fix: normalize bundled plugin version reporting

src/plugins/status.test.ts

@@ -81,6 +81,63 @@ describe("buildPluginStatusReport", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("normalizes bundled plugin versions to the core base release", () => {
+    loadOpenClawPluginsMock.mockReturnValue({
+      plugins: [
+        {
+          id: "whatsapp",
+          name: "WhatsApp",
+          description: "Bundled channel plugin",
+          version: "2026.3.22",
+          source: "/tmp/whatsapp/index.ts",
+          origin: "bundled",
+          enabled: true,
+          status: "loaded",
+          toolNames: [],
+          hookNames: [],
+          channelIds: ["whatsapp"],
+          providerIds: [],
+          speechProviderIds: [],
+          mediaUnderstandingProviderIds: [],
+          imageGenerationProviderIds: [],
+          webSearchProviderIds: [],
+          gatewayMethods: [],
+          cliCommands: [],
+          services: [],
+          commands: [],
+          httpRoutes: 0,
+          hookCount: 0,
+          configSchema: false,
+        },
+      ],
+      diagnostics: [],
+      channels: [],
+      providers: [],
+      speechProviders: [],
+      mediaUnderstandingProviders: [],
+      imageGenerationProviders: [],
+      webSearchProviders: [],
+      tools: [],
+      hooks: [],
+      typedHooks: [],
+      channelSetups: [],
+      httpRoutes: [],
+      gatewayHandlers: {},
+      cliRegistrars: [],
+      services: [],
+      commands: [],
+    });
+
+    const report = buildPluginStatusReport({
+      config: {},
+      env: {
+        OPENCLAW_VERSION: "2026.3.23-1",
+      } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
+    });
+
+    expect(report.plugins[0]?.version).toBe("2026.3.23");
+  });
+
   it("builds an inspect report with capability shape and policy", () => {
     loadConfigMock.mockReturnValue({
       plugins: {

src/plugins/status.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { resolveAgentWorkspaceDir, resolveDefaultAgentId } from "../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import { resolveDefaultAgentWorkspaceDir } from "../agents/workspace.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { normalizeOpenClawVersionBase } from "../config/version.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
+import { resolveRuntimeServiceVersion } from "../version.js";
 import { inspectBundleLspRuntimeSupport } from "./bundle-lsp.js";
 import { inspectBundleMcpRuntimeSupport } from "./bundle-mcp.js";
 import { normalizePluginsConfig } from "./config-state.js";
@@ -114,6 +116,20 @@ function buildCompatibilityNoticesForInspect(
 
 const log = createSubsystemLogger("plugins");
 
+function resolveReportedPluginVersion(
+  plugin: PluginRegistry["plugins"][number],
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv | undefined,
+): string | undefined {
+  if (plugin.origin !== "bundled") {
+    return plugin.version;
+  }
+  return (
+    normalizeOpenClawVersionBase(resolveRuntimeServiceVersion(env)) ??
+    normalizeOpenClawVersionBase(plugin.version) ??
+    plugin.version
+  );
+}
+
 export function buildPluginStatusReport(params?: {
   config?: ReturnType<typeof loadConfig>;
   workspaceDir?: string;
@@ -136,6 +152,10 @@ export function buildPluginStatusReport(params?: {
   return {
     workspaceDir,
     ...registry,
+    plugins: registry.plugins.map((plugin) => ({
+      ...plugin,
+      version: resolveReportedPluginVersion(plugin, params?.env),
+    })),
   };
 }