diff --git a/src/media-generation/runtime-shared.ts b/src/media-generation/runtime-shared.ts
index 76e07e8662b..df408be9055 100644
--- a/src/media-generation/runtime-shared.ts
+++ b/src/media-generation/runtime-shared.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { listProfilesForProvider } from "../agents/auth-profiles.js";
 import { ensureAuthProfileStore } from "../agents/auth-profiles.js";
 import { DEFAULT_PROVIDER } from "../agents/defaults.js";
+import { describeFailoverError, isFailoverError } from "../agents/failover-error.js";
 import { resolveEnvApiKey } from "../agents/model-auth-env.js";
 import type { FallbackAttempt } from "../agents/model-fallback.types.js";
 import {
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "../config/model-input.js";
 import type { AgentModelConfig } from "../config/types.agents-shared.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.js";
+import { formatErrorMessage } from "../infra/errors.js";
 import { getProviderEnvVars } from "../secrets/provider-env-vars.js";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "../shared/string-coerce.js";
 import type {
@@ -27,6 +29,23 @@ export type {
   MediaNormalizationValue,
 } from "./normalization.types.js";
 
+export function recordCapabilityCandidateFailure(params: {
+  attempts: FallbackAttempt[];
+  provider: string;
+  model: string;
+  error: unknown;
+}): void {
+  const described = isFailoverError(params.error) ? describeFailoverError(params.error) : undefined;
+  params.attempts.push({
+    provider: params.provider,
+    model: params.model,
+    error: described?.message ?? formatErrorMessage(params.error),
+    reason: described?.reason,
+    status: described?.status,
+    code: described?.code,
+  });
+}
+
 export function hasMediaNormalizationEntry<TValue extends MediaNormalizationValue>(
   entry: MediaNormalizationEntry<TValue> | undefined,
 ): entry is MediaNormalizationEntry<TValue> {
diff --git a/src/music-generation/runtime.ts b/src/music-generation/runtime.ts
index 984b6e7e8be..b900acb28ed 100644
--- a/src/music-generation/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/music-generation/runtime.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import { describeFailoverError, isFailoverError } from "../agents/failover-error.js";
 import type { FallbackAttempt } from "../agents/model-fallback.types.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
-import { formatErrorMessage } from "../infra/errors.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
 import {
   buildMediaGenerationNormalizationMetadata,
   buildNoCapabilityModelConfiguredMessage,
+  recordCapabilityCandidateFailure,
   resolveCapabilityModelCandidates,
   throwCapabilityGenerationFailure,
 } from "../media-generation/runtime-shared.js";
@@ -104,14 +103,11 @@ export async function generateMusic(
       };
     } catch (err) {
       lastError = err;
-      const described = isFailoverError(err) ? describeFailoverError(err) : undefined;
-      attempts.push({
+      recordCapabilityCandidateFailure({
+        attempts,
         provider: candidate.provider,
         model: candidate.model,
-        error: described?.message ?? formatErrorMessage(err),
-        reason: described?.reason,
-        status: described?.status,
-        code: described?.code,
+        error: err,
       });
       log.debug(`music-generation candidate failed: ${candidate.provider}/${candidate.model}`);
     }
diff --git a/src/video-generation/runtime.ts b/src/video-generation/runtime.ts
index da4f4888510..ce5a93ddf6c 100644
--- a/src/video-generation/runtime.ts
+++ b/src/video-generation/runtime.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import { describeFailoverError, isFailoverError } from "../agents/failover-error.js";
 import type { FallbackAttempt } from "../agents/model-fallback.types.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
-import { formatErrorMessage } from "../infra/errors.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
 import {
   buildMediaGenerationNormalizationMetadata,
   buildNoCapabilityModelConfiguredMessage,
+  recordCapabilityCandidateFailure,
   resolveCapabilityModelCandidates,
   throwCapabilityGenerationFailure,
 } from "../media-generation/runtime-shared.js";
@@ -290,14 +289,11 @@ export async function generateVideo(
       };
     } catch (err) {
       lastError = err;
-      const described = isFailoverError(err) ? describeFailoverError(err) : undefined;
-      attempts.push({
+      recordCapabilityCandidateFailure({
+        attempts,
         provider: candidate.provider,
         model: candidate.model,
-        error: described?.message ?? formatErrorMessage(err),
-        reason: described?.reason,
-        status: described?.status,
-        code: described?.code,
+        error: err,
       });
       log.debug(`video-generation candidate failed: ${candidate.provider}/${candidate.model}`);
     }