diff --git a/src/plugins/loader.test.ts b/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
index c2178e54523..0cfd4c438b1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
@@ -3590,7 +3590,8 @@ module.exports = {
     );
   });
 
-  it("rejects mismatched bundled runtime plugin ids during setup-runtime merge", () => {
+  it("rejects mismatched bundled runtime entry ids before applying setup-runtime setters", () => {
+    const runtimeMarker = path.join(makeTempDir(), "setup-runtime-mismatch.txt");
     const built = createSetupEntryChannelPluginFixture({
       id: "setup-runtime-mismatch-test",
       bundledFullEntryId: "wrong-runtime-id",
@@ -3601,7 +3602,7 @@ module.exports = {
       configured: false,
       useBundledFullEntryContract: true,
       useBundledSetupEntryContract: true,
-      bundledFullRuntimeMarker: path.join(makeTempDir(), "setup-runtime-mismatch.txt"),
+      bundledFullRuntimeMarker: runtimeMarker,
     });
 
     const registry = loadOpenClawPlugins({
@@ -3619,8 +3620,9 @@ module.exports = {
     ).toBe("error");
     expect(
       registry.plugins.find((entry) => entry.id === "setup-runtime-mismatch-test")?.error,
-    ).toContain('runtime export uses "wrong-runtime-id"');
+    ).toContain('runtime entry uses "wrong-runtime-id"');
     expect(registry.channels).toHaveLength(0);
+    expect(fs.existsSync(runtimeMarker)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("isolates loadSetupPlugin errors as per-plugin diagnostics instead of crashing registry load", () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/loader.ts b/src/plugins/loader.ts
index 70a990c8635..a0ad93e5bc9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader.ts
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ function mergeSetupRuntimeChannelPlugin(
 }
 
 function resolveBundledRuntimeChannelRegistration(moduleExport: unknown): {
+  id?: string;
   loadChannelPlugin?: () => ChannelPlugin;
   loadChannelSecrets?: () => ChannelPlugin["secrets"] | undefined;
   setChannelRuntime?: (runtime: PluginRuntime) => void;
@@ -694,17 +695,20 @@ function resolveBundledRuntimeChannelRegistration(moduleExport: unknown): {
   }
   const entryRecord = resolved as {
     kind?: unknown;
+    id?: unknown;
     loadChannelPlugin?: unknown;
     loadChannelSecrets?: unknown;
     setChannelRuntime?: unknown;
   };
   if (
     entryRecord.kind !== "bundled-channel-entry" ||
+    typeof entryRecord.id !== "string" ||
     typeof entryRecord.loadChannelPlugin !== "function"
   ) {
     return {};
   }
   return {
+    id: entryRecord.id,
     loadChannelPlugin: entryRecord.loadChannelPlugin as () => ChannelPlugin,
     ...(typeof entryRecord.loadChannelSecrets === "function"
       ? {
@@ -1850,6 +1854,12 @@ export function loadOpenClawPlugins(options: PluginLoadOptions = {}): PluginRegi
               continue;
             }
             const runtimeRegistration = resolveBundledRuntimeChannelRegistration(runtimeMod);
+            if (runtimeRegistration.id && runtimeRegistration.id !== record.id) {
+              pushPluginLoadError(
+                `plugin id mismatch (config uses "${record.id}", runtime entry uses "${runtimeRegistration.id}")`,
+              );
+              continue;
+            }
             if (runtimeRegistration.setChannelRuntime) {
               try {
                 runtimeRegistration.setChannelRuntime(api.runtime);