diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods.plugin-gateway-dispatch.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods.plugin-gateway-dispatch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..642da652640a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods.plugin-gateway-dispatch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/**
+ * Regression tests for plugin-registered gateway RPC dispatch (#94127).
+ */
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createEmptyPluginRegistry } from "../plugins/registry-empty.js";
+import { resetPluginRuntimeStateForTest, setActivePluginRegistry } from "../plugins/runtime.js";
+import {
+  createGatewayMethodRegistry,
+  createPluginGatewayMethodDescriptor,
+} from "./methods/registry.js";
+import { WRITE_SCOPE } from "./operator-scopes.js";
+import { handleGatewayRequest } from "./server-methods.js";
+import type { GatewayRequestHandler } from "./server-methods/types.js";
+
+describe("handleGatewayRequest plugin gateway dispatch", () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    resetPluginRuntimeStateForTest();
+  });
+
+  it("dispatches plugin methods registered after the startup method registry snapshot", async () => {
+    const handler = vi.fn<GatewayRequestHandler>(({ respond }) => {
+      respond(true, { ok: true, ts: 42 });
+    });
+    const activeRegistry = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
+    activeRegistry.gatewayHandlers["demo.ping"] = handler;
+    activeRegistry.gatewayMethodDescriptors.push(
+      createPluginGatewayMethodDescriptor({
+        pluginId: "demo",
+        name: "demo.ping",
+        handler,
+        scope: WRITE_SCOPE,
+      }),
+    );
+    setActivePluginRegistry(activeRegistry);
+
+    const staleStartupRegistry = createGatewayMethodRegistry([]);
+    const respond = vi.fn();
+    await handleGatewayRequest({
+      req: {
+        type: "req",
+        id: "proof-94127",
+        method: "demo.ping",
+        params: { hello: "world" },
+      },
+      respond,
+      client: {
+        connId: "conn-proof",
+        connect: {
+          role: "operator",
+          scopes: [WRITE_SCOPE],
+          client: {
+            id: "cli",
+            version: "test",
+            platform: "linux",
+            mode: "cli",
+          },
+          minProtocol: 1,
+          maxProtocol: 1,
+        },
+      },
+      isWebchatConnect: () => false,
+      context: {
+        logGateway: { warn: vi.fn() },
+      } as unknown as Parameters<typeof handleGatewayRequest>[0]["context"],
+      methodRegistry: staleStartupRegistry,
+    });
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(respond).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true, { ok: true, ts: 42 });
+  });
+
+  it("dispatches a method owned by the caller-attached registry even when global state lacks it (#94343)", async () => {
+    const handler = vi.fn<GatewayRequestHandler>(({ respond }) => {
+      respond(true, { ok: true, source: "attached" });
+    });
+    // Active plugin registry does NOT carry the method; only the caller-attached
+    // snapshot owns it, so dispatch must prefer the attached registry.
+    setActivePluginRegistry(createEmptyPluginRegistry());
+    const attachedRegistry = createGatewayMethodRegistry([
+      createPluginGatewayMethodDescriptor({
+        pluginId: "demo",
+        name: "demo.attached",
+        handler,
+        scope: WRITE_SCOPE,
+      }),
+    ]);
+    const respond = vi.fn();
+    await handleGatewayRequest({
+      req: { type: "req", id: "proof-94343", method: "demo.attached", params: {} },
+      respond,
+      client: {
+        connId: "conn-proof",
+        connect: {
+          role: "operator",
+          scopes: [WRITE_SCOPE],
+          client: { id: "cli", version: "test", platform: "linux", mode: "cli" },
+          minProtocol: 1,
+          maxProtocol: 1,
+        },
+      },
+      isWebchatConnect: () => false,
+      context: {
+        logGateway: { warn: vi.fn() },
+      } as unknown as Parameters<typeof handleGatewayRequest>[0]["context"],
+      methodRegistry: attachedRegistry,
+    });
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(respond).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true, { ok: true, source: "attached" });
+  });
+
+  it("fails closed when neither the attached snapshot nor the live registry owns the method", async () => {
+    const handler = vi.fn<GatewayRequestHandler>();
+    setActivePluginRegistry(createEmptyPluginRegistry());
+    const respond = vi.fn();
+    await handleGatewayRequest({
+      req: { type: "req", id: "proof-unknown", method: "demo.does-not-exist", params: {} },
+      respond,
+      client: {
+        connId: "conn-proof",
+        connect: {
+          role: "operator",
+          scopes: [WRITE_SCOPE],
+          client: { id: "cli", version: "test", platform: "linux", mode: "cli" },
+          minProtocol: 1,
+          maxProtocol: 1,
+        },
+      },
+      isWebchatConnect: () => false,
+      context: {
+        logGateway: { warn: vi.fn() },
+      } as unknown as Parameters<typeof handleGatewayRequest>[0]["context"],
+      methodRegistry: createGatewayMethodRegistry([]),
+    });
+
+    expect(handler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const [ok] = respond.mock.calls.at(-1) ?? [];
+    expect(ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-methods.ts b/src/gateway/server-methods.ts
index 86f980a02ead..57ae4e38c74a 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-methods.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-methods.ts
@@ -639,8 +639,14 @@ export async function handleGatewayRequest(
   opts: GatewayRequestOptions & { extraHandlers?: GatewayRequestHandlers },
 ): Promise<void> {
   const { req, respond, client, isWebchatConnect, context } = opts;
+  // Prefer the caller-attached registry when it owns the requested method so plugin dispatch
+  // metadata newer than global runtime state still authorizes and dispatches correctly. When the
+  // attached snapshot does not own the method, rebuild from the live plugin registry so plugin RPC
+  // methods registered after the startup snapshot stay reachable (#94127).
   const methodRegistry =
-    opts.methodRegistry ?? createRequestGatewayMethodRegistry(opts.extraHandlers);
+    opts.methodRegistry?.getHandler(req.method) !== undefined
+      ? opts.methodRegistry
+      : createRequestGatewayMethodRegistry(opts.extraHandlers);
   const authError = authorizeGatewayMethod(req.method, client, req.params, methodRegistry);
   if (authError) {
     respond(false, undefined, authError);