diff --git a/docs/help/testing.md b/docs/help/testing.md
index 9ef6597fc8f..fa0280b8309 100644
--- a/docs/help/testing.md
+++ b/docs/help/testing.md
@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ inside every shard.
   - Installs an OpenClaw package candidate in Docker, runs installed-package
     onboarding, configures Telegram through the installed CLI, then reuses the
     live Telegram QA lane with that installed package as the SUT Gateway.
+  - The wrapper mounts only the `qa-lab` harness source from the checkout; the
+    installed package owns `dist`, `openclaw/plugin-sdk`, and bundled plugin
+    runtime so the lane does not mix current checkout plugins into the package
+    under test.
   - Defaults to `OPENCLAW_NPM_TELEGRAM_PACKAGE_SPEC=openclaw@beta`; set
     `OPENCLAW_NPM_TELEGRAM_PACKAGE_TGZ=/path/to/openclaw-current.tgz` or
     `OPENCLAW_CURRENT_PACKAGE_TGZ` to test a resolved local tarball instead of
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/npm-telegram-live-docker.sh b/scripts/e2e/npm-telegram-live-docker.sh
index ae5ebb94d44..80c3e70a3d2 100755
--- a/scripts/e2e/npm-telegram-live-docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/npm-telegram-live-docker.sh
@@ -243,11 +243,12 @@ command -v openclaw
 openclaw --version
 EOF
 
-# Mount only test harness/plugin QA sources; the SUT itself is the installed package candidate.
+# Mount only QA harness source; the SUT itself, including bundled plugin runtime,
+# is the installed package candidate.
 run_logged docker_e2e_run_with_harness \
   "${docker_env[@]}" \
   -v "$ROOT_DIR/.artifacts:/app/.artifacts" \
-  -v "$ROOT_DIR/extensions:/app/extensions:ro" \
+  -v "$ROOT_DIR/extensions/qa-lab:/app/extensions/qa-lab:ro" \
   -v "$npm_prefix_host:/npm-global" \
   -i "$IMAGE_NAME" bash -s <<'EOF'
 set -euo pipefail
@@ -278,17 +279,12 @@ openclaw --version
 mkdir -p /app/node_modules
 openclaw_package_dir="/npm-global/lib/node_modules/openclaw"
 # The mounted QA harness imports openclaw/plugin-sdk and package dependencies;
-# point those imports at the installed package without copying source into the test image.
+# point those imports at the installed package without copying source plugins into the test image.
 rm -rf /app/node_modules/openclaw
 ln -sfnT "$openclaw_package_dir" /app/node_modules/openclaw
 rm -rf /app/dist
 ln -sfnT "$openclaw_package_dir/dist" /app/dist
 cp "$openclaw_package_dir/package.json" /app/package.json
-rm -rf "$openclaw_package_dir/extensions"
-ln -sfnT /app/extensions "$openclaw_package_dir/extensions"
-mkdir -p /app/node_modules/@openclaw
-rm -rf /app/node_modules/@openclaw/qa-channel
-ln -sfnT /app/extensions/qa-channel /app/node_modules/@openclaw/qa-channel
 node scripts/e2e/lib/npm-telegram-live/prepare-package.mjs \
   /app/package.json \
   /app/node_modules/openclaw/package.json