diff --git a/src/gateway/http-utils.authorize-request.test.ts b/src/gateway/http-utils.authorize-request.test.ts
index c6b5c901d09..7e339a72086 100644
--- a/src/gateway/http-utils.authorize-request.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/http-utils.authorize-request.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ vi.mock("../config/config.js", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("./http-common.js", () => ({
   sendGatewayAuthFailure: vi.fn(),
+  sendJson: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
 const { authorizeHttpGatewayConnect } = await import("./auth.js");
diff --git a/src/gateway/http-utils.ts b/src/gateway/http-utils.ts
index 55a2b661f11..ba03df32f4f 100644
--- a/src/gateway/http-utils.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/http-utils.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   resolveDefaultModelForAgent,
 } from "../agents/model-selection.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { buildAgentMainSessionKey, normalizeAgentId } from "../routing/session-key.js";
 import {
   normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
@@ -20,8 +21,9 @@ import {
   type GatewayAuthResult,
   type ResolvedGatewayAuth,
 } from "./auth.js";
-import { sendGatewayAuthFailure } from "./http-common.js";
+import { sendGatewayAuthFailure, sendJson } from "./http-common.js";
 import { ADMIN_SCOPE, CLI_DEFAULT_OPERATOR_SCOPES } from "./method-scopes.js";
+import { authorizeOperatorScopesForMethod } from "./method-scopes.js";
 import { loadGatewayModelCatalog } from "./server-model-catalog.js";
 
 export const OPENCLAW_MODEL_ID = "openclaw";
@@ -119,6 +121,48 @@ export async function authorizeGatewayHttpRequestOrReply(params: {
   };
 }
 
+export async function authorizeScopedGatewayHttpRequestOrReply(params: {
+  req: IncomingMessage;
+  res: ServerResponse;
+  auth: ResolvedGatewayAuth;
+  trustedProxies?: string[];
+  allowRealIpFallback?: boolean;
+  rateLimiter?: AuthRateLimiter;
+  operatorMethod: string;
+  resolveOperatorScopes: (
+    req: IncomingMessage,
+    requestAuth: AuthorizedGatewayHttpRequest,
+  ) => string[];
+}): Promise<{ cfg: OpenClawConfig; requestAuth: AuthorizedGatewayHttpRequest } | null> {
+  const cfg = loadConfig();
+  const requestAuth = await authorizeGatewayHttpRequestOrReply({
+    req: params.req,
+    res: params.res,
+    auth: params.auth,
+    trustedProxies: params.trustedProxies ?? cfg.gateway?.trustedProxies,
+    allowRealIpFallback: params.allowRealIpFallback ?? cfg.gateway?.allowRealIpFallback,
+    rateLimiter: params.rateLimiter,
+  });
+  if (!requestAuth) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const requestedScopes = params.resolveOperatorScopes(params.req, requestAuth);
+  const scopeAuth = authorizeOperatorScopesForMethod(params.operatorMethod, requestedScopes);
+  if (!scopeAuth.allowed) {
+    sendJson(params.res, 403, {
+      ok: false,
+      error: {
+        type: "forbidden",
+        message: `missing scope: ${scopeAuth.missingScope}`,
+      },
+    });
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return { cfg, requestAuth };
+}
+
 export function isGatewayBearerHttpRequest(
   req: IncomingMessage,
   auth?: SharedSecretGatewayAuth,
diff --git a/src/gateway/sessions-history-http.ts b/src/gateway/sessions-history-http.ts
index f6505b3bff6..60ba784acb0 100644
--- a/src/gateway/sessions-history-http.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/sessions-history-http.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "node:http";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { loadSessionStore } from "../config/sessions.js";
 import { onSessionTranscriptUpdate } from "../sessions/transcript-events.js";
 import {
@@ -17,11 +16,10 @@ import {
   setSseHeaders,
 } from "./http-common.js";
 import {
-  authorizeGatewayHttpRequestOrReply,
+  authorizeScopedGatewayHttpRequestOrReply,
   getHeader,
   resolveTrustedHttpOperatorScopes,
 } from "./http-utils.js";
-import { authorizeOperatorScopesForMethod } from "./method-scopes.js";
 import { DEFAULT_CHAT_HISTORY_TEXT_MAX_CHARS } from "./server-methods/chat.js";
 import { buildSessionHistorySnapshot, SessionHistorySseState } from "./session-history-state.js";
 import {
@@ -108,33 +106,22 @@ export async function handleSessionHistoryHttpRequest(
     return true;
   }
 
