diff --git a/extensions/google/gemini-cli-provider.test.ts b/extensions/google/gemini-cli-provider.test.ts
index ad5969c7c4d..dd991e2b32d 100644
--- a/extensions/google/gemini-cli-provider.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/google/gemini-cli-provider.test.ts
@@ -8,22 +8,33 @@ import googlePlugin from "./index.js";
 
 function registerGooglePlugin(): {
   provider: ProviderPlugin;
+  webSearchProvider: {
+    id: string;
+    envVars: string[];
+    label: string;
+  } | null;
   webSearchProviderRegistered: boolean;
 } {
   let provider: ProviderPlugin | undefined;
   let webSearchProviderRegistered = false;
+  let webSearchProvider: {
+    id: string;
+    envVars: string[];
+    label: string;
+  } | null = null;
   googlePlugin.register({
     registerProvider(nextProvider: ProviderPlugin) {
       provider = nextProvider;
     },
-    registerWebSearchProvider() {
+    registerWebSearchProvider(nextProvider: { id: string; envVars: string[]; label: string }) {
       webSearchProviderRegistered = true;
+      webSearchProvider = nextProvider;
     },
   } as never);
   if (!provider) {
     throw new Error("provider registration missing");
   }
-  return { provider, webSearchProviderRegistered };
+  return { provider, webSearchProviderRegistered, webSearchProvider };
 }
 
 describe("google plugin", () => {
@@ -32,6 +43,11 @@ describe("google plugin", () => {
 
     expect(result.provider.id).toBe("google-gemini-cli");
     expect(result.webSearchProviderRegistered).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.webSearchProvider).toMatchObject({
+      id: "gemini",
+      label: "Gemini (Google Search)",
+      envVars: ["GEMINI_API_KEY"],
+    });
   });
 
   it("owns gemini 3.1 forward-compat resolution", () => {
diff --git a/src/config/config.plugin-validation.test.ts b/src/config/config.plugin-validation.test.ts
index efb84acdacf..42d473aed4e 100644
--- a/src/config/config.plugin-validation.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/config.plugin-validation.test.ts
@@ -281,6 +281,47 @@ describe("config plugin validation", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("warns for removed google gemini auth plugin ids instead of failing validation", async () => {
+    const removedId = "google-gemini-cli-auth";
+    const res = validateInSuite({
+      agents: { list: [{ id: "pi" }] },
+      plugins: {
+        enabled: false,
+        entries: { [removedId]: { enabled: true } },
+        allow: [removedId],
+        deny: [removedId],
+        slots: { memory: removedId },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(res.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (res.ok) {
+      expect(res.warnings).toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining([
+          {
+            path: `plugins.entries.${removedId}`,
+            message:
+              "plugin removed: google-gemini-cli-auth (stale config entry ignored; remove it from plugins config)",
+          },
+          {
+            path: "plugins.allow",
+            message:
+              "plugin removed: google-gemini-cli-auth (stale config entry ignored; remove it from plugins config)",
+          },
+          {
+            path: "plugins.deny",
+            message:
+              "plugin removed: google-gemini-cli-auth (stale config entry ignored; remove it from plugins config)",
+          },
+          {
+            path: "plugins.slots.memory",
+            message:
+              "plugin removed: google-gemini-cli-auth (stale config entry ignored; remove it from plugins config)",
+          },
+        ]),
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
   it("surfaces plugin config diagnostics", async () => {
     const res = validateInSuite({
       agents: { list: [{ id: "pi" }] },
diff --git a/src/config/validation.ts b/src/config/validation.ts
index e97bd8cbedf..2a2c08b96ee 100644
--- a/src/config/validation.ts
+++ b/src/config/validation.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { findLegacyConfigIssues } from "./legacy.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig, ConfigValidationIssue } from "./types.js";
 import { OpenClawSchema } from "./zod-schema.js";
 
-const LEGACY_REMOVED_PLUGIN_IDS = new Set(["google-antigravity-auth"]);
+const LEGACY_REMOVED_PLUGIN_IDS = new Set(["google-antigravity-auth", "google-gemini-cli-auth"]);
 
 type UnknownIssueRecord = Record<string, unknown>;
 type AllowedValuesCollection = {
diff --git a/src/plugins/providers.test.ts b/src/plugins/providers.test.ts
index 4e238c2193d..86ffb8e5ffc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/providers.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/providers.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe("resolvePluginProviders", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     loadOpenClawPluginsMock.mockReset();
     loadOpenClawPluginsMock.mockReturnValue({
-      providers: [{ provider: { id: "demo-provider" } }],
+      providers: [{ pluginId: "google", provider: { id: "demo-provider" } }],
     });
   });
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe("resolvePluginProviders", () => {
       env,
     });
 
-    expect(providers).toEqual([{ id: "demo-provider" }]);
+    expect(providers).toEqual([{ id: "demo-provider", pluginId: "google" }]);
     expect(loadOpenClawPluginsMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         workspaceDir: "/workspace/explicit",
@@ -46,13 +46,12 @@ describe("resolvePluginProviders", () => {
       expect.objectContaining({
         config: expect.objectContaining({
           plugins: expect.objectContaining({
-            allow: expect.arrayContaining(["openrouter", "kilocode", "moonshot"]),
+            allow: expect.arrayContaining(["openrouter", "google", "kilocode", "moonshot"]),
           }),
         }),
       }),
     );
   });
-
   it("can enable bundled provider plugins under Vitest when no explicit plugin config exists", () => {
     resolvePluginProviders({
       env: { VITEST: "1" } as NodeJS.ProcessEnv,
@@ -70,4 +69,21 @@ describe("resolvePluginProviders", () => {
       }),
     );
   });
+
+  it("does not reintroduce the retired google auth plugin id into compat allowlists", () => {
+    resolvePluginProviders({
+      config: {
+        plugins: {
+          allow: ["openrouter"],
+        },
+      },
+      bundledProviderAllowlistCompat: true,
+    });
+
+    const call = loadOpenClawPluginsMock.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[0];
+    const allow = call?.config?.plugins?.allow;
+
+    expect(allow).toContain("google");
+    expect(allow).not.toContain("google-gemini-cli-auth");
+  });
 });