openclaw/src/plugins/loader.ts

import fs from "node:fs";
import path from "node:path";
import { createJiti } from "jiti";
import type { ChannelPlugin } from "../channels/plugins/types.js";
import { isChannelConfigured } from "../config/channel-configured.js";
import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
import type { PluginInstallRecord } from "../config/types.plugins.js";
import type { GatewayRequestHandler } from "../gateway/server-methods/types.js";
import { openBoundaryFileSync } from "../infra/boundary-file-read.js";
import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
import {
  clearMemoryPromptSection,
  getMemoryPromptSectionBuilder,
  restoreMemoryPromptSection,
} from "../memory/prompt-section.js";
import { resolveUserPath } from "../utils.js";
import { inspectBundleMcpRuntimeSupport } from "./bundle-mcp.js";
import { clearPluginCommands } from "./command-registry-state.js";
import {
  applyTestPluginDefaults,
  normalizePluginsConfig,
  resolveEffectiveEnableState,
  resolveMemorySlotDecision,
  type NormalizedPluginsConfig,
} from "./config-state.js";
import { discoverOpenClawPlugins } from "./discovery.js";
import { initializeGlobalHookRunner } from "./hook-runner-global.js";
import { clearPluginInteractiveHandlers } from "./interactive.js";
import { loadPluginManifestRegistry } from "./manifest-registry.js";
import { isPathInside, safeStatSync } from "./path-safety.js";
import { createPluginRegistry, type PluginRecord, type PluginRegistry } from "./registry.js";
import { resolvePluginCacheInputs } from "./roots.js";
import { setActivePluginRegistry } from "./runtime.js";
import type { CreatePluginRuntimeOptions } from "./runtime/index.js";
import type { PluginRuntime } from "./runtime/types.js";
import { validateJsonSchemaValue } from "./schema-validator.js";
import {
  buildPluginLoaderAliasMap,
  buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions,
  listPluginSdkAliasCandidates,
  listPluginSdkExportedSubpaths,
  resolveExtensionApiAlias,
  resolvePluginSdkAliasCandidateOrder,
  resolvePluginSdkAliasFile,
  resolvePluginRuntimeModulePath,
  resolvePluginSdkScopedAliasMap,
  shouldPreferNativeJiti,
} from "./sdk-alias.js";
import type {
  OpenClawPluginDefinition,
  OpenClawPluginModule,
  PluginDiagnostic,
  PluginBundleFormat,
  PluginFormat,
  PluginLogger,
} from "./types.js";

export type PluginLoadResult = PluginRegistry;

export type PluginLoadOptions = {
  config?: OpenClawConfig;
  workspaceDir?: string;
  // Allows callers to resolve plugin roots and load paths against an explicit env
  // instead of the process-global environment.
  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
  logger?: PluginLogger;
  coreGatewayHandlers?: Record<string, GatewayRequestHandler>;
  runtimeOptions?: CreatePluginRuntimeOptions;
  cache?: boolean;
  mode?: "full" | "validate";
  onlyPluginIds?: string[];
  includeSetupOnlyChannelPlugins?: boolean;
  /**
   * Prefer `setupEntry` for configured channel plugins that explicitly opt in
   * via package metadata because their setup entry covers the pre-listen startup surface.
   */
  preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins?: boolean;
  activate?: boolean;
  throwOnLoadError?: boolean;
};

export class PluginLoadFailureError extends Error {
  readonly pluginIds: string[];
  readonly registry: PluginRegistry;

  constructor(registry: PluginRegistry) {
    const failedPlugins = registry.plugins.filter((entry) => entry.status === "error");
    const summary = failedPlugins
      .map((entry) => `${entry.id}: ${entry.error ?? "unknown plugin load error"}`)
      .join("; ");
    super(`plugin load failed: ${summary}`);
    this.name = "PluginLoadFailureError";
    this.pluginIds = failedPlugins.map((entry) => entry.id);
    this.registry = registry;
  }
}

type CachedPluginState = {
  registry: PluginRegistry;
  memoryPromptBuilder: ReturnType<typeof getMemoryPromptSectionBuilder>;
};

const MAX_PLUGIN_REGISTRY_CACHE_ENTRIES = 128;
let pluginRegistryCacheEntryCap = MAX_PLUGIN_REGISTRY_CACHE_ENTRIES;
const registryCache = new Map<string, CachedPluginState>();
const openAllowlistWarningCache = new Set<string>();
const LAZY_RUNTIME_REFLECTION_KEYS = [
  "version",
  "config",
  "agent",
  "subagent",
  "system",
  "media",
  "tts",
  "stt",
  "tools",
  "channel",
  "events",
  "logging",
  "state",
  "modelAuth",
] as const satisfies readonly (keyof PluginRuntime)[];

export function clearPluginLoaderCache(): void {
  registryCache.clear();
  openAllowlistWarningCache.clear();
  clearMemoryPromptSection();
}

const defaultLogger = () => createSubsystemLogger("plugins");

export const __testing = {
  buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions,
  buildPluginLoaderAliasMap,
  listPluginSdkAliasCandidates,
  listPluginSdkExportedSubpaths,
  resolveExtensionApiAlias,
  resolvePluginSdkScopedAliasMap,
  resolvePluginSdkAliasCandidateOrder,
  resolvePluginSdkAliasFile,
  resolvePluginRuntimeModulePath,
  shouldPreferNativeJiti,
  get maxPluginRegistryCacheEntries() {
    return pluginRegistryCacheEntryCap;
  },
  setMaxPluginRegistryCacheEntriesForTest(value?: number) {
    pluginRegistryCacheEntryCap =
      typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) && value > 0
        ? Math.max(1, Math.floor(value))
        : MAX_PLUGIN_REGISTRY_CACHE_ENTRIES;
  },
};

