diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0c949eda2b..510a403865b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Matrix/DM routing: add safer fallback detection for broken `m.direct` homeservers, honor explicit room bindings over DM classification, and preserve room-bound agent selection for Matrix DM rooms. (#19736) Thanks @derbronko.
 - Cron/Telegram announce delivery: route text-only announce jobs through the real outbound adapters after finalizing descendant output so plain Telegram targets no longer report `delivered: true` when no message actually reached Telegram. (#40575) thanks @obviyus.
 - Gateway/restart timeout recovery: exit non-zero when restart-triggered shutdown drains time out so launchd/systemd restart the gateway instead of treating the failed restart as a clean stop. Landed from contributor PR #40380 by @dsantoreis. Thanks @dsantoreis.
+- Cron/owner-only tools: pass trusted isolated cron runs into the embedded agent with owner context so `cron`/`gateway` tooling remains available after the owner-auth hardening narrowed direct-message ownership inference.
 
 ## 2026.3.7
 
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.owner-auth.test.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.owner-auth.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f53a660031d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.owner-auth.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import {
+  clearFastTestEnv,
+  loadRunCronIsolatedAgentTurn,
+  resetRunCronIsolatedAgentTurnHarness,
+  resolveDeliveryTargetMock,
+  restoreFastTestEnv,
+  runEmbeddedPiAgentMock,
+  runWithModelFallbackMock,
+} from "./run.test-harness.js";
+
+const runCronIsolatedAgentTurn = await loadRunCronIsolatedAgentTurn();
+
+function makeParams() {
+  return {
+    cfg: {},
+    deps: {} as never,
+    job: {
+      id: "owner-auth",
+      name: "Owner Auth",
+      schedule: { kind: "every", everyMs: 60_000 },
+      sessionTarget: "isolated",
+      payload: { kind: "agentTurn", message: "check owner tools" },
+      delivery: { mode: "none" },
+    } as never,
+    message: "check owner tools",
+    sessionKey: "cron:owner-auth",
+  };
+}
+
+describe("runCronIsolatedAgentTurn owner auth", () => {
+  let previousFastTestEnv: string | undefined;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    previousFastTestEnv = clearFastTestEnv();
+    resetRunCronIsolatedAgentTurnHarness();
+    resolveDeliveryTargetMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      channel: "telegram",
+      to: "123",
+      accountId: undefined,
+      error: undefined,
+    });
+    runWithModelFallbackMock.mockImplementation(async ({ provider, model, run }) => {
+      const result = await run(provider, model);
+      return { result, provider, model, attempts: [] };
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    restoreFastTestEnv(previousFastTestEnv);
+  });
+
+  it("passes senderIsOwner=true to isolated cron agent runs", async () => {
+    await runCronIsolatedAgentTurn(makeParams());
+
+    expect(runEmbeddedPiAgentMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(runEmbeddedPiAgentMock.mock.calls[0]?.[0]?.senderIsOwner).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
index 45ff9f9386b..813b99c0553 100644
--- a/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
+++ b/src/cron/isolated-agent/run.ts
@@ -588,6 +588,9 @@ export async function runCronIsolatedAgentTurn(params: {
             sessionKey: agentSessionKey,
             agentId,
             trigger: "cron",
+            // Cron jobs are trusted local automation, so isolated runs should
+            // inherit owner-only tooling like local `openclaw agent` runs.
+            senderIsOwner: true,
             messageChannel,
             agentAccountId: resolvedDelivery.accountId,
             sessionFile,