fix(plugins): preserve default enablement for relocation

src/cli/plugins-location-bridges.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function buildBridgeFromPersistedBundledRecord(
     bundledPluginId: record.pluginId,
     pluginId: record.pluginId,
     npmSpec,
+    ...(record.enabledByDefault === true ? { enabledByDefault: true } : {}),
     channelIds: record.contributions.channels,
   };
 }

src/plugins/externalized-bundled-plugins.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export type ExternalizedBundledPluginBridge = {
   npmSpec: string;
   /** Bundled directory name, when it differs from bundledPluginId. */
   bundledDirName?: string;
+  /** Previous bundled manifest default enablement from the persisted registry. */
+  enabledByDefault?: boolean;
   /** Legacy ids that should be treated as this plugin during enablement checks. */
   legacyPluginIds?: readonly string[];
   /** Channel ids that imply this plugin is enabled when configured. */

src/plugins/update.test.ts

@@ -1063,6 +1063,46 @@ describe("syncPluginsForUpdateChannel", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("externalizes bundled plugins that were enabled by default", async () => {
+    resolveBundledPluginSourcesMock.mockReturnValue(new Map());
+    installPluginFromNpmSpecMock.mockResolvedValue(
+      createSuccessfulNpmUpdateResult({
+        pluginId: "default-chat",
+        targetDir: "/tmp/openclaw-plugins/default-chat",
+        version: "2.0.0",
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const result = await syncPluginsForUpdateChannel({
+      channel: "stable",
+      externalizedBundledPluginBridges: [
+        {
+          bundledPluginId: "default-chat",
+          enabledByDefault: true,
+          npmSpec: "@openclaw/default-chat",
+          channelIds: ["default-chat"],
+        },
+      ],
+      config: {},
+    });
+
+    expect(installPluginFromNpmSpecMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        spec: "@openclaw/default-chat",
+        mode: "update",
+        expectedPluginId: "default-chat",
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(result.changed).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.summary.switchedToNpm).toEqual(["default-chat"]);
+    expect(result.config.plugins?.installs?.["default-chat"]).toMatchObject({
+      source: "npm",
+      spec: "@openclaw/default-chat",
+      installPath: "/tmp/openclaw-plugins/default-chat",
+      version: "2.0.0",
+    });
+  });
+
   it("does not externalize disabled bundled plugins", async () => {
     resolveBundledPluginSourcesMock.mockReturnValue(new Map());
 

src/plugins/update.ts

@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ function isExternalizedBundledPluginEnabled(params: {
         origin: "bundled",
         config: normalized,
         rootConfig: params.config,
+        enabledByDefault: params.bridge.enabledByDefault,
       }).enabled
     ) {
       return true;