diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.test.ts
index 4173669ce..3e5d49f23 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/dispatch-from-config.test.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const { resetInboundDedupe } = await import("./inbound-dedupe.js");
 
 const noAbortResult = { handled: false, aborted: false } as const;
 const emptyConfig = {} as OpenClawConfig;
+type DispatchReplyArgs = Parameters<typeof dispatchReplyFromConfig>[0];
 
 function createDispatcher(): ReplyDispatcher {
   return {
@@ -81,6 +82,17 @@ function firstToolResultPayload(dispatcher: ReplyDispatcher): ReplyPayload | und
     | undefined;
 }
 
+async function dispatchTwiceWithFreshDispatchers(params: Omit<DispatchReplyArgs, "dispatcher">) {
+  await dispatchReplyFromConfig({
+    ...params,
+    dispatcher: createDispatcher(),
+  });
+  await dispatchReplyFromConfig({
+    ...params,
+    dispatcher: createDispatcher(),
+  });
+}
+
 describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     resetInboundDedupe();
@@ -352,16 +364,9 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
     });
     const replyResolver = vi.fn(async () => ({ text: "hi" }) as ReplyPayload);
 
-    await dispatchReplyFromConfig({
+    await dispatchTwiceWithFreshDispatchers({
       ctx,
       cfg,
-      dispatcher: createDispatcher(),
-      replyResolver,
-    });
-    await dispatchReplyFromConfig({
-      ctx,
-      cfg,
-      dispatcher: createDispatcher(),
       replyResolver,
     });
 
@@ -457,16 +462,9 @@ describe("dispatchReplyFromConfig", () => {
     });
     const replyResolver = vi.fn(async () => ({ text: "hi" }) as ReplyPayload);
 
-    await dispatchReplyFromConfig({
+    await dispatchTwiceWithFreshDispatchers({
       ctx,
       cfg,
-      dispatcher: createDispatcher(),
-      replyResolver,
-    });
-    await dispatchReplyFromConfig({
-      ctx,
-      cfg,
-      dispatcher: createDispatcher(),
       replyResolver,
     });