diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3792ebab18a..ce3341c2757 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Feishu/docx block ordering: preserve the document tree order from `docx.document.convert` when inserting blocks, fixing heading/paragraph/list misordering in newly written Feishu documents. (#40524) Thanks @TaoXieSZ.
 - Agents/cron: suppress the default heartbeat system prompt for cron-triggered embedded runs even when they target non-cron session keys, so cron tasks stop reading `HEARTBEAT.md` and polluting unrelated threads. (#53152) Thanks @Protocol-zero-0.
 - TUI/chat: preserve pending user messages when a slow local run emits an empty final event, but still defer and flush the needed history reload after the newer active run finishes so silent/tool-only runs do not stay incomplete. (#53130) Thanks @joelnishanth.
+- Gateway/channels: keep channel startup sequential while isolating per-channel boot failures, so one broken channel no longer blocks later channels from starting. (#54215) Thanks @JonathanJing.
 - Docs/IRC: fix five `json55` code-fence typos in the IRC channel examples so Mintlify applies JSON5 syntax highlighting correctly. (#50842) Thanks @Hollychou924.
 - Telegram/forum topics: recover `#General` topic `1` routing when Telegram omits forum metadata, including native commands, interactive callbacks, inbound message context, and fallback error replies. (#53699) thanks @huntharo
 - Discord/config types: add missing `autoArchiveDuration` to `DiscordGuildChannelConfig` so TypeScript config definitions match the existing schema and runtime support. (#43427) Thanks @davidguttman.
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-channels.test.ts b/src/gateway/server-channels.test.ts
index 97ad3d8d473..1f2e218afaa 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-channels.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-channels.test.ts
@@ -41,12 +41,15 @@ type TestAccount = {
 };
 
 function createTestPlugin(params?: {
+  id?: ChannelId;
+  order?: number;
   account?: TestAccount;
   startAccount?: NonNullable<ChannelPlugin<TestAccount>["gateway"]>["startAccount"];
   includeDescribeAccount?: boolean;
   resolveAccount?: ChannelPlugin<TestAccount>["config"]["resolveAccount"];
   isConfigured?: ChannelPlugin<TestAccount>["config"]["isConfigured"];
 }): ChannelPlugin<TestAccount> {
+  const id = params?.id ?? "discord";
   const account = params?.account ?? { enabled: true, configured: true };
   const includeDescribeAccount = params?.includeDescribeAccount !== false;
   const config: ChannelPlugin<TestAccount>["config"] = {
@@ -67,13 +70,14 @@ function createTestPlugin(params?: {
     gateway.startAccount = params.startAccount;
   }
   return {
-    id: "discord",
+    id,
     meta: {
-      id: "discord",
-      label: "Discord",
-      selectionLabel: "Discord",
-      docsPath: "/channels/discord",
+      id,
+      label: id,
+      selectionLabel: id,
+      docsPath: `/channels/${id}`,
       blurb: "test stub",
+      ...(params?.order === undefined ? {} : { order: params.order }),
     },
     capabilities: { chatTypes: ["direct"] },
     config,
@@ -89,13 +93,15 @@ function createDeferred(): { promise: Promise<void>; resolve: () => void } {
   return { promise, resolve: resolvePromise };
 }
 
-function installTestRegistry(plugin: ChannelPlugin<TestAccount>) {
+function installTestRegistry(...plugins: ChannelPlugin<TestAccount>[]) {
   const registry = createEmptyPluginRegistry();
-  registry.channels.push({
-    pluginId: plugin.id,
-    source: "test",
-    plugin,
-  });
+  for (const plugin of plugins) {
+    registry.channels.push({
+      pluginId: plugin.id,
+      source: "test",
+      plugin,
+    });
+  }
   setActivePluginRegistry(registry);
 }
 
@@ -103,11 +109,17 @@ function createManager(options?: {
   channelRuntime?: PluginRuntime["channel"];
   resolveChannelRuntime?: () => PluginRuntime["channel"];
   loadConfig?: () => Record<string, unknown>;
+  channelIds?: ChannelId[];
 }) {
   const log = createSubsystemLogger("gateway/server-channels-test");
   const channelLogs = { discord: log } as Record<ChannelId, SubsystemLogger>;
   const runtime = runtimeForLogger(log);
   const channelRuntimeEnvs = { discord: runtime } as unknown as Record<ChannelId, RuntimeEnv>;
+  const channelIds = options?.channelIds ?? ["discord"];
+  for (const channelId of channelIds) {
+    channelLogs[channelId] ??= log.child(channelId);
+    channelRuntimeEnvs[channelId] ??= runtime;
+  }
   return createChannelManager({
     loadConfig: () => options?.loadConfig?.() ?? {},
     channelLogs,
@@ -268,6 +280,23 @@ describe("server-channels auto restart", () => {
     expect(startAccount).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it("continues starting later channels after one startup failure", async () => {
+    const failingStart = vi.fn(async () => {
+      throw new Error("missing runtime");
+    });
+    const succeedingStart = vi.fn(async () => {});
+    installTestRegistry(
+      createTestPlugin({ id: "discord", order: 1, startAccount: failingStart }),
+      createTestPlugin({ id: "slack", order: 2, startAccount: succeedingStart }),
+    );
+    const manager = createManager({ channelIds: ["discord", "slack"] });
+
+    await expect(manager.startChannels()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(failingStart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(succeedingStart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it("reuses plugin account resolution for health monitor overrides", () => {
     installTestRegistry(
       createTestPlugin({
diff --git a/src/gateway/server-channels.ts b/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
index 9496426cf5a..29328ade445 100644
--- a/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/server-channels.ts
@@ -496,7 +496,13 @@ export function createChannelManager(opts: ChannelManagerOptions): ChannelManage
 
   const startChannels = async () => {
     for (const plugin of listChannelPlugins()) {
-      await startChannel(plugin.id);
+      try {
+        await startChannel(plugin.id);
+      } catch (err) {
+        channelLogs[plugin.id]?.error?.(
+          `[${plugin.id}] channel startup failed: ${formatErrorMessage(err)}`,
+        );
+      }
     }
   };