fix(plugins): log runtime deps staging progress

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- Plugins/runtime deps: log bundled plugin runtime-dependency staging before synchronous npm installs start and include elapsed timing afterward, so first boot after upgrades no longer looks hung while dependencies are being repaired.
 - Agents/failover: forward embedded run abort signals into provider-owned model streams, cap implicit LLM idle watchdogs below long run timeouts, and mark 429 responses without usable retry timing as non-retryable so GitHub Copilot rate limits fail over or surface promptly instead of hanging until run timeout. Fixes #71120.
 - Plugins/Google Meet: make meeting creation join by default, with an explicit URL-only opt-out, so agents that create a Meet also enter it.
 - Telegram/polling: persist accepted update offsets before long-running handlers complete so poller restarts do not replay already-ingested updates, while keeping same-process retries for handler failures.

src/plugins/loader.test.ts

@@ -939,9 +939,16 @@ module.exports = {
       "utf-8",
     );
     const installedSpecs: string[] = [];
+    const logger = {
+      info: vi.fn(),
+      warn: vi.fn(),
+      error: vi.fn(),
+      debug: vi.fn(),
+    };
 
     const registry = loadOpenClawPlugins({
       cache: false,
+      logger,
       config: {
         plugins: {
           enabled: true,
@@ -953,6 +960,9 @@ module.exports = {
         },
       },
       bundledRuntimeDepsInstaller: ({ installRoot, missingSpecs }) => {
+        expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+          "[plugins] discord staging bundled runtime deps (1 missing, 1 install specs): discord-runtime@1.0.0",
+        );
         installedSpecs.push(...missingSpecs);
         expect(fs.realpathSync(installRoot)).toBe(fs.realpathSync(plugin.dir));
         fs.mkdirSync(path.join(installRoot, "node_modules", "discord-runtime"), {
@@ -968,6 +978,11 @@ module.exports = {
 
     expect(installedSpecs).toEqual(["discord-runtime@1.0.0"]);
     expect(registry.plugins.find((entry) => entry.id === "discord")?.status).toBe("loaded");
+    expect(logger.info).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringMatching(
+        /^\[plugins\] discord installed bundled runtime deps in \d+ms: discord-runtime@1\.0\.0$/u,
+      ),
+    );
   });
 
   it("keeps bundled runtime dep install logs off non-activating loads", () => {
@@ -1040,6 +1055,9 @@ module.exports = {
     expect(logger.info).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       "[plugins] discord installed bundled runtime deps: discord-runtime@1.0.0",
     );
+    expect(logger.info).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "[plugins] discord staging bundled runtime deps (1 missing, 1 install specs): discord-runtime@1.0.0",
+    );
   });
 
   it("does not repair disabled bundled plugin runtime deps", () => {

src/plugins/loader.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import { buildPluginApi } from "./api-builder.js";
 import { inspectBundleMcpRuntimeSupport } from "./bundle-mcp.js";
 import {
   ensureBundledPluginRuntimeDeps,
+  installBundledRuntimeDeps,
   resolveBundledRuntimeDependencyInstallRoot,
   type BundledRuntimeDepsInstallParams,
 } from "./bundled-runtime-deps.js";
@@ -2325,6 +2326,8 @@ export function loadOpenClawPlugins(options: PluginLoadOptions = {}): PluginRegi
         candidate.origin === "bundled" &&
         enableState.enabled
       ) {
+        let runtimeDepsInstallStartedAt: number | null = null;
+        let runtimeDepsInstallSpecs: string[] = [];
         try {
           const installRoot = resolveBundledRuntimeDependencyInstallRoot(pluginRoot, { env });
           const retainSpecs = bundledRuntimeDepsRetainSpecsByInstallRoot.get(installRoot) ?? [];
@@ -2334,7 +2337,26 @@ export function loadOpenClawPlugins(options: PluginLoadOptions = {}): PluginRegi
             env,
             config: cfg,
             retainSpecs,
-            installDeps: options.bundledRuntimeDepsInstaller,
+            installDeps: (installParams) => {
+              const installSpecs = installParams.installSpecs ?? installParams.missingSpecs;
+              runtimeDepsInstallStartedAt = Date.now();
+              runtimeDepsInstallSpecs = installParams.missingSpecs;
+              if (shouldActivate) {
+                logger.info(
+                  `[plugins] ${record.id} staging bundled runtime deps (${installParams.missingSpecs.length} missing, ${installSpecs.length} install specs): ${installParams.missingSpecs.join(", ")}`,
+                );
+              }
+              const installer =
+                options.bundledRuntimeDepsInstaller ??
+                ((params: BundledRuntimeDepsInstallParams) =>
+                  installBundledRuntimeDeps({
+                    installRoot: params.installRoot,
+                    installExecutionRoot: params.installExecutionRoot,
+                    missingSpecs: params.installSpecs ?? params.missingSpecs,
+                    env,
+                  }));
+              installer(installParams);
+            },
           });
           if (depsInstallResult.installedSpecs.length > 0) {
             bundledRuntimeDepsRetainSpecsByInstallRoot.set(
@@ -2344,8 +2366,12 @@ export function loadOpenClawPlugins(options: PluginLoadOptions = {}): PluginRegi
               ),
             );
             if (shouldActivate) {
+              const elapsed =
+                runtimeDepsInstallStartedAt === null
+                  ? ""
+                  : ` in ${Date.now() - runtimeDepsInstallStartedAt}ms`;
               logger.info(
-                `[plugins] ${record.id} installed bundled runtime deps: ${depsInstallResult.installedSpecs.join(", ")}`,
+                `[plugins] ${record.id} installed bundled runtime deps${elapsed}: ${depsInstallResult.installedSpecs.join(", ")}`,
               );
             }
           }
@@ -2371,6 +2397,11 @@ export function loadOpenClawPlugins(options: PluginLoadOptions = {}): PluginRegi
             ensureOpenClawPluginSdkAlias(path.dirname(path.dirname(pluginRoot)));
           }
         } catch (error) {
+          if (shouldActivate && runtimeDepsInstallStartedAt !== null) {
+            logger.error(
+              `[plugins] ${record.id} failed to stage bundled runtime deps after ${Date.now() - runtimeDepsInstallStartedAt}ms: ${runtimeDepsInstallSpecs.join(", ")}`,
+            );
+          }
           pushPluginLoadError(`failed to install bundled runtime deps: ${String(error)}`);
           continue;
         }