diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.auth.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.auth.test.ts
index 4faad0c3ee6..5e1248c8a61 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.auth.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/directive-handling.auth.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 
 let mockStore: AuthProfileStore;
 let mockOrder: string[];
+const githubCopilotTokenRefProfile: AuthProfileStore["profiles"][string] = {
+  type: "token",
+  provider: "github-copilot",
+  tokenRef: { source: "env", provider: "default", id: "GITHUB_TOKEN" },
+};
 
 vi.mock("../../agents/auth-health.js", () => ({
   formatRemainingShort: () => "1h",
@@ -39,6 +44,28 @@ vi.mock("../../agents/model-auth.js", () => ({
 
 const { resolveAuthLabel } = await import("./directive-handling.auth.js");
 
+async function resolveRefOnlyAuthLabel(params: {
+  provider: string;
+  profileId: string;
+  profile:
+    | (AuthProfileStore["profiles"][string] & { type: "api_key" })
+    | (AuthProfileStore["profiles"][string] & { type: "token" });
+  mode: "compact" | "verbose";
+}) {
+  mockStore.profiles = {
+    [params.profileId]: params.profile,
+  };
+  mockOrder = [params.profileId];
+
+  return resolveAuthLabel(
+    params.provider,
+    {} as OpenClawConfig,
+    "/tmp/models.json",
+    undefined,
+    params.mode,
+  );
+}
+
 describe("resolveAuthLabel ref-aware labels", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     mockStore = {
@@ -49,64 +76,38 @@ describe("resolveAuthLabel ref-aware labels", () => {
   });
 
   it("shows api-key (ref) for keyRef-only profiles in compact mode", async () => {
-    mockStore.profiles = {
-      "openai:default": {
+    const result = await resolveRefOnlyAuthLabel({
+      provider: "openai",
+      profileId: "openai:default",
+      profile: {
         type: "api_key",
         provider: "openai",
         keyRef: { source: "env", provider: "default", id: "OPENAI_API_KEY" },
       },
-    };
-    mockOrder = ["openai:default"];
-
-    const result = await resolveAuthLabel(
-      "openai",
-      {} as OpenClawConfig,
-      "/tmp/models.json",
-      undefined,
-      "compact",
-    );
+      mode: "compact",
+    });
 
     expect(result.label).toBe("openai:default api-key (ref)");
   });
 
   it("shows token (ref) for tokenRef-only profiles in compact mode", async () => {
-    mockStore.profiles = {
-      "github-copilot:default": {
-        type: "token",
-        provider: "github-copilot",
-        tokenRef: { source: "env", provider: "default", id: "GITHUB_TOKEN" },
-      },
-    };
-    mockOrder = ["github-copilot:default"];
-
-    const result = await resolveAuthLabel(
-      "github-copilot",
-      {} as OpenClawConfig,
-      "/tmp/models.json",
-      undefined,
-      "compact",
-    );
+    const result = await resolveRefOnlyAuthLabel({
+      provider: "github-copilot",
+      profileId: "github-copilot:default",
+      profile: githubCopilotTokenRefProfile,
+      mode: "compact",
+    });
 
     expect(result.label).toBe("github-copilot:default token (ref)");
   });
 
   it("uses token:ref instead of token:missing in verbose mode", async () => {
-    mockStore.profiles = {
-      "github-copilot:default": {
-        type: "token",
-        provider: "github-copilot",
-        tokenRef: { source: "env", provider: "default", id: "GITHUB_TOKEN" },
-      },
-    };
-    mockOrder = ["github-copilot:default"];
-
-    const result = await resolveAuthLabel(
-      "github-copilot",
-      {} as OpenClawConfig,
-      "/tmp/models.json",
-      undefined,
-      "verbose",
-    );
+    const result = await resolveRefOnlyAuthLabel({
+      provider: "github-copilot",
+      profileId: "github-copilot:default",
+      profile: githubCopilotTokenRefProfile,
+      mode: "verbose",
+    });
 
     expect(result.label).toContain("github-copilot:default=token:ref");
     expect(result.label).not.toContain("token:missing");