diff --git a/scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh b/scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh
index 34d0f9ae065..503120c2efe 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/parallels-npm-update-smoke.sh
@@ -1083,6 +1083,15 @@ gateway_log_ready() {
 gateway_smoke_ready() {
   gateway_listener_ready && gateway_log_ready
 }
+stop_openclaw_gateway_processes() {
+  OPENCLAW_DISABLE_BUNDLED_PLUGINS=1 /opt/homebrew/bin/openclaw gateway stop >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  /usr/bin/pkill -9 -f openclaw-gateway || true
+  /usr/bin/pkill -9 -f 'openclaw gateway run' || true
+  /usr/bin/pkill -9 -f 'openclaw.mjs gateway' || true
+  for pid in \$(/usr/sbin/lsof -tiTCP:18789 -sTCP:LISTEN 2>/dev/null || true); do
+    /bin/kill -9 "\$pid" 2>/dev/null || true
+  done
+}
 if [ -n "\$busy" ]; then
   printf 'update still has active npm/pnpm/openclaw processes\n%s\n' "\$busy" >&2
   exit 1
@@ -1118,6 +1127,18 @@ if [ "\$gateway_ready" != "1" ]; then
   done
 fi
 if [ "\$gateway_ready" != "1" ]; then
+  stop_openclaw_gateway_processes
+  /opt/homebrew/bin/openclaw gateway run --bind loopback --port 18789 --force >/tmp/openclaw-parallels-npm-update-macos-recover-gateway.log 2>&1 </dev/null &
+  for _ in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do
+    if gateway_smoke_ready; then
+      gateway_ready=1
+      break
+    fi
+    sleep 2
+  done
+fi
+if [ "\$gateway_ready" != "1" ]; then
+  tail -n 120 /tmp/openclaw-parallels-npm-update-macos-recover-gateway.log 2>/dev/null || true
   echo "gateway did not become ready after transport recovery" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/src/entry.compile-cache.test.ts b/src/entry.compile-cache.test.ts
index 87af57b24e2..dd1b107301c 100644
--- a/src/entry.compile-cache.test.ts
+++ b/src/entry.compile-cache.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { cleanupTempDirs, makeTempDir } from "../test/helpers/temp-dir.js";
 import {
   buildOpenClawCompileCacheRespawnPlan,
   isSourceCheckoutInstallRoot,
+  resolveOpenClawCompileCacheDirectory,
   resolveEntryInstallRoot,
   shouldEnableOpenClawCompileCache,
 } from "./entry.compile-cache.js";
@@ -54,6 +55,21 @@ describe("entry compile cache", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("scopes packaged compile cache by package install metadata", async () => {
+    const root = makeTempDir(tempDirs, "openclaw-compile-cache-package-key-");
+    const packageJsonPath = path.join(root, "package.json");
+    await fs.writeFile(packageJsonPath, '{"version":"2026.4.27-beta.1"}\n', "utf8");
+
+    const directory = resolveOpenClawCompileCacheDirectory({
+      env: { NODE_COMPILE_CACHE: path.join(root, ".node-cache") },
+      installRoot: root,
+    });
+
+    expect(directory).toContain(path.join(".node-cache", "openclaw"));
+    expect(directory).toContain("2026.4.27-beta.1");
+    expect(path.basename(directory)).toMatch(/^\d+-\d+$/);
+  });
+
   it("builds a one-shot no-cache respawn plan when source checkout inherits NODE_COMPILE_CACHE", async () => {
     const root = makeTempDir(tempDirs, "openclaw-compile-cache-respawn-");
     await fs.mkdir(path.join(root, "src"), { recursive: true });
diff --git a/src/entry.compile-cache.ts b/src/entry.compile-cache.ts
index c03399b51bc..fb757ad14ad 100644
--- a/src/entry.compile-cache.ts
+++ b/src/entry.compile-cache.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
-import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { enableCompileCache, getCompileCacheDir } from "node:module";
+import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 
 export function resolveEntryInstallRoot(entryFile: string): string {
@@ -34,6 +35,55 @@ export function shouldEnableOpenClawCompileCache(params: {
   return !isSourceCheckoutInstallRoot(params.installRoot);
 }
 
+function sanitizeCompileCachePathSegment(value: string): string {
+  const normalized = value.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9._-]+/g, "_").replace(/^_+|_+$/g, "");
+  return normalized.length > 0 ? normalized : "unknown";
+}
+
+function readPackageVersion(packageJsonPath: string): string {
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf8")) as unknown;
+    if (
+      parsed &&
+      typeof parsed === "object" &&
+      "version" in parsed &&
+      typeof parsed.version === "string" &&
+      parsed.version.trim().length > 0
+    ) {
+      return parsed.version;
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Fall through to an install-metadata-only cache key.
+  }
+  return "unknown";
+}
+
+export function resolveOpenClawCompileCacheDirectory(params: {
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+  installRoot: string;
+}): string {
+  const env = params.env ?? process.env;
+  const packageJsonPath = path.join(params.installRoot, "package.json");
+  const version = sanitizeCompileCachePathSegment(readPackageVersion(packageJsonPath));
+  let installMarker = "no-package-json";
+  try {
+    const stat = statSync(packageJsonPath);
+    installMarker = `${Math.trunc(stat.mtimeMs)}-${stat.size}`;
+  } catch {
+    // Package archives should always have package.json, but keep startup best-effort.
+  }
+  const baseDirectory =
+    env.NODE_COMPILE_CACHE && !isNodeCompileCacheDisabled(env)
+      ? env.NODE_COMPILE_CACHE
+      : path.join(os.tmpdir(), "node-compile-cache");
+  return path.join(
+    baseDirectory,
+    "openclaw",
+    version,
+    sanitizeCompileCachePathSegment(installMarker),
+  );
+}
+
 export type OpenClawCompileCacheRespawnPlan = {
   command: string;
   args: string[];
@@ -107,7 +157,7 @@ export function enableOpenClawCompileCache(params: {
     return;
   }
   try {
-    enableCompileCache();
+    enableCompileCache(resolveOpenClawCompileCacheDirectory(params));
   } catch {
     // Best-effort only; never block startup.
   }