diff --git a/extensions/codex/src/app-server/transcript-mirror.test.ts b/extensions/codex/src/app-server/transcript-mirror.test.ts
index 502680e475d..b83672ee626 100644
--- a/extensions/codex/src/app-server/transcript-mirror.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/codex/src/app-server/transcript-mirror.test.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe("buildCodexUserPromptMessage", () => {
           MediaTypes: ["image/png"],
         },
       },
-    } as Parameters<typeof buildCodexUserPromptMessage>[0]);
+    } as unknown as Parameters<typeof buildCodexUserPromptMessage>[0]);
 
     expect(message).toMatchObject({
       role: "user",
diff --git a/src/agents/command/attempt-execution.ts b/src/agents/command/attempt-execution.ts
index 79e84ede2a0..428b369585d 100644
--- a/src/agents/command/attempt-execution.ts
+++ b/src/agents/command/attempt-execution.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { resolveBootstrapWarningSignaturesSeen } from "../bootstrap-budget.js";
 import { runCliAgent } from "../cli-runner.js";
 import { getCliSessionBinding, setCliSessionBinding } from "../cli-session.js";
 import { FailoverError } from "../failover-error.js";
+import { runAgentHarnessBeforeMessageWriteHook } from "../harness/hook-helpers.js";
 import { resolveAvailableAgentHarnessPolicy } from "../harness/selection.js";
 import { resolveCliRuntimeExecutionProvider } from "../model-runtime-aliases.js";
 import { isCliProvider } from "../model-selection.js";
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ async function persistTextTurnTranscript(
         sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
         cwd: params.sessionCwd,
         config: params.config,
+        beforeMessageWrite: runAgentHarnessBeforeMessageWriteHook,
         ...(userMessage
           ? { message: userMessage }
           : {
diff --git a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.guard.test.ts b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.guard.test.ts
index c3b83b425ca..b3af06e19fc 100644
--- a/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.guard.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.guard.test.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ describe("guardSessionManager integration", () => {
       preparedUserTurnMessage: {
         role: "user",
         content: "What is in this image?",
+        timestamp: 123,
         MediaPath: "/tmp/a.png",
         MediaPaths: ["/tmp/a.png"],
         MediaType: "image/png",
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ describe("guardSessionManager integration", () => {
       preparedUserTurnMessage: {
         role: "user",
         content: "visible prompt",
+        timestamp: 123,
         MediaPath: "/tmp/a.png",
         MediaPaths: ["/tmp/a.png"],
         MediaType: "image/png",
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ describe("guardSessionManager integration", () => {
     appendMessage({
       role: "user",
       content: [{ type: "text", text: "blocked" }],
+      timestamp: 124,
       __openclaw: { beforeAgentRunBlocked: { blockedBy: "test", blockedAt: 123 } },
     } as AgentMessage);
     appendMessage({ role: "user", content: "runtime prompt" } as AgentMessage);
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-execution.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-execution.test.ts
index 3ac18dc9356..cd4e7c3b4cb 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-execution.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-execution.test.ts
@@ -6046,15 +6046,7 @@ describe("runAgentTurnWithFallback", () => {
     });
 
     const runAgentTurnWithFallback = await getRunAgentTurnWithFallback();
-    await runAgentTurnWithFallback(
-      createMinimalRunAgentTurnParams({
-        opts: {
-          onUserMessagePersisted: async () => {
-            throw new Error("gateway notification failed");
-          },
-        },
-      }),
-    );
+    await runAgentTurnWithFallback(createMinimalRunAgentTurnParams());
 
     expect(state.runEmbeddedPiAgentMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
     expectMockCallArgFields(state.runEmbeddedPiAgentMock, 0, "primary candidate", {
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/followup-runner.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/followup-runner.test.ts
index efb273097a2..afa7074a53b 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/followup-runner.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/followup-runner.test.ts
@@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ describe("createFollowupRunner reply-lane admission", () => {
 
     expect(runEmbeddedPiAgentMock).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     const call = requireLastMockCallArg(runEmbeddedPiAgentMock, "run embedded pi agent");
-    expect(call.userTurnTranscriptRecorder?.message).toBe(preparedUserTurnMessage);
+    const recorder = requireRecord(call.userTurnTranscriptRecorder, "embedded user turn recorder");
+    expect(recorder.message).toBe(preparedUserTurnMessage);
   });
 
