openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: openclaw doctor --fix automatically injects plugins.load.paths entry pointing at bundled plugin dir, causing circular warning [2 pull requests]

Bug Type

Incorrect behavior (doctor --fix auto-modification)

Summary

Running openclaw doctor --fix on 2026.5.20 automatically adds a plugins.load.paths entry to openclaw.json that points at OpenClaw's own bundled plugin directory. This entry then triggers the following warning on every subsequent doctor run:

- plugins: plugin: ignored plugins.load.paths entry that points at OpenClaw's current bundled plugin directory; remove this redundant path or run openclaw doctor --fix

This creates a circular loop: doctor --fix adds the path → doctor warns about the path → but the path was added BY doctor itself.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Start with an openclaw.json that does NOT have explicit plugins.load.paths
2. Run: openclaw doctor --fix
3. Observe that the following entry is added to openclaw.json automatically:

   "load": {
     "paths": [
       "/home/ubuntu/.nvm/versions/node/v24.15.0/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/extensions/memory-wiki"
     ]
   }

4. Run openclaw doctor --fix again
5. Observe the warning: ignored plugins.load.paths entry that points at OpenClaw's current bundled plugin directory

Expected Behavior

doctor --fix should NOT add a redundant plugins.load.paths entry pointing at the currently bundled plugin directory. If a bundled plugin path is already active, it should not be written to config.

Actual Behavior

doctor --fix adds a redundant path on every run (or at least on first run after upgrade), which then causes the same doctor to immediately warn about the redundant path on the next run.

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.5.20 (e510042)
• OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Oracle Cloud)
• Install method: npm global under nvm

Additional Context

This may be related to the memory-wiki plugin or the plugin path resolution logic during doctor's config fix step. The doctor output shows:

◇  Doctor changes ─────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  - plugins.load.paths: removed bundled memory-wiki path      │
│    alias...                                                   │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

And on the next run:

◇  Doctor changes ───────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  - plugins.load.paths: removed bundled memory-wiki path        │
│    alias... (repeated)                                         │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

This suggests the fix logic toggles the path back-and-forth. The doctor's --fix should detect that the target is a bundled directory and skip writing it entirely.