diff --git a/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts b/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
index 08ce948ee456..d3b9071f56f9 100644
--- a/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
@@ -613,6 +613,10 @@ describe("scoped vitest configs", () => {
     expectForkedIsolatedRunner(defaultInfraConfig);
   });
 
+  it("keeps native SQLite runtime config tests in forked workers", () => {
+    expectForkedNonIsolatedRunner(defaultRuntimeConfig);
+  });
+
   it("keeps process, runtime config, and tooling lanes off the openclaw runtime setup", () => {
     expect(normalizeConfigPaths(requireTestConfig(defaultProcessConfig).setupFiles)).toEqual([
       "test/setup.ts",
diff --git a/test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts b/test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts
index c09b97f0653b..c96900c064d3 100644
--- a/test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts
+++ b/test/vitest/vitest.runtime-config.config.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ export function createRuntimeConfigVitestConfig(env?: Record<string, string | un
     includeOpenClawRuntimeSetup: false,
     name: "runtime-config",
     passWithNoTests: true,
+    // Native SQLite handles can abort V8 when threaded workers tear down.
+    // Forks keep database lifetimes inside a disposable process.
+    pool: "forks",
   });
   return {
     ...config,