diff --git a/extensions/googlechat/src/setup-surface.ts b/extensions/googlechat/src/setup-surface.ts
index 6375844ca07..44eb2b5ee0e 100644
--- a/extensions/googlechat/src/setup-surface.ts
+++ b/extensions/googlechat/src/setup-surface.ts
@@ -104,13 +104,7 @@ export const googlechatSetupWizard: ChannelSetupWizard = {
     unconfiguredHint: "needs auth",
     includeStatusLine: true,
     resolveConfigured: ({ cfg, accountId }) =>
-      accountId
-        ? resolveGoogleChatAccount({ cfg, accountId }).credentialSource !== "none"
-        : listGoogleChatAccountIds(cfg).some(
-            (resolvedAccountId) =>
-              resolveGoogleChatAccount({ cfg, accountId: resolvedAccountId }).credentialSource !==
-              "none",
-          ),
+      resolveGoogleChatAccount({ cfg, accountId }).credentialSource !== "none",
   }),
   introNote: {
     title: "Google Chat setup",
diff --git a/extensions/googlechat/src/setup.test.ts b/extensions/googlechat/src/setup.test.ts
index 6c7c6cdbc85..189fa30bc17 100644
--- a/extensions/googlechat/src/setup.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/googlechat/src/setup.test.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,28 @@ describe("googlechat setup", () => {
     expect(status.configured).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("reports configured state for the configured defaultAccount instead of any account", async () => {
+    const status = await googlechatStatus({
+      cfg: {
+        channels: {
+          googlechat: {
+            defaultAccount: "alerts",
+            accounts: {
+              default: {
+                serviceAccount: { client_email: "default@example.com" },
+              },
+              alerts: {},
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      } as OpenClawConfig,
+      accountOverrides: {},
+      options: {},
+    });
+
+    expect(status.configured).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("reports account-scoped config keys for named accounts", () => {
     expect(googlechatPlugin.setupWizard?.dmPolicy?.resolveConfigKeys?.({}, "alerts")).toEqual({
       policyKey: "channels.googlechat.accounts.alerts.dm.policy",