diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90e77e2dde1..0469a96ab27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Secrets/plugins/status: align SecretRef inspect-vs-strict handling across plugin preload, read-only status/agents surfaces, and runtime auth paths so unresolved refs no longer crash read-only CLI flows while runtime-required non-env refs stay strict. (#66818) Thanks @joshavant.
 - Memory/dreaming: stop ordinary transcripts that merely quote the dream-diary prompt from being classified as internal dreaming runs and silently dropped from session recall ingestion. (#66852) Thanks @gumadeiras.
 - Telegram/documents: sanitize binary reply context and ZIP-like archive extraction so `.epub` and `.mobi` uploads can no longer leak raw binary into prompt context through reply metadata or archive-to-`text/plain` coercion. (#66877) Thanks @martinfrancois.
+- Telegram/native commands: restore plugin-registry-backed auto defaults for native commands and native skills so Telegram slash commands keep registering when `commands.native` and `commands.nativeSkills` stay on `auto`. (#66843) Thanks @kashevk0.
 
 ## 2026.4.14
 
diff --git a/src/config/commands.test.ts b/src/config/commands.test.ts
index b7148739c56..515ed061939 100644
--- a/src/config/commands.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/commands.test.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ beforeEach(() => {
           },
         },
       },
+      {
+        pluginId: "demo-channel",
+        source: "test",
+        plugin: {
+          ...createChannelTestPluginBase({ id: "demo-channel" }),
+          commands: {
+            nativeCommandsAutoEnabled: true,
+            nativeSkillsAutoEnabled: true,
+          },
+        },
+      },
     ]),
   );
 });
@@ -104,6 +115,15 @@ describe("resolveNativeSkillsEnabled", () => {
       }),
     ).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it("uses the plugin registry for auto defaults even when chat-channel normalization misses", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveNativeSkillsEnabled({
+        providerId: "demo-channel",
+        globalSetting: "auto",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("resolveNativeCommandsEnabled", () => {
@@ -119,6 +139,15 @@ describe("resolveNativeCommandsEnabled", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("uses the plugin registry for auto defaults even when chat-channel normalization misses", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveNativeCommandsEnabled({
+        providerId: "demo-channel",
+        globalSetting: "auto",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("honors explicit provider/global booleans", () => {
     expect(
       resolveNativeCommandsEnabled({
diff --git a/src/config/commands.ts b/src/config/commands.ts
index ebd346ec68a..69c2349d268 100644
--- a/src/config/commands.ts
+++ b/src/config/commands.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { getChannelPlugin } from "../channels/plugins/index.js";
+import { getChannelPlugin, normalizeChannelId } from "../channels/plugins/index.js";
 import type { ChannelId } from "../channels/plugins/types.public.js";
-import { normalizeChannelId } from "../channels/registry.js";
 import type { NativeCommandsSetting } from "./types.js";
 export { isCommandFlagEnabled, isRestartEnabled, type CommandFlagKey } from "./commands.flags.js";