fix(plugins): keep externalized launch installs on npm

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 ### Fixes
 
 - Status: show the `openai-codex` OAuth profile for `openai/gpt-*` sessions running through the native Codex runtime instead of reporting auth as unknown. (#76197) Thanks @mbelinky.
+- Plugins/externalization: keep diagnostics ClawHub packages and persisted bundled-plugin relocation on npm-first install metadata for launch, and omit Discord from the core package now that its external package is published. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/Codex: allow the official npm Codex plugin to install without the unsafe-install override, keep `/codex` command ownership, and cover the real npm Docker live path through managed `.openclaw/npm` dependencies plus uninstall failure proof.
 
 ## 2026.5.2

extensions/diagnostics-otel/package.json

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "install": {
       "clawhubSpec": "clawhub:@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
       "npmSpec": "@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
-      "defaultChoice": "clawhub",
+      "defaultChoice": "npm",
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.4.25"
     },
     "compat": {

extensions/diagnostics-prometheus/package.json

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "install": {
       "clawhubSpec": "clawhub:@openclaw/diagnostics-prometheus",
       "npmSpec": "@openclaw/diagnostics-prometheus",
-      "defaultChoice": "clawhub",
+      "defaultChoice": "npm",
       "minHostVersion": ">=2026.4.25"
     },
     "compat": {

package.json

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "!dist/extensions/diagnostics-otel/**",
     "!dist/extensions/diagnostics-prometheus/**",
     "!dist/extensions/diffs/**",
+    "!dist/extensions/discord/**",
     "!dist/extensions/feishu/**",
     "!dist/extensions/google-meet/**",
     "!dist/extensions/googlechat/**",

src/cli/plugins-location-bridges.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { InstalledPluginIndex } from "../plugins/installed-plugin-index.js";
+import type { PluginManifestRegistry } from "../plugins/manifest-registry.js";
+
+const readPersistedInstalledPluginIndexMock = vi.fn();
+const loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndexMock = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock("../plugins/installed-plugin-index-store.js", () => ({
+  readPersistedInstalledPluginIndex: (...args: unknown[]) =>
+    readPersistedInstalledPluginIndexMock(...args),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("../plugins/manifest-registry-installed.js", () => ({
+  loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex: (...args: unknown[]) =>
+    loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndexMock(...args),
+}));
+
+const { listPersistedBundledPluginLocationBridges } = await import("./plugins-location-bridges.js");
+
+function makeIndex(record: InstalledPluginIndex["plugins"][number]): InstalledPluginIndex {
+  return {
+    version: 1,
+    hostContractVersion: "2026.5.2",
+    compatRegistryVersion: "test",
+    migrationVersion: 1,
+    policyHash: "test",
+    generatedAtMs: 1,
+    refreshReason: "test",
+    installRecords: {},
+    plugins: [record],
+  };
+}
+
+function makeRegistry(pluginId: string): PluginManifestRegistry {
+  return {
+    plugins: [
+      {
+        id: pluginId,
+        name: pluginId,
+        rootDir: `/app/dist/extensions/${pluginId}`,
+        source: `/app/dist/extensions/${pluginId}/index.js`,
+        origin: "bundled",
+        channels: [pluginId],
+        providers: [],
+        cliBackends: [],
+        syntheticAuthRefs: [],
+        nonSecretAuthMarkers: [],
+        skills: [],
+        settingsFiles: [],
+        hooks: [],
+        configContracts: [],
+        activation: {},
+        startup: {},
+        packageInstall: {
+          clawhubSpec: `clawhub:@openclaw/${pluginId}`,
+          npmSpec: `@openclaw/${pluginId}`,
+          defaultChoice: "clawhub",
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+    diagnostics: [],
+  } as unknown as PluginManifestRegistry;
+}
+
+describe("listPersistedBundledPluginLocationBridges", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    readPersistedInstalledPluginIndexMock.mockReset();
+    loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndexMock.mockReset();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps persisted bundled relocations npm-first for launch", async () => {
+    readPersistedInstalledPluginIndexMock.mockResolvedValue(
+      makeIndex({
+        pluginId: "diagnostics-otel",
+        manifestPath: "/app/dist/extensions/diagnostics-otel/openclaw.plugin.json",
+        manifestHash: "hash",
+        source: "/app/dist/extensions/diagnostics-otel/index.js",
+        rootDir: "/app/dist/extensions/diagnostics-otel",
+        origin: "bundled",
+        enabled: true,
+        startup: {},
+        compat: [],
+        packageInstall: {
+          defaultChoice: "clawhub",
+          clawhub: {
+            spec: "clawhub:@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
+            packageName: "@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
+            exactVersion: false,
+          },
+          npm: {
+            spec: "@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
+            packageName: "@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
+            selectorKind: "none",
+            exactVersion: false,
+            pinState: "floating-without-integrity",
+          },
+          warnings: [],
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+    loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndexMock.mockReturnValue(
+      makeRegistry("diagnostics-otel"),
+    );
+
+    await expect(listPersistedBundledPluginLocationBridges({})).resolves.toEqual([
+      {
+        bundledPluginId: "diagnostics-otel",
+        pluginId: "diagnostics-otel",
+        preferredSource: "npm",
+        npmSpec: "@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
+        channelIds: ["diagnostics-otel"],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not create a relocation bridge without npm metadata", async () => {
+    readPersistedInstalledPluginIndexMock.mockResolvedValue(
+      makeIndex({
+        pluginId: "diagnostics-otel",
+        manifestPath: "/app/dist/extensions/diagnostics-otel/openclaw.plugin.json",
+        manifestHash: "hash",
+        source: "/app/dist/extensions/diagnostics-otel/index.js",
+        rootDir: "/app/dist/extensions/diagnostics-otel",
+        origin: "bundled",
+        enabled: true,
+        startup: {},
+        compat: [],
+        packageInstall: {
+          defaultChoice: "clawhub",
+          clawhub: {
+            spec: "clawhub:@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
+            packageName: "@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
+            exactVersion: false,
+          },
+          warnings: [],
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+    loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndexMock.mockReturnValue(
+      makeRegistry("diagnostics-otel"),
+    );
+
+    await expect(listPersistedBundledPluginLocationBridges({})).resolves.toEqual([]);
+  });
+});

