diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/registry-loader.ts b/src/channels/plugins/registry-loader.ts
index 9f23c5fa09e..baa20555f46 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/registry-loader.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/registry-loader.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { PluginChannelRegistration, PluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/registry.js";
-import { getActivePluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
+import { getActivePluginChannelRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
 import type { ChannelId } from "./types.js";
 
 type ChannelRegistryValueResolver<TValue> = (
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function createChannelRegistryLoader<TValue>(
   let lastRegistry: PluginRegistry | null = null;
 
   return async (id: ChannelId): Promise<TValue | undefined> => {
-    const registry = getActivePluginRegistry();
+    const registry = getActivePluginChannelRegistry();
     if (registry !== lastRegistry) {
       cache.clear();
       lastRegistry = registry;
diff --git a/src/plugins/runtime.channel-pin.test.ts b/src/plugins/runtime.channel-pin.test.ts
index 1cce99b0e6c..4271c4d6806 100644
--- a/src/plugins/runtime.channel-pin.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/runtime.channel-pin.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { loadChannelOutboundAdapter } from "../channels/plugins/outbound/load.js";
 import { getChannelPlugin } from "../channels/plugins/registry.js";
 import { createEmptyPluginRegistry } from "./registry-empty.js";
 import {
@@ -173,4 +174,26 @@ describe("channel registry pinning", () => {
       freshRegistry: fresh,
     });
   });
+
+  it("loadChannelOutboundAdapter resolves from pinned registry after active registry replacement", async () => {
+    const outboundAdapter = { send: async () => ({ messageId: "1" }) };
+    const startup = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    startup.channels = [
+      {
+        pluginId: "telegram",
+        plugin: { id: "telegram", meta: {}, outbound: outboundAdapter },
+        source: "test",
+      },
+    ] as never;
+    setActivePluginRegistry(startup);
+    pinActivePluginChannelRegistry(startup);
+
+    // Simulate a post-boot registry replacement (e.g. config-schema load, plugin status query).
+    const replacement = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    setActivePluginRegistry(replacement);
+
+    // The outbound loader must still find the telegram adapter from the pinned registry.
+    const adapter = await loadChannelOutboundAdapter("telegram");
+    expect(adapter).toBe(outboundAdapter);
+  });
 });