diff --git a/.agents/skills/openclaw-testing/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/openclaw-testing/SKILL.md
index d0fa82451d9..4bcca0534ed 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/openclaw-testing/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/openclaw-testing/SKILL.md
@@ -143,10 +143,11 @@ artifact reuse, and sharding instead. The parent verifier job appends
 slowest-job tables for child runs; rerun only that verifier after a child rerun
 turns green.
 
-Standalone manual `CI` dispatches do not run the plugin prerelease suite. That
-suite is intentionally reserved for the Full Release Validation CI child so PRs,
-main pushes, and ad hoc broad CI checks do not spend Docker/package time on
-release-only plugin product coverage.
+Standalone manual `CI` dispatches do not run the plugin prerelease suite, the
+extension batch sweep, or the release-only `agentic-plugins` Vitest shard. Those
+lanes are intentionally reserved for the Full Release Validation CI child so
+PRs, main pushes, and ad hoc broad CI checks do not spend Docker/package time or
+all-plugin runtime time on release-only product coverage.
 
 If a full run is already active on a newer `origin/main`, prefer watching that
 run over dispatching a duplicate. If you accidentally dispatch a stale duplicate,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ddd88e80e93..658e908844e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ jobs:
               : process.env.OPENCLAW_CI_CHECKOUT_REVISION;
           let runPluginPrereleaseSuite =
             isFullReleaseValidationCiRun && runNodeFull && isCanonicalRepository;
+          const runReleaseOnlyPluginSuites =
+            isFullReleaseValidationCiRun && runNodeFull && isCanonicalRepository;
           let pluginPrereleasePlan = { staticChecks: [], dockerLanes: [] };
           if (runPluginPrereleaseSuite) {
             try {
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
             ? DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TEST_SHARD_COUNT
             : Math.max(DEFAULT_EXTENSION_TEST_SHARD_COUNT, 36);
           const extensionShardMatrix = createMatrix(
-            runNodeFull
+            runReleaseOnlyPluginSuites
               ? createExtensionTestShards({
                   shardCount: extensionTestShardCount,
                 }).map((shard) => ({
@@ -271,7 +273,9 @@ jobs:
           }
 
           const nodeTestShards = runNodeFull
-            ? createNodeTestShards().map((shard) => ({
+            ? createNodeTestShards({
+                includeReleaseOnlyPluginShards: runReleaseOnlyPluginSuites,
+              }).map((shard) => ({
                 check_name: shard.checkName,
                 runtime: "node",
                 task: "test-shard",
diff --git a/docs/help/testing.md b/docs/help/testing.md
index 219cdacfa60..4ada3e0a9a7 100644
--- a/docs/help/testing.md
+++ b/docs/help/testing.md
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ Think of the suites as “increasing realism” (and increasing flakiness/cost):
     - Import-light unit tests from agents, commands, plugins, auto-reply helpers, `plugin-sdk`, and similar pure utility areas route through the `unit-fast` lane, which skips `test/setup-openclaw-runtime.ts`; stateful/runtime-heavy files stay on the existing lanes.
     - Selected `plugin-sdk` and `commands` helper source files also map changed-mode runs to explicit sibling tests in those light lanes, so helper edits avoid rerunning the full heavy suite for that directory.
     - `auto-reply` has dedicated buckets for top-level core helpers, top-level `reply.*` integration tests, and the `src/auto-reply/reply/**` subtree. CI further splits the reply subtree into agent-runner, dispatch, and commands/state-routing shards so one import-heavy bucket does not own the full Node tail.
+    - Normal PR/main CI intentionally skips the extension batch sweep and release-only `agentic-plugins` shard. Full Release Validation dispatches the CI child with `full_release_validation=true`, which turns those plugin/extension-heavy suites back on for release candidates.
 
   </Accordion>
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs b/scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs
index 4e3b78e3714..69c23fc6846 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs
+++ b/scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const EXCLUDED_FULL_SUITE_SHARDS = new Set([
 ]);
 
 const EXCLUDED_PROJECT_CONFIGS = new Set(["test/vitest/vitest.channels.config.ts"]);
+const RELEASE_ONLY_PLUGIN_SHARDS = new Set(["agentic-plugins"]);
 function listTestFiles(rootDir) {
   if (!existsSync(rootDir)) {
     return [];
@@ -288,7 +289,9 @@ function formatNodeTestShardCheckName(shardName) {
   return `checks-node-${normalizedShardName}`;
 }
 
-export function createNodeTestShards() {
+export function createNodeTestShards(options = {}) {
+  const includeReleaseOnlyPluginShards = options.includeReleaseOnlyPluginShards ?? true;
+
   return fullSuiteVitestShards.flatMap((shard) => {
     if (EXCLUDED_FULL_SUITE_SHARDS.has(shard.config)) {
       return [];
@@ -302,6 +305,13 @@ export function createNodeTestShards() {
     const splitShards = SPLIT_NODE_SHARDS.get(shard.name);
     if (splitShards) {
       return splitShards.flatMap((splitShard) => {
+        if (
+          RELEASE_ONLY_PLUGIN_SHARDS.has(splitShard.shardName) &&
+          !includeReleaseOnlyPluginShards
+        ) {
+          return [];
+        }
+
         const splitConfigs = splitShard.includeExternalConfigs
           ? splitShard.configs
           : splitShard.configs.filter((config) => configs.includes(config));
diff --git a/test/scripts/ci-node-test-plan.test.ts b/test/scripts/ci-node-test-plan.test.ts
index 3d185c2de65..d1d2ba15b3f 100644
--- a/test/scripts/ci-node-test-plan.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/ci-node-test-plan.test.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,13 @@ describe("scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("keeps expensive plugin shards release-only when normal CI asks for the cheaper plan", () => {
+    const shards = createNodeTestShards({ includeReleaseOnlyPluginShards: false });
+
+    expect(shards.some((shard) => shard.shardName === "agentic-plugins")).toBe(false);
+    expect(shards.some((shard) => shard.shardName === "agentic-plugin-sdk")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("splits auto-reply into balanced core/top-level and reply subtree shards", () => {
     const shards = createNodeTestShards();
     const autoReplyShards = shards