diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-inline-actions.skip-when-config-empty.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-inline-actions.skip-when-config-empty.test.ts
index b7dd295bb08..cd599bab77d 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-inline-actions.skip-when-config-empty.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-inline-actions.skip-when-config-empty.test.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ import type { SkillCommandSpec } from "../../agents/skills.js";
 import type { SessionEntry } from "../../config/sessions.js";
 import type { TemplateContext } from "../templating.js";
 import { clearInlineDirectives } from "./get-reply-directives-utils.js";
+import { stripInlineStatus } from "./reply-inline.js";
 import { buildTestCtx } from "./test-ctx.js";
 import type { TypingController } from "./typing.js";
 
 const handleCommandsMock = vi.fn();
 const getChannelPluginMock = vi.fn();
 const createOpenClawToolsMock = vi.fn();
+const buildStatusReplyMock = vi.fn();
 
 let handleInlineActions: typeof import("./get-reply-inline-actions.js").handleInlineActions;
 type HandleInlineActionsInput = Parameters<
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ async function loadFreshInlineActionsModuleForTest() {
   vi.resetModules();
   vi.doMock("./commands.runtime.js", () => ({
     handleCommands: (...args: unknown[]) => handleCommandsMock(...args),
-    buildStatusReply: vi.fn(),
+    buildStatusReply: (...args: unknown[]) => buildStatusReplyMock(...args),
   }));
   vi.doMock("../../agents/openclaw-tools.runtime.js", () => ({
     createOpenClawTools: (...args: unknown[]) => createOpenClawToolsMock(...args),
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ describe("handleInlineActions", () => {
     handleCommandsMock.mockResolvedValue({ shouldContinue: true, reply: undefined });
     getChannelPluginMock.mockReset();
     createOpenClawToolsMock.mockReset();
+    buildStatusReplyMock.mockReset();
+    buildStatusReplyMock.mockResolvedValue({ text: "status" });
     createOpenClawToolsMock.mockReturnValue([]);
     getChannelPluginMock.mockImplementation((channelId?: string) =>
       channelId === "whatsapp" ? { commands: { skipWhenConfigEmpty: true } } : undefined,
@@ -180,6 +184,36 @@ describe("handleInlineActions", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("does not run command handlers after replying to an inline status-only turn", async () => {
+    const typing = createTypingController();
+    const ctx = buildTestCtx({
+      Body: "/status",
+      CommandBody: "/status",
+    });
+
+    const result = await handleInlineActions(
+      createHandleInlineActionsInput({
+        ctx,
+        typing,
+        cleanedBody: stripInlineStatus("/status").cleaned,
+        command: {
+          isAuthorizedSender: true,
+          rawBodyNormalized: "/status",
+          commandBodyNormalized: "/status",
+        },
+        overrides: {
+          allowTextCommands: true,
+          inlineStatusRequested: true,
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ kind: "reply", reply: undefined });
+    expect(buildStatusReplyMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(handleCommandsMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(typing.cleanup).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("skips stale queued messages that are at or before the /stop cutoff", async () => {
     const typing = createTypingController();
     const sessionEntry: SessionEntry = {
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-inline-actions.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-inline-actions.ts
index 7e1c2412551..8907acd314c 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-inline-actions.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-inline-actions.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import type { InlineDirectives } from "./directive-handling.parse.js";
 import { isDirectiveOnly } from "./directive-handling.parse.js";
 import { extractExplicitGroupId } from "./group-id.js";
 import type { createModelSelectionState } from "./model-selection.js";
-import { extractInlineSimpleCommand } from "./reply-inline.js";
+import { extractInlineSimpleCommand, stripInlineStatus } from "./reply-inline.js";
 import type { TypingController } from "./typing.js";
 
 let builtinSlashCommands: Set<string> | null = null;
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ export async function handleInlineActions(params: {
       agentId,
       isGroup,
     }) && inlineStatusRequested;
+  let didSendInlineStatus = false;
   if (handleInlineStatus) {
     const { buildStatusReply } = await import("./commands.runtime.js");
     const inlineStatusReply = await buildStatusReply({
@@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ export async function handleInlineActions(params: {
       mediaDecisions: ctx.MediaUnderstandingDecisions,
     });
     await sendInlineReply(inlineStatusReply);
+    didSendInlineStatus = true;
     directives = { ...directives, hasStatusDirective: false };
   }
 
@@ -456,6 +458,13 @@ export async function handleInlineActions(params: {
       abortedLastRun,
     };
   }
+  const statusOnlyCommand =
+    command.commandBodyNormalized.trim().length > 0 &&
+    stripInlineStatus(command.commandBodyNormalized).cleaned.length === 0;
+  if (didSendInlineStatus && statusOnlyCommand) {
+    typing.cleanup();
+    return { kind: "reply", reply: undefined };
+  }
 
   const commandResult = await runCommands(command);
   if (!commandResult.shouldContinue) {