diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/channel.ts b/extensions/discord/src/channel.ts
index 8c7f5437676..f9c9278ea2f 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/channel.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/channel.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   resolveOutboundSendDep,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/outbound-runtime";
 import { normalizeMessageChannel } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/routing";
+import { sleepWithAbort } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/runtime-env";
 import {
   createComputedAccountStatusAdapter,
   createDefaultChannelRuntimeState,
@@ -86,6 +87,19 @@ async function loadDiscordProbeRuntime() {
 
 const meta = getChatChannelMeta("discord");
 const REQUIRED_DISCORD_PERMISSIONS = ["ViewChannel", "SendMessages"] as const;
+const DISCORD_ACCOUNT_STARTUP_STAGGER_MS = 10_000;
+
+function resolveDiscordStartupDelayMs(cfg: OpenClawConfig, accountId: string): number {
+  const startupAccountIds = listDiscordAccountIds(cfg).filter((candidateId) => {
+    const candidate = resolveDiscordAccount({ cfg, accountId: candidateId });
+    return (
+      candidate.enabled &&
+      (resolveConfiguredFromCredentialStatuses(candidate) ?? Boolean(candidate.token.trim()))
+    );
+  });
+  const startupIndex = startupAccountIds.findIndex((candidateId) => candidateId === accountId);
+  return startupIndex <= 0 ? 0 : startupIndex * DISCORD_ACCOUNT_STARTUP_STAGGER_MS;
+}
 
 const resolveDiscordDmPolicy = createScopedDmSecurityResolver<ResolvedDiscordAccount>({
   channelKey: "discord",
@@ -561,6 +575,17 @@ export const discordPlugin: ChannelPlugin<ResolvedDiscordAccount, DiscordProbe>
       gateway: {
         startAccount: async (ctx) => {
           const account = ctx.account;
+          const startupDelayMs = resolveDiscordStartupDelayMs(ctx.cfg, account.accountId);
+          if (startupDelayMs > 0) {
+            ctx.log?.info(
+              `[${account.accountId}] delaying provider startup ${Math.round(startupDelayMs / 1000)}s to reduce Discord startup rate limits`,
+            );
+            try {
+              await sleepWithAbort(startupDelayMs, ctx.abortSignal);
+            } catch {
+              return;
+            }
+          }
           const token = account.token.trim();
           let discordBotLabel = "";
           try {
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/client.ts b/extensions/discord/src/client.ts
index 1f6c34d10c8..958fd4e4f23 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/client.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { RequestClient } from "@buape/carbon";
 import { loadConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/config-runtime";
+import { makeProxyFetch } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/infra-runtime";
 import type { RetryConfig, RetryRunner } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/retry-runtime";
 import { normalizeAccountId } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/routing";
 import {
@@ -29,8 +30,53 @@ function resolveToken(params: { accountId: string; fallbackToken?: string }) {
   return fallback;
 }
 
-function resolveRest(token: string, rest?: RequestClient) {
-  return rest ?? new RequestClient(token);
+function resolveDiscordProxyUrl(
+  account: Pick<ResolvedDiscordAccount, "config">,
+  cfg?: ReturnType<typeof loadConfig>,
+): string | undefined {
+  const accountProxy = account.config.proxy?.trim();
+  if (accountProxy) {
+    return accountProxy;
+  }
+  const channelProxy = cfg?.channels?.discord?.proxy;
+  if (typeof channelProxy !== "string") {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const trimmed = channelProxy.trim();
+  return trimmed || undefined;
+}
+
+export function resolveDiscordProxyFetchForAccount(
+  account: Pick<ResolvedDiscordAccount, "config">,
+  cfg?: ReturnType<typeof loadConfig>,
+): typeof fetch | undefined {
+  const proxy = resolveDiscordProxyUrl(account, cfg);
+  return proxy ? makeProxyFetch(proxy) : undefined;
+}
+
+export function resolveDiscordProxyFetch(
+  opts: Pick<DiscordClientOpts, "cfg" | "accountId">,
+  cfg?: ReturnType<typeof loadConfig>,
+): typeof fetch | undefined {
+  const resolvedCfg = opts.cfg ?? cfg ?? loadConfig();
+  const account = resolveAccountWithoutToken({
+    cfg: resolvedCfg,
+    accountId: opts.accountId,
+  });
+  return resolveDiscordProxyFetchForAccount(account, resolvedCfg);
+}
+
+function resolveRest(
+  token: string,
+  account: ResolvedDiscordAccount,
+  cfg: ReturnType<typeof loadConfig>,
+  rest?: RequestClient,
+) {
+  if (rest) {
+    return rest;
+  }
+  const proxyFetch = resolveDiscordProxyFetchForAccount(account, cfg);
+  return new RequestClient(token, proxyFetch ? { fetch: proxyFetch } : undefined);
 }
 
