fix: preserve linked install unsafe flag and baseline regressions

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Providers/OpenAI Codex: add forward-compat `openai-codex/gpt-5.4-mini` synthesis across provider runtime, model catalog, and model listing so Codex mini works before bundled Pi catalog updates land.
 - Plugins/marketplace: block remote marketplace symlink escapes without rewriting ordinary local marketplace install paths. (#60556) Thanks @eleqtrizit.
 - Plugins/Kimi Coding: keep native Anthropic tool payloads on the Kimi coding endpoint while still parsing tagged tool-call text on the response path, so tool calls execute again instead of echoing raw markup. (#60391) Thanks @Eric-Guo.
+- Plugins/install: preserve `--dangerously-force-unsafe-install` across linked plugin probes and linked hook-pack fallback probes so local `--link` installs honor the documented unsafe override. (#60624) Thanks @JerrettDavis.
 
 ## 2026.4.2
 

extensions/telegram/src/doctor-contract.ts

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export function normalizeCompatibilityConfig({
     }
   }
 
-  if (!changed) {
+  if (!changed && changes.length === 0) {
     return { config: cfg, changes: [] };
   }
   return {

extensions/whatsapp/contract-api.ts

@@ -12,12 +12,31 @@ export const unsupportedSecretRefSurfacePatterns = [
   "channels.whatsapp.accounts.*.creds.json",
 ] as const;
 
-export { canonicalizeLegacySessionKey, isLegacyGroupSessionKey } from "./src/session-contract.js";
+import { whatsappCommandPolicy as whatsappCommandPolicyImpl } from "./src/command-policy.js";
-export { createWhatsAppPollFixture, expectWhatsAppPollSent } from "./src/outbound-test-support.js";
+import { resolveLegacyGroupSessionKey as resolveLegacyGroupSessionKeyImpl } from "./src/group-session-contract.js";
-export { whatsappCommandPolicy } from "./src/command-policy.js";
+import { __testing as whatsappAccessControlTestingImpl } from "./src/inbound/access-control.js";
-export { resolveLegacyGroupSessionKey } from "./src/group-session-contract.js";
+import {
-export { isWhatsAppGroupJid, normalizeWhatsAppTarget } from "./src/normalize-target.js";
+  isWhatsAppGroupJid as isWhatsAppGroupJidImpl,
-export { __testing as whatsappAccessControlTesting } from "./src/inbound/access-control.js";
+  normalizeWhatsAppTarget as normalizeWhatsAppTargetImpl,
+} from "./src/normalize-target.js";
+import {
+  createWhatsAppPollFixture as createWhatsAppPollFixtureImpl,
+  expectWhatsAppPollSent as expectWhatsAppPollSentImpl,
+} from "./src/outbound-test-support.js";
+import {
+  canonicalizeLegacySessionKey as canonicalizeLegacySessionKeyImpl,
+  isLegacyGroupSessionKey as isLegacyGroupSessionKeyImpl,
+} from "./src/session-contract.js";
+
+export const canonicalizeLegacySessionKey = canonicalizeLegacySessionKeyImpl;
+export const createWhatsAppPollFixture = createWhatsAppPollFixtureImpl;
+export const expectWhatsAppPollSent = expectWhatsAppPollSentImpl;
+export const isLegacyGroupSessionKey = isLegacyGroupSessionKeyImpl;
+export const isWhatsAppGroupJid = isWhatsAppGroupJidImpl;
+export const normalizeWhatsAppTarget = normalizeWhatsAppTargetImpl;
+export const resolveLegacyGroupSessionKey = resolveLegacyGroupSessionKeyImpl;
+export const whatsappAccessControlTesting = whatsappAccessControlTestingImpl;
+export const whatsappCommandPolicy = whatsappCommandPolicyImpl;
 
 export function collectUnsupportedSecretRefConfigCandidates(
   raw: unknown,

src/channels/plugins/contract-surfaces.ts

@@ -46,17 +46,29 @@ function createModuleLoader() {
 
 const loadModule = createModuleLoader();
 
