diff --git a/src/commands/health-format.test.ts b/src/commands/health-format.test.ts
index 69f1beee62a5..9a895978f964 100644
--- a/src/commands/health-format.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/health-format.test.ts
@@ -257,6 +257,54 @@ describe("formatHealthChannelLines", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("surfaces activated plugin failures without promoting inactive load errors", () => {
+    const summary = createHealthSummary({ channels: {}, channelOrder: [], channelLabels: {} });
+    summary.plugins = {
+      loaded: ["calendar"],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          id: "calendar",
+          origin: "workspace",
+          activated: true,
+          failurePhase: "service",
+          error: "service scheduler: address already in use",
+        },
+        {
+          id: "inactive",
+          origin: "workspace",
+          activated: false,
+          failurePhase: "load",
+          error: "inactive plugin load failed",
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+
+    expect(formatHealthChannelLines(summary)).toStrictEqual([
+      "Plugin calendar: failed - service scheduler: address already in use; run openclaw doctor",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("bounds activated plugin failure details and summarizes omitted failures", () => {
+    const summary = createHealthSummary({ channels: {}, channelOrder: [], channelLabels: {} });
+    summary.plugins = {
+      loaded: [],
+      errors: Array.from({ length: 22 }, (_, index) => ({
+        id: `plugin-${index}`,
+        origin: "workspace",
+        activated: true,
+        error: "x".repeat(600),
+      })),
+    };
+
+    const lines = formatHealthChannelLines(summary);
+
+    expect(lines).toHaveLength(21);
+    expect(lines[0]).toBe(`Plugin plugin-0: failed - ${"x".repeat(500)}; run openclaw doctor`);
+    expect(lines.at(-1)).toBe(
+      "Plugins: failed - 2 additional activated failures; run openclaw doctor",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("formats iMessage probe failures as failed health lines", () => {
     const summary = createHealthSummary({
       channels: {
diff --git a/src/commands/health-format.ts b/src/commands/health-format.ts
index afbf77139e94..d9bb28d491e0 100644
--- a/src/commands/health-format.ts
+++ b/src/commands/health-format.ts
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ const isProbeFailure = (summary: ChannelAccountHealthSummary): boolean => {
   return ok === false;
 };
 
-/** Formats one terse health line per channel, optionally including every account. */
+/** Formats terse channel and activated-plugin health lines for shared CLI surfaces. */
 export const formatHealthChannelLines = (
   summary: HealthSummary,
   opts: {
@@ -269,5 +269,16 @@ export const formatHealthChannelLines = (
             : "unknown";
     lines.push(`${label}: ${passiveState}`);
   }
+  const failedPlugins = (summary.plugins?.errors ?? []).filter((plugin) => plugin.activated);
+  for (const plugin of failedPlugins.slice(0, 20)) {
+    const id = sanitizeTerminalText(plugin.id).slice(0, 120);
+    const error = sanitizeTerminalText(plugin.error).slice(0, 500);
+    lines.push(`Plugin ${id}: failed - ${error}; run openclaw doctor`);
+  }
+  if (failedPlugins.length > 20) {
+    lines.push(
+      `Plugins: failed - ${failedPlugins.length - 20} additional activated failures; run openclaw doctor`,
+    );
+  }
   return lines;
 };
diff --git a/src/commands/health.test.ts b/src/commands/health.test.ts
index 7abcb341da51..639e49811a28 100644
--- a/src/commands/health.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/health.test.ts
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe("healthCommand", () => {
     probeGatewayStatusMock.mockReset();
   });
 
-  it("renders the gateway session path identically in JSON and text", async () => {
+  it("preserves plugin health in JSON while surfacing activated failures in text", async () => {
     const agentSessions = {
       path: "/tmp/sessions.json",
       count: 1,
@@ -194,6 +194,24 @@ describe("healthCommand", () => {
       },
       sessions: agentSessions,
     });
+    snapshot.plugins = {
+      loaded: ["calendar"],
+      errors: [
+        {
+          id: "calendar",
+          origin: "workspace",
+          activated: true,
+          failurePhase: "service",
+          error: "service scheduler: address already in use",
+        },
+        {
+          id: "inactive",
+          origin: "workspace",
+          activated: false,
+          error: "inactive plugin load failed",
+        },
+      ],
+    };
     callGatewayMock.mockResolvedValueOnce(snapshot);
 
     await healthCommand({ json: true, timeoutMs: 5000, config: {} }, runtime as never);
@@ -204,6 +222,7 @@ describe("healthCommand", () => {
     expect(parsed.channels.whatsapp?.linked).toBe(true);
     expect(parsed.channels.telegram?.configured).toBe(true);
     expect(parsed.sessions.count).toBe(1);
+    expect(parsed.plugins).toEqual(snapshot.plugins);
 
     runtime.log.mockClear();
     callGatewayMock.mockResolvedValueOnce(snapshot);
@@ -211,6 +230,10 @@ describe("healthCommand", () => {
 
     const output = stripAnsi(runtime.log.mock.calls.map((call) => String(call[0])).join("\n"));
     expect(output).toContain(`Session store (main): ${parsed.sessions.path}`);
+    expect(output).toContain(
+      "Plugin calendar: failed - service scheduler: address already in use; run openclaw doctor",
+    );
+    expect(output).not.toContain("inactive plugin load failed");
   });
 
   it("prints the gateway probe duration in text output", async () => {
diff --git a/src/commands/status.command-sections.test.ts b/src/commands/status.command-sections.test.ts
index a881b3e14fd9..1d7c4e9541a4 100644
--- a/src/commands/status.command-sections.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/status.command-sections.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Status command section tests cover footer, health, and report section rendering.
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { formatHealthChannelLines } from "./health-format.js";
 import type { HealthSummary } from "./health.js";
 import {
   buildStatusFooterLines,
@@ -291,6 +292,46 @@ describe("status.command-sections", () => {
     ]);
   });
 
+  it("marks activated plugin service failures as warnings in deep health rows", () => {
+    const health: HealthSummary = {
+      ok: true,
+      ts: 0,
+      durationMs: 42,
+      heartbeatSeconds: 60,
+      defaultAgentId: "main",
+      agents: [],
+      sessions: { path: "/tmp/sessions.json", count: 0, recent: [] },
+      channels: {},
+      channelOrder: [],
+      channelLabels: {},
+      plugins: {
+        loaded: ["calendar"],
+        errors: [
+          {
+            id: "calendar",
+            origin: "workspace",
+            activated: true,
+            failurePhase: "service",
+            error: "service scheduler: address already in use",
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+    const rows = buildStatusHealthRows({
+      health,
+      formatHealthChannelLines,
+      ok: (value) => `ok(${value})`,
+      warn: (value) => `warn(${value})`,
+      muted: (value) => `muted(${value})`,
+    });
+
+    expect(rows).toContainEqual({
+      Item: "Plugin calendar",
+      Status: "warn(WARN)",
+      Detail: "failed - service scheduler: address already in use; run openclaw doctor",
+    });
+  });
+
   it("adds degraded event-loop health to status rows", () => {
     const rows = buildStatusHealthRows({
       health: {