diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd47e8c2401..3c194523be7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Gateway/update: run `doctor --non-interactive --fix` after Control UI global package updates before reporting success, so legacy config is migrated before the gateway restart. Thanks @stevenchouai.
 - Gateway/cron: stop a lazy cron startup that loses a hot-reload race, preventing the old cron service from starting after reload has already replaced cron state.
 - CLI/plugins: warn when npm plugin installs remain shadowed by a failing config-selected source and surface the repair path in `plugins doctor`. Thanks @LindalyX-Lee.
+- Agents/Telegram: preserve explicit reply and quote context in embedded model prompts without letting quoted text drive prompt-local image loading. Fixes #76419. (#76659) Thanks @cheechnd.
 - Active Memory: apply `setupGraceTimeoutMs` to the embedded recall runner as well as the outer prompt-build watchdog, so very-cold first recalls keep the configured setup grace end-to-end. (#74480) Thanks @volcano303.
 - CLI/config: keep JSON dry-run patches validating touched channel configuration against bundled channel schemas even when the patch only contains SecretRef objects.
 - Plugins/tools: keep disabled bundled tool plugins out of explicit runtime allowlist ownership and fall back from loaded-but-empty channel registries to tool-bearing plugin registries, so Active Memory can use bundled `memory-core` search/get tools even when `memory-lancedb` is disabled. Fixes #76603. Thanks @jwong-art.
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.spawn-workspace.context-engine.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.spawn-workspace.context-engine.test.ts
index cb8ec574ec0..00792956302 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.spawn-workspace.context-engine.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.spawn-workspace.context-engine.test.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ describe("runEmbeddedAttempt context engine sessionKey forwarding", () => {
     resetEmbeddedAttemptHarness();
     clearMemoryPluginState();
     hoisted.runContextEngineMaintenanceMock.mockReset().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    hoisted.detectAndLoadPromptImagesMock.mockClear();
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ describe("runEmbeddedAttempt context engine sessionKey forwarding", () => {
         currentTurnContext: {
           reply: {
             senderLabel: "Mike",
-            body: "WT daily plan — Sat May 2",
+            body: "WT daily plan - Sat May 2\nSee ./quoted-secret.png and [media attached: media://inbound/quoted.png]",
           },
         },
       },
@@ -241,10 +242,16 @@ describe("runEmbeddedAttempt context engine sessionKey forwarding", () => {
     expect(seenPrompt).toContain("what does this mean?");
     expect(seenPrompt).toContain("Replied message (untrusted, for context):");
     expect(seenPrompt).toContain('"sender_label": "Mike"');
-    expect(seenPrompt).toContain('"body": "WT daily plan — Sat May 2"');
+    expect(seenPrompt).toContain("WT daily plan - Sat May 2");
+    expect(seenPrompt).toContain("./quoted-secret.png");
+    expect(seenPrompt).toContain("media://inbound/quoted.png");
     expect(seenPrompt).not.toContain("OPENCLAW_INTERNAL_CONTEXT");
     expect(seenPrompt).not.toContain("secret runtime context");
     expect(result.finalPromptText).toBe(seenPrompt);
+    expect(hoisted.detectAndLoadPromptImagesMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(hoisted.detectAndLoadPromptImagesMock.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toMatchObject({
+      prompt: "what does this mean?",
+    });
     const trajectoryEvents = (
       await fs.readFile(path.join(tempPaths[0] ?? "", "session.trajectory.jsonl"), "utf8")
     )
@@ -253,7 +260,7 @@ describe("runEmbeddedAttempt context engine sessionKey forwarding", () => {
       .map((line) => JSON.parse(line) as TrajectoryEvent);
     const promptSubmitted = trajectoryEvents.find((event) => event.type === "prompt.submitted");
     expect(promptSubmitted?.data?.prompt).toBe(seenPrompt);
-    expect(promptSubmitted?.data?.prompt).toContain("WT daily plan — Sat May 2");
+    expect(promptSubmitted?.data?.prompt).toContain("WT daily plan - Sat May 2");
     expect(promptSubmitted?.data?.prompt).not.toContain("secret runtime context");
   });
 
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.spawn-workspace.test-support.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.spawn-workspace.test-support.ts
index 32360e52c68..4851498943d 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.spawn-workspace.test-support.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.spawn-workspace.test-support.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ type AttemptSpawnWorkspaceHoisted = {
   getGlobalHookRunnerMock: Mock<() => unknown>;
   initializeGlobalHookRunnerMock: UnknownMock;
   runContextEngineMaintenanceMock: AsyncContextEngineMaintenanceMock;
+  detectAndLoadPromptImagesMock: AsyncUnknownMock;
   getHistoryLimitFromSessionKeyMock: Mock<
     (sessionKey: string | undefined, config: unknown) => number | undefined
   >;
@@ -148,6 +149,12 @@ const hoisted = vi.hoisted((): AttemptSpawnWorkspaceHoisted => {
   const getGlobalHookRunnerMock = vi.fn<() => unknown>(() => undefined);
   const initializeGlobalHookRunnerMock = vi.fn();
   const runContextEngineMaintenanceMock = vi.fn(async (_params?: unknown) => undefined);
+  const detectAndLoadPromptImagesMock = vi.fn(async () => ({
+    images: [],
+    detectedRefs: [],
+    loadedCount: 0,
+    skippedCount: 0,
+  }));
   const getHistoryLimitFromSessionKeyMock = vi.fn<
     (sessionKey: string | undefined, config: unknown) => number | undefined
   >(() => undefined);
@@ -187,6 +194,7 @@ const hoisted = vi.hoisted((): AttemptSpawnWorkspaceHoisted => {
     getGlobalHookRunnerMock,
     initializeGlobalHookRunnerMock,
     runContextEngineMaintenanceMock,
+    detectAndLoadPromptImagesMock,
     getHistoryLimitFromSessionKeyMock,
     limitHistoryTurnsMock,
     preemptiveCompactionCalls,
@@ -386,7 +394,8 @@ vi.mock("../runs.js", () => ({
 }));
 
 vi.mock("./images.js", () => ({
-  detectAndLoadPromptImages: async () => ({ images: [] }),
+  detectAndLoadPromptImages: (...args: unknown[]) =>
+    (hoisted.detectAndLoadPromptImagesMock as (...args: unknown[]) => unknown)(...args),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("../../system-prompt-params.js", () => ({
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
index 9542a404958..05ad3d2ca47 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts
@@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ export async function runEmbeddedAttempt(
           // Detect and load images referenced in the visible prompt for vision-capable models.
           // Images are prompt-local only (pi-like behavior).
           const imageResult = await detectAndLoadPromptImages({
-            prompt: promptForModel,
+            prompt: promptSubmission.prompt,
             workspaceDir: effectiveWorkspace,
             model: params.model,
             existingImages: params.images,