refactor: let provider discovery reuse plugin metadata

src/plugins/provider-discovery.runtime.test.ts

@@ -179,6 +179,40 @@ describe("resolvePluginDiscoveryProvidersRuntime", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("uses a provided plugin metadata snapshot without rebuilding registry metadata", () => {
+    const registry = { plugins: [] };
+    const manifestRegistry = {
+      plugins: [createManifestPlugin("deepseek")],
+      diagnostics: [],
+    };
+    mocks.loadSource.mockReturnValue(createProvider({ id: "deepseek", mode: "catalog" }));
+
+    expect(
+      resolvePluginDiscoveryProvidersRuntime({
+        config: {},
+        env: {} as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+        pluginMetadataSnapshot: {
+          index: registry as never,
+          manifestRegistry,
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        id: "deepseek",
+        pluginId: "deepseek",
+      }),
+    ]);
+
+    expect(mocks.loadPluginRegistrySnapshot).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mocks.loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(mocks.resolveDiscoveredProviderPluginIds).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        registry,
+        manifestRegistry,
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("returns static-only discovery entries for callers that explicitly request them", () => {
     const staticProvider = createProvider({ id: "deepseek", mode: "static" });
     mocks.loadSource.mockReturnValue(staticProvider);

src/plugins/provider-discovery.runtime.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex } from "./manifest-registry-installed.js";
 import type { PluginManifestRecord } from "./manifest-registry.js";
+import type { PluginMetadataSnapshot } from "./plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
 import { loadPluginRegistrySnapshot } from "./plugin-registry.js";
 import { resolveDiscoveredProviderPluginIds } from "./providers.js";
 import { resolvePluginProviders } from "./providers.runtime.js";
@@ -76,15 +77,18 @@ function resolveProviderDiscoveryEntryPlugins(params: {
   includeUntrustedWorkspacePlugins?: boolean;
   requireCompleteDiscoveryEntryCoverage?: boolean;
   discoveryEntriesOnly?: boolean;
+  pluginMetadataSnapshot?: Pick<PluginMetadataSnapshot, "index" | "manifestRegistry">;
 }): ProviderDiscoveryEntryResult {
-  const registry = loadPluginRegistrySnapshot(params);
-  const manifestRegistry = loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex({
-    index: registry,
-    config: params.config,
-    workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
-    env: params.env,
-    includeDisabled: true,
-  });
+  const registry = params.pluginMetadataSnapshot?.index ?? loadPluginRegistrySnapshot(params);
+  const manifestRegistry =
+    params.pluginMetadataSnapshot?.manifestRegistry ??
+    loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex({
+      index: registry,
+      config: params.config,
+      workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
+      env: params.env,
+      includeDisabled: true,
+    });
   const pluginIds = resolveDiscoveredProviderPluginIds({
     ...params,
     registry,
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ export function resolvePluginDiscoveryProvidersRuntime(params: {
   includeUntrustedWorkspacePlugins?: boolean;
   requireCompleteDiscoveryEntryCoverage?: boolean;
   discoveryEntriesOnly?: boolean;
+  pluginMetadataSnapshot?: Pick<PluginMetadataSnapshot, "index" | "manifestRegistry">;
 }): ProviderPlugin[] {
   const env = params.env ?? process.env;
   const entryResult = resolveProviderDiscoveryEntryPlugins(params);

src/plugins/provider-discovery.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "../agents/model-selection.js";
 import type { ModelProviderConfig } from "../config/types.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import type { PluginMetadataSnapshot } from "./plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
 import {
   listPluginContributionIds,
   loadPluginRegistrySnapshot,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export type ResolveRuntimePluginDiscoveryProvidersParams = {
   includeUntrustedWorkspacePlugins?: boolean;
   requireCompleteDiscoveryEntryCoverage?: boolean;
   discoveryEntriesOnly?: boolean;
+  pluginMetadataSnapshot?: Pick<PluginMetadataSnapshot, "index" | "manifestRegistry">;
 };
 
 export type ResolveInstalledPluginProviderContributionIdsParams = LoadPluginRegistryParams & {