diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/npm-onboard-channel-agent/assertions.mjs b/scripts/e2e/lib/npm-onboard-channel-agent/assertions.mjs
index bc423ec65c8..92c8422398a 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/npm-onboard-channel-agent/assertions.mjs
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/npm-onboard-channel-agent/assertions.mjs
@@ -8,6 +8,46 @@ import { applyMockOpenAiModelConfig } from "../fixtures/mock-openai-config.mjs";
 
 const command = process.argv[2];
 const readJson = (file) => JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"));
+const ansiEscapePattern = new RegExp(String.raw`\u001b\[[0-?]*[ -/]*[@-~]`, "g");
+
+function stripAnsi(text) {
+  return text.replace(ansiEscapePattern, "");
+}
+
+const statusSectionTitles = new Set([
+  "openclaw status",
+  "overview",
+  "plugin compatibility",
+  "model selection",
+  "security audit",
+  "channels",
+  "sessions",
+  "system events",
+  "health",
+  "usage",
+]);
+
+function normalizedStatusHeading(line) {
+  return stripAnsi(line).trim().replace(/^#+\s*/, "").trim().toLowerCase();
+}
+
+function extractStatusSection(text, title) {
+  const target = title.toLowerCase();
+  const lines = text.split(/\r?\n/);
+  const start = lines.findIndex((line) => normalizedStatusHeading(line) === target);
+  if (start === -1) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const section = [];
+  for (const line of lines.slice(start + 1)) {
+    const normalized = normalizedStatusHeading(line);
+    if (normalized && statusSectionTitles.has(normalized)) {
+      break;
+    }
+    section.push(line);
+  }
+  return stripAnsi(section.join("\n"));
+}
 
 function assertOnboardState() {
   const home = process.argv[3];
@@ -146,8 +186,14 @@ function assertStatusSurfaces() {
   if (!/channels/i.test(statusText)) {
     throw new Error(`plain status output did not render a Channels section. Output: ${statusText}`);
   }
-  if (!statusText.toLowerCase().includes(channel.toLowerCase())) {
-    throw new Error(`plain status output did not mention ${channel}. Output: ${statusText}`);
+  const channelsSection = extractStatusSection(statusText, "channels");
+  if (!channelsSection) {
+    throw new Error(`plain status output did not render a Channels section. Output: ${statusText}`);
+  }
+  if (!channelsSection.toLowerCase().includes(channel.toLowerCase())) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `plain status output did not mention ${channel} in the Channels section. Output: ${statusText}`,
+    );
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/npm-onboard-channel-agent-assertions.test.ts b/test/scripts/npm-onboard-channel-agent-assertions.test.ts
index e0426028e04..7b391cdfbdd 100644
--- a/test/scripts/npm-onboard-channel-agent-assertions.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/npm-onboard-channel-agent-assertions.test.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,25 @@ function runAssert(home: string, channel: string, ...tokens: string[]) {
   );
 }
 
+function runStatusAssert(channel: string, channelsStatus: unknown, statusText: string) {
+  const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-status-assertions-"));
+  try {
+    const channelsStatusPath = path.join(tempDir, "channels-status.json");
+    const statusTextPath = path.join(tempDir, "status.txt");
+    fs.writeFileSync(channelsStatusPath, JSON.stringify(channelsStatus));
+    fs.writeFileSync(statusTextPath, statusText);
+    return spawnSync(
+      process.execPath,
+      [assertionsPath, "assert-status-surfaces", channel, channelsStatusPath, statusTextPath],
+      {
+        encoding: "utf8",
+      },
+    );
+  } finally {
+    fs.rmSync(tempDir, { force: true, recursive: true });
+  }
+}
+
 describe("npm onboard channel agent assertions", () => {
   it("validates channel tokens in their canonical config fields", () => {
     const tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-channel-assertions-"));
@@ -59,4 +78,50 @@ describe("npm onboard channel agent assertions", () => {
       fs.rmSync(tempDir, { force: true, recursive: true });
     }
   });
+
+  it("validates configured channels in the plain status Channels section", () => {
+    const result = runStatusAssert(
+      "telegram",
+      { configuredChannels: ["telegram"] },
+      [
+        "# OpenClaw status",
+        "",
+        "# Overview",
+        "OS macOS",
+        "",
+        "# Channels",
+        "Channel State Detail",
+        "telegram ok configured",
+        "",
+        "# Sessions",
+        "No sessions",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("rejects plain status output that mentions the channel outside the Channels section", () => {
+    const result = runStatusAssert(
+      "telegram",
+      { configuredChannels: ["telegram"] },
+      [
+        "# OpenClaw status",
+        "",
+        "# Overview",
+        "OS macOS",
+        "",
+        "# Channels",
+        "No channels configured",
+        "",
+        "# Sessions",
+        "telegram appeared in an unrelated session note",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.status).not.toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stderr).toContain(
+      "plain status output did not mention telegram in the Channels section",
+    );
+  });
 });