Bug Description

The msteams extension declares @microsoft/agents-hosting (and related packages) as dependencies in extensions/msteams/package.json, but these are not listed in the top-level package.json.

This means every npm update -g openclaw@latest or npm install -g openclaw replaces the entire node_modules tree and removes the Teams extension dependencies as "extraneous." The Teams channel then fails to start:

Cannot find module '@microsoft/agents-hosting'
Require stack:
- /Users/.../.npm-global/lib/node_modules/openclaw/extensions/msteams/src/sdk.ts

Impact

• Teams channel silently dies after any global npm operation
• Users must manually run cd <openclaw-install> && npm install @microsoft/agents-hosting after every update
• No error surfaced at update time — the failure only appears when Teams tries to send/receive

Reproduction

1. Install openclaw globally: npm install -g openclaw@latest
2. Configure the msteams channel and verify it works
3. Manually install Teams deps: cd $(npm root -g)/openclaw && npm install @microsoft/agents-hosting
4. Verify Teams works
5. Run npm update -g openclaw@latest (or let the built-in auto-updater do it)
6. Teams channel fails with Cannot find module '@microsoft/agents-hosting'

Root Cause

extensions/msteams/package.json declares the dependency, but the top-level package.json does not. npm only installs/preserves dependencies listed in the root package.json during global installs.

Current Workaround

Post-update hook that reinstalls the Teams deps:

cd $(npm root -g)/openclaw && npm install @microsoft/agents-hosting

Expected Behavior

Extension dependencies should either:

1. Be declared in the top-level package.json, or
2. Be installed via a post-install script, or
3. Be bundled into the extension dist

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.2.12
• Node: v23.11.0
• npm: 10.9.2
• OS: macOS (arm64)
• Install method: npm install -g openclaw

Frequency

This has caused outages on three separate occasions (Feb 4, Feb 12, Feb 13, 2026) before we traced it to the npm update cycle.