fix(plugins): resolve bundled channel doctor metadata from package root

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Windows/native: keep CLI startup and bundled provider plugin loading off
   Windows ESM raw-path failure paths, fixing native onboarding/install smoke on
   Node 24. Thanks @steipete.
+- Plugins/doctor: read bundled channel doctor capabilities through the same
+  packaged plugin directory resolver used by plugin loading, so published
+  installs keep Matrix DM allowlist repairs on `channels.matrix.dm.*` instead
+  of writing invalid top-level `dmPolicy` keys. Fixes #71757.
 - Providers/Google: transcode Gemini TTS PCM to Opus for voice-note targets so
   WhatsApp and other native voice-note replies can play as voice messages.
 - Plugins/runtime deps: reuse existing external bundled-plugin stage roots when

src/plugins/bundled-package-channel-metadata.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { cleanupTempDirs, makeTempRepoRoot, writeJsonFile } from "../../test/helpers/temp-repo.js";
+
+vi.mock("./bundled-dir.js", () => ({
+  resolveBundledPluginsDir: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+import { resolveBundledPluginsDir } from "./bundled-dir.js";
+import { findBundledPackageChannelMetadata } from "./bundled-package-channel-metadata.js";
+
+const tempDirs: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  cleanupTempDirs(tempDirs);
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  vi.mocked(resolveBundledPluginsDir).mockReset();
+});
+
+describe("bundled package channel metadata", () => {
+  it("reads doctor capabilities from the resolved bundled plugin dir", () => {
+    const root = makeTempRepoRoot(tempDirs, "bpcm-");
+    const extensionsRoot = path.join(root, "dist", "extensions");
+    writeJsonFile(path.join(extensionsRoot, "matrix", "package.json"), {
+      name: "@openclaw/matrix",
+      openclaw: {
+        channel: {
+          id: "matrix",
+          label: "Matrix",
+          docsPath: "/channels/matrix",
+          doctorCapabilities: {
+            dmAllowFromMode: "nestedOnly",
+            groupModel: "sender",
+            groupAllowFromFallbackToAllowFrom: false,
+            warnOnEmptyGroupSenderAllowlist: true,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    vi.mocked(resolveBundledPluginsDir).mockReturnValue(extensionsRoot);
+
+    const matrix = findBundledPackageChannelMetadata("matrix");
+
+    expect(matrix?.doctorCapabilities).toEqual({
+      dmAllowFromMode: "nestedOnly",
+      groupModel: "sender",
+      groupAllowFromFallbackToAllowFrom: false,
+      warnOnEmptyGroupSenderAllowlist: true,
+    });
+  });
+});

src/plugins/bundled-package-channel-metadata.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
-import { resolveBundledPluginScanDir } from "./bundled-plugin-scan.js";
+import { resolveBundledPluginsDir } from "./bundled-dir.js";
 import {
   getPackageManifestMetadata,
   type PackageManifest,
   type PluginPackageChannel,
 } from "./manifest.js";
 
-const PACKAGE_ROOT = fileURLToPath(new URL("../..", import.meta.url));
-const CURRENT_MODULE_PATH = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-const RUNNING_FROM_BUILT_ARTIFACT =
-  CURRENT_MODULE_PATH.includes(`${path.sep}dist${path.sep}`) ||
-  CURRENT_MODULE_PATH.includes(`${path.sep}dist-runtime${path.sep}`);
-
 let bundledPackageChannelMetadataCache: readonly PluginPackageChannel[] | undefined;
 
 function readPackageManifest(pluginDir: string): PackageManifest | undefined {
@@ -32,10 +25,7 @@ export function listBundledPackageChannelMetadata(): readonly PluginPackageChann
   if (bundledPackageChannelMetadataCache) {
     return bundledPackageChannelMetadataCache;
   }
-  const scanDir = resolveBundledPluginScanDir({
-    packageRoot: PACKAGE_ROOT,
-    runningFromBuiltArtifact: RUNNING_FROM_BUILT_ARTIFACT,
-  });
+  const scanDir = resolveBundledPluginsDir();
   if (!scanDir || !fs.existsSync(scanDir)) {
     bundledPackageChannelMetadataCache = [];
     return bundledPackageChannelMetadataCache;