diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/bundled-plugin-staging.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/bundled-plugin-staging.ts
index 27d33c82757..a605a2771ef 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/bundled-plugin-staging.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/bundled-plugin-staging.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
+import { existsSync, readdirSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import type { ModelProviderConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-model-shared";
@@ -76,16 +76,20 @@ export function resolveQaBundledPluginSourceDir(params: { repoRoot: string; plug
     path.join(params.repoRoot, "extensions", params.pluginId),
   ];
   const existingCandidates = candidates.filter((candidate) => existsSync(candidate));
-  if (existingCandidates.length === 0) {
+  const manifestCandidates = findQaBundledPluginDirsByManifestId(params);
+  const allCandidates = [...existingCandidates, ...manifestCandidates].filter(
+    (candidate, index, all) => all.indexOf(candidate) === index,
+  );
+  if (allCandidates.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
-  const cliMetadataCandidate = existingCandidates.find((candidate) =>
+  const cliMetadataCandidate = allCandidates.find((candidate) =>
     QA_CLI_METADATA_ENTRY_BASENAMES.some((basename) => existsSync(path.join(candidate, basename))),
   );
   if (cliMetadataCandidate) {
     return cliMetadataCandidate;
   }
-  return existingCandidates[0] ?? null;
+  return allCandidates[0] ?? null;
 }
 
 function resolveQaBundledPluginScanRoots(repoRoot: string) {
@@ -96,6 +100,37 @@ function resolveQaBundledPluginScanRoots(repoRoot: string) {
   ].filter((candidate, index, all) => existsSync(candidate) && all.indexOf(candidate) === index);
 }
 
+function readQaBundledManifestId(manifestPath: string): string | null {
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(readFileSync(manifestPath, "utf8")) as { id?: unknown };
+    return typeof parsed.id === "string" ? parsed.id.trim() || null : null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function findQaBundledPluginDirsByManifestId(params: {
+  repoRoot: string;
+  pluginId: string;
+}): string[] {
+  const candidates: string[] = [];
+  for (const sourceRoot of resolveQaBundledPluginScanRoots(params.repoRoot)) {
+    for (const entry of readdirSync(sourceRoot, { withFileTypes: true }).toSorted((left, right) =>
+      left.name.localeCompare(right.name),
+    )) {
+      if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const candidate = path.join(sourceRoot, entry.name);
+      const manifestId = readQaBundledManifestId(path.join(candidate, "openclaw.plugin.json"));
+      if (manifestId === params.pluginId) {
+        candidates.push(candidate);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return candidates;
+}
+
 export async function resolveQaOwnerPluginIdsForProviderIds(params: {
   repoRoot: string;
   providerIds: readonly string[];
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.test.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.test.ts
index e250ec5970f..3261dde31f7 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.test.ts
@@ -791,6 +791,33 @@ describe("qa bundled plugin dir", () => {
     ).toBe(path.join(repoRoot, "extensions", "qa-channel"));
   });
 
+  it("resolves bundled plugins by manifest id when the directory name differs", async () => {
+    const repoRoot = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "qa-bundled-manifest-id-root-"));
+    cleanups.push(async () => {
+      await rm(repoRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    });
+    await mkdir(path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "extensions", "kimi-coding"), {
+      recursive: true,
+    });
+    await writeFile(
+      path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "extensions", "kimi-coding", "openclaw.plugin.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ id: "kimi", providers: ["kimi"] }),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    await writeFile(
+      path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "extensions", "kimi-coding", "package.json"),
+      "{}",
+      "utf8",
+    );
+
+    expect(
+      __testing.resolveQaBundledPluginSourceDir({
+        repoRoot,
+        pluginId: "kimi",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(path.join(repoRoot, "dist", "extensions", "kimi-coding"));
+  });
+
   it("uses a source bundled plugin when the built copy is missing CLI metadata", async () => {
     const repoRoot = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "qa-bundled-cli-metadata-root-"));
     cleanups.push(async () => {
diff --git a/scripts/lib/plugin-gateway-gauntlet.mjs b/scripts/lib/plugin-gateway-gauntlet.mjs
index 7659a562ff4..2910aeb1749 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/plugin-gateway-gauntlet.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/plugin-gateway-gauntlet.mjs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import JSON5 from "json5";
+import { collectBundledPluginBuildEntries } from "./bundled-plugin-build-entries.mjs";
 
 const MANIFEST_NAMES = ["openclaw.plugin.json", "openclaw.plugin.json5"];
 
@@ -142,9 +143,13 @@ function buildPluginMatrixEntry(params) {
 
 function discoverBundledPluginManifests(repoRoot) {
   const extensionsDir = path.join(repoRoot, "extensions");
+  const buildEntryDirs = new Set(
+    collectBundledPluginBuildEntries({ cwd: repoRoot }).map((entry) => entry.id),
+  );
   const entries = fs
     .readdirSync(extensionsDir, { withFileTypes: true })
     .filter((entry) => entry.isDirectory())
+    .filter((entry) => buildEntryDirs.has(entry.name))
     .flatMap((entry) => {
       const pluginDir = path.join(extensionsDir, entry.name);
       const manifestName = MANIFEST_NAMES.find((name) => fs.existsSync(path.join(pluginDir, name)));
diff --git a/test/scripts/plugin-gateway-gauntlet.test.ts b/test/scripts/plugin-gateway-gauntlet.test.ts
index f241b964d62..95dd008625a 100644
--- a/test/scripts/plugin-gateway-gauntlet.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/plugin-gateway-gauntlet.test.ts
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ describe("plugin gateway gauntlet helpers", () => {
     );
     await writeManifest(
       "beta",
-      "openclaw.plugin.json5",
-      `{ id: "beta", commandAliases: ["dreaming"], onboardingScopes: ["memory"] }`,
+      "openclaw.plugin.json",
+      JSON.stringify({ id: "beta", commandAliases: ["dreaming"], onboardingScopes: ["memory"] }),
     );
 
     const matrix = discoverBundledPluginManifests(repoRoot);
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ describe("plugin gateway gauntlet helpers", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("skips source-only plugin dirs that are excluded from the built runtime", async () => {
+    await writeManifest("qqbot", "openclaw.plugin.json", JSON.stringify({ id: "qqbot" }));
+    await writeManifest("telegram", "openclaw.plugin.json", JSON.stringify({ id: "telegram" }));
+
+    const matrix = discoverBundledPluginManifests(repoRoot);
+
+    expect(matrix.map((entry) => entry.id)).toEqual(["telegram"]);
+  });
+
   it("selects plugin shards after explicit id filtering", () => {
     const entries = ["a", "b", "c", "d"].map((id) => ({ id }));