diff --git a/src/browser/client-fetch.loopback-auth.test.ts b/src/browser/client-fetch.loopback-auth.test.ts
index 27f2dd8594d..f0c49b3163d 100644
--- a/src/browser/client-fetch.loopback-auth.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/client-fetch.loopback-auth.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe("fetchBrowserJson loopback auth", () => {
   });
 
   it("adds bearer auth for loopback absolute HTTP URLs", async () => {
-    const fetchMock = vi.fn(
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn<(input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>>(
       async () =>
         new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), {
           status: 200,
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ describe("fetchBrowserJson loopback auth", () => {
     const res = await fetchBrowserJson<{ ok: boolean }>("http://127.0.0.1:18888/");
     expect(res.ok).toBe(true);
 
-    const init = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]?.[1] as RequestInit;
+    const init = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]?.[1];
     const headers = new Headers(init?.headers);
     expect(headers.get("authorization")).toBe("Bearer loopback-token");
   });
 
   it("does not inject auth for non-loopback absolute URLs", async () => {
-    const fetchMock = vi.fn(
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn<(input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>>(
       async () =>
         new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), {
           status: 200,
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ describe("fetchBrowserJson loopback auth", () => {
 
     await fetchBrowserJson<{ ok: boolean }>("http://example.com/");
 
-    const init = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]?.[1] as RequestInit;
+    const init = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]?.[1];
     const headers = new Headers(init?.headers);
     expect(headers.get("authorization")).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("keeps caller-supplied auth header", async () => {
-    const fetchMock = vi.fn(
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn<(input: RequestInfo | URL, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>>(
       async () =>
         new Response(JSON.stringify({ ok: true }), {
           status: 200,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ describe("fetchBrowserJson loopback auth", () => {
       },
     });
 
-    const init = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]?.[1] as RequestInit;
+    const init = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]?.[1];
     const headers = new Headers(init?.headers);
     expect(headers.get("authorization")).toBe("Bearer caller-token");
   });
diff --git a/src/browser/pw-tools-core.waits-next-download-saves-it.test.ts b/src/browser/pw-tools-core.waits-next-download-saves-it.test.ts
index 401b284874d..8324acfbe11 100644
--- a/src/browser/pw-tools-core.waits-next-download-saves-it.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/pw-tools-core.waits-next-download-saves-it.test.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe("pw-tools-core", () => {
     });
 
     const res = await p;
-    const outPath = vi.mocked(saveAs).mock.calls[0]?.[0];
+    const outPath = (vi.mocked(saveAs).mock.calls as unknown as Array<[string]>)[0]?.[0];
     return { res, outPath };
   }
 
diff --git a/src/browser/server-context.hot-reload-profiles.test.ts b/src/browser/server-context.hot-reload-profiles.test.ts
index b448a872fbf..6a0e416f5ef 100644
--- a/src/browser/server-context.hot-reload-profiles.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/server-context.hot-reload-profiles.test.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe("server-context hot-reload profiles", () => {
     const resolved = resolveBrowserConfig(cfg.browser, cfg);
 
     // Verify cache is primed (without desktop)
-    expect(cfg.browser.profiles.desktop).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(cfg.browser?.profiles?.desktop).toBeUndefined();
     const state = {
       server: null,
       port: 18791,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe("server-context hot-reload profiles", () => {
 
     // 3. Verify without clearConfigCache, loadConfig() still returns stale cached value
     const staleCfg = loadConfig();
-    expect(staleCfg.browser.profiles.desktop).toBeUndefined(); // Cache is stale!
+    expect(staleCfg.browser?.profiles?.desktop).toBeUndefined(); // Cache is stale!
 
