diff --git a/src/gateway/node-invoke-plugin-policy.test.ts b/src/gateway/node-invoke-plugin-policy.test.ts
index 0b8e0341495..7c438844bec 100644
--- a/src/gateway/node-invoke-plugin-policy.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/node-invoke-plugin-policy.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import type { PluginApprovalRequestPayload } from "../infra/plugin-approvals.js";
+import {
+  MAX_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  type PluginApprovalRequestPayload,
+} from "../infra/plugin-approvals.js";
 import type { PluginRegistry } from "../plugins/registry-types.js";
 import type { OpenClawPluginNodeInvokePolicyContext } from "../plugins/types.js";
 import { ExecApprovalManager } from "./exec-approval-manager.js";
@@ -256,6 +259,70 @@ describe("applyPluginNodeInvokePolicy", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("caps plugin policy approval timeouts through the shared approval policy", async () => {
+    const manager = new ExecApprovalManager<PluginApprovalRequestPayload>();
+    registryState.current = {
+      nodeHostCommands: [
+        {
+          pluginId: "demo",
+          command: {
+            command: "demo.read",
+            dangerous: true,
+            handle: async () => "{}",
+          },
+          source: "test",
+        },
+      ],
+      nodeInvokePolicies: [
+        {
+          pluginId: "demo",
+          policy: {
+            commands: ["demo.read"],
+            handle: async (ctx: OpenClawPluginNodeInvokePolicyContext) => {
+              const approval = await ctx.approvals?.request({
+                title: "Sensitive action",
+                description: "Needs approval",
+                timeoutMs: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
+              });
+              return { ok: true, payload: approval ?? null };
+            },
+          },
+          pluginConfig: { enabled: true },
+          source: "test",
+        },
+      ],
+    } as unknown as PluginRegistry;
+    const { context } = createContext({
+      pluginApprovalManager: manager,
+      getApprovalClientConnIds: createApprovalClientLookup([
+        createApprovalClient({
+          connId: "conn-owner-approval",
+          clientId: "client-owner",
+          deviceId: "device-owner",
+        }),
+      ]),
+    });
+    const resultPromise = applyPluginNodeInvokePolicy({
+      context,
+      client: createOperatorClient(),
+      nodeSession: createNodeSession(),
+      command: "demo.read",
+      params: { path: "/tmp/x" },
+    });
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(manager.listPendingRecords()).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+    const [record] = manager.listPendingRecords();
+    expect(record.expiresAtMs - record.createdAtMs).toBe(MAX_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+    expect(manager.resolve(record.id, "allow-once")).toBe(true);
+    await expect(resultPromise).resolves.toStrictEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      payload: { id: record.id, decision: "allow-once" },
+    });
+  });
+
   it("leaves commands without a dangerous plugin registration to normal allowlist handling", async () => {
     registryState.current = {
       nodeHostCommands: [],
diff --git a/src/gateway/node-invoke-plugin-policy.ts b/src/gateway/node-invoke-plugin-policy.ts
index 2f6342ed066..c2578bfff3f 100644
--- a/src/gateway/node-invoke-plugin-policy.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/node-invoke-plugin-policy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { PluginApprovalRequestPayload } from "../infra/plugin-approvals.js";
-import { DEFAULT_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS } from "../infra/plugin-approvals.js";
+import { resolvePluginApprovalTimeoutMs } from "../infra/plugin-approvals.js";
 import { getActiveRuntimePluginRegistry } from "../plugins/active-runtime-registry.js";
 import type { PluginRegistry } from "../plugins/registry-types.js";
 import type {
@@ -54,10 +54,7 @@ function createApprovalRuntime(params: {
   }
   return {
     async request(input) {
-      const timeoutMs =
-        typeof input.timeoutMs === "number" && Number.isFinite(input.timeoutMs)
-          ? input.timeoutMs
-          : DEFAULT_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS;
+      const timeoutMs = resolvePluginApprovalTimeoutMs(input.timeoutMs);
       const request: PluginApprovalRequestPayload = {
         pluginId: params.pluginId,
         title: input.title.slice(0, 80),
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/plugin-approval.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/plugin-approval.ts
index 29fde8eb8e4..a85355c33da 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/plugin-approval.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/plugin-approval.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ import {
 import type { ExecApprovalForwarder } from "../../infra/exec-approval-forwarder.js";
 import type { PluginApprovalRequestPayload } from "../../infra/plugin-approvals.js";
 import {
-  DEFAULT_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS,
-  MAX_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS,
   resolvePluginApprovalRequestAllowedDecisions,
+  resolvePluginApprovalTimeoutMs,
 } from "../../infra/plugin-approvals.js";
 import type { ExecApprovalManager } from "../exec-approval-manager.js";
 import {
@@ -67,10 +66,7 @@ export function createPluginApprovalHandlers(
         twoPhase?: boolean;
       };
       const twoPhase = p.twoPhase === true;
-      const timeoutMs = Math.min(
-        typeof p.timeoutMs === "number" ? p.timeoutMs : DEFAULT_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS,
-        MAX_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS,
-      );
+      const timeoutMs = resolvePluginApprovalTimeoutMs(p.timeoutMs);
 
       const normalizeTrimmedString = (value?: string | null): string | null =>
         normalizeOptionalString(value) || null;
diff --git a/src/infra/plugin-approvals.ts b/src/infra/plugin-approvals.ts
index 52e2a735856..ca1e6b5d31f 100644
--- a/src/infra/plugin-approvals.ts
+++ b/src/infra/plugin-approvals.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ export const DEFAULT_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_DECISIONS = [
   "deny",
 ] as const satisfies readonly ExecApprovalDecision[];
 
+export function resolvePluginApprovalTimeoutMs(value: unknown): number {
+  const candidate =
+    typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value)
+      ? value
+      : DEFAULT_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS;
+  return Math.min(MAX_PLUGIN_APPROVAL_TIMEOUT_MS, Math.max(1, Math.floor(candidate)));
+}
+
 export function approvalDecisionLabel(decision: ExecApprovalDecision): string {
   if (decision === "allow-once") {
     return "allowed once";