From 7299b42e2a0b6fc84fe11614ddbd01097c34cfcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:33:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(config): keep built-in auto-enable idempotent

---
 src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts      |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts b/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts
index 088ba2c4ae0..297784e4242 100644
--- a/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.test.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,31 @@ describe("applyPluginAutoEnable", () => {
     expect(validated.ok).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("does not re-emit built-in auto-enable changes when rerun with plugins.allow set", () => {
+    const first = applyPluginAutoEnable({
+      config: {
+        channels: {
+          whatsapp: {
+            allowFrom: ["+15555550123"],
+          },
+        },
+        plugins: {
+          allow: ["telegram"],
+        },
+      },
+      env: {},
+    });
+
+    const second = applyPluginAutoEnable({
+      config: first.config,
+      env: {},
+    });
+
+    expect(first.changes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(second.changes).toEqual([]);
+    expect(second.config).toEqual(first.config);
+  });
+
   it("respects explicit disable", () => {
     const result = applyPluginAutoEnable({
       config: {
diff --git a/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts b/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts
index ceedd38a12b..1892d882502 100644
--- a/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts
+++ b/src/config/plugin-auto-enable.ts
@@ -458,7 +458,8 @@ export function applyPluginAutoEnable(params: {
       continue;
     }
     const allow = next.plugins?.allow;
-    const allowMissing = Array.isArray(allow) && !allow.includes(entry.pluginId);
+    const allowMissing =
+      builtInChannelId == null && Array.isArray(allow) && !allow.includes(entry.pluginId);
     const alreadyEnabled =
       builtInChannelId != null
         ? (() => {