diff --git a/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.conformance.test.ts b/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.conformance.test.ts
index b46e5eaa877d..70f842d8b4a7 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.conformance.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/session-accessor.conformance.test.ts
@@ -1561,6 +1561,61 @@ describe("sqlite session normalization", () => {
     ).toEqual(["agent:main:newer", "agent:main:newest"]);
   });
 
+  it("preserves an active SQLite cron entry when durable entries exceed maxEntries", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(getRuntimeConfig).mockReturnValue({
+      session: {
+        maintenance: {
+          mode: "enforce",
+          pruneAfter: "365d",
+          maxEntries: 1,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    const env = { ...process.env, OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: paths.stateDir };
+    const scopeFor = (sessionKey: string) => ({
+      agentId: "main",
+      env,
+      sessionKey,
+      storePath: paths.sqlitePath,
+    });
+    const cronKey = "agent:main:cron:job-1";
+    const cronEntry = {
+      lifecycleRevision: "cron-revision-1",
+      sessionId: "cron-session",
+      updatedAt: Date.now(),
+    };
+
+    for (const [sessionKey, sessionId] of [
+      ["agent:main:slack:channel:C1", "channel-session-1"],
+      ["agent:main:slack:channel:C2", "channel-session-2"],
+    ] as const) {
+      await patchSqliteSessionEntry(
+        scopeFor(sessionKey),
+        () => ({ sessionId, updatedAt: Date.now() - 1 }),
+        {
+          fallbackEntry: { sessionId, updatedAt: Date.now() - 1 },
+          replaceEntry: true,
+          skipMaintenance: true,
+        },
+      );
+    }
+
+    await patchSqliteSessionEntry(scopeFor(cronKey), () => cronEntry, {
+      fallbackEntry: cronEntry,
+      replaceEntry: true,
+    });
+    await patchSqliteSessionEntry(scopeFor(cronKey), () => ({
+      model: "gpt-5.5",
+      updatedAt: Date.now() + 1,
+    }));
+
+    expect(loadSqliteSessionEntry(scopeFor(cronKey))).toMatchObject({
+      lifecycleRevision: "cron-revision-1",
+      model: "gpt-5.5",
+      sessionId: "cron-session",
+    });
+  });
+
   it("evicts old SQLite transcript rows only when no remaining entry references them", async () => {
     vi.mocked(getRuntimeConfig).mockReturnValue({
       session: {
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/store-maintenance.ts b/src/config/sessions/store-maintenance.ts
index b420c5bb758e..53b38e385b5b 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/store-maintenance.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/store-maintenance.ts
@@ -531,14 +531,13 @@ function wouldCapActiveSession(params: {
  */
 export function capEntryCount(
   store: Record<string, SessionEntry>,
-  overrideMax?: number,
+  maxEntries: number,
   opts: {
     log?: boolean;
     onCapped?: (params: { key: string; entry: SessionEntry }) => void;
     preserveKeys?: ReadonlySet<string>;
   } = {},
 ): number {
-  const maxEntries = overrideMax ?? resolveMaintenanceConfigFromInput().maxEntries;
   const preservedCount = Object.entries(store).filter(([key, entry]) =>
     shouldPreserveMaintenanceEntry({ key, entry, preserveKeys: opts.preserveKeys }),
   ).length;
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/store.pruning.integration.test.ts b/src/config/sessions/store.pruning.integration.test.ts
index 4741139969f3..7c78ae4d654b 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/store.pruning.integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/store.pruning.integration.test.ts
@@ -1483,6 +1483,37 @@ describe("Integration: saveSessionStore with pruning", () => {
     expect(loaded).toHaveProperty("session-50");
   });
 
+  it("updateSessionStore honors configured maxEntries without an explicit override", async () => {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      storePath,
+      JSON.stringify({
+        oldest: makeEntry(now - 2),
+        recent: makeEntry(now - 1),
+      }),
+      "utf-8",
+    );
+    mockLoadConfig.mockReturnValue({
+      session: {
+        maintenance: {
+          mode: "enforce",
+          pruneAfter: "365d",
+          maxEntries: 2,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    await updateSessionStore(storePath, (store) => {
+      store.newest = makeEntry(now);
+    });
+
+    const loaded = loadSessionStore(storePath, { skipCache: true });
+    expect(Object.keys(loaded)).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(loaded).toHaveProperty("newest");
+    expect(loaded).toHaveProperty("recent");
+    expect(loaded.oldest).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("loadSessionStore honors configured maxEntries without an explicit override", async () => {
     mockLoadConfig.mockReturnValue({
       session: {