diff --git a/docs/docs.json b/docs/docs.json
index 84755db44c41..12f325496fe0 100644
--- a/docs/docs.json
+++ b/docs/docs.json
@@ -1752,6 +1752,7 @@
                   "web/index",
                   "web/control-ui",
                   "web/dashboard",
+                  "web/dashboard-architecture",
                   "web/webchat",
                   "web/tui",
                   "web/lobster"
diff --git a/docs/docs_map.md b/docs/docs_map.md
index cf2443aca186..86bf5d914105 100644
--- a/docs/docs_map.md
+++ b/docs/docs_map.md
@@ -10551,6 +10551,26 @@ Do not edit it by hand; run `pnpm docs:map:gen`.
   - H2: Debugging/testing: dev server + remote Gateway
   - H2: Related
 
+## web/dashboard-architecture.md
+
+- Route: /web/dashboard-architecture
+- Headings:
+  - H2: Vision
+  - H2: Concepts
+  - H2: UX flows
+  - H2: Interaction tiers
+  - H2: Widget model and hosting
+  - H3: Widgets host content; MCP apps are one content kind
+  - H3: Transcript display: one widget card
+  - H3: Server-sourced widgets (pinned MCP apps)
+  - H2: Layout: fluid grid
+  - H2: Data model (per-agent DB)
+  - H2: Protocol surface
+  - H2: Agent tools
+  - H2: What this replaces
+  - H2: Non-goals (this program)
+  - H2: Implementation plan
+
 ## web/dashboard.md
 
 - Route: /web/dashboard
diff --git a/docs/web/dashboard-architecture.md b/docs/web/dashboard-architecture.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e7124a2115a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/web/dashboard-architecture.md
@@ -0,0 +1,333 @@
+---
+summary: "Session dashboards: architecture and implementation plan (technical design, pre-GA)"
+read_when:
+  - Implementing or reviewing the session dashboard (boards) feature
+  - Changing widget hosting, the widget bridge, or board storage
+title: "Dashboard Architecture"
+---
+
+<Note>
+Technical design document for the session dashboard feature, written before and
+during implementation. It is the source of truth for the build-out. When the
+feature ships, `/web/dashboard` becomes the user-facing page and this page stays
+as the architecture reference.
+</Note>
+
+## Vision
+
+Working with an agent today is a text stream. The dashboard makes it a
+workbench: the agent renders live, interactive widgets; the user pins them onto
+a persistent surface; chat docks to the side (or hides) and the main content is
+the board. You go from "talking to the agent" to "operating a control panel the
+agent built for you" without ever leaving the session.
+
+Principles:
+
+- **A board is a face of a session, not a new object.** Every session (thread)
+  has two faces: the transcript and the board. A session with no pinned widgets
+  is plain chat. Pin one widget and the board exists. Boards inherit the
+  session's identity, agent ownership, naming, pinning, and lifecycle. There is
+  no `dashboard_create`, no board registry, no separate ACL model.
+- **Agent parity.** Everything the user can do on a board, the agent can do
+  with tools: add/update/remove widgets, arrange them, manage tabs, switch the
+  visible tab, dock or hide the chat.
+- **Native, not embedded.** The board is Lit components in the Control UI shell
+  (the same design system as the rest of the app). Only widget _content_ is
+  sandboxed in iframes. No URL bar, no browser chrome.
+- **Small agent surface.** Widgets are addressed by stable name and updated in
+  place. Layout is a fluid auto-compacting grid; the agent speaks sizes and
+  anchors, never pixels or coordinates.
+- **Capabilities over trust.** Widget code is arbitrary agent-authored HTML/JS
+  in a hard sandbox. Reach (gateway data, actions, network) exists only through
+  a declared, operator-granted capability manifest.
+
+## Concepts
+
+| Concept             | Definition                                                                                                                                                        |
+| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Session (thread)    | Existing gateway session, keyed by stable `sessionKey`. Owned by an agent.                                                                                        |
+| Board               | The widget face of one session. Exists iff the session has widgets/tabs. Survives `/new`/`/reset` (attached to `sessionKey`, not the transcript).                 |
+| Tab                 | A presentation page of a board: which widgets, their arrangement, and the chat dock state (`left`/`right`/`bottom`/`hidden`). Boards start with one implicit tab. |
+| Widget              | Named, sandboxed HTML/JS program owned by the session. Addressed as `sessionKey` + `name`. Updated in place by name.                                              |
+| Capability manifest | Per-widget declaration of reach: `data` (read bindings), `actions` (allowlisted verbs), `prompt` (send to session), `net` (allowed origins).                      |
+| Pin (widget)        | Moving a transcript widget onto the session's board (user affordance or agent tool arg). Unpin removes it from the board.                                         |
+| Pin (session)       | Existing sidebar pinning of sessions. A pinned session with a board opens on its board face.                                                                      |
+
+## UX flows
+
+- **Graduation:** agent calls `show_widget` in any chat → widget renders inline
+  in the transcript exactly as today → hover shows **Pin to dashboard** → widget
+  appears on the session's board. The agent can pass `pin: true` to do the same.
+- **Board view:** a session with a board gets a face toggle (Chat / Dashboard).
+  Board view = tab strip (only when >1 tab) + fluid grid + docked chat pane.
+  Chat dock is resizable, movable (left/right/bottom), and collapsible exactly
+  like the sidebar. Per-tab dock state is remembered.
+- **Drag:** user drags widgets; grid auto-compacts (widgets float up, neighbors
+  reflow). Resize by handle snaps to size steps. No pixel placement — for
+  anyone.
+- **Reset warning:** `/new` / `/reset` on a board-bearing session asks for
+  confirmation in the web UI ("context resets, the dashboard stays") and keeps
+  the board.
+- **Sidebar:** pinned sessions render their board face when they have one.
+  The Home session's board is the default "agent dashboard".
+- **Interactions** (three tiers, see below): silent state events, visible
+  prompt sends, and automation triggers.
+
+## Interaction tiers
+
+1. **State events (default).** Widget UI interactions the model should know
+   about but not respond to. `bridge.emitState({...})` appends a structured
+   session notice (same mechanism as group-activity notices). No agent turn is
+   started; the model sees accumulated notices on its next run.
+2. **Prompts (explicit talk).** `bridge.sendPrompt(text)` — requires user
+   activation; sends a visible user message into the session (the docked chat
+   shows it). Rate-limited; each send is user-confirmed unless the widget holds
+   the `prompt` capability grant.
+3. **Automation.** `bridge.runAction(name, args)` — fires a manifest-declared
+   action. Initial verb set: `cron.trigger` (run an existing cron job now) and
+   `binding.refresh`. Cron jobs already run in visible, isolated run-sessions
+   and can use a cheaper model: that is the "small model powers the widget"
+   path. No hidden sessions anywhere.
+
+## Widget model and hosting
+
+Widget HTML/JS is authored by the agent (typically via `show_widget`), wrapped
+in the standard document shell (CSP meta, size reporter, bridge bootstrap) and
+rendered in `<iframe sandbox="allow-scripts">` (never `allow-same-origin`).
