diff --git a/src/infra/openclaw-root.test.ts b/src/infra/openclaw-root.test.ts
index 85d24512468..e12b2d77f64 100644
--- a/src/infra/openclaw-root.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/openclaw-root.test.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,19 @@ describe("resolveOpenClawPackageRoot", () => {
     expect(resolveOpenClawPackageRootSync({ moduleUrl })).toBe(pkgRoot);
   });
 
+  it("falls through from a non-openclaw moduleUrl candidate to cwd", async () => {
+    const wrongPkgRoot = fx("moduleurl-fallthrough", "wrong");
+    const cwdPkgRoot = fx("moduleurl-fallthrough", "cwd");
+    setFile(path.join(wrongPkgRoot, "package.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "not-openclaw" }));
+    setFile(path.join(cwdPkgRoot, "package.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "openclaw" }));
+    const moduleUrl = pathToFileURL(path.join(wrongPkgRoot, "dist", "index.js")).toString();
+
+    expect(resolveOpenClawPackageRootSync({ moduleUrl, cwd: cwdPkgRoot })).toBe(cwdPkgRoot);
+    await expect(resolveOpenClawPackageRoot({ moduleUrl, cwd: cwdPkgRoot })).resolves.toBe(
+      cwdPkgRoot,
+    );
+  });
+
   it("ignores invalid moduleUrl values and falls back to cwd", async () => {
     const pkgRoot = fx("invalid-moduleurl");
     setFile(path.join(pkgRoot, "package.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "openclaw" }));
@@ -160,6 +173,16 @@ describe("resolveOpenClawPackageRoot", () => {
     expect(resolveOpenClawPackageRootSync({ cwd: pkgRoot })).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it("falls back from a symlinked argv1 to the node_modules package root", () => {
+    const project = fx("symlink-node-modules-fallback");
+    const argv1 = path.join(project, "node_modules", ".bin", "openclaw");
+    state.realpaths.set(abs(argv1), abs(path.join(project, "versions", "current", "openclaw.mjs")));
+    const pkgRoot = path.join(project, "node_modules", "openclaw");
+    setFile(path.join(pkgRoot, "package.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "openclaw" }));
+
+    expect(resolveOpenClawPackageRootSync({ argv1 })).toBe(pkgRoot);
+  });
+
   it("async resolver matches sync behavior", async () => {
     const pkgRoot = fx("async");
     setFile(path.join(pkgRoot, "package.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "openclaw" }));
diff --git a/src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.shared.test.ts b/src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.shared.test.ts
index 213a5a3eb2d..dea3097fa4a 100644
--- a/src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.shared.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.shared.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
-import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   buildUsageErrorSnapshot,
   buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot,
+  fetchJson,
   parseFiniteNumber,
 } from "./provider-usage.fetch.shared.js";
 
 describe("provider usage fetch shared helpers", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.useRealTimers();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
   it("builds a provider error snapshot", () => {
     expect(buildUsageErrorSnapshot("zai", "API error")).toEqual({
       provider: "zai",
@@ -23,6 +29,56 @@ describe("provider usage fetch shared helpers", () => {
     expect(parseFiniteNumber(value)).toBe(expected);
   });
 
+  it("forwards request init and clears the timeout on success", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const clearTimeoutSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "clearTimeout");
+    const fetchFn = vi.fn(
+      async (_url: string, init?: RequestInit) =>
+        new Response(JSON.stringify({ aborted: init?.signal?.aborted ?? false }), { status: 200 }),
+    );
+
+    const response = await fetchJson(
+      "https://example.com/usage",
+      {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { authorization: "Bearer test" },
+      },
+      1_000,
+      fetchFn,
+    );
+
+    expect(fetchFn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "https://example.com/usage",
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: { authorization: "Bearer test" },
+        signal: expect.any(AbortSignal),
+      }),
+    );
+    await expect(response.json()).resolves.toEqual({ aborted: false });
+    expect(clearTimeoutSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("aborts timed out requests and clears the timer on rejection", async () => {
+    vi.useFakeTimers();
+    const clearTimeoutSpy = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "clearTimeout");
+    const fetchFn = vi.fn(
+      (_url: string, init?: RequestInit) =>
+        new Promise<Response>((_, reject) => {
+          init?.signal?.addEventListener("abort", () => reject(new Error("aborted by timeout")), {
+            once: true,
+          });
+        }),
+    );
+
+    const request = fetchJson("https://example.com/usage", {}, 50, fetchFn);
+    const rejection = expect(request).rejects.toThrow("aborted by timeout");
+    await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(50);
+
+    await rejection;
+    expect(clearTimeoutSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it("maps configured status codes to token expired", () => {
     const snapshot = buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot({
       provider: "openai-codex",