fix(regression): scope channel setup reloads by channel registry

src/commands/channel-setup/plugin-install.test.ts

@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ import type { ChannelPluginCatalogEntry } from "../../channels/plugins/catalog.j
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 import { loadOpenClawPlugins } from "../../plugins/loader.js";
 import { createEmptyPluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/registry.js";
-import { setActivePluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
+import {
+  pinActivePluginChannelRegistry,
+  releasePinnedPluginChannelRegistry,
+  setActivePluginRegistry,
+} from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
 import { createPluginRecord } from "../../plugins/status.test-helpers.js";
 import type { WizardPrompter } from "../../wizard/prompts.js";
 import { makePrompter, makeRuntime } from "../setup/__tests__/test-utils.js";
@@ -448,6 +452,40 @@ describe("ensureChannelSetupPluginInstalled", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("scopes channel reloads when the global registry is populated but the pinned channel registry is empty", () => {
+    const runtime = makeRuntime();
+    const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {};
+    const activeRegistry = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    activeRegistry.plugins.push(
+      createPluginRecord({
+        id: "loaded-tools",
+        name: "loaded-tools",
+        source: "/tmp/loaded-tools.cjs",
+        origin: "bundled",
+      }),
+    );
+    setActivePluginRegistry(activeRegistry);
+    const pinnedChannelRegistry = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    pinActivePluginChannelRegistry(pinnedChannelRegistry);
+
+    try {
+      reloadChannelSetupPluginRegistryForChannel({
+        cfg,
+        runtime,
+        channel: "telegram",
+        workspaceDir: "/tmp/openclaw-workspace",
+      });
+    } finally {
+      releasePinnedPluginChannelRegistry(pinnedChannelRegistry);
+    }
+
+    expect(loadOpenClawPlugins).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        onlyPluginIds: ["telegram"],
+      }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("can load a channel-scoped snapshot without activating the global registry", () => {
     const runtime = makeRuntime();
     const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {};

src/commands/channel-setup/plugin-install.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { buildNpmResolutionInstallFields, recordPluginInstall } from "../../plug
 import { loadOpenClawPlugins } from "../../plugins/loader.js";
 import { createPluginLoaderLogger } from "../../plugins/logger.js";
 import type { PluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/registry.js";
-import { getActivePluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
+import { getActivePluginChannelRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
 import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../../runtime.js";
 import type { WizardPrompter } from "../../wizard/prompts.js";
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ export function reloadChannelSetupPluginRegistryForChannel(params: {
   pluginId?: string;
   workspaceDir?: string;
 }): void {
-  const activeRegistry = getActivePluginRegistry();
+  const activeRegistry = getActivePluginChannelRegistry();
   // On low-memory hosts, the empty-registry fallback should only recover the selected
   // plugin instead of importing every bundled extension during setup.
   const onlyPluginIds = activeRegistry?.plugins.length