diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5afb5f4b621..870b919331f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Android/Onboarding + voice reliability: request per-toggle onboarding permissions, update pairing guidance to `openclaw devices list/approve`, restore assistant speech playback in mic capture flow, cancel superseded in-flight speech (mute + per-reply token rotation), and keep `talk.config` loads retryable after transient failures. (#29796) Thanks @obviyus.
 - FS/Sandbox workspace boundaries: add a dedicated `outside-workspace` safe-open error code for root-escape checks, and propagate specific outside-workspace messages across edit/browser/media consumers instead of generic not-found/invalid-path fallbacks. (#29715) Thanks @YuzuruS.
 - Config/Doctor group allowlist diagnostics: align `groupPolicy: "allowlist"` warnings with per-channel runtime semantics by excluding Google Chat sender-list checks and by warning when no-fallback channels (for example iMessage) omit `groupAllowFrom`, with regression coverage. (#28477) Thanks @tonydehnke.
+- Slack/Disabled channel startup: skip Slack monitor socket startup entirely when `channels.slack.enabled=false` (including configs that still contain valid tokens), preventing disabled accounts from opening websocket connections. (#30586)
 - Onboarding/Custom providers: use Azure OpenAI-specific verification auth/payload shape (`api-key`, deployment-path chat completions payload) when probing Azure endpoints so valid Azure custom-provider setup no longer fails preflight. (#29421) Thanks @kunalk16.
 - Feishu/Docx editing tools: add `feishu_doc` positional insert, table row/column operations, table-cell merge, and color-text updates; switch markdown write/append/insert to Descendant API insertion with large-document batching; and harden image uploads for data URI/base64/local-path inputs with strict validation and routing-safe upload metadata. (#29411) Thanks @Elarwei001.
 
diff --git a/src/slack/monitor.tool-result.test.ts b/src/slack/monitor.tool-result.test.ts
index 457f13586bc..cf81828ceac 100644
--- a/src/slack/monitor.tool-result.test.ts
+++ b/src/slack/monitor.tool-result.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import {
   defaultSlackTestConfig,
   getSlackTestState,
   getSlackClient,
+  getSlackHandlers,
   getSlackHandlerOrThrow,
+  flush,
   resetSlackTestState,
   runSlackMessageOnce,
   startSlackMonitor,
@@ -119,6 +121,32 @@ describe("monitorSlackProvider tool results", () => {
     };
   }
 
+  it("skips socket startup when Slack channel is disabled", async () => {
+    slackTestState.config = {
+      channels: {
+        slack: {
+          enabled: false,
+          mode: "socket",
+          botToken: "xoxb-config",
+          appToken: "xapp-config",
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const client = getSlackClient();
+    if (!client) {
+      throw new Error("Slack client not registered");
+    }
+    client.auth.test.mockClear();
+
+    const { controller, run } = startSlackMonitor(monitorSlackProvider);
+    await flush();
+    controller.abort();
+    await run;
+
+    expect(client.auth.test).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(getSlackHandlers()?.size ?? 0).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   it("skips tool summaries with responsePrefix", async () => {
     replyMock.mockResolvedValue({ text: "final reply" });
 
diff --git a/src/slack/monitor/provider.ts b/src/slack/monitor/provider.ts
index 827784723a4..168c5873b0a 100644
--- a/src/slack/monitor/provider.ts
+++ b/src/slack/monitor/provider.ts
@@ -58,12 +58,26 @@ function parseApiAppIdFromAppToken(raw?: string) {
 
 export async function monitorSlackProvider(opts: MonitorSlackOpts = {}) {
   const cfg = opts.config ?? loadConfig();
+  const runtime: RuntimeEnv = opts.runtime ?? createNonExitingRuntime();
 
   let account = resolveSlackAccount({
     cfg,
     accountId: opts.accountId,
   });
 
+  if (!account.enabled) {
+    runtime.log?.(`[${account.accountId}] slack account disabled; monitor startup skipped`);
+    if (opts.abortSignal?.aborted) {
+      return;
+    }
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      opts.abortSignal?.addEventListener("abort", () => resolve(), {
+        once: true,
+      });
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
   const historyLimit = Math.max(
     0,
     account.config.historyLimit ??
@@ -93,8 +107,6 @@ export async function monitorSlackProvider(opts: MonitorSlackOpts = {}) {
     );
   }
 
-  const runtime: RuntimeEnv = opts.runtime ?? createNonExitingRuntime();
-
   const slackCfg = account.config;
   const dmConfig = slackCfg.dm;