diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d93605042c..cb65d93406b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 ### Fixes
 
 - CLI/Ollama: run local `infer model run` through the lean provider completion path and skip global model discovery for one-shot local probes, so Ollama smoke tests no longer pay full chat-agent/tool startup cost or hang before the native `/api/chat` request. Fixes #72851. Thanks @TotalRes2020.
+- Daemon/service: only emit hard-coded version-manager paths such as `~/.volta/bin`, `~/.asdf/shims`, `~/.bun/bin`, and fnm/pnpm fallbacks into gateway and node service PATHs when the directories exist, so `openclaw doctor` no longer flags `gateway.path.non-minimal` against a PATH the daemon just wrote. Env-driven roots and stable user-bin dirs remain unconditional. Fixes #71944; carries forward #71964. Thanks @Sanjays2402.
 - Channels/commands: make generated `/dock-*` commands switch the active session reply route through `session.identityLinks` instead of falling through to normal chat. Fixes #69206; carries forward #73033. Thanks @clawbones and @michaelatamuk.
 - Providers/Cloudflare AI Gateway: strip assistant prefill turns from Anthropic Messages payloads when thinking is enabled, so Claude requests through Cloudflare AI Gateway no longer fail Anthropic conversation-ending validation. Fixes #72905; carries forward #73005. Thanks @AaronFaby and @sahilsatralkar.
 - Gateway/startup: keep primary-model startup prewarm on scoped metadata preparation, let native approval bootstraps retry outside channel startup, and skip the global hook runner when no `gateway_start` hook is registered, so clean post-ready sidecar work stays off the critical path. Refs #72846. Thanks @RayWoo, @livekm0309, and @mrz1836.
diff --git a/docs/gateway/doctor.md b/docs/gateway/doctor.md
index 93983dd7ad2..d39459606a7 100644
--- a/docs/gateway/doctor.md
+++ b/docs/gateway/doctor.md
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ That stages grounded durable candidates into the short-term dreaming store while
   </Accordion>
   <Accordion title="17. Gateway runtime best practices">
     Doctor warns when the gateway service runs on Bun or a version-managed Node path (`nvm`, `fnm`, `volta`, `asdf`, etc.). WhatsApp + Telegram channels require Node, and version-manager paths can break after upgrades because the service does not load your shell init. Doctor offers to migrate to a system Node install when available (Homebrew/apt/choco).
+
+    Newly installed or repaired services keep explicit environment roots (`NVM_DIR`, `FNM_DIR`, `VOLTA_HOME`, `ASDF_DATA_DIR`, `BUN_INSTALL`, `PNPM_HOME`) and stable user-bin directories, but guessed version-manager fallback directories are only written to the service PATH when those directories exist on disk. This keeps the generated supervisor PATH aligned with the same minimal-PATH audit doctor runs later.
+
   </Accordion>
   <Accordion title="18. Config write + wizard metadata">
     Doctor persists any config changes and stamps wizard metadata to record the doctor run.
diff --git a/src/daemon/service-env.test.ts b/src/daemon/service-env.test.ts
index ffeaa73b09e..67f2ef28d2e 100644
--- a/src/daemon/service-env.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/service-env.test.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ import {
 } from "./service-env.js";
 
 describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Linux user directories", () => {
+  const allExist = (): boolean => true;
+  const noneExist = (): boolean => false;
+
   it("includes user bin directories when HOME is set on Linux", () => {
     const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
       platform: "linux",
       home: "/home/testuser",
+      existsSync: allExist,
     });
 
     // Should include all common user bin directories
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Linux user directories", () => {
     const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
       platform: "linux",
       home: "/home/testuser",
+      existsSync: allExist,
     });
 
     const userDirIndex = result.indexOf("/home/testuser/.local/bin");
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Linux user directories", () => {
       platform: "linux",
       home: "/home/testuser",
       extraDirs: ["/custom/bin"],
+      existsSync: allExist,
     });
 
     const extraDirIndex = result.indexOf("/custom/bin");
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Linux user directories", () => {
         NVM_DIR: "/opt/nvm",
         FNM_DIR: "/opt/fnm",
       },
+      existsSync: allExist,
     });
 
     expect(result).toContain("/opt/pnpm");
@@ -107,6 +114,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Linux user directories", () => {
     const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
       platform: "darwin",
       home: "/Users/testuser",
+      existsSync: allExist,
     });
 
