diff --git a/extensions/qa-channel/setup-entry.ts b/extensions/qa-channel/setup-entry.ts
index 3c27bd24cd3..23f42cbfac9 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-channel/setup-entry.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-channel/setup-entry.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { defineBundledChannelSetupEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-entr
 export default defineBundledChannelSetupEntry({
   importMetaUrl: import.meta.url,
   plugin: {
-    specifier: "./channel-plugin-api.js",
-    exportName: "qaChannelPlugin",
+    specifier: "./setup-plugin-api.js",
+    exportName: "qaChannelSetupPlugin",
   },
   runtime: {
     specifier: "./api.js",
diff --git a/extensions/qa-channel/setup-plugin-api.ts b/extensions/qa-channel/setup-plugin-api.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6a17f83dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/qa-channel/setup-plugin-api.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Keep bundled setup entry imports narrow so setup loads do not pull the
+// broader QA channel runtime and gateway surface.
+export { qaChannelSetupPlugin } from "./src/channel.setup.js";
diff --git a/extensions/qa-channel/src/channel.setup.ts b/extensions/qa-channel/src/channel.setup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da636408c03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/qa-channel/src/channel.setup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { getChatChannelMeta } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-plugin-common";
+import {
+  listQaChannelAccountIds,
+  resolveDefaultQaChannelAccountId,
+  resolveQaChannelAccount,
+  type ResolvedQaChannelAccount,
+} from "./accounts.js";
+import { qaChannelPluginConfigSchema } from "./config-schema.js";
+import type { ChannelPlugin } from "./runtime-api.js";
+import { applyQaSetup } from "./setup.js";
+import type { CoreConfig } from "./types.js";
+
+const CHANNEL_ID = "qa-channel" as const;
+const meta = { ...getChatChannelMeta(CHANNEL_ID) };
+
+export const qaChannelSetupPlugin: ChannelPlugin<ResolvedQaChannelAccount> = {
+  id: CHANNEL_ID,
+  meta,
+  capabilities: {
+    chatTypes: ["direct", "group"],
+  },
+  reload: { configPrefixes: ["channels.qa-channel"] },
+  configSchema: qaChannelPluginConfigSchema,
+  setup: {
+    applyAccountConfig: ({ cfg, accountId, input }) =>
+      applyQaSetup({
+        cfg,
+        accountId,
+        input: input as Record<string, unknown>,
+      }),
+  },
+  config: {
+    listAccountIds: (cfg) => listQaChannelAccountIds(cfg as CoreConfig),
+    resolveAccount: (cfg, accountId) =>
+      resolveQaChannelAccount({ cfg: cfg as CoreConfig, accountId }),
+    defaultAccountId: (cfg) => resolveDefaultQaChannelAccountId(cfg as CoreConfig),
+    isConfigured: (account) => account.configured,
+    resolveAllowFrom: ({ cfg, accountId }) =>
+      resolveQaChannelAccount({ cfg: cfg as CoreConfig, accountId }).config.allowFrom,
+    resolveDefaultTo: ({ cfg, accountId }) =>
+      resolveQaChannelAccount({ cfg: cfg as CoreConfig, accountId }).config.defaultTo,
+  },
+};
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/lab-server.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/lab-server.ts
index cca29c3edc4..1ad9a86d344 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/lab-server.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/lab-server.ts
@@ -130,30 +130,33 @@ async function startQaGatewayLoop(params: { state: QaBusState; baseUrl: string }
   const cfg = createQaLabConfig(params.baseUrl);
   const account = qaChannelPlugin.config.resolveAccount(cfg, "default");
   const abort = new AbortController();
-  const task = qaChannelPlugin.gateway?.startAccount?.({
-    accountId: account.accountId,
-    account,
-    cfg,
-    runtime: {
-      log: () => undefined,
-      error: () => undefined,
-      exit: () => undefined,
-    },
-    abortSignal: abort.signal,
-    log: {
-      info: () => undefined,
-      warn: () => undefined,
-      error: () => undefined,
-      debug: () => undefined,
-    },
-    getStatus: () => ({
-      accountId: account.accountId,
-      configured: true,
-      enabled: true,
-      running: true,
-    }),
-    setStatus: () => undefined,
-  });
+  const task = Promise.resolve().then(
+    async () =>
+      await qaChannelPlugin.gateway?.startAccount?.({
+        accountId: account.accountId,
+        account,
+        cfg,
+        runtime: {
+          log: () => undefined,
+          error: () => undefined,
+          exit: () => undefined,
+        },
+        abortSignal: abort.signal,
+        log: {
+          info: () => undefined,
