diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/read-only-command-defaults.test.ts b/src/channels/plugins/read-only-command-defaults.test.ts
index e4297c2c881b..347a2ede4522 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/read-only-command-defaults.test.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/read-only-command-defaults.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 // Read-only command default tests cover command defaulting for read-only channel plugins.
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { STATE_DIR } from "../../config/paths.js";
 
-const loadPluginMetadataSnapshot = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+const { loadPluginMetadataSnapshot, resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  loadPluginMetadataSnapshot: vi.fn(),
+  resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot: vi.fn(),
+}));
 
 vi.mock("../../plugins/plugin-metadata-snapshot.js", () => ({
   loadPluginMetadataSnapshot,
-  resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot: loadPluginMetadataSnapshot,
+  resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot,
 }));
 
 import { resolveReadOnlyChannelCommandDefaults } from "./read-only-command-defaults.js";
@@ -13,10 +17,31 @@ import { resolveReadOnlyChannelCommandDefaults } from "./read-only-command-defau
 describe("resolveReadOnlyChannelCommandDefaults", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     loadPluginMetadataSnapshot.mockReset();
+    resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot.mockReset();
     loadPluginMetadataSnapshot.mockReturnValue({
       index: { plugins: [] },
       plugins: [],
     });
+    resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot.mockImplementation(loadPluginMetadataSnapshot);
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    { name: "process", env: process.env, stateDir: STATE_DIR },
+    {
+      name: "custom",
+      env: { HOME: "/home/demo", OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR: "/state" },
+      stateDir: "/state",
+    },
+  ])("reuses published metadata for the $name state root without scanning", ({ env, stateDir }) => {
+    const currentSnapshot = { index: { plugins: [] }, plugins: [] };
+    resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot.mockImplementation((params) =>
+      params.stateDir === undefined ? currentSnapshot : loadPluginMetadataSnapshot(params),
+    );
+
+    expect(resolveReadOnlyChannelCommandDefaults("demo", { config: {}, env, stateDir })).toBe(
+      undefined,
+    );
+    expect(loadPluginMetadataSnapshot).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("resolves command defaults from the shared metadata snapshot", () => {
diff --git a/src/channels/plugins/read-only-command-defaults.ts b/src/channels/plugins/read-only-command-defaults.ts
index 857feb4170e2..c821e58d0562 100644
--- a/src/channels/plugins/read-only-command-defaults.ts
+++ b/src/channels/plugins/read-only-command-defaults.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Reads native command/skill defaults from installed plugin manifests without loading plugins.
  */
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
+import { resolveStateDir, STATE_DIR } from "../../config/paths.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import { isBlockedObjectKey } from "../../infra/prototype-keys.js";
 import { isInstalledPluginEnabled } from "../../plugins/installed-plugin-index.js";
@@ -87,7 +88,11 @@ export function resolveReadOnlyChannelCommandDefaults(
   const env = options.env ?? process.env;
   const resolvedSnapshot = resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot({
     config: options.config,
-    stateDir: options.stateDir,
+    stateDir:
+      options.stateDir !== undefined &&
+      options.stateDir === (env === process.env ? STATE_DIR : resolveStateDir(env))
+        ? undefined
+        : options.stateDir,
     workspaceDir: options.workspaceDir,
     env,
     allowWorkspaceScopedCurrent: true,
diff --git a/src/hooks/plugin-hooks.test.ts b/src/hooks/plugin-hooks.test.ts
index 5e24ca0d24b7..8b334c90aa93 100644
--- a/src/hooks/plugin-hooks.test.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/plugin-hooks.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import fsp from "node:fs/promises";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
+import { setCurrentPluginMetadataSnapshot } from "../plugins/current-plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
+import { loadPluginMetadataSnapshot } from "../plugins/plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
 import {
   clearInternalHooks,
   createInternalHookEvent,
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   triggerInternalHook,
 } from "./internal-hooks.js";
 import { loadInternalHooks } from "./loader.js";
+import { resolvePluginHookDirs } from "./plugin-hooks.js";
 import { loadWorkspaceHookEntries } from "./workspace.js";
 
 describe("bundle plugin hooks", () => {
@@ -34,6 +37,8 @@ describe("bundle plugin hooks", () => {
   });
 
   afterEach(() => {
+    setCurrentPluginMetadataSnapshot(undefined);
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
     clearInternalHooks();
     setInternalHooksEnabled(true);
     if (previousBundledHooksDir === undefined) {
@@ -125,6 +130,24 @@ describe("bundle plugin hooks", () => {
     expect(entry.metadata?.events).toEqual(["command:new"]);
   });
 
