diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/lab-server.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/lab-server.ts
index 7203d1df873..413c539d67c 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/lab-server.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/lab-server.ts
@@ -651,6 +651,7 @@ export async function startQaLabServer(params?: {
           state,
           cfg: gateway?.cfg ?? createQaLabConfig(listenUrl),
           outputPath: params?.outputPath,
+          repoRoot,
         });
         latestScenarioRun = withQaLabRunCounts({
           kind: "self-check",
@@ -698,7 +699,7 @@ export async function startQaLabServer(params?: {
             const { runQaSuiteFromRuntime } = await import("./suite-launch.runtime.js");
             const result = await runQaSuiteFromRuntime({
               lab: labHandle ?? undefined,
-              outputDir: createQaRunOutputDir(),
+              outputDir: createQaRunOutputDir(repoRoot),
               providerMode: selection.providerMode,
               primaryModel: selection.primaryModel,
               alternateModel: selection.alternateModel,
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/run-config.test.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/run-config.test.ts
index 65794a26951..e312c8992fe 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/run-config.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/run-config.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   createDefaultQaRunSelection,
   createIdleQaRunnerSnapshot,
+  createQaRunOutputDir,
   normalizeQaRunSelection,
 } from "./run-config.js";
 
@@ -67,4 +68,9 @@ describe("qa run config", () => {
       ).scenarioIds,
     ).toEqual(["dm-chat-baseline", "thread-lifecycle"]);
   });
+
+  it("anchors generated run output dirs under the provided repo root", () => {
+    const outputDir = createQaRunOutputDir("/tmp/openclaw-repo");
+    expect(outputDir.startsWith("/tmp/openclaw-repo/.artifacts/qa-e2e/lab-")).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/self-check.test.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/self-check.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25c17bd879d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/self-check.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { resolveQaSelfCheckOutputPath } from "./self-check.js";
+
+describe("resolveQaSelfCheckOutputPath", () => {
+  it("keeps explicit output paths untouched", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveQaSelfCheckOutputPath({
+        repoRoot: "/tmp/openclaw-repo",
+        outputPath: "/tmp/custom/self-check.md",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("/tmp/custom/self-check.md");
+  });
+
+  it("anchors default self-check reports under the provided repo root", () => {
+    expect(resolveQaSelfCheckOutputPath({ repoRoot: "/tmp/openclaw-repo" })).toBe(
+      "/tmp/openclaw-repo/.artifacts/qa-e2e/self-check.md",
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/self-check.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/self-check.ts
index 472cc35123e..09dc58187ef 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/self-check.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/self-check.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,19 @@ export type QaSelfCheckResult = {
   scenarioResult: QaScenarioResult;
 };
 
+export function resolveQaSelfCheckOutputPath(params?: { outputPath?: string; repoRoot?: string }) {
+  if (params?.outputPath) {
+    return params.outputPath;
+  }
+  const repoRoot = path.resolve(params?.repoRoot ?? process.cwd());
+  return path.join(repoRoot, ".artifacts", "qa-e2e", "self-check.md");
+}
+
 export async function runQaSelfCheckAgainstState(params: {
   state: QaBusState;
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;
   outputPath?: string;
+  repoRoot?: string;
   notes?: string[];
 }): Promise<QaSelfCheckResult> {
   const startedAt = new Date();
@@ -64,8 +73,10 @@ export async function runQaSelfCheckAgainstState(params: {
     ],
   });
 
-  const outputPath =
-    params.outputPath ?? path.join(process.cwd(), ".artifacts", "qa-e2e", "self-check.md");
+  const outputPath = resolveQaSelfCheckOutputPath({
+    outputPath: params.outputPath,
+    repoRoot: params.repoRoot,
+  });
   await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(outputPath), { recursive: true });
   await fs.writeFile(outputPath, report, "utf8");
 
@@ -77,8 +88,9 @@ export async function runQaSelfCheckAgainstState(params: {
   };
 }
 
-export async function runQaLabSelfCheck(params?: { outputPath?: string }) {
+export async function runQaLabSelfCheck(params?: { repoRoot?: string; outputPath?: string }) {
   const server = await startQaLabServer({
+    repoRoot: params?.repoRoot,
     outputPath: params?.outputPath,
   });
   try {