   it("runs queued followups with the session id returned by admission", async () => {
@@ -873,7 +874,8 @@ describe("createFollowupRunner runtime config", () => {
       config: runtimeConfig,
       suppressNextUserMessagePersistence: false,
     });
-    expect(call.userTurnTranscriptRecorder?.message).toMatchObject({
+    const recorder = requireRecord(call.userTurnTranscriptRecorder, "cli user turn recorder");
+    expect(recorder.message).toMatchObject({
       role: "user",
       content: "hello",
     });
@@ -924,7 +926,8 @@ describe("createFollowupRunner runtime config", () => {
 
     expect(runCliAgentMock).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     const mediaCall = requireLastMockCallArg(runCliAgentMock, "run cli agent");
-    expect(mediaCall.userTurnTranscriptRecorder?.message).toBe(preparedUserTurnMessage);
+    const recorder = requireRecord(mediaCall.userTurnTranscriptRecorder, "cli user turn recorder");
+    expect(recorder.message).toBe(preparedUserTurnMessage);
   });
 
   it("defers queued CLI attempt terminal lifecycle events until fallback settles", async () => {
@@ -2948,11 +2951,6 @@ describe("createFollowupRunner queued user message idempotency across fallback",
     });
 
     const runner = createFollowupRunner({
-      opts: {
-        onUserMessagePersisted: async () => {
-          throw new Error("gateway notification failed");
-        },
-      },
       typing: createMockTypingController(),
       typingMode: "instant",
       defaultModel: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-7",
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts
index 5e0ec7fff15..11152196b88 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 import { resolveSessionAuthProfileOverride } from "../../agents/auth-profiles/session-override.js";
 import type { ExecToolDefaults } from "../../agents/bash-tools.js";
 import { resolveFastModeState } from "../../agents/fast-mode.js";
+import { runAgentHarnessBeforeMessageWriteHook } from "../../agents/harness/hook-helpers.js";
 import { resolveAgentHarnessPolicy } from "../../agents/harness/selection.js";
 import { listOpenAIAuthProfileProvidersForAgentRuntime } from "../../agents/openai-codex-routing.js";
 import { resolveEmbeddedFullAccessState } from "../../agents/pi-embedded-runner/sandbox-info.js";
@@ -1175,6 +1176,7 @@ export async function runPreparedReply(
             config: cfg,
           }),
           errorContext: "reply user turn transcript",
+          beforeMessageWrite: runAgentHarnessBeforeMessageWriteHook,
         })
       : undefined);
   const followupRun = {
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/transcript-append.ts b/src/config/sessions/transcript-append.ts
index b256fd4aa41..8ea2d761c12 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/transcript-append.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/transcript-append.ts
@@ -309,10 +309,10 @@ async function appendSessionTranscriptMessageLocked<TMessage>(
   const idempotencyKey = readMessageIdempotencyKey(params.message);
   const existing =
     idempotencyKey && params.idempotencyLookup === "scan"
-      ? await findTranscriptMessageByIdempotencyKey<TMessage>(params.transcriptPath, idempotencyKey)
+      ? await findTranscriptMessageByIdempotencyKey(params.transcriptPath, idempotencyKey)
       : undefined;
   if (existing) {
-    return { ...existing, appended: false };
+    return { ...existing, message: existing.message as TMessage, appended: false };
   }
 
   const messageId = randomUUID();
@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ function readMessageIdempotencyKey(message: unknown): string | undefined {
   return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0 ? value.trim() : undefined;
 }
 
