diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7d21e329df7..deb0531489f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1095,7 +1095,9 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           case "$TASK" in
             test)
-              pnpm test
+              # Linux owns the full repo test suite. Keep macOS CI focused on
+              # launchd/Homebrew/runtime path coverage and the process-group wrapper.
+              pnpm test:macos:ci
               ;;
             *)
               echo "Unsupported macOS node task: $TASK" >&2
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 59bc1c6fc05..b5d64dd8eb4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1267,6 +1267,7 @@
     "test:live:media:music": "node --import tsx scripts/test-live-media.ts music",
     "test:live:media:video": "node --import tsx scripts/test-live-media.ts video",
     "test:live:models-profiles": "node scripts/test-live.mjs -- src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts",
+    "test:macos:ci": "node scripts/test-projects.mjs src/daemon/launchd.test.ts src/daemon/runtime-paths.test.ts src/daemon/runtime-binary.test.ts src/infra/brew.test.ts src/infra/stable-node-path.test.ts test/scripts/vitest-process-group.test.ts",
     "test:max": "OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=8 node scripts/test-projects.mjs",
     "test:parallels:linux": "bash scripts/e2e/parallels-linux-smoke.sh",
     "test:parallels:macos": "bash scripts/e2e/parallels-macos-smoke.sh",
diff --git a/src/agents/transcript-policy.policy.test.ts b/src/agents/transcript-policy.policy.test.ts
index e5d9bd2ab35..b7989720a3f 100644
--- a/src/agents/transcript-policy.policy.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/transcript-policy.policy.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 
 vi.unmock("../plugins/provider-runtime.js");
 vi.unmock("../plugins/provider-runtime.runtime.js");
+vi.unmock("../plugins/providers.runtime.js");
 
 let resolveTranscriptPolicy: typeof import("./transcript-policy.js").resolveTranscriptPolicy;
+const MISTRAL_PLUGIN_CONFIG = {
+  plugins: {
+    entries: {
+      mistral: { enabled: true },
+    },
+  },
+} as OpenClawConfig;
 
 beforeEach(async () => {
   vi.resetModules();
   vi.doUnmock("../plugins/provider-runtime.js");
+  vi.doUnmock("../plugins/provider-runtime.runtime.js");
+  vi.doUnmock("../plugins/providers.runtime.js");
   ({ resolveTranscriptPolicy } = await import("./transcript-policy.js"));
 });
 
@@ -27,6 +38,7 @@ describe("resolveTranscriptPolicy e2e smoke", () => {
     const policy = resolveTranscriptPolicy({
       provider: "mistral",
       modelId: "mistral-large-latest",
+      config: MISTRAL_PLUGIN_CONFIG,
     });
     expect(policy.sanitizeToolCallIds).toBe(true);
     expect(policy.toolCallIdMode).toBe("strict9");