test/plugin-clawhub-release.test.ts

@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ describe("collectClawHubPublishablePluginPackages", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("OpenClaw ClawHub-preferred plugin metadata", () => {
-  const clawHubPreferredPlugins = [
+describe("OpenClaw dual-published plugin metadata", () => {
+  const dualPublishedPlugins = [
     {
       extensionId: "diagnostics-otel",
       packageName: "@openclaw/diagnostics-otel",
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe("OpenClaw ClawHub-preferred plugin metadata", () => {
   ] as const;
 
   it("keeps diagnostics plugins selectable through both ClawHub and npm release paths", () => {
-    const packageNames = clawHubPreferredPlugins.map((plugin) => plugin.packageName);
+    const packageNames = dualPublishedPlugins.map((plugin) => plugin.packageName);
     const clawHubPublishable = collectClawHubPublishablePluginPackages(undefined, {
       packageNames,
     });
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ describe("OpenClaw ClawHub-preferred plugin metadata", () => {
     expect(clawHubPublishable.map((plugin) => plugin.packageName)).toEqual(packageNames);
     expect(npmPublishable.map((plugin) => plugin.packageName)).toEqual(packageNames);
 
-    for (const plugin of clawHubPreferredPlugins) {
+    for (const plugin of dualPublishedPlugins) {
       const packageJson = JSON.parse(
         readFileSync(`extensions/${plugin.extensionId}/package.json`, "utf8"),
       ) as {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe("OpenClaw ClawHub-preferred plugin metadata", () => {
 
       expect(packageJson.openclaw?.install).toMatchObject({
         clawhubSpec: `clawhub:${plugin.packageName}`,
-        defaultChoice: "clawhub",
+        defaultChoice: "npm",
         npmSpec: plugin.packageName,
       });
       expect(packageJson.openclaw?.release).toMatchObject({