diff --git a/src/gateway/credentials.test.ts b/src/gateway/credentials.test.ts
index b387ee4e9b6..ae54c68e487 100644
--- a/src/gateway/credentials.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/credentials.test.ts
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe("resolveGatewayCredentialsFromConfig", () => {
         urlOverride: "wss://example.com",
       },
     );
-    expect(resolved).toEqual({});
+    expect(resolved).toStrictEqual({});
   });
 
   it("uses env credentials for env-sourced url overrides", () => {
diff --git a/src/gateway/probe-auth.test.ts b/src/gateway/probe-auth.test.ts
index a56c0837315..f0ed3d6880d 100644
--- a/src/gateway/probe-auth.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/probe-auth.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function expectUnresolvedProbeTokenWarning(cfg: OpenClawConfig) {
     env: {} as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
   });
 
-  expect(result.auth).toEqual({});
+  expect(result.auth).toStrictEqual({});
   expect(result.warning).toContain("gateway.auth.token");
   expect(result.warning).toContain("unresolved");
 }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ describe("resolveGatewayProbeAuthSafeWithSecretInputs", () => {
       env: {} as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
     });
 
-    expect(result.auth).toEqual({});
+    expect(result.auth).toStrictEqual({});
     expect(result.warning).toContain("gateway.auth.token");
     expect(result.warning).toContain("unresolved");
   });
diff --git a/src/gateway/protocol/connect-error-details.test.ts b/src/gateway/protocol/connect-error-details.test.ts
index a5cc897a953..898f16f6685 100644
--- a/src/gateway/protocol/connect-error-details.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/protocol/connect-error-details.test.ts
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ describe("readConnectErrorRecoveryAdvice", () => {
   });
 
   it("returns empty advice for invalid payloads", () => {
-    expect(readConnectErrorRecoveryAdvice(null)).toEqual({});
-    expect(readConnectErrorRecoveryAdvice("x")).toEqual({});
+    expect(readConnectErrorRecoveryAdvice(null)).toStrictEqual({});
+    expect(readConnectErrorRecoveryAdvice("x")).toStrictEqual({});
     expect(readConnectErrorRecoveryAdvice({ canRetryWithDeviceToken: "yes" })).toEqual({});
     expect(
       readConnectErrorRecoveryAdvice({
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-plugins.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-plugins.test.ts
index c8dc4207734..17fff37b9eb 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-plugins.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-plugins.test.ts
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ describe("loadGatewayPlugins", () => {
     });
     const result = await runtime.nodes.list({ connected: true });
 
-    expect(getLastDispatchedParams()).toEqual({});
+    expect(getLastDispatchedParams()).toStrictEqual({});
     expect(result.nodes).toEqual([{ nodeId: "connected", connected: true }]);
   });