diff --git a/src/config/sessions/store-load.ts b/src/config/sessions/store-load.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d8a07aa658a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/sessions/store-load.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import {
+  normalizeSessionDeliveryFields,
+  type DeliveryContext,
+} from "../../utils/delivery-context.js";
+import { getFileStatSnapshot } from "../cache-utils.js";
+import {
+  isSessionStoreCacheEnabled,
+  readSessionStoreCache,
+  setSerializedSessionStore,
+  writeSessionStoreCache,
+} from "./store-cache.js";
+import { applySessionStoreMigrations } from "./store-migrations.js";
+import { normalizeSessionRuntimeModelFields, type SessionEntry } from "./types.js";
+
+export type LoadSessionStoreOptions = {
+  skipCache?: boolean;
+};
+
+function isSessionStoreRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, SessionEntry> {
+  return !!value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
+}
+
+function normalizeSessionEntryDelivery(entry: SessionEntry): SessionEntry {
+  const normalized = normalizeSessionDeliveryFields({
+    channel: entry.channel,
+    lastChannel: entry.lastChannel,
+    lastTo: entry.lastTo,
+    lastAccountId: entry.lastAccountId,
+    lastThreadId: entry.lastThreadId ?? entry.deliveryContext?.threadId ?? entry.origin?.threadId,
+    deliveryContext: entry.deliveryContext,
+  });
+  const nextDelivery = normalized.deliveryContext;
+  const sameDelivery =
+    (entry.deliveryContext?.channel ?? undefined) === nextDelivery?.channel &&
+    (entry.deliveryContext?.to ?? undefined) === nextDelivery?.to &&
+    (entry.deliveryContext?.accountId ?? undefined) === nextDelivery?.accountId &&
+    (entry.deliveryContext?.threadId ?? undefined) === nextDelivery?.threadId;
+  const sameLast =
+    entry.lastChannel === normalized.lastChannel &&
+    entry.lastTo === normalized.lastTo &&
+    entry.lastAccountId === normalized.lastAccountId &&
+    entry.lastThreadId === normalized.lastThreadId;
+  if (sameDelivery && sameLast) {
+    return entry;
+  }
+  return {
+    ...entry,
+    deliveryContext: nextDelivery,
+    lastChannel: normalized.lastChannel,
+    lastTo: normalized.lastTo,
+    lastAccountId: normalized.lastAccountId,
+    lastThreadId: normalized.lastThreadId,
+  };
+}
+
+export function normalizeSessionStore(store: Record<string, SessionEntry>): void {
+  for (const [key, entry] of Object.entries(store)) {
+    if (!entry) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const normalized = normalizeSessionEntryDelivery(normalizeSessionRuntimeModelFields(entry));
+    if (normalized !== entry) {
+      store[key] = normalized;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export function loadSessionStore(
+  storePath: string,
+  opts: LoadSessionStoreOptions = {},
+): Record<string, SessionEntry> {
+  if (!opts.skipCache && isSessionStoreCacheEnabled()) {
+    const currentFileStat = getFileStatSnapshot(storePath);
+    const cached = readSessionStoreCache({
+      storePath,
+      mtimeMs: currentFileStat?.mtimeMs,
+      sizeBytes: currentFileStat?.sizeBytes,
+    });
+    if (cached) {
+      return cached;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Retry a few times on Windows because readers can briefly observe empty or
+  // transiently invalid content while another process is swapping the file.
+  let store: Record<string, SessionEntry> = {};
+  let fileStat = getFileStatSnapshot(storePath);
+  let mtimeMs = fileStat?.mtimeMs;
+  let serializedFromDisk: string | undefined;
+  const maxReadAttempts = process.platform === "win32" ? 3 : 1;
+  const retryBuf = maxReadAttempts > 1 ? new Int32Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(4)) : undefined;
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < maxReadAttempts; attempt += 1) {
+    try {
+      const raw = fs.readFileSync(storePath, "utf-8");
+      if (raw.length === 0 && attempt < maxReadAttempts - 1) {
+        Atomics.wait(retryBuf!, 0, 0, 50);
+        continue;
+      }
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+      if (isSessionStoreRecord(parsed)) {
+        store = parsed;
+        serializedFromDisk = raw;
+      }
+      fileStat = getFileStatSnapshot(storePath) ?? fileStat;
+      mtimeMs = fileStat?.mtimeMs;
+      break;
+    } catch {
+      if (attempt < maxReadAttempts - 1) {
+        Atomics.wait(retryBuf!, 0, 0, 50);
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (serializedFromDisk !== undefined) {
+    setSerializedSessionStore(storePath, serializedFromDisk);
+  } else {
+    setSerializedSessionStore(storePath, undefined);
+  }
+
+  applySessionStoreMigrations(store);
+  normalizeSessionStore(store);
+
+  if (!opts.skipCache && isSessionStoreCacheEnabled()) {
+    writeSessionStoreCache({
+      storePath,
+      store,
+      mtimeMs,
+      sizeBytes: fileStat?.sizeBytes,
+      serialized: serializedFromDisk,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return structuredClone(store);
+}
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/store.ts b/src/config/sessions/store.ts
index ff6c62b3494..18bc41ec802 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/store.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/store.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import {
   dropSessionStoreObjectCache,
   getSerializedSessionStore,
   isSessionStoreCacheEnabled,
-  readSessionStoreCache,
   setSerializedSessionStore,
   writeSessionStoreCache,
 } from "./store-cache.js";
+import { loadSessionStore, normalizeSessionStore } from "./store-load.js";
 import {
   clearSessionStoreCacheForTest,
   drainSessionStoreLockQueuesForTest,
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ import {
   type ResolvedSessionMaintenanceConfig,
   type SessionMaintenanceWarning,
 } from "./store-maintenance.js";
-import { applySessionStoreMigrations } from "./store-migrations.js";
 import {
   mergeSessionEntry,
   mergeSessionEntryPreserveActivity,
-  normalizeSessionRuntimeModelFields,
   type SessionEntry,
 } from "./types.js";
 
