diff --git a/scripts/run-node.mjs b/scripts/run-node.mjs
index 6d00626c4271..60084a0e4a7e 100644
--- a/scripts/run-node.mjs
+++ b/scripts/run-node.mjs
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ import {
   runNodeSourceRoots,
   runNodeWatchedPaths,
 } from "./run-node-watch-paths.mjs";
-import { runRuntimePostBuild } from "./runtime-postbuild.mjs";
+import {
+  listCoreRuntimePostBuildOutputs,
+  runRuntimePostBuild,
+} from "./runtime-postbuild.mjs";
 
 export { isBuildRelevantRunNodePath, isRestartRelevantRunNodePath, runNodeWatchedPaths };
 
@@ -427,9 +430,15 @@ const listRequiredStaticExtensionAssetOutputs = (deps) => {
     .toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
 };
 
-const listRequiredRuntimePostBuildOutputs = (deps) => {
+const listRequiredCoreRuntimePostBuildOutputs = (deps) =>
+  listCoreRuntimePostBuildOutputs({ rootDir: deps.cwd, fs: deps.fs }).map((relativePath) =>
+    path.join(deps.cwd, normalizePath(relativePath)),
+  );
+
+export const listRequiredRuntimePostBuildOutputs = (deps) => {
   const builtPluginEntries = listBuiltBundledPluginEntries(deps);
   return [
+    ...listRequiredCoreRuntimePostBuildOutputs(deps),
     ...listRequiredOpenClawExtensionAliasOutputs(deps),
     ...listRequiredStaticExtensionAssetOutputs(deps),
     ...listRequiredBundledPluginMetadataOutputs(builtPluginEntries, deps),
diff --git a/scripts/runtime-postbuild.mjs b/scripts/runtime-postbuild.mjs
index fae1cf9b920f..c605708b692f 100644
--- a/scripts/runtime-postbuild.mjs
+++ b/scripts/runtime-postbuild.mjs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const ROOT_STABLE_RUNTIME_ALIAS_PATTERN = /^.+\.(?:runtime|contract)\.js$/u;
 const ROOT_RUNTIME_IMPORT_SPECIFIER_PATTERN =
   /(["'])\.\/([^"']+\.(?:runtime|contract)-[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.js)\1/gu;
 const escapeRegExp = (value) => value.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/gu, "\\$&");
+const PLUGIN_SDK_ROOT_ALIAS_OUTPUT = "dist/plugin-sdk/root-alias.cjs";
+const OFFICIAL_CHANNEL_CATALOG_OUTPUT = "dist/channel-catalog.json";
 const LEGACY_ROOT_RUNTIME_COMPAT_ALIASES = [
   // v2026.4.29 dispatch lazy chunks. Package updates used to replace the
   // dist tree before the live gateway had restarted, so an already-loaded old
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ const LEGACY_PLUGIN_INSTALL_RUNTIME_COMPAT_ALIASES = [
   aliasFileName: PLUGIN_INSTALL_RUNTIME_ALIAS.aliasFileName,
   sourceIncludes: LEGACY_PLUGIN_INSTALL_RUNTIME_MARKERS,
 }));
-const LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT_CHUNKS = [
+export const LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT_CHUNKS = [
   {
     dest: "dist/memory-state-CcqRgDZU.js",
     contents: "export function hasMemoryRuntime() {\n  return false;\n}\n",
@@ -128,6 +130,48 @@ const LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT_CHUNKS = [
   },
 ];
 