-async function findTranscriptMessageByIdempotencyKey<TMessage>(
+async function findTranscriptMessageByIdempotencyKey(
   transcriptPath: string,
   idempotencyKey: string,
-): Promise<{ messageId: string; message: TMessage } | undefined> {
+): Promise<{ messageId: string; message: unknown } | undefined> {
   for await (const line of streamSessionTranscriptLinesReverse(transcriptPath)) {
     try {
       const parsed = JSON.parse(line) as {
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ async function findTranscriptMessageByIdempotencyKey<TMessage>(
       return {
         messageId:
           typeof parsed.id === "string" && parsed.id.trim().length > 0 ? parsed.id : idempotencyKey,
-        message: message as TMessage,
+        message,
       };
     } catch {
       continue;
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
index 3f8c406a8f4..c6a0f423d8a 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   resolveSendableOutboundReplyParts,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/reply-payload";
 import { resolveAgentWorkspaceDir, resolveSessionAgentId } from "../../agents/agent-scope.js";
+import { runAgentHarnessBeforeMessageWriteHook } from "../../agents/harness/hook-helpers.js";
 import { rewriteTranscriptEntriesInSessionFile } from "../../agents/pi-embedded-runner/transcript-rewrite.js";
 import { resolveProviderIdForAuth } from "../../agents/provider-auth-aliases.js";
 import { ensureSandboxWorkspaceForSession } from "../../agents/sandbox/context.js";
@@ -2721,6 +2722,7 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
               };
             },
             errorContext: "gateway chat user turn transcript",
+            beforeMessageWrite: runAgentHarnessBeforeMessageWriteHook,
             onPersistenceError: (error) => {
               context.logGateway.warn(
                 `gateway user transcript persistence failed: ${formatForLog(error)}`,
@@ -2964,7 +2966,6 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
               // assistant turn, so it appends a gateway-injected assistant entry before
               // broadcasting the final UI event.
               if (!agentRunStarted) {
-                await persistGatewayUserTurnTranscript();
                 const btwReplies = deliveredReplies
                   .map((entry) => entry.payload)
                   .filter(isBtwReplyPayload);
@@ -2992,6 +2993,7 @@ export const chatHandlers: GatewayRequestHandlers = {
                     sessionKey,
                   });
                 } else {
+                  await persistGatewayUserTurnTranscript();
                   const rawFinalPayloads = appendedWebchatAgentMedia
                     ? []
                     : deliveredReplies
diff --git a/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts b/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
index 4d6541a5757..9316086e59d 100644
--- a/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
+++ b/src/sessions/user-turn-transcript.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import path from "node:path";
 import type { AgentMessage } from "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core";
-import { runAgentHarnessBeforeMessageWriteHook } from "../agents/harness/hook-helpers.js";
 import { appendSessionTranscriptMessage } from "../config/sessions/transcript-append.js";
-import { resolveSessionTranscriptFile } from "../config/sessions/transcript.js";
-import type { SessionEntry } from "../config/sessions/types.js";
-import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
-import { logVerbose } from "../globals.js";
 import { mimeTypeFromFilePath } from "../media/mime.js";
 import { emitSessionTranscriptUpdate } from "./transcript-events.js";
 
+type TranscriptAppendConfig = Parameters<typeof appendSessionTranscriptMessage>[0]["config"];
+
+type UserTurnSessionEntry = {
+  sessionId: string;
+  updatedAt: number;
+  sessionFile?: string;
+  threadId?: string | number;
+} & Record<string, unknown>;
+
 type PersistedUserTurnMediaInput = {
   path?: string | null;
   url?: string | null;
@@ -35,6 +39,12 @@ export type UserTurnInput = {
 
 type UserTurnTranscriptUpdateMode = "inline" | "none";
 
+export type UserTurnBeforeMessageWrite = (params: {
+  message: PersistedUserTurnMessage;
+  agentId?: string;
+  sessionKey?: string;
+}) => AgentMessage | null;
+
 type AppendUserTurnTranscriptMessageParams = {
   transcriptPath: string;
   input?: UserTurnInput;
@@ -43,8 +53,9 @@ type AppendUserTurnTranscriptMessageParams = {
   agentId?: string;
   sessionKey?: string;
   cwd?: string;
-  config?: OpenClawConfig;
+  config?: TranscriptAppendConfig;
   updateMode?: UserTurnTranscriptUpdateMode;
+  beforeMessageWrite?: UserTurnBeforeMessageWrite;
 };
 
 type PersistUserTurnTranscriptParams = {
@@ -52,14 +63,15 @@ type PersistUserTurnTranscriptParams = {
   message?: PersistedUserTurnMessage;
   sessionId: string;
   sessionKey: string;
-  sessionEntry: SessionEntry | undefined;
-  sessionStore?: Record<string, SessionEntry>;
+  sessionEntry: UserTurnSessionEntry | undefined;
+  sessionStore?: Record<string, UserTurnSessionEntry>;
   storePath?: string;
   agentId: string;
   threadId?: string | number;
   cwd?: string;
-  config?: OpenClawConfig;
+  config?: TranscriptAppendConfig;
   updateMode?: UserTurnTranscriptUpdateMode;
+  beforeMessageWrite?: UserTurnBeforeMessageWrite;
 };
 
