diff --git a/src/plugins/capability-provider-runtime.test.ts b/src/plugins/capability-provider-runtime.test.ts
index d8768c57f34..f9206ea2b34 100644
--- a/src/plugins/capability-provider-runtime.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/capability-provider-runtime.test.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ function createEmptyMockManifestRegistry(): MockManifestRegistry {
 }
 
 const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  createMockRegistry: () => ({
+    plugins: [],
+    diagnostics: [],
+    memoryEmbeddingProviders: [],
+    speechProviders: [],
+    realtimeTranscriptionProviders: [],
+    realtimeVoiceProviders: [],
+    mediaUnderstandingProviders: [],
+    imageGenerationProviders: [],
+    videoGenerationProviders: [],
+    musicGenerationProviders: [],
+  }),
   resolveRuntimePluginRegistry: vi.fn<
     (params?: unknown) => ReturnType<typeof createEmptyPluginRegistry> | undefined
   >(() => undefined),
@@ -19,6 +31,7 @@ const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   loadPluginManifestRegistry: vi.fn<(params?: Record<string, unknown>) => MockManifestRegistry>(
     () => createEmptyMockManifestRegistry(),
   ),
+  loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry: vi.fn(),
   loadPluginRegistrySnapshot: vi.fn(() => ({ plugins: [] })),
   withBundledPluginAllowlistCompat: vi.fn(
     ({ config, pluginIds }: { config?: OpenClawConfig; pluginIds: string[] }) =>
@@ -39,6 +52,10 @@ vi.mock("./loader.js", () => ({
   resolvePluginRegistryLoadCacheKey: mocks.resolvePluginRegistryLoadCacheKey,
 }));
 
+vi.mock("./bundled-capability-runtime.js", () => ({
+  loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry: mocks.loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry,
+}));
+
 vi.mock("./manifest-registry-installed.js", () => ({
   loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex: mocks.loadPluginManifestRegistry,
 }));
@@ -191,6 +208,8 @@ describe("resolvePluginCapabilityProviders", () => {
     mocks.loadPluginRegistrySnapshot.mockReturnValue({ plugins: [] });
     mocks.loadPluginManifestRegistry.mockReset();
     mocks.loadPluginManifestRegistry.mockReturnValue(createEmptyMockManifestRegistry());
+    mocks.loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry.mockReset();
+    mocks.loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry.mockImplementation(() => mocks.createMockRegistry());
     mocks.withBundledPluginAllowlistCompat.mockClear();
     mocks.withBundledPluginAllowlistCompat.mockImplementation(
       ({ config, pluginIds }: { config?: OpenClawConfig; pluginIds: string[] }) =>
@@ -490,6 +509,169 @@ describe("resolvePluginCapabilityProviders", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("uses bundled capability capture when runtime snapshot is empty for a requested speech provider", () => {
+    const active = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    active.speechProviders.push({
+      pluginId: "openai",
+      pluginName: "openai",
+      source: "test",
+      provider: {
+        id: "openai",
+        label: "openai",
+        isConfigured: () => true,
+        synthesize: async () => ({
+          audioBuffer: Buffer.from("x"),
+          outputFormat: "mp3",
+          voiceCompatible: false,
+          fileExtension: ".mp3",
+        }),
+      },
+    } as never);
+    const captured = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    captured.speechProviders.push({
+      pluginId: "google",
+      pluginName: "google",
+      source: "test",
+      provider: {
+        id: "google",
+        label: "google",
+        isConfigured: () => true,
+        synthesize: async () => ({
+          audioBuffer: Buffer.from("x"),
+          outputFormat: "mp3",
+          voiceCompatible: false,
+          fileExtension: ".mp3",
+        }),
+      },
+    } as never);
+    mocks.loadPluginManifestRegistry.mockReturnValue({
+      plugins: [
+        {
+          id: "google",
+          origin: "bundled",
+          contracts: { speechProviders: ["google"] },
+        },
+        {
+          id: "microsoft",
+          origin: "bundled",
+          contracts: { speechProviders: ["microsoft"] },
+        },
+      ] as never,
+      diagnostics: [],
+    });
+    mocks.resolveRuntimePluginRegistry.mockImplementation((params?: unknown) =>
+      params === undefined ? active : createEmptyPluginRegistry(),
+    );
+    mocks.loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry.mockReturnValue(captured);
+
+    const providers = resolvePluginCapabilityProviders({
+      key: "speechProviders",
+      cfg: {
+        messages: { tts: { provider: "google" } },
+      } as OpenClawConfig,
+    });
