlite"),
+        }),
+      ).toThrow(/SSHFS.*refusing to open/);
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("uses mount command filesystem names on platforms without proc mountinfo", () => {
     const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-sqlite-nfs-"));
     try {
@@ -250,6 +326,60 @@ describe("sqlite WAL maintenance", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    ["macfuse", "sshfs#user@host:/share"],
+    ["macfuse", "host:/share"],
+    ["macfuse", "user@host:"],
+    ["osxfuse", "user@host:/share"],
+    ["osxfuse", "sshfs@osxfuse0"],
+  ])("refuses SSHFS reported as %s by mount", (fsType, source) => {
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-sqlite-sshfs-macfuse-"));
+    try {
+      const db = createMockDb();
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "statfsSync").mockReturnValue(statfsFixture(0));
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "readFileSync").mockImplementation(() => {
+        throw new Error("no proc mountinfo");
+      });
+      vi.spyOn(childProcess, "execFileSync").mockReturnValue(
+        Buffer.from(`${source} on ${tempDir} (${fsType}, nodev, nosuid)\n`),
+      );
+
+      expect(() =>
+        configureSqliteWalMaintenance(db, {
+          checkpointIntervalMs: 0,
+          databasePath: path.join(tempDir, "openclaw.sqlite"),
+        }),
+      ).toThrow(/refusing to open/);
+
+      expect(db["exec"]).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("keeps WAL enabled for non-remote macFUSE mounts", () => {
+    const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-sqlite-macfuse-"));
+    try {
+      const db = createMockDb();
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "statfsSync").mockReturnValue(statfsFixture(0));
+      vi.spyOn(fs, "readFileSync").mockImplementation(() => {
+        throw new Error("no proc mountinfo");
+      });
+      vi.spyOn(childProcess, "execFileSync").mockReturnValue(
+        Buffer.from(`remote-volume on ${tempDir} (macfuse, nodev, nosuid)\n`),
+      );
+
+      configureSqliteWalMaintenance(db, {
+        checkpointIntervalMs: 0,
+        databasePath: path.join(tempDir, "openclaw.sqlite"),
+      });
+
+      expect(db["exec"]).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, "PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL;");
+    } finally {
+      fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("parses Linux mount command filesystem names when proc mountinfo is unavailable", () => {
     const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-sqlite-nfs-"));
     try {
diff --git a/src/infra/sqlite-wal.ts b/src/infra/sqlite-wal.ts
index 7c23ccbc0f0..fa5fbfee1be 100644
--- a/src/infra/sqlite-wal.ts
+++ b/src/infra/sqlite-wal.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ type IntervalHandle = ReturnType<typeof setInterval> & {
 };
 
 type SqliteWalCheckpointMode = "PASSIVE" | "FULL" | "RESTART" | "TRUNCATE";
+type SqliteFilesystemJournalPolicy = "rollback" | "unsupported" | "wal";
+type MountEntry = { mountPoint: string; fsType: string; source?: string };
 
 export type SqliteWalMaintenance = {
   checkpoint: () => boolean;
@@ -55,19 +57,27 @@ function normalizeNonNegativeInteger(value: number, label: string): number {
   return value;
 }
 
-function findExistingVolumePath(targetPath: string): string | null {
+function findExistingVolumePaths(
+  targetPath: string,
+): { canonicalPath: string; originalPath: string } | null {
   let current = path.resolve(targetPath);
   while (true) {
+    let stats: ReturnType<typeof fs.statSync>;
     try {
-      const stats = fs.statSync(current);
-      return stats.isDirectory() ? current : path.dirname(current);
+      stats = fs.statSync(current);
     } catch {
       const parent = path.dirname(current);
       if (parent === current) {
         return null;
       }
       current = parent;
+      continue;
     }
+    const existingPath = fs.realpathSync(current);
+    return {
+      canonicalPath: stats.isDirectory() ? existingPath : path.dirname(existingPath),
+      originalPath: stats.isDirectory() ? current : path.dirname(current),
+    };
   }
 }
 
@@ -77,10 +87,8 @@ function decodeMountPath(value: string): string {
   );
 }
 
-function parseProcMountInfoEntries(
-  contents: string,
-): Array<{ mountPoint: string; fsType: string }> {
-  const entries: Array<{ mountPoint: string; fsType: string }> = [];
+function parseProcMountInfoEntries(contents: string): MountEntry[] {
+  const entries: MountEntry[] = [];
   for (const line of contents.split("\n")) {
     const separator = line.indexOf(" - ");
     if (separator === -1) {
@@ -91,34 +99,38 @@ function parseProcMountInfoEntries(
     const mountPoint = fields[4];
     const fsType = suffixFields[0];
     if (mountPoint && fsType) {
-      entries.push({ mountPoint: decodeMountPath(mountPoint), fsType });
+      entries.push({
+        mountPoint: decodeMountPath(mountPoint),
+        fsType,
+        ...(suffixFields[1] ? { source: decodeMountPath(suffixFields[1]) } : {}),
+      });
     }
   }
   return entries;
 }
 
