diff --git a/src/config/sessions/sessions.test.ts b/src/config/sessions/sessions.test.ts
index 7b6b85a38f6..539c60b9d9d 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/sessions.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/sessions.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import fsPromises from "node:fs/promises";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { upsertAcpSessionMeta } from "../../acp/runtime/session-meta.js";
 import * as jsonFiles from "../../infra/json-files.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config.js";
@@ -16,30 +16,9 @@ import {
 import { evaluateSessionFreshness, resolveSessionResetPolicy } from "./reset.js";
 import { resolveAndPersistSessionFile } from "./session-file.js";
 import { clearSessionStoreCacheForTest, loadSessionStore, updateSessionStore } from "./store.js";
+import { useTempSessionsFixture } from "./test-helpers.js";
 import { mergeSessionEntry, type SessionEntry } from "./types.js";
 
-function useTempSessionsFixture(prefix: string) {
-  let tempDir = "";
-  let storePath = "";
-  let sessionsDir = "";
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix));
-    sessionsDir = path.join(tempDir, "agents", "main", "sessions");
-    fs.mkdirSync(sessionsDir, { recursive: true });
-    storePath = path.join(sessionsDir, "sessions.json");
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  return {
-    storePath: () => storePath,
-    sessionsDir: () => sessionsDir,
-  };
-}
-
 describe("session path safety", () => {
   it("rejects unsafe session IDs", () => {
     const unsafeSessionIds = ["../etc/passwd", "a/b", "a\\b", "/abs"];
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/test-helpers.ts b/src/config/sessions/test-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46a80dbeffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/sessions/test-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach } from "vitest";
+
+export function useTempSessionsFixture(prefix: string) {
+  let tempDir = "";
+  let storePath = "";
+  let sessionsDir = "";
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix));
+    sessionsDir = path.join(tempDir, "agents", "main", "sessions");
+    fs.mkdirSync(sessionsDir, { recursive: true });
+    storePath = path.join(sessionsDir, "sessions.json");
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  return {
+    storePath: () => storePath,
+    sessionsDir: () => sessionsDir,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/config/sessions/transcript.test.ts b/src/config/sessions/transcript.test.ts
index 1cc8d1ef127..bba7f57ae0c 100644
--- a/src/config/sessions/transcript.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/sessions/transcript.test.ts
@@ -1,33 +1,10 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
-import os from "node:os";
-import path from "node:path";
-import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import * as transcriptEvents from "../../sessions/transcript-events.js";
 import { resolveSessionTranscriptPathInDir } from "./paths.js";
+import { useTempSessionsFixture } from "./test-helpers.js";
 import { appendAssistantMessageToSessionTranscript } from "./transcript.js";
 
-function useTempSessionsFixture(prefix: string) {
-  let tempDir = "";
-  let storePath = "";
-  let sessionsDir = "";
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    tempDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), prefix));
-    sessionsDir = path.join(tempDir, "agents", "main", "sessions");
-    fs.mkdirSync(sessionsDir, { recursive: true });
-    storePath = path.join(sessionsDir, "sessions.json");
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    fs.rmSync(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-  });
-
-  return {
-    storePath: () => storePath,
-    sessionsDir: () => sessionsDir,
-  };
-}
-
 describe("appendAssistantMessageToSessionTranscript", () => {
   const fixture = useTempSessionsFixture("transcript-test-");
   const sessionId = "test-session-id";