+
+    expectResolvedCapabilityProviderIds(providers, ["openai", "google"]);
+    expect(mocks.resolveRuntimePluginRegistry).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      config: expect.anything(),
+      onlyPluginIds: ["google"],
+      activate: false,
+      installBundledRuntimeDeps: false,
+    });
+    expect(mocks.loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      pluginIds: ["google"],
+      env: process.env,
+      pluginSdkResolution: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("uses bundled capability capture when runtime snapshot misses a requested speech provider", () => {
+    const active = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    active.speechProviders.push({
+      pluginId: "openai",
+      pluginName: "openai",
+      source: "test",
+      provider: {
+        id: "openai",
+        label: "openai",
+        isConfigured: () => true,
+        synthesize: async () => ({
+          audioBuffer: Buffer.from("x"),
+          outputFormat: "mp3",
+          voiceCompatible: false,
+          fileExtension: ".mp3",
+        }),
+      },
+    } as never);
+    const loaded = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    loaded.speechProviders.push({
+      pluginId: "azure-speech",
+      pluginName: "azure-speech",
+      source: "test",
+      provider: {
+        id: "azure-speech",
+        label: "Azure Speech",
+        isConfigured: () => true,
+        synthesize: async () => ({
+          audioBuffer: Buffer.from("x"),
+          outputFormat: "mp3",
+          voiceCompatible: false,
+          fileExtension: ".mp3",
+        }),
+      },
+    } as never);
+    const captured = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    captured.speechProviders.push({
+      pluginId: "google",
+      pluginName: "google",
+      source: "test",
+      provider: {
+        id: "google",
+        label: "google",
+        isConfigured: () => true,
+        synthesize: async () => ({
+          audioBuffer: Buffer.from("x"),
+          outputFormat: "mp3",
+          voiceCompatible: false,
+          fileExtension: ".mp3",
+        }),
+      },
+    } as never);
+    mocks.loadPluginManifestRegistry.mockReturnValue({
+      plugins: [
+        {
+          id: "azure-speech",
+          origin: "bundled",
+          contracts: { speechProviders: ["azure-speech"] },
+        },
+        {
+          id: "google",
+          origin: "bundled",
+          contracts: { speechProviders: ["google"] },
+        },
+      ] as never,
+      diagnostics: [],
+    });
+    mocks.resolveRuntimePluginRegistry.mockImplementation((params?: unknown) =>
+      params === undefined ? active : loaded,
+    );
+    mocks.loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry.mockReturnValue(captured);
+
+    const providers = resolvePluginCapabilityProviders({
+      key: "speechProviders",
+      cfg: {
+        messages: { tts: { provider: "google" } },
+      } as OpenClawConfig,
+    });
+
+    expectResolvedCapabilityProviderIds(providers, ["openai", "google"]);
+    expect(mocks.loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      pluginIds: ["google"],
+      env: process.env,
+      pluginSdkResolution: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
   it("does not merge unrelated bundled capability providers when cfg requests one provider", () => {
     const active = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
     active.speechProviders.push({
diff --git a/src/plugins/capability-provider-runtime.ts b/src/plugins/capability-provider-runtime.ts
index 07a63d4e5a5..58043af3762 100644
--- a/src/plugins/capability-provider-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/capability-provider-runtime.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import { loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry } from "./bundled-capability-runtime.js";
 import {
   withBundledPluginAllowlistCompat,
   withBundledPluginEnablementCompat,
@@ -207,6 +208,30 @@ function mergeCapabilityProviders<K extends CapabilityProviderRegistryKey>(
   return [...merged.values(), ...unnamed];
 }
 
+function mergeCapabilityProviderEntries<K extends CapabilityProviderRegistryKey>(
+  left: PluginRegistry[K],
+  right: PluginRegistry[K],
+): PluginRegistry[K] {
+  const merged = new Map<string, PluginRegistry[K][number]>();
+  const unnamed: Array<PluginRegistry[K][number]> = [];
+  const addEntries = (entries: PluginRegistry[K]) => {
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+      const provider = entry.provider as { id?: string };
+      if (!provider.id) {
+        unnamed.push(entry);
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (!merged.has(provider.id)) {
