diff --git a/src/cli/devices-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/devices-cli.test.ts
index f70cc638539..8acd1336a99 100644
--- a/src/cli/devices-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/devices-cli.test.ts
@@ -439,6 +439,22 @@ describe("devices cli local fallback", () => {
     expect(runtime.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining("Approved"));
   });
 
+  it("falls back to local pairing list when gateway returns a scope upgrade message on loopback", async () => {
+    callGateway.mockRejectedValueOnce(
+      new Error("scope upgrade pending approval (requestId: req-123)"),
+    );
+    listDevicePairing.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      pending: [{ requestId: "req-1", deviceId: "device-1", publicKey: "pk", ts: 1 }],
+      paired: [],
+    });
+    summarizeDeviceTokens.mockReturnValue(undefined);
+
+    await runDevicesCommand(["list"]);
+
+    expect(listDevicePairing).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(runtime.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.stringContaining(fallbackNotice));
+  });
+
   it("does not use local fallback when an explicit --url is provided", async () => {
     callGateway.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("gateway closed (1008): pairing required"));
 
diff --git a/src/cli/devices-cli.ts b/src/cli/devices-cli.ts
index 6419f9948c2..71c1a95f475 100644
--- a/src/cli/devices-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/devices-cli.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { Command } from "commander";
 import { buildGatewayConnectionDetails, callGateway } from "../gateway/call.js";
 import { isLoopbackHost } from "../gateway/net.js";
 import { GATEWAY_CLIENT_MODES, GATEWAY_CLIENT_NAMES } from "../gateway/protocol/client-info.js";
+import { readConnectPairingRequiredMessage } from "../gateway/protocol/connect-error-details.js";
 import {
   approveDevicePairing,
   formatDevicePairingForbiddenMessage,
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ function normalizeErrorMessage(error: unknown): string {
 
 function shouldUseLocalPairingFallback(opts: DevicesRpcOpts, error: unknown): boolean {
   const message = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(normalizeErrorMessage(error));
-  if (!message.includes("pairing required")) {
+  if (!readConnectPairingRequiredMessage(message)) {
     return false;
   }
   if (typeof opts.url === "string" && opts.url.trim().length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts
index ba7c1e12193..e383a16850a 100644
--- a/src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,29 @@ describe("logs cli", () => {
     expect(stderrWrites.join("")).toContain("reading local log file instead");
   });
 
+  it("falls back to the local log file on loopback scope-upgrade errors", async () => {
+    callGatewayFromCli.mockRejectedValueOnce(
+      new Error("scope upgrade pending approval (requestId: req-123)"),
+    );
+    readConfiguredLogTail.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      file: "/tmp/openclaw.log",
+      cursor: 5,
+      size: 5,
+      lines: ["local fallback line"],
+      truncated: false,
+      reset: false,
+    });
+
+    const stdoutWrites = captureStdoutWrites();
+    const stderrWrites = captureStderrWrites();
+
+    await runLogsCli(["logs"]);
+
+    expect(readConfiguredLogTail).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(stdoutWrites.join("")).toContain("local fallback line");
+    expect(stderrWrites.join("")).toContain("reading local log file instead");
+  });
+
   describe("formatLogTimestamp", () => {
     it("formats UTC timestamp in plain mode by default", () => {
       const result = formatLogTimestamp("2025-01-01T12:00:00.000Z");
diff --git a/src/cli/logs-cli.ts b/src/cli/logs-cli.ts
index d51541fc650..19ceeb1d94f 100644
--- a/src/cli/logs-cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli/logs-cli.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { setTimeout as delay } from "node:timers/promises";
 import type { Command } from "commander";
 import { buildGatewayConnectionDetails } from "../gateway/call.js";
 import { isLoopbackHost } from "../gateway/net.js";
+import { readConnectPairingRequiredMessage } from "../gateway/protocol/connect-error-details.js";
 import { formatErrorMessage } from "../infra/errors.js";
 import { readConfiguredLogTail } from "../logging/log-tail.js";
 import { parseLogLine } from "../logging/parse-log-line.js";
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ function normalizeErrorMessage(error: unknown): string {
 
 function shouldUseLocalLogsFallback(opts: LogsCliOptions, error: unknown): boolean {
   const message = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(normalizeErrorMessage(error));
-  if (!message.includes("pairing required")) {
+  if (!readConnectPairingRequiredMessage(message)) {
     return false;
   }
   if (typeof opts.url === "string" && opts.url.trim().length > 0) {