@@ -55,6 +53,7 @@ export {
   drainSessionStoreLockQueuesForTest,
   getSessionStoreLockQueueSizeForTest,
 } from "./store-lock-state.js";
+export { loadSessionStore } from "./store-load.js";
 
 const log = createSubsystemLogger("sessions/store");
 let sessionArchiveRuntimePromise: Promise<
@@ -67,43 +66,6 @@ function loadSessionArchiveRuntime() {
   return sessionArchiveRuntimePromise;
 }
 
-function isSessionStoreRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, SessionEntry> {
-  return !!value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value);
-}
-
-function normalizeSessionEntryDelivery(entry: SessionEntry): SessionEntry {
-  const normalized = normalizeSessionDeliveryFields({
-    channel: entry.channel,
-    lastChannel: entry.lastChannel,
-    lastTo: entry.lastTo,
-    lastAccountId: entry.lastAccountId,
-    lastThreadId: entry.lastThreadId ?? entry.deliveryContext?.threadId ?? entry.origin?.threadId,
-    deliveryContext: entry.deliveryContext,
-  });
-  const nextDelivery = normalized.deliveryContext;
-  const sameDelivery =
-    (entry.deliveryContext?.channel ?? undefined) === nextDelivery?.channel &&
-    (entry.deliveryContext?.to ?? undefined) === nextDelivery?.to &&
-    (entry.deliveryContext?.accountId ?? undefined) === nextDelivery?.accountId &&
-    (entry.deliveryContext?.threadId ?? undefined) === nextDelivery?.threadId;
-  const sameLast =
-    entry.lastChannel === normalized.lastChannel &&
-    entry.lastTo === normalized.lastTo &&
-    entry.lastAccountId === normalized.lastAccountId &&
-    entry.lastThreadId === normalized.lastThreadId;
-  if (sameDelivery && sameLast) {
-    return entry;
-  }
-  return {
-    ...entry,
-    deliveryContext: nextDelivery,
-    lastChannel: normalized.lastChannel,
-    lastTo: normalized.lastTo,
-    lastAccountId: normalized.lastAccountId,
-    lastThreadId: normalized.lastThreadId,
-  };
-}
-
 function removeThreadFromDeliveryContext(context?: DeliveryContext): DeliveryContext | undefined {
   if (!context || context.threadId == null) {
     return context;
@@ -158,18 +120,6 @@ export function resolveSessionStoreEntry(params: {
   };
 }
 