-function parseMountCommandEntries(contents: string): Array<{ mountPoint: string; fsType: string }> {
-  const entries: Array<{ mountPoint: string; fsType: string }> = [];
+function parseMountCommandEntries(contents: string): MountEntry[] {
+  const entries: MountEntry[] = [];
   for (const line of contents.split("\n")) {
-    const linuxMatch = /^.* on (.+) type ([^,\s)]+) \(/.exec(line);
+    const linuxMatch = /^(.+) on (.+) type ([^,\s)]+) \(/.exec(line);
     if (linuxMatch) {
-      entries.push({ mountPoint: linuxMatch[1], fsType: linuxMatch[2] });
+      entries.push({ source: linuxMatch[1], mountPoint: linuxMatch[2], fsType: linuxMatch[3] });
       continue;
     }
-    const bsdMatch = /^.* on (.+) \(([^,\s)]+)/.exec(line);
+    const bsdMatch = /^(.+) on (.+) \(([^,\s)]+)/.exec(line);
     if (bsdMatch) {
-      entries.push({ mountPoint: bsdMatch[1], fsType: bsdMatch[2] });
+      entries.push({ source: bsdMatch[1], mountPoint: bsdMatch[2], fsType: bsdMatch[3] });
     }
   }
   return entries;
 }
 
-function readMountEntries(): Array<{ mountPoint: string; fsType: string }> {
+function readMountEntries(): MountEntry[] {
   try {
     return parseProcMountInfoEntries(fs.readFileSync(PROC_MOUNTINFO_PATH, "utf8"));
   } catch {
     // macOS/BSD expose filesystem type names in `mount` output instead of
-    // Linux superblock magic, so keep this fallback for non-Linux NFS mounts.
+    // Linux superblock magic, so keep this fallback for named filesystem types.
   }
   try {
     return parseMountCommandEntries(String(childProcess.execFileSync("mount", [])));
@@ -137,16 +149,54 @@ function isPathWithinMount(targetPath: string, mountPoint: string): boolean {
   );
 }
 
-function isNetworkMountType(fsType: string): boolean {
-  const normalized = fsType.toLowerCase();
-  return normalized.startsWith("nfs") || NETWORK_FILESYSTEM_TYPES.has(normalized);
+function isSshfsMountSource(source: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!source) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const normalized = source.toLowerCase();
+  return (
+    normalized === "sshfs" ||
+    normalized.startsWith("sshfs#") ||
+    normalized.startsWith("sshfs@") ||
+    /^(?:[^/\s:]+@)?[^/\s:]+:.*/u.test(source)
+  );
 }
 
-function isNetworkMountEntryPath(targetPath: string): boolean {
-  const mountEntry = readMountEntries()
+function resolveMountTypeJournalPolicy(entry: MountEntry): SqliteFilesystemJournalPolicy {
+  const normalized = entry.fsType.toLowerCase();
+  if (normalized.startsWith("nfs") || NETWORK_FILESYSTEM_TYPES.has(normalized)) {
+    return "rollback";
+  }
+  if (normalized === "fuse.sshfs") {
+    return "unsupported";
+  }
+  if ((normalized === "macfuse" || normalized === "osxfuse") && isSshfsMountSource(entry.source)) {
+    return "unsupported";
+  }
+  return "wal";
+}
+
+function resolveMountEntryJournalPolicy(
+  targetPath: string,
+  mountEntries: MountEntry[],
+): SqliteFilesystemJournalPolicy {
+  const mountEntry = mountEntries
     .filter((entry) => isPathWithinMount(targetPath, entry.mountPoint))
     .toSorted((a, b) => b.mountPoint.length - a.mountPoint.length)[0];
-  return mountEntry ? isNetworkMountType(mountEntry.fsType) : false;
+  return mountEntry ? resolveMountTypeJournalPolicy(mountEntry) : "wal";
+}
+
+function combineMountEntryJournalPolicies(
+  targetPaths: readonly string[],
+): SqliteFilesystemJournalPolicy {
+  const mountEntries = readMountEntries();
+  const policies = new Set(
+    targetPaths.map((targetPath) => resolveMountEntryJournalPolicy(targetPath, mountEntries)),
+  );
+  if (policies.has("unsupported")) {
+    return "unsupported";
+  }
+  return policies.has("rollback") ? "rollback" : "wal";
 }
 
 function isWindowsUncPath(targetPath: string): boolean {
@@ -160,43 +210,46 @@ function isWindowsDrivePath(targetPath: string): boolean {
   return /^[A-Za-z]:[\\/]/.test(targetPath) || /^\\\\\?\\[A-Za-z]:[\\/]/i.test(targetPath);
 }
 
