diff --git a/extensions/llm-task/src/llm-task-tool.test.ts b/extensions/llm-task/src/llm-task-tool.test.ts
index 0a41f0f4bad..8bec7aeebb1 100644
--- a/extensions/llm-task/src/llm-task-tool.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/llm-task/src/llm-task-tool.test.ts
@@ -36,45 +36,14 @@ vi.mock("ajv", () => ({
   },
 }));
 
-vi.mock("../api.js", () => ({
-  formatXHighModelHint: () => "provider models that advertise xhigh reasoning",
-  normalizeThinkLevel: (raw?: string | null) => {
-    if (!raw) {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-    const key = raw.trim().toLowerCase();
-    const collapsed = key.replace(/[\s_-]+/g, "");
-    if (collapsed === "adaptive" || collapsed === "auto") {
-      return "adaptive";
-    }
-    if (collapsed === "xhigh" || collapsed === "extrahigh") {
-      return "xhigh";
-    }
-    if (["off"].includes(key)) {
-      return "off";
-    }
-    if (["on", "enable", "enabled"].includes(key)) {
-      return "low";
-    }
-    if (["min", "minimal", "think"].includes(key)) {
-      return "minimal";
-    }
-    if (["low", "thinkhard", "think-hard", "think_hard"].includes(key)) {
-      return "low";
-    }
-    if (["mid", "med", "medium", "thinkharder", "think-harder", "harder"].includes(key)) {
-      return "medium";
-    }
-    if (
-      ["high", "ultra", "ultrathink", "think-hard", "thinkhardest", "highest", "max"].includes(key)
-    ) {
-      return "high";
-    }
-    return undefined;
-  },
-  resolvePreferredOpenClawTmpDir: () => "/tmp",
-  supportsXHighThinking: () => false,
-}));
+vi.mock("../api.js", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../api.js")>();
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    resolvePreferredOpenClawTmpDir: () => "/tmp",
+    supportsXHighThinking: () => false,
+  };
+});
 
 import { createLlmTaskTool } from "./llm-task-tool.js";
 
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.block-streaming.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.block-streaming.test.ts
index 1a1aebf1cfc..6d11725f1f7 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.block-streaming.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.block-streaming.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { createMockTypingController } from "./reply/reply.test-helpers.js";
 import type { MsgContext } from "./templating.js";
 
 const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
@@ -62,16 +63,7 @@ vi.mock("./reply/stage-sandbox-media.js", () => ({
   stageSandboxMedia: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
 }));
 vi.mock("./reply/typing.js", () => ({
-  createTypingController: vi.fn(() => ({
-    onReplyStart: async () => undefined,
-    startTypingLoop: async () => undefined,
-    startTypingOnText: async () => undefined,
-    refreshTypingTtl: () => undefined,
-    isActive: () => false,
-    markRunComplete: () => undefined,
-    markDispatchIdle: () => undefined,
-    cleanup: () => undefined,
-  })),
+  createTypingController: vi.fn(() => createMockTypingController()),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("./reply/get-reply-directives.js", () => ({
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply.test-mocks.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply.test-mocks.ts
index 3db691d3fec..c10c70daf4b 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply.test-mocks.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply.test-mocks.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { vi } from "vitest";
+import { createMockTypingController } from "./reply.test-helpers.js";
 
 export function registerGetReplyCommonMocks(): void {
   vi.mock("../../agents/agent-scope.js", async (importOriginal) => {
@@ -57,15 +58,6 @@ export function registerGetReplyCommonMocks(): void {
     stageSandboxMedia: vi.fn(async () => undefined),
   }));
   vi.mock("./typing.js", () => ({
-    createTypingController: vi.fn(() => ({
-      onReplyStart: async () => undefined,
-      startTypingLoop: async () => undefined,
-      startTypingOnText: async () => undefined,
-      refreshTypingTtl: () => undefined,
-      isActive: () => false,
-      markRunComplete: () => undefined,
-      markDispatchIdle: () => undefined,
-      cleanup: () => undefined,
-    })),
+    createTypingController: vi.fn(() => createMockTypingController()),
   }));
 }
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/reply.test-helpers.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/reply.test-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..05704bd5af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/reply.test-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export function createMockTypingController() {
+  return {
+    onReplyStart: async () => undefined,
+    startTypingLoop: async () => undefined,
+    startTypingOnText: async () => undefined,
+    refreshTypingTtl: () => undefined,
+    isActive: () => false,
+    markRunComplete: () => undefined,
+    markDispatchIdle: () => undefined,
+    cleanup: () => undefined,
+  };
+}