+
+- **Inline (transcript) widgets** keep the current canvas-document pipeline:
+  written under the state dir, served by the gateway, pruned per scope, no
+  approval (they are capless by construction — prompt sends are user-confirmed).
+- **Board widgets** are session state: bytes live in the owning agent's SQLite
+  DB (`board_widgets`), served by a core gateway route
+  (`/__openclaw__/board/<agentId>/<sessionKey>/<name>/`) that reads the DB.
+  Pinning a transcript widget copies the bytes. Caps: 256 KB per widget,
+  48 widgets per board.
+- **Update in place:** re-emitting a widget with the same `name` replaces the
+  bytes, bumps `revision`, broadcasts `board.changed`, and live views reload
+  that iframe only.
+- **Byte freezing:** granted capabilities bind to the sha256 of the widget
+  bytes. Changing bytes keeps `data`/`net`/`actions` grants only if the new
+  revision declares a subset of the granted manifest; a widened manifest
+  re-prompts the operator.
+
+### Widgets host content; MCP apps are one content kind
+
+The **widget is the OpenClaw primitive**: the named, pinned, sized,
+session-owned board cell with a grant record. What renders inside it is a
+content kind:
+
+- `html` — agent-authored via `show_widget`, bytes in board storage.
+- `mcp-app` — a third-party MCP app view (`ui://` resource from a configured
+  server) hosted inside the widget cell.
+
+MCP apps do not define the widget model; widgets gained the ability to host
+them. Identity, placement, pinning, grants, and the author-facing API stay
+OpenClaw's — so `show_widget` code stays as short as it is today and never
+needs to know the MCP Apps spec exists.
+
+Shared infrastructure underneath (this is where the simplification lands):
+
+- **One sandbox host.** `html` widgets render through the same hardened
+  pipeline MCP apps shipped with (double-iframe on the dedicated sandbox
+  origin, per-widget CSP declared and fail-closed decoded) instead of a second
+  bespoke iframe host. The proxy receives HTML by value, so local content is
+  the natural case.
+- **One authorization model.** A widget's reach is a granted allowlist,
+  whatever its kind: for `html` widgets, host tools; for `mcp-app` widgets,
+  the server's app-visible tools (via the existing `allowedAppToolNames`
+  mechanism, made durable per widget instead of per-minting-run).
+- **Host tools for `html` widgets** (exposed over the widget bridge, checked
+  against the grant):
+  - `openclaw.prompt.send` — tier 2; routed through the visible composer,
+    user-confirmed unless granted
+  - `openclaw.state.emit` — tier 1 session notices (coalesced, size-capped)
+  - `openclaw.data.read` — parameterized read-only bindings (existing
+    allowlisted read RPC set), resolved gateway-side
+  - `openclaw.cron.trigger` — tier 3 automation
+- **`net` = CSP.** Network reach uses the already-shipped per-widget CSP
+  declaration (`connect-src` origins) — the self-updating weather widget
+  fetches its API directly from the sandbox, no gateway involvement.
+- **Grants.** A widget declaring nothing renders immediately (sandboxed,
+  `default-src 'none'`, prompt sends individually confirmed) — same trust as
+  today's inline chat widgets. Declared tools/origins put the widget in
+  `pending` on the board: a placeholder card lists them human-readably with
+  one-tap **Allow**/**Reject**. Grants are per widget name; for `html` widgets
+  they are byte-frozen (sha256), and changed bytes keep the grant only if the
+  declaration shrank.
+- **Authoring shim.** The document wrapper injects
+  `window.openclaw.sendPrompt/emitState/read/call` as the stable author API;
+  whether the transport underneath is our channel or the AppBridge is an
+  internal detail the widget author never sees. Size reporting and theme
+  tokens ride the same bridge.
+
+### Transcript display: one widget card
+
+Inline display unifies on the widget primitive. When a tool result carries UI —
+`show_widget` output or an MCP tool result with an app resource — the system
+materializes an **ephemeral, auto-named widget** (session-scoped, pruned) and
+the transcript renders a single widget card that dispatches on content kind.
+MCP app auto-display stays exactly as the spec expects (zero extra model work);
+it just _is_ a widget underneath. This deletes the parallel `mcpApp`
+special-cases in chat rendering (surface gating, separate dedup), gives every
+inline UI the same pin affordance, and makes the widget registry the primary
+re-open path (transcript-scan reconstruction stays as fallback for never-pinned
+history). The read-only ticketed standalone host overlaps with boards as a
+persistent re-open surface — consolidation candidate to evaluate in T6, not
+assumed.
+
+Composition: v1 is grid adjacency (agent chrome widget next to an app widget on
+one tab). v2 adds **host-managed app slots** — agent widget HTML declares a
+slot region and the host composites the real app view as a sibling sandbox.
+The app never renders inside the agent's iframe: nesting would break bridge
+identity and enable overlay/clickjack of granted app UI, so the slot is a
+layout contract, not an embed.
+
+### Server-sourced widgets (pinned MCP apps)
+
+With the unified host, pinning a third-party MCP app is just a widget whose
+content is fetched from the server instead of stored: `board_widgets` keeps the
+descriptor (`serverName`, `toolName`, `uiResourceUri`, originating
+`toolCallId` + `sessionKey`) instead of HTML bytes, and the board re-mints the
+view lease past the chat-turn 10-minute TTL (re-fetching the `ui://` resource
+on staleness). Chat inline MCP app views get the same **Pin to dashboard**
+affordance as agent widgets. Re-opened views are read-only today by design;
+pinned apps that should stay interactive get a durable grant over the server's
+app-visible tools (explicit allowlist shown to the operator on pin), decoupled
+from the minting run. Ungranted pins stay read-only — still useful for display
+dashboards. v1 pins to the originating session's board; cross-session pinning
+needs a lease broker and waits. Coordinate with open PR #109807 (`ui/message`
+composer routing, theme/size propagation).
+
+## Layout: fluid grid
+
+12 columns, fixed row height, **auto-compacting** (gravity-up, push-aside on
+drag — gridstack semantics, implemented natively; grid math stays pure and
+DOM-free). Widget layout state per tab: `{ name, w (1-12), h (rows) }` plus
+order. Agent vocabulary:
+
+- `size`: `sm` (3×3) · `md` (6×4) · `lg` (8×6) · `xl` (12×8) · `full`
+  (single-widget tab)
+- `after: <widgetName>` optional ordering anchor; omitted = append
+- User drags/resizes freely; the same order+size model round-trips.
