diff --git a/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts b/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
index 3ce8077b3d1..aaa306c160f 100644
--- a/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
@@ -381,6 +381,22 @@ describe("gateway run option collisions", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("hard-stops --dev --reset when state is profile-default but config is custom", async () => {
+    vi.stubEnv("HOME", "/Users/test");
+    vi.stubEnv("OPENCLAW_PROFILE", "work");
+    vi.stubEnv("OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR", "/Users/test/.openclaw-work");
+    vi.stubEnv("OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH", "/tmp/custom-dev/openclaw.json");
+    resolveStateDir.mockReturnValue("/Users/test/.openclaw-work");
+    resolveConfigPath.mockReturnValue("/tmp/custom-dev/openclaw.json");
+
+    await expectGatewayExit(["gateway", "run", "--dev", "--reset"]);
+
+    expect(ensureDevGatewayConfig).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(runtimeErrors.join("\n")).toContain(
+      "Refusing to run `gateway --dev --reset` because the reset target is not dev-isolated.",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("treats symlinked default paths as default reset targets", async () => {
     const home = "/Users/test";
     const defaultStateDir = path.join(home, ".openclaw");
diff --git a/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.ts b/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.ts
index 63151437d16..4f0e8a3dba3 100644
--- a/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.ts
+++ b/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.ts
@@ -246,14 +246,14 @@ async function runGatewayCommand(opts: GatewayRunOpts) {
     const configMatchesProfileDefault = profileDefaultPaths
       ? resolvedConfigPath === canonicalizePathForCompare(profileDefaultPaths.configPath)
       : false;
-    const targetMatchesProfileDefaults = stateMatchesProfileDefault && configMatchesProfileDefault;
+    const stateTargetsProfileDefault = stateIsDefault || stateMatchesProfileDefault;
+    const configTargetsProfileDefault = configIsDefault || configMatchesProfileDefault;
     const hasStateOverride = Boolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR?.trim());
     const hasConfigOverride = Boolean(process.env.OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH?.trim());
     const hasExplicitCustomTarget =
-      (hasStateOverride || hasConfigOverride) &&
-      !stateIsDefault &&
-      !configIsDefault &&
-      !targetMatchesProfileDefaults;
+      hasStateOverride &&
+      !stateTargetsProfileDefault &&
+      (!hasConfigOverride || !configTargetsProfileDefault);
 
     if (!hasExplicitCustomTarget && (!stateMatchesDev || !configMatchesDev)) {
       defaultRuntime.error(
diff --git a/src/cli/profile.test.ts b/src/cli/profile.test.ts
index 17204d89d6b..14a66fd5b72 100644
--- a/src/cli/profile.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/profile.test.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,41 @@ describe("parseCliProfileArgs", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("consumes root option values before command-path passthrough guard", () => {
+    const res = parseCliProfileArgs([
+      "node",
+      "openclaw",
+      "--log-level",
+      "debug",
+      "nodes",
+      "run",
+      "--",
+      "aws",
+      "--profile",
+      "prod",
+      "sts",
+      "get-caller-identity",
+    ]);
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      throw new Error(res.error);
+    }
+    expect(res.profile).toBeNull();
+    expect(res.argv).toEqual([
+      "node",
+      "openclaw",
+      "--log-level",
+      "debug",
+      "nodes",
+      "run",
+      "--",
+      "aws",
+      "--profile",
+      "prod",
+      "sts",
+      "get-caller-identity",
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("parses --profile value and strips it", () => {
     const res = parseCliProfileArgs(["node", "openclaw", "--profile", "work", "status"]);
     if (!res.ok) {
diff --git a/src/cli/profile.ts b/src/cli/profile.ts
index 8b831380fc2..d371efbba84 100644
--- a/src/cli/profile.ts
+++ b/src/cli/profile.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ function takeValue(
 }
 
 const ARBITRARY_ARG_COMMAND_PATHS = [["nodes", "run"], ["docs"]] as const;
+const ROOT_BOOLEAN_FLAGS = new Set(["--dev", "--no-color"]);
+const ROOT_VALUE_FLAGS = new Set(["--profile", "--log-level"]);
+
+function isRootOptionValueToken(arg: string | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!arg || arg === "--") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!arg.startsWith("-")) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return /^-\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(arg);
+}
 
 function shouldGuardTrailingArgsFromProfileParsing(args: string[]): boolean {
   const commandTokens: string[] = [];
@@ -38,12 +50,17 @@ function shouldGuardTrailingArgsFromProfileParsing(args: string[]): boolean {
       break;
     }
 
-    if (arg === "--dev") {
+    if (ROOT_BOOLEAN_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    if (arg === "--profile" || arg.startsWith("--profile=")) {
-      if (arg === "--profile") {
+    if (arg.startsWith("--profile=") || arg.startsWith("--log-level=")) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ROOT_VALUE_FLAGS.has(arg)) {
+      const next = args[i + 1];
+      if (isRootOptionValueToken(next)) {
         i += 1;
       }
       continue;
@@ -108,6 +125,18 @@ export function parseCliProfileArgs(argv: string[]): CliProfileParseResult {
       continue;
     }
 
+    if (arg === "--log-level" || arg.startsWith("--log-level=")) {
+      out.push(arg);
+      if (arg === "--log-level") {
+        const next = args[i + 1];
+        if (isRootOptionValueToken(next)) {
+          out.push(next);
+          i += 1;
+        }
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
     if (
       sawCommand &&
       (guardTrailingArgs || (arg !== "--profile" && !arg.startsWith("--profile=")))