+          warn: () => undefined,
+          error: () => undefined,
+          debug: () => undefined,
+        },
+        getStatus: () => ({
+          accountId: account.accountId,
+          configured: true,
+          enabled: true,
+          running: true,
+        }),
+        setStatus: () => undefined,
+      }),
+  );
   return {
     cfg,
     async stop() {
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/runtime-api.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/runtime-api.ts
index 07e7da977de..de44ddf1bdf 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/runtime-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/runtime-api.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export {
   searchQaBusMessages,
   sendQaBusMessage,
   setQaChannelRuntime,
-} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/qa-channel";
+} from "@openclaw/qa-channel/api.js";
 export type {
   QaBusAttachment,
   QaBusConversation,
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/monitor/message-handler/dispatch.ts b/extensions/slack/src/monitor/message-handler/dispatch.ts
index a81129dd0fe..afd9305b26c 100644
--- a/extensions/slack/src/monitor/message-handler/dispatch.ts
+++ b/extensions/slack/src/monitor/message-handler/dispatch.ts
@@ -1135,12 +1135,8 @@ export async function dispatchPreparedSlackMessage(prepared: PreparedSlackMessag
           await sleep(statusReactionTiming.errorHoldMs);
           if (anyReplyDelivered) {
             await statusReactions.clear();
-            return;
           }
-          await statusReactions.restoreInitial();
         })();
-      } else {
-        void statusReactions.restoreInitial();
       }
     } else if (anyReplyDelivered) {
       await statusReactions.setDone();
diff --git a/scripts/test-projects.test-support.mjs b/scripts/test-projects.test-support.mjs
index 6e16a7655b3..deeb7064293 100644
--- a/scripts/test-projects.test-support.mjs
+++ b/scripts/test-projects.test-support.mjs
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ const IMPORT_SPECIFIER_PATTERN =
 const BROAD_CHANGED_ENV_KEY = "OPENCLAW_TEST_CHANGED_BROAD";
 const VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_ENV_KEY = "OPENCLAW_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS";
 const VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_RETRY_ENV_KEY = "OPENCLAW_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_RETRY";
-export const DEFAULT_TEST_PROJECTS_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS = "180000";
+export const DEFAULT_TEST_PROJECTS_VITEST_NO_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT_MS = "300000";
 const VITEST_CONFIG_TARGET_KIND_BY_PATH = new Map(
   Object.entries(VITEST_CONFIG_BY_KIND).map(([kind, config]) => [config, kind]),
 );
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-status.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-status.test.ts
index ef579460ea8..fadb3086e56 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-status.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/commands-status.test.ts
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ describe("buildStatusReply subagent summary", () => {
         {
           OPENCLAW_BUNDLED_PLUGINS_DIR: bundledDir,
           OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: stateDir,
+          ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: undefined,
+          ANTHROPIC_OAUTH_TOKEN: undefined,
           WORKSPACE_STATUS_CREDENTIALS: credentialPath,
         },
         async () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/contracts/plugin-sdk-package-contract-guardrails.test.ts b/src/plugins/contracts/plugin-sdk-package-contract-guardrails.test.ts
index 1beafd7a896..c2952d56f1a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/contracts/plugin-sdk-package-contract-guardrails.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/contracts/plugin-sdk-package-contract-guardrails.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const PRIVATE_BUNDLED_SDK_SURFACE_PATTERN =
 const GENERIC_CORE_HELPER_FILES = ["src/polls.ts", "src/poll-params.ts"] as const;
 const GENERIC_CORE_PLUGIN_OWNER_NAME_PATTERN =
   /\b(?:bluebubbles|discord|feishu|googlechat|matrix|mattermost|msteams|slack|telegram|whatsapp|zalo|zalouser)\b/gi;
+const PACKAGE_CONTRACT_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS = 240_000;
 const DEPRECATED_EXTENSION_SDK_SPECIFIERS = new Set([
   "openclaw/plugin-sdk",
   "openclaw/plugin-sdk/channel-config-schema-legacy",
@@ -655,9 +656,13 @@ describe("plugin-sdk package contract guardrails", () => {
     expect(collectDeprecatedPackageTestingBridgeDrift()).toEqual([]);
   });
 
