diff --git a/src/status/status-labels.ts b/src/status/status-labels.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..211b665bc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/status/status-labels.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export const formatFastModeLabel = (enabled: boolean): string | null => {
+  if (!enabled) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return "Fast";
+};
diff --git a/src/status/status-message.test.ts b/src/status/status-message.test.ts
index d3600264f28..346ca588941 100644
--- a/src/status/status-message.test.ts
+++ b/src/status/status-message.test.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,12 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { normalizeTestText } from "../../test/helpers/normalize-text.js";
-import { buildStatusMessage } from "./status-message.js";
+import { formatFastModeLabel } from "./status-labels.js";
 
-const buildFastStatus = (model: string, fastMode: boolean) =>
-  normalizeTestText(
-    buildStatusMessage({
-      modelAuth: "api-key",
-      activeModelAuth: "api-key",
-      agent: { model },
-      sessionEntry: {
-        sessionId: "fast-status",
-        updatedAt: 0,
-        fastMode,
-      },
-      sessionKey: "agent:main:main",
-      queue: { mode: "collect", depth: 0 },
-    }),
-  );
-
-describe("buildStatusMessage fast mode labels", () => {
+describe("formatFastModeLabel", () => {
   it("shows fast mode when enabled", () => {
-    expect(buildFastStatus("openai/gpt-5.4", true)).toContain("Fast");
+    expect(formatFastModeLabel(true)).toBe("Fast");
   });
 
   it("hides fast mode when disabled", () => {
-    expect(buildFastStatus("anthropic/claude-opus-4-6", false)).not.toContain("Fast");
+    expect(formatFastModeLabel(false)).toBeNull();
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/status/status-message.ts b/src/status/status-message.ts
index 96d851118e5..b74da1e128b 100644
--- a/src/status/status-message.ts
+++ b/src/status/status-message.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import {
 } from "../utils/usage-format.js";
 import { VERSION } from "../version.js";
 import { resolveActiveFallbackState } from "./fallback-notice-state.js";
+import { formatFastModeLabel } from "./status-labels.js";
 
 type AgentDefaults = NonNullable<NonNullable<OpenClawConfig["agents"]>["defaults"]>;
 type AgentConfig = Partial<AgentDefaults> & {
@@ -263,13 +264,6 @@ const formatQueueDetails = (queue?: QueueStatus) => {
   return detailParts.length ? ` (${detailParts.join(" · ")})` : "";
 };
 
-const formatFastModeLabel = (enabled: boolean) => {
-  if (!enabled) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  return "Fast";
-};
-
 const formatHarnessLabel = (harnessId: string | undefined) => {
   const normalized = normalizeOptionalLowercaseString(harnessId);
   if (!normalized || normalized === "pi" || normalized === "auto") {