diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0cf4a42a2c..7d02aca5d79 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Channels/onboarding: map third-party official WeCom and Yuanbao catalog entries to their published plugin ids so npm installs pass expected-plugin validation. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugin SDK: restore the Mattermost and Matrix compatibility subpaths used by the pinned Yuanbao channel package so external installs can module-load after npm install. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/install: keep managed npm-root security scans from treating earlier plugin `openclaw` peer links as failures, so one external plugin install cannot poison later official npm installs. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Memory LanceDB: allow installed-but-unconfigured plugin metadata to load so onboarding and setup flows can prompt for embedding config instead of failing the plugin registry first. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - CLI/plugins: keep `plugins enable` and `plugins disable` from creating unconfigured channel config sections, so channel plugins with required setup fields no longer fail validation during lifecycle probes. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Agents/sessions: keep delayed `sessions_send` A2A replies alive after soft wait-window timeouts, while preserving terminal run timeouts and avoiding stale target replies in requester sessions. Fixes #76443. Thanks @ryswork1993 and @vincentkoc.
 - CLI/sessions: keep intentional empty agent replies silent after tool-delivered channel output, instead of surfacing a misleading "No reply from agent." fallback. Thanks @vincentkoc.
diff --git a/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.test.ts b/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.test.ts
index 8c4f007f1bd..deac1469632 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/memory-lancedb/config.test.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ describe("memory-lancedb config", () => {
     }).toThrow("embedding config must include at least one setting");
   });
 
+  it("allows missing embedding config in the manifest so setup can discover fields", () => {
+    const manifestResult = validateJsonSchemaValue({
+      schema: manifest.configSchema,
+      cacheKey: "memory-lancedb.manifest.missing-embedding",
+      value: {},
+    });
+
+    expect(manifestResult.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(() => {
+      memoryConfigSchema.parse({});
+    }).toThrow("embedding config required");
+  });
+
   it("rejects empty embedding providers", () => {
     expect(() => {
       memoryConfigSchema.parse({
diff --git a/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json b/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
index 051ce1edb7b..f1723fa1793 100644
--- a/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
+++ b/extensions/memory-lancedb/openclaw.plugin.json
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@
           "type": "string"
         }
       }
-    },
-    "required": ["embedding"]
+    }
   }
 }