+
+## Data model (per-agent DB)
+
+New tables in `agents/<agentId>/agent/openclaw-agent.sqlite`
+(**requires an agent-DB schema-version bump — operator sign-off required
+before this lands**):
+
+```sql
+CREATE TABLE board_tabs (
+  session_key TEXT NOT NULL,
+  tab_id      TEXT NOT NULL,           -- slug
+  title       TEXT NOT NULL,
+  position    INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  chat_dock   TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'right',  -- left|right|bottom|hidden
+  created_by  TEXT NOT NULL,           -- 'user' | 'agent'
+  PRIMARY KEY (session_key, tab_id)
+) STRICT;
+
+CREATE TABLE board_widgets (
+  session_key  TEXT NOT NULL,
+  name         TEXT NOT NULL,          -- stable widget name
+  tab_id       TEXT NOT NULL,
+  title        TEXT,
+  html         BLOB NOT NULL,          -- wrapped document source
+  sha256       TEXT NOT NULL,
+  revision     INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  size_w       INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  size_h       INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  position     INTEGER NOT NULL,       -- order within tab (auto-compact input)
+  manifest     TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',  -- capability manifest JSON
+  grant_state  TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'none', -- none|pending|granted|rejected
+  granted_sha  TEXT,                   -- byte-frozen grant
+  created_by   TEXT NOT NULL,
+  created_at   INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  updated_at   INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (session_key, name)
+) STRICT;
+```
+
+Board existence = any rows for the `sessionKey`. Deleting a session deletes its
+board rows. `/new`/`/reset` does not touch them.
+
+## Protocol surface
+
+RPCs (core method table, typebox schemas in `gateway-protocol`):
+
+- `board.get { sessionKey }` → tabs + widget metadata (no bytes) — `operator.read`
+- `board.update { sessionKey, ops[] }` — tab CRUD/reorder, widget move/resize/
+  remove/unpin, dock state, focus-tab — `operator.write`
+- `board.widget.put { sessionKey, name, html, manifest, placement }` —
+  `operator.write` (agent tool path and pin path)
+- `board.widget.grant { sessionKey, name, decision }` — `operator.approvals`
+- `board.event { sessionKey, widget, payload }` — tier-1 state event ingest —
+  `operator.write`
+
+Events (in `EVENT_SCOPE_GUARDS`, read scope):
+
+- `board.changed { sessionKey, revision, widget? }` — persisted state changed;
+  UI refetches (and reloads one iframe when `widget` is present).
+- `board.command { sessionKey, command }` — transient UI drive (agent switches
+  the visible tab, toggles chat dock) — the `ui.command` pattern.
+
+Widget bytes are served over the authenticated HTTP surface, not the socket.
+
+## Agent tools
+
+Three tools total (core, always registered; rendering gated on the
+`inline-widgets` client cap as today):
+
+- `show_widget { title, widget_code, name?, pin?, size?, tab?, after?,
+capabilities? }` — create/update by name; `pin` places it on the board.
+  Without `name`/`pin` it behaves exactly like today (inline, ephemeral).
+- `dashboard { action, ... }` — board management verbs: `read`, `tab_create`,
+  `tab_update`, `tab_delete`, `tabs_reorder`, `widget_move`, `widget_remove`,
+  `unpin`, `focus_tab`, `set_chat_dock`.
+- Existing `cron` tools cover the automation tier; no new tool needed.
+
+Tool descriptions teach the size/anchor vocabulary and the tier model. The
+agent is told about user tier-1 events via session notices, e.g.
+`[dashboard] user clicked "Refresh" on widget weather (tab main)`.
+
+## What this replaces
+
+- **`extensions/workspaces` is deleted.** Experimental, `enabledByDefault:
+false`, never in a stable release (first appeared in 2026.7.2 betas). No
+  migration; a doctor rule removes stale `<stateDir>/workspaces/` if present.
+  Harvested ideas: pure grid math, bridge security model (port bootstrap,
+  binding gating, rate limits), byte-frozen approval.
+- **Widget hosting moves from `extensions/canvas` to core.** The canvas doc
+  store, document wrapper, HTTP serving, and the `show_widget` tool become core
+  (`src/canvas/`); the plugin keeps the node-canvas control tool (`canvas`) and
+  A2UI. The `pluginSurfaceUrls["canvas"]` advertisement and
+  `/__openclaw__/canvas` paths are shipped native-client contracts and stay
+  stable. Discord sessions keep the Discord-owned `show_widget` variant.
+- **WorkBoard is untouched** (integration is a follow-up program).
+
+## Non-goals (this program)
+
+- Multi-user board sharing/ACLs (future; will arrive via session sharing).
+- Native macOS/iOS board rendering (they get it wherever they embed the
+  Control UI; the inline-widget path is unchanged).
+- Builtin data widgets (sessions/usage/cron cards) — the capability bridge plus
+  agent-authored widgets cover v1; a builtin kind registry can come later.
+- WorkBoard-on-dashboard.
+
+## Implementation plan
+
+Independent worktrees, Codex-built, review+land sequentially. Land-then-fix.
+
+| #   | Branch                               | Scope                                                                                                                                                                              | Depends on                       |
+| --- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
+| T1  | `claude/dashboard-remove-workspaces` | Delete workspaces plugin + UI + docs + i18n keys; doctor cleanup rule                                                                                                              | —                                |
+| T2  | `claude/dashboard-canvas-core`       | Promote widget hosting + `show_widget` to core; canvas plugin keeps node tool; zero behavior change                                                                                | —                                |
+| T3  | `claude/dashboard-domain`            | Agent-DB tables (schema bump), `board.*` RPCs + events, `dashboard` tool, `show_widget` pin/name/manifest args, tier-1 notices, reset-keeps-board                                  | T2                               |
+| T4  | `claude/dashboard-ui`                | Board face + tab strip + fluid auto-compact grid + chat dock (left/right/bottom/hidden) + transcript pin affordance + sidebar board face + reset confirm                           | T3 (mock-first via dev fixtures) |
+| T5  | `claude/dashboard-capabilities`      | Grant store/UI + byte freezing; move `html` widgets onto the shared sandbox host; host tools (`openclaw.prompt.send/state.emit/data.read/cron.trigger`); `net` CSP; authoring shim | T3, T4                           |
+| T7  | `claude/dashboard-mcp-apps`          | `mcp-app` content kind: pin affordance on inline app views, descriptor storage, lease re-mint/refresh, durable server-tool grants (reuses shipped MCP Apps host)                   | T3, T4                           |
+| T6  | polish                               | Live E2E on a scratch gateway (real keys), screenshots, fixes, user-focused `/web/dashboard` rewrite, enable-by-default review                                                     | all                              |
+
+Validation per repo rules: focused vitest locally, full gates on
+Crabbox/Testbox, `$autoreview` before every land, live proof for T6.
diff --git a/src/agents/openclaw-tools.client-caps.test.ts b/src/agents/openclaw-tools.client-caps.test.ts
index 9a8295a3edb9..591c940c3f38 100644
--- a/src/agents/openclaw-tools.client-caps.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/openclaw-tools.client-caps.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Verifies gateway client capabilities are hard availability requirements for tools.
