OpenClaw Digest: Plugin Registry Proposal, Graceful Shutdown Paths, and CI Benchmark Noise

Design

Plugin Registry: Dependency-Aware Discovery

This issue sketches a registry that knows plugin dependencies and load order. For builders, it's the foundation for sane upgrades and avoiding runtime startup chaos.

Tools

Graceful Shutdown Sequencing

This PR ensures plugins drain work and release resources in the right order on shutdown. It's a big deal for avoiding data loss during rolling deployments.

DevOps

CI Benchmark Noise Filter

This change adds filtering for noisy CI benchmarks that were triggering false alerts. It stabilizes the feedback loop so you can trust performance regression signals.

Bugs

Scheduler Priority Inversion Bug

This issue documents a bug where low-priority tasks were starving high-priority ones under load. Fixing this is critical for any real-time or latency-sensitive use case.

Observability

Structured Logging for Plugin Lifecycle

This PR adds structured logs for plugin load, unload, and error events. It's a small change that makes debugging production issues significantly faster.

Security

Resource Isolation Deep Dive

This issue explores OS-level isolation (like namespaces) to sandbox plugins. It's a fundamental discussion about security and stability for running untrusted code.