diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7aff77a55ba..f56b41e7318 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Channels/streaming: normalize whitespace and case for `streaming.progress.label: "auto"` so progress draft labels keep using the built-in label pool instead of rendering a literal `auto` title. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Gateway/install: prefer supported system Node over nvm/fnm/volta/asdf/mise when regenerating managed gateway services, so `gateway install --force` no longer recreates service definitions that doctor immediately flags as version-manager-backed. Fixes #76339. Thanks @brokemac79.
 - Gateway/usage: serve `usage.cost` and `sessions.usage` from a durable transcript aggregate cache with lock-safe background refreshes and localized stale-cache status, so large usage views avoid repeated full scans. (#76650) Thanks @Marvinthebored.
 - Plugins/hooks: let `plugins.entries.<id>.hooks.timeoutMs` and `plugins.entries.<id>.hooks.timeouts` bound plugin typed hooks from operator config, so slow hooks can be tuned without patching installed plugin code. Fixes #76778. Thanks @vincentkoc.
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.test.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.test.ts
index fc2a4b4bf21..8adc6b59da3 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ describe("channel-streaming", () => {
     expect(resolveChannelProgressDraftLabel({ random: () => 0.99 })).toBe(
       DEFAULT_PROGRESS_DRAFT_LABELS.at(-1),
     );
+    expect(
+      resolveChannelProgressDraftLabel({
+        entry: { streaming: { progress: { label: " AUTO " } } },
+        random: () => 0,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(DEFAULT_PROGRESS_DRAFT_LABELS[0]);
   });
 
   it("supports explicit progress labels and custom label sets", () => {
diff --git a/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.ts b/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.ts
index d0c0ffbda2d..35aec345dbd 100644
--- a/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.ts
+++ b/src/plugin-sdk/channel-streaming.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ export function resolveChannelProgressDraftLabel(params: {
   if (progress.label === false) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  if (typeof progress.label === "string" && progress.label.trim() && progress.label !== "auto") {
+  const normalizedLabel =
+    typeof progress.label === "string" ? normalizeOptionalLowercaseString(progress.label) : null;
+  if (typeof progress.label === "string" && progress.label.trim() && normalizedLabel !== "auto") {
     return progress.label.trim();
   }
   const labels = normalizeProgressLabels(progress.labels);