Align runtime profiles with plugin-owned records

platform/service/lifecycle_defaults.go

@@ -24,3 +24,28 @@ func applyPluginCreateDefaults(plugin domain.GamePlugin, definition domain.Serve
 func deploymentNeedsCompleteRuntimeBinding(_ domain.GamePlugin, definition domain.ServerDeploymentDefinition) bool {
 	return definition.Mode == ""
 }
+
+// lifecycleDefaultProfileKey selects a plugin-declared lifecycle profile when
+// an older server record has no explicit deployment profile. Runtime bindings
+// remain optional logical transport overrides; they must not be required for
+// standard Run lifecycle, file, or log workflows.
+func lifecycleDefaultProfileKey(_ domain.ServerInstance, plugin domain.GamePlugin, profileKey string) string {
+	if profileKey != "" {
+		if profile, ok := runtimeLifecycleProfileForKey(plugin.RuntimeProfiles, profileKey); ok {
+			return profile.Key
+		}
+		return profileKey
+	}
+	return firstRuntimeLifecycleProfileKey(plugin)
+}
+
+func defaultRunDistributionProfileKey(plugin domain.GamePlugin, profileKey string) string {
+	return lifecycleDefaultProfileKey(domain.ServerInstance{}, plugin, profileKey)
+}
+
+func firstRuntimeLifecycleProfileKey(plugin domain.GamePlugin) string {
+	if len(plugin.RuntimeProfiles.LifecycleProfiles) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return plugin.RuntimeProfiles.LifecycleProfiles[0].Key
+}