openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Plugins initialized twice per gateway restart (duplicate register/load cycle) [1 participants]

TL;DR

The plugin initialization issue can be addressed by reviewing and adjusting the plugin discovery and initialization logic to ensure each plugin is initialized only once per gateway restart.

Guidance

• Investigate the plugin discovery mechanism to identify why two separate initialization passes are occurring under different subsystems (gateway and plugins).
• Review the before_agent_start hooks to understand why additional registered calls are being made seconds after boot and consider implementing a mechanism to prevent duplicate registrations.
• Examine the plugins.entries and plugins.installs configurations to ensure that plugins are not being loaded or initialized multiple times.
• Consider implementing a flag or cache to track initialized plugins and prevent duplicate initialization.

Example

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Notes

The provided information suggests that the issue is related to the plugin discovery and initialization logic, but without more details about the implementation, it is difficult to provide a precise solution. The guidance provided is intended to help the developer investigate and address the issue.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Implement a flag or cache to track initialized plugins and prevent duplicate initialization, as the root cause of the issue is not immediately clear and may require further investigation.