diff --git a/src/config/types.hooks.ts b/src/config/types.hooks.ts
index 2345c9ba7df..dc9086ed706 100644
--- a/src/config/types.hooks.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.hooks.ts
@@ -87,19 +87,7 @@ export type HookConfig = {
   [key: string]: unknown;
 };
 
-export type HookInstallRecord = {
-  source: "npm" | "archive" | "path";
-  spec?: string;
-  sourcePath?: string;
-  installPath?: string;
-  version?: string;
-  resolvedName?: string;
-  resolvedVersion?: string;
-  resolvedSpec?: string;
-  integrity?: string;
-  shasum?: string;
-  resolvedAt?: string;
-  installedAt?: string;
+export type HookInstallRecord = InstallRecordBase & {
   hooks?: string[];
 };
 
@@ -151,3 +139,4 @@ export type HooksConfig = {
   /** Internal agent event hooks */
   internal?: InternalHooksConfig;
 };
+import type { InstallRecordBase } from "./types.installs.js";
diff --git a/src/config/types.installs.ts b/src/config/types.installs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfb7a4dec90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/types.installs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export type InstallRecordBase = {
+  source: "npm" | "archive" | "path";
+  spec?: string;
+  sourcePath?: string;
+  installPath?: string;
+  version?: string;
+  resolvedName?: string;
+  resolvedVersion?: string;
+  resolvedSpec?: string;
+  integrity?: string;
+  shasum?: string;
+  resolvedAt?: string;
+  installedAt?: string;
+};
diff --git a/src/config/types.plugins.ts b/src/config/types.plugins.ts
index 48e2d090edf..5884bba05c4 100644
--- a/src/config/types.plugins.ts
+++ b/src/config/types.plugins.ts
@@ -13,20 +13,7 @@ export type PluginsLoadConfig = {
   paths?: string[];
 };
 
-export type PluginInstallRecord = {
-  source: "npm" | "archive" | "path";
-  spec?: string;
-  sourcePath?: string;
-  installPath?: string;
-  version?: string;
-  resolvedName?: string;
-  resolvedVersion?: string;
-  resolvedSpec?: string;
-  integrity?: string;
-  shasum?: string;
-  resolvedAt?: string;
-  installedAt?: string;
-};
+export type PluginInstallRecord = InstallRecordBase;
 
 export type PluginsConfig = {
   /** Enable or disable plugin loading. */
@@ -40,3 +27,4 @@ export type PluginsConfig = {
   entries?: Record<string, PluginEntryConfig>;
   installs?: Record<string, PluginInstallRecord>;
 };
+import type { InstallRecordBase } from "./types.installs.js";
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.agent-defaults.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.agent-defaults.ts
index 5f6025e58e5..76386659018 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.agent-defaults.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.agent-defaults.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   BlockStreamingCoalesceSchema,
   CliBackendSchema,
   HumanDelaySchema,
+  TypingModeSchema,
 } from "./zod-schema.core.js";
 
 export const AgentDefaultsSchema = z
@@ -130,14 +131,7 @@ export const AgentDefaultsSchema = z
     mediaMaxMb: z.number().positive().optional(),
     imageMaxDimensionPx: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
     typingIntervalSeconds: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
-    typingMode: z
-      .union([
-        z.literal("never"),
-        z.literal("instant"),
-        z.literal("thinking"),
-        z.literal("message"),
-      ])
-      .optional(),
+    typingMode: TypingModeSchema.optional(),
     heartbeat: HeartbeatSchema,
     maxConcurrent: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
     subagents: z
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.core.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.core.ts
index 2b4dab28c48..9018eb1e2f1 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.core.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.core.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ export const QueueDropSchema = z.union([
   z.literal("summarize"),
 ]);
 export const ReplyToModeSchema = z.union([z.literal("off"), z.literal("first"), z.literal("all")]);
+export const TypingModeSchema = z.union([
+  z.literal("never"),
+  z.literal("instant"),
+  z.literal("thinking"),
+  z.literal("message"),
+]);
 