function getCachedPluginRegistry(cacheKey: string): CachedPluginState | undefined {
  const cached = registryCache.get(cacheKey);
  if (!cached) {
    return undefined;
  }
  // Refresh insertion order so frequently reused registries survive eviction.
  registryCache.delete(cacheKey);
  registryCache.set(cacheKey, cached);
  return cached;
}

function setCachedPluginRegistry(cacheKey: string, state: CachedPluginState): void {
  if (registryCache.has(cacheKey)) {
    registryCache.delete(cacheKey);
  }
  registryCache.set(cacheKey, state);
  while (registryCache.size > pluginRegistryCacheEntryCap) {
    const oldestKey = registryCache.keys().next().value;
    if (!oldestKey) {
      break;
    }
    registryCache.delete(oldestKey);
  }
}

function buildCacheKey(params: {
  workspaceDir?: string;
  plugins: NormalizedPluginsConfig;
  installs?: Record<string, PluginInstallRecord>;
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
  onlyPluginIds?: string[];
  includeSetupOnlyChannelPlugins?: boolean;
  preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins?: boolean;
  runtimeSubagentMode?: "default" | "explicit" | "gateway-bindable";
}): string {
  const { roots, loadPaths } = resolvePluginCacheInputs({
    workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
    loadPaths: params.plugins.loadPaths,
    env: params.env,
  });
  const installs = Object.fromEntries(
    Object.entries(params.installs ?? {}).map(([pluginId, install]) => [
      pluginId,
      {
        ...install,
        installPath:
          typeof install.installPath === "string"
            ? resolveUserPath(install.installPath, params.env)
            : install.installPath,
        sourcePath:
          typeof install.sourcePath === "string"
            ? resolveUserPath(install.sourcePath, params.env)
            : install.sourcePath,
      },
    ]),
  );
  const scopeKey = JSON.stringify(params.onlyPluginIds ?? []);
  const setupOnlyKey = params.includeSetupOnlyChannelPlugins === true ? "setup-only" : "runtime";
  const startupChannelMode =
    params.preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins === true ? "prefer-setup" : "full";
  return `${roots.workspace ?? ""}::${roots.global ?? ""}::${roots.stock ?? ""}::${JSON.stringify({
    ...params.plugins,
    installs,
    loadPaths,
  })}::${scopeKey}::${setupOnlyKey}::${startupChannelMode}::${params.runtimeSubagentMode ?? "default"}`;
}

function normalizeScopedPluginIds(ids?: string[]): string[] | undefined {
  if (!ids) {
    return undefined;
  }
  const normalized = Array.from(new Set(ids.map((id) => id.trim()).filter(Boolean))).toSorted();
  return normalized.length > 0 ? normalized : undefined;
}

function validatePluginConfig(params: {
  schema?: Record<string, unknown>;
  cacheKey?: string;
  value?: unknown;
}): { ok: boolean; value?: Record<string, unknown>; errors?: string[] } {
  const schema = params.schema;
  if (!schema) {
    return { ok: true, value: params.value as Record<string, unknown> | undefined };
  }
  const cacheKey = params.cacheKey ?? JSON.stringify(schema);
  const result = validateJsonSchemaValue({
    schema,
    cacheKey,
    value: params.value ?? {},
  });
  if (result.ok) {
    return { ok: true, value: params.value as Record<string, unknown> | undefined };
  }
  return { ok: false, errors: result.errors.map((error) => error.text) };
}

function resolvePluginModuleExport(moduleExport: unknown): {
  definition?: OpenClawPluginDefinition;
  register?: OpenClawPluginDefinition["register"];
} {
  const resolved =
    moduleExport &&
    typeof moduleExport === "object" &&
    "default" in (moduleExport as Record<string, unknown>)
      ? (moduleExport as { default: unknown }).default
      : moduleExport;
  if (typeof resolved === "function") {
    return {
      register: resolved as OpenClawPluginDefinition["register"],
    };
  }
  if (resolved && typeof resolved === "object") {
    const def = resolved as OpenClawPluginDefinition;
    const register = def.register ?? def.activate;
    return { definition: def, register };
  }
  return {};
}

function resolveSetupChannelRegistration(moduleExport: unknown): {
  plugin?: ChannelPlugin;
} {
  const resolved =
    moduleExport &&
    typeof moduleExport === "object" &&
    "default" in (moduleExport as Record<string, unknown>)
      ? (moduleExport as { default: unknown }).default
      : moduleExport;
  if (!resolved || typeof resolved !== "object") {
    return {};
  }
  const setup = resolved as {
    plugin?: unknown;
  };
  if (!setup.plugin || typeof setup.plugin !== "object") {
    return {};
  }
  return {
    plugin: setup.plugin as ChannelPlugin,
  };
}

function shouldLoadChannelPluginInSetupRuntime(params: {
  manifestChannels: string[];
  setupSource?: string;
  startupDeferConfiguredChannelFullLoadUntilAfterListen?: boolean;
  cfg: OpenClawConfig;
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
  preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins?: boolean;
}): boolean {
  if (!params.setupSource || params.manifestChannels.length === 0) {
    return false;
  }
  if (
    params.preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins &&
    params.startupDeferConfiguredChannelFullLoadUntilAfterListen === true
  ) {
    return true;
  }
  return !params.manifestChannels.some((channelId) =>
    isChannelConfigured(params.cfg, channelId, params.env),
  );
}

