diff --git a/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
index 75ba4cf51ff..63ac6e6b033 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml
@@ -817,6 +817,9 @@ jobs:
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_LOG_DIR=".artifacts/docker-tests/release-${DOCKER_E2E_CHUNK}"
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_TIMINGS_FILE=".artifacts/docker-tests/release-${DOCKER_E2E_CHUNK}-timings.json"
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_PNPM_COMMAND="$(command -v pnpm)"
+          if [[ "${{ steps.plan.outputs.needs_live_image }}" == "1" ]]; then
+            OPENCLAW_DOCKER_BUILD_ON_MISSING=1 OPENCLAW_LIVE_DOCKER_REPO_ROOT="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" bash .release-harness/scripts/test-live-build-docker.sh
+          fi
 
           node .release-harness/scripts/test-docker-all.mjs
 
@@ -1060,7 +1063,7 @@ jobs:
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_TIMINGS_FILE=".artifacts/docker-tests/targeted-${{ steps.plan.outputs.artifact_suffix }}-timings.json"
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_PNPM_COMMAND="$(command -v pnpm)"
           if [[ "${{ steps.plan.outputs.needs_live_image }}" == "1" ]]; then
-            OPENCLAW_LIVE_DOCKER_REPO_ROOT="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" bash .release-harness/scripts/test-live-build-docker.sh
+            OPENCLAW_DOCKER_BUILD_ON_MISSING=1 OPENCLAW_LIVE_DOCKER_REPO_ROOT="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" bash .release-harness/scripts/test-live-build-docker.sh
           fi
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_BUILD=0
 
@@ -1188,6 +1191,9 @@ jobs:
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_LOG_DIR=".artifacts/docker-tests/release-openwebui"
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_TIMINGS_FILE=".artifacts/docker-tests/release-openwebui-timings.json"
           export OPENCLAW_DOCKER_ALL_PNPM_COMMAND="$(command -v pnpm)"
+          if [[ "${{ steps.plan.outputs.needs_live_image }}" == "1" ]]; then
+            OPENCLAW_DOCKER_BUILD_ON_MISSING=1 OPENCLAW_LIVE_DOCKER_REPO_ROOT="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" bash .release-harness/scripts/test-live-build-docker.sh
+          fi
 
           node .release-harness/scripts/test-docker-all.mjs