diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bd95ed2f5c..e2541309cd0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - macOS/Menu bar: stop reusing the injector delegate for the "Usage cost (30 days)" submenu to prevent recursive submenu injection loops when opening cost history. (#25341) Thanks @yingchunbai.
 - Control UI/Chat images: harden image-open clicks against reverse tabnabbing by using opener isolation (`noopener,noreferrer` plus `window.opener = null`). (#18685) Thanks @Mariana-Codebase.
 - CLI/Doctor: correct stale recovery hints to use valid commands (`openclaw gateway status --deep` and `openclaw configure --section model`). (#24485) Thanks @chilu18.
+- Doctor/Plugins: auto-enable now resolves third-party channel plugins by manifest plugin id (not channel id), preventing invalid `plugins.entries.<channelId>` writes when ids differ. (#25275) Thanks @zerone0x.
 
 ## 2026.2.23
 
diff --git a/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts b/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts
index 943dbe346bd..1c289b17fde 100644
--- a/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import { validateConfigObject } from "./config.js";
 import { applyPluginAutoEnable } from "./plugin-auto-enable.js";
 
 /** Helper to build a minimal PluginManifestRegistry for testing. */
-function makeRegistry(
-  plugins: Array<{ id: string; channels: string[] }>,
-): PluginManifestRegistry {
+function makeRegistry(plugins: Array<{ id: string; channels: string[] }>): PluginManifestRegistry {
   return {
     plugins: plugins.map((p) => ({
       id: p.id,
diff --git a/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts b/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts
index 434650c1777..153f0b304d1 100644
--- a/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts
+++ b/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts
@@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ export function applyPluginAutoEnable(params: {
   manifestRegistry?: PluginManifestRegistry;
 }): PluginAutoEnableResult {
   const env = params.env ?? process.env;
-  const registry =
-    params.manifestRegistry ?? loadPluginManifestRegistry({ config: params.config });
+  const registry = params.manifestRegistry ?? loadPluginManifestRegistry({ config: params.config });
   const configured = resolveConfiguredPlugins(params.config, env, registry);
   if (configured.length === 0) {
     return { config: params.config, changes: [] };