function createPluginRecord(params: {
  id: string;
  name?: string;
  description?: string;
  version?: string;
  format?: PluginFormat;
  bundleFormat?: PluginBundleFormat;
  bundleCapabilities?: string[];
  source: string;
  rootDir?: string;
  origin: PluginRecord["origin"];
  workspaceDir?: string;
  enabled: boolean;
  configSchema: boolean;
}): PluginRecord {
  return {
    id: params.id,
    name: params.name ?? params.id,
    description: params.description,
    version: params.version,
    format: params.format ?? "openclaw",
    bundleFormat: params.bundleFormat,
    bundleCapabilities: params.bundleCapabilities,
    source: params.source,
    rootDir: params.rootDir,
    origin: params.origin,
    workspaceDir: params.workspaceDir,
    enabled: params.enabled,
    status: params.enabled ? "loaded" : "disabled",
    toolNames: [],
    hookNames: [],
    channelIds: [],
    providerIds: [],
    speechProviderIds: [],
    mediaUnderstandingProviderIds: [],
    imageGenerationProviderIds: [],
    webSearchProviderIds: [],
    gatewayMethods: [],
    cliCommands: [],
    services: [],
    commands: [],
    httpRoutes: 0,
    hookCount: 0,
    configSchema: params.configSchema,
    configUiHints: undefined,
    configJsonSchema: undefined,
  };
}

function recordPluginError(params: {
  logger: PluginLogger;
  registry: PluginRegistry;
  record: PluginRecord;
  seenIds: Map<string, PluginRecord["origin"]>;
  pluginId: string;
  origin: PluginRecord["origin"];
  error: unknown;
  logPrefix: string;
  diagnosticMessagePrefix: string;
}) {
  const errorText =
    process.env.OPENCLAW_PLUGIN_LOADER_DEBUG_STACKS === "1" &&
    params.error instanceof Error &&
    typeof params.error.stack === "string"
      ? params.error.stack
      : String(params.error);
  const deprecatedApiHint =
    errorText.includes("api.registerHttpHandler") && errorText.includes("is not a function")
      ? "deprecated api.registerHttpHandler(...) was removed; use api.registerHttpRoute(...) for plugin-owned routes or registerPluginHttpRoute(...) for dynamic lifecycle routes"
      : null;
  const displayError = deprecatedApiHint ? `${deprecatedApiHint} (${errorText})` : errorText;
  params.logger.error(`${params.logPrefix}${displayError}`);
  params.record.status = "error";
  params.record.error = displayError;
  params.registry.plugins.push(params.record);
  params.seenIds.set(params.pluginId, params.origin);
  params.registry.diagnostics.push({
    level: "error",
    pluginId: params.record.id,
    source: params.record.source,
    message: `${params.diagnosticMessagePrefix}${displayError}`,
  });
}

function pushDiagnostics(diagnostics: PluginDiagnostic[], append: PluginDiagnostic[]) {
  diagnostics.push(...append);
}

function maybeThrowOnPluginLoadError(
  registry: PluginRegistry,
  throwOnLoadError: boolean | undefined,
): void {
  if (!throwOnLoadError) {
    return;
  }
  if (!registry.plugins.some((entry) => entry.status === "error")) {
    return;
  }
  throw new PluginLoadFailureError(registry);
}

type PathMatcher = {
  exact: Set<string>;
  dirs: string[];
};

type InstallTrackingRule = {
  trackedWithoutPaths: boolean;
  matcher: PathMatcher;
};

type PluginProvenanceIndex = {
  loadPathMatcher: PathMatcher;
  installRules: Map<string, InstallTrackingRule>;
};

function createPathMatcher(): PathMatcher {
  return { exact: new Set<string>(), dirs: [] };
}

function addPathToMatcher(
  matcher: PathMatcher,
  rawPath: string,
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
): void {
  const trimmed = rawPath.trim();
  if (!trimmed) {
    return;
  }
  const resolved = resolveUserPath(trimmed, env);
  if (!resolved) {
    return;
  }
  if (matcher.exact.has(resolved) || matcher.dirs.includes(resolved)) {
    return;
  }
  const stat = safeStatSync(resolved);
  if (stat?.isDirectory()) {
    matcher.dirs.push(resolved);
    return;
  }
  matcher.exact.add(resolved);
}

function matchesPathMatcher(matcher: PathMatcher, sourcePath: string): boolean {
  if (matcher.exact.has(sourcePath)) {
    return true;
  }
  return matcher.dirs.some((dirPath) => isPathInside(dirPath, sourcePath));
}

function buildProvenanceIndex(params: {
  config: OpenClawConfig;
  normalizedLoadPaths: string[];
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
}): PluginProvenanceIndex {
  const loadPathMatcher = createPathMatcher();
  for (const loadPath of params.normalizedLoadPaths) {
    addPathToMatcher(loadPathMatcher, loadPath, params.env);
  }

  const installRules = new Map<string, InstallTrackingRule>();
  const installs = params.config.plugins?.installs ?? {};
  for (const [pluginId, install] of Object.entries(installs)) {
    const rule: InstallTrackingRule = {
      trackedWithoutPaths: false,
      matcher: createPathMatcher(),
    };
    const trackedPaths = [install.installPath, install.sourcePath]
      .map((entry) => (typeof entry === "string" ? entry.trim() : ""))
      .filter(Boolean);
    if (trackedPaths.length === 0) {
      rule.trackedWithoutPaths = true;
    } else {
      for (const trackedPath of trackedPaths) {
        addPathToMatcher(rule.matcher, trackedPath, params.env);
      }
    }
    installRules.set(pluginId, rule);
  }

