diff --git a/apps/connect/tests/__init__.py b/apps/connect/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/apps/connect/tests/test_trigger_event.py b/apps/connect/tests/test_trigger_event.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a1c011d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/connect/tests/test_trigger_event.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+"""
+Regression tests for the plugin event dispatch loop in apps.connect.utils.
+
+Previously, trigger_event accessed `plugin.key` / `plugin.name` (attribute
+access) on dict items returned by PluginManager.list_plugins(). On the
+first disabled plugin encountered, that f-string raised AttributeError —
+and because Python evaluates f-string arguments eagerly even when the
+logger discards the message at INFO level, the exception bubbled out of
+trigger_event with no try/except. Any enabled plugin sorted after a
+disabled one then silently received zero events.
+
+These tests guard against regression by:
+
+1. Feeding trigger_event a plugins list with a disabled plugin BEFORE an
+   enabled-with-events plugin and asserting the enabled plugin's action
+   is still dispatched.
+2. Sanity-checking that actions without a matching `events` entry are
+   not dispatched.
+"""
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+
+
+def _empty_subscription_chain():
+    """Mock the EventSubscription.objects.filter(...).select_related(...)
+    chain to yield no subscriptions, so trigger_event proceeds straight to
+    the plugin loop."""
+    empty_qs = MagicMock()
+    empty_qs.count.return_value = 0
+    empty_qs.__iter__ = lambda self: iter([])
+    chain = MagicMock()
+    chain.select_related.return_value = empty_qs
+    return chain
+
+
+class TriggerEventDispatchTests(SimpleTestCase):
+    def _run_trigger_event(self, plugins, event_name, payload):
+        pm = MagicMock()
+        pm.list_plugins.return_value = plugins
+        with patch(
+            "apps.connect.utils.PluginManager.get", return_value=pm
+        ), patch(
+            "apps.connect.utils.EventSubscription.objects.filter",
+            return_value=_empty_subscription_chain(),
+        ):
+            from apps.connect.utils import trigger_event
+
+            trigger_event(event_name, payload)
+        return pm
+
+    def test_disabled_plugin_does_not_abort_dispatch_for_later_enabled_plugin(self):
+        """The original bug: AttributeError on a disabled plugin's debug log
+        aborted the loop, so any plugin iterated AFTER a disabled one never
+        received events."""
+        plugins = [
+            {
+                "key": "disabled-plugin",
+                "name": "Disabled Plugin",
+                "enabled": False,
+                "actions": [],
+            },
+            {
+                "key": "enabled-plugin",
+                "name": "Enabled Plugin",
+                "enabled": True,
+                "actions": [
+                    {"id": "on_event", "events": ["channel_start"]},
+                ],
+            },
+        ]
+
+        pm = self._run_trigger_event(
+            plugins, "channel_start", {"channel_name": "TEST"}
+        )
+
+        pm.run_action.assert_called_once_with(
+            "enabled-plugin",
+            "on_event",
+            {"event": "channel_start", "payload": {"channel_name": "TEST"}},
+        )
+
+    def test_action_without_matching_event_is_not_dispatched(self):
+        """Sanity check: actions whose `events` list doesn't include the
+        fired event, or which have no `events` key at all, are skipped."""
+        plugins = [
+            {
+                "key": "plugin",
+                "name": "Plugin",
+                "enabled": True,
+                "actions": [
+                    {"id": "on_event", "events": ["channel_stop"]},
+                    {"id": "manual_button"},  # no events key
+                ],
+            },
+        ]
+
+        pm = self._run_trigger_event(
+            plugins, "channel_start", {"channel_name": "TEST"}
+        )
+
+        pm.run_action.assert_not_called()
diff --git a/apps/connect/utils.py b/apps/connect/utils.py
index c3a0975f..b71c38e5 100644
--- a/apps/connect/utils.py
+++ b/apps/connect/utils.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def trigger_event(event_name, payload):
     logger.debug(f"Checking {len(plugins)} plugins for event '{event_name}'")
     for plugin in plugins:
         if not plugin["enabled"]:
-            logger.debug(f"Skipping disabled plugin id={plugin.key} name={plugin.name}")
+            logger.debug(f"Skipping disabled plugin id={plugin['key']} name={plugin['name']}")
             continue
 
         logger.debug(json.dumps(plugin))