diff --git a/src/plugins/loader.test.ts b/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
index ed053ac395e..167889b61b4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader.test.ts
@@ -1351,6 +1351,20 @@ describe("loadOpenClawPlugins", () => {
     expect(resolved).toBe(distFile);
   });
 
+  it("prefers dist candidates first for production src runtime", () => {
+    const { root, srcFile, distFile } = createPluginSdkAliasFixture();
+
+    const candidates = withEnv({ NODE_ENV: "production", VITEST: undefined }, () =>
+      __testing.listPluginSdkAliasCandidates({
+        srcFile: "index.ts",
+        distFile: "index.js",
+        modulePath: path.join(root, "src", "plugins", "loader.ts"),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(candidates.indexOf(distFile)).toBeLessThan(candidates.indexOf(srcFile));
+  });
+
   it("prefers src plugin-sdk alias when loader runs from src in non-production", () => {
     const { root, srcFile } = createPluginSdkAliasFixture();
 
@@ -1364,6 +1378,20 @@ describe("loadOpenClawPlugins", () => {
     expect(resolved).toBe(srcFile);
   });
 
+  it("prefers src candidates first for non-production src runtime", () => {
+    const { root, srcFile, distFile } = createPluginSdkAliasFixture();
+
+    const candidates = withEnv({ NODE_ENV: undefined }, () =>
+      __testing.listPluginSdkAliasCandidates({
+        srcFile: "index.ts",
+        distFile: "index.js",
+        modulePath: path.join(root, "src", "plugins", "loader.ts"),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(candidates.indexOf(srcFile)).toBeLessThan(candidates.indexOf(distFile));
+  });
+
   it("falls back to src plugin-sdk alias when dist is missing in production", () => {
     const { root, srcFile, distFile } = createPluginSdkAliasFixture();
     fs.rmSync(distFile);
diff --git a/src/plugins/loader.ts b/src/plugins/loader.ts
index f112fcb815c..6460b45c945 100644
--- a/src/plugins/loader.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/loader.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,43 @@ const registryCache = new Map<string, PluginRegistry>();
 
 const defaultLogger = () => createSubsystemLogger("plugins");
 
+function resolvePluginSdkAliasCandidateOrder(params: {
+  modulePath: string;
+  isProduction: boolean;
+}) {
+  const normalizedModulePath = params.modulePath.replace(/\\/g, "/");
+  const isDistRuntime = normalizedModulePath.includes("/dist/");
+  return isDistRuntime || params.isProduction ? ["dist", "src"] : ["src", "dist"];
+}
+
+function listPluginSdkAliasCandidates(params: {
+  srcFile: string;
+  distFile: string;
+  modulePath: string;
+}) {
+  const orderedKinds = resolvePluginSdkAliasCandidateOrder({
+    modulePath: params.modulePath,
+    isProduction: process.env.NODE_ENV === "production",
+  });
+  let cursor = path.dirname(params.modulePath);
+  const candidates: string[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < 6; i += 1) {
+    const candidateMap = {
+      src: path.join(cursor, "src", "plugin-sdk", params.srcFile),
+      dist: path.join(cursor, "dist", "plugin-sdk", params.distFile),
+    } as const;
+    for (const kind of orderedKinds) {
+      candidates.push(candidateMap[kind]);
+    }
+    const parent = path.dirname(cursor);
+    if (parent === cursor) {
+      break;
+    }
+    cursor = parent;
+  }
+  return candidates;
+}
+
 const resolvePluginSdkAliasFile = (params: {
   srcFile: string;
   distFile: string;
@@ -54,27 +91,14 @@ const resolvePluginSdkAliasFile = (params: {
 }): string | null => {
   try {
     const modulePath = params.modulePath ?? fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
-    const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
-    const normalizedModulePath = modulePath.replace(/\\/g, "/");
-    const isDistRuntime = normalizedModulePath.includes("/dist/");
-    let cursor = path.dirname(modulePath);
-    for (let i = 0; i < 6; i += 1) {
-      const srcCandidate = path.join(cursor, "src", "plugin-sdk", params.srcFile);
-      const distCandidate = path.join(cursor, "dist", "plugin-sdk", params.distFile);
-      const orderedCandidates =
-        isDistRuntime || isProduction
-          ? [distCandidate, srcCandidate]
-          : [srcCandidate, distCandidate];
-      for (const candidate of orderedCandidates) {
-        if (fs.existsSync(candidate)) {
-          return candidate;
-        }
+    for (const candidate of listPluginSdkAliasCandidates({
+      srcFile: params.srcFile,
+      distFile: params.distFile,
+      modulePath,
+    })) {
+      if (fs.existsSync(candidate)) {
+        return candidate;
       }
-      const parent = path.dirname(cursor);
-      if (parent === cursor) {
-        break;
-      }
-      cursor = parent;
     }
   } catch {
     // ignore
@@ -190,6 +214,8 @@ const resolvePluginSdkScopedAliasMap = (): Record<string, string> => {
 };
 
 export const __testing = {
+  listPluginSdkAliasCandidates,
+  resolvePluginSdkAliasCandidateOrder,
   resolvePluginSdkAliasFile,
 };