diff --git a/dist/fabric/src/inbound.js b/dist/fabric/src/inbound.js
index ac716e7..e163985 100644
--- a/dist/fabric/src/inbound.js
+++ b/dist/fabric/src/inbound.js
@@ -12,6 +12,35 @@ export class FabricInbound {
     accounts;
     sockets = [];
     seen = new Set();
+    // Guild access tokens are short-lived (~15 min). The socket survives via
+    // socket.io reconnect, but the token captured at connect time goes stale,
+    // so HTTP calls (attachment download, posting the reply) start 401ing.
+    // Re-login per agent on a short TTL to keep a fresh token.
+    tokenCache = new Map();
+    static TOKEN_TTL_MS = 8 * 60 * 1000;
+    // Return a fresh guild access token for the agent, re-authenticating with
+    // the agent's Fabric API key when the cached session is stale. Falls back
+    // to the connect-time session token if re-login fails.
+    async freshGuildToken(agentId, guildNodeId, fallback) {
+        const pick = (s) => s.guildAccessTokens.find((t) => t.guildNodeId === guildNodeId)?.token;
+        const now = Date.now();
+        const cached = this.tokenCache.get(agentId);
+        if (cached && now - cached.at < FabricInbound.TOKEN_TTL_MS) {
+            return pick(cached.session) ?? pick(fallback);
+        }
+        const apiKey = this.identity.findByAgentId(agentId)?.fabricApiKey;
+        if (apiKey) {
+            try {
+                const s = await this.client.agentLogin(apiKey);
+                this.tokenCache.set(agentId, { session: s, at: now });
+                return pick(s) ?? pick(fallback);
+            }
+            catch (err) {
+                this.log.warn(`fabric: token refresh failed agent=${agentId}: ${String(err)}`);
+            }
+        }
+        return pick(fallback);
+    }
     constructor(core, // PluginRuntime
     cfg, // OpenClawConfig
     client, identity, log, accounts = []) {
@@ -151,7 +180,7 @@ export class FabricInbound {
             const storePath = core.channel.session.resolveStorePath(cfg.session?.store, {
                 agentId: route.agentId,
             });
-            const gt = session.guildAccessTokens.find((t) => t.guildNodeId === guild.nodeId)?.token;
+            const gt = await this.freshGuildToken(agentId, guild.nodeId, session);
             // Fetch any uploaded files for the agent: download to a temp dir and
             // hand openclaw local MediaPaths (+types) so the model receives them.
             const media = await this.fetchAttachments(agentId, guild.endpoint, gt, m);
diff --git a/src/inbound.ts b/src/inbound.ts
index 911e783..3f5fc18 100644
--- a/src/inbound.ts
+++ b/src/inbound.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,40 @@ type FabricMessage = {
 export class FabricInbound {
   private sockets: Socket[] = [];
   private seen = new Set<string>();
+  // Guild access tokens are short-lived (~15 min). The socket survives via
+  // socket.io reconnect, but the token captured at connect time goes stale,
+  // so HTTP calls (attachment download, posting the reply) start 401ing.
+  // Re-login per agent on a short TTL to keep a fresh token.
+  private tokenCache = new Map<string, { session: FabricSession; at: number }>();
+  private static readonly TOKEN_TTL_MS = 8 * 60 * 1000;
+
+  // Return a fresh guild access token for the agent, re-authenticating with
+  // the agent's Fabric API key when the cached session is stale. Falls back
+  // to the connect-time session token if re-login fails.
+  private async freshGuildToken(
+    agentId: string,
+    guildNodeId: string,
+    fallback: FabricSession,
+  ): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    const pick = (s: FabricSession) =>
+      s.guildAccessTokens.find((t) => t.guildNodeId === guildNodeId)?.token;
+    const now = Date.now();
+    const cached = this.tokenCache.get(agentId);
+    if (cached && now - cached.at < FabricInbound.TOKEN_TTL_MS) {
+      return pick(cached.session) ?? pick(fallback);
+    }
+    const apiKey = this.identity.findByAgentId(agentId)?.fabricApiKey;
+    if (apiKey) {
+      try {
+        const s = await this.client.agentLogin(apiKey);
+        this.tokenCache.set(agentId, { session: s, at: now });
+        return pick(s) ?? pick(fallback);
+      } catch (err) {
+        this.log.warn(`fabric: token refresh failed agent=${agentId}: ${String(err)}`);
+      }
+    }
+    return pick(fallback);
+  }
 
   constructor(
     private readonly core: unknown, // PluginRuntime
@@ -188,7 +222,7 @@ export class FabricInbound {
         agentId: route.agentId,
       });
 
-      const gt = session.guildAccessTokens.find((t) => t.guildNodeId === guild.nodeId)?.token;
+      const gt = await this.freshGuildToken(agentId, guild.nodeId, session);
 
       // Fetch any uploaded files for the agent: download to a temp dir and
       // hand openclaw local MediaPaths (+types) so the model receives them.