  return { loadPathMatcher, installRules };
}

function isTrackedByProvenance(params: {
  pluginId: string;
  source: string;
  index: PluginProvenanceIndex;
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
}): boolean {
  const sourcePath = resolveUserPath(params.source, params.env);
  const installRule = params.index.installRules.get(params.pluginId);
  if (installRule) {
    if (installRule.trackedWithoutPaths) {
      return true;
    }
    if (matchesPathMatcher(installRule.matcher, sourcePath)) {
      return true;
    }
  }
  return matchesPathMatcher(params.index.loadPathMatcher, sourcePath);
}

function matchesExplicitInstallRule(params: {
  pluginId: string;
  source: string;
  index: PluginProvenanceIndex;
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
}): boolean {
  const sourcePath = resolveUserPath(params.source, params.env);
  const installRule = params.index.installRules.get(params.pluginId);
  if (!installRule || installRule.trackedWithoutPaths) {
    return false;
  }
  return matchesPathMatcher(installRule.matcher, sourcePath);
}

function resolveCandidateDuplicateRank(params: {
  candidate: ReturnType<typeof discoverOpenClawPlugins>["candidates"][number];
  manifestByRoot: Map<string, ReturnType<typeof loadPluginManifestRegistry>["plugins"][number]>;
  provenance: PluginProvenanceIndex;
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
}): number {
  const manifestRecord = params.manifestByRoot.get(params.candidate.rootDir);
  const pluginId = manifestRecord?.id;
  const isExplicitInstall =
    params.candidate.origin === "global" &&
    pluginId !== undefined &&
    matchesExplicitInstallRule({
      pluginId,
      source: params.candidate.source,
      index: params.provenance,
      env: params.env,
    });

  if (params.candidate.origin === "config") {
    return 0;
  }
  if (params.candidate.origin === "global" && isExplicitInstall) {
    return 1;
  }
  if (params.candidate.origin === "bundled") {
    // Bundled plugin ids stay reserved unless the operator configured an override.
    return 2;
  }
  if (params.candidate.origin === "workspace") {
    return 3;
  }
  return 4;
}

function compareDuplicateCandidateOrder(params: {
  left: ReturnType<typeof discoverOpenClawPlugins>["candidates"][number];
  right: ReturnType<typeof discoverOpenClawPlugins>["candidates"][number];
  manifestByRoot: Map<string, ReturnType<typeof loadPluginManifestRegistry>["plugins"][number]>;
  provenance: PluginProvenanceIndex;
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
}): number {
  const leftPluginId = params.manifestByRoot.get(params.left.rootDir)?.id;
  const rightPluginId = params.manifestByRoot.get(params.right.rootDir)?.id;
  if (!leftPluginId || leftPluginId !== rightPluginId) {
    return 0;
  }
  return (
    resolveCandidateDuplicateRank({
      candidate: params.left,
      manifestByRoot: params.manifestByRoot,
      provenance: params.provenance,
      env: params.env,
    }) -
    resolveCandidateDuplicateRank({
      candidate: params.right,
      manifestByRoot: params.manifestByRoot,
      provenance: params.provenance,
      env: params.env,
    })
  );
}

function warnWhenAllowlistIsOpen(params: {
  logger: PluginLogger;
  pluginsEnabled: boolean;
  allow: string[];
  warningCacheKey: string;
  discoverablePlugins: Array<{ id: string; source: string; origin: PluginRecord["origin"] }>;
}) {
  if (!params.pluginsEnabled) {
    return;
  }
  if (params.allow.length > 0) {
    return;
  }
  const nonBundled = params.discoverablePlugins.filter((entry) => entry.origin !== "bundled");
  if (nonBundled.length === 0) {
    return;
  }
  if (openAllowlistWarningCache.has(params.warningCacheKey)) {
    return;
  }
  const preview = nonBundled
    .slice(0, 6)
    .map((entry) => `${entry.id} (${entry.source})`)
    .join(", ");
  const extra = nonBundled.length > 6 ? ` (+${nonBundled.length - 6} more)` : "";
  openAllowlistWarningCache.add(params.warningCacheKey);
  params.logger.warn(
    `[plugins] plugins.allow is empty; discovered non-bundled plugins may auto-load: ${preview}${extra}. Set plugins.allow to explicit trusted ids.`,
  );
}

function warnAboutUntrackedLoadedPlugins(params: {
  registry: PluginRegistry;
  provenance: PluginProvenanceIndex;
  logger: PluginLogger;
  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
}) {
  for (const plugin of params.registry.plugins) {
    if (plugin.status !== "loaded" || plugin.origin === "bundled") {
      continue;
    }
    if (
      isTrackedByProvenance({
        pluginId: plugin.id,
        source: plugin.source,
        index: params.provenance,
        env: params.env,
      })
    ) {
      continue;
    }
    const message =
      "loaded without install/load-path provenance; treat as untracked local code and pin trust via plugins.allow or install records";
    params.registry.diagnostics.push({
      level: "warn",
      pluginId: plugin.id,
      source: plugin.source,
      message,
    });
    params.logger.warn(`[plugins] ${plugin.id}: ${message} (${plugin.source})`);
  }
}