+        merged.set(provider.id, entry);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  addEntries(left);
+  addEntries(right);
+  return [...merged.values(), ...unnamed] as PluginRegistry[K];
+}
+
 function addObjectKeys(target: Set<string>, value: unknown): void {
   if (typeof value !== "object" || value === null || Array.isArray(value)) {
     return;
@@ -319,6 +344,58 @@ function filterLoadedProvidersForRequestedConfig<K extends CapabilityProviderReg
   }) as PluginRegistry[K];
 }
 
+function resolveRequestedCapabilityCompatPluginIds(params: {
+  key: CapabilityProviderRegistryKey;
+  cfg?: OpenClawConfig;
+  requested?: Set<string>;
+}): string[] | undefined {
+  if (params.key !== "speechProviders" || !params.requested || params.requested.size === 0) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const pluginIds = new Set<string>();
+  for (const providerId of params.requested) {
+    for (const pluginId of resolveBundledCapabilityCompatPluginIds({
+      key: params.key,
+      cfg: params.cfg,
+      providerId,
+    })) {
+      pluginIds.add(pluginId);
+    }
+  }
+  return pluginIds.size > 0
+    ? [...pluginIds].toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right))
+    : undefined;
+}
+
+function loadCapabilityProviderEntries<K extends CapabilityProviderRegistryKey>(params: {
+  key: K;
+  pluginIds: string[];
+  loadOptions: PluginLoadOptions;
+  requested?: Set<string>;
+}): PluginRegistry[K] {
+  const registry = resolveRuntimePluginRegistry(params.loadOptions);
+  const entries = registry?.[params.key] ?? [];
+  const missingRequested =
+    params.key === "speechProviders" && params.requested && params.requested.size > 0
+      ? new Set(params.requested)
+      : undefined;
+  if (missingRequested) {
+    removeActiveProviderIds(missingRequested, entries);
+  }
+  if (entries.length > 0 && (!missingRequested || missingRequested.size === 0)) {
+    return entries;
+  }
+  if (params.pluginIds.length === 0) {
+    return entries;
+  }
+  const captured = loadBundledCapabilityRuntimeRegistry({
+    pluginIds: params.pluginIds,
+    env: process.env,
+    pluginSdkResolution: params.loadOptions.pluginSdkResolution,
+  })[params.key] as PluginRegistry[K];
+  return entries.length > 0 ? mergeCapabilityProviderEntries(entries, captured) : captured;
+}
+
 export function resolvePluginCapabilityProvider<K extends CapabilityProviderRegistryKey>(params: {
   key: K;
   providerId: string;
@@ -360,8 +437,12 @@ export function resolvePluginCapabilityProvider<K extends CapabilityProviderRegi
     : "";
   let loadedProviders = cache?.get(cacheKey) as PluginRegistry[K] | undefined;
   if (!loadedProviders) {
-    const registry = resolveRuntimePluginRegistry(loadOptions);
-    loadedProviders = registry?.[params.key] ?? [];
+    loadedProviders = loadCapabilityProviderEntries({
+      key: params.key,
+      pluginIds,
+      loadOptions,
+      requested: new Set([params.providerId.toLowerCase()]),
+    });
     cache?.set(cacheKey, loadedProviders as CapabilityProviderEntries);
   }
   return findProviderById(loadedProviders, params.providerId);
@@ -391,10 +472,21 @@ export function resolvePluginCapabilityProviders<K extends CapabilityProviderReg
       return activeProviders.map((entry) => entry.provider) as CapabilityProviderForKey<K>[];
     }
   }
-  const pluginIds = resolveBundledCapabilityCompatPluginIds({
-    key: params.key,
-    cfg: params.cfg,
-  });
+  const requestedSpeechProviders =
+    missingRequestedSpeechProviders ??
+    (activeProviders.length === 0 && params.key === "speechProviders"
+      ? collectRequestedSpeechProviderIds(params.cfg)
+      : undefined);
+  const pluginIds =
+    resolveRequestedCapabilityCompatPluginIds({
+      key: params.key,
+      cfg: params.cfg,
+      requested: requestedSpeechProviders,
+    }) ??
+    resolveBundledCapabilityCompatPluginIds({
+      key: params.key,
+      cfg: params.cfg,
+    });
   const compatConfig = resolveCapabilityProviderConfig({
     key: params.key,
     cfg: params.cfg,
@@ -411,8 +503,12 @@ export function resolvePluginCapabilityProviders<K extends CapabilityProviderReg
     : "";
   let loadedProviders = cache?.get(cacheKey) as PluginRegistry[K] | undefined;
   if (!loadedProviders) {
-    const registry = resolveRuntimePluginRegistry(loadOptions);
-    loadedProviders = registry?.[params.key] ?? [];
+    loadedProviders = loadCapabilityProviderEntries({
+      key: params.key,
+      pluginIds,
+      loadOptions,
+      requested: requestedSpeechProviders,
+    });
     cache?.set(cacheKey, loadedProviders as CapabilityProviderEntries);
   }
   if (params.key !== "memoryEmbeddingProviders") {