diff --git a/electron/api/routes/channels.ts b/electron/api/routes/channels.ts
index ff856db1a..610746b6d 100644
--- a/electron/api/routes/channels.ts
+++ b/electron/api/routes/channels.ts
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ function scheduleGatewayChannelRestart(ctx: HostApiContext, reason: string): voi
   void reason;
 }
 
-// Keep reload-first for feishu to avoid restart storms when channel auth/network is flaky.
-// GatewayManager.reload() already falls back to restart when reload is unhealthy.
-const FORCE_RESTART_CHANNELS = new Set(['dingtalk', 'wecom', 'whatsapp']);
+// Plugin-based channels require a full Gateway process restart to properly
+// initialize / tear-down plugin connections.  SIGUSR1 in-process reload is
+// not sufficient for channel plugins (see restartGatewayForAgentDeletion).
+const FORCE_RESTART_CHANNELS = new Set(['dingtalk', 'wecom', 'whatsapp', 'feishu', 'qqbot']);
 
 function scheduleGatewayChannelSaveRefresh(
   ctx: HostApiContext,
diff --git a/electron/gateway/manager.ts b/electron/gateway/manager.ts
index 396f39c15..bca0c9e8f 100644
--- a/electron/gateway/manager.ts
+++ b/electron/gateway/manager.ts
@@ -242,8 +242,14 @@ export class GatewayManager extends EventEmitter {
           await this.connect(port, externalToken);
         },
         onConnectedToExistingGateway: () => {
-          this.ownsProcess = false;
-          this.setStatus({ pid: undefined });
+          // If the existing gateway is actually our own spawned UtilityProcess
+          // (e.g. after a self-restart code=1012), keep ownership so that
+          // stop() can still terminate the process during a restart() cycle.
+          const isOwnProcess = this.process?.pid != null && this.ownsProcess;
+          if (!isOwnProcess) {
+            this.ownsProcess = false;
+            this.setStatus({ pid: undefined });
+          }
           this.startHealthCheck();
         },
         waitForPortFree: async (port) => {
diff --git a/electron/main/ipc-handlers.ts b/electron/main/ipc-handlers.ts
index 6247133b4..3b5e26529 100644
--- a/electron/main/ipc-handlers.ts
+++ b/electron/main/ipc-handlers.ts
@@ -1361,9 +1361,10 @@ function registerGatewayHandlers(
  * For checking package status and channel configuration
  */
 function registerOpenClawHandlers(gatewayManager: GatewayManager): void {
-  // Keep reload-first for feishu to avoid restart storms when channel auth/network is flaky.
-  // GatewayManager.reload() already falls back to restart when reload is unhealthy.
-  const forceRestartChannels = new Set(['dingtalk', 'wecom', 'whatsapp']);
+  // Plugin-based channels require a full Gateway process restart to properly
+  // initialize / tear-down plugin connections.  SIGUSR1 in-process reload is
+  // not sufficient for channel plugins (see restartGatewayForAgentDeletion).
+  const forceRestartChannels = new Set(['dingtalk', 'wecom', 'whatsapp', 'feishu', 'qqbot']);
 
   const scheduleGatewayChannelRestart = (reason: string): void => {
     if (gatewayManager.getStatus().state !== 'stopped') {