function activatePluginRegistry(registry: PluginRegistry, cacheKey: string): void {
  setActivePluginRegistry(registry, cacheKey);
  initializeGlobalHookRunner(registry);
}

export function loadOpenClawPlugins(options: PluginLoadOptions = {}): PluginRegistry {
  // Snapshot (non-activating) loads must disable the cache to avoid storing a registry
  // whose commands were never globally registered.
  if (options.activate === false && options.cache !== false) {
    throw new Error(
      "loadOpenClawPlugins: activate:false requires cache:false to prevent command registry divergence",
    );
  }
  const env = options.env ?? process.env;
  // Test env: default-disable plugins unless explicitly configured.
  // This keeps unit/gateway suites fast and avoids loading heavyweight plugin deps by accident.
  const cfg = applyTestPluginDefaults(options.config ?? {}, env);
  const logger = options.logger ?? defaultLogger();
  const validateOnly = options.mode === "validate";
  const normalized = normalizePluginsConfig(cfg.plugins);
  const onlyPluginIds = normalizeScopedPluginIds(options.onlyPluginIds);
  const onlyPluginIdSet = onlyPluginIds ? new Set(onlyPluginIds) : null;
  const includeSetupOnlyChannelPlugins = options.includeSetupOnlyChannelPlugins === true;
  const preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins = options.preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins === true;
  const shouldActivate = options.activate !== false;
  // NOTE: `activate` is intentionally excluded from the cache key. All non-activating
  // (snapshot) callers pass `cache: false` via loadOnboardingPluginRegistry(), so they
  // never read from or write to the cache. Including `activate` here would be misleading
  // — it would imply mixed-activate caching is supported, when in practice it is not.
  const cacheKey = buildCacheKey({
    workspaceDir: options.workspaceDir,
    plugins: normalized,
    installs: cfg.plugins?.installs,
    env,
    onlyPluginIds,
    includeSetupOnlyChannelPlugins,
    preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins,
    runtimeSubagentMode:
      options.runtimeOptions?.allowGatewaySubagentBinding === true
        ? "gateway-bindable"
        : options.runtimeOptions?.subagent
          ? "explicit"
          : "default",
  });
  const cacheEnabled = options.cache !== false;
  if (cacheEnabled) {
    const cached = getCachedPluginRegistry(cacheKey);
    if (cached) {
      restoreMemoryPromptSection(cached.memoryPromptBuilder);
      if (shouldActivate) {
        activatePluginRegistry(cached.registry, cacheKey);
      }
      return cached.registry;
    }
  }

  // Clear previously registered plugin state before reloading.
  // Skip for non-activating (snapshot) loads to avoid wiping commands from other plugins.
  if (shouldActivate) {
    clearPluginCommands();
    clearPluginInteractiveHandlers();
    clearMemoryPromptSection();
  }

  // Lazy: avoid creating the Jiti loader when all plugins are disabled (common in unit tests).
  const jitiLoaders = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof createJiti>>();
  const getJiti = (modulePath: string) => {
    const tryNative = shouldPreferNativeJiti(modulePath);
    // Pass loader's moduleUrl so the openclaw root can always be resolved even when
    // loading external plugins from outside the installation directory (e.g. ~/.openclaw/extensions/).
    const aliasMap = buildPluginLoaderAliasMap(modulePath, process.argv[1], import.meta.url);
    const cacheKey = JSON.stringify({
      tryNative,
      aliasMap: Object.entries(aliasMap).toSorted(([left], [right]) => left.localeCompare(right)),
    });
    const cached = jitiLoaders.get(cacheKey);
    if (cached) {
      return cached;
    }
    const loader = createJiti(import.meta.url, {
      ...buildPluginLoaderJitiOptions(aliasMap),
      // Source .ts runtime shims import sibling ".js" specifiers that only exist
      // after build. Disable native loading for source entries so Jiti rewrites
      // those imports against the source graph, while keeping native dist/*.js
      // loading for the canonical built module graph.
      tryNative,
    });
    jitiLoaders.set(cacheKey, loader);
    return loader;
  };

  let createPluginRuntimeFactory: ((options?: CreatePluginRuntimeOptions) => PluginRuntime) | null =
    null;
  const resolveCreatePluginRuntime = (): ((
    options?: CreatePluginRuntimeOptions,
  ) => PluginRuntime) => {
    if (createPluginRuntimeFactory) {
      return createPluginRuntimeFactory;
    }
    const runtimeModulePath = resolvePluginRuntimeModulePath();
    if (!runtimeModulePath) {
      throw new Error("Unable to resolve plugin runtime module");
    }
    const runtimeModule = getJiti(runtimeModulePath)(runtimeModulePath) as {
      createPluginRuntime?: (options?: CreatePluginRuntimeOptions) => PluginRuntime;
    };
    if (typeof runtimeModule.createPluginRuntime !== "function") {
      throw new Error("Plugin runtime module missing createPluginRuntime export");
    }
    createPluginRuntimeFactory = runtimeModule.createPluginRuntime;
    return createPluginRuntimeFactory;
  };