+  it("reuses published plugin metadata without rescanning manifests", async () => {
+    const bundleRoot = await writeBundleHookFixture();
+    const config = createConfig(true);
+    const snapshot = loadPluginMetadataSnapshot({ config, workspaceDir, env: process.env });
+    setCurrentPluginMetadataSnapshot(snapshot, { config, workspaceDir });
+    const hookDir = fs.realpathSync.native(path.join(bundleRoot, "hooks"));
+    const manifestRegistry = await import("../plugins/manifest-registry-installed.js");
+    const scanManifests = vi.spyOn(manifestRegistry, "loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex");
+
+    for (let iteration = 0; iteration < 2; iteration += 1) {
+      expect(resolvePluginHookDirs({ workspaceDir, config })).toEqual([
+        { dir: hookDir, pluginId: "sample-bundle" },
+      ]);
+    }
+
+    expect(scanManifests).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("loads and executes enabled bundle hooks through the internal hook loader", async () => {
     await writeBundleHookFixture();
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/plugin-hooks.ts b/src/hooks/plugin-hooks.ts
index d737de099ac0..a5999c1a4b27 100644
--- a/src/hooks/plugin-hooks.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/plugin-hooks.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
   resolvePolicyPluginActivationState,
 } from "../plugins/config-policy.js";
 import { resolveMemorySlotDecision } from "../plugins/config-state.js";
-import { loadPluginMetadataSnapshot } from "../plugins/plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
+import { resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot } from "../plugins/plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
 import { hasKind } from "../plugins/slots.js";
 import { isPathInsideWithRealpath } from "../security/scan-paths.js";
 
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export function resolvePluginHookDirs(params: {
   if (!workspaceDir) {
     return [];
   }
-  const metadataSnapshot = loadPluginMetadataSnapshot({
+  const metadataSnapshot = resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot({
     workspaceDir,
-    config: params.config ?? {},
+    config: params.config,
     env: process.env,
   });
   const registry = metadataSnapshot.manifestRegistry;
diff --git a/src/plugins/tools.optional.test.ts b/src/plugins/tools.optional.test.ts
index d0c60709ef95..2e747b504393 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tools.optional.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/tools.optional.test.ts
@@ -2269,6 +2269,47 @@ describe("resolvePluginTools optional tools", () => {
     expect(factory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
+  it("executes cached plugin tools from the published generation without rescanning manifests", async () => {
+    const context = createContext();
+    const runtimeConfig: OpenClawConfig = {
+      ...context.config,
+      channels: { telegram: { enabled: false } },
+    };
+    const getRuntimeConfig = vi.fn(() => runtimeConfig);
+    const toolContext = { ...context, getRuntimeConfig };
+    const factory = vi.fn(() => makeTool("cached_generation_tool"));
+    setRegistry(
+      [
+        createNamedToolEntry("cache-generation", "cached_generation_tool", {
+          factory,
+        }),
+      ],
+      context.config,
+    );
+
+    resolvePluginTools(createResolveToolsParams({ context: toolContext }));
+    const [cachedTool] = resolvePluginTools(createResolveToolsParams({ context: toolContext }));
+    expect(cachedTool?.name).toBe("cached_generation_tool");
+    expect(getRuntimeConfig).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+
+    const manifestRegistry = await import("./manifest-registry-installed.js");
+    const manifestScan = vi
+      .spyOn(manifestRegistry, "loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex")
+      .mockImplementation(() => {
+        throw new Error("cached plugin execution rescanned manifests");
+      });
+    try {
+      await expect(cachedTool?.execute("call", {}, undefined)).resolves.toEqual({
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: "ok" }],
+      });
+      expect(manifestScan).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(getRuntimeConfig).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(factory).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    } finally {
+      manifestScan.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("keeps cached ordinary plugin tools free of network provenance", async () => {
     const factory = vi.fn(() => makeTool("cached_ordinary_tool"));
     setRegistry([
diff --git a/src/plugins/tools.ts b/src/plugins/tools.ts
index 7d8d2c739101..6e6243a9ad54 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tools.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/tools.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
 } from "./manifest-contract-eligibility.js";
 import type { PluginManifestRecord } from "./manifest-registry.js";
 import { hasManifestToolAvailability } from "./manifest-tool-availability.js";
+import { resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot } from "./plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
 import type { PluginMetadataManifestView } from "./plugin-metadata-snapshot.types.js";
 import type { PluginRegistry, PluginToolRegistration } from "./registry-types.js";
 import {
@@ -292,26 +293,6 @@ function blocksHostRestrictedConversationReadRegistration(params: {
   );
 }
 
