diff --git a/extensions/openshell/src/backend.e2e.test.ts b/extensions/openshell/src/backend.e2e.test.ts
index 91a3916eea7..63a8abb4dbd 100644
--- a/extensions/openshell/src/backend.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/openshell/src/backend.e2e.test.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function runCommand(params: {
   args: string[];
   cwd?: string;
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
-  stdin?: string | Buffer;
+  stdin?: string | Uint8Array;
   allowFailure?: boolean;
   timeoutMs?: number;
 }): Promise<ExecResult> {
@@ -117,7 +117,21 @@ async function commandAvailable(command: string): Promise<boolean> {
       allowFailure: true,
       timeoutMs: 20_000,
     });
-    return result.code === 0 || result.stdout.length > 0 || result.stderr.length > 0;
+    return result.code === 0;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+async function openshellGatewayAvailable(command: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    const result = await runCommand({
+      command,
+      args: ["gateway", "start", "--help"],
+      allowFailure: true,
+      timeoutMs: 20_000,
+    });
+    return result.code === 0 && `${result.stdout}\n${result.stderr}`.includes("--name");
   } catch {
     return false;
   }
@@ -338,6 +352,9 @@ describe("openshell sandbox backend e2e", () => {
       if (!(await commandAvailable(OPENCLAW_OPENSHELL_COMMAND))) {
         return;
       }
+      if (!(await openshellGatewayAvailable(OPENCLAW_OPENSHELL_COMMAND))) {
+        return;
+      }
 
       const rootDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-openshell-e2e-"));
       const env = openshellEnv(rootDir);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91139a3ce2b..cda9c06295a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@
     "test:docker:plugins": "bash scripts/e2e/plugins-docker.sh",
     "test:docker:qr": "bash scripts/e2e/qr-import-docker.sh",
     "test:e2e": "node scripts/run-vitest.mjs run --config test/vitest/vitest.e2e.config.ts",
-    "test:e2e:openshell": "OPENCLAW_E2E_OPENSHELL=1 node scripts/run-vitest.mjs run --config test/vitest/vitest.e2e.config.ts test/openshell-sandbox.e2e.test.ts",
+    "test:e2e:openshell": "OPENCLAW_E2E_OPENSHELL=1 node scripts/run-vitest.mjs run --config test/vitest/vitest.e2e.config.ts extensions/openshell/src/backend.e2e.test.ts",
     "test:extension": "node scripts/test-extension.mjs",
     "test:extensions": "node scripts/run-vitest.mjs run --config test/vitest/vitest.extensions.config.ts",
     "test:extensions:batch": "node scripts/test-extension-batch.mjs",