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { withEnv } from "../test-utils/env.js";
 
 vi.mock("./openclaw-plugin-tools.js", () => ({
   resolveOpenClawPluginToolsForOptions: () => [],
@@ -41,6 +42,25 @@ describe("gateway client capability tool filtering", () => {
     ).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("keeps the core widget tool out when Canvas host config disables it", () => {
+    expect(
+      hasWidget(
+        createOpenClawTools({
+          clientCaps: ["inline-widgets"],
+          config: {
+            plugins: { entries: { canvas: { config: { host: { enabled: false } } } } },
+          },
+        }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the core widget tool out when OPENCLAW_SKIP_CANVAS_HOST is set", () => {
+    withEnv({ OPENCLAW_SKIP_CANVAS_HOST: "1" }, () => {
+      expect(hasWidget(createOpenClawTools({ clientCaps: ["inline-widgets"] }))).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
   it("only exposes screen to UI-command clients", () => {
     expect(hasScreen(createOpenClawTools())).toBe(false);
     expect(hasScreen(createOpenClawTools({ clientCaps: ["ui-commands"] }))).toBe(true);
diff --git a/src/agents/openclaw-tools.ts b/src/agents/openclaw-tools.ts
index 3947be675240..6a2341fc8d51 100644
--- a/src/agents/openclaw-tools.ts
+++ b/src/agents/openclaw-tools.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   SourceReplyDeliveryMode,
   TaskSuggestionDeliveryMode,
 } from "../auto-reply/get-reply-options.types.js";
+import { isCoreCanvasHostEnabled } from "../canvas/config.js";
 import { createShowWidgetTool } from "../canvas/widget-tool.js";
 import type { ChatType } from "../channels/chat-type.js";
 import type { InboundEventKind } from "../channels/inbound-event/kind.js";
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ export function createOpenClawTools(
     ...(messageTool && includeMessageTool ? [messageTool] : []),
     // Discord sessions get the Discord plugin's own show_widget (Activities
     // delivery); registering the core tool there would collide on the name.
-    ...(options?.agentChannel === "discord"
+    ...(options?.agentChannel === "discord" || !isCoreCanvasHostEnabled(resolvedConfig)
       ? []
       : [
           createShowWidgetTool({
diff --git a/src/agents/tool-policy-pipeline.test.ts b/src/agents/tool-policy-pipeline.test.ts
index 0614a4596663..5a1c822c8215 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-policy-pipeline.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tool-policy-pipeline.test.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,44 @@ describe("tool-policy-pipeline", () => {
     expect(names).toEqual(["plugin_tool"]);
   });
 
+  test.each([
+    { expected: ["exec"], policy: { deny: ["canvas"] } },
+    { expected: ["canvas", "show_widget"], policy: { allow: ["canvas"] } },
+  ])("keeps promoted show_widget in the Canvas policy family ($policy)", ({ expected, policy }) => {
+    const tools = [{ name: "exec" }, { name: "show_widget" }, { name: "canvas" }];
+    const filtered = applyToolPolicyPipeline({
+      tools: asPolicyTools(tools),
+      toolMeta: (tool) => (tool.name === "canvas" ? { pluginId: "canvas" } : undefined),
+      warn: () => {},
+      steps: [{ policy, label: "tools", stripPluginOnlyAllowlist: true }],
+    });
+
+    expect(filtered.map((tool) => tool.name).toSorted()).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    { expected: ["exec", "show_widget"], policy: { deny: ["canvas"] } },
+    { expected: ["canvas"], policy: { allow: ["canvas"] } },
+  ])(
+    "does not apply the Canvas core alias to Discord-owned show_widget ($policy)",
+    ({ expected, policy }) => {
+      const tools = [{ name: "exec" }, { name: "show_widget" }, { name: "canvas" }];
+      const filtered = applyToolPolicyPipeline({
+        tools: asPolicyTools(tools),
+        toolMeta: (tool) => {
+          if (tool.name === "show_widget") {
+            return { pluginId: "discord" };
+          }
+          return tool.name === "canvas" ? { pluginId: "canvas" } : undefined;
+        },
+        warn: () => {},
+        steps: [{ policy, label: "tools", stripPluginOnlyAllowlist: true }],
+      });
+
+      expect(filtered.map((tool) => tool.name).toSorted()).toEqual(expected);
+    },
+  );
+
   test("warns about unknown allowlist entries", () => {
     const warnings: string[] = [];
     const tools = [{ name: "exec" }] as unknown as DummyTool[];
diff --git a/src/agents/tool-policy.ts b/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
index 97902f915d09..26bddacee308 100644
--- a/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
+++ b/src/agents/tool-policy.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export type DeclaredToolAllowlistContext = {
 /** Synthetic allowlist entry that means "use default plugin tools". */
 export const DEFAULT_PLUGIN_TOOLS_ALLOWLIST_ENTRY = "__openclaw_default_plugin_tools__";
 
+const SHIPPED_PLUGIN_POLICY_FAMILY_CORE_TOOLS = new Map<string, readonly string[]>([
+  // `canvas` is a shipped operator policy family. Keep promoted `show_widget`
+  // in that family so existing allow/deny configs retain their old surface.
+  ["canvas", ["show_widget"]],
+]);
+
 /** Returns true when an allow policy is narrower than all/default plugin tools. */
 export function hasRestrictiveAllowPolicy(policy?: { allow?: string[] }): boolean {
   return (
@@ -171,9 +177,13 @@ function expandPluginGroups(
       }
       continue;
     }
-    const tools = groups.byPlugin.get(normalized);
-    if (tools && tools.length > 0) {
-      expanded.push(...tools);
+    const tools = groups.byPlugin.get(normalized) ?? [];
+    // Discord owns its own show_widget; only alias names absent from plugin ownership metadata.
+    const promotedCoreTools = (
+      SHIPPED_PLUGIN_POLICY_FAMILY_CORE_TOOLS.get(normalized) ?? []
+    ).filter((toolName) => !groups.all.includes(toolName));
+    if (tools.length > 0 || promotedCoreTools.length > 0) {
+      expanded.push(...tools, ...promotedCoreTools);
       continue;
     }
     expanded.push(normalized);
diff --git a/src/canvas/config.ts b/src/canvas/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b7380df74f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/canvas/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/** Core Canvas host enablement from the shipped Canvas plugin configuration surface. */
+import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import { isTruthyEnvValue } from "../infra/env.js";
+
+/** Returns whether core-owned widget hosting and tools should be active. */
+export function isCoreCanvasHostEnabled(
+  config?: OpenClawConfig,
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
+): boolean {
+  // Canvas owned these shipped operator switches before hosting moved into core.
+  // Core keeps reading them so existing disablement still covers the whole Canvas family.