-function resolveCurrentManifestPlugin(params: {
-  pluginId: string;
-  ctx: OpenClawPluginToolContext;
-  loadContext: ReturnType<typeof resolvePluginRuntimeLoadContext>;
-}): PluginManifestRecord | undefined {
-  let config = params.ctx.runtimeConfig ?? params.ctx.config ?? params.loadContext.config;
-  if (params.ctx.getRuntimeConfig) {
-    try {
-      config = params.ctx.getRuntimeConfig() ?? config;
-    } catch {
-      return undefined;
-    }
-  }
-  return loadManifestContractSnapshot({
-    config,
-    workspaceDir: params.loadContext.workspaceDir,
-    env: params.loadContext.env,
-  }).plugins.find((plugin) => plugin.id === params.pluginId);
-}
-
 /**
  * Builds a collision-proof key for plugin-owned tool metadata lookups.
  */
@@ -876,11 +857,11 @@ function createCachedDescriptorPluginTool(params: {
       const resolveCandidateTool = (
         candidate: PluginToolRegistration,
       ): AnyAgentTool | undefined => {
-        const manifestPlugin = resolveCurrentManifestPlugin({
-          pluginId,
-          ctx: params.ctx,
-          loadContext: params.loadContext,
-        });
+        const manifestPlugin = resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot({
+          config: params.loadContext.config,
+          workspaceDir: params.loadContext.workspaceDir,
+          env: params.loadContext.env,
+        }).byPluginId.get(pluginId);
         if (
           blocksHostRestrictedConversationReadRegistration({
             entry: candidate,
diff --git a/src/secrets/channel-env-vars.dynamic.test.ts b/src/secrets/channel-env-vars.dynamic.test.ts
index 9bfbd0a9c782..57f03b6e94f5 100644
--- a/src/secrets/channel-env-vars.dynamic.test.ts
+++ b/src/secrets/channel-env-vars.dynamic.test.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@ const pluginRegistryMocks = vi.hoisted(() => {
     plugins: [],
     diagnostics: [],
   }));
+  const loadPluginMetadataSnapshot = vi.fn((_params?: unknown) => ({
+    plugins: loadManifestRegistry().plugins,
+    manifestRegistry: loadManifestRegistry(),
+  }));
   return {
     loadPluginManifestRegistryForInstalledIndex: loadManifestRegistry,
     loadPluginManifestRegistryForPluginRegistry: loadManifestRegistry,
     loadPluginRegistrySnapshot: vi.fn(() => ({ plugins: [] })),
-    loadPluginMetadataSnapshot: vi.fn(() => ({
-      plugins: loadManifestRegistry().plugins,
-      manifestRegistry: loadManifestRegistry(),
-    })),
+    loadPluginMetadataSnapshot,
+    resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot: vi.fn((params: unknown) => loadPluginMetadataSnapshot(params)),
   };
 });
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ vi.mock("../plugins/plugin-registry.js", () => ({
 
 vi.mock("../plugins/plugin-metadata-snapshot.js", () => ({
   loadPluginMetadataSnapshot: pluginRegistryMocks.loadPluginMetadataSnapshot,
+  resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot: pluginRegistryMocks.resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot,
 }));
 
 describe("channel env vars dynamic package metadata", () => {
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ describe("channel env vars dynamic package metadata", () => {
     pluginRegistryMocks.loadPluginRegistrySnapshot.mockReset();
     pluginRegistryMocks.loadPluginRegistrySnapshot.mockReturnValue({ plugins: [] });
     pluginRegistryMocks.loadPluginMetadataSnapshot.mockClear();
+    pluginRegistryMocks.resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot.mockReset();
+    pluginRegistryMocks.resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot.mockImplementation((params) =>
+      pluginRegistryMocks.loadPluginMetadataSnapshot(params),
+    );
   });
 
