diff --git a/extensions/irc/src/monitor.ts b/extensions/irc/src/monitor.ts
index e416d95f8eb..2eec74a73d4 100644
--- a/extensions/irc/src/monitor.ts
+++ b/extensions/irc/src/monitor.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { createLoggerBackedRuntime, type RuntimeEnv } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/irc";
+import type { RuntimeEnv } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/irc";
+import { resolveLoggerBackedRuntime } from "../../shared/runtime.js";
 import { resolveIrcAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import { connectIrcClient, type IrcClient } from "./client.js";
 import { buildIrcConnectOptions } from "./connect-options.js";
@@ -39,12 +40,10 @@ export async function monitorIrcProvider(opts: IrcMonitorOptions): Promise<{ sto
     accountId: opts.accountId,
   });
 
-  const runtime: RuntimeEnv =
-    opts.runtime ??
-    createLoggerBackedRuntime({
-      logger: core.logging.getChildLogger(),
-      exitError: () => new Error("Runtime exit not available"),
-    });
+  const runtime: RuntimeEnv = resolveLoggerBackedRuntime(
+    opts.runtime,
+    core.logging.getChildLogger(),
+  );
 
   if (!account.configured) {
     throw new Error(
diff --git a/extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/monitor.ts b/extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/monitor.ts
index f940195a28b..93c66ade4b5 100644
--- a/extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/monitor.ts
+++ b/extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/monitor.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import { createServer, type IncomingMessage, type Server, type ServerResponse } from "node:http";
 import os from "node:os";
 import {
-  createLoggerBackedRuntime,
   type RuntimeEnv,
   isRequestBodyLimitError,
   readRequestBodyWithLimit,
   requestBodyErrorToText,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/nextcloud-talk";
+import { resolveLoggerBackedRuntime } from "../../shared/runtime.js";
 import { resolveNextcloudTalkAccount } from "./accounts.js";
 import { handleNextcloudTalkInbound } from "./inbound.js";
 import { createNextcloudTalkReplayGuard } from "./replay-guard.js";
@@ -318,12 +318,10 @@ export async function monitorNextcloudTalkProvider(
     cfg,
     accountId: opts.accountId,
   });
-  const runtime: RuntimeEnv =
-    opts.runtime ??
-    createLoggerBackedRuntime({
-      logger: core.logging.getChildLogger(),
-      exitError: () => new Error("Runtime exit not available"),
-    });
+  const runtime: RuntimeEnv = resolveLoggerBackedRuntime(
+    opts.runtime,
+    core.logging.getChildLogger(),
+  );
 
   if (!account.secret) {
     throw new Error(`Nextcloud Talk bot secret not configured for account "${account.accountId}"`);
diff --git a/extensions/shared/runtime.ts b/extensions/shared/runtime.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1950ba6be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/shared/runtime.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { createLoggerBackedRuntime } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk";
+
+export function resolveLoggerBackedRuntime<TRuntime>(
+  runtime: TRuntime | undefined,
+  logger: Parameters<typeof createLoggerBackedRuntime>[0]["logger"],
+): TRuntime {
+  return (
+    runtime ??
+    (createLoggerBackedRuntime({
+      logger,
+      exitError: () => new Error("Runtime exit not available"),
+    }) as TRuntime)
+  );
+}