+  if (isTruthyEnvValue(env.OPENCLAW_SKIP_CANVAS_HOST)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const host = config?.plugins?.entries?.canvas?.config?.host;
+  return !isRecord(host) || host.enabled !== false;
+}
diff --git a/src/canvas/constants.ts b/src/canvas/constants.ts
index 1cc248ada8aa..f2358e38d015 100644
--- a/src/canvas/constants.ts
+++ b/src/canvas/constants.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ export function resolveCanvasNodeCapability(
 /** Adds the core Canvas surface while removing stale plugin-owned duplicates. */
 export function withCoreCanvasNodeCapability(
   surfaces: readonly PluginNodeCapabilitySurface[],
+  enabled = true,
 ): PluginNodeCapabilitySurface[] {
-  return [
-    CANVAS_NODE_CAPABILITY,
-    ...surfaces.filter((entry) => entry.surface.trim() !== CANVAS_NODE_CAPABILITY.surface),
-  ];
+  const withoutStaleCanvas = surfaces.filter(
+    (entry) => entry.surface.trim() !== CANVAS_NODE_CAPABILITY.surface,
+  );
+  return enabled ? [CANVAS_NODE_CAPABILITY, ...withoutStaleCanvas] : withoutStaleCanvas;
 }
diff --git a/src/flows/doctor-health-contributions.test.ts b/src/flows/doctor-health-contributions.test.ts
index 3872a5feab10..67c264167c35 100644
--- a/src/flows/doctor-health-contributions.test.ts
+++ b/src/flows/doctor-health-contributions.test.ts
@@ -1481,6 +1481,84 @@ describe("doctor health contributions", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("reports removed Workspaces state during non-fix doctor runs", async () => {
+    const contribution = requireDoctorContribution("doctor:legacy-state");
+    mocks.runDoctorHealthRepairs.mockImplementation(async (input: { cfg?: unknown }) => ({
+      config: input.cfg ?? {},
+      findings: [
+        {
+          checkId: "core/doctor/removed-workspaces-state",
+          severity: "warning",
+          message: "Retired Workspaces plugin state remains at /tmp/workspaces.",
+          path: "/tmp/workspaces",
+          fixHint: "Run openclaw doctor --fix.",
+        },
+      ],
+      remainingFindings: [],
+      changes: [],
+      warnings: [],
+      diffs: [],
+      effects: [],
+      checksRun: 1,
+      checksRepaired: 0,
+      checksValidated: 1,
+    }));
+    const ctx = {
+      cfg: {},
+      sourceConfigValid: true,
+      prompter: buildDoctorPrompter(false),
+      runtime: { log: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn(), exit: vi.fn() },
+      options: { nonInteractive: true },
+      configPath: "/tmp/fake-openclaw.json",
+    } as unknown as Parameters<(typeof contribution)["run"]>[0];
+
+    await contribution.run(ctx);
+
+    expect(mocks.runDoctorHealthRepairs).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ mode: "fix", dryRun: true }),
+      expect.objectContaining({ dryRun: true }),
+    );
+    expect(ctx.runtime.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining("core/doctor/removed-workspaces-state"),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does not report a removed Workspaces finding after a successful fix", async () => {
+    const contribution = requireDoctorContribution("doctor:legacy-state");
+    mocks.runDoctorHealthRepairs.mockImplementation(async (input: { cfg?: unknown }) => ({
+      config: input.cfg ?? {},
+      findings: [
+        {
+          checkId: "core/doctor/removed-workspaces-state",
+          severity: "warning",
+          message: "Retired Workspaces plugin state remains at /tmp/workspaces.",
+        },
+      ],
+      remainingFindings: [],
+      changes: ["Removed retired Workspaces plugin state at /tmp/workspaces."],
+      warnings: [],
+      diffs: [],
+      effects: [],
+      checksRun: 1,
+      checksRepaired: 1,
+      checksValidated: 1,
+    }));
+    const ctx = {
+      cfg: {},
+      sourceConfigValid: true,
+      prompter: buildDoctorPrompter(true),
+      runtime: { log: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn(), exit: vi.fn() },
+      options: { nonInteractive: true },
+      configPath: "/tmp/fake-openclaw.json",
+    } as unknown as Parameters<(typeof contribution)["run"]>[0];
+
+    await contribution.run(ctx);
+
+    expect(ctx.runtime.log).not.toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.stringContaining("core/doctor/removed-workspaces-state"),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("grants Doctor-only state migration authority only in repair mode", async () => {
     const contribution = requireDoctorContribution("doctor:legacy-state");
     const cfg = { session: { store: "/tmp/shared-sessions.json" } };
diff --git a/src/flows/doctor-health-contributions.ts b/src/flows/doctor-health-contributions.ts
index 398cefcfa186..e5634e69a1a8 100644
--- a/src/flows/doctor-health-contributions.ts
+++ b/src/flows/doctor-health-contributions.ts
@@ -476,11 +476,11 @@ async function runClaudeCliHealth(ctx: DoctorHealthFlowContext): Promise<void> {
   noteClaudeCliHealth(ctx.cfg);
 }
 
-async function runCoreContributionHealthRepair(
+async function runCoreContributionHealth(
   ctx: DoctorHealthFlowContext,
   checkIds: readonly string[],
 ): Promise<void> {
-  if (!ctx.prompter.shouldRepair || checkIds.length === 0) {
+  if (checkIds.length === 0) {
     return;
   }
   const { CORE_HEALTH_CHECKS } = await import("./doctor-core-checks.js");
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ async function runCoreContributionHealthRepair(
     return;
   }
   const workspaceDir = resolveAgentWorkspaceDir(ctx.cfg, resolveDefaultAgentId(ctx.cfg));
+  const dryRun = !ctx.prompter.shouldRepair;
   const result = await runDoctorHealthRepairs(
     {
       mode: "fix",
@@ -502,10 +503,12 @@ async function runCoreContributionHealthRepair(
       cfg: ctx.cfg,
       cwd: workspaceDir,
       configPath: ctx.configPath,
+      dryRun,
     },
-    { checks },
+    { checks, dryRun },
   );
   ctx.cfg = result.config;
+  renderStructuredHealthFindings(ctx, dryRun ? result.findings : result.remainingFindings);
   if (result.changes.length > 0) {
     note(result.changes.join("\n"), "Doctor changes");
   }
@@ -520,7 +523,7 @@ async function runLegacyStateHealth(ctx: DoctorHealthFlowContext): Promise<void>
   const { note } = await loadNoteModule();
   // Settle retired-plugin state cleanup (may replace ctx.cfg) before the
   // legacy-state detect/migrate pair reads the config.
