Fix configure startup stalls from outbound send-deps imports (#46301)

* fix: avoid configure startup plugin stalls

* fix: credit configure startup changelog entry

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 - Z.AI/onboarding: detect a working default model even for explicit `zai-coding-*` endpoint choices, so Coding Plan setup can keep the selected endpoint while defaulting to `glm-5` when available or `glm-4.7` as fallback. (#45969)
 - Control UI/chat sessions: show human-readable labels in the grouped session dropdown again, keep unique scoped fallbacks when metadata is missing, and disambiguate duplicate labels only when needed. (#45130) thanks @luzhidong.
+- Configure/startup: move outbound send-deps resolution into a lightweight helper so `openclaw configure` no longer stalls after the banner while eagerly loading channel plugins. (#46301) thanks @scoootscooob.
 
 ## 2026.3.13
 

extensions/discord/src/channel.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import {
   type ChannelPlugin,
   type ResolvedDiscordAccount,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/discord";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { getDiscordRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 
 type DiscordSendFn = ReturnType<

extensions/discord/src/outbound-adapter.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { sendTextMediaPayload } from "../../../src/channels/plugins/outbound/direct-text-media.js";
 import type { ChannelOutboundAdapter } from "../../../src/channels/plugins/types.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../../src/config/config.js";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
 import type { OutboundIdentity } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/identity.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { getThreadBindingManager, type ThreadBindingRecord } from "./monitor/thread-bindings.js";
 import { normalizeDiscordOutboundTarget } from "./normalize.js";
 import { sendMessageDiscord, sendPollDiscord, sendWebhookMessageDiscord } from "./send.js";

extensions/imessage/src/channel.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
   type ChannelPlugin,
   type ResolvedIMessageAccount,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/imessage";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { buildPassiveProbedChannelStatusSummary } from "../../shared/channel-status-summary.js";
 import { getIMessageRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 

extensions/matrix/src/outbound.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ChannelOutboundAdapter } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/matrix";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { sendMessageMatrix, sendPollMatrix } from "./matrix/send.js";
 import { getMatrixRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 

extensions/msteams/src/outbound.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { ChannelOutboundAdapter } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/msteams";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { createMSTeamsPollStoreFs } from "./polls.js";
 import { getMSTeamsRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 import { sendMessageMSTeams, sendPollMSTeams } from "./send.js";

extensions/signal/src/channel.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
   type ChannelPlugin,
   type ResolvedSignalAccount,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/signal";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { getSignalRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 
 const signalMessageActions: ChannelMessageActionAdapter = {

extensions/slack/src/channel.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import {
   type ChannelPlugin,
   type ResolvedSlackAccount,
 } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/slack";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { buildPassiveProbedChannelStatusSummary } from "../../shared/channel-status-summary.js";
 import { getSlackRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 

extensions/telegram/src/channel.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import {
 import {
   type OutboundSendDeps,
   resolveOutboundSendDep,
-} from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+} from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { getTelegramRuntime } from "./runtime.js";
 
 type TelegramSendFn = ReturnType<

extensions/telegram/src/outbound-adapter.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { ChannelOutboundAdapter } from "../../../src/channels/plugins/types
 import {
   resolveOutboundSendDep,
   type OutboundSendDeps,
-} from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+} from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import type { TelegramInlineButtons } from "./button-types.js";
 import { markdownToTelegramHtmlChunks } from "./format.js";
 import { parseTelegramReplyToMessageId, parseTelegramThreadId } from "./outbound-params.js";

extensions/whatsapp/src/outbound-adapter.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { chunkText } from "../../../src/auto-reply/chunk.js";
 import { sendTextMediaPayload } from "../../../src/channels/plugins/outbound/direct-text-media.js";
 import type { ChannelOutboundAdapter } from "../../../src/channels/plugins/types.js";
 import { shouldLogVerbose } from "../../../src/globals.js";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../src/infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { resolveWhatsAppOutboundTarget } from "../../../src/whatsapp/resolve-outbound-target.js";
 import { sendMessageWhatsApp, sendPollWhatsApp } from "./send.js";
 

src/channels/plugins/outbound/imessage.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { sendMessageIMessage } from "../../../../extensions/imessage/src/send.js";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep, type OutboundSendDeps } from "../../../infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import {
+  resolveOutboundSendDep,
+  type OutboundSendDeps,
+} from "../../../infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import {
   createScopedChannelMediaMaxBytesResolver,
   createDirectTextMediaOutbound,

src/channels/plugins/outbound/signal.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { sendMessageSignal } from "../../../../extensions/signal/src/send.js";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep, type OutboundSendDeps } from "../../../infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import {
+  resolveOutboundSendDep,
+  type OutboundSendDeps,
+} from "../../../infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import {
   createScopedChannelMediaMaxBytesResolver,
   createDirectTextMediaOutbound,

src/channels/plugins/outbound/slack.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { parseSlackBlocksInput } from "../../../../extensions/slack/src/blocks-input.js";
 import { sendMessageSlack, type SlackSendIdentity } from "../../../../extensions/slack/src/send.js";
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../infra/outbound/deliver.js";
 import type { OutboundIdentity } from "../../../infra/outbound/identity.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../../infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { getGlobalHookRunner } from "../../../plugins/hook-runner-global.js";
 import type { ChannelOutboundAdapter } from "../types.js";
 import { sendTextMediaPayload } from "./direct-text-media.js";

