diff --git a/.github/actions/detect-docs-changes/action.yml b/.github/actions/detect-docs-changes/action.yml
index 853442a7783..8763a310cf3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/detect-docs-changes/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/detect-docs-changes/action.yml
@@ -35,17 +35,29 @@ runs:
           exit 0
         fi
 
-        # Check if any changed file is a doc
-        DOCS=$(echo "$CHANGED" | grep -E '^docs/|\.md$|\.mdx$' || true)
-        if [ -n "$DOCS" ]; then
+        docs_changed=false
+        non_docs=false
+        while IFS= read -r changed_path; do
+          case "$changed_path" in
+            test/fixtures/*)
+              non_docs=true
+              ;;
+            docs/* | *.md | *.mdx)
+              docs_changed=true
+              ;;
+            *)
+              non_docs=true
+              ;;
+          esac
+        done <<< "$CHANGED"
+
+        if [ "$docs_changed" = "true" ]; then
           echo "docs_changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         else
           echo "docs_changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         fi
 
-        # Check if all changed files are docs or markdown
-        NON_DOCS=$(echo "$CHANGED" | grep -vE '^docs/|\.md$|\.mdx$' || true)
-        if [ -z "$NON_DOCS" ]; then
+        if [ "$non_docs" = "false" ]; then
           echo "docs_only=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "Docs-only change detected — skipping heavy jobs"
         else
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0651af91b51..bcd0a330f37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1494,11 +1494,44 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout ClawHub docs source
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          git init clawhub-source
-          git -C clawhub-source config gc.auto 0
-          git -C clawhub-source remote add origin "https://github.com/openclaw/clawhub.git"
-          git -C clawhub-source fetch --no-tags --depth=1 origin "+HEAD:refs/remotes/origin/checkout"
-          git -C clawhub-source checkout --detach refs/remotes/origin/checkout
+
+          workdir="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/clawhub-source"
+          started_at="$(date +%s)"
+
+          reset_checkout_dir() {
+            mkdir -p "$workdir"
+            find "$workdir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec rm -rf {} +
+          }
+
+          checkout_attempt() {
+            local attempt="$1"
+
+            reset_checkout_dir
+            git init "$workdir" >/dev/null
+            git -C "$workdir" config gc.auto 0
+            git -C "$workdir" remote add origin "https://github.com/openclaw/clawhub.git"
+
+            timeout --signal=TERM --kill-after=10s 30s git -C "$workdir" \
+              -c protocol.version=2 \
+              fetch --no-tags --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin \
+              "+refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/checkout" || return 1
+
+            git -C "$workdir" checkout --force --detach refs/remotes/origin/checkout || return 1
+            echo "ClawHub checkout attempt ${attempt}/5 succeeded"
+          }
+
+          for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
+            if checkout_attempt "$attempt"; then
+              elapsed="$(( $(date +%s) - started_at ))"
+              echo "ClawHub checkout completed in ${elapsed}s"
+              exit 0
+            fi
+            echo "ClawHub checkout attempt ${attempt}/5 failed"
+            sleep $((attempt * 5))
+          done
+
+          echo "ClawHub checkout failed after 5 attempts" >&2
+          exit 1
 
       - name: Check docs
         env: