diff --git a/.github/workflows/full-release-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/full-release-validation.yml
index aa7d4add3d1..3706f831076 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/full-release-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/full-release-validation.yml
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "- Target SHA: \`${TARGET_SHA}\`"
           } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
 
-          dispatch_and_wait plugin-prerelease.yml -f target_ref="$TARGET_SHA" -f expected_sha="$TARGET_SHA"
+          dispatch_and_wait plugin-prerelease.yml -f target_ref="$TARGET_SHA" -f expected_sha="$TARGET_SHA" -f full_release_validation=true
 
   release_checks:
     name: Run release/live/Docker/QA validation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin-prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/plugin-prerelease.yml
index fab6ddb88b0..20dc8e503f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin-prerelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin-prerelease.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: ""
         type: string
+      full_release_validation:
+        description: Enable release-only Docker prerelease lanes from Full Release Validation
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         id: manifest
         env:
           EXPECTED_SHA: ${{ inputs.expected_sha }}
+          FULL_RELEASE_VALIDATION: ${{ inputs.full_release_validation && 'true' || 'false' }}
         run: |
           node --input-type=module <<'EOF'
           import { appendFileSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -65,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
             encoding: "utf8",
           }).trim();
           const expectedSha = (process.env.EXPECTED_SHA ?? "").trim();
+          const fullReleaseValidation = process.env.FULL_RELEASE_VALIDATION === "true";
           if (expectedSha && expectedSha !== checkoutRevision) {
             console.error(
               `target_ref resolved to ${checkoutRevision}, expected ${expectedSha}`,
@@ -171,7 +178,7 @@ jobs:
           const runStatic = staticChecks.length > 0;
           const runNode = nodeShards.length > 0;
           const runExtensions = extensionShards.length > 0;
-          const runDocker = dockerLanes.length > 0;
+          const runDocker = fullReleaseValidation && dockerLanes.length > 0;
           const runSuite = runStatic || runNode || runExtensions || runDocker;
 
           const manifest = {
@@ -342,7 +349,7 @@ jobs:
   plugin-prerelease-docker-suite:
     name: plugin-prerelease-docker-suite
     needs: [preflight]
-    if: needs.preflight.outputs.run_plugin_prerelease_docker == 'true'
+    if: ${{ inputs.full_release_validation && needs.preflight.outputs.run_plugin_prerelease_docker == 'true' }}
     permissions:
       actions: read
       contents: read
diff --git a/docs/ci.md b/docs/ci.md
index 913ba852f26..28d46dc3ea1 100644
--- a/docs/ci.md
+++ b/docs/ci.md
@@ -369,8 +369,10 @@ checks, Python skills, Windows, macOS, and Control UI i18n. Standalone manual CI
 dispatches run Android only with `include_android=true`; the full release
 umbrella enables Android by passing `include_android=true`. Plugin prerelease
 static checks, the release-only `agentic-plugins` shard, the full extension
-batch sweep, and plugin prerelease Docker lanes are excluded from CI and run in
-the separate `Plugin Prerelease` workflow. Manual runs use a
+batch sweep, and plugin prerelease Docker lanes are excluded from CI. The Docker
+prerelease suite runs only when `Full Release Validation` dispatches the
+separate `Plugin Prerelease` workflow with the release-validation gate enabled.
+Manual runs use a
 unique concurrency group so a release-candidate full suite is not cancelled by
 another push or PR run on the same ref. The optional `target_ref` input lets a
 trusted caller run that graph against a branch, tag, or full commit SHA while
diff --git a/test/scripts/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.test.ts b/test/scripts/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.test.ts
index 7ea5239ada0..c45e9d431ab 100644
--- a/test/scripts/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.test.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ describe("scripts/lib/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.mjs", () => {
     const pluginManifestScript = pluginPreflight.steps.find(
       (step) => step.name === "Build plugin prerelease manifest",
     ).run;
+    const pluginManifestEnv = pluginPreflight.steps.find(
+      (step) => step.name === "Build plugin prerelease manifest",
+    ).env;
     const normalCiScript = releaseWorkflow.jobs.normal_ci.steps.find(
       (step) => step.name === "Dispatch and monitor CI",
     ).run;
@@ -163,7 +166,7 @@ describe("scripts/lib/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.mjs", () => {
     );
     expect(normalCiScript).not.toContain("full_release_validation=true");
     expect(pluginPrereleaseScript).toContain(
-      'dispatch_and_wait plugin-prerelease.yml -f target_ref="$TARGET_SHA" -f expected_sha="$TARGET_SHA"',
+      'dispatch_and_wait plugin-prerelease.yml -f target_ref="$TARGET_SHA" -f expected_sha="$TARGET_SHA" -f full_release_validation=true',
     );
     expect(pluginManifestScript).toContain("await import(");
     expect(pluginManifestScript).toContain('"./scripts/lib/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.mjs"');
@@ -177,6 +180,19 @@ describe("scripts/lib/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.mjs", () => {
       default: "main",
       type: "string",
     });
+    expect(pluginWorkflow.on.workflow_dispatch.inputs.full_release_validation).toMatchObject({
+      default: false,
+      type: "boolean",
+    });
+    expect(pluginManifestEnv).toMatchObject({
+      FULL_RELEASE_VALIDATION: "${{ inputs.full_release_validation && 'true' || 'false' }}",
+    });
+    expect(pluginManifestScript).toContain(
+      'const fullReleaseValidation = process.env.FULL_RELEASE_VALIDATION === "true";',
+    );
+    expect(pluginManifestScript).toContain(
+      "const runDocker = fullReleaseValidation && dockerLanes.length > 0;",
+    );
     expect(pluginPreflight.outputs).toMatchObject({
       checkout_revision: "${{ steps.manifest.outputs.checkout_revision }}",
       plugin_prerelease_docker_lanes:
@@ -209,7 +225,7 @@ describe("scripts/lib/plugin-prerelease-test-plan.mjs", () => {
       staticShard.steps.find((step) => step.name === "Run plugin prerelease static shard").run,
     ).toContain('bash -c "$PLUGIN_PRERELEASE_COMMAND"');
     expect(dockerSuite).toMatchObject({
-      if: "needs.preflight.outputs.run_plugin_prerelease_docker == 'true'",
+      if: "${{ inputs.full_release_validation && needs.preflight.outputs.run_plugin_prerelease_docker == 'true' }}",
       needs: ["preflight"],
       uses: "./.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml",
       with: {