diff --git a/src/commitments/runtime.test.ts b/src/commitments/runtime.test.ts
index ddec4cf8b56..e970e0b20f9 100644
--- a/src/commitments/runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/commitments/runtime.test.ts
@@ -293,6 +293,49 @@ describe("commitment extraction runtime", () => {
     ).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("uses the queued item timestamp for terminal failure cooldowns", async () => {
+    const cfg = await createConfig();
+    const extractBatch = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("OAuth token refresh failed");
+    });
+    const dateNow = vi.spyOn(Date, "now").mockReturnValue(Number.NaN);
+    configureCommitmentExtractionRuntime({
+      forceInTests: true,
+      extractBatch,
+      setTimer: () => ({ unref() {} }) as ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>,
+      clearTimer: () => undefined,
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      enqueueCommitmentExtraction({
+        cfg,
+        nowMs,
+        agentId: "main",
+        sessionKey: "agent:main:discord:channel-1",
+        channel: "discord",
+        userText: "I have an interview tomorrow.",
+        assistantText: "Good luck.",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+
+    try {
+      await expect(drainCommitmentExtractionQueue()).rejects.toThrow("OAuth token refresh failed");
+      expect(
+        enqueueCommitmentExtraction({
+          cfg,
+          nowMs: nowMs + 1,
+          agentId: "main",
+          sessionKey: "agent:main:discord:channel-1",
+          channel: "discord",
+          userText: "The interview is tomorrow.",
+          assistantText: "I hope it goes well.",
+        }),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    } finally {
+      dateNow.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("bounds hidden extraction queue growth before spending extractor tokens", async () => {
     const cfg = await createConfig();
     const extractBatch = vi.fn(
diff --git a/src/commitments/runtime.ts b/src/commitments/runtime.ts
index 6ced378210b..f75c93885f5 100644
--- a/src/commitments/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/commitments/runtime.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { resolveAgentWorkspaceDir } from "../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveStateDir } from "../config/paths.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
+import { resolveExpiresAtMsFromDurationMs } from "../shared/number-coercion.js";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "../shared/string-coerce.js";
 import { resolveCommitmentTimezone, resolveCommitmentsConfig } from "./config.js";
 import {
@@ -168,11 +169,20 @@ function isTerminalExtractionError(error: unknown): boolean {
   );
 }
 
-function openTerminalFailureCooldown(agentId: string, error: unknown): void {
-  terminalFailureCooldownUntilByAgent.set(
-    agentId,
-    Date.now() + TERMINAL_EXTRACTION_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_MS,
-  );
+function openTerminalFailureCooldown(
+  agentId: string,
+  error: unknown,
+  nowMs: number,
+  fallbackNowMs: number,
+): void {
+  const cooldownUntil =
+    resolveExpiresAtMsFromDurationMs(TERMINAL_EXTRACTION_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_MS, { nowMs }) ??
+    resolveExpiresAtMsFromDurationMs(TERMINAL_EXTRACTION_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_MS, {
+      nowMs: fallbackNowMs,
+    });
+  if (cooldownUntil !== undefined) {
+    terminalFailureCooldownUntilByAgent.set(agentId, cooldownUntil);
+  }
   queue = queue.filter((item) => item.agentId !== agentId);
   log.warn("commitment extraction disabled temporarily after terminal model/auth failure", {
     agentId,
@@ -281,7 +291,12 @@ export async function drainCommitmentExtractionQueue(): Promise<number> {
         result = await extractor({ cfg: firstCfg, items });
       } catch (error) {
         if (isTerminalExtractionError(error)) {
-          openTerminalFailureCooldown(items[0]?.agentId ?? "", error);
+          openTerminalFailureCooldown(
+            items[0]?.agentId ?? "",
+            error,
+            Date.now(),
+            items[0]?.nowMs ?? Date.now(),
+          );
         }
         throw error;
       }