From 25039e973e329ef7abf1b2cfb553fbe86d4798dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:59:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] test(gateway): avoid send handler reimports

---
 src/gateway/server-methods/send.test.ts | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods/send.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods/send.test.ts
index 2ebc7096ad4..68329abf28b 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods/send.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods/send.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { jsonResult } from "../../agents/tools/common.js";
 import type { ChannelPlugin } from "../../channels/plugins/types.js";
 import { setActivePluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ vi.mock("../../config/plugin-auto-enable.js", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("../../plugins/loader.js", () => ({
   loadOpenClawPlugins: mocks.loadOpenClawPlugins,
+  resolveRuntimePluginRegistry: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../../infra/outbound/channel-bootstrap.runtime.js", () => ({
+  bootstrapOutboundChannelPlugin: vi.fn(),
+  resetOutboundChannelBootstrapStateForTests: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("../../infra/outbound/targets.js", () => ({
@@ -106,8 +112,7 @@ vi.mock("../../config/sessions.js", async () => {
   };
 });
 
-async function loadFreshSendHandlersForTest() {
-  vi.resetModules();
+async function loadSendHandlersForTest() {
   ({ sendHandlers } = await import("./send.js"));
 }
 
@@ -194,6 +199,10 @@ function mockDeliverySuccess(messageId: string) {
 describe("gateway send mirroring", () => {
   let registrySeq = 0;
 
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await loadSendHandlersForTest();
+  });
+
   beforeEach(async () => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     registrySeq += 1;
@@ -218,7 +227,6 @@ describe("gateway send mirroring", () => {
     });
     mocks.sendPoll.mockResolvedValue({ messageId: "poll-1" });
     mocks.getChannelPlugin.mockReturnValue({ outbound: { sendPoll: mocks.sendPoll } });
-    await loadFreshSendHandlersForTest();
   });
 
   it("accepts media-only sends without message", async () => {