  // Lazily initialize the runtime so startup paths that discover/skip plugins do
  // not eagerly load every channel/runtime dependency tree.
  let resolvedRuntime: PluginRuntime | null = null;
  const resolveRuntime = (): PluginRuntime => {
    resolvedRuntime ??= resolveCreatePluginRuntime()(options.runtimeOptions);
    return resolvedRuntime;
  };
  const lazyRuntimeReflectionKeySet = new Set<PropertyKey>(LAZY_RUNTIME_REFLECTION_KEYS);
  const resolveLazyRuntimeDescriptor = (prop: PropertyKey): PropertyDescriptor | undefined => {
    if (!lazyRuntimeReflectionKeySet.has(prop)) {
      return Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(resolveRuntime() as object, prop);
    }
    return {
      configurable: true,
      enumerable: true,
      get() {
        return Reflect.get(resolveRuntime() as object, prop);
      },
      set(value: unknown) {
        Reflect.set(resolveRuntime() as object, prop, value);
      },
    };
  };
  const runtime = new Proxy({} as PluginRuntime, {
    get(_target, prop, receiver) {
      return Reflect.get(resolveRuntime(), prop, receiver);
    },
    set(_target, prop, value, receiver) {
      return Reflect.set(resolveRuntime(), prop, value, receiver);
    },
    has(_target, prop) {
      return lazyRuntimeReflectionKeySet.has(prop) || Reflect.has(resolveRuntime(), prop);
    },
    ownKeys() {
      return [...LAZY_RUNTIME_REFLECTION_KEYS];
    },
    getOwnPropertyDescriptor(_target, prop) {
      return resolveLazyRuntimeDescriptor(prop);
    },
    defineProperty(_target, prop, attributes) {
      return Reflect.defineProperty(resolveRuntime() as object, prop, attributes);
    },
    deleteProperty(_target, prop) {
      return Reflect.deleteProperty(resolveRuntime() as object, prop);
    },
    getPrototypeOf() {
      return Reflect.getPrototypeOf(resolveRuntime() as object);
    },
  });

  const { registry, createApi } = createPluginRegistry({
    logger,
    runtime,
    coreGatewayHandlers: options.coreGatewayHandlers as Record<string, GatewayRequestHandler>,
    suppressGlobalCommands: !shouldActivate,
  });

  const discovery = discoverOpenClawPlugins({
    workspaceDir: options.workspaceDir,
    extraPaths: normalized.loadPaths,
    cache: options.cache,
    env,
  });
  const manifestRegistry = loadPluginManifestRegistry({
    config: cfg,
    workspaceDir: options.workspaceDir,
    cache: options.cache,
    env,
    candidates: discovery.candidates,
    diagnostics: discovery.diagnostics,
  });
  pushDiagnostics(registry.diagnostics, manifestRegistry.diagnostics);
  warnWhenAllowlistIsOpen({
    logger,
    pluginsEnabled: normalized.enabled,
    allow: normalized.allow,
    warningCacheKey: cacheKey,
    // Keep warning input scoped as well so partial snapshot loads only mention the
    // plugins that were intentionally requested for this registry.
    discoverablePlugins: manifestRegistry.plugins
      .filter((plugin) => !onlyPluginIdSet || onlyPluginIdSet.has(plugin.id))
      .map((plugin) => ({
        id: plugin.id,
        source: plugin.source,
        origin: plugin.origin,
      })),
  });
  const provenance = buildProvenanceIndex({
    config: cfg,
    normalizedLoadPaths: normalized.loadPaths,
    env,
  });

  const manifestByRoot = new Map(
    manifestRegistry.plugins.map((record) => [record.rootDir, record]),
  );
  const orderedCandidates = [...discovery.candidates].toSorted((left, right) => {
    return compareDuplicateCandidateOrder({
      left,
      right,
      manifestByRoot,
      provenance,
      env,
    });
  });

  const seenIds = new Map<string, PluginRecord["origin"]>();
  const memorySlot = normalized.slots.memory;
  let selectedMemoryPluginId: string | null = null;
  let memorySlotMatched = false;

  for (const candidate of orderedCandidates) {
    const manifestRecord = manifestByRoot.get(candidate.rootDir);
    if (!manifestRecord) {
      continue;
    }
    const pluginId = manifestRecord.id;
    // Filter again at import time as a final guard. The earlier manifest filter keeps
    // warnings scoped; this one prevents loading/registering anything outside the scope.
    if (onlyPluginIdSet && !onlyPluginIdSet.has(pluginId)) {
      continue;
    }
    const existingOrigin = seenIds.get(pluginId);
    if (existingOrigin) {
      const record = createPluginRecord({
        id: pluginId,
        name: manifestRecord.name ?? pluginId,
        description: manifestRecord.description,
        version: manifestRecord.version,
        format: manifestRecord.format,
        bundleFormat: manifestRecord.bundleFormat,
        bundleCapabilities: manifestRecord.bundleCapabilities,
        source: candidate.source,
        rootDir: candidate.rootDir,
        origin: candidate.origin,
        workspaceDir: candidate.workspaceDir,
        enabled: false,
        configSchema: Boolean(manifestRecord.configSchema),
      });
      record.status = "disabled";
      record.error = `overridden by ${existingOrigin} plugin`;
      registry.plugins.push(record);
      continue;
    }

