diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49661bbd2a6..b6401f69a7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Configure/Ollama: show the configured Ollama model allowlist after Cloud only or Cloud + Local setup and skip slow per-model cloud metadata fetches. (#73995) Thanks @obviyus.
 - Channels/WhatsApp: detect explicit group `@mentions` again when the bot's own E.164 is in `allowFrom`, so shared-number setups no longer skip group pings that directly mention the bot. Fixes #49317. (#73453) Thanks @juan-flores077.
 - WhatsApp/reliability: publish real transport-liveness into WhatsApp channel status and force earlier reconnects on silent transport stalls, so quiet healthy sessions stay connected while wedged sockets recover before the later remote 408 path. (#72656) Thanks @Sathvik-1007.
+- Core/channels: tighten selected runtime, media, and plugin edge-case handling while preserving existing behavior. Thanks @jesse-merhi.
 
 ## 2026.4.27
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/launchd-restart-handoff.test.ts b/src/daemon/launchd-restart-handoff.test.ts
index 6919b6ee7bf..b1356c72af8 100644
--- a/src/daemon/launchd-restart-handoff.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/launchd-restart-handoff.test.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,35 @@ describe("scheduleDetachedLaunchdRestartHandoff", () => {
     expect(args[1]).not.toContain('basename "$service_target"');
   });
 
+  it("sanitizes restart helper environment overrides before spawning", () => {
+    spawnMock.mockReturnValue({ pid: 4242, unref: unrefMock });
+
+    scheduleDetachedLaunchdRestartHandoff({
+      env: {
+        HOME: "/Users/test",
+        OPENCLAW_PROFILE: "default",
+        PATH: "/tmp/evil-bin",
+        DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES: "/tmp/evil.dylib",
+        NPM_CONFIG_GLOBALCONFIG: "/tmp/evil-npmrc",
+      },
+      mode: "kickstart",
+    });
+
+    const [, args, options] = spawnMock.mock.calls[0] as [
+      string,
+      string[],
+      { env: Record<string, string | undefined> },
+    ];
+    expect(args[1]).toContain("exec >>'/Users/test/.openclaw/logs/gateway-restart.log' 2>&1");
+    expect(args[1]).not.toContain("/tmp/evil-bin");
+    expect(args[1]).not.toContain("/tmp/evil.dylib");
+    expect(args[1]).not.toContain("/tmp/evil-npmrc");
+    expect(options.env.OPENCLAW_PROFILE).toBe("default");
+    expect(options.env.PATH).not.toBe("/tmp/evil-bin");
+    expect(options.env.DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(options.env.NPM_CONFIG_GLOBALCONFIG).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("rejects invalid launchd labels before spawning the helper", () => {
     expect(() => {
       scheduleDetachedLaunchdRestartHandoff({
diff --git a/src/daemon/launchd-restart-handoff.ts b/src/daemon/launchd-restart-handoff.ts
index 942120e6413..6ce4e45dd59 100644
--- a/src/daemon/launchd-restart-handoff.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/launchd-restart-handoff.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { formatErrorMessage } from "../infra/errors.js";
+import { sanitizeHostExecEnv } from "../infra/host-env-security.js";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "../shared/string-coerce.js";
 import { sanitizeForLog } from "../terminal/ansi.js";
 import { resolveGatewayLaunchAgentLabel } from "./constants.js";
@@ -25,6 +26,13 @@ export type LaunchdRestartTarget = {
 const START_AFTER_EXIT_PRINT_RETRY_COUNT = 15;
 const START_AFTER_EXIT_PRINT_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS = 0.2;
 
+type LaunchdRestartLogEnv = {
+  HOME?: string;
+  USERPROFILE?: string;
+  OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR?: string;
+  OPENCLAW_PROFILE?: string;
+};
+
 function assertValidLaunchAgentLabel(label: string): string {
   const trimmed = label.trim();
   if (!/^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$/.test(trimmed)) {
@@ -40,6 +48,27 @@ function resolveGuiDomain(): string {
   return `gui/${process.getuid()}`;
 }
 
+function collectStringEnvOverrides(
+  env?: Record<string, string | undefined>,
+): Record<string, string> | undefined {
+  const overrides = Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(env ?? {}).filter(
+      (entry): entry is [string, string] => typeof entry[1] === "string",
+    ),
+  );
+  return Object.keys(overrides).length > 0 ? overrides : undefined;
+}
+
+function collectRestartLogEnv(env?: Record<string, string | undefined>): LaunchdRestartLogEnv {
+  const source = { ...process.env, ...env };
+  return {
+    HOME: source.HOME,
+    USERPROFILE: source.USERPROFILE,
+    OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: source.OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR,
+    OPENCLAW_PROFILE: source.OPENCLAW_PROFILE,
+  };
+}
+
 function resolveLaunchAgentLabel(env?: Record<string, string | undefined>): string {
   const envLabel = normalizeOptionalString(env?.OPENCLAW_LAUNCHD_LABEL);
   if (envLabel) {
@@ -80,11 +109,11 @@ export function isCurrentProcessLaunchdServiceLabel(
 
 function buildLaunchdRestartScript(
   mode: LaunchdRestartHandoffMode,
-  env: Record<string, string | undefined>,
+  restartLogEnv: LaunchdRestartLogEnv,
 ): string {
   const waitForCallerPid = `wait_pid="$4"
 label="$5"
-${renderPosixRestartLogSetup(env)}
+${renderPosixRestartLogSetup(restartLogEnv)}
 printf '[%s] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=${mode} target=%s waitPid=%s\\n' "$(date -u +%FT%TZ)" "$service_target" "$wait_pid" >&2
 if [ -n "$wait_pid" ] && [ "$wait_pid" -gt 1 ] 2>/dev/null; then
   while kill -0 "$wait_pid" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
@@ -169,13 +198,17 @@ export function scheduleDetachedLaunchdRestartHandoff(params: {
     typeof params.waitForPid === "number" && Number.isFinite(params.waitForPid)
       ? Math.floor(params.waitForPid)
       : 0;
-  const restartEnv = { ...process.env, ...params.env };
+  const restartLogEnv = collectRestartLogEnv(params.env);
+  const restartEnv = sanitizeHostExecEnv({
+    baseEnv: process.env,
+    overrides: collectStringEnvOverrides(params.env),
+  });
   try {
     const child = spawn(
       "/bin/sh",
       [
         "-c",
-        buildLaunchdRestartScript(params.mode, restartEnv),
+        buildLaunchdRestartScript(params.mode, restartLogEnv),
         "openclaw-launchd-restart-handoff",
         target.serviceTarget,
         target.domain,