fix: share agent harness runtime activation (#67474)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Extensions/lmstudio: add exponential backoff to the inference-preload wrapper so an LM Studio model-load failure (for example the built-in memory guardrail rejecting a load because the swap is saturated) no longer produces a WARN line every ~2s for every chat request. The wrapper now records consecutive preload failures per `(baseUrl, modelKey, contextLength)` tuple with a 5s → 10s → 20s → … → 5min cooldown and skips the preload step entirely while a cooldown is active, letting chat requests proceed directly to the stream (the model is often already loaded via the LM Studio UI). The combined `preload failed` log line now reports consecutive-failure count and remaining cooldown so operators can act on the real issue instead of drowning in repeated warnings. (#67401) Thanks @xantorres.
 - Agents/replay: re-run tool/result pairing after strict replay tool-call ID sanitization on outbound requests so Anthropic-compatible providers like MiniMax no longer receive malformed orphan tool-result IDs such as `...toolresult1` during compaction and retry flows. (#67620) Thanks @stainlu.
 - Gateway/startup: fix spurious SIGUSR1 restart loop on Linux/systemd when plugin auto-enable is the only startup config write; the config hash guard was not captured for that write path, causing chokidar to treat each boot write as an external change and trigger a reload → restart cycle that corrupts manifest.db after repeated cycles. Fixes #67436. (#67557) thanks @openperf
+- Codex/harness: auto-enable the Codex plugin when `codex` is selected as an embedded agent harness runtime, including forced default, per-agent, and `OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME` paths. (#67474) Thanks @duqaXxX.
 - OpenAI Codex/CLI: keep resumed `codex exec resume` runs on the safe non-interactive path without reintroducing the removed dangerous bypass flag by passing the supported `--skip-git-repo-check` resume arg that real Codex CLI requires outside trusted git directories. (#67666) Thanks @plgonzalezrx8.
 - Codex/app-server: parse Desktop-originated app-server user agents such as `Codex Desktop/0.118.0`, keeping the version gate working when the Codex CLI inherits a multi-word originator. (#64666) Thanks @cyrusaf.
 - Cron/announce delivery: keep isolated announce `NO_REPLY` stripping case-insensitive across direct and text delivery, preserve structured media-only sends when a caption strips silent, and derive main-session awareness from the cleaned payloads so silent captions no longer leak stale `NO_REPLY` text. (#65016) Thanks @BKF-Gitty.

src/agents/harness-runtimes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import { normalizeOptionalLowercaseString } from "../shared/string-coerce.js";
+import { isRecord } from "../utils.js";
+
+export function collectConfiguredAgentHarnessRuntimes(
+  config: OpenClawConfig,
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+): string[] {
+  const runtimes = new Set<string>();
+  const pushRuntime = (value: unknown) => {
+    if (typeof value !== "string") {
+      return;
+    }
+    const normalized = normalizeOptionalLowercaseString(value);
+    if (!normalized || normalized === "auto" || normalized === "pi") {
+      return;
+    }
+    runtimes.add(normalized);
+  };
+
+  pushRuntime(config.agents?.defaults?.embeddedHarness?.runtime);
+  if (Array.isArray(config.agents?.list)) {
+    for (const agent of config.agents.list) {
+      if (!isRecord(agent)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      pushRuntime((agent.embeddedHarness as Record<string, unknown> | undefined)?.runtime);
+    }
+  }
+  pushRuntime(env.OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME);
+
+  return [...runtimes].toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+}

src/config/plugin-auto-enable.core.test.ts

@@ -247,6 +247,27 @@ describe("applyPluginAutoEnable core", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("auto-enables an opt-in plugin when an agent harness runtime is forced by env", () => {
+    const result = applyPluginAutoEnable({
+      config: {},
+      env: makeIsolatedEnv({ OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME: "codex" }),
+      manifestRegistry: makeRegistry([
+        {
+          id: "codex",
+          channels: [],
+          activation: {
+            onAgentHarnesses: ["codex"],
+          },
+        },
+      ]),
+    });
+
+    expect(result.config.plugins?.entries?.codex?.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.changes).toContain(
+      "codex agent harness runtime configured, enabled automatically.",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("skips auto-enable work for configs without channel or plugin-owned surfaces", () => {
     const result = applyPluginAutoEnable({
       config: {

src/config/plugin-auto-enable.shared.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { collectConfiguredAgentHarnessRuntimes } from "../agents/harness-runtimes.js";
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../agents/provider-id.js";
 import {
   hasPotentialConfiguredChannels,
@@ -99,35 +100,8 @@ function extractProviderFromModelRef(value: string): string | null {
   return normalizeProviderId(trimmed.slice(0, slash));
 }
 
