diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.e2e-harness.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.e2e-harness.ts
index 03f2466108..9908bad165 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.e2e-harness.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.e2e-harness.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ export function assertModelSelection(
   expect(entry?.providerOverride).toBe(selection.provider);
 }
 
+export function assertElevatedOffStatusReply(text: string | undefined) {
+  expect(text).toContain("Elevated mode disabled.");
+  const optionsLine = text?.split("\n").find((line) => line.trim().startsWith("⚙️"));
+  expect(optionsLine).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(optionsLine).not.toContain("elevated");
+}
+
 export function installDirectiveBehaviorE2EHooks() {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.mocked(runEmbeddedPiAgent).mockReset();
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.returns-status-alongside-directive-only-acks.e2e.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.returns-status-alongside-directive-only-acks.e2e.test.ts
index 8ca0eb8c54..8af2f80e3b 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.returns-status-alongside-directive-only-acks.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.returns-status-alongside-directive-only-acks.e2e.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { loadSessionStore } from "../config/sessions.js";
 import {
+  assertElevatedOffStatusReply,
   installDirectiveBehaviorE2EHooks,
   makeRestrictedElevatedDisabledConfig,
   runEmbeddedPiAgent,
@@ -71,11 +72,8 @@ describe("directive behavior", () => {
       );
 
       const text = extractReplyText(res);
-      expect(text).toContain("Elevated mode disabled.");
       expect(text).toContain("Session: agent:main:main");
-      const optionsLine = text?.split("\n").find((line) => line.trim().startsWith("⚙️"));
-      expect(optionsLine).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(optionsLine).not.toContain("elevated");
+      assertElevatedOffStatusReply(text);
 
       const store = loadSessionStore(storePath);
       expect(store["agent:main:main"]?.elevatedLevel).toBe("off");
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.shows-current-verbose-level-verbose-has-no.e2e.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.shows-current-verbose-level-verbose-has-no.e2e.test.ts
index 24fe63c825..02406d22fd 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.shows-current-verbose-level-verbose-has-no.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply.directive.directive-behavior.shows-current-verbose-level-verbose-has-no.e2e.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { loadSessionStore } from "../config/sessions.js";
 import {
   AUTHORIZED_WHATSAPP_COMMAND,
+  assertElevatedOffStatusReply,
   installDirectiveBehaviorE2EHooks,
   makeElevatedDirectiveConfig,
   makeWhatsAppDirectiveConfig,
@@ -103,10 +104,7 @@ describe("directive behavior", () => {
       const storePath = sessionStorePath(home);
       const res = await runElevatedCommand(home, "/elevated off\n/status");
       const text = replyText(res);
-      expect(text).toContain("Elevated mode disabled.");
-      const optionsLine = text?.split("\n").find((line) => line.trim().startsWith("⚙️"));
-      expect(optionsLine).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(optionsLine).not.toContain("elevated");
+      assertElevatedOffStatusReply(text);
 
       const store = loadSessionStore(storePath);
       expect(store["agent:main:main"]?.elevatedLevel).toBe("off");