 function resolveAccountWithoutToken(params: {
@@ -66,7 +112,7 @@ export function createDiscordRestClient(
       accountId: account.accountId,
       fallbackToken: account.token,
     });
-  const rest = resolveRest(token, opts.rest);
+  const rest = resolveRest(token, account, resolvedCfg, opts.rest);
   return { token, rest, account };
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.startup.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.startup.ts
index e50a72f6772..078f8975700 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.startup.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.startup.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export function createDiscordMonitorClient(params: {
   accountId: string;
   applicationId: string;
   token: string;
+  proxyFetch?: typeof fetch;
   commands: BaseCommand[];
   components: BaseMessageInteractiveComponent[];
   modals: Modal[];
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ export function createDiscordMonitorClient(params: {
       token: params.token,
       autoDeploy: false,
       eventQueue: eventQueueOpts,
+      ...(params.proxyFetch ? { requestOptions: { fetch: params.proxyFetch } } : {}),
     },
     {
       commands: params.commands,
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.ts b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.ts
index b61c60901e5..0ece4854b82 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/monitor/provider.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import { formatErrorMessage } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/ssrf-runtime";
 import { summarizeStringEntries } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/text-runtime";
 import { resolveDiscordAccount } from "../accounts.js";
 import { isDiscordExecApprovalClientEnabled } from "../exec-approvals.js";
+import { resolveDiscordProxyFetchForAccount } from "../client.js";
 import { fetchDiscordApplicationId } from "../probe.js";
 import { normalizeDiscordToken } from "../token.js";
 import { createDiscordVoiceCommand } from "../voice/command.js";
@@ -592,6 +593,7 @@ export async function monitorDiscordProvider(opts: MonitorDiscordOpts = {}) {
   const discordAccountThreadBindings =
     cfg.channels?.discord?.accounts?.[account.accountId]?.threadBindings;
   const discordRestFetch = resolveDiscordRestFetch(rawDiscordCfg.proxy, runtime);
+  const discordProxyFetch = resolveDiscordProxyFetchForAccount(account, cfg);
   const dmConfig = rawDiscordCfg.dm;
   let guildEntries = rawDiscordCfg.guilds;
   const defaultGroupPolicy = resolveDefaultGroupPolicy(cfg);
@@ -903,6 +905,7 @@ export async function monitorDiscordProvider(opts: MonitorDiscordOpts = {}) {
       accountId: account.accountId,
       applicationId,
       token,
+      proxyFetch: discordProxyFetch,
       commands,
       components,
       modals,
diff --git a/extensions/discord/src/send.outbound.ts b/extensions/discord/src/send.outbound.ts
index 7726a6bbe1d..626ee6b11fb 100644
--- a/extensions/discord/src/send.outbound.ts
+++ b/extensions/discord/src/send.outbound.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { resolvePreferredOpenClawTmpDir } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/temp-path";
 import { convertMarkdownTables } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/text-runtime";
 import { loadWebMediaRaw } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/web-media";
 import { resolveDiscordAccount } from "./accounts.js";
+import { resolveDiscordProxyFetch } from "./client.js";
 import { rewriteDiscordKnownMentions } from "./mentions.js";
 import {
   buildDiscordMessagePayload,
@@ -369,8 +370,9 @@ export async function sendWebhookMessageDiscord(
   });
   const replyTo = typeof opts.replyTo === "string" ? opts.replyTo.trim() : "";
   const messageReference = replyTo ? { message_id: replyTo, fail_if_not_exists: false } : undefined;
+  const fetchImpl = resolveDiscordProxyFetch({ cfg: opts.cfg, accountId: opts.accountId });
 
-  const response = await fetch(
+  const response = await (fetchImpl ?? fetch)(
     resolveWebhookExecutionUrl({
       webhookId,
       webhookToken,