-function collectEmbeddedHarnessRuntimes(cfg: OpenClawConfig, env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): string[] {
-  const runtimes = new Set<string>();
-  const pushRuntime = (value: unknown) => {
-    if (typeof value !== "string") {
-      return;
-    }
-    const normalized = normalizeOptionalLowercaseString(value);
-    if (!normalized || normalized === "auto" || normalized === "pi") {
-      return;
-    }
-    runtimes.add(normalized);
-  };
-
-  pushRuntime(cfg.agents?.defaults?.embeddedHarness?.runtime);
-  if (Array.isArray(cfg.agents?.list)) {
-    for (const agent of cfg.agents.list) {
-      if (!isRecord(agent)) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      pushRuntime((agent.embeddedHarness as Record<string, unknown> | undefined)?.runtime);
-    }
-  }
-  pushRuntime(env.OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME);
-
-  return [...runtimes].toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
-}
-
 function hasConfiguredEmbeddedHarnessRuntime(cfg: OpenClawConfig, env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): boolean {
-  return collectEmbeddedHarnessRuntimes(cfg, env).length > 0;
+  return collectConfiguredAgentHarnessRuntimes(cfg, env).length > 0;
 }
 
 function resolveAgentHarnessOwnerPluginIds(
@@ -490,7 +464,7 @@ export function resolveConfiguredPluginAutoEnableCandidates(params: {
     }
   }
 
-  for (const runtime of collectEmbeddedHarnessRuntimes(params.config, params.env)) {
+  for (const runtime of collectConfiguredAgentHarnessRuntimes(params.config, params.env)) {
     const pluginIds = resolveAgentHarnessOwnerPluginIds(params.registry, runtime);
     for (const pluginId of pluginIds) {
       changes.push({

src/plugins/channel-plugin-ids.test.ts

@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ function createManifestRegistryFixture() {
 function expectStartupPluginIds(params: {
   config: OpenClawConfig;
   activationSourceConfig?: OpenClawConfig;
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
   expected: readonly string[];
 }) {
   expect(
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ function expectStartupPluginIds(params: {
         ? { activationSourceConfig: params.activationSourceConfig }
         : {}),
       workspaceDir: "/tmp",
-      env: process.env,
+      env: params.env ?? process.env,
     }),
   ).toEqual(params.expected);
   expect(loadPluginManifestRegistry).toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ function expectStartupPluginIds(params: {
 function expectStartupPluginIdsCase(params: {
   config: OpenClawConfig;
   activationSourceConfig?: OpenClawConfig;
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
   expected: readonly string[];
 }) {
   expectStartupPluginIds(params);
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ function createStartupConfig(params: {
                 : {}),
             },
           }
-      : {}),
+        : {}),
   } as OpenClawConfig;
 }
 
@@ -421,6 +423,16 @@ describe("resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("includes required agent harness owner plugins when env forces the runtime", () => {
+    expectStartupPluginIdsCase({
+      config: createStartupConfig({
+        enabledPluginIds: ["codex"],
+      }),
+      env: { OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME: "codex" },
+      expected: ["demo-channel", "browser", "codex"],
+    });
+  });
+
   it("does not include required agent harness owner plugins when they are explicitly disabled", () => {
     expectStartupPluginIdsCase({
       config: {

src/plugins/channel-plugin-ids.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { collectConfiguredAgentHarnessRuntimes } from "../agents/harness-runtimes.js";
 import { listPotentialConfiguredChannelIds } from "../channels/config-presence.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import {
@@ -50,33 +51,6 @@ function dedupeSortedPluginIds(values: Iterable<string>): string[] {
   return [...new Set(values)].toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
 }
 
-function collectRequestedAgentHarnessRuntimes(
-  config: OpenClawConfig,
-  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
-): string[] {
-  const runtimes = new Set<string>();
-  const pushRuntime = (value: unknown) => {
-    const normalized = typeof value === "string" ? normalizeOptionalLowercaseString(value) : null;
-    if (!normalized || normalized === "auto" || normalized === "pi") {
-      return;
-    }
-    runtimes.add(normalized);
-  };
-
-  pushRuntime(config.agents?.defaults?.embeddedHarness?.runtime);
-  if (Array.isArray(config.agents?.list)) {
-    for (const entry of config.agents.list) {
-      if (!entry || typeof entry !== "object" || Array.isArray(entry)) {
-        continue;
-      }
-      pushRuntime((entry as { embeddedHarness?: { runtime?: string } }).embeddedHarness?.runtime);
-    }
-  }
-  pushRuntime(env.OPENCLAW_AGENT_RUNTIME);
-
-  return [...runtimes].toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
-}
-
 function normalizeChannelIds(channelIds: Iterable<string>): string[] {
   return Array.from(
     new Set(
@@ -300,19 +274,21 @@ export function resolveGatewayStartupPluginIds(params: {
     config: params.activationSourceConfig ?? params.config,
   });
   const requiredAgentHarnessPluginIds = new Set(
-    collectRequestedAgentHarnessRuntimes(params.activationSourceConfig ?? params.config, params.env)
-      .flatMap((runtime) =>
-        resolveManifestActivationPluginIds({
-          trigger: {
-            kind: "agentHarness",
-            runtime,
-          },
-          config: params.config,
-          workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
-          env: params.env,
-          cache: true,
-        }),
-      ),
+    collectConfiguredAgentHarnessRuntimes(
+      params.activationSourceConfig ?? params.config,
+      params.env,
+    ).flatMap((runtime) =>
+      resolveManifestActivationPluginIds({
+        trigger: {
+          kind: "agentHarness",
+          runtime,
+        },
+        config: params.config,
+        workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
+        env: params.env,
+        cache: true,
+      }),
+    ),
   );
   const startupDreamingPluginIds = resolveGatewayStartupDreamingPluginIds(params.config);
   const explicitMemorySlotStartupPluginId = resolveExplicitMemorySlotStartupPluginId(