     // 4. Hot-reload should read fresh config for the lookup (createConfigIO().loadConfig()),
     // without flushing the global loadConfig cache.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe("server-context hot-reload profiles", () => {
     // 6. Verify GLOBAL cache was NOT cleared - subsequent simple loadConfig() still sees STALE value
     // This confirms the fix: we read fresh config for the specific profile lookup without flushing the global cache
     const stillStaleCfg = loadConfig();
-    expect(stillStaleCfg.browser.profiles.desktop).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(stillStaleCfg.browser?.profiles?.desktop).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
   it("forProfile still throws for profiles that don't exist in fresh config", async () => {
diff --git a/src/browser/server-context.remote-tab-ops.test.ts b/src/browser/server-context.remote-tab-ops.test.ts
index 0febccf5f95..9d7f876bef2 100644
--- a/src/browser/server-context.remote-tab-ops.test.ts
+++ b/src/browser/server-context.remote-tab-ops.test.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ function makeState(
       cdpIsLoopback: profile !== "remote",
       remoteCdpTimeoutMs: 1500,
       remoteCdpHandshakeTimeoutMs: 3000,
+      evaluateEnabled: false,
+      extraArgs: [],
       color: "#FF4500",
       headless: true,
       noSandbox: false,
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ describe("browser server-context remote profile tab operations", () => {
       listPagesViaPlaywright,
       createPageViaPlaywright,
       closePageByTargetIdViaPlaywright,
-    } as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof pwAiModule.getPwAiModule>>);
+    } as unknown as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof pwAiModule.getPwAiModule>>);
 
     const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => {
       throw new Error("unexpected fetch");
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ describe("browser server-context remote profile tab operations", () => {
       closePageByTargetIdViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => {
         throw new Error("unexpected close");
       }),
-    } as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof pwAiModule.getPwAiModule>>);
+    } as unknown as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof pwAiModule.getPwAiModule>>);
 
     const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => {
       throw new Error("unexpected fetch");
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ describe("browser server-context remote profile tab operations", () => {
     vi.spyOn(pwAiModule, "getPwAiModule").mockResolvedValue({
       listPagesViaPlaywright,
       focusPageByTargetIdViaPlaywright,
-    } as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof pwAiModule.getPwAiModule>>);
+    } as unknown as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof pwAiModule.getPwAiModule>>);
 
     const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => {
       throw new Error("unexpected fetch");
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ describe("browser server-context remote profile tab operations", () => {
       listPagesViaPlaywright: vi.fn(async () => {
         throw new Error("boom");
       }),
-    } as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof pwAiModule.getPwAiModule>>);
+    } as unknown as Awaited<ReturnType<typeof pwAiModule.getPwAiModule>>);
 
     const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => {
       throw new Error("unexpected fetch");
diff --git a/src/commands/agent.e2e.test.ts b/src/commands/agent.e2e.test.ts
index 86e2b11907c..b821acf3906 100644
--- a/src/commands/agent.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/agent.e2e.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function mockConfig(
   home: string,
   storePath: string,
   agentOverrides?: Partial<NonNullable<NonNullable<OpenClawConfig["agents"]>["defaults"]>>,
-  telegramOverrides?: Partial<NonNullable<OpenClawConfig["telegram"]>>,
+  telegramOverrides?: Partial<NonNullable<NonNullable<OpenClawConfig["channels"]>["telegram"]>>,
   agentsList?: Array<{ id: string; default?: boolean }>,
 ) {
   configSpy.mockReturnValue({
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ function mockConfig(
       list: agentsList,
     },
     session: { store: storePath, mainKey: "main" },
-    telegram: telegramOverrides ? { ...telegramOverrides } : undefined,
+    channels: {
+      telegram: telegramOverrides ? { ...telegramOverrides } : undefined,
+    },
   });
 }
 
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ describe("agentCommand", () => {
 
       await agentCommand({ message: "hi", to: "+1999", json: true }, runtime);
 
-      const logged = (runtime.log as MockInstance).mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0] as string;
+      const logged = (runtime.log as unknown as MockInstance).mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0] as string;
       const parsed = JSON.parse(logged) as {
         payloads: Array<{ text: string; mediaUrl?: string | null }>;
         meta: { durationMs: number };
@@ -376,6 +378,7 @@ describe("agentCommand", () => {
       const deps = {
         sendMessageWhatsApp: vi.fn(),
         sendMessageTelegram: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ messageId: "t1", chatId: "123" }),
+        sendMessageSlack: vi.fn(),
         sendMessageDiscord: vi.fn(),
         sendMessageSignal: vi.fn(),
         sendMessageIMessage: vi.fn(),
diff --git a/src/commands/message.e2e.test.ts b/src/commands/message.e2e.test.ts
index f4c69be3088..3ef7ec70d36 100644
--- a/src/commands/message.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/message.e2e.test.ts
@@ -29,22 +29,22 @@ vi.mock("../web/session.js", () => ({
   webAuthExists,
 }));
 
-const handleDiscordAction = vi.fn(async () => ({ details: { ok: true } }));
+const handleDiscordAction = vi.fn(async (..._args: unknown[]) => ({ details: { ok: true } }));
 vi.mock("../agents/tools/discord-actions.js", () => ({
   handleDiscordAction,
 }));
 
