diff --git a/src/channels/session.test.ts b/src/channels/session.test.ts
index cdb239680e1f..3bfed7d45e60 100644
--- a/src/channels/session.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/session.test.ts
@@ -189,4 +189,39 @@ describe("recordInboundSession", () => {
     expect(route.sessionKey).toBe("agent:main:main");
     expect(route.createIfMissing).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: "throws synchronously",
+      handler: (_err: unknown): void => {
+        throw new Error("handler failed");
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      name: "returns a rejected promise",
+      handler: ((_err: unknown) => Promise.reject(new Error("handler failed"))) as (
+        _err: unknown,
+      ) => void,
+    },
+  ])("settles the tracked meta task when onRecordError $name", async ({ handler }) => {
+    const recordError = new Error("db failed");
+    recordSessionMetaFromInboundMock.mockRejectedValueOnce(recordError);
+    const onRecordError = vi.fn(handler);
+    let trackedMetaTask: Promise<unknown> | undefined;
+
+    await recordInboundSession({
+      storePath: "/tmp/openclaw-session-store.json",
+      sessionKey: "agent:main:demo-channel:1234:thread:42",
+      ctx,
+      onRecordError,
+      trackSessionMetaTask: (task) => {
+        trackedMetaTask = task;
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(trackedMetaTask).toBeDefined();
+    await expect(trackedMetaTask).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(onRecordError).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(onRecordError).toHaveBeenCalledWith(recordError);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/channels/session.ts b/src/channels/session.ts
index a1e58333e4d8..381d5dd59a5e 100644
--- a/src/channels/session.ts
+++ b/src/channels/session.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ export async function recordInboundSession(params: {
       groupResolution,
       createIfMissing,
     })
-    .catch(params.onRecordError);
+    .catch(async (err: unknown) => {
+      try {
+        await Promise.resolve(params.onRecordError(err));
+      } catch {
+        // Error reporting must not reject the detached metadata task.
+      }
+    });
   params.trackSessionMetaTask?.(metaTask);
   void metaTask;