diff --git a/src/plugins/config-state.test.ts b/src/plugins/config-state.test.ts
index 0b40e4418ad..ed64a20b283 100644
--- a/src/plugins/config-state.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/config-state.test.ts
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ describe("resolveEnableState", () => {
     expect(state).toEqual({ enabled: true });
   });
 
+  it("enables bundled web search providers like brave by default", () => {
+    const state = resolveEnableState("brave", "bundled", normalizePluginsConfig({}));
+    expect(state).toEqual({ enabled: true });
+  });
+
   it("allows bundled plugins to opt into default enablement from manifest metadata", () => {
     const state = resolveEnableState("profile-aware", "bundled", normalizePluginsConfig({}), true);
     expect(state).toEqual({ enabled: true });
diff --git a/src/plugins/config-state.ts b/src/plugins/config-state.ts
index 4566db4f30f..3277a05442e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/config-state.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/config-state.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export type NormalizedPluginsConfig = {
 export const BUNDLED_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT = new Set<string>([
   "amazon-bedrock",
   "anthropic",
+  "brave",
   "byteplus",
   "cloudflare-ai-gateway",
   "deepseek",