diff --git a/src/cli/run-main.exit.test.ts b/src/cli/run-main.exit.test.ts
index 696627f9305..a3fdb1d3761 100644
--- a/src/cli/run-main.exit.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/run-main.exit.test.ts
@@ -545,6 +545,17 @@ describe("runCli exit behavior", () => {
     expect(closeActiveMemorySearchManagersMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it("does not fail the command when memory cleanup is unavailable", async () => {
+    tryRouteCliMock.mockResolvedValueOnce(true);
+    hasMemoryRuntimeMock.mockImplementationOnce(() => {
+      throw new Error("stale memory-state chunk");
+    });
+
+    await expect(runCli(["node", "openclaw", "status"])).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(closeActiveMemorySearchManagersMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("returns after a handled container-target invocation", async () => {
     maybeRunCliInContainerMock.mockReturnValueOnce({ handled: true, exitCode: 0 });
 
diff --git a/src/cli/run-main.ts b/src/cli/run-main.ts
index 39279462125..d4a292e2ceb 100644
--- a/src/cli/run-main.ts
+++ b/src/cli/run-main.ts
@@ -191,15 +191,16 @@ async function tryRunGatewayRunFastPath(
 }
 
 async function closeCliMemoryManagers(): Promise<void> {
-  const { hasMemoryRuntime } = await import("../plugins/memory-state.js");
-  if (!hasMemoryRuntime()) {
-    return;
-  }
   try {
+    const { hasMemoryRuntime } = await import("../plugins/memory-state.js");
+    if (!hasMemoryRuntime()) {
+      return;
+    }
     const { closeActiveMemorySearchManagers } = await import("../plugins/memory-runtime.js");
     await closeActiveMemorySearchManagers();
   } catch {
-    // Best-effort teardown for short-lived CLI processes.
+    // Best-effort teardown for short-lived CLI processes. Package updates can
+    // replace hashed chunks before this finalizer runs.
   }
 }