diff --git a/extensions/google/google.live.test.ts b/extensions/google/google.live.test.ts
index df3fec0b436f..5e96036b38c9 100644
--- a/extensions/google/google.live.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/google/google.live.test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
 import { normalizeTranscriptForMatch } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-test-contracts";
 import { isLiveTestEnabled } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-env";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { hasTrustedFfmpegForLiveVoiceNote } from "../../test/helpers/live-voice-note.js";
 import plugin from "./index.js";
 import { createGeminiWebSearchProvider } from "./src/gemini-web-search-provider.js";
 
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ describeLive("google plugin live", () => {
   }, 120_000);
 
   it("transcodes speech to Opus for voice-note targets", async () => {
+    if (!hasTrustedFfmpegForLiveVoiceNote("google")) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const { speechProviders } = await registerGooglePlugin();
     const provider = requireRegisteredProvider(speechProviders, "google");
 
diff --git a/extensions/minimax/minimax.live.test.ts b/extensions/minimax/minimax.live.test.ts
index 9f71d19e516d..b8b2bd92c222 100644
--- a/extensions/minimax/minimax.live.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/minimax/minimax.live.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-test-runtime";
 import { isLiveTestEnabled } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-env";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { hasTrustedFfmpegForLiveVoiceNote } from "../../test/helpers/live-voice-note.js";
 import plugin from "./index.js";
 import { buildMinimaxSpeechProvider } from "./speech-provider.js";
 import { createMiniMaxWebSearchProvider } from "./src/minimax-web-search-provider.js";
@@ -70,6 +71,10 @@ describeTtsLive("minimax tts live", () => {
   }, 120_000);
 
   it("synthesizes MiniMax TTS as an Opus voice note", async () => {
+    if (!hasTrustedFfmpegForLiveVoiceNote("minimax")) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const provider = buildMinimaxSpeechProvider();
 
     const voiceNote = await provider.synthesize({
diff --git a/extensions/moonshot/moonshot.live.test.ts b/extensions/moonshot/moonshot.live.test.ts
index 26479df9ed75..410815a02d18 100644
--- a/extensions/moonshot/moonshot.live.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/moonshot/moonshot.live.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ function isTransientKimiSearchError(error: unknown): boolean {
   return message.includes("timeout") || message.includes("aborted");
 }
 
+function isKimiAuthDrift(error: unknown): boolean {
+  if (!(error instanceof Error)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const message = error.message.toLowerCase();
+  return (
+    message.includes("kimi api error (401)") &&
+    (message.includes("incorrect api key") || message.includes("incorrect_api_key"))
+  );
+}
+
 describeLive("moonshot plugin live", () => {
   it("runs Kimi web search through the provider tool", async () => {
     const provider = createKimiWebSearchProvider();
@@ -40,6 +51,10 @@ describeLive("moonshot plugin live", () => {
         break;
       } catch (error) {
         lastError = error;
+        if (isKimiAuthDrift(error)) {
+          console.warn("[moonshot:live] skip Kimi web search: auth drift");
+          return;
+        }
         if (!isTransientKimiSearchError(error) || attempt === 1) {
           throw error;
         }
diff --git a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner-extraparams.live.test.ts b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner-extraparams.live.test.ts
index 2b8bd137828f..e07b410cac0a 100644
--- a/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner-extraparams.live.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/embedded-agent-runner-extraparams.live.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { applyExtraParamsToAgent } from "./embedded-agent-runner.js";
 import { isLiveTestEnabled } from "./live-test-helpers.js";
-import { isLiveBillingDrift } from "./live-test-provider-drift.js";
+import { isLiveAuthDrift, isLiveBillingDrift } from "./live-test-provider-drift.js";
 
 const OPENAI_KEY = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "";
 const ANTHROPIC_KEY = process.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY ?? "";
@@ -143,9 +143,15 @@ describeAnthropicLive("embedded agent extra params (anthropic live)", () => {
         usage?: { service_tier?: string };
       };
       const errorMessage = json.error?.message ?? `HTTP ${res.status}`;
-      if (!res.ok && isLiveBillingDrift(errorMessage)) {
-        console.warn(`[anthropic:live] skip service_tier ${serviceTier}: billing drift`);
-        return null;
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        if (isLiveBillingDrift(errorMessage)) {
+          console.warn(`[anthropic:live] skip service_tier ${serviceTier}: billing drift`);
+          return null;
+        }
+        if (isLiveAuthDrift(errorMessage)) {
+          console.warn(`[anthropic:live] skip service_tier ${serviceTier}: auth drift`);
+          return null;
+        }
       }
       expect(res.ok, errorMessage).toBe(true);
       return json;
diff --git a/src/agents/live-test-provider-drift.test.ts b/src/agents/live-test-provider-drift.test.ts
index a5bbbdb6f6fc..eacea7c9b734 100644
--- a/src/agents/live-test-provider-drift.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/live-test-provider-drift.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe("live test provider drift", () => {
     expect(
       isLiveAuthDrift('401 {"error":{"message":"The API key you provided is invalid."}}'),
     ).toBe(true);
+    expect(isLiveAuthDrift("invalid x-api-key")).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it("classifies API-key rate-limit drift", () => {
diff --git a/src/agents/live-test-provider-drift.ts b/src/agents/live-test-provider-drift.ts
index f4a4ea82306e..f9011e14ecac 100644
--- a/src/agents/live-test-provider-drift.ts
+++ b/src/agents/live-test-provider-drift.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ export function liveProviderErrorText(error: unknown): string {
 
 /** Returns whether an error is expected live auth/account drift. */
 export function isLiveAuthDrift(error: unknown): boolean {
-  return isAuthErrorMessage(liveProviderErrorText(error));
+  const raw = liveProviderErrorText(error);
+  const message = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(raw);
+  return (
+    isAuthErrorMessage(raw) ||
+    message.includes("invalid x-api-key") ||
+    message.includes("incorrect x-api-key")
+  );
 }
 
 /** Returns whether an error is expected live billing/quota drift. */
diff --git a/src/agents/tools/image-tool.providers.live.test.ts b/src/agents/tools/image-tool.providers.live.test.ts
index d4437d290c45..33272c9bda13 100644
--- a/src/agents/tools/image-tool.providers.live.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tools/image-tool.providers.live.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   isServerErrorMessage,
 } from "../../plugin-sdk/test-env.js";
 import { isLiveTestEnabled } from "../live-test-helpers.js";
+import { isLiveAuthDrift } from "../live-test-provider-drift.js";
 import { createImageTool, testing } from "./image-tool.js";
 
 const OPENAI_API_KEY = process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY?.trim() ?? "";
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ function isSkippableLiveError(error: unknown): boolean {
   const message = formatLiveError(error);
   return (
     isBillingErrorMessage(message) ||
+    isLiveAuthDrift(message) ||
     isOverloadedErrorMessage(message) ||
     isServerErrorMessage(message) ||
     /timed out|operation was aborted/i.test(message)
diff --git a/test/helpers/live-voice-note.ts b/test/helpers/live-voice-note.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3bb08186e826
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/live-voice-note.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { resolveFfmpegBin } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/media-runtime";
+
+export function hasTrustedFfmpegForLiveVoiceNote(label: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    resolveFfmpegBin();
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+    if (message.includes("ffmpeg not found in trusted system directories")) {
+      console.warn(`[${label}:live] skip voice-note transcode: ffmpeg unavailable`);
+      return false;
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}