Gateway: lazily resolve channel runtime

src/gateway/server.impl.ts

@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ const logDiscovery = log.child("discovery");
 const logTailscale = log.child("tailscale");
 const logChannels = log.child("channels");
 const logBrowser = log.child("browser");
+
+let cachedChannelRuntime: ReturnType<typeof createPluginRuntime>["channel"] | null = null;
+
+function getChannelRuntime() {
+  cachedChannelRuntime ??= createPluginRuntime().channel;
+  return cachedChannelRuntime;
+}
 const logHealth = log.child("health");
 const logCron = log.child("cron");
 const logReload = log.child("reload");
@@ -575,7 +582,7 @@ export async function startGatewayServer(
     loadConfig,
     channelLogs,
     channelRuntimeEnvs,
-    channelRuntime: createPluginRuntime().channel,
+    resolveChannelRuntime: getChannelRuntime,
   });
   const getReadiness = createReadinessChecker({
     channelManager,