diff --git a/src/gateway/server-plugins.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-plugins.test.ts
index 8af13556dea..6758a7a9b1d 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-plugins.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-plugins.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import type { GatewayRequestContext, GatewayRequestOptions } from "./server-meth
 
 const loadOpenClawPlugins = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
 const resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn(() => ["discord", "telegram"]));
+const applyPluginAutoEnable = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn(({ config }) => ({ config, changes: [] })));
 const primeConfiguredBindingRegistry = vi.hoisted(() =>
   vi.fn(() => ({ bindingCount: 0, channelCount: 0 })),
 );
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ vi.mock("../plugins/channel-plugin-ids.js", () => ({
   resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds,
 }));
 
+vi.mock("../config/plugin-auto-enable.js", () => ({
+  applyPluginAutoEnable,
+}));
+
 vi.mock("../channels/plugins/binding-registry.js", async (importOriginal) => {
   const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("../channels/plugins/binding-registry.js")>();
   return {
@@ -185,6 +190,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
 beforeEach(() => {
   loadOpenClawPlugins.mockReset();
   resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds.mockReset().mockReturnValue(["discord", "telegram"]);
+  applyPluginAutoEnable.mockReset().mockImplementation(({ config }) => ({ config, changes: [] }));
   primeConfiguredBindingRegistry.mockClear().mockReturnValue({ bindingCount: 0, channelCount: 0 });
   handleGatewayRequest.mockReset();
   runtimeModule.clearGatewaySubagentRuntime();
@@ -235,6 +241,10 @@ describe("loadGatewayPlugins", () => {
     loadOpenClawPlugins.mockReturnValue(createRegistry([]));
     loadGatewayPluginsForTest();
 
+    expect(applyPluginAutoEnable).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      config: {},
+      env: process.env,
+    });
     expect(resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
       config: {},
       workspaceDir: "/tmp",
@@ -247,6 +257,25 @@ describe("loadGatewayPlugins", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test("loads gateway plugins from the auto-enabled config snapshot", async () => {
+    const autoEnabledConfig = { channels: { slack: { enabled: true } }, autoEnabled: true };
+    applyPluginAutoEnable.mockReturnValue({ config: autoEnabledConfig, changes: [] });
+    loadOpenClawPlugins.mockReturnValue(createRegistry([]));
+
+    loadGatewayPluginsForTest();
+
+    expect(resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      config: autoEnabledConfig,
+      workspaceDir: "/tmp",
+      env: process.env,
+    });
+    expect(loadOpenClawPlugins).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        config: autoEnabledConfig,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   test("provides subagent runtime with sessions.get method aliases", async () => {
     loadOpenClawPlugins.mockReturnValue(createRegistry([]));
     loadGatewayPluginsForTest();
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-plugins.ts b/src/gateway/server-plugins.ts
index c59e4be6982..e599d32c18b 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-plugins.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-plugins.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { normalizeModelRef, parseModelRef } from "../agents/model-selection.js";
 import type { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { applyPluginAutoEnable } from "../config/plugin-auto-enable.js";
 import { resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds } from "../plugins/channel-plugin-ids.js";
 import { normalizePluginsConfig } from "../plugins/config-state.js";
 import { loadOpenClawPlugins } from "../plugins/loader.js";
@@ -390,11 +391,15 @@ export function loadGatewayPlugins(params: {
   baseMethods: string[];
   preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins?: boolean;
 }) {
-  const pluginRegistry = loadOpenClawPlugins({
+  const resolvedConfig = applyPluginAutoEnable({
     config: params.cfg,
+    env: process.env,
+  }).config;
+  const pluginRegistry = loadOpenClawPlugins({
+    config: resolvedConfig,
     workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
     onlyPluginIds: resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds({
-      config: params.cfg,
+      config: resolvedConfig,
       workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
       env: process.env,
     }),