-  await runCoreContributionHealthRepair(ctx, ["core/doctor/removed-workspaces-state"]);
+  await runCoreContributionHealth(ctx, ["core/doctor/removed-workspaces-state"]);
   const doctorOnlyStateMigrations = ctx.options.repair === true || ctx.options.yes === true;
   const legacyState = await detectLegacyStateMigrations({
     cfg: ctx.cfg,
@@ -769,7 +772,7 @@ async function runWebFetchProxyHealth(ctx: DoctorHealthFlowContext): Promise<voi
 
 async function runBrowserHealth(ctx: DoctorHealthFlowContext): Promise<void> {
   const { noteChromeMcpBrowserReadiness } = await import("../commands/doctor-browser.js");
-  await runCoreContributionHealthRepair(ctx, ["core/doctor/browser-clawd-profile-residue"]);
+  await runCoreContributionHealth(ctx, ["core/doctor/browser-clawd-profile-residue"]);
   await noteChromeMcpBrowserReadiness(ctx.cfg);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/flows/doctor-removed-workspaces-state-check.test.ts b/src/flows/doctor-removed-workspaces-state-check.test.ts
index 80f25dd4b076..77349286083b 100644
--- a/src/flows/doctor-removed-workspaces-state-check.test.ts
+++ b/src/flows/doctor-removed-workspaces-state-check.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,23 @@ const runtime = { log() {}, error() {}, exit() {} };
 describe("removed Workspaces state doctor check", () => {
   let root: string | undefined;
 
+  async function createStateDir(
+    fingerprint: "sqlite" | "widgets-data" = "sqlite",
+  ): Promise<string> {
+    root = await fs.mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-workspaces-state-"));
+    const staleDir = join(root, "workspaces");
+    await fs.mkdir(staleDir, { recursive: true });
+    if (fingerprint === "sqlite") {
+      await fs.writeFile(join(staleDir, "workspaces.sqlite"), "stale", "utf8");
+    } else {
+      await Promise.all([
+        fs.mkdir(join(staleDir, "widgets"), { recursive: true }),
+        fs.mkdir(join(staleDir, "data"), { recursive: true }),
+      ]);
+    }
+    return staleDir;
+  }
+
   afterEach(async () => {
     if (root !== undefined) {
       await fs.rm(root, { force: true, recursive: true });
@@ -19,10 +36,7 @@ describe("removed Workspaces state doctor check", () => {
   });
 
   it("previews and removes the stale plugin state directory", async () => {
-    root = await fs.mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-workspaces-state-"));
-    const staleDir = join(root, "workspaces");
-    await fs.mkdir(join(staleDir, "assets"), { recursive: true });
-    await fs.writeFile(join(staleDir, "workspaces.sqlite"), "stale", "utf8");
+    const staleDir = await createStateDir();
 
     await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: root }, async () => {
       const findings = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.detect({
@@ -82,4 +96,128 @@ describe("removed Workspaces state doctor check", () => {
       ).resolves.toEqual([]);
     });
   });
+
+  it("detects the widgets/data plugin layout fingerprint", async () => {
+    const staleDir = await createStateDir("widgets-data");
+
+    await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: root }, async () => {
+      await expect(
+        removedWorkspacesStateCheck.detect({ mode: "lint", runtime, cfg: {} }),
+      ).resolves.toEqual([
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          checkId: "core/doctor/removed-workspaces-state",
+          path: staleDir,
+        }),
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("ignores a plain user directory without plugin fingerprints", async () => {
+    root = await fs.mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-workspaces-state-"));
+    const userDir = join(root, "workspaces");
+    await fs.mkdir(userDir, { recursive: true });
+    await fs.writeFile(join(userDir, "notes.md"), "personal", "utf8");
+
+    await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: root }, async () => {
+      await expect(
+        removedWorkspacesStateCheck.detect({ mode: "lint", runtime, cfg: {} }),
+      ).resolves.toEqual([]);
+      await expect(
+        removedWorkspacesStateCheck.repair?.({ mode: "fix", runtime, cfg: {} }, []),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({ status: "skipped", changes: [] });
+      await expect(fs.readFile(join(userDir, "notes.md"), "utf8")).resolves.toBe("personal");
+    });
+  });
+
+  it.each(["defaults", "agent"] as const)(
+    "skips cleanup when the %s workspace resolves to the retired state directory",
+    async (kind) => {
+      const staleDir = await createStateDir();
+      const resolvedAlias = join(staleDir, "..", "workspaces");
+      const cfg =
+        kind === "defaults"
+          ? { agents: { defaults: { workspace: resolvedAlias } } }
+          : { agents: { list: [{ id: "ops", workspace: resolvedAlias }] } };
+
+      await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: root }, async () => {
+        const findings = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.detect({
+          mode: "lint",
+          runtime,
+          cfg,
+        });
+        expect(findings).toEqual([
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            message: expect.stringContaining("Automatic removal is disabled"),
+            path: staleDir,
+            severity: "warning",
+          }),
+        ]);
+
+        const repaired = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.repair?.(
+          { mode: "fix", runtime, cfg },
+          findings,
+        );
+        expect(repaired).toMatchObject({
+          status: "skipped",
+          changes: [],
+          warnings: [expect.stringContaining("Automatic removal is disabled")],
+        });
+        await expect(fs.stat(staleDir)).resolves.toBeDefined();
+      });
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("skips cleanup when an agent workspace is nested under the retired state directory", async () => {
+    const staleDir = await createStateDir();
+    const nestedWorkspace = join(staleDir, "active-agent");
+    await fs.mkdir(nestedWorkspace);
+    const cfg = { agents: { list: [{ id: "active", workspace: nestedWorkspace }] } };
+
+    await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: root }, async () => {
+      const findings = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.detect({ mode: "lint", runtime, cfg });
+      const repaired = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.repair?.(
+        { mode: "fix", runtime, cfg },
+        findings,
+      );
+
+      expect(repaired).toMatchObject({ status: "skipped", changes: [] });
+      await expect(fs.stat(nestedWorkspace)).resolves.toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("skips cleanup when an agent workspace symlink resolves beneath the retired state directory", async () => {
+    const staleDir = await createStateDir();
+    const nestedWorkspace = join(staleDir, "active-agent");
+    const workspaceAlias = join(root!, "active-agent-link");
+    await fs.mkdir(nestedWorkspace);
+    await fs.symlink(nestedWorkspace, workspaceAlias, "dir");
+    const cfg = { agents: { defaults: { workspace: workspaceAlias } } };
+
+    await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: root }, async () => {
+      const findings = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.detect({ mode: "lint", runtime, cfg });
+      const repaired = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.repair?.(
+        { mode: "fix", runtime, cfg },
+        findings,
+      );
+
+      expect(repaired).toMatchObject({ status: "skipped", changes: [] });
+      await expect(fs.stat(nestedWorkspace)).resolves.toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("skips cleanup when the retired state directory is nested under an agent workspace", async () => {
+    const staleDir = await createStateDir();
+    const cfg = { agents: { defaults: { workspace: root } } };
+
+    await withEnvAsync({ OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: root }, async () => {
+      const findings = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.detect({ mode: "lint", runtime, cfg });
+      const repaired = await removedWorkspacesStateCheck.repair?.(
+        { mode: "fix", runtime, cfg },
+        findings,
+      );
+
+      expect(repaired).toMatchObject({ status: "skipped", changes: [] });
+      await expect(fs.stat(staleDir)).resolves.toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/flows/doctor-removed-workspaces-state-check.ts b/src/flows/doctor-removed-workspaces-state-check.ts
index 2a88adb40cdb..fdf2e9601a85 100644
--- a/src/flows/doctor-removed-workspaces-state-check.ts
+++ b/src/flows/doctor-removed-workspaces-state-check.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Doctor cleanup for state left by the retired experimental Workspaces plugin.