src/channels/plugins/whatsapp-shared.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep } from "../../infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import type { PluginRuntimeChannel } from "../../plugins/runtime/types-channel.js";
 import { escapeRegExp } from "../../utils.js";
 import { resolveWhatsAppOutboundTarget } from "../../whatsapp/resolve-outbound-target.js";

src/cli/deps.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { OutboundSendDeps } from "../infra/outbound/deliver.js";
+import type { OutboundSendDeps } from "../infra/outbound/send-deps.js";
 import { createOutboundSendDepsFromCliSource } from "./outbound-send-mapping.js";
 
 /**

src/infra/outbound/deliver.ts

@@ -40,57 +40,17 @@ import type { DeliveryMirror } from "./mirror.js";
 import type { NormalizedOutboundPayload } from "./payloads.js";
 import { normalizeReplyPayloadsForDelivery } from "./payloads.js";
 import { isPlainTextSurface, sanitizeForPlainText } from "./sanitize-text.js";
+import { resolveOutboundSendDep, type OutboundSendDeps } from "./send-deps.js";
 import type { OutboundSessionContext } from "./session-context.js";
 import type { OutboundChannel } from "./targets.js";
 
 export type { NormalizedOutboundPayload } from "./payloads.js";
 export { normalizeOutboundPayloads } from "./payloads.js";
+export { resolveOutboundSendDep, type OutboundSendDeps } from "./send-deps.js";
 
 const log = createSubsystemLogger("outbound/deliver");
 const TELEGRAM_TEXT_LIMIT = 4096;
 
-type LegacyOutboundSendDeps = {
-  sendWhatsApp?: unknown;
-  sendTelegram?: unknown;
-  sendDiscord?: unknown;
-  sendSlack?: unknown;
-  sendSignal?: unknown;
-  sendIMessage?: unknown;
-  sendMatrix?: unknown;
-  sendMSTeams?: unknown;
-};
-
-/**
- * Dynamic bag of per-channel send functions, keyed by channel ID.
- * Each outbound adapter resolves its own function from this record and
- * falls back to a direct import when the key is absent.
- */
-export type OutboundSendDeps = LegacyOutboundSendDeps & { [channelId: string]: unknown };
-
-const LEGACY_SEND_DEP_KEYS = {
-  whatsapp: "sendWhatsApp",
-  telegram: "sendTelegram",
-  discord: "sendDiscord",
-  slack: "sendSlack",
-  signal: "sendSignal",
-  imessage: "sendIMessage",
-  matrix: "sendMatrix",
-  msteams: "sendMSTeams",
-} as const satisfies Record<string, keyof LegacyOutboundSendDeps>;
-
-export function resolveOutboundSendDep<T>(
-  deps: OutboundSendDeps | null | undefined,
-  channelId: keyof typeof LEGACY_SEND_DEP_KEYS,
-): T | undefined {
-  const dynamic = deps?.[channelId];
-  if (dynamic !== undefined) {
-    return dynamic as T;
-  }
-  const legacyKey = LEGACY_SEND_DEP_KEYS[channelId];
-  const legacy = deps?.[legacyKey];
-  return legacy as T | undefined;
-}
-
 export type OutboundDeliveryResult = {
   channel: Exclude<OutboundChannel, "none">;
   messageId: string;

src/infra/outbound/send-deps.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+type LegacyOutboundSendDeps = {
+  sendWhatsApp?: unknown;
+  sendTelegram?: unknown;
+  sendDiscord?: unknown;
+  sendSlack?: unknown;
+  sendSignal?: unknown;
+  sendIMessage?: unknown;
+  sendMatrix?: unknown;
+  sendMSTeams?: unknown;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Dynamic bag of per-channel send functions, keyed by channel ID.
+ * Each outbound adapter resolves its own function from this record and
+ * falls back to a direct import when the key is absent.
+ */
+export type OutboundSendDeps = LegacyOutboundSendDeps & { [channelId: string]: unknown };
+
+const LEGACY_SEND_DEP_KEYS = {
+  whatsapp: "sendWhatsApp",
+  telegram: "sendTelegram",
+  discord: "sendDiscord",
+  slack: "sendSlack",
+  signal: "sendSignal",
+  imessage: "sendIMessage",
+  matrix: "sendMatrix",
+  msteams: "sendMSTeams",
+} as const satisfies Record<string, keyof LegacyOutboundSendDeps>;
+
+export function resolveOutboundSendDep<T>(
+  deps: OutboundSendDeps | null | undefined,
+  channelId: keyof typeof LEGACY_SEND_DEP_KEYS,
+): T | undefined {
+  const dynamic = deps?.[channelId];
+  if (dynamic !== undefined) {
+    return dynamic as T;
+  }
+  const legacyKey = LEGACY_SEND_DEP_KEYS[channelId];
+  const legacy = deps?.[legacyKey];
+  return legacy as T | undefined;
+}