fix: recover outbound plugins from the active registry

Author: frankekn

src/infra/outbound/channel-resolution.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ function maybeBootstrapChannelPlugin(params: {
   }
 }
 
+function resolveDirectFromActiveRegistry(
+  channel: DeliverableMessageChannel,
+): ChannelPlugin | undefined {
+  const activeRegistry = getActivePluginRegistry();
+  if (!activeRegistry) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  for (const entry of activeRegistry.channels) {
+    const plugin = entry?.plugin;
+    if (plugin?.id === channel) {
+      return plugin;
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 export function resolveOutboundChannelPlugin(params: {
   channel: string;
   cfg?: OpenClawConfig;
@@ -72,7 +88,11 @@ export function resolveOutboundChannelPlugin(params: {
   if (current) {
     return current;
   }
+  const directCurrent = resolveDirectFromActiveRegistry(normalized);
+  if (directCurrent) {
+    return directCurrent;
+  }
 
   maybeBootstrapChannelPlugin({ channel: normalized, cfg: params.cfg });
-  return resolve();
+  return resolve() ?? resolveDirectFromActiveRegistry(normalized);
 }

src/infra/outbound/targets.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { telegramOutbound } from "../../channels/plugins/outbound/telegram.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
+import { setActivePluginRegistry } from "../../plugins/runtime.js";
+import { createOutboundTestPlugin, createTestRegistry } from "../../test-utils/channel-plugins.js";
 import {
   resolveHeartbeatDeliveryTarget,
   resolveOutboundTarget,
@@ -64,6 +67,27 @@ describe("resolveOutboundTarget defaultTo config fallback", () => {
     });
     expect(res.ok).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it("falls back to the active registry when the cached channel map is stale", () => {
+    const registry = createTestRegistry([]);
+    setActivePluginRegistry(registry, "stale-registry-test");
+
+    // Warm the cached channel map before mutating the registry in place.
+    expect(resolveOutboundTarget({ channel: "telegram", to: "123", mode: "explicit" }).ok).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+
+    registry.channels.push({
+      pluginId: "telegram",
+      plugin: createOutboundTestPlugin({ id: "telegram", outbound: telegramOutbound }),
+      source: "test",
+    });
+
+    expect(resolveOutboundTarget({ channel: "telegram", to: "123", mode: "explicit" })).toEqual({
+      ok: true,
+      to: "123",
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("resolveSessionDeliveryTarget", () => {