diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ff9def884d..0ad839c869c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Agents/model fallback: jump directly to a known later live-session model redirect instead of walking unrelated fallback candidates, while preserving the already-landed live-session/fallback loop guard. Fixes #57471; related loop family already closed via #58496. Thanks @yuxiaoyang2007-prog.
 - Gateway/Bonjour: keep @homebridge/ciao cancellation handlers registered across advertiser restarts so late probing cancellations cannot crash Linux and other mDNS-churned gateways. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/startup: load the default `memory-core` slot during Gateway startup when permitted so active-memory recall can call `memory_search` and `memory_get` without requiring an explicit `plugins.slots.memory` entry, while preserving `plugins.slots.memory: "none"`. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/plugins: resolve `gateway_start` cron hooks from live Gateway runtime state before the legacy deps fallback, so memory-core dreaming cron reconciliation keeps working on installs where `deps.cron` is not populated during service startup. Fixes #72835. Thanks @RayWoo.
 - Plugins/CLI: prefer native require for compiled bundled plugin JavaScript before jiti so read-only config, status, device, and node commands avoid unnecessary transform overhead on slow hosts. Fixes #62842. Thanks @Effet.
 - Plugins/compat: inventory doctor-side deprecation migrations separately from runtime plugin compatibility so release sweeps preserve needed repairs while enforcing dated removal windows. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Plugins/compat: add missing dated compatibility records for legacy extension-api, memory registration, provider hook/type aliases, runtime aliases, channel SDK helpers, and approval/test utility shims. Thanks @vincentkoc.
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-startup-post-attach.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-startup-post-attach.test.ts
index 6b15358ac24..d3ebcf51fd9 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-startup-post-attach.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-startup-post-attach.test.ts
@@ -398,6 +398,45 @@ describe("startGatewayPostAttachRuntime", () => {
     params.deps.cron = reloadedCron as never;
     expect(getCron()).toBe(reloadedCron);
   });
+
+  it("resolves gateway_start cron from the live runtime getter before deps fallback", async () => {
+    const runGatewayStart = vi.fn<
+      (event: PluginHookGatewayStartEvent, ctx: PluginHookGatewayContext) => Promise<void>
+    >(async () => undefined);
+    const hookRunner = {
+      hasHooks: vi.fn((hookName: string) => hookName === "gateway_start"),
+      runGatewayStart,
+    };
+    const depsCron = { list: vi.fn(), add: vi.fn(), update: vi.fn(), remove: vi.fn() };
+    const liveCron = { list: vi.fn(), add: vi.fn(), update: vi.fn(), remove: vi.fn() };
+    const reloadedCron = { list: vi.fn(), add: vi.fn(), update: vi.fn(), remove: vi.fn() };
+    let currentLiveCron = liveCron;
+    const params = createPostAttachParams({
+      deps: { cron: depsCron } as never,
+      getCronService: () => currentLiveCron,
+    });
+
+    await startGatewayPostAttachRuntime(
+      params,
+      createPostAttachRuntimeDeps({
+        getGlobalHookRunner: vi.fn(async () => hookRunner as never),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await vi.waitFor(() => {
+      expect(runGatewayStart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    const ctx = runGatewayStart.mock.calls[0]?.[1];
+    if (!ctx?.getCron) {
+      throw new Error("gateway_start context did not expose getCron");
+    }
+    expect(ctx.getCron()).toBe(liveCron);
+
+    params.deps.cron = depsCron as never;
+    currentLiveCron = reloadedCron;
+    expect(ctx.getCron()).toBe(reloadedCron);
+  });
 });
 
 function createPostAttachRuntimeDeps(
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-startup-post-attach.ts b/src/gateway/server-startup-post-attach.ts
index 9e9069227b2..2da02d6565d 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-startup-post-attach.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-startup-post-attach.ts
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ export async function startGatewayPostAttachRuntime(
     };
     logChannels: { info: (msg: string) => void; error: (msg: string) => void };
     unavailableGatewayMethods: Set<string>;
+    getCronService?: () => PluginHookGatewayCronService | null | undefined;
     onPluginServices?: (pluginServices: PluginServicesHandle | null) => void;
     onSidecarsReady?: () => void;
     startupTrace?: GatewayStartupTrace;
@@ -570,7 +571,9 @@ export async function startGatewayPostAttachRuntime(
               port: params.port,
               config: params.gatewayPluginConfigAtStart,
               workspaceDir: params.defaultWorkspaceDir,
-              getCron: () => params.deps.cron as PluginHookGatewayCronService | undefined,
+              getCron: () =>
+                params.getCronService?.() ??
+                (params.deps.cron as PluginHookGatewayCronService | undefined),
             },
           )
           .catch((err) => {
diff --git a/src/gateway/server.impl.ts b/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
index d724c6a6ed9..0458fdb82e8 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   setCurrentPluginMetadataSnapshot,
 } from "../plugins/current-plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
 import { runGlobalGatewayStopSafely } from "../plugins/hook-runner-global.js";
+import type { PluginHookGatewayCronService } from "../plugins/hook-types.js";
 import type { PluginRuntime } from "../plugins/runtime/types.js";
 import { getTotalQueueSize } from "../process/command-queue.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
@@ -938,6 +939,8 @@ export async function startGatewayServer(
         logHooks,
         logChannels,
         unavailableGatewayMethods,
+        getCronService: () =>
+          runtimeState?.cronState.cron as PluginHookGatewayCronService | undefined,
         onPluginServices: (pluginServices) => {
           runtimeState.pluginServices = pluginServices;
         },