diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/upgrade-survivor/assertions.mjs b/scripts/e2e/lib/upgrade-survivor/assertions.mjs
index 20d38490a20..d8115a7602d 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/upgrade-survivor/assertions.mjs
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/upgrade-survivor/assertions.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Assertions for upgrade-survivor E2E scenarios.
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
 import { readPluginInstallIndex } from "../plugin-index-sqlite.mjs";
 
 const command = process.argv[2];
@@ -481,8 +482,7 @@ function assertSessionMetadataMigrated(stateDir) {
     );
   }
 
-  assert(fs.existsSync(targetStorePath), `agent session store missing: ${targetStorePath}`);
-  const store = readJson(targetStorePath);
+  const store = readMigratedSessionStore(stateDir, targetStorePath);
   const main = store["agent:main:main"];
   const direct = store["agent:main:+15551234567"];
   const group = store["agent:main:slack:channel:cupgrade"];
@@ -511,6 +511,33 @@ function assertSessionMetadataMigrated(stateDir) {
   );
 }
 
+function readMigratedSessionStore(stateDir, targetStorePath) {
+  if (fs.existsSync(targetStorePath)) {
+    return readJson(targetStorePath);
+  }
+
+  const dbPath = path.join(stateDir, "agents", "main", "agent", "openclaw-agent.sqlite");
+  assert(fs.existsSync(dbPath), `agent session store missing: ${targetStorePath} or ${dbPath}`);
+
+  let db;
+  try {
+    db = new DatabaseSync(dbPath, { readOnly: true });
+    const rows = db
+      .prepare("SELECT key, value_json FROM cache_entries WHERE scope = ?")
+      .all("session_entries");
+    const store = {};
+    for (const row of rows) {
+      if (typeof row?.key !== "string" || typeof row?.value_json !== "string") {
+        continue;
+      }
+      store[row.key] = JSON.parse(row.value_json);
+    }
+    return store;
+  } finally {
+    db?.close();
+  }
+}
+
 function readInstalledPluginIndex() {
   const stateDir = requireEnv("OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR");
   const index = readPluginInstallIndex({ stateDir });
diff --git a/src/infra/state-migrations.ts b/src/infra/state-migrations.ts
index 3f8c53a6fbf..b2afc776a0a 100644
--- a/src/infra/state-migrations.ts
+++ b/src/infra/state-migrations.ts
@@ -1995,11 +1995,11 @@ function resolveStaleLegacySessionFile(params: {
     return undefined;
   }
   const legacyBackupHasTranscript = safeReadDir(path.dirname(params.legacyDir)).some(
-    (entry) =>
-      entry.isDirectory() &&
-      entry.name.startsWith(`${path.basename(params.legacyDir)}.legacy-`) &&
+    (dirent) =>
+      dirent.isDirectory() &&
+      dirent.name.startsWith(`${path.basename(params.legacyDir)}.legacy-`) &&
       fileExists(
-        path.join(path.dirname(params.legacyDir), entry.name, path.basename(legacySessionFile)),
+        path.join(path.dirname(params.legacyDir), dirent.name, path.basename(legacySessionFile)),
       ),
   );
   if (legacyBackupHasTranscript) {
@@ -2007,10 +2007,10 @@ function resolveStaleLegacySessionFile(params: {
   }
   const parsed = path.parse(path.basename(legacySessionFile));
   const hasCollisionRename = safeReadDir(params.targetDir).some(
-    (entry) =>
-      entry.isFile() &&
-      entry.name.startsWith(`${parsed.name}.legacy-`) &&
-      entry.name.endsWith(parsed.ext),
+    (dirent) =>
+      dirent.isFile() &&
+      dirent.name.startsWith(`${parsed.name}.legacy-`) &&
+      dirent.name.endsWith(parsed.ext),
   );
   if (hasCollisionRename) {
     return undefined;