     // Should include common user bin directories
@@ -138,6 +146,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Linux user directories", () => {
         NVM_DIR: "/Users/testuser/.nvm",
         PNPM_HOME: "/Users/testuser/Library/pnpm",
       },
+      existsSync: allExist,
     });
 
     // fnm uses aliases/default/bin (not current)
@@ -152,6 +161,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Linux user directories", () => {
     const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
       platform: "darwin",
       home: "/Users/testuser",
+      existsSync: allExist,
     });
 
     // fnm on macOS defaults to ~/Library/Application Support/fnm
@@ -169,11 +179,97 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Linux user directories", () => {
     const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
       platform: "win32",
       home: "C:\\Users\\testuser",
+      existsSync: allExist,
     });
 
     // Windows returns empty array (uses existing PATH)
     expect(result).toEqual([]);
   });
+
+  it("omits hard-coded version-manager fallbacks on Linux when missing", () => {
+    const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
+      platform: "linux",
+      home: "/home/testuser",
+      existsSync: noneExist,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toContain("/home/testuser/.local/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/home/testuser/.npm-global/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/home/testuser/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/home/testuser/.nix-profile/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.volta/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.asdf/shims");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.bun/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.nvm/current/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.local/share/fnm/aliases/default/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.local/share/fnm/current/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.fnm/aliases/default/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.fnm/current/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.local/share/pnpm");
+  });
+
+  it("omits hard-coded version-manager fallbacks on macOS when missing", () => {
+    const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
+      platform: "darwin",
+      home: "/Users/testuser",
+      existsSync: noneExist,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toContain("/Users/testuser/.local/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/Users/testuser/.npm-global/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/Users/testuser/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/Users/testuser/.nix-profile/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/Users/testuser/.volta/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/Users/testuser/.asdf/shims");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/Users/testuser/.bun/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain(
+      "/Users/testuser/Library/Application Support/fnm/aliases/default/bin",
+    );
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/Users/testuser/.fnm/aliases/default/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/Users/testuser/Library/pnpm");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/Users/testuser/.local/share/pnpm");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps env-configured roots when fallback directories are missing", () => {
+    const result = getMinimalServicePathPartsFromEnv({
+      platform: "linux",
+      env: {
+        HOME: "/home/testuser",
+        PNPM_HOME: "/opt/pnpm",
+        VOLTA_HOME: "/opt/volta",
+        BUN_INSTALL: "/opt/bun",
+        ASDF_DATA_DIR: "/opt/asdf",
+        NVM_DIR: "/opt/nvm",
+        FNM_DIR: "/opt/fnm",
+      },
+      existsSync: noneExist,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toContain("/opt/pnpm");
+    expect(result).toContain("/opt/volta/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/opt/bun/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/opt/asdf/shims");
+    expect(result).toContain("/opt/nvm/current/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/opt/fnm/aliases/default/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/opt/fnm/current/bin");
+  });
+
+  it("emits only existing hard-coded version-manager fallbacks", () => {
+    const exists = (candidate: string) =>
+      candidate === "/home/testuser/.volta/bin" ||
+      candidate === "/home/testuser/.local/share/fnm/aliases/default/bin";
+    const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
+      platform: "linux",
+      home: "/home/testuser",
+      existsSync: exists,
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toContain("/home/testuser/.volta/bin");
+    expect(result).toContain("/home/testuser/.local/share/fnm/aliases/default/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.bun/bin");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.asdf/shims");
+    expect(result).not.toContain("/home/testuser/.fnm/aliases/default/bin");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Nix Home Manager", () => {
@@ -181,6 +277,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Nix Home Manager", () => {
     const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
       platform: "linux",
       home: "/home/testuser",
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
 
