fix: keep static provider entries out of live discovery

src/plugins/provider-discovery.runtime.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { PluginManifestRecord } from "./manifest-registry.js";
+import type { ProviderPlugin } from "./types.js";
+
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  loadPluginManifestRegistry: vi.fn(),
+  resolveDiscoveredProviderPluginIds: vi.fn(),
+  resolvePluginProviders: vi.fn(),
+  loadSource: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./manifest-registry.js", () => ({
+  loadPluginManifestRegistry: mocks.loadPluginManifestRegistry,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./providers.js", () => ({
+  resolveDiscoveredProviderPluginIds: mocks.resolveDiscoveredProviderPluginIds,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./providers.runtime.js", () => ({
+  resolvePluginProviders: mocks.resolvePluginProviders,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("./source-loader.js", () => ({
+  createPluginSourceLoader: () => mocks.loadSource,
+}));
+
+import { resolvePluginDiscoveryProvidersRuntime } from "./provider-discovery.runtime.js";
+
+function createManifestPlugin(id: string): PluginManifestRecord {
+  return {
+    id,
+    enabledByDefault: true,
+    channels: [],
+    providers: [id],
+    cliBackends: [],
+    skills: [],
+    hooks: [],
+    origin: "bundled",
+    rootDir: `/tmp/${id}`,
+    source: "bundled",
+    manifestPath: `/tmp/${id}/openclaw.plugin.json`,
+    providerDiscoverySource: `/tmp/${id}/provider-discovery.ts`,
+  };
+}
+
+function createProvider(params: { id: string; mode: "static" | "catalog" }): ProviderPlugin {
+  const hook = {
+    run: async () => ({
+      provider: {
+        baseUrl: "https://example.test/v1",
+        models: [],
+      },
+    }),
+  };
+  return {
+    id: params.id,
+    label: params.id,
+    auth: [],
+    ...(params.mode === "static" ? { staticCatalog: hook } : { catalog: hook }),
+  };
+}
+
+describe("resolvePluginDiscoveryProvidersRuntime", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    mocks.resolveDiscoveredProviderPluginIds.mockReturnValue(["deepseek"]);
+    mocks.loadPluginManifestRegistry.mockReturnValue({
+      plugins: [createManifestPlugin("deepseek")],
+      diagnostics: [],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to full provider plugins when discovery entries only expose static catalogs", () => {
+    const fullProvider = createProvider({ id: "deepseek", mode: "catalog" });
+    mocks.loadSource.mockReturnValue(createProvider({ id: "deepseek", mode: "static" }));
+    mocks.resolvePluginProviders.mockReturnValue([fullProvider]);
+
+    expect(resolvePluginDiscoveryProvidersRuntime({})).toEqual([fullProvider]);
+    expect(mocks.resolvePluginProviders).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        bundledProviderAllowlistCompat: true,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("returns static-only discovery entries for callers that explicitly request them", () => {
+    const staticProvider = createProvider({ id: "deepseek", mode: "static" });
+    mocks.loadSource.mockReturnValue(staticProvider);
+
+    expect(resolvePluginDiscoveryProvidersRuntime({ discoveryEntriesOnly: true })).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: "deepseek",
+        pluginId: "deepseek",
+        staticCatalog: staticProvider.staticCatalog,
+      }),
+    ]);
+    expect(mocks.resolvePluginProviders).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

src/plugins/provider-discovery.runtime.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ function normalizeDiscoveryModule(value: ProviderDiscoveryModule): ProviderPlugi
   return [];
 }
 
+function hasLiveProviderDiscoveryHook(provider: ProviderPlugin): boolean {
+  return (
+    typeof provider.catalog?.run === "function" || typeof provider.discovery?.run === "function"
+  );
+}
+
 function resolveProviderDiscoveryEntryPlugins(params: {
   config?: OpenClawConfig;
   workspaceDir?: string;
@@ -86,11 +92,12 @@ export function resolvePluginDiscoveryProvidersRuntime(params: {
   discoveryEntriesOnly?: boolean;
 }): ProviderPlugin[] {
   const entryProviders = resolveProviderDiscoveryEntryPlugins(params);
-  if (entryProviders.length > 0) {
+  if (params.discoveryEntriesOnly === true) {
     return entryProviders;
   }
-  if (params.discoveryEntriesOnly === true) {
-    return [];
+  const liveEntryProviders = entryProviders.filter(hasLiveProviderDiscoveryHook);
+  if (liveEntryProviders.length > 0) {
+    return liveEntryProviders;
   }
   return resolvePluginProviders({
     ...params,