diff --git a/nemoclaw/src/lib/subprocess-env.ts b/nemoclaw/src/lib/subprocess-env.ts
index 211562b0104..a1819ce4292 100644
--- a/nemoclaw/src/lib/subprocess-env.ts
+++ b/nemoclaw/src/lib/subprocess-env.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ export function withLocalNoProxy(env: Record<string, string>): void {
   if (!hasProxy) return;
   for (const key of ["NO_PROXY", "no_proxy"] as const) {
     const current = env[key] ?? "";
-    const parts = current ? current.split(",").map((s) => s.trim()) : [];
+    const parts = current
+      .split(",")
+      .map((s) => s.trim())
+      .filter(Boolean);
     let changed = false;
     for (const host of ["localhost", "127.0.0.1", "host.docker.internal", "::1", "0.0.0.0"]) {
       if (!parts.includes(host)) {
diff --git a/src/lib/subprocess-env.test.ts b/src/lib/subprocess-env.test.ts
index 1121f2522e2..02abf5c65f7 100644
--- a/src/lib/subprocess-env.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/subprocess-env.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ describe("withLocalNoProxy", () => {
     expect(env.no_proxy).toBe(LOCAL_NO_PROXY);
   });
 
+  it("adds local host-bound names when lowercase https_proxy is set", () => {
+    const env: Record<string, string> = { https_proxy: "http://proxy:8888" };
+    withLocalNoProxy(env);
+    expect(env.NO_PROXY).toBe(LOCAL_NO_PROXY);
+    expect(env.no_proxy).toBe(LOCAL_NO_PROXY);
+  });
+
+  it("strips empty segments from a NO_PROXY with doubled or trailing commas", () => {
+    const env: Record<string, string> = {
+      HTTP_PROXY: "http://proxy:8888",
+      NO_PROXY: "corp.internal,,other.com,",
+      no_proxy: "corp.internal,,other.com,",
+    };
+    withLocalNoProxy(env);
+    expect(env.NO_PROXY).not.toContain(",,");
+    expect(env.NO_PROXY).not.toMatch(/^,|,$/);
+    expect(env.NO_PROXY).toContain("corp.internal");
+    expect(env.NO_PROXY).toContain("other.com");
+    expect(env.NO_PROXY).toContain("localhost");
+  });
+
   it("appends only the missing local entries when NO_PROXY already has localhost", () => {
     const env: Record<string, string> = {
       HTTP_PROXY: "http://proxy:8888",
diff --git a/src/lib/subprocess-env.ts b/src/lib/subprocess-env.ts
index 0188983392a..a829a0a66c0 100644
--- a/src/lib/subprocess-env.ts
+++ b/src/lib/subprocess-env.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function withLocalNoProxy(env: Record<string, string>): void {
   if (!hasProxy) return;
   for (const key of ["NO_PROXY", "no_proxy"] as const) {
     const current = env[key] ?? "";
-    const parts = current ? current.split(",").map((s) => s.trim()) : [];
+    const parts = current.split(",").map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
     let changed = false;
     for (const host of ["localhost", "127.0.0.1", "host.docker.internal", "::1", "0.0.0.0"]) {
       if (!parts.includes(host)) {