-const handleSlackAction = vi.fn(async () => ({ details: { ok: true } }));
+const handleSlackAction = vi.fn(async (..._args: unknown[]) => ({ details: { ok: true } }));
 vi.mock("../agents/tools/slack-actions.js", () => ({
   handleSlackAction,
 }));
 
-const handleTelegramAction = vi.fn(async () => ({ details: { ok: true } }));
+const handleTelegramAction = vi.fn(async (..._args: unknown[]) => ({ details: { ok: true } }));
 vi.mock("../agents/tools/telegram-actions.js", () => ({
   handleTelegramAction,
 }));
 
-const handleWhatsAppAction = vi.fn(async () => ({ details: { ok: true } }));
+const handleWhatsAppAction = vi.fn(async (..._args: unknown[]) => ({ details: { ok: true } }));
 vi.mock("../agents/tools/whatsapp-actions.js", () => ({
   handleWhatsAppAction,
 }));
diff --git a/src/commands/onboard-auth.e2e.test.ts b/src/commands/onboard-auth.e2e.test.ts
index 36b1306e8b0..0e53d35b4c4 100644
--- a/src/commands/onboard-auth.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/onboard-auth.e2e.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import type { OAuthCredentials } from "@mariozechner/pi-ai";
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import {
   applyAuthProfileConfig,
   applyLitellmProviderConfig,
@@ -36,12 +37,12 @@ import {
 
 function createLegacyProviderConfig(params: {
   providerId: string;
-  api: string;
+  api: "anthropic-messages" | "openai-completions" | "openai-responses";
   modelId?: string;
   modelName?: string;
   baseUrl?: string;
   apiKey?: string;
-}) {
+}): OpenClawConfig {
   return {
     models: {
       providers: {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ function createLegacyProviderConfig(params: {
         },
       },
     },
-  };
+  } as OpenClawConfig;
 }
 
 const EXPECTED_FALLBACKS = ["anthropic/claude-opus-4-5"] as const;
diff --git a/src/config/channel-capabilities.test.ts b/src/config/channel-capabilities.test.ts
index 7af4c320108..896be0fab3e 100644
--- a/src/config/channel-capabilities.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/channel-capabilities.test.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe("resolveChannelCapabilities", () => {
           capabilities: { inlineButtons: "dm" },
         },
       },
-    };
+    } as unknown as Partial<OpenClawConfig>;
 
     // Should return undefined (not crash), allowing channel-specific handlers to process it.
     expect(
diff --git a/src/config/config.legacy-config-detection.rejects-routing-allowfrom.e2e.test.ts b/src/config/config.legacy-config-detection.rejects-routing-allowfrom.e2e.test.ts
index c2bd0405042..0fe46d9d58b 100644
--- a/src/config/config.legacy-config-detection.rejects-routing-allowfrom.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/config.legacy-config-detection.rejects-routing-allowfrom.e2e.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { migrateLegacyConfig, validateConfigObject } from "./config.js";
 
