diff --git a/src/cli/program/preaction.test.ts b/src/cli/program/preaction.test.ts
index 3d629f422..9afed73c0 100644
--- a/src/cli/program/preaction.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/program/preaction.test.ts
@@ -72,66 +72,34 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
-  type CommandKey =
-    | "status"
-    | "doctor"
-    | "completion"
-    | "secrets"
-    | "update-status"
-    | "config-set"
-    | "agents"
-    | "configure"
-    | "onboard"
-    | "message-send";
+  let program: Command;
 
-  function buildProgram(keys: readonly CommandKey[]) {
-    const enabled = new Set<CommandKey>(keys);
-    const has = (key: CommandKey) => enabled.has(key);
+  function buildProgram() {
     const program = new Command().name("openclaw");
-    if (has("status")) {
-      program.command("status").action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("doctor")) {
-      program.command("doctor").action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("completion")) {
-      program.command("completion").action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("secrets")) {
-      program.command("secrets").action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("update-status")) {
-      program
-        .command("update")
-        .command("status")
-        .option("--json")
-        .action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("config-set")) {
-      const config = program.command("config");
-      config
-        .command("set")
-        .argument("<path>")
-        .argument("<value>")
-        .option("--json")
-        .action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("agents")) {
-      program.command("agents").action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("configure")) {
-      program.command("configure").action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("onboard")) {
-      program.command("onboard").action(() => {});
-    }
-    if (has("message-send")) {
-      program
-        .command("message")
-        .command("send")
-        .option("--json")
-        .action(() => {});
-    }
+    program.command("status").action(() => {});
+    program.command("doctor").action(() => {});
+    program.command("completion").action(() => {});
+    program.command("secrets").action(() => {});
+    program.command("agents").action(() => {});
+    program.command("configure").action(() => {});
+    program.command("onboard").action(() => {});
+    program
+      .command("update")
+      .command("status")
+      .option("--json")
+      .action(() => {});
+    program
+      .command("message")
+      .command("send")
+      .option("--json")
+      .action(() => {});
+    const config = program.command("config");
+    config
+      .command("set")
+      .argument("<path>")
+      .argument("<value>")
+      .option("--json")
+      .action(() => {});
     registerPreActionHooks(program, "9.9.9-test");
     return program;
   }
@@ -145,7 +113,6 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
   }
 
   it("emits banner, resolves config, and enables verbose from --debug", async () => {
-    const program = buildProgram(["status"]);
     await runCommand(
       {
         parseArgv: ["status"],
@@ -165,7 +132,6 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
   });
 
   it("loads plugin registry for plugin-required commands", async () => {
-    const program = buildProgram(["message-send"]);
     await runCommand(
       {
         parseArgv: ["message", "send"],
@@ -184,7 +150,6 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
   });
 
   it("loads plugin registry for configure command", async () => {
-    const program = buildProgram(["configure"]);
     await runCommand(
       {
         parseArgv: ["configure"],
@@ -197,7 +162,6 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
   });
 
   it("skips config guard for doctor command", async () => {
-    const program = buildProgram(["doctor"]);
     await runCommand(
       {
         parseArgv: ["doctor"],
@@ -210,7 +174,6 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
   });
 
   it("skips preaction work when argv indicates help/version", async () => {
-    const program = buildProgram(["status"]);
     await runCommand(
       {
         parseArgv: ["status"],
@@ -226,7 +189,6 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
 
   it("hides banner when OPENCLAW_HIDE_BANNER is truthy", async () => {
     process.env.OPENCLAW_HIDE_BANNER = "1";
-    const program = buildProgram(["status"]);
     await runCommand(
       {
         parseArgv: ["status"],
@@ -240,7 +202,6 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
   });
 
   it("suppresses doctor stdout for any --json output command", async () => {
-    const program = buildProgram(["message-send", "update-status"]);
     await runCommand(
       {
         parseArgv: ["message", "send", "--json"],
@@ -273,7 +234,6 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
   });
 
   it("does not treat config set --json (strict-parse alias) as json output mode", async () => {
-    const program = buildProgram(["config-set"]);
     await runCommand(
       {
         parseArgv: ["config", "set", "gateway.auth.mode", "{bad", "--json"],
@@ -287,4 +247,8 @@ describe("registerPreActionHooks", () => {
       commandPath: ["config", "set"],
     });
   });
+
+  beforeAll(() => {
+    program = buildProgram();
+  });
 });