    const enableState = resolveEffectiveEnableState({
      id: pluginId,
      origin: candidate.origin,
      config: normalized,
      rootConfig: cfg,
      enabledByDefault: manifestRecord.enabledByDefault,
    });
    const entry = normalized.entries[pluginId];
    const record = createPluginRecord({
      id: pluginId,
      name: manifestRecord.name ?? pluginId,
      description: manifestRecord.description,
      version: manifestRecord.version,
      format: manifestRecord.format,
      bundleFormat: manifestRecord.bundleFormat,
      bundleCapabilities: manifestRecord.bundleCapabilities,
      source: candidate.source,
      rootDir: candidate.rootDir,
      origin: candidate.origin,
      workspaceDir: candidate.workspaceDir,
      enabled: enableState.enabled,
      configSchema: Boolean(manifestRecord.configSchema),
    });
    record.kind = manifestRecord.kind;
    record.configUiHints = manifestRecord.configUiHints;
    record.configJsonSchema = manifestRecord.configSchema;
    const pushPluginLoadError = (message: string) => {
      record.status = "error";
      record.error = message;
      registry.plugins.push(record);
      seenIds.set(pluginId, candidate.origin);
      registry.diagnostics.push({
        level: "error",
        pluginId: record.id,
        source: record.source,
        message: record.error,
      });
    };

    const registrationMode = enableState.enabled
      ? !validateOnly &&
        shouldLoadChannelPluginInSetupRuntime({
          manifestChannels: manifestRecord.channels,
          setupSource: manifestRecord.setupSource,
          startupDeferConfiguredChannelFullLoadUntilAfterListen:
            manifestRecord.startupDeferConfiguredChannelFullLoadUntilAfterListen,
          cfg,
          env,
          preferSetupRuntimeForChannelPlugins,
        })
        ? "setup-runtime"
        : "full"
      : includeSetupOnlyChannelPlugins && !validateOnly && manifestRecord.channels.length > 0
        ? "setup-only"
        : null;

    if (!registrationMode) {
      record.status = "disabled";
      record.error = enableState.reason;
      registry.plugins.push(record);
      seenIds.set(pluginId, candidate.origin);
      continue;
    }
    if (!enableState.enabled) {
      record.status = "disabled";
      record.error = enableState.reason;
    }

    if (record.format === "bundle") {
      const unsupportedCapabilities = (record.bundleCapabilities ?? []).filter(
        (capability) =>
          capability !== "skills" &&
          capability !== "mcpServers" &&
          capability !== "settings" &&
          !(
            (capability === "commands" ||
              capability === "agents" ||
              capability === "outputStyles" ||
              capability === "lspServers") &&
            (record.bundleFormat === "claude" || record.bundleFormat === "cursor")
          ) &&
          !(
            capability === "hooks" &&
            (record.bundleFormat === "codex" || record.bundleFormat === "claude")
          ),
      );
      for (const capability of unsupportedCapabilities) {
        registry.diagnostics.push({
          level: "warn",
          pluginId: record.id,
          source: record.source,
          message: `bundle capability detected but not wired into OpenClaw yet: ${capability}`,
        });
      }
      if (
        enableState.enabled &&
        record.rootDir &&
        record.bundleFormat &&
        (record.bundleCapabilities ?? []).includes("mcpServers")
      ) {
        const runtimeSupport = inspectBundleMcpRuntimeSupport({
          pluginId: record.id,
          rootDir: record.rootDir,
          bundleFormat: record.bundleFormat,
        });
        for (const message of runtimeSupport.diagnostics) {
          registry.diagnostics.push({
            level: "warn",
            pluginId: record.id,
            source: record.source,
            message,
          });
        }
        if (runtimeSupport.unsupportedServerNames.length > 0) {
          registry.diagnostics.push({
            level: "warn",
            pluginId: record.id,
            source: record.source,
            message:
              "bundle MCP servers use unsupported transports or incomplete configs " +
              `(stdio only today): ${runtimeSupport.unsupportedServerNames.join(", ")}`,
          });
        }
      }
      registry.plugins.push(record);
      seenIds.set(pluginId, candidate.origin);
      continue;
    }
    // Fast-path bundled memory plugins that are guaranteed disabled by slot policy.
    // This avoids opening/importing heavy memory plugin modules that will never register.
    if (
      registrationMode === "full" &&
      candidate.origin === "bundled" &&
      manifestRecord.kind === "memory"
    ) {
      const earlyMemoryDecision = resolveMemorySlotDecision({
        id: record.id,
        kind: "memory",
        slot: memorySlot,
        selectedId: selectedMemoryPluginId,
      });
      if (!earlyMemoryDecision.enabled) {
        record.enabled = false;
        record.status = "disabled";
        record.error = earlyMemoryDecision.reason;
        registry.plugins.push(record);
        seenIds.set(pluginId, candidate.origin);
        continue;
      }
    }

    if (!manifestRecord.configSchema) {
      pushPluginLoadError("missing config schema");
      continue;
    }

    const pluginRoot = safeRealpathOrResolve(candidate.rootDir);
    const loadSource =
      (registrationMode === "setup-only" || registrationMode === "setup-runtime") &&
      manifestRecord.setupSource
        ? manifestRecord.setupSource
        : candidate.source;
    const opened = openBoundaryFileSync({
      absolutePath: loadSource,
      rootPath: pluginRoot,
      boundaryLabel: "plugin root",
      rejectHardlinks: candidate.origin !== "bundled",
      skipLexicalRootCheck: true,
    });
    if (!opened.ok) {
      pushPluginLoadError("plugin entry path escapes plugin root or fails alias checks");
      continue;
    }
    const safeSource = opened.path;
    fs.closeSync(opened.fd);

    let mod: OpenClawPluginModule | null = null;
    try {
      mod = getJiti(safeSource)(safeSource) as OpenClawPluginModule;
    } catch (err) {
      recordPluginError({
        logger,
        registry,
        record,
        seenIds,
        pluginId,
        origin: candidate.origin,
        error: err,
        logPrefix: `[plugins] ${record.id} failed to load from ${record.source}: `,
        diagnosticMessagePrefix: "failed to load plugin: ",
      });
      continue;
    }