-function resolveContractSurfaceModulePath(rootDir: string | undefined): string | null {
+function resolveContractSurfaceModulePaths(rootDir: string | undefined): string[] {
   if (typeof rootDir !== "string" || rootDir.length === 0) {
-    return null;
+    return [];
   }
+  const modulePaths: string[] = [];
   for (const basename of CONTRACT_SURFACE_BASENAMES) {
     const modulePath = path.join(rootDir, basename);
-    if (fs.existsSync(modulePath)) {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(modulePath)) {
-      return modulePath;
+      continue;
     }
+    const compiledDistModulePath = modulePath.replace(
+      `${path.sep}dist-runtime${path.sep}`,
+      `${path.sep}dist${path.sep}`,
+    );
+    // Prefer the compiled dist module over the dist-runtime shim so Jiti sees
+    // the full named export surface instead of only local wrapper exports.
+    if (compiledDistModulePath !== modulePath && fs.existsSync(compiledDistModulePath)) {
+      modulePaths.push(compiledDistModulePath);
+      continue;
+    }
+    modulePaths.push(modulePath);
   }
-  return null;
+  return modulePaths;
 }
 
 function loadBundledChannelContractSurfaces(): unknown[] {
@@ -79,14 +91,18 @@ function loadBundledChannelContractSurfaceEntries(): Array<{
     if (manifest.origin !== "bundled" || manifest.channels.length === 0) {
       continue;
     }
-    const modulePath = resolveContractSurfaceModulePath(manifest.rootDir);
+    const modulePaths = resolveContractSurfaceModulePaths(manifest.rootDir);
-    if (!modulePath) {
+    if (modulePaths.length === 0) {
       continue;
     }
     try {
+      const surface = Object.assign(
+        {},
+        ...modulePaths.map((modulePath) => loadModule(modulePath)(modulePath) as object),
+      );
       surfaces.push({
         pluginId: manifest.id,
-        surface: loadModule(modulePath)(modulePath),
+        surface,
       });
     } catch {
       continue;

src/channels/plugins/setup-wizard-helpers.ts

@@ -897,8 +897,14 @@ function patchConfigForScopedAccount(params: {
   ensureEnabled: boolean;
 }): OpenClawConfig {
   const { cfg, channel, accountId, patch, ensureEnabled } = params;
+  const channelConfig = cfg.channels?.[channel] as
+    | { accounts?: Record<string, unknown> }
+    | undefined;
+  const hasExistingAccounts = Boolean(
+    channelConfig?.accounts && Object.keys(channelConfig.accounts).length > 0,
+  );
   const seededCfg =
-    accountId === DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID
+    accountId === DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_ID || hasExistingAccounts
       ? cfg
       : moveSingleAccountChannelSectionToDefaultAccount({
           cfg,

src/plugins/discovery.ts

@@ -567,11 +567,20 @@ function discoverInDirectory(params: {
   candidates: PluginCandidate[];
   diagnostics: PluginDiagnostic[];
   seen: Set<string>;
+  recurseDirectories?: boolean;
   skipDirectories?: Set<string>;
+  visitedDirectories?: Set<string>;
 }) {
   if (!fs.existsSync(params.dir)) {
     return;
   }
+  const resolvedDir = safeRealpathSync(params.dir) ?? path.resolve(params.dir);
+  if (params.recurseDirectories) {
+    if (params.visitedDirectories?.has(resolvedDir)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    params.visitedDirectories?.add(resolvedDir);
+  }
   let entries: fs.Dirent[] = [];
   try {
     entries = fs.readdirSync(params.dir, { withFileTypes: true });
@@ -695,6 +704,14 @@ function discoverInDirectory(params: {
         manifest,
         packageDir: fullPath,
       });
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (params.recurseDirectories) {
+      discoverInDirectory({
+        ...params,
+        dir: fullPath,
+      });
     }
   }
 }
@@ -894,6 +911,18 @@ export function discoverOpenClawPlugins(params: {
     });
   }
   if (roots.workspace && workspaceRoot) {
+    discoverInDirectory({
+      dir: workspaceRoot,
+      origin: "workspace",
+      ownershipUid: params.ownershipUid,
+      workspaceDir: workspaceRoot,
+      candidates,
+      diagnostics,
+      seen,
+      recurseDirectories: true,
+      skipDirectories: new Set([".openclaw"]),
+      visitedDirectories: new Set<string>(),
+    });
     discoverInDirectory({
       dir: roots.workspace,
       origin: "workspace",