diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b055e8d1c4..218ad6e4b0e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Plugin skills: replace generated Windows plugin-skill directories before publishing the current skill link, avoiding repeated `EINVAL` warnings from stale non-symlink entries. Fixes #81432. (#81446) Thanks @hclsys and @vincentkoc.
 - Channels/config: treat channel entries with only `enabled: true` as configured state so plugin-backed channels can auto-enable from an explicit on switch. Fixes #81323. (#81331) Thanks @EvanYao826 and @vincentkoc.
 - CLI/update: add an update finalization path for externally swapped core runtimes, running update-time doctor repair and plugin convergence from post-doctor config and install-record state before reporting completion. Thanks @shakkernerd.
 - Agents/WebChat: stop a successful assistant turn whose stale `errorMessage` matches a billing, auth, or rate-limit pattern from rotating profiles, falling back, or surfacing a hard `FailoverError` unless the current attempt has a real failover failure. (#70900) Thanks @truffle-dev.
diff --git a/src/agents/skills/plugin-skills.test.ts b/src/agents/skills/plugin-skills.test.ts
index 73eaa340eeb..a9cf5afa9dc 100644
--- a/src/agents/skills/plugin-skills.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/skills/plugin-skills.test.ts
@@ -473,6 +473,22 @@ describe("publishPluginSkills", () => {
     expect(fsSync.readlinkSync(path.join(managedDir, "my-skill"))).toBe(dir2);
   });
 
+  it("replaces generated Windows directory entries before publishing a current skill", async () => {
+    const skillParent = await tempDirs.make("plugin-skills-");
+    const managedDir = await tempDirs.make("managed-skills-");
+
+    const dir = await writeSkillDir(skillParent, "my-skill");
+    const existingDir = path.join(managedDir, "my-skill");
+    await fs.mkdir(existingDir, { recursive: true });
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(existingDir, "stale.txt"), "stale");
+
+    withPlatform("win32", () => {
+      publishPluginSkills([dir], { pluginSkillsDir: managedDir });
+    });
+
+    expect(fsSync.readlinkSync(existingDir)).toBe(dir);
+  });
+
   it("cleans up stale symlinks whose targets still exist", async () => {
     const skillParent = await tempDirs.make("plugin-skills-");
     const managedDir = await tempDirs.make("managed-skills-");
diff --git a/src/agents/skills/plugin-skills.ts b/src/agents/skills/plugin-skills.ts
index 0a172de8c40..67376b97b66 100644
--- a/src/agents/skills/plugin-skills.ts
+++ b/src/agents/skills/plugin-skills.ts
@@ -220,11 +220,19 @@ function publishPluginSkills(skillDirs: string[], opts?: { pluginSkillsDir?: str
       // best-effort; symlink will fail below if dir is truly unusable
     }
     try {
-      const existingTarget = fs.readlinkSync(linkPath);
-      if (existingTarget === target) {
+      const existingEntry = fs.lstatSync(linkPath);
+      if (existingEntry.isSymbolicLink()) {
+        const existingTarget = fs.readlinkSync(linkPath);
+        if (existingTarget === target) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        removeGeneratedPluginSkillEntry(linkPath);
+      } else if (isGeneratedPluginSkillEntry(existingEntry)) {
+        removeGeneratedPluginSkillEntry(linkPath);
+      } else {
+        log.warn(`plugin skill entry is not a generated symlink: ${linkPath}`);
         continue;
       }
-      removeGeneratedPluginSkillEntry(linkPath);
     } catch (err) {
       if (!isNotFoundError(err)) {
         log.warn(`failed to inspect plugin skill symlink "${linkPath}": ${String(err)}`);
@@ -259,7 +267,10 @@ function publishPluginSkills(skillDirs: string[], opts?: { pluginSkillsDir?: str
   }
 }
 
-function isGeneratedPluginSkillEntry(entry: fs.Dirent): boolean {
+function isGeneratedPluginSkillEntry(
+  entry: Pick<fs.Dirent, "isDirectory" | "isSymbolicLink">,
+): boolean {
+  // Windows directory symlinks are junctions and lstat reports them as directories.
   return entry.isSymbolicLink() || (process.platform === "win32" && entry.isDirectory());
 }