fix(plugins): make Matrix recovery paths tolerate stale plugin config (#52899)

src/plugins/runtime/index.test.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { onAgentEvent } from "../../infra/agent-events.js";
 import { requestHeartbeatNow } from "../../infra/heartbeat-wake.js";
 import * as execModule from "../../process/exec.js";
 import { onSessionTranscriptUpdate } from "../../sessions/transcript-events.js";
+import { VERSION } from "../../version.js";
 import {
   clearGatewaySubagentRuntime,
   createPluginRuntime,
@@ -141,4 +142,9 @@ describe("plugin runtime command execution", () => {
     });
     expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ sessionKey: "s-2", message: "hello" });
   });
+
+  it("exposes runtime.version from the shared VERSION constant", () => {
+    const runtime = createPluginRuntime();
+    expect(runtime.version).toBe(VERSION);
+  });
 });

src/plugins/runtime/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import { resolveStateDir } from "../../config/paths.js";
 import {
   listRuntimeImageGenerationProviders,
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   createLazyRuntimeMethodBinder,
   createLazyRuntimeModule,
 } from "../../shared/lazy-runtime.js";
+import { VERSION } from "../../version.js";
 import { listWebSearchProviders, runWebSearch } from "../../web-search/runtime.js";
 import { createRuntimeAgent } from "./runtime-agent.js";
 import { createRuntimeChannel } from "./runtime-channel.js";
@@ -96,23 +96,6 @@ function createRuntimeModelAuth(): PluginRuntime["modelAuth"] {
   };
 }
 
-let cachedVersion: string | null = null;
-
-function resolveVersion(): string {
-  if (cachedVersion) {
-    return cachedVersion;
-  }
-  try {
-    const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-    const pkg = require("../../../package.json") as { version?: string };
-    cachedVersion = pkg.version ?? "unknown";
-    return cachedVersion;
-  } catch {
-    cachedVersion = "unknown";
-    return cachedVersion;
-  }
-}
-
 function createUnavailableSubagentRuntime(): PluginRuntime["subagent"] {
   const unavailable = () => {
     throw new Error("Plugin runtime subagent methods are only available during a gateway request.");
@@ -201,7 +184,7 @@ export type CreatePluginRuntimeOptions = {
 export function createPluginRuntime(_options: CreatePluginRuntimeOptions = {}): PluginRuntime {
   const mediaUnderstanding = createRuntimeMediaUnderstandingFacade();
   const runtime = {
-    version: resolveVersion(),
+    version: VERSION,
     config: createRuntimeConfig(),
     agent: createRuntimeAgent(),
     subagent: createLateBindingSubagent(