test(resilience): cover broken plugin startup and onboarding

src/plugins/loader.test.ts

@@ -3437,6 +3437,105 @@ module.exports = {
     expect(diagnostic!.message).toContain("failed to load setup entry");
   });
 
+  it("keeps healthy sibling channel plugins loadable when a setup entry throws", () => {
+    useNoBundledPlugins();
+    const brokenDir = makeTempDir();
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(brokenDir, "package.json"),
+      JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          name: "@openclaw/setup-entry-throws-sibling-test",
+          openclaw: {
+            extensions: ["./index.cjs"],
+            setupEntry: "./setup-entry.cjs",
+          },
+        },
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+      "utf-8",
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(brokenDir, "openclaw.plugin.json"),
+      JSON.stringify(
+        {
+          id: "setup-entry-throws-sibling-test",
+          configSchema: EMPTY_PLUGIN_SCHEMA,
+          channels: ["broken-chat"],
+        },
+        null,
+        2,
+      ),
+      "utf-8",
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(brokenDir, "index.cjs"),
+      `module.exports = { id: "setup-entry-throws-sibling-test", register() {} };`,
+      "utf-8",
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(brokenDir, "setup-entry.cjs"),
+      `module.exports = {
+  kind: "bundled-channel-setup-entry",
+  loadSetupPlugin: () => { throw new Error("boom: setup plugin missing"); },
+};`,
+      "utf-8",
+    );
+
+    const healthy = writePlugin({
+      id: "healthy-channel",
+      filename: "healthy-channel.cjs",
+      body: `module.exports = { id: "healthy-channel", register(api) {
+  api.registerChannel({
+    plugin: {
+      id: "healthy-chat",
+      meta: {
+        id: "healthy-chat",
+        label: "Healthy Chat",
+        selectionLabel: "Healthy Chat",
+        docsPath: "/channels/healthy-chat",
+        blurb: "healthy sibling channel",
+      },
+      capabilities: { chatTypes: ["direct"] },
+      config: {
+        listAccountIds: () => [],
+        resolveAccount: () => ({ accountId: "default" }),
+      },
+      outbound: { deliveryMode: "direct" },
+    }
+  });
+} };`,
+    });
+
+    const registry = loadOpenClawPlugins({
+      cache: false,
+      config: {
+        plugins: {
+          enabled: true,
+          load: { paths: [brokenDir, healthy.file] },
+          allow: ["setup-entry-throws-sibling-test", "healthy-channel"],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(
+      registry.channels.find((entry) => entry.plugin.id === "healthy-chat")?.plugin.meta,
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      label: "Healthy Chat",
+      docsPath: "/channels/healthy-chat",
+    });
+    expect(registry.plugins.find((entry) => entry.id === "healthy-channel")?.status).toBe("loaded");
+    expect(
+      registry.diagnostics.some(
+        (diag) =>
+          diag.pluginId === "setup-entry-throws-sibling-test" &&
+          diag.level === "error" &&
+          diag.message.includes("failed to load setup entry"),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("prefers setupEntry for configured channel loads during startup when opted in", () => {
     expect(
       __testing.shouldLoadChannelPluginInSetupRuntime({