-function isNetworkBackedPath(targetPath: string): boolean {
+function resolvePathJournalPolicy(targetPath: string): SqliteFilesystemJournalPolicy {
   if (process.platform === "win32") {
     const normalizedTargetPath = path.win32.normalize(targetPath);
     if (isWindowsUncPath(normalizedTargetPath)) {
-      return true;
+      return "rollback";
     }
     if (isWindowsDrivePath(normalizedTargetPath)) {
       try {
-        return isWindowsUncPath(path.win32.normalize(fs.realpathSync.native(targetPath)));
+        return isWindowsUncPath(path.win32.normalize(fs.realpathSync.native(targetPath)))
+          ? "rollback"
+          : "wal";
       } catch {
         // Windows can deny SMB path normalization when parent components are
         // unreadable. Treat an unclassifiable opened database as network-backed.
-        return true;
+        return "rollback";
       }
     }
   }
-  if (typeof fs.statfsSync !== "function") {
-    return isNetworkMountEntryPath(targetPath);
+  const checkedPaths = findExistingVolumePaths(targetPath);
+  if (!checkedPaths) {
+    return "wal";
   }
-  const checkedPath = findExistingVolumePath(targetPath);
-  if (!checkedPath) {
-    return false;
+  const mountLookupPaths = [checkedPaths.originalPath, checkedPaths.canonicalPath];
+  if (typeof fs.statfsSync !== "function") {
+    return combineMountEntryJournalPolicies(mountLookupPaths);
   }
   try {
-    const filesystemType = fs.statfsSync(checkedPath).type;
+    const filesystemType = fs.statfsSync(checkedPaths.canonicalPath).type;
     if (
       filesystemType === LINUX_NFS_SUPER_MAGIC ||
       filesystemType === LINUX_SMB_SUPER_MAGIC ||
       filesystemType === LINUX_CIFS_SUPER_MAGIC ||
       filesystemType === LINUX_SMB2_SUPER_MAGIC
     ) {
-      return true;
+      return "rollback";
     }
   } catch {
-    return isNetworkMountEntryPath(checkedPath);
+    return combineMountEntryJournalPolicies(mountLookupPaths);
   }
-  return isNetworkMountEntryPath(checkedPath);
+  return combineMountEntryJournalPolicies(mountLookupPaths);
 }
 
 function readJournalModeResult(row: unknown): string | null {
@@ -221,7 +274,15 @@ function requireRollbackJournalMode(db: DatabaseSync, options: SqliteWalMaintena
   }
 }
 
-/** Configure WAL pragmas and return a handle for checkpoint/close maintenance. */
+function refuseUnsupportedFilesystem(options: SqliteWalMaintenanceOptions): never {
+  const label = options.databaseLabel ?? "sqlite database";
+  const location = options.databasePath ? ` at ${options.databasePath}` : "";
+  throw new Error(
+    `${label}${location} is on SSHFS, which cannot safely coordinate SQLite writes across mounts; refusing to open the database.`,
+  );
+}
+
+/** Configure safe journaling pragmas and return a handle for checkpoint/close maintenance. */
 export function configureSqliteWalMaintenance(
   db: DatabaseSync,
   options: SqliteWalMaintenanceOptions = {},
@@ -237,7 +298,13 @@ export function configureSqliteWalMaintenance(
   const timerIntervalMs = Math.min(checkpointIntervalMs, MAX_TIMER_TIMEOUT_MS);
   const checkpointMode = options.checkpointMode ?? "TRUNCATE";
   const periodicCheckpointMode = options.checkpointMode ?? "PASSIVE";
-  if (options.databasePath && isNetworkBackedPath(options.databasePath)) {
+  const journalPolicy = options.databasePath
+    ? resolvePathJournalPolicy(options.databasePath)
+    : "wal";
+  if (journalPolicy === "unsupported") {
+    refuseUnsupportedFilesystem(options);
+  }
+  if (journalPolicy === "rollback") {
     requireRollbackJournalMode(db, options);
     return {
       checkpoint: () => true,