+export function listPluginSdkRootAliasOutputs() {
+  return [PLUGIN_SDK_ROOT_ALIAS_OUTPUT];
+}
+
+export function listOfficialChannelCatalogOutputs() {
+  return [OFFICIAL_CHANNEL_CATALOG_OUTPUT];
+}
+
+export function listStableRootRuntimeAliasOutputs(params = {}) {
+  const rootDir = params.rootDir ?? ROOT;
+  const distDir = path.join(rootDir, "dist");
+  const fsImpl = params.fs ?? fs;
+  let entries = [];
+  try {
+    entries = fsImpl.readdirSync(distDir, { withFileTypes: true });
+  } catch {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return entries
+    .filter((entry) => entry.isFile())
+    .map((entry) => entry.name.match(ROOT_RUNTIME_ALIAS_PATTERN)?.groups?.base)
+    .filter((base) => typeof base === "string" && base.length > 0)
+    .map((base) => `dist/${base}.js`)
+    .toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+}
+
+export function listLegacyCliExitCompatOutputs(params = {}) {
+  const chunks = params.chunks ?? LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT_CHUNKS;
+  return chunks
+    .map(({ dest }) => dest.replace(/\\/g, "/"))
+    .toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+}
+
+export function listCoreRuntimePostBuildOutputs(params = {}) {
+  return [
+    ...listPluginSdkRootAliasOutputs(),
+    ...listOfficialChannelCatalogOutputs(),
+    ...listStableRootRuntimeAliasOutputs(params),
+    ...listLegacyCliExitCompatOutputs(params),
+  ].toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
+}
 export function writeStableRootRuntimeAliases(params = {}) {
   const rootDir = params.rootDir ?? ROOT;
   const distDir = path.join(rootDir, "dist");
diff --git a/src/infra/run-node.test.ts b/src/infra/run-node.test.ts
index a893a878f4db..52de06736e69 100644
--- a/src/infra/run-node.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/run-node.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ const DIST_ENTRY = "dist/entry.js";
 const BUILD_STAMP = `dist/${BUILD_STAMP_FILE}`;
 const RUNTIME_POSTBUILD_STAMP = `dist/${RUNTIME_POSTBUILD_STAMP_FILE}`;
 const DIST_PLUGIN_SDK_INDEX = "dist/plugin-sdk/index.js";
+const DIST_PLUGIN_SDK_ROOT_ALIAS = "dist/plugin-sdk/root-alias.cjs";
+const DIST_CHANNEL_CATALOG = "dist/channel-catalog.json";
+const DIST_LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT = "dist/memory-state-CcqRgDZU.js";
+const DIST_LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT_ALT = "dist/memory-state-DwGdReW4.js";
+const DIST_STABLE_ROOT_RUNTIME_SOURCE = "dist/model-catalog.runtime-AbCd1234.js";
+const DIST_STABLE_ROOT_RUNTIME_ALIAS = "dist/model-catalog.runtime.js";
 const QA_LAB_PLUGIN_SDK_ENTRY = "dist/plugin-sdk/qa-lab.js";
 const QA_RUNTIME_PLUGIN_SDK_ENTRY = "dist/plugin-sdk/qa-runtime.js";
 const EXTENSION_INDEX = bundledPluginFile("demo", "index.ts");
@@ -126,6 +132,25 @@ async function writeRuntimePostBuildScaffold(tmp: string): Promise<void> {
   await fs.mkdir(path.join(tmp, "extensions"), { recursive: true });
   await fs.writeFile(pluginSdkAliasPath, "module.exports = {};\n", "utf-8");
   await fs.utimes(pluginSdkAliasPath, BUILD_TIME, BUILD_TIME);
+  await writeProjectFiles(tmp, {
+    [DIST_PLUGIN_SDK_ROOT_ALIAS]: "module.exports = {};\n",
+    [DIST_CHANNEL_CATALOG]: '{"entries":[]}\n',
+    [DIST_LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT]: "export function hasMemoryRuntime() { return false; }\n",
+    [DIST_LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT_ALT]: "export function hasMemoryRuntime() { return false; }\n",
+    [DIST_OPENCLAW_ALIAS_PACKAGE]:
+      '{"name":"openclaw","type":"module","exports":{"./plugin-sdk":"./plugin-sdk/index.js"}}\n',
+  });
+  await touchProjectFiles(
+    tmp,
+    [
+      DIST_PLUGIN_SDK_ROOT_ALIAS,
+      DIST_CHANNEL_CATALOG,
+      DIST_LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT,
+      DIST_LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT_ALT,
+      DIST_OPENCLAW_ALIAS_PACKAGE,
+    ],
+    BUILD_TIME,
+  );
 }
 
 function expectedBuildSpawn() {
@@ -1787,6 +1812,48 @@ describe("run-node script", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it("reports missing core runtime postbuild outputs when runtime stamps match HEAD", async () => {
+    for (const missingPath of [
+      DIST_PLUGIN_SDK_ROOT_ALIAS,
+      DIST_CHANNEL_CATALOG,
+      DIST_LEGACY_CLI_EXIT_COMPAT,
+      DIST_STABLE_ROOT_RUNTIME_ALIAS,
+    ]) {
+      await withTempDir({ prefix: "openclaw-run-node-" }, async (tmp) => {
+        await setupTrackedProject(tmp, {
+          files: {
+            [ROOT_SRC]: "export const value = 1;\n",
+            [DIST_STABLE_ROOT_RUNTIME_SOURCE]: "export const value = 1;\n",
+            [DIST_STABLE_ROOT_RUNTIME_ALIAS]:
+              "export * from './model-catalog.runtime-AbCd1234.js';\n",
+            [RUNTIME_POSTBUILD_STAMP]: '{"head":"abc123"}\n',
+          },
+          buildPaths: [
+            ROOT_SRC,
+            DIST_ENTRY,
+            DIST_STABLE_ROOT_RUNTIME_SOURCE,
+            DIST_STABLE_ROOT_RUNTIME_ALIAS,
+            BUILD_STAMP,
+            RUNTIME_POSTBUILD_STAMP,
+          ],
+        });
+        await fs.rm(resolvePath(tmp, missingPath));
+
+        const requirement = resolveRuntimePostBuildRequirement(
+          createBuildRequirementDeps(tmp, {
+            gitHead: "abc123\n",
+            gitStatus: "",
+          }),
+        );
+
+        expect(requirement).toEqual({
+          shouldSync: true,
+          reason: "missing_runtime_postbuild_output",
+        });
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("reports missing runtime skill outputs even when stamps match HEAD", async () => {
     await withTempDir({ prefix: "openclaw-run-node-" }, async (tmp) => {
       await setupTrackedProject(tmp, {