-function normalizeSessionStore(store: Record<string, SessionEntry>): void {
-  for (const [key, entry] of Object.entries(store)) {
-    if (!entry) {
-      continue;
-    }
-    const normalized = normalizeSessionEntryDelivery(normalizeSessionRuntimeModelFields(entry));
-    if (normalized !== entry) {
-      store[key] = normalized;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 export function setSessionWriteLockAcquirerForTests(
   acquirer: typeof acquireSessionWriteLock | null,
 ): void {
@@ -188,86 +138,6 @@ export async function withSessionStoreLockForTest<T>(
   return await withSessionStoreLock(storePath, fn, opts);
 }
 
-type LoadSessionStoreOptions = {
-  skipCache?: boolean;
-};
-
-export function loadSessionStore(
-  storePath: string,
-  opts: LoadSessionStoreOptions = {},
-): Record<string, SessionEntry> {
-  // Check cache first if enabled
-  if (!opts.skipCache && isSessionStoreCacheEnabled()) {
-    const currentFileStat = getFileStatSnapshot(storePath);
-    const cached = readSessionStoreCache({
-      storePath,
-      mtimeMs: currentFileStat?.mtimeMs,
-      sizeBytes: currentFileStat?.sizeBytes,
-    });
-    if (cached) {
-      return cached;
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Cache miss or disabled - load from disk.
-  // Retry up to 3 times when the file is empty or unparseable.  On Windows the
-  // temp-file + rename write is not fully atomic: a concurrent reader can briefly
-  // observe a 0-byte file (between truncate and write) or a stale/locked state.
-  // A short synchronous backoff (50 ms via `Atomics.wait`) is enough for the
-  // writer to finish.
-  let store: Record<string, SessionEntry> = {};
-  let fileStat = getFileStatSnapshot(storePath);
-  let mtimeMs = fileStat?.mtimeMs;
-  let serializedFromDisk: string | undefined;
-  const maxReadAttempts = process.platform === "win32" ? 3 : 1;
-  const retryBuf = maxReadAttempts > 1 ? new Int32Array(new SharedArrayBuffer(4)) : undefined;
-  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < maxReadAttempts; attempt++) {
-    try {
-      const raw = fs.readFileSync(storePath, "utf-8");
-      if (raw.length === 0 && attempt < maxReadAttempts - 1) {
-        // File is empty — likely caught mid-write; retry after a brief pause.
-        Atomics.wait(retryBuf!, 0, 0, 50);
-        continue;
-      }
-      const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
-      if (isSessionStoreRecord(parsed)) {
-        store = parsed;
-        serializedFromDisk = raw;
-      }
-      fileStat = getFileStatSnapshot(storePath) ?? fileStat;
-      mtimeMs = fileStat?.mtimeMs;
-      break;
-    } catch {
-      // File missing, locked, or transiently corrupt — retry on Windows.
-      if (attempt < maxReadAttempts - 1) {
-        Atomics.wait(retryBuf!, 0, 0, 50);
-        continue;
-      }
-      // Final attempt failed; proceed with an empty store.
-    }
-  }
-  if (serializedFromDisk !== undefined) {
-    setSerializedSessionStore(storePath, serializedFromDisk);
-  } else {
-    setSerializedSessionStore(storePath, undefined);
-  }
-
-  applySessionStoreMigrations(store);
-
-  // Cache the result if caching is enabled
-  if (!opts.skipCache && isSessionStoreCacheEnabled()) {
-    writeSessionStoreCache({
-      storePath,
-      store,
-      mtimeMs,
-      sizeBytes: fileStat?.sizeBytes,
-      serialized: serializedFromDisk,
-    });
-  }
-
-  return structuredClone(store);
-}
-
 export function readSessionUpdatedAt(params: {
   storePath: string;
   sessionKey: string;
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.test.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.test.ts
index 1ae36782396..91403b0cf73 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ vi.mock("../../config/sessions/paths.js", () => ({
   resolveStorePath: vi.fn().mockReturnValue("/tmp/test-store.json"),
 }));
 
