refactor: reuse manifest registry for plugin id normalization

src/plugins/gateway-startup-plugin-ids.ts

@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ export function resolveConfiguredDeferredChannelPluginIdsFromRegistry(params: {
   if (configuredChannelIds.size === 0) {
     return [];
   }
-  const pluginsConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config.plugins, params.index);
+  const pluginsConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config.plugins, params.index, {
+    manifestRegistry: params.manifestRegistry,
+  });
   const activationSource = {
     plugins: pluginsConfig,
     rootConfig: params.config,
@@ -270,7 +272,9 @@ export function resolveGatewayStartupPluginIdsFromRegistry(params: {
   manifestRegistry: PluginManifestRegistry;
 }): string[] {
   const configuredChannelIds = new Set(listPotentialEnabledChannelIds(params.config, params.env));
-  const pluginsConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config.plugins, params.index);
+  const pluginsConfig = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(params.config.plugins, params.index, {
+    manifestRegistry: params.manifestRegistry,
+  });
   // Startup must classify allowlist exceptions against the raw config snapshot,
   // not the auto-enabled effective snapshot, or configured-only channels can be
   // misclassified as explicit enablement.
@@ -278,6 +282,7 @@ export function resolveGatewayStartupPluginIdsFromRegistry(params: {
   const activationSourcePlugins = normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(
     activationSourceConfig.plugins,
     params.index,
+    { manifestRegistry: params.manifestRegistry },
   );
   const activationSource = {
     plugins: activationSourcePlugins,
@@ -290,7 +295,9 @@ export function resolveGatewayStartupPluginIdsFromRegistry(params: {
   const memorySlotStartupPluginId = resolveMemorySlotStartupPluginId({
     activationSourceConfig,
     activationSourcePlugins,
-    normalizePluginId: createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(params.index),
+    normalizePluginId: createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(params.index, {
+      manifestRegistry: params.manifestRegistry,
+    }),
   });
   return params.index.plugins
     .filter((plugin) => {

src/plugins/plugin-registry-contributions.ts

@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ export type ResolveManifestContractPluginIdsByCompatibilityRuntimePathParams =
     origin?: PluginOrigin;
   };
 
+export type PluginRegistryIdNormalizerOptions = {
+  manifestRegistry?: PluginManifestRegistry;
+  lookUpTable?: PluginLookUpTable;
+};
+
 function normalizeContributionId(value: string): string {
   return value.trim();
 }
@@ -235,6 +240,7 @@ export function loadPluginManifestRegistryForPluginRegistry(
 
 export function createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(
   index: PluginRegistrySnapshot,
+  options: PluginRegistryIdNormalizerOptions = {},
 ): (pluginId: string) => string {
   const aliases = new Map<string, string>();
   for (const plugin of index.plugins) {
@@ -243,10 +249,13 @@ export function createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(
       aliases.set(normalizePluginRegistryAliasKey(pluginId), plugin.pluginId);
     }
   }
-  const registry = loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex({
-    index,
-    includeDisabled: true,
-  });
+  const registry =
+    options.lookUpTable?.manifestRegistry ??
+    options.manifestRegistry ??
+    loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex({
+      index,
+      includeDisabled: true,
+    });
   for (const plugin of [...registry.plugins].toSorted((left, right) =>
     left.id.localeCompare(right.id),
   )) {
@@ -280,8 +289,12 @@ export function createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(
 export function normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(
   config: OpenClawConfig["plugins"] | undefined,
   index: PluginRegistrySnapshot,
+  options: PluginRegistryIdNormalizerOptions = {},
 ): NormalizedPluginsConfig {
-  return normalizePluginsConfigWithResolver(config, createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(index));
+  return normalizePluginsConfigWithResolver(
+    config,
+    createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(index, options),
+  );
 }
 
 export function listPluginContributionIds(

src/plugins/plugin-registry.test.ts

@@ -300,6 +300,40 @@ describe("plugin registry facade", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("normalizes plugin config ids from a provided manifest registry without rereading manifests", () => {
+    const rootDir = makeTempDir();
+    const candidate = createCandidate(rootDir);
+    const env = hermeticEnv();
+    const index = loadPluginRegistrySnapshot({
+      candidates: [candidate],
+      env,
+      preferPersisted: false,
+    });
+    const lookUpTable = loadPluginLookUpTable({
+      config: {},
+      env,
+      index,
+    });
+    fs.unlinkSync(path.join(rootDir, "openclaw.plugin.json"));
+
+    const normalizePluginId = createPluginRegistryIdNormalizer(index, {
+      manifestRegistry: lookUpTable.manifestRegistry,
+    });
+
+    expect(normalizePluginId("demo-chat")).toBe("demo");
+    expect(
+      normalizePluginsConfigWithRegistry(
+        {
+          allow: ["demo-chat"],
+        },
+        index,
+        { manifestRegistry: lookUpTable.manifestRegistry },
+      ),
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      allow: ["demo"],
+    });
+  });
+
   it("reads the persisted registry before deriving from discovered candidates", async () => {
     const stateDir = makeTempDir();
     const rootDir = makeTempDir();