diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4a8ce30e72..c215cf32121 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Providers/MiniMax: declare CN endpoint auth aliases in the plugin manifest so `minimax-cn` and `minimax-portal-cn` reuse the correct base auth profiles instead of falling back to unrelated models after 401s. Fixes #63823. Thanks @kamusis.
 - Agents/model fallback: suppress fallback notices when the active OpenAI Codex runtime reports the same canonical OpenAI model.
 - Agents/music generation: remove model-controlled request timeouts while keeping configured timeouts at a 120-second floor.
+- Agents/media generation: stop logging delivered failure summaries as missing message-tool delivery when no generated media was expected.
 - Agents/edit tool: honor `file_path` and related path aliases when resolving edit-recovery targets, so post-write errors no longer surface false edit failures after the file actually changed. Fixes #81909. Thanks @giodl73-repo.
 - QQBot: treat only explicit truthy `QQBOT_DEBUG` values as enabling debug logs, so false-like values such as `0` no longer expose debug output. Fixes #82644. (#82697) Thanks @leno23.
 - Agents/session_status: resolve implicit no-arg status lookups against the live run session, so `/think` changes report the current thinking level instead of stale sandbox state. Fixes #82669. (#82696) Thanks @leno23.
diff --git a/src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.test.ts b/src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.test.ts
index f4b4de5c871..563e635e623 100644
--- a/src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.test.ts
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ describe("deliverSubagentAnnouncement completion delivery", () => {
     expect(sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("accepts failed generated media completion notices through the message tool", async () => {
+  it("accepts failed generated media completion notices without requiring message-tool delivery", async () => {
     const callGateway = createGatewayMock({
       result: {
         payloads: [],
@@ -1428,12 +1428,11 @@ describe("deliverSubagentAnnouncement completion delivery", () => {
       path: "direct",
     });
     expectGatewayAgentParams(callGateway, {
-      deliver: false,
+      deliver: true,
       channel: "discord",
       accountId: "acct-1",
       to: "dm:U123",
       threadId: undefined,
-      sourceReplyDeliveryMode: "message_tool_only",
     });
     expect(sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
@@ -1485,6 +1484,44 @@ describe("deliverSubagentAnnouncement completion delivery", () => {
     expect(sendMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("allows visible direct delivery for media generation failure summaries without generated media", async () => {
+    const callGateway = createGatewayMock({
+      result: {
+        payloads: [{ text: "Music generation failed. Provider timed out." }],
+      },
+    });
+    const result = await deliverDiscordDirectMessageCompletion({
+      callGateway,
+      sourceTool: "music_generate",
+      internalEvents: [
+        {
+          type: "task_completion",
+          source: "music_generation",
+          childSessionKey: "music_generate:task-123",
+          childSessionId: "task-123",
+          announceType: "music generation task",
+          taskLabel: "night-drive synthwave",
+          status: "error",
+          statusLabel: "failed",
+          result: "All music generation models failed.",
+          replyInstruction: "Tell the user music generation failed.",
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expectRecordFields(result, {
+      delivered: true,
+      path: "direct",
+    });
+    expectGatewayAgentParams(callGateway, {
+      deliver: true,
+      channel: "discord",
+      accountId: "acct-1",
+      to: "dm:U123",
+      threadId: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("reports generated media group completions that miss required message-tool delivery", async () => {
     const callGateway = createGatewayMock({
       result: {
diff --git a/src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.ts b/src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.ts
index 3f38c929643..04774959c5c 100644
--- a/src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.ts
+++ b/src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.ts
@@ -633,7 +633,8 @@ async function sendSubagentAnnounceDirectly(params: {
       expectsCompletionMessage: params.expectsCompletionMessage,
       sourceTool: params.sourceTool,
     });
-    const requiresMessageToolDelivery = agentMediatedCompletion;
+    const expectedMediaUrls = collectExpectedMediaFromInternalEvents(params.internalEvents);
+    const requiresMessageToolDelivery = agentMediatedCompletion && expectedMediaUrls.length > 0;
     const completionSourceReplyDeliveryMode = requiresMessageToolDelivery
       ? "message_tool_only"
       : undefined;
@@ -766,7 +767,6 @@ async function sendSubagentAnnounceDirectly(params: {
         error: "completion agent did not deliver through the message tool",
       };
     }
-    const expectedMediaUrls = collectExpectedMediaFromInternalEvents(params.internalEvents);
     if (
       agentMediatedCompletion &&
       expectedMediaUrls.length > 0 &&