diff --git a/openclaw.mjs b/openclaw.mjs
index b280daed5c9..1ceda9c2246 100755
--- a/openclaw.mjs
+++ b/openclaw.mjs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { access } from "node:fs/promises";
 import module from "node:module";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 const MIN_NODE_MAJOR = 22;
@@ -46,6 +48,41 @@ const isSourceCheckoutLauncher = () =>
 const isNodeCompileCacheDisabled = () => process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COMPILE_CACHE !== undefined;
 const isNodeCompileCacheRequested = () =>
   process.env.NODE_COMPILE_CACHE !== undefined && !isNodeCompileCacheDisabled();
+const sanitizeCompileCachePathSegment = (value) => {
+  const normalized = value.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]+/g, "_").replace(/^_+|_+$/g, "");
+  return normalized.length > 0 ? normalized : "unknown";
+};
+const readPackageVersion = () => {
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(new URL("./package.json", import.meta.url), "utf8"));
+    if (typeof parsed?.version === "string" && parsed.version.trim().length > 0) {
+      return parsed.version;
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Fall through to an install-metadata-only cache key.
+  }
+  return "unknown";
+};
+const resolvePackagedCompileCacheDirectory = () => {
+  const packageJsonUrl = new URL("./package.json", import.meta.url);
+  const version = sanitizeCompileCachePathSegment(readPackageVersion());
+  let installMarker = "no-package-json";
+  try {
+    const stat = statSync(packageJsonUrl);
+    installMarker = `${Math.trunc(stat.mtimeMs)}-${stat.size}`;
+  } catch {
+    // Package archives should always have package.json, but keep startup best-effort.
+  }
+  const baseDirectory = isNodeCompileCacheRequested()
+    ? process.env.NODE_COMPILE_CACHE
+    : path.join(os.tmpdir(), "node-compile-cache");
+  return path.join(
+    baseDirectory,
+    "openclaw",
+    version,
+    sanitizeCompileCachePathSegment(installMarker),
+  );
+};
 
 const respawnWithoutCompileCacheIfNeeded = () => {
   if (!isSourceCheckoutLauncher()) {
@@ -79,10 +116,46 @@ const respawnWithoutCompileCacheIfNeeded = () => {
 
 respawnWithoutCompileCacheIfNeeded();
 
+const respawnWithPackagedCompileCacheIfNeeded = () => {
+  if (isSourceCheckoutLauncher() || isNodeCompileCacheDisabled()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (process.env.OPENCLAW_PACKAGED_COMPILE_CACHE_RESPAWNED === "1") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const currentDirectory = module.getCompileCacheDir?.();
+  if (!currentDirectory) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const desiredDirectory = resolvePackagedCompileCacheDirectory();
+  if (path.resolve(currentDirectory) === path.resolve(desiredDirectory)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const env = {
+    ...process.env,
+    NODE_COMPILE_CACHE: desiredDirectory,
+    OPENCLAW_PACKAGED_COMPILE_CACHE_RESPAWNED: "1",
+  };
+  const result = spawnSync(
+    process.execPath,
+    [...process.execArgv, fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), ...process.argv.slice(2)],
+    {
+      stdio: "inherit",
+      env,
+    },
+  );
+  if (result.error) {
+    throw result.error;
+  }
+  process.exit(result.status ?? 1);
+};
+
+respawnWithPackagedCompileCacheIfNeeded();
+
 // https://nodejs.org/api/module.html#module-compile-cache
 if (module.enableCompileCache && !isNodeCompileCacheDisabled() && !isSourceCheckoutLauncher()) {
   try {
-    module.enableCompileCache();
+    module.enableCompileCache(resolvePackagedCompileCacheDirectory());
   } catch {
     // Ignore errors
   }
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh b/scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh
index 503120c2efe..222662e30f3 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ gateway_listener_ready() {
 gateway_log_ready() {
   latest="\$(/bin/ls -t /tmp/openclaw/openclaw-*.log 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/head -n 1 || true)"
   [ -n "\$latest" ] || return 1
-  /usr/bin/tail -n 160 "\$latest" | /usr/bin/grep -q 'ready ('
+  /usr/bin/tail -n 160 "\$latest" | /usr/bin/grep -Eq 'ready( \(|[[:space:]]*\$)'
 }
 gateway_smoke_ready() {
   gateway_listener_ready && gateway_log_ready
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ gateway_listener_ready() {
 gateway_log_ready() {
   latest="\$(/bin/ls -t /tmp/openclaw/openclaw-*.log 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/head -n 1 || true)"
   [ -n "\$latest" ] || return 1
-  /usr/bin/tail -n 160 "\$latest" | /usr/bin/grep -q 'ready ('
+  /usr/bin/tail -n 160 "\$latest" | /usr/bin/grep -Eq 'ready( \(|[[:space:]]*\$)'
 }
 gateway_smoke_ready() {
   gateway_listener_ready && gateway_log_ready
diff --git a/test/openclaw-launcher.e2e.test.ts b/test/openclaw-launcher.e2e.test.ts
index 3282ef5a70b..1700cece923 100644
--- a/test/openclaw-launcher.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/test/openclaw-launcher.e2e.test.ts
@@ -177,6 +177,32 @@ describe("openclaw launcher", () => {
     expect(result.stdout).toBe("cache:enabled;respawn:0");
   });
 
+  it("scopes packaged launcher compile cache inside configured cache roots", async () => {
+    const fixtureRoot = await makeLauncherFixture(fixtureRoots);
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(fixtureRoot, "package.json"), '{"version":"2026.4.27-beta.1"}\n');
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(fixtureRoot, "dist", "entry.js"),
+      [
+        'import module from "node:module";',
+        'process.stdout.write(module.getCompileCacheDir?.() ?? "cache:disabled");',
+      ].join("\n"),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+
+    const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, [path.join(fixtureRoot, "openclaw.mjs")], {
+      cwd: fixtureRoot,
+      env: launcherEnv({
+        NODE_COMPILE_CACHE: path.join(fixtureRoot, ".node-compile-cache"),
+      }),
+      encoding: "utf8",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain(
+      path.join(".node-compile-cache", "openclaw", "2026.4.27-beta.1"),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("enables compile cache for packaged launchers", async () => {
     const fixtureRoot = await makeLauncherFixture(fixtureRoots);
     await addCompileCacheProbe(fixtureRoot);