diff --git a/src/infra/home-dir.test.ts b/src/infra/home-dir.test.ts
index 3096dd1b0b4..e0f19f865b6 100644
--- a/src/infra/home-dir.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/home-dir.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { expandHomePrefix, resolveEffectiveHomeDir, resolveRequiredHomeDir } from "./home-dir.js";
+import {
+  expandHomePrefix,
+  resolveEffectiveHomeDir,
+  resolveHomeRelativePath,
+  resolveRequiredHomeDir,
+} from "./home-dir.js";
 
 describe("resolveEffectiveHomeDir", () => {
   it.each([
@@ -123,3 +128,33 @@ describe("expandHomePrefix", () => {
     expect(expandHomePrefix(input, opts)).toBe(expected);
   });
 });
+
+describe("resolveHomeRelativePath", () => {
+  it("returns blank input unchanged", () => {
+    expect(resolveHomeRelativePath("   ")).toBe("");
+  });
+
+  it("resolves trimmed relative and absolute paths", () => {
+    expect(resolveHomeRelativePath(" ./tmp/file.txt ")).toBe(path.resolve("./tmp/file.txt"));
+    expect(resolveHomeRelativePath(" /tmp/file.txt ")).toBe(path.resolve("/tmp/file.txt"));
+  });
+
+  it("expands tilde paths using the resolved home directory", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveHomeRelativePath("~/docs", {
+        env: { OPENCLAW_HOME: "/srv/openclaw-home" } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(path.resolve("/srv/openclaw-home/docs"));
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to cwd when tilde paths have no home source", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveHomeRelativePath("~", {
+        env: {} as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+        homedir: () => {
+          throw new Error("no home");
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toBe(path.resolve(process.cwd()));
+  });
+});