     expect(result).toContain("/home/testuser/.nix-profile/bin");
@@ -190,6 +287,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Nix Home Manager", () => {
     const result = getMinimalServicePathParts({
       platform: "darwin",
       home: "/Users/testuser",
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
 
     expect(result).toContain("/Users/testuser/.nix-profile/bin");
@@ -202,6 +300,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Nix Home Manager", () => {
         HOME: "/home/testuser",
         NIX_PROFILES: "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default /home/testuser/.nix-profile",
       },
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
 
     const userIdx = result.indexOf("/home/testuser/.nix-profile/bin");
@@ -218,6 +317,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Nix Home Manager", () => {
         HOME: "/Users/testuser",
         NIX_PROFILES: "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default /Users/testuser/.nix-profile",
       },
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
 
     const userIdx = result.indexOf("/Users/testuser/.nix-profile/bin");
@@ -234,6 +334,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Nix Home Manager", () => {
         HOME: "/home/testuser",
         NIX_PROFILES: "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/testuser/profile",
       },
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
 
     expect(result).toContain("/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/testuser/profile/bin");
@@ -246,6 +347,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Nix Home Manager", () => {
         HOME: "/Users/testuser",
         NIX_PROFILES: "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/testuser/profile",
       },
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
 
     expect(result).toContain("/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/testuser/profile/bin");
@@ -259,6 +361,7 @@ describe("getMinimalServicePathParts - Nix Home Manager", () => {
         NIX_PROFILES:
           "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/testuser/custom /home/testuser/.nix-profile",
       },
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
 
     const userIdx = result.indexOf("/home/testuser/.nix-profile/bin");
@@ -299,6 +402,7 @@ describe("buildMinimalServicePath", () => {
     const result = buildMinimalServicePath({
       platform: "linux",
       env: { HOME: "/home/alice" },
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
     const parts = splitPath(result, "linux");
 
@@ -332,6 +436,7 @@ describe("buildMinimalServicePath", () => {
     const result = buildMinimalServicePath({
       platform: "linux",
       env: { HOME: "/home/bob" },
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
     const parts = splitPath(result, "linux");
 
@@ -366,6 +471,7 @@ describe("buildMinimalServicePath", () => {
       platform: "linux",
       extraDirs: ["/home/alice/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.0/bin"],
       env: { HOME: "/home/alice" },
+      existsSync: () => true,
     });
     const parts = splitPath(result, "linux");
 
diff --git a/src/daemon/service-env.ts b/src/daemon/service-env.ts
index 29c86eff35b..0336be0024b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/service-env.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/service-env.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export type MinimalServicePathOptions = {
   extraDirs?: string[];
   home?: string;
   env?: Record<string, string | undefined>;
+  existsSync?: (candidate: string) => boolean;
 };
 
 type BuildServicePathOptions = MinimalServicePathOptions & {
@@ -68,13 +70,27 @@ function appendSubdir(base: string | undefined, subdir: string): string | undefi
   return base.endsWith(`/${subdir}`) ? base : path.posix.join(base, subdir);
 }
 
-function addCommonUserBinDirs(dirs: string[], home: string): void {
+function addExistingDir(
+  dirs: string[],
+  candidate: string,
+  existsSync: (candidate: string) => boolean,
+): void {
+  if (existsSync(candidate)) {
+    dirs.push(candidate);
+  }
+}
+
+function addCommonUserBinDirs(
+  dirs: string[],
+  home: string,
+  existsSync: (candidate: string) => boolean,
+): void {
   dirs.push(`${home}/.local/bin`);
   dirs.push(`${home}/.npm-global/bin`);
   dirs.push(`${home}/bin`);
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.volta/bin`);
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.asdf/shims`);
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.bun/bin`);
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.volta/bin`, existsSync);
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.asdf/shims`, existsSync);
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.bun/bin`, existsSync);
 }
 
 function addCommonEnvConfiguredBinDirs(
@@ -126,6 +142,7 @@ function resolveSystemPathDirs(platform: NodeJS.Platform): string[] {
 export function resolveDarwinUserBinDirs(
   home: string | undefined,
   env?: Record<string, string | undefined>,
+  existsSync: (candidate: string) => boolean = fs.existsSync,
 ): string[] {
   if (!home) {
     return [];
@@ -145,7 +162,7 @@ export function resolveDarwinUserBinDirs(
   // pnpm: binary is directly in PNPM_HOME (not in bin subdirectory)
 
