diff --git a/src/web/media.test.ts b/src/web/media.test.ts
index dc8eff56131..3573f5afb15 100644
--- a/src/web/media.test.ts
+++ b/src/web/media.test.ts
@@ -332,4 +332,31 @@ describe("local media root guard", () => {
     const result = await loadWebMedia(tinyPngFile, 1024 * 1024, { localRoots: "any" });
     expect(result.kind).toBe("image");
   });
+
+  it("allows default OpenClaw state workspace and sandbox roots", async () => {
+    const { STATE_DIR } = await import("../config/paths.js");
+    const readFile = vi.fn(async () => Buffer.from("generated-media"));
+
+    await expect(
+      loadWebMedia(path.join(STATE_DIR, "workspace", "tmp", "render.bin"), {
+        maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+        readFile,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        kind: "unknown",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await expect(
+      loadWebMedia(path.join(STATE_DIR, "sandboxes", "session-1", "frame.bin"), {
+        maxBytes: 1024 * 1024,
+        readFile,
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        kind: "unknown",
+      }),
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/web/media.ts b/src/web/media.ts
index 244d6767ec0..cf7efd5f49c 100644
--- a/src/web/media.ts
+++ b/src/web/media.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import type { SsrFPolicy } from "../infra/net/ssrf.js";
+import { STATE_DIR } from "../config/paths.js";
 import { logVerbose, shouldLogVerbose } from "../globals.js";
 import { type MediaKind, maxBytesForKind, mediaKindFromMime } from "../media/constants.js";
 import { fetchRemoteMedia } from "../media/fetch.js";
@@ -32,11 +33,12 @@ type WebMediaOptions = {
 };
 
 function getDefaultLocalRoots(): string[] {
-  const home = os.homedir();
   return [
     os.tmpdir(),
-    path.join(home, ".openclaw", "media"),
-    path.join(home, ".openclaw", "agents"),
+    path.join(STATE_DIR, "media"),
+    path.join(STATE_DIR, "agents"),
+    path.join(STATE_DIR, "workspace"),
+    path.join(STATE_DIR, "sandboxes"),
   ];
 }