diff --git a/scripts/load-channel-config-surface.ts b/scripts/load-channel-config-surface.ts
index d658495371f..855643fc2ad 100644
--- a/scripts/load-channel-config-surface.ts
+++ b/scripts/load-channel-config-surface.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ function shouldRetryViaIsolatedCopy(error: unknown): boolean {
   return code === "ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND" && message.includes(`${path.sep}node_modules${path.sep}`);
 }
 
+function isMissingExecutableError(error: unknown): boolean {
+  if (!error || typeof error !== "object") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return "code" in error && error.code === "ENOENT";
+}
+
 const SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS = [".ts", ".tsx", ".mts", ".cts", ".js", ".jsx", ".mjs", ".cjs"];
 
 function resolveImportCandidates(basePath: string): string[] {
@@ -232,6 +239,12 @@ export async function loadChannelConfigSurfaceModule(
         OPENCLAW_CONFIG_SURFACE_MODULE: path.resolve(candidatePath),
       },
     });
+    if (result.error) {
+      if (isMissingExecutableError(result.error)) {
+        return null;
+      }
+      throw result.error;
+    }
     if (result.status !== 0) {
       throw new Error(result.stderr || result.stdout || `bun loader failed for ${candidatePath}`);
     }
diff --git a/src/config/load-channel-config-surface.test.ts b/src/config/load-channel-config-surface.test.ts
index f001304fbd0..20ea8e95ed8 100644
--- a/src/config/load-channel-config-surface.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/load-channel-config-surface.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { loadChannelConfigSurfaceModule } from "../../scripts/load-channel-config-surface.ts";
 
 const tempDirs: string[] = [];
@@ -12,6 +12,25 @@ function makeTempRoot(prefix: string): string {
   return root;
 }
 
+async function importLoaderWithMissingBun() {
+  vi.resetModules();
+  const spawnSync = vi.fn(() => ({
+    error: Object.assign(new Error("bun not found"), { code: "ENOENT" }),
+    status: null,
+    stdout: "",
+    stderr: "",
+  }));
+  vi.doMock("node:child_process", () => ({ spawnSync }));
+
+  try {
+    const imported = await import("../../scripts/load-channel-config-surface.ts");
+    return { loadChannelConfigSurfaceModule: imported.loadChannelConfigSurfaceModule, spawnSync };
+  } finally {
+    vi.doUnmock("node:child_process");
+    vi.resetModules();
+  }
+}
+
 afterEach(() => {
   for (const dir of tempDirs.splice(0, tempDirs.length)) {
     fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
@@ -19,6 +38,45 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("loadChannelConfigSurfaceModule", () => {
+  it("falls back to Jiti when bun is unavailable", async () => {
+    const repoRoot = makeTempRoot("openclaw-config-surface-");
+    const packageRoot = path.join(repoRoot, "extensions", "demo");
+    const modulePath = path.join(packageRoot, "src", "config-schema.js");
+
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(packageRoot, "src"), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(packageRoot, "package.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ name: "@openclaw/demo", type: "module" }, null, 2),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      modulePath,
+      [
+        "export const DemoChannelConfigSchema = {",
+        "  schema: {",
+        "    type: 'object',",
+        "    properties: { ok: { type: 'string' } },",
+        "  },",
+        "};",
+        "",
+      ].join("\n"),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+
+    const { loadChannelConfigSurfaceModule: loadWithMissingBun, spawnSync } =
+      await importLoaderWithMissingBun();
+
+    await expect(loadWithMissingBun(modulePath, { repoRoot })).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      schema: {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {
+          ok: { type: "string" },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith("bun", expect.any(Array), expect.any(Object));
+  });
+
   it("retries from an isolated package copy when extension-local node_modules is broken", async () => {
     const repoRoot = makeTempRoot("openclaw-config-surface-");
     const packageRoot = path.join(repoRoot, "extensions", "demo");