    if (
      (registrationMode === "setup-only" || registrationMode === "setup-runtime") &&
      manifestRecord.setupSource
    ) {
      const setupRegistration = resolveSetupChannelRegistration(mod);
      if (setupRegistration.plugin) {
        if (setupRegistration.plugin.id && setupRegistration.plugin.id !== record.id) {
          pushPluginLoadError(
            `plugin id mismatch (config uses "${record.id}", setup export uses "${setupRegistration.plugin.id}")`,
          );
          continue;
        }
        const api = createApi(record, {
          config: cfg,
          pluginConfig: {},
          hookPolicy: entry?.hooks,
          registrationMode,
        });
        api.registerChannel(setupRegistration.plugin);
        registry.plugins.push(record);
        seenIds.set(pluginId, candidate.origin);
        continue;
      }
    }

    const resolved = resolvePluginModuleExport(mod);
    const definition = resolved.definition;
    const register = resolved.register;

    if (definition?.id && definition.id !== record.id) {
      pushPluginLoadError(
        `plugin id mismatch (config uses "${record.id}", export uses "${definition.id}")`,
      );
      continue;
    }

    record.name = definition?.name ?? record.name;
    record.description = definition?.description ?? record.description;
    record.version = definition?.version ?? record.version;
    const manifestKind = record.kind as string | undefined;
    const exportKind = definition?.kind as string | undefined;
    if (manifestKind && exportKind && exportKind !== manifestKind) {
      registry.diagnostics.push({
        level: "warn",
        pluginId: record.id,
        source: record.source,
        message: `plugin kind mismatch (manifest uses "${manifestKind}", export uses "${exportKind}")`,
      });
    }
    record.kind = definition?.kind ?? record.kind;

    if (record.kind === "memory" && memorySlot === record.id) {
      memorySlotMatched = true;
    }

    if (registrationMode === "full") {
      const memoryDecision = resolveMemorySlotDecision({
        id: record.id,
        kind: record.kind,
        slot: memorySlot,
        selectedId: selectedMemoryPluginId,
      });

      if (!memoryDecision.enabled) {
        record.enabled = false;
        record.status = "disabled";
        record.error = memoryDecision.reason;
        registry.plugins.push(record);
        seenIds.set(pluginId, candidate.origin);
        continue;
      }

      if (memoryDecision.selected && record.kind === "memory") {
        selectedMemoryPluginId = record.id;
      }
    }

    const validatedConfig = validatePluginConfig({
      schema: manifestRecord.configSchema,
      cacheKey: manifestRecord.schemaCacheKey,
      value: entry?.config,
    });

    if (!validatedConfig.ok) {
      logger.error(`[plugins] ${record.id} invalid config: ${validatedConfig.errors?.join(", ")}`);
      pushPluginLoadError(`invalid config: ${validatedConfig.errors?.join(", ")}`);
      continue;
    }

    if (validateOnly) {
      registry.plugins.push(record);
      seenIds.set(pluginId, candidate.origin);
      continue;
    }

    if (typeof register !== "function") {
      logger.error(`[plugins] ${record.id} missing register/activate export`);
      pushPluginLoadError("plugin export missing register/activate");
      continue;
    }

    const api = createApi(record, {
      config: cfg,
      pluginConfig: validatedConfig.value,
      hookPolicy: entry?.hooks,
      registrationMode,
    });
    const previousMemoryPromptBuilder = getMemoryPromptSectionBuilder();

    try {
      const result = register(api);
      if (result && typeof result.then === "function") {
        registry.diagnostics.push({
          level: "warn",
          pluginId: record.id,
          source: record.source,
          message: "plugin register returned a promise; async registration is ignored",
        });
      }
      // Snapshot loads should not replace process-global runtime prompt state.
      if (!shouldActivate) {
        restoreMemoryPromptSection(previousMemoryPromptBuilder);
      }
      registry.plugins.push(record);
      seenIds.set(pluginId, candidate.origin);
    } catch (err) {
      restoreMemoryPromptSection(previousMemoryPromptBuilder);
      recordPluginError({
        logger,
        registry,
        record,
        seenIds,
        pluginId,
        origin: candidate.origin,
        error: err,
        logPrefix: `[plugins] ${record.id} failed during register from ${record.source}: `,
        diagnosticMessagePrefix: "plugin failed during register: ",
      });
    }
  }

  // Scoped snapshot loads may intentionally omit the configured memory plugin, so only
  // emit the missing-memory diagnostic for full registry loads.
  if (!onlyPluginIdSet && typeof memorySlot === "string" && !memorySlotMatched) {
    registry.diagnostics.push({
      level: "warn",
      message: `memory slot plugin not found or not marked as memory: ${memorySlot}`,
    });
  }

  warnAboutUntrackedLoadedPlugins({
    registry,
    provenance,
    logger,
    env,
  });

  maybeThrowOnPluginLoadError(registry, options.throwOnLoadError);

  if (cacheEnabled) {
    setCachedPluginRegistry(cacheKey, {
      registry,
      memoryPromptBuilder: getMemoryPromptSectionBuilder(),
    });
  }
  if (shouldActivate) {
    activatePluginRegistry(registry, cacheKey);
  }
  return registry;
}

function safeRealpathOrResolve(value: string): string {
  try {
    return fs.realpathSync(value);
  } catch {
    return path.resolve(value);
  }
}