fix(plugins): dedupe manifest diagnostics

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Doctor/Telegram: warn when selected Telegram quote replies can suppress `streaming.preview.toolProgress`, and document the `replyToMode` trade-off without changing runtime delivery. Fixes #73487. Thanks @GodsBoy.
 - Channels/Discord: send a best-effort native typing cue immediately after an inbound DM is accepted, so slow pre-dispatch turns show Discord liveness before queueing, context assembly, model, or tool work starts. Fixes #76417. Thanks @mlopez14.
 - Plugins/install: reject source-only TypeScript package installs and installed plugin packages that are missing compiled runtime output, so broken npm artifacts fail at install/discovery time instead of falling through jiti and surfacing later as unavailable providers. Fixes #76720.
+- Plugins/config: deduplicate identical manifest compatibility diagnostics when an explicitly configured plugin overrides another discovered candidate, so external channel plugins do not print the same missing `channelConfigs` warning repeatedly during install and enable. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Discord/status: honor explicit `messages.statusReactions.enabled: true` in tool-only guild channels so queued ack reactions can progress through thinking/done lifecycle reactions instead of stopping at the initial emoji. Thanks @Marvinthebored.
 - Discord/native commands: compare Discord-normalized slash-command descriptions and localized descriptions during reconcile so CJK or multiline command text no longer triggers redundant startup PATCH bursts and rate-limit 429s. Fixes #76587. Thanks @zhengsx.
 - Agents/OpenAI: omit Chat Completions `reasoning_effort` for `gpt-5.4-mini` only when function tools are present while preserving tool-free Chat and Responses reasoning support, preventing Telegram-routed fallback runs from hanging after OpenAI rejects tool payloads. Fixes #76176. Thanks @ThisIsAdilah and @chinar-amrutkar.

src/plugins/manifest-registry.test.ts

@@ -400,6 +400,36 @@ describe("loadPluginManifestRegistry", () => {
     expect(warning?.message).toContain(path.join(configDir, "index.ts"));
   });
 
+  it("deduplicates compatibility diagnostics when a config plugin replaces a global candidate", () => {
+    const globalDir = makeTempDir();
+    const configDir = makeTempDir();
+    const manifest = {
+      id: "external-chat",
+      channels: ["external-chat"],
+      configSchema: { type: "object" },
+    };
+    writeManifest(globalDir, manifest);
+    writeManifest(configDir, manifest);
+
+    const registry = loadRegistry([
+      createPluginCandidate({
+        idHint: "external-chat",
+        rootDir: globalDir,
+        origin: "global",
+      }),
+      createPluginCandidate({
+        idHint: "external-chat",
+        rootDir: configDir,
+        origin: "config",
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    const channelConfigWarnings = registry.diagnostics.filter((diagnostic) =>
+      diagnostic.message.includes("without channelConfigs metadata"),
+    );
+    expect(channelConfigWarnings).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
   it("suppresses duplicate warnings for explicit installed globals overriding bundled plugins", () => {
     const bundledDir = makeTempDir();
     const globalDir = makeTempDir();

src/plugins/manifest-registry.ts

@@ -490,6 +490,20 @@ function pushManifestCompatibilityDiagnostics(params: {
   pushNonBundledChannelConfigDescriptorDiagnostic(params);
 }
 
+function dedupePluginDiagnostics(diagnostics: PluginDiagnostic[]): PluginDiagnostic[] {
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  const deduped: PluginDiagnostic[] = [];
+  for (const diagnostic of diagnostics) {
+    const key = JSON.stringify([diagnostic.level, diagnostic.pluginId ?? "", diagnostic.message]);
+    if (seen.has(key)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    seen.add(key);
+    deduped.push(diagnostic);
+  }
+  return deduped;
+}
+
 function matchesInstalledPluginRecord(params: {
   pluginId: string;
   candidate: PluginCandidate;
@@ -786,6 +800,6 @@ export function loadPluginManifestRegistry(
     pushManifestCompatibilityDiagnostics({ record, diagnostics });
   }
 
-  const registry = { plugins: records, diagnostics };
+  const registry = { plugins: records, diagnostics: dedupePluginDiagnostics(diagnostics) };
   return registry;
 }