diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
index 29d3e629f7c..b52e9594aa4 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ export async function runCronIsolatedAgentTurn(params: {
     ? resolveAgentConfig(params.cfg, normalizedRequested)
     : undefined;
   const { model: overrideModel, ...agentOverrideRest } = agentConfigOverride ?? {};
-  const agentId = agentConfigOverride ? (normalizedRequested ?? defaultAgentId) : defaultAgentId;
+  // Use the requested agentId even when there is no explicit agent config entry.
+  // This ensures auth-profiles, workspace, and agentDir all resolve to the
+  // correct per-agent paths (e.g. ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/agent/).
+  const agentId = normalizedRequested ?? defaultAgentId;
   const agentCfg: AgentDefaultsConfig = Object.assign(
     {},
     params.cfg.agents?.defaults,