From 378803987cfba74df0f848791eaad77ccf3718d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gustavo Madeira Santana <gumadeiras@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:01:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(diffs): stage bundled runtime deps after updates (#56077)

Merged via squash.

Prepared head SHA: 2a153451de7a7cc8e6cd87795dbdd5e85a7bee27
Co-authored-by: gumadeiras <5599352+gumadeiras@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: gumadeiras <5599352+gumadeiras@users.noreply.github.com>
Reviewed-by: @gumadeiras
---
 CHANGELOG.md                          |  1 +
 extensions/diffs/package.json         |  3 +++
 extensions/diffs/src/manifest.test.ts | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 extensions/diffs/src/manifest.test.ts

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46703a6a46d..06421de98c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Plugins/Matrix: preserve sender filenames for inbound media by forwarding `originalFilename` to `saveMediaBuffer`. (#55692) thanks @esrehmki.
 - Matrix/mentions: recognize `matrix.to` mentions whose visible label uses the bot's room display name, so `requireMention: true` rooms respond correctly in modern Matrix clients. (#55393) thanks @nickludlam.
 - Ollama/thinking off: route `thinkingLevel=off` through the live Ollama extension request path so thinking-capable Ollama models now receive top-level `think: false` instead of silently generating hidden reasoning tokens. (#53200) Thanks @BruceMacD.
+- Plugins/diffs: stage bundled `@pierre/diffs` runtime dependencies during packaged updates so the bundled diff viewer keeps loading after global installs and updates. (#56077) Thanks @gumadeiras.
 
 ## 2026.3.24
 
diff --git a/extensions/diffs/package.json b/extensions/diffs/package.json
index dadec29dbcb..3d2d1478373 100644
--- a/extensions/diffs/package.json
+++ b/extensions/diffs/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     "playwright-core": "1.58.2"
   },
   "openclaw": {
+    "bundle": {
+      "stageRuntimeDependencies": true
+    },
     "extensions": [
       "./index.ts"
     ]
diff --git a/extensions/diffs/src/manifest.test.ts b/extensions/diffs/src/manifest.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2e8dbbfd02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/diffs/src/manifest.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+type DiffsPackageManifest = {
+  dependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+  openclaw?: {
+    bundle?: {
+      stageRuntimeDependencies?: boolean;
+    };
+  };
+};
+
+describe("diffs package manifest", () => {
+  it("opts into staging bundled runtime dependencies", () => {
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(
+      fs.readFileSync(new URL("../package.json", import.meta.url), "utf8"),
+    ) as DiffsPackageManifest;
+
+    expect(packageJson.dependencies?.["@pierre/diffs"]).toBeDefined();
+    expect(packageJson.openclaw?.bundle?.stageRuntimeDependencies).toBe(true);
+  });
+});