diff --git a/src/commands/doctor-memory-search.test.ts b/src/commands/doctor-memory-search.test.ts
index 3d939b2b295..dac45c5229f 100644
--- a/src/commands/doctor-memory-search.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/doctor-memory-search.test.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ vi.mock("../memory/backend-config.js", () => ({
   resolveMemoryBackendConfig,
 }));
 
-vi.mock("../extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.js", () => ({
+vi.mock("../extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.js", () => ({
   listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds,
 }));
 
diff --git a/src/commands/doctor-memory-search.ts b/src/commands/doctor-memory-search.ts
index 1466855283a..c5a87b8888b 100644
--- a/src/commands/doctor-memory-search.ts
+++ b/src/commands/doctor-memory-search.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { resolveMemorySearchConfig } from "../agents/memory-search.js";
 import { resolveApiKeyForProvider } from "../agents/model-auth.js";
 import { formatCliCommand } from "../cli/command-format.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds } from "../extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.js";
 import { DEFAULT_LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL } from "../extension-host/embedding-runtime.js";
-import { listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds } from "../extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.js";
 import { resolveMemoryBackendConfig } from "../memory/backend-config.js";
 import { hasConfiguredMemorySecretInput } from "../memory/secret-input.js";
 import { note } from "../terminal/note.js";
diff --git a/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.test.ts b/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.test.ts
index 7d79d8e6102..43d774ac134 100644
--- a/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.test.ts
+++ b/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
+  listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds,
   resolveExtensionHostEmbeddingFallbackModel,
   resolveExtensionHostEmbeddingFallbackPolicy,
 } from "./embedding-runtime-policy.js";
 
 describe("embedding-runtime-policy", () => {
+  it("uses the shared runtime-backend policy for remote auto-provider order", () => {
+    expect(listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds()).toEqual([
+      "openai",
+      "gemini",
+      "voyage",
+      "mistral",
+    ]);
+  });
+
   it("returns null when fallback is disabled or would repeat the requested provider", () => {
     expect(
       resolveExtensionHostEmbeddingFallbackPolicy({
diff --git a/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.ts b/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.ts
index a6d46d9341b..4f7029b73a6 100644
--- a/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.ts
+++ b/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-policy.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@ import type {
   EmbeddingProviderId,
   EmbeddingProviderRequest,
 } from "./embedding-runtime-types.js";
+import { listExtensionHostEmbeddingRuntimeBackendCatalogEntries } from "./runtime-backend-catalog.js";
+import { resolveExtensionHostRuntimeBackendIdsByPolicy } from "./runtime-backend-policy.js";
+
+export function listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds(): readonly EmbeddingProviderId[] {
+  return resolveExtensionHostRuntimeBackendIdsByPolicy({
+    entries: listExtensionHostEmbeddingRuntimeBackendCatalogEntries(),
+    subsystemId: "embedding",
+    include: (entry) => entry.backendId !== "local" && entry.metadata?.autoSelectable === true,
+  }).map((backendId) => backendId as EmbeddingProviderId);
+}
 
 export function resolveExtensionHostEmbeddingFallbackPolicy(params: {
   requestedProvider: EmbeddingProviderRequest | EmbeddingProviderId;
diff --git a/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-registry.test.ts b/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-registry.test.ts
index aae75dace70..a9ec5b4ac8b 100644
--- a/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-registry.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ const listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds = vi.hoisted(() =>
 const createGeminiEmbeddingProvider = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 const createOpenAiEmbeddingProvider = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 
-vi.mock("./runtime-backend-catalog.js", () => ({
+vi.mock("./embedding-runtime-policy.js", async () => ({
+  ...(await vi.importActual<typeof import("./embedding-runtime-policy.js")>(
+    "./embedding-runtime-policy.js",
+  )),
   listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds,
 }));
 
diff --git a/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-registry.ts b/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-registry.ts
index 096f5989bb9..ce857dbd5cd 100644
--- a/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-registry.ts
+++ b/src/extension-host/embedding-runtime-registry.ts
@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ import {
 import { importNodeLlamaCpp } from "../memory/node-llama.js";
 import { resolveUserPath } from "../utils.js";
 import { DEFAULT_EXTENSION_HOST_LOCAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL } from "./embedding-runtime-backends.js";
-import { resolveExtensionHostEmbeddingFallbackPolicy } from "./embedding-runtime-policy.js";
+import {
+  listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds,
+  resolveExtensionHostEmbeddingFallbackPolicy,
+} from "./embedding-runtime-policy.js";
 import type {
   EmbeddingProvider,
   EmbeddingProviderId,
   EmbeddingProviderOptions,
   EmbeddingProviderResult,
 } from "./embedding-runtime-types.js";
-import { listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds } from "./runtime-backend-catalog.js";
 
 export type {
   GeminiEmbeddingClient,
diff --git a/src/extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.test.ts b/src/extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.test.ts
index 82316524a10..bf93e7e5dae 100644
--- a/src/extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.test.ts
+++ b/src/extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds } from "./embedding-runtime-policy.js";
 
 vi.mock("./embedding-runtime-backends.js", () => ({
   EXTENSION_HOST_EMBEDDING_RUNTIME_BACKEND_IDS: [
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ describe("runtime-backend-catalog", () => {
       subsystemId: "tts",
       backendId: "edge",
     });
-    expect(catalog.listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds()).toEqual([
+    expect(listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds()).toEqual([
       "openai",
       "gemini",
       "voyage",
diff --git a/src/extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.ts b/src/extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.ts
index 488cd160bf3..3a9f0ded63e 100644
--- a/src/extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.ts
+++ b/src/extension-host/runtime-backend-catalog.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   EXTENSION_HOST_EMBEDDING_RUNTIME_BACKEND_IDS,
   isExtensionHostEmbeddingRuntimeBackendAutoSelectable,
 } from "./embedding-runtime-backends.js";
-import type { EmbeddingProviderId } from "./embedding-runtime-types.js";
 import {
   buildExtensionHostMediaRuntimeSelectorKeys,
   listExtensionHostMediaAutoRuntimeBackendSeedIds,
@@ -83,14 +82,6 @@ export function listExtensionHostEmbeddingRuntimeBackendCatalogEntries(): readon
   }));
 }
 
-export function listExtensionHostEmbeddingRemoteRuntimeBackendIds(): readonly EmbeddingProviderId[] {
-  return listExtensionHostRuntimeBackendIdsByArbitration({
-    entries: listExtensionHostEmbeddingRuntimeBackendCatalogEntries(),
-    subsystemId: "embedding",
-    include: (entry) => entry.backendId !== "local" && entry.metadata?.autoSelectable === true,
-  }).map((entry) => entry as EmbeddingProviderId);
-}
-
 export function listExtensionHostMediaRuntimeBackendCatalogEntries(): readonly ExtensionHostRuntimeBackendCatalogEntry[] {
   const entries: ExtensionHostRuntimeBackendCatalogEntry[] = [];
   for (const capability of ["audio", "image", "video"] as const) {