diff --git a/src/discord/monitor/exec-approvals.test.ts b/src/discord/monitor/exec-approvals.test.ts
index 5992b42200c..fdeb2b694ae 100644
--- a/src/discord/monitor/exec-approvals.test.ts
+++ b/src/discord/monitor/exec-approvals.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { DiscordExecApprovalConfig } from "../../config/types.discord.js";
+import { clearSessionStoreCacheForTest } from "../../config/sessions.js";
 import {
   buildExecApprovalCustomId,
   extractDiscordChannelId,
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ const STORE_PATH = path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-exec-approvals-test.json");
 
 const writeStore = (store: Record<string, unknown>) => {
   fs.writeFileSync(STORE_PATH, `${JSON.stringify(store, null, 2)}\n`, "utf8");
+  // CI runners can have coarse mtime resolution; avoid returning stale cached stores.
+  clearSessionStoreCacheForTest();
 };
 
 beforeEach(() => {
diff --git a/src/web/media.test.ts b/src/web/media.test.ts
index 17e4f76ca88..c76fb55d814 100644
--- a/src/web/media.test.ts
+++ b/src/web/media.test.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,12 @@ describe("web media loading", () => {
     // Ensure state dir is stable and not influenced by other tests that stub OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR.
     // Also keep it outside os.tmpdir() so tmpdir localRoots doesn't accidentally make all state readable.
     previousStateDir = process.env.OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR;
-    process.env.OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR = path.join(os.homedir(), ".openclaw-media-state-test");
+    process.env.OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR = path.join(
+      path.parse(os.tmpdir()).root,
+      "var",
+      "lib",
+      "openclaw-media-state-test",
+    );
   });
 
   afterAll(() => {