diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8233c1fd144..13982566788 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -974,7 +974,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run extension shard
         env:
-          OPENCLAW_EXTENSION_BATCH_PARALLEL: 2
+          NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=6144
+          OPENCLAW_EXTENSION_BATCH_PARALLEL: 1
           OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS: 1
           OPENCLAW_EXTENSION_BATCH: ${{ matrix.extensions_csv }}
         run: pnpm test:extensions:batch -- "$OPENCLAW_EXTENSION_BATCH"
diff --git a/docs/ci.md b/docs/ci.md
index 35b9a5e788b..dffbc2f5c86 100644
--- a/docs/ci.md
+++ b/docs/ci.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Local changed-lane logic lives in `scripts/changed-lanes.mjs` and is executed by
 
 On pushes, the `checks` matrix adds the push-only `compat-node22` lane. On pull requests, that lane is skipped and the matrix stays focused on the normal test/channel lanes.
 
-The slowest Node test families are split or balanced so each job stays small without over-reserving runners: channel contracts run as three weighted shards, bundled plugin tests balance across six extension workers, small core unit lanes are paired, auto-reply runs as three balanced workers instead of six tiny workers, and agentic gateway/plugin configs are spread across the existing source-only agentic Node jobs instead of waiting on built artifacts. Broad browser, QA, media, and miscellaneous plugin tests use their dedicated Vitest configs instead of the shared plugin catch-all. Extension shard jobs can run two plugin config groups concurrently, but cap each Vitest config to one worker so import-heavy plugin batches do not overcommit small CI runners. The broad agents lane uses the shared Vitest file-parallel scheduler because it is import/scheduling dominated rather than owned by a single slow test file. `runtime-config` runs with the infra core-runtime shard to keep the shared runtime shard from owning the tail. `check-additional` keeps package-boundary compile/canary work together and separates runtime topology architecture from gateway watch coverage; the boundary guard shard runs its small independent guards concurrently inside one job. Gateway watch, channel tests, and the core support-boundary shard run concurrently inside `build-artifacts` after `dist/` and `dist-runtime/` are already built, keeping their old check names as lightweight verifier jobs while avoiding two extra Blacksmith workers and a second artifact-consumer queue.
+The slowest Node test families are split or balanced so each job stays small without over-reserving runners: channel contracts run as three weighted shards, bundled plugin tests balance across six extension workers, small core unit lanes are paired, auto-reply runs as three balanced workers instead of six tiny workers, and agentic gateway/plugin configs are spread across the existing source-only agentic Node jobs instead of waiting on built artifacts. Broad browser, QA, media, and miscellaneous plugin tests use their dedicated Vitest configs instead of the shared plugin catch-all. Extension shard jobs run plugin config groups serially with one Vitest worker and a larger Node heap so import-heavy plugin batches do not overcommit small CI runners. The broad agents lane uses the shared Vitest file-parallel scheduler because it is import/scheduling dominated rather than owned by a single slow test file. `runtime-config` runs with the infra core-runtime shard to keep the shared runtime shard from owning the tail. `check-additional` keeps package-boundary compile/canary work together and separates runtime topology architecture from gateway watch coverage; the boundary guard shard runs its small independent guards concurrently inside one job. Gateway watch, channel tests, and the core support-boundary shard run concurrently inside `build-artifacts` after `dist/` and `dist-runtime/` are already built, keeping their old check names as lightweight verifier jobs while avoiding two extra Blacksmith workers and a second artifact-consumer queue.
 Android CI runs both `testPlayDebugUnitTest` and `testThirdPartyDebugUnitTest`, then builds the Play debug APK. The third-party flavor has no separate source set or manifest; its unit-test lane still compiles that flavor with the SMS/call-log BuildConfig flags, while avoiding a duplicate debug APK packaging job on every Android-relevant push.
 `extension-fast` is PR-only because push runs already execute the full bundled plugin shards. That keeps changed-plugin feedback for reviews without reserving an extra Blacksmith worker on `main` for coverage already present in `checks-node-extensions`.