-import { lstat, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { lstat, realpath, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { resolveStateDir } from "../config/paths.js";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import { resolveUserPath } from "../utils.js";
 import type { HealthCheck, HealthRepairEffect } from "./health-checks.js";
 
 const CHECK_ID = "core/doctor/removed-workspaces-state";
@@ -10,18 +12,94 @@ function resolveRemovedWorkspacesStateDir(): string {
   return path.join(resolveStateDir(process.env), "workspaces");
 }
 
-async function pathExists(target: string): Promise<boolean> {
+async function pathKind(target: string): Promise<"directory" | "file" | null> {
   try {
-    await lstat(target);
-    return true;
+    const stats = await lstat(target);
+    if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+      return "directory";
+    }
+    return stats.isFile() ? "file" : null;
   } catch (error) {
     if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === "ENOENT") {
-      return false;
+      return null;
     }
     throw error;
   }
 }
 
+async function hasRemovedWorkspacesFingerprint(target: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  if ((await pathKind(target)) !== "directory") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if ((await pathKind(path.join(target, "workspaces.sqlite"))) === "file") {
+    return true;
+  }
+  const [widgetsKind, dataKind] = await Promise.all([
+    pathKind(path.join(target, "widgets")),
+    pathKind(path.join(target, "data")),
+  ]);
+  return widgetsKind === "directory" && dataKind === "directory";
+}
+
+async function canonicalPath(target: string): Promise<string> {
+  const resolved = path.resolve(target);
+  try {
+    return await realpath(resolved);
+  } catch (error) {
+    const code = (error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code;
+    if (code === "ENOENT" || code === "ENOTDIR") {
+      return resolved;
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+function isSameOrDescendant(parent: string, candidate: string): boolean {
+  const relative = path.relative(parent, candidate);
+  return (
+    relative === "" ||
+    (!path.isAbsolute(relative) && !relative.startsWith(`..${path.sep}`) && relative !== "..")
+  );
+}
+
+async function configuredAgentWorkspaceCollisions(
+  cfg: OpenClawConfig,
+  target: string,
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const configured: Array<{ label: string; workspace: string | undefined }> = [
+    { label: "agents.defaults.workspace", workspace: cfg.agents?.defaults?.workspace },
+    ...(cfg.agents?.list ?? []).map((agent) => ({
+      label: `agents.list.${agent.id}.workspace`,
+      workspace: agent.workspace,
+    })),
+  ];
+  const resolvedTarget = await canonicalPath(target);
+  const resolvedEntries = await Promise.all(
+    configured
+      .filter(
+        (entry): entry is { label: string; workspace: string } =>
+          typeof entry.workspace === "string" && entry.workspace.trim().length > 0,
+      )
+      .map(async (entry) => ({
+        label: entry.label,
+        resolvedWorkspace: await canonicalPath(resolveUserPath(entry.workspace, process.env)),
+      })),
+  );
+  return resolvedEntries
+    .filter(
+      (entry) =>
+        isSameOrDescendant(resolvedTarget, entry.resolvedWorkspace) ||
+        isSameOrDescendant(entry.resolvedWorkspace, resolvedTarget),
+    )
+    .map((entry) => entry.label);
+}
+
+function collisionWarning(target: string, collisions: readonly string[]): string {
+  return `Retired Workspaces plugin fingerprints remain at ${target}, but ${collisions.join(
+    ", ",
+  )} resolves to that directory or an overlapping path. Automatic removal is disabled.`;
+}
+
 function repairEffect(target: string, dryRun: boolean): HealthRepairEffect {
   return {
     kind: "state",
@@ -36,12 +114,26 @@ export const removedWorkspacesStateCheck: HealthCheck = {
   kind: "core",
   description: "State from the retired experimental Workspaces plugin has been removed.",
   source: "doctor",
-  async detect(_ctx, scope) {
+  async detect(ctx, scope) {
     const target = resolveRemovedWorkspacesStateDir();
     const scopedPaths = new Set(scope?.paths ?? []);
-    if ((scopedPaths.size > 0 && !scopedPaths.has(target)) || !(await pathExists(target))) {
+    if (
+      (scopedPaths.size > 0 && !scopedPaths.has(target)) ||
+      !(await hasRemovedWorkspacesFingerprint(target))
+    ) {
       return [];
     }
+    const collisions = await configuredAgentWorkspaceCollisions(ctx.cfg, target);
+    if (collisions.length > 0) {
+      return [
+        {
+          checkId: CHECK_ID,
+          severity: "warning",
+          message: collisionWarning(target, collisions),
+          path: target,
+        },
+      ];
+    }
     return [
       {
         checkId: CHECK_ID,
@@ -54,13 +146,23 @@ export const removedWorkspacesStateCheck: HealthCheck = {
   },
   async repair(ctx) {
     const target = resolveRemovedWorkspacesStateDir();
-    if (!(await pathExists(target))) {
+    if (!(await hasRemovedWorkspacesFingerprint(target))) {
       return {
         status: "skipped",
-        reason: "retired Workspaces plugin state no longer exists",
+        reason: "retired Workspaces plugin fingerprints are absent",
         changes: [],
       };
     }
+    const collisions = await configuredAgentWorkspaceCollisions(ctx.cfg, target);
+    if (collisions.length > 0) {
+      const warning = collisionWarning(target, collisions);
+      return {
+        status: "skipped",
+        reason: warning,
+        changes: [],
+        warnings: [warning],
+      };
+    }
     const dryRun = ctx.dryRun === true;
     const effects = [repairEffect(target, dryRun)];
     if (dryRun) {
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-http.canvas.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-http.canvas.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d7e924f9454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gateway/server-http.canvas.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+// Core Canvas Gateway route tests cover shipped host-disable switches.