-  it("keeps extension test-api exports consumed", () => {
-    expect(collectUnusedExtensionTestApiExports()).toEqual([]);
-  });
+  it(
+    "keeps extension test-api exports consumed",
+    () => {
+      expect(collectUnusedExtensionTestApiExports()).toEqual([]);
+    },
+    PACKAGE_CONTRACT_SCAN_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  );
 
   it("keeps reserved SDK compatibility subpaths inside their owning bundled plugins", () => {
     expect(collectCrossOwnerReservedSdkImports()).toEqual([]);
diff --git a/src/secrets/runtime.coverage.test.ts b/src/secrets/runtime.coverage.test.ts
index 9bfa2babfc5..a7423567b7a 100644
--- a/src/secrets/runtime.coverage.test.ts
+++ b/src/secrets/runtime.coverage.test.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function loadCoverageRegistryEntries(): SecretRegistryEntry[] {
 
 const COVERAGE_REGISTRY_ENTRIES = loadCoverageRegistryEntries();
 const DEBUG_COVERAGE_BATCHES = process.env.OPENCLAW_DEBUG_RUNTIME_COVERAGE === "1";
+const RUNTIME_COVERAGE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 240_000;
 const COVERAGE_LOADABLE_PLUGIN_ORIGINS =
   buildCoverageLoadablePluginOrigins(COVERAGE_REGISTRY_ENTRIES);
 const PLUGIN_OWNED_OPENCLAW_COVERAGE_EXCLUSIONS = new Set([
@@ -564,19 +565,27 @@ describe("secrets runtime target coverage", () => {
     ({ resolveSecretRefValues } = resolver);
   });
 
-  it("handles every core and channel openclaw.json registry target when configured as active", async () => {
-    await expectOpenClawCoverageEntriesResolved(
-      "openclaw.json core",
-      collectOpenClawCoverageEntries({ includePluginEntries: false }),
-    );
-  });
+  it(
+    "handles every core and channel openclaw.json registry target when configured as active",
+    async () => {
+      await expectOpenClawCoverageEntriesResolved(
+        "openclaw.json core",
+        collectOpenClawCoverageEntries({ includePluginEntries: false }),
+      );
+    },
+    RUNTIME_COVERAGE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  );
 
-  it("handles every plugin openclaw.json registry target when configured as active", async () => {
-    await expectOpenClawCoverageEntriesResolved(
-      "openclaw.json plugins",
-      collectOpenClawCoverageEntries({ includePluginEntries: true }),
-    );
-  });
+  it(
+    "handles every plugin openclaw.json registry target when configured as active",
+    async () => {
+      await expectOpenClawCoverageEntriesResolved(
+        "openclaw.json plugins",
+        collectOpenClawCoverageEntries({ includePluginEntries: true }),
+      );
+    },
+    RUNTIME_COVERAGE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS,
+  );
 
   it("handles every auth-profiles registry target", async () => {
     const entries = COVERAGE_REGISTRY_ENTRIES.filter(