diff --git a/src/gateway/embeddings-http.test.ts b/src/gateway/embeddings-http.test.ts
index 13eff394d17c..62fa4f59c242 100644
--- a/src/gateway/embeddings-http.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/embeddings-http.test.ts
@@ -434,6 +434,33 @@ describe("OpenAI-compatible embeddings HTTP API (e2e)", () => {
     await expectInvalidEmbeddingRequest(res);
   });
 
+  it.each([
+    { name: "an empty string", input: "" },
+    { name: "an empty batch", input: [] },
+    { name: "an empty batch entry", input: [""] },
+    { name: "a mixed batch with an empty entry", input: ["valid", ""] },
+  ])("rejects $name before creating an embedding provider", async ({ input }) => {
+    const providersCreatedBefore = createEmbeddingProviderMock.mock.calls.length;
+    const res = await postEmbeddings({
+      model: "openclaw/default",
+      input,
+    });
+
+    await expectInvalidEmbeddingRequest(res, "`input` must contain at least one non-empty string.");
+    expect(createEmbeddingProviderMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(providersCreatedBefore);
+  });
+
+  it("preserves whitespace-only embedding input", async () => {
+    const input = " \t\n";
+    const res = await postEmbeddings({
+      model: "openclaw/default",
+      input,
+    });
+
+    await expectDefaultEmbeddingResponse(res);
+    expect(embedBatchMock.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0]).toEqual([input]);
+  });
+
   it("ignores narrower declared scopes for shared-secret bearer auth", async () => {
     const res = await postEmbeddings(
       {
diff --git a/src/gateway/embeddings-http.ts b/src/gateway/embeddings-http.ts
index 8edc7ad730fd..2b949f03eec0 100644
--- a/src/gateway/embeddings-http.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/embeddings-http.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ function encodeEmbeddingBase64(embedding: number[]): string {
 // Keep request limits local to the HTTP bridge; provider adapters may support
 // more, but this endpoint must protect gateway memory and request latency.
 function validateInputTexts(texts: string[]): string | undefined {
+  if (texts.length === 0 || texts.some((text) => text.length === 0)) {
+    return "`input` must contain at least one non-empty string.";
+  }
   if (texts.length > MAX_EMBEDDING_INPUTS) {
     return `Too many inputs (max ${MAX_EMBEDDING_INPUTS}).`;
   }