diff --git a/src/agents/minimax-vlm.normalizes-api-key.test.ts b/src/agents/minimax-vlm.normalizes-api-key.test.ts
index d2c32573e872..1df125ba0292 100644
--- a/src/agents/minimax-vlm.normalizes-api-key.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/minimax-vlm.normalizes-api-key.test.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,45 @@ describe("minimaxUnderstandImage apiKey normalization", () => {
     expect(error.message.length).toBeLessThan(520);
     expect(canceled).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  it("bounds large successful response bodies before parsing JSON", async () => {
+    let canceled = false;
+    let pullCount = 0;
+    const body = new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+      pull(controller) {
+        pullCount += 1;
+        controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(1024 * 1024));
+      },
+      cancel() {
+        canceled = true;
+      },
+    });
+    const fetchSpy = vi.fn(async () => {
+      return new Response(body, {
+        status: 200,
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Trace-Id": "trace-success" },
+      });
+    });
+    global.fetch = withFetchPreconnect(fetchSpy);
+
+    const error = await minimaxUnderstandImage({
+      apiKey: "minimax-test-key",
+      prompt: "hi",
+      imageDataUrl: "data:image/png;base64,AAAA",
+      apiHost: "https://api.minimax.io",
+    }).catch((caught: unknown) => caught);
+
+    if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
+      throw new Error("expected MiniMax VLM request to reject oversized successful JSON");
+    }
+    expect(error.message).toBe(
+      "MiniMax VLM response [Trace-Id=trace-success]: JSON response exceeds 16777216 bytes",
+    );
+    // WHATWG streams may pre-pull one chunk beyond the bytes consumed by the reader.
+    expect(pullCount).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(17);
+    expect(pullCount).toBeLessThanOrEqual(18);
+    expect(canceled).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("isMinimaxVlmModel", () => {
diff --git a/src/agents/minimax-vlm.ts b/src/agents/minimax-vlm.ts
index afdbfbd3763d..6d4ee26039ed 100644
--- a/src/agents/minimax-vlm.ts
+++ b/src/agents/minimax-vlm.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { ensureGlobalUndiciEnvProxyDispatcher } from "../infra/net/undici-global
 import { resolvePositiveTimerTimeoutMs } from "../shared/number-coercion.js";
 import { isRecord } from "../utils.js";
 import { normalizeSecretInput } from "../utils/normalize-secret-input.js";
+import { readProviderJsonResponse } from "./provider-http-errors.js";
 
 type MinimaxBaseResp = {
   status_code?: number;
@@ -142,7 +143,10 @@ export async function minimaxUnderstandImage(params: {
     );
   }
 
-  const json = (await res.json().catch(() => null)) as unknown;
+  const responseLabel = traceId
+    ? `MiniMax VLM response [Trace-Id=${traceId}]`
+    : "MiniMax VLM response";
+  const json = await readProviderJsonResponse<unknown>(res, responseLabel);
   if (!isRecord(json)) {
     const trace = traceId ? ` Trace-Id: ${traceId}` : "";
     throw new Error(`MiniMax VLM response was not JSON.${trace}`);
diff --git a/src/agents/tools/image-tool.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/image-tool.test.ts
index c54b12ae64d5..1dff7bb7e443 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/image-tool.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/image-tool.test.ts
@@ -447,32 +447,24 @@ function registerImageToolEnvReset(priorFetch: typeof global.fetch, keys: string
 }
 
 function stubMinimaxOkFetch() {
-  const fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-    ok: true,
-    status: 200,
-    statusText: "OK",
-    headers: new Headers(),
-    json: async () => ({
+  const fetch = vi.fn().mockImplementation(async () =>
+    Response.json({
       content: "ok",
       base_resp: { status_code: 0, status_msg: "" },
     }),
-  });
+  );
   global.fetch = withFetchPreconnect(fetch);
   vi.stubEnv("MINIMAX_API_KEY", "minimax-test");
   return fetch;
 }
 
 function stubMinimaxFetch(baseResp: { status_code: number; status_msg: string }, content = "ok") {
-  const fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
-    ok: true,
-    status: 200,
-    statusText: "OK",
-    headers: new Headers(),
-    json: async () => ({
+  const fetch = vi.fn().mockImplementation(async () =>
+    Response.json({
       content,
       base_resp: baseResp,
     }),
-  });
+  );
   global.fetch = withFetchPreconnect(fetch);
   return fetch;
 }
diff --git a/src/media-understanding/image.test.ts b/src/media-understanding/image.test.ts
index a598722923e2..d728c1eb3912 100644
--- a/src/media-understanding/image.test.ts
+++ b/src/media-understanding/image.test.ts
@@ -150,17 +150,12 @@ describe("describeImageWithModel", () => {
     vi.stubEnv("OPENCLAW_BUNDLED_PLUGINS_DIR", path.join(process.cwd(), "extensions"));
     vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
     vi.clearAllMocks();
-    fetchMock.mockResolvedValue({
-      ok: true,
-      status: 200,
-      statusText: "OK",
-      headers: { get: vi.fn(() => null) },
-      json: vi.fn(async () => ({
+    fetchMock.mockImplementation(async () =>
+      Response.json({
         base_resp: { status_code: 0 },
         content: "portal ok",
-      })),
-      text: vi.fn(async () => ""),
-    });
+      }),
+    );
     discoverModelsMock.mockReturnValue({
       find: vi.fn(() => ({
         provider: "minimax-portal",