+import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { resolveCanvasNodeCapability } from "../canvas/constants.js";
+import { createCanvasDocument } from "../canvas/documents.js";
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import { withEnvAsync } from "../test-utils/env.js";
+import type { ResolvedGatewayAuth } from "./auth.js";
+import { createGatewayHttpServer } from "./server-http.js";
+
+const resolvedAuth: ResolvedGatewayAuth = {
+  mode: "token",
+  token: "test-token",
+  allowTailscale: false,
+};
+const tempDirs: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(tempDirs.splice(0).map((dir) => rm(dir, { force: true, recursive: true })));
+});
+
+async function requestHostedDocument(params: {
+  config: OpenClawConfig;
+  skipHost?: string;
+}): Promise<Response> {
+  const stateDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-canvas-gateway-"));
+  tempDirs.push(stateDir);
+  const document = await createCanvasDocument(
+    {
+      id: "host-switch-test",
+      kind: "html_bundle",
+      entrypoint: { type: "html", value: "<html><body>hosted</body></html>" },
+    },
+    { stateDir },
+  );
+
+  return await withEnvAsync(
+    {
+      OPENCLAW_SKIP_CANVAS_HOST: params.skipHost,
+      OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: stateDir,
+    },
+    async () => {
+      const server = createGatewayHttpServer({
+        clients: new Set(),
+        controlUiEnabled: false,
+        controlUiBasePath: "/__control__",
+        openAiChatCompletionsEnabled: false,
+        openResponsesEnabled: false,
+        handleHooksRequest: async () => false,
+        handlePluginRequest: async () => false,
+        resolvePluginNodeCapabilityRoute: (pathContext) =>
+          resolveCanvasNodeCapability(pathContext.candidates),
+        resolvedAuth,
+        getRuntimeConfig: () => params.config,
+      });
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => resolve());
+      });
+      const address = server.address();
+      const port = typeof address === "object" && address ? address.port : 0;
+      try {
+        return await fetch(`http://127.0.0.1:${port}${document.entryUrl}`, {
+          headers: { authorization: "Bearer test-token", connection: "close" },
+        });
+      } finally {
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+          server.close((error) => (error ? reject(error) : resolve()));
+        });
+      }
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+describe("core Canvas Gateway host switches", () => {
+  it("serves core widget documents by default", async () => {
+    const response = await requestHostedDocument({ config: {} });
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(await response.text()).toContain("hosted");
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    {
+      label: "plugins.entries.canvas.config.host.enabled=false",
+      config: {
+        plugins: { entries: { canvas: { config: { host: { enabled: false } } } } },
+      },
+    },
+    { label: "OPENCLAW_SKIP_CANVAS_HOST", config: {}, skipHost: "1" },
+  ])("does not register the core widget route for $label", async ({ config, skipHost }) => {
+    const response = await requestHostedDocument({ config, skipHost });
+    expect(response.status).toBe(404);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-http.ts b/src/gateway/server-http.ts
index dd59b0268fe2..b3bd3b9b384b 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-http.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-http.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { createServer as createHttpsServer } from "node:https";
 import type { TlsOptions } from "node:tls";
 import type { WebSocketServer } from "ws";
+import { isCoreCanvasHostEnabled } from "../canvas/config.js";
 import { isCanvasDocumentHttpPath } from "../canvas/constants.js";
 import { resolveBundledChannelGatewayAuthBypassPaths } from "../channels/plugins/gateway-auth-bypass.js";
 import { getRuntimeConfig } from "../config/io.js";
@@ -765,7 +766,11 @@ export function createGatewayHttpServer(opts: {
           },
         });
       }
-      if (nodeCapability && isCanvasDocumentHttpPath(scopedRequestPath)) {
+      if (
+        nodeCapability &&
+        isCoreCanvasHostEnabled(configSnapshot) &&
+        isCanvasDocumentHttpPath(scopedRequestPath)
+      ) {
         requestStages.push({
           name: "canvas-documents",
           run: async () =>
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-runtime-state.ts b/src/gateway/server-runtime-state.ts
index c9f92e510e43..d0defe68d899 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-runtime-state.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-runtime-state.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type { AddressInfo } from "node:net";
 import type { Duplex } from "node:stream";
 import { WebSocketServer } from "ws";
 import { resolveMcpAppSandboxPort } from "../agents/mcp-app-sandbox.js";
+import { isCoreCanvasHostEnabled } from "../canvas/config.js";
 import { resolveCanvasNodeCapability } from "../canvas/constants.js";
 import type { CliDeps } from "../cli/deps.types.js";
 import type { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ const loadGatewayPluginsHttpModule = async () => await import("./server/plugins-
 /** Creates the HTTP/WebSocket runtime state and pinned plugin registries for one gateway start. */
 export async function createGatewayRuntimeState(params: {
   cfg: import("../config/config.js").OpenClawConfig;
+  getRuntimeConfig?: () => import("../config/config.js").OpenClawConfig;
   bindHost: string;
   port: number;
   controlUiEnabled: boolean;
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ export async function createGatewayRuntimeState(params: {
     releasePinnedPluginChannelRegistry();
   }
   try {
+    const loadRuntimeConfig = params.getRuntimeConfig ?? (() => params.cfg);
     const resolvePluginRouteRegistry = () =>
       params.getPluginRouteRegistry?.() ?? params.pluginRegistry;
     const clients = new Set<GatewayWsClient>();
@@ -254,7 +257,9 @@ export async function createGatewayRuntimeState(params: {
       return shouldEnforceGatewayAuthForPluginPath(resolvePluginRouteRegistry(), pathContext);
     };
     const resolvePluginNodeCapabilityRoute = (pathContext: PluginRoutePathContext) => {
-      const coreCanvasCapability = resolveCanvasNodeCapability(pathContext.candidates);
+      const coreCanvasCapability = isCoreCanvasHostEnabled(loadRuntimeConfig())
+        ? resolveCanvasNodeCapability(pathContext.candidates)
+        : undefined;
       if (coreCanvasCapability) {
         return coreCanvasCapability;
       }
@@ -309,6 +314,7 @@ export async function createGatewayRuntimeState(params: {
         getResolvedAuth: params.getResolvedAuth,
         rateLimiter: params.rateLimiter,
         getReadiness: params.getReadiness,
+        getRuntimeConfig: loadRuntimeConfig,
         isTerminalEnabled: params.isTerminalEnabled,
         tlsOptions: params.gatewayTls?.enabled ? params.gatewayTls.tlsOptions : undefined,
       });
diff --git a/src/gateway/server.impl.ts b/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
index 4b0b05d68b50..de03e87e705a 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server.impl.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from "../agents/embedded-agent-runner/run-state.js";
 import { clearSessionSuspensionTimers } from "../agents/session-suspension.js";
 import { getTotalPendingReplies } from "../auto-reply/reply/dispatcher-registry.js";
+import { isCoreCanvasHostEnabled } from "../canvas/config.js";
 import { withCoreCanvasNodeCapability } from "../canvas/constants.js";
 import {
   getLoadedChannelPluginEntryById,
@@ -1200,6 +1201,7 @@ export async function startGatewayServer(
   } = await startupTrace.measure("runtime.state", () =>
     createGatewayRuntimeState({
       cfg: cfgAtStart,
+      getRuntimeConfig,
       bindHost,
       port,
       controlUiEnabled,
@@ -2039,7 +2041,10 @@ export async function startGatewayServer(
         gatewayHost: bindHost ?? undefined,
         pluginSurfaceScheme,
         getPluginNodeCapabilities: () =>
-          withCoreCanvasNodeCapability(listPluginNodeCapabilities(pluginRegistry)),
+          withCoreCanvasNodeCapability(
+            listPluginNodeCapabilities(pluginRegistry),
+            isCoreCanvasHostEnabled(getRuntimeConfig()),
+          ),
         resolvedAuth,
         getResolvedAuth,
         getRequiredSharedGatewaySessionGeneration: () =>