   // Common user bin directories
-  addCommonUserBinDirs(dirs, home);
+  addCommonUserBinDirs(dirs, home, existsSync);
 
   // Nix Home Manager (cross-platform)
   addNixProfileBinDirs(dirs, home, env);
@@ -153,11 +170,11 @@ export function resolveDarwinUserBinDirs(
   // Node version managers - macOS specific paths
   // nvm: no stable default path, depends on user's shell configuration
   // fnm: macOS default is ~/Library/Application Support/fnm, not ~/.fnm
-  dirs.push(`${home}/Library/Application Support/fnm/aliases/default/bin`); // fnm default
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.fnm/aliases/default/bin`); // fnm if customized to ~/.fnm
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/Library/Application Support/fnm/aliases/default/bin`, existsSync); // fnm default
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.fnm/aliases/default/bin`, existsSync); // fnm if customized to ~/.fnm
   // pnpm: macOS default is ~/Library/pnpm, not ~/.local/share/pnpm
-  dirs.push(`${home}/Library/pnpm`); // pnpm default
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.local/share/pnpm`); // pnpm XDG fallback
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/Library/pnpm`, existsSync); // pnpm default
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.local/share/pnpm`, existsSync); // pnpm XDG fallback
 
   return dirs;
 }
@@ -169,6 +186,7 @@ export function resolveDarwinUserBinDirs(
 export function resolveLinuxUserBinDirs(
   home: string | undefined,
   env?: Record<string, string | undefined>,
+  existsSync: (candidate: string) => boolean = fs.existsSync,
 ): string[] {
   if (!home) {
     return [];
@@ -183,18 +201,18 @@ export function resolveLinuxUserBinDirs(
   addNonEmptyDir(dirs, appendSubdir(env?.FNM_DIR, "current/bin"));
 
   // Common user bin directories
-  addCommonUserBinDirs(dirs, home);
+  addCommonUserBinDirs(dirs, home, existsSync);
 
   // Nix Home Manager (cross-platform)
   addNixProfileBinDirs(dirs, home, env);
 
   // Node version managers
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.nvm/current/bin`); // nvm with current symlink
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.local/share/fnm/aliases/default/bin`); // fnm default
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.local/share/fnm/current/bin`); // fnm legacy current symlink
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.fnm/aliases/default/bin`); // fnm if customized to ~/.fnm
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.fnm/current/bin`); // fnm legacy current symlink
-  dirs.push(`${home}/.local/share/pnpm`); // pnpm global bin
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.nvm/current/bin`, existsSync); // nvm with current symlink
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.local/share/fnm/aliases/default/bin`, existsSync); // fnm default
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.local/share/fnm/current/bin`, existsSync); // fnm legacy current symlink
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.fnm/aliases/default/bin`, existsSync); // fnm if customized to ~/.fnm
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.fnm/current/bin`, existsSync); // fnm legacy current symlink
+  addExistingDir(dirs, `${home}/.local/share/pnpm`, existsSync); // pnpm global bin
 
   return dirs;
 }
@@ -210,11 +228,12 @@ export function getMinimalServicePathParts(options: MinimalServicePathOptions =
   const systemDirs = resolveSystemPathDirs(platform);
 
   // Add user bin directories for version managers (npm global, nvm, fnm, volta, etc.)
+  const existsSync = options.existsSync ?? fs.existsSync;
   const userDirs =
     platform === "linux"
-      ? resolveLinuxUserBinDirs(options.home, options.env)
+      ? resolveLinuxUserBinDirs(options.home, options.env, existsSync)
       : platform === "darwin"
-        ? resolveDarwinUserBinDirs(options.home, options.env)
+        ? resolveDarwinUserBinDirs(options.home, options.env, existsSync)
         : [];
 
   const add = (dir: string) => {