diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67836fd68b4..baca2665007 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Agents/replay: sanitize malformed assistant tool-call replay blocks before provider replay so follow-up Anthropic requests do not inherit the downstream `replace` crash. (#50005) Thanks @jalehman.
 - Plugins/context engines: retry strict legacy `assemble()` calls without the new `prompt` field when older engines reject it, preserving prompt-aware retrieval compatibility for pre-prompt plugins. (#50848) thanks @danhdoan.
 - Agents/embedded transport errors: distinguish common network failures like connection refused, DNS lookup failure, and interrupted sockets from true timeouts in embedded-run user messaging and lifecycle diagnostics. (#51419) Thanks @scoootscooob.
+- Discord/startup logging: report client initialization while the gateway is still connecting instead of claiming Discord is logged in before readiness is reached. (#51425) Thanks @scoootscooob.
 
 ### Breaking
 
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.ts
index 523f7c54c36..8388438f37d 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ import { resolveDiscordPresenceUpdate } from "./presence.js";
 import { resolveDiscordAllowlistConfig } from "./provider.allowlist.js";
 import { runDiscordGatewayLifecycle } from "./provider.lifecycle.js";
 import { resolveDiscordRestFetch } from "./rest-fetch.js";
+import { formatDiscordStartupStatusMessage } from "./startup-status.js";
 import type { DiscordMonitorStatusSink } from "./status.js";
 import {
   createNoopThreadBindingManager,
@@ -972,7 +973,12 @@ export async function monitorDiscordProvider(opts: MonitorDiscordOpts = {}) {
 
     const botIdentity =
       botUserId && botUserName ? `${botUserId} (${botUserName})` : (botUserId ?? botUserName ?? "");
-    runtime.log?.(`logged in to discord${botIdentity ? ` as ${botIdentity}` : ""}`);
+    runtime.log?.(
+      formatDiscordStartupStatusMessage({
+        gatewayReady: lifecycleGateway?.isConnected === true,
+        botIdentity: botIdentity || undefined,
+      }),
+    );
     if (lifecycleGateway?.isConnected) {
       opts.setStatus?.(createConnectedChannelStatusPatch());
     }
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/startup-status.test.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/startup-status.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47cc84202d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/startup-status.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { formatDiscordStartupStatusMessage } from "./startup-status.js";
+
+describe("formatDiscordStartupStatusMessage", () => {
+  it("reports logged-in status only after the gateway is ready", () => {
+    expect(
+      formatDiscordStartupStatusMessage({
+        gatewayReady: true,
+        botIdentity: "bot-1 (Molty)",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("logged in to discord as bot-1 (Molty)");
+  });
+
+  it("reports client initialization while gateway readiness is still pending", () => {
+    expect(
+      formatDiscordStartupStatusMessage({
+        gatewayReady: false,
+        botIdentity: "bot-1 (Molty)",
+      }),
+    ).toBe("discord client initialized as bot-1 (Molty); awaiting gateway readiness");
+  });
+
+  it("handles missing identity without awkward punctuation", () => {
+    expect(
+      formatDiscordStartupStatusMessage({
+        gatewayReady: false,
+      }),
+    ).toBe("discord client initialized; awaiting gateway readiness");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/startup-status.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/startup-status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94f311912b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/startup-status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export function formatDiscordStartupStatusMessage(params: {
+  gatewayReady: boolean;
+  botIdentity?: string;
+}): string {
+  const identitySuffix = params.botIdentity ? ` as ${params.botIdentity}` : "";
+  if (params.gatewayReady) {
+    return `logged in to discord${identitySuffix}`;
+  }
+  return `discord client initialized${identitySuffix}; awaiting gateway readiness`;
+}