fix: restructure MetadataPlugin driver bridging fallback and increase client test timeouts

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Co-authored-by: hotlong <50353452+hotlong@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     - Preserved skill independence — Each skill remains independently installable/referenceable (no global routing required)
 
 ### Fixed
+- **MetadataPlugin driver bridging fallback** — Fixed `MetadataPlugin.start()` so the driver service scan fallback (`driver.*`) is reached when ObjectQL returns `null` (not just when it throws). Previously, `setDatabaseDriver` was never called in environments where ObjectQL was not loaded.
+- **Client Hono integration test timeout** — Increased `beforeAll`/`afterAll` hook timeouts in `client.hono.test.ts` from default 10s to 30s to prevent flaky failures in CI.
 - **CI: Replace `pnpm/action-setup@v6` with corepack** — Switched all GitHub Actions workflows (`ci.yml`, `lint.yml`, `release.yml`, `validate-deps.yml`, `pr-automation.yml`) from `pnpm/action-setup@v6` to `corepack enable` to fix persistent `ERR_PNPM_BROKEN_LOCKFILE` errors. Corepack reads the exact `packageManager` field from `package.json` (including SHA verification), ensuring the correct pnpm version is used in CI. Also bumped pnpm store cache keys to v3 and added a pnpm version verification step.
 - **Broken pnpm lockfile** — Regenerated `pnpm-lock.yaml` from scratch to fix `ERR_PNPM_BROKEN_LOCKFILE` ("expected a single document in the stream, but found more") that was causing all CI jobs to fail. The previous merge of PR #1117 only included workflow cache key changes but did not carry over the regenerated lockfile.
 - **service-ai: Fix navigation item labels using deprecated i18n object format** — Replaced `{ key, defaultValue }` i18n objects with plain string labels in `AIServicePlugin`'s Setup App navigation contributions, completing the `I18nLabelSchema` migration from [#1054](https://github.com/objectstack-ai/framework/issues/1054).

packages/client/src/client.hono.test.ts

@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ describe('ObjectStackClient (with Hono Server)', () => {
         baseUrl = `http://localhost:${port}`;
 
         console.log(`Test server running at ${baseUrl}`);
-    });
+    }, 30_000);
 
     afterAll(async () => {
         if (kernel) await kernel.shutdown();
-    });
+    }, 30_000);
 
     it('should connect to hono server and discover endpoints', async () => {
         const client = new ObjectStackClient({ baseUrl });

packages/metadata/src/plugin.ts

@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ export class MetadataPlugin implements Plugin {
         // Bridge database driver from kernel service registry to MetadataManager.
         // Uses ObjectQL engine's datasource mapping to resolve the correct driver
         // for sys_metadata (respects namespace → datasource routing).
+        // Falls back to the first available driver.* service when ObjectQL is unavailable.
+        let driverBridged = false;
         try {
             const ql = ctx.getService<any>('objectql');
             if (ql) {
@@ -118,12 +120,17 @@ export class MetadataPlugin implements Plugin {
                         driver: driver.name,
                     });
                     this.manager.setDatabaseDriver(driver);
+                    driverBridged = true;
                 } else {
                     ctx.logger.debug('[MetadataPlugin] ObjectQL could not resolve driver for metadata table', { tableName });
                 }
             }
         } catch {
-            // ObjectQL not available — fall back to first available driver service
+            // ObjectQL not available — will fall through to driver service fallback below
+        }
+
+        // Fallback: scan for driver.* services when ObjectQL didn't provide a driver
+        if (!driverBridged) {
             try {
                 const services = ctx.getServices();
                 for (const [serviceName, service] of services) {