+function getLegacyRouting(config: unknown) {
+  return (config as { routing?: Record<string, unknown> } | undefined)?.routing;
+}
+
 describe("legacy config detection", () => {
   it("rejects routing.allowFrom", async () => {
     const res = validateConfigObject({
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ describe("legacy config detection", () => {
     });
     expect(res.changes).toContain("Moved routing.allowFrom → channels.whatsapp.allowFrom.");
     expect(res.config?.channels?.whatsapp?.allowFrom).toEqual(["+15555550123"]);
-    expect(res.config?.routing?.allowFrom).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getLegacyRouting(res.config)?.allowFrom).toBeUndefined();
   });
   it("drops routing.allowFrom when whatsapp missing", async () => {
     const res = migrateLegacyConfig({
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@ describe("legacy config detection", () => {
     });
     expect(res.changes).toContain("Removed routing.allowFrom (channels.whatsapp not configured).");
     expect(res.config?.channels?.whatsapp).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(res.config?.routing?.allowFrom).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getLegacyRouting(res.config)?.allowFrom).toBeUndefined();
   });
   it("migrates routing.groupChat.requireMention to channels whatsapp/telegram/imessage groups when whatsapp configured", async () => {
     const res = migrateLegacyConfig({
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ describe("legacy config detection", () => {
     expect(res.config?.channels?.whatsapp?.groups?.["*"]?.requireMention).toBe(false);
     expect(res.config?.channels?.telegram?.groups?.["*"]?.requireMention).toBe(false);
     expect(res.config?.channels?.imessage?.groups?.["*"]?.requireMention).toBe(false);
-    expect(res.config?.routing?.groupChat?.requireMention).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getLegacyRouting(res.config)?.groupChat).toBeUndefined();
   });
   it("migrates routing.groupChat.requireMention to telegram/imessage when whatsapp missing", async () => {
     const res = migrateLegacyConfig({
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ describe("legacy config detection", () => {
     expect(res.config?.channels?.whatsapp).toBeUndefined();
     expect(res.config?.channels?.telegram?.groups?.["*"]?.requireMention).toBe(false);
     expect(res.config?.channels?.imessage?.groups?.["*"]?.requireMention).toBe(false);
-    expect(res.config?.routing?.groupChat?.requireMention).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getLegacyRouting(res.config)?.groupChat).toBeUndefined();
   });
   it("migrates routing.groupChat.mentionPatterns to messages.groupChat.mentionPatterns", async () => {
     const res = migrateLegacyConfig({
@@ -82,7 +86,7 @@ describe("legacy config detection", () => {
       "Moved routing.groupChat.mentionPatterns → messages.groupChat.mentionPatterns.",
     );
     expect(res.config?.messages?.groupChat?.mentionPatterns).toEqual(["@openclaw"]);
-    expect(res.config?.routing?.groupChat?.mentionPatterns).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getLegacyRouting(res.config)?.groupChat).toBeUndefined();
   });
   it("migrates routing agentToAgent/queue/transcribeAudio to tools/messages/media", async () => {
     const res = migrateLegacyConfig({
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ describe("legacy config detection", () => {
         },
       ],
     });
-    expect(res.config?.routing).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getLegacyRouting(res.config)).toBeUndefined();
   });
   it("migrates audio.transcription with custom script names", async () => {
     const res = migrateLegacyConfig({
diff --git a/src/config/model-alias-defaults.test.ts b/src/config/model-alias-defaults.test.ts
index 025b946368e..62afb0a6bc7 100644
--- a/src/config/model-alias-defaults.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/model-alias-defaults.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,17 @@ describe("applyModelDefaults", () => {
             baseUrl: "https://proxy.example/v1",
             apiKey: "sk-test",
             api: "openai-completions",
-            models: [{ id: "gpt-5.2", name: "GPT-5.2" }],
+            models: [
+              {
+                id: "gpt-5.2",
+                name: "GPT-5.2",
+                reasoning: false,
+                input: ["text"],
+                cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
+                contextWindow: 200_000,
+                maxTokens: 8192,
+              },
+            ],
           },
         },
       },
@@ -86,8 +96,20 @@ describe("applyModelDefaults", () => {
       models: {
         providers: {
           myproxy: {
+            baseUrl: "https://proxy.example/v1",
+            apiKey: "sk-test",
             api: "openai-completions",
-            models: [{ id: "gpt-5.2", name: "GPT-5.2", contextWindow: 32768, maxTokens: 40960 }],
+            models: [
+              {
+                id: "gpt-5.2",
+                name: "GPT-5.2",
+                reasoning: false,
+                input: ["text"],
+                cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
+                contextWindow: 32768,
+                maxTokens: 40960,
+              },
+            ],
           },
         },
       },
diff --git a/src/config/redact-snapshot.test.ts b/src/config/redact-snapshot.test.ts
index 8f262d545f9..e26c19edbce 100644
--- a/src/config/redact-snapshot.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/redact-snapshot.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function makeSnapshot<TConfig extends Record<string, unknown>>(
     issues: [],
     warnings: [],
     legacyIssues: [],
-  } as TestSnapshot<TConfig>;
+  } as unknown as TestSnapshot<TConfig>;
 }
 
 function restoreRedactedValues<TOriginal>(
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.test.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.test.ts
index 270628e8152..53e9d37dd6c 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.test.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/session.test.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ describe("resolveCronSession", () => {
           updatedAt: Date.now() - 1000,
           modelOverride: "some-model",
         },
-      } as ReturnType<typeof loadSessionStore>);
+      } as unknown as ReturnType<typeof loadSessionStore>);
       vi.mocked(evaluateSessionFreshness).mockReturnValue({ fresh: true });
 
       const result = resolveCronSession({