 type UserTurnTranscriptPersistenceTarget = Omit<
@@ -73,14 +85,14 @@ type UserTurnTranscriptFileTarget = {
   agentId?: string;
   sessionKey?: string;
   cwd?: string;
-  config?: OpenClawConfig;
+  config?: TranscriptAppendConfig;
 };
 
 type UserTurnTranscriptTarget = UserTurnTranscriptPersistenceTarget | UserTurnTranscriptFileTarget;
 
 type UserTurnTranscriptPersistResult = {
   sessionFile: string;
-  sessionEntry: SessionEntry | undefined;
+  sessionEntry: UserTurnSessionEntry | undefined;
   messageId: string;
   message: PersistedUserTurnMessage;
 };
@@ -113,6 +125,7 @@ type CreateUserTurnTranscriptRecorderParams = {
   message?: PersistedUserTurnMessage;
   target: UserTurnTranscriptTargetResolver;
   updateMode?: UserTurnTranscriptUpdateMode;
+  beforeMessageWrite?: UserTurnBeforeMessageWrite;
   errorContext?: string;
   onPersistenceError?: (error: unknown) => void;
 };
@@ -351,12 +364,18 @@ export function mergePreparedUserTurnMessageForRuntime(params: {
 
 function applyBeforeMessageWriteToUserTurn(
   message: PersistedUserTurnMessage,
-  params: Pick<AppendUserTurnTranscriptMessageParams, "agentId" | "sessionKey">,
+  params: Pick<
+    AppendUserTurnTranscriptMessageParams,
+    "agentId" | "sessionKey" | "beforeMessageWrite"
+  >,
 ): PersistedUserTurnMessage | undefined {
+  if (!params.beforeMessageWrite) {
+    return message;
+  }
   const originalMessage = message as unknown as { idempotencyKey?: unknown };
   const idempotencyKey =
     typeof originalMessage.idempotencyKey === "string" ? originalMessage.idempotencyKey : undefined;
-  const nextMessage = runAgentHarnessBeforeMessageWriteHook({
+  const nextMessage = params.beforeMessageWrite({
     message,
     ...(params.agentId ? { agentId: params.agentId } : {}),
     ...(params.sessionKey ? { sessionKey: params.sessionKey } : {}),
@@ -429,6 +448,7 @@ export async function persistUserTurnTranscript(
     return undefined;
   }
 
+  const { resolveSessionTranscriptFile } = await import("../config/sessions/transcript.js");
   const { sessionFile, sessionEntry } = await resolveSessionTranscriptFile({
     sessionId: params.sessionId,
     sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
@@ -448,6 +468,7 @@ export async function persistUserTurnTranscript(
     ...(params.cwd ? { cwd: params.cwd } : {}),
     ...(params.config ? { config: params.config } : {}),
     ...(params.updateMode ? { updateMode: params.updateMode } : {}),
+    ...(params.beforeMessageWrite ? { beforeMessageWrite: params.beforeMessageWrite } : {}),
   });
   if (!appended) {
     return undefined;
@@ -486,9 +507,13 @@ export function createUserTurnTranscriptRecorder(
       params.onPersistenceError(error);
       return;
     }
-    logVerbose(
-      `failed to persist ${params.errorContext ?? "user turn transcript"}: ${String(error)}`,
-    );
+    void import("../globals.js")
+      .then(({ logVerbose }) => {
+        logVerbose(
+          `failed to persist ${params.errorContext ?? "user turn transcript"}: ${String(error)}`,
+        );
+      })
+      .catch(() => undefined);
   };
 
   const waitForRuntimePersistence = async () => {
@@ -537,6 +562,7 @@ export function createUserTurnTranscriptRecorder(
             ...target,
             message,
             updateMode,
+            ...(params.beforeMessageWrite ? { beforeMessageWrite: params.beforeMessageWrite } : {}),
           }).then((appended) =>
             appended
               ? {
@@ -549,6 +575,7 @@ export function createUserTurnTranscriptRecorder(
             ...target,
             message,
             updateMode,
+            ...(params.beforeMessageWrite ? { beforeMessageWrite: params.beforeMessageWrite } : {}),
           });
       if (result) {
         persisted = true;