diff --git a/docs/help/testing.md b/docs/help/testing.md
index 62020aeca2f..4480345a8b9 100644
--- a/docs/help/testing.md
+++ b/docs/help/testing.md
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ Think of the suites as “increasing realism” (and increasing flakiness/cost):
 
 - Command: `pnpm test`
 - Config: untargeted runs use the `vitest.full-*.config.ts` shard set and may expand multi-project shards into per-project configs for parallel scheduling
-- Files: core/unit inventories under `src/**/*.test.ts`, `packages/**/*.test.ts`, `test/**/*.test.ts`, and the whitelisted `ui` node tests covered by `vitest.unit.config.ts`
+- Files: core/unit inventories under `src/**/*.test.ts`, `packages/**/*.test.ts`, and `test/**/*.test.ts`; UI unit tests run in the dedicated `unit-ui` shard
 - Scope:
   - Pure unit tests
   - In-process integration tests (gateway auth, routing, tooling, parsing, config)
diff --git a/test/vitest-projects-config.test.ts b/test/vitest-projects-config.test.ts
index 3d84a922659..d3d6a405e48 100644
--- a/test/vitest-projects-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/vitest-projects-config.test.ts
@@ -140,21 +140,21 @@ describe("projects vitest config", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
-  it("keeps the root ui lane aligned with the isolated jsdom setup", () => {
+  it("keeps the root ui lane aligned with the shared jsdom setup", () => {
     const config = createUiVitestConfig();
     expect(config.test.environment).toBe("jsdom");
-    expect(config.test.isolate).toBe(true);
-    expect(config.test.runner).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(config.test.isolate).toBe(false);
+    expect(normalizeConfigPath(config.test.runner)).toBe("test/non-isolated-runner.ts");
     const setupFiles = normalizeConfigPaths(config.test.setupFiles);
     expect(setupFiles).not.toContain("test/setup-openclaw-runtime.ts");
     expect(setupFiles).toContain("ui/src/test-helpers/lit-warnings.setup.ts");
     expect(config.test.deps?.optimizer?.web?.enabled).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("keeps the unit-ui shard aligned with the isolated jsdom setup", () => {
+  it("keeps the unit-ui shard aligned with the shared jsdom setup", () => {
     expect(unitUiConfig.test?.environment).toBe("jsdom");
-    expect(unitUiConfig.test?.isolate).toBe(true);
-    expect(unitUiConfig.test?.runner).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(unitUiConfig.test?.isolate).toBe(false);
+    expect(normalizeConfigPath(unitUiConfig.test?.runner)).toBe("test/non-isolated-runner.ts");
     const setupFiles = normalizeConfigPaths(unitUiConfig.test?.setupFiles);
     expect(setupFiles).not.toContain("test/setup-openclaw-runtime.ts");
     expect(setupFiles).toContain("ui/src/test-helpers/lit-warnings.setup.ts");
diff --git a/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts b/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
index 9cee32e5ea2..f3c9d65f637 100644
--- a/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/vitest-scoped-config.test.ts
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ describe("scoped vitest configs", () => {
     }
 
     expect(defaultUiConfig.test?.pool).toBe("threads");
-    expect(defaultUiConfig.test?.isolate).toBe(true);
-    expect(defaultUiConfig.test?.runner).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(defaultUiConfig.test?.isolate).toBe(false);
+    expect(normalizeConfigPath(defaultUiConfig.test?.runner)).toBe("test/non-isolated-runner.ts");
   });
 
   it("keeps the process lane off the openclaw runtime setup", () => {
diff --git a/test/vitest-unit-config.test.ts b/test/vitest-unit-config.test.ts
index 99dba3abec1..e86c9fcfd62 100644
--- a/test/vitest-unit-config.test.ts
+++ b/test/vitest-unit-config.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ describe("unit vitest config", () => {
   it("keeps acp and ui tests out of the generic unit lane", () => {
     const unitConfig = createUnitVitestConfig({});
     expect(unitConfig.test?.exclude).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["extensions/**", "test/**"]));
+    expect(unitConfig.test?.include).not.toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        "ui/src/ui/app-chat.test.ts",
+        "ui/src/ui/chat/**/*.test.ts",
+        "ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts",
+      ]),
+    );
   });
 
   it("narrows the active include list to CLI file filters when present", () => {
diff --git a/test/vitest-unit-paths.test.ts b/test/vitest-unit-paths.test.ts
index 3e6d459725d..d09874eee53 100644
--- a/test/vitest-unit-paths.test.ts
+++ b/test/vitest-unit-paths.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { bundledPluginFile } from "./helpers/bundled-plugin-paths.js";
 import { isUnitConfigTestFile } from "./vitest/vitest.unit-paths.mjs";
 
 describe("isUnitConfigTestFile", () => {
-  it("accepts unit-config src tests", () => {
-    expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("ui/src/ui/views/channels.test.ts")).toBe(true);
+  it("accepts unit-config package tests", () => {
+    expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("packages/plugin-package-contract/src/index.test.ts")).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("rejects files excluded from the unit config", () => {
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ describe("isUnitConfigTestFile", () => {
     expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("test/extension-test-boundary.test.ts")).toBe(false);
     expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("src/agents/pi-embedded-runner.test.ts")).toBe(false);
     expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("src/commands/onboard.test.ts")).toBe(false);
-    expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("ui/src/ui/views/channels.test.ts")).toBe(true);
-    expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts")).toBe(true);
+    expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("ui/src/ui/views/channels.test.ts")).toBe(false);
+    expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts")).toBe(false);
     expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("ui/src/ui/views/other.test.ts")).toBe(false);
     expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("src/infra/git-commit.live.test.ts")).toBe(false);
     expect(isUnitConfigTestFile("src/infra/git-commit.e2e.test.ts")).toBe(false);
diff --git a/test/vitest/vitest.config.ts b/test/vitest/vitest.config.ts
index 4a922d7d326..dffe2ddb031 100644
--- a/test/vitest/vitest.config.ts
+++ b/test/vitest/vitest.config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export { resolveDefaultVitestPool, resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers, resolveLocalVit
 
 export const rootVitestProjects = [
   "test/vitest/vitest.unit.config.ts",
+  "test/vitest/vitest.unit-ui.config.ts",
   "test/vitest/vitest.infra.config.ts",
   "test/vitest/vitest.boundary.config.ts",
   "test/vitest/vitest.contracts-channel-surface.config.ts",
diff --git a/test/vitest/vitest.unit-paths.mjs b/test/vitest/vitest.unit-paths.mjs
index 1b005c2905e..2287afee3d7 100644
--- a/test/vitest/vitest.unit-paths.mjs
+++ b/test/vitest/vitest.unit-paths.mjs
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@ export const unitTestIncludePatterns = [
   "src/**/*.test.ts",
   "packages/**/*.test.ts",
   "test/**/*.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/app-chat.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/chat/**/*.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/views/agents-utils.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/views/channels.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/views/chat.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/views/dreams.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/views/usage-render-details.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/controllers/agents.test.ts",
-  "ui/src/ui/controllers/chat.test.ts",
 ];
 
 export const boundaryTestFiles = [