-  const cfg = loadConfig();
-  const requestAuth = await authorizeGatewayHttpRequestOrReply({
+  // HTTP callers must declare the same least-privilege operator scopes they
+  // intend to use over WS so both transport surfaces enforce the same gate.
+  const authResult = await authorizeScopedGatewayHttpRequestOrReply({
     req,
     res,
     auth: opts.auth,
-    trustedProxies: opts.trustedProxies ?? cfg.gateway?.trustedProxies,
-    allowRealIpFallback: opts.allowRealIpFallback ?? cfg.gateway?.allowRealIpFallback,
+    trustedProxies: opts.trustedProxies,
+    allowRealIpFallback: opts.allowRealIpFallback,
     rateLimiter: opts.rateLimiter,
+    operatorMethod: "chat.history",
+    resolveOperatorScopes: resolveTrustedHttpOperatorScopes,
   });
-  if (!requestAuth) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  // HTTP callers must declare the same least-privilege operator scopes they
-  // intend to use over WS so both transport surfaces enforce the same gate.
-  const requestedScopes = resolveTrustedHttpOperatorScopes(req, requestAuth);
-  const scopeAuth = authorizeOperatorScopesForMethod("chat.history", requestedScopes);
-  if (!scopeAuth.allowed) {
-    sendJson(res, 403, {
-      ok: false,
-      error: {
-        type: "forbidden",
-        message: `missing scope: ${scopeAuth.missingScope}`,
-      },
-    });
+  if (!authResult) {
     return true;
   }
+  const { cfg } = authResult;
 
   const target = resolveGatewaySessionStoreTarget({ cfg, key: sessionKey });
   const store = loadSessionStore(target.storePath);
diff --git a/src/gateway/tools-invoke-http.ts b/src/gateway/tools-invoke-http.ts
index b5db77e718a..b46128484c2 100644
--- a/src/gateway/tools-invoke-http.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/tools-invoke-http.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { resolveToolLoopDetectionConfig } from "../agents/pi-tools.js";
 import { isKnownCoreToolId } from "../agents/tool-catalog.js";
 import { applyOwnerOnlyToolPolicy } from "../agents/tool-policy.js";
 import { ToolInputError, type AnyAgentTool } from "../agents/tools/common.js";
-import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveMainSessionKey } from "../config/sessions.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { logWarn } from "../logger.js";
@@ -23,12 +22,11 @@ import {
   sendMethodNotAllowed,
 } from "./http-common.js";
 import {
-  authorizeGatewayHttpRequestOrReply,
+  authorizeScopedGatewayHttpRequestOrReply,
   getHeader,
   resolveOpenAiCompatibleHttpOperatorScopes,
   resolveOpenAiCompatibleHttpSenderIsOwner,
 } from "./http-utils.js";
-import { authorizeOperatorScopesForMethod } from "./method-scopes.js";
 import { resolveGatewayScopedTools } from "./tool-resolution.js";
 
 const DEFAULT_BODY_BYTES = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
@@ -155,34 +153,23 @@ export async function handleToolsInvokeHttpRequest(
     return true;
   }
 
-  const cfg = loadConfig();
-  const requestAuth = await authorizeGatewayHttpRequestOrReply({
-    req,
-    res,
-    auth: opts.auth,
-    trustedProxies: opts.trustedProxies ?? cfg.gateway?.trustedProxies,
-    allowRealIpFallback: opts.allowRealIpFallback ?? cfg.gateway?.allowRealIpFallback,
-    rateLimiter: opts.rateLimiter,
-  });
-  if (!requestAuth) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   // /tools/invoke intentionally uses the same shared-secret HTTP trust model as
   // the OpenAI-compatible APIs: token/password bearer auth is full operator
   // access for the gateway, not a narrower per-request scope boundary.
-  const requestedScopes = resolveOpenAiCompatibleHttpOperatorScopes(req, requestAuth);
-  const scopeAuth = authorizeOperatorScopesForMethod("agent", requestedScopes);
-  if (!scopeAuth.allowed) {
-    sendJson(res, 403, {
-      ok: false,
-      error: {
-        type: "forbidden",
-        message: `missing scope: ${scopeAuth.missingScope}`,
-      },
-    });
+  const authResult = await authorizeScopedGatewayHttpRequestOrReply({
+    req,
+    res,
+    auth: opts.auth,
+    trustedProxies: opts.trustedProxies,
+    allowRealIpFallback: opts.allowRealIpFallback,
+    rateLimiter: opts.rateLimiter,
+    operatorMethod: "agent",
+    resolveOperatorScopes: resolveOpenAiCompatibleHttpOperatorScopes,
+  });
+  if (!authResult) {
     return true;
   }
+  const { cfg, requestAuth } = authResult;
 
   const bodyUnknown = await readJsonBodyOrError(req, res, opts.maxBodyBytes ?? DEFAULT_BODY_BYTES);
   if (bodyUnknown === undefined) {