diff --git a/src/config/io.logging.test.ts b/src/config/io.logging.test.ts
index 0de0a477ec1..1177a70127c 100644
--- a/src/config/io.logging.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/io.logging.test.ts
@@ -102,4 +102,48 @@ describe("config io warning/error logging", () => {
       expect(logger.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     });
   });
+
+  it("sanitizes config validation details before logging", async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
+    vi.doMock("./validation.js", async (importOriginal) => {
+      const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("./validation.js")>();
+      return {
+        ...actual,
+        validateConfigObjectWithPlugins: vi.fn(() => ({
+          ok: false as const,
+          issues: [
+            {
+              path: "plugins.entries.bad\nkey\u001b[31m",
+              message: "invalid\tvalue\r\n\u001b[2J",
+            },
+          ],
+        })),
+      };
+    });
+
+    const { createConfigIO: createConfigIOWithMock } = await import("./io.js");
+    const home = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-config-log-sanitize-"));
+    const configDir = path.join(home, ".openclaw");
+    const configPath = path.join(configDir, "openclaw.json");
+    await fs.mkdir(configDir, { recursive: true });
+    await fs.writeFile(configPath, JSON.stringify({ gateway: { port: 18789 } }, null, 2));
+    const logger = { warn: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn() };
+    const io = createConfigIOWithMock({
+      env: {} as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+      homedir: () => home,
+      logger,
+    });
+
+    try {
+      expect(io.loadConfig()).toEqual({});
+      const logged = logger.error.mock.calls[0]?.[0] ?? "";
+      expect(logged).toContain("plugins.entries.bad\\nkey");
+      expect(logged).toContain("invalid\\tvalue\\r\\n");
+      expect(logged).not.toContain("\u001b");
+    } finally {
+      vi.doUnmock("./validation.js");
+      vi.resetModules();
+      await fs.rm(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/config/io.ts b/src/config/io.ts
index 88fcf81fade..dfd2e999167 100644
--- a/src/config/io.ts
+++ b/src/config/io.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   shouldDeferShellEnvFallback,
   shouldEnableShellEnvFallback,
 } from "../infra/shell-env.js";
+import { sanitizeTerminalText } from "../terminal/safe-text.js";
 import { VERSION } from "../version.js";
 import { DuplicateAgentDirError, findDuplicateAgentDirs } from "./agent-dirs.js";
 import { maintainConfigBackups } from "./backup-rotation.js";
@@ -591,6 +592,16 @@ function clearConfigMessageFingerprint(
   }
 }
 
+function formatConfigIssueDetails(issues: Array<{ path: string; message: string }>): string {
+  return issues
+    .map((iss) => {
+      const safePath = sanitizeTerminalText(iss.path || "<root>");
+      const safeMessage = sanitizeTerminalText(iss.message);
+      return `- ${safePath}: ${safeMessage}`;
+    })
+    .join("\n");
+}
+
 function getConfigMiskeyWarnings(raw: unknown): string[] {
   const warnings: string[] = [];
   if (!raw || typeof raw !== "object") {
@@ -765,26 +776,24 @@ export function createConfigIO(overrides: ConfigIoDeps = {}) {
       }
       const validated = validateConfigObjectWithPlugins(resolvedConfig);
       if (!validated.ok) {
-        const details = validated.issues
-          .map((iss) => `- ${iss.path || "<root>"}: ${iss.message}`)
-          .join("\n");
+        const details = formatConfigIssueDetails(validated.issues);
         clearConfigMessageFingerprint(configPath, "warnings");
         logConfigMessageOnce({
           configPath,
           kind: "invalid",
-          message: `Invalid config at ${configPath}:\\n${details}`,
+          message: `Invalid config at ${sanitizeTerminalText(configPath)}:\\n${details}`,
           logger: deps.logger,
         });
-        const error = new Error(`Invalid config at ${configPath}:\n${details}`);
+        const error = new Error(
+          `Invalid config at ${sanitizeTerminalText(configPath)}:\n${details}`,
+        );
         (error as { code?: string; details?: string }).code = "INVALID_CONFIG";
         (error as { code?: string; details?: string }).details = details;
         throw error;
       }
       clearConfigMessageFingerprint(configPath, "invalid");
       if (validated.warnings.length > 0) {
-        const details = validated.warnings
-          .map((iss) => `- ${iss.path || "<root>"}: ${iss.message}`)
-          .join("\n");
+        const details = formatConfigIssueDetails(validated.warnings);
         warningMessages.push(`Config warnings:\\n${details}`);
       }
       const futureVersionWarning = getFutureVersionWarning(validated.config);
diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd-unit.test.ts b/src/daemon/systemd-unit.test.ts
index aa32f30f2bf..51890482e6e 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd-unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd-unit.test.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ describe("buildSystemdUnit", () => {
     expect(unit).toContain("KillMode=control-group");
   });
 
-  it("restarts only on failure", () => {
+  it("keeps restart always for supervised restarts", () => {
     const unit = buildSystemdUnit({
       description: "OpenClaw Gateway",
       programArguments: ["/usr/bin/openclaw", "gateway", "run"],
       environment: {},
     });
-    expect(unit).toContain("Restart=on-failure");
-    expect(unit).not.toContain("Restart=always");
+    expect(unit).toContain("Restart=always");
+    expect(unit).not.toContain("Restart=on-failure");
   });
 
   it("rejects environment values with line breaks", () => {
diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts b/src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts
index 4e9d0d72a5f..06d907f7c58 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd-unit.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ export function buildSystemdUnit({
     "",
     "[Service]",
     `ExecStart=${execStart}`,
-    "Restart=on-failure",
+    "Restart=always",
+    // systemd already has burst protection; keep a shorter retry than launchd so
+    // supervised restart requests still relaunch promptly on Linux.
     "RestartSec=5",
     // Keep service children in the same lifecycle so restarts do not leave
     // orphan ACP/runtime workers behind.