   it("includes later-installed plugin env vars without a bundled generated map", async () => {
@@ -81,4 +88,31 @@ describe("channel env vars dynamic package metadata", () => {
     expect(knownNames).toContain("MATTERMOST_BOT_TOKEN");
     expect(knownNames).toContain("MATTERMOST_URL");
   });
+
+  it("reuses published channel metadata without rescanning manifests", async () => {
+    pluginRegistryMocks.resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot.mockReturnValue({
+      plugins: [
+        {
+          id: "external-mattermost",
+          origin: "global",
+          packageChannel: {
+            id: "mattermost",
+            configuredState: { env: { anyOf: ["MATTERMOST_BOT_TOKEN"] } },
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+      manifestRegistry: { plugins: [], diagnostics: [] },
+    });
+    const mod = await import("./channel-env-vars.js");
+
+    expect(mod.getChannelEnvVars("mattermost")).toEqual(["MATTERMOST_BOT_TOKEN"]);
+    expect(mod.listKnownChannelEnvVarNames()).toEqual(["MATTERMOST_BOT_TOKEN"]);
+    expect(pluginRegistryMocks.loadPluginMetadataSnapshot).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(pluginRegistryMocks.resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(pluginRegistryMocks.resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      config: undefined,
+      workspaceDir: undefined,
+      env: process.env,
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/secrets/channel-env-vars.ts b/src/secrets/channel-env-vars.ts
index 9b7f73593f14..8dfe6d66c176 100644
--- a/src/secrets/channel-env-vars.ts
+++ b/src/secrets/channel-env-vars.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** Discovers plugin-declared environment variable names for channel credential setup. */
 import { uniqueStrings } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-normalization";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
-import { loadPluginMetadataSnapshot } from "../plugins/plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
+import { resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot } from "../plugins/plugin-metadata-snapshot.js";
 import { appendUniqueEnvVarCandidates } from "../shared/env-var-candidates.js";
 
 type ChannelEnvVarLookupParams = {
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ type ChannelEnvVarLookupParams = {
 function resolveChannelEnvVars(
   params?: ChannelEnvVarLookupParams,
 ): Record<string, readonly string[]> {
-  const snapshot = loadPluginMetadataSnapshot({
-    config: params?.config ?? {},
+  const snapshot = resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot({
+    config: params?.config,
     workspaceDir: params?.workspaceDir,
     env: params?.env ?? process.env,
   });
diff --git a/src/skills/loading/plugin-skills.test.ts b/src/skills/loading/plugin-skills.test.ts
index 656b240f5558..4568f606afb3 100644
--- a/src/skills/loading/plugin-skills.test.ts
+++ b/src/skills/loading/plugin-skills.test.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,24 @@ describe("resolvePluginSkillDirs", () => {
     expect(hoisted.loadPluginMetadataSnapshot).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("preserves absent config when resolving current lifecycle metadata", async () => {
+    const workspaceDir = await tempDirs.make("openclaw-");
+    const manifestRegistry: PluginManifestRegistry = { diagnostics: [], plugins: [] };
+    const metadataSnapshot = {
+      manifestRegistry,
+      plugins: manifestRegistry.plugins,
+      normalizePluginId: (pluginId: string) => pluginId,
+    };
+    hoisted.resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot.mockImplementationOnce((params: unknown) =>
+      (params as { config?: OpenClawConfig }).config === undefined
+        ? metadataSnapshot
+        : hoisted.loadPluginMetadataSnapshot(params),
+    );
+
+    expect(resolvePluginSkillDirs({ workspaceDir })).toEqual([]);
+    expect(hoisted.loadPluginMetadataSnapshot).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it.each([
     {
       name: "unavailable to available",
diff --git a/src/skills/loading/plugin-skills.ts b/src/skills/loading/plugin-skills.ts
index 0220d2ce36a8..331fd9798915 100644
--- a/src/skills/loading/plugin-skills.ts
+++ b/src/skills/loading/plugin-skills.ts
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ export function resolvePluginSkillDirs(params: {
     });
     return [];
   }
-  const config = params.config ?? {};
   const metadataSnapshot = resolvePluginMetadataSnapshot({
     workspaceDir,
-    config,
+    config: params.config,
     env: process.env,
   });
   return resolvePluginSkillDirsFromMetadata({ ...params, metadataSnapshot });