-vi.mock("../../config/sessions/store.js", () => ({
+vi.mock("../../config/sessions/store-load.js", () => ({
   loadSessionStore: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({}),
 }));
 
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ vi.mock("../../pairing/pairing-store.js", () => ({
 const mockedModuleIds = [
   "../../config/sessions/main-session.js",
   "../../config/sessions/paths.js",
-  "../../config/sessions/store.js",
+  "../../config/sessions/store-load.js",
   "../../infra/outbound/channel-selection.js",
   "../../infra/outbound/target-resolver.js",
   "../../pairing/pairing-store.js",
 ];
 
-import { loadSessionStore } from "../../config/sessions/store.js";
+import { loadSessionStore } from "../../config/sessions/store-load.js";
 import { resolveMessageChannelSelection } from "../../infra/outbound/channel-selection.js";
 import { maybeResolveIdLikeTarget } from "../../infra/outbound/target-resolver.js";
 import { readChannelAllowFromStoreSync } from "../../pairing/pairing-store.js";
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.ts
index dae114fb28b..bc6ee39ef4f 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/delivery-target.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { ChannelId } from "../../channels/plugins/types.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 import { resolveAgentMainSessionKey } from "../../config/sessions/main-session.js";
 import { resolveStorePath } from "../../config/sessions/paths.js";
-import { loadSessionStore } from "../../config/sessions/store.js";
+import { loadSessionStore } from "../../config/sessions/store-load.js";
 import { resolveMessageChannelSelection } from "../../infra/outbound/channel-selection.js";
 import { maybeResolveIdLikeTarget } from "../../infra/outbound/target-resolver.js";
 import type { OutboundChannel } from "../../infra/outbound/targets.js";
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.test.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.test.ts
index 8310276d75a..b3ac4b4a9c6 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 
-vi.mock("../../config/sessions.js", () => ({
+vi.mock("../../config/sessions/store-load.js", () => ({
   loadSessionStore: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../../config/sessions/paths.js", () => ({
   resolveStorePath: vi.fn().mockReturnValue("/tmp/test-store.json"),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../../config/sessions/reset.js", () => ({
   evaluateSessionFreshness: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ fresh: true }),
   resolveSessionResetPolicy: vi.fn().mockReturnValue({ mode: "idle", idleMinutes: 60 }),
 }));
@@ -18,7 +24,8 @@ vi.mock("../../agents/bootstrap-cache.js", () => ({
 }));
 
 import { clearBootstrapSnapshot } from "../../agents/bootstrap-cache.js";
-import { loadSessionStore, evaluateSessionFreshness } from "../../config/sessions.js";
+import { evaluateSessionFreshness } from "../../config/sessions/reset.js";
+import { loadSessionStore } from "../../config/sessions/store-load.js";
 import { resolveCronSession } from "./session.js";
 
 const NOW_MS = 1_737_600_000_000;
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.ts
index c7bde5cea2d..8c94a670412 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import crypto from "node:crypto";
 import { clearBootstrapSnapshotOnSessionRollover } from "../../agents/bootstrap-cache.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
-import {
-  evaluateSessionFreshness,
-  loadSessionStore,
-  resolveSessionResetPolicy,
-  resolveStorePath,
-  type SessionEntry,
-} from "../../config/sessions.js";
+} from "../../config/sessions/reset.js";
+import { resolveStorePath } from "../../config/sessions/paths.js";
+import { loadSessionStore } from "../../config/sessions/store-load.js";
+import type { SessionEntry } from "../../config/sessions/types.js";
 
 export function resolveCronSession(params: {
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;