From e20823c7411bf2bab7ebe8439bd7dd35510f62fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tak Hoffman <781889+Takhoffman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:38:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(regression): auto-enable plugin status loads

---
 src/plugins/status.test.ts | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/plugins/status.ts      |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/status.test.ts b/src/plugins/status.test.ts
index def7d07e3a0..53f12cd81fe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/status.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/status.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 
 const loadConfigMock = vi.fn();
 const loadOpenClawPluginsMock = vi.fn();
+const applyPluginAutoEnableMock = vi.fn();
 const resolveBundledProviderCompatPluginIdsMock = vi.fn();
 const withBundledPluginAllowlistCompatMock = vi.fn();
 const withBundledPluginEnablementCompatMock = vi.fn();
@@ -26,6 +27,10 @@ vi.mock("../config/config.js", () => ({
   loadConfig: () => loadConfigMock(),
 }));
 
+vi.mock("../config/plugin-auto-enable.js", () => ({
+  applyPluginAutoEnable: (...args: unknown[]) => applyPluginAutoEnableMock(...args),
+}));
+
 vi.mock("./loader.js", () => ({
   loadOpenClawPlugins: (...args: unknown[]) => loadOpenClawPluginsMock(...args),
 }));
@@ -107,10 +112,15 @@ describe("buildPluginStatusReport", () => {
     vi.resetModules();
     loadConfigMock.mockReset();
     loadOpenClawPluginsMock.mockReset();
+    applyPluginAutoEnableMock.mockReset();
     resolveBundledProviderCompatPluginIdsMock.mockReset();
     withBundledPluginAllowlistCompatMock.mockReset();
     withBundledPluginEnablementCompatMock.mockReset();
     loadConfigMock.mockReturnValue({});
+    applyPluginAutoEnableMock.mockImplementation((params: { config: unknown }) => ({
+      config: params.config,
+      changes: [],
+    }));
     resolveBundledProviderCompatPluginIdsMock.mockReturnValue([]);
     withBundledPluginAllowlistCompatMock.mockImplementation(
       (params: { config: unknown }) => params.config,
@@ -146,6 +156,32 @@ describe("buildPluginStatusReport", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("loads plugin status from the auto-enabled config snapshot", () => {
+    const rawConfig = {
+      plugins: {},
+      channels: { demo: { enabled: true } },
+    };
+    const autoEnabledConfig = {
+      ...rawConfig,
+      plugins: {
+        entries: {
+          demo: { enabled: true },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    applyPluginAutoEnableMock.mockReturnValue({ config: autoEnabledConfig, changes: [] });
+
+    buildPluginStatusReport({ config: rawConfig });
+
+    expect(applyPluginAutoEnableMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      config: rawConfig,
+      env: process.env,
+    });
+    expect(loadOpenClawPluginsMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ config: autoEnabledConfig }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("applies the full bundled provider compat chain before loading plugins", () => {
     const config = { plugins: { allow: ["telegram"] } };
     loadConfigMock.mockReturnValue(config);
diff --git a/src/plugins/status.ts b/src/plugins/status.ts
index c88967f2d74..46dde5557ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/status.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/status.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { resolveAgentWorkspaceDir, resolveDefaultAgentId } from "../agents/agent-scope.js";
 import { resolveDefaultAgentWorkspaceDir } from "../agents/workspace.js";
 import { loadConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { applyPluginAutoEnable } from "../config/plugin-auto-enable.js";
 import { normalizeOpenClawVersionBase } from "../config/version.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
 import { resolveCompatibilityHostVersion } from "../version.js";
@@ -142,7 +143,11 @@ export function buildPluginStatusReport(params?: {
   /** Use an explicit env when plugin roots should resolve independently from process.env. */
   env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
 }): PluginStatusReport {
-  const config = params?.config ?? loadConfig();
+  const rawConfig = params?.config ?? loadConfig();
+  const config = applyPluginAutoEnable({
+    config: rawConfig,
+    env: params?.env ?? process.env,
+  }).config;
   const workspaceDir = params?.workspaceDir
     ? params.workspaceDir
     : (resolveAgentWorkspaceDir(config, resolveDefaultAgentId(config)) ??