 // GroupPolicySchema: controls how group messages are handled
 // Used with .default("allowlist").optional() pattern:
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.logging-levels.test.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.logging-levels.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..80a970720b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.logging-levels.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { OpenClawSchema } from "./zod-schema.js";
+
+describe("OpenClawSchema logging levels", () => {
+  it("accepts valid logging level values for level and consoleLevel", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      OpenClawSchema.parse({
+        logging: {
+          level: "debug",
+          consoleLevel: "warn",
+        },
+      }),
+    ).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects invalid logging level values", () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      OpenClawSchema.parse({
+        logging: {
+          level: "loud",
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toThrow();
+    expect(() =>
+      OpenClawSchema.parse({
+        logging: {
+          consoleLevel: "verbose",
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.session.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.session.ts
index edf73584a21..0f38fafd887 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.session.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.session.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   InboundDebounceSchema,
   NativeCommandsSettingSchema,
   QueueSchema,
+  TypingModeSchema,
   TtsConfigSchema,
 } from "./zod-schema.core.js";
 import { sensitive } from "./zod-schema.sensitive.js";
@@ -50,14 +51,7 @@ export const SessionSchema = z
     resetByChannel: z.record(z.string(), SessionResetConfigSchema).optional(),
     store: z.string().optional(),
     typingIntervalSeconds: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
-    typingMode: z
-      .union([
-        z.literal("never"),
-        z.literal("instant"),
-        z.literal("thinking"),
-        z.literal("message"),
-      ])
-      .optional(),
+    typingMode: TypingModeSchema.optional(),
     mainKey: z.string().optional(),
     sendPolicy: SessionSendPolicySchema.optional(),
     agentToAgent: z
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.ts
index 8c8608b5997..3f1b89f980f 100644
--- a/src/config/zod-schema.ts
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ const MemoryQmdMcporterSchema = z
   })
   .strict();
 
+const LoggingLevelSchema = z.union([
+  z.literal("silent"),
+  z.literal("fatal"),
+  z.literal("error"),
+  z.literal("warn"),
+  z.literal("info"),
+  z.literal("debug"),
+  z.literal("trace"),
+]);
+
 const MemoryQmdSchema = z
   .object({
     command: z.string().optional(),
@@ -178,30 +188,10 @@ export const OpenClawSchema = z
       .optional(),
     logging: z
       .object({
-        level: z
-          .union([
-            z.literal("silent"),
-            z.literal("fatal"),
-            z.literal("error"),
-            z.literal("warn"),
-            z.literal("info"),
-            z.literal("debug"),
-            z.literal("trace"),
-          ])
-          .optional(),
+        level: LoggingLevelSchema.optional(),
         file: z.string().optional(),
         maxFileBytes: z.number().int().positive().optional(),
-        consoleLevel: z
-          .union([
-            z.literal("silent"),
-            z.literal("fatal"),
-            z.literal("error"),
-            z.literal("warn"),
-            z.literal("info"),
-            z.literal("debug"),
-            z.literal("trace"),
-          ])
-          .optional(),
+        consoleLevel: LoggingLevelSchema.optional(),
         consoleStyle: z
           .union([z.literal("pretty"), z.literal("compact"), z.literal("json")])
           .optional(),
diff --git a/src/config/zod-schema.typing-mode.test.ts b/src/config/zod-schema.typing-mode.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7dc218676be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/zod-schema.typing-mode.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { AgentDefaultsSchema } from "./zod-schema.agent-defaults.js";
+import { SessionSchema } from "./zod-schema.session.js";
+
+describe("typing mode schema reuse", () => {
+  it("accepts supported typingMode values for session and agent defaults", () => {
+    expect(() => SessionSchema.parse({ typingMode: "thinking" })).not.toThrow();
+    expect(() => AgentDefaultsSchema.parse({ typingMode: "message" })).not.toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it("rejects unsupported typingMode values for session and agent defaults", () => {
+    expect(() => SessionSchema.parse({ typingMode: "always" })).toThrow();
+    expect(() => AgentDefaultsSchema.parse({ typingMode: "soon" })).toThrow();
+  });
+});