only acquire connection if connection is nil but cloud config is defined

robot/impl/local_robot.go

@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ func newWithResources(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	cfg *config.Config,
 	resources map[resource.Name]resource.Resource,
+	conn rpc.ClientConn,
 	logger logging.Logger,
 	opts ...Option,
 ) (robot.LocalRobot, error) {
@@ -434,6 +435,10 @@ func newWithResources(
 		r.packageManager = packages.NewDeferredPackageManager(
 			ctx,
 			func(ctx context.Context) (packagespb.PackageServiceClient, error) {
+				if conn != nil {
+					return packagespb.NewPackageServiceClient(conn), err
+				}
+
 				_, cloudConn, err := r.cloudConnSvc.AcquireConnection(ctx)
 				return packagespb.NewPackageServiceClient(cloudConn), err
 			},
@@ -548,10 +553,11 @@ func newWithResources(
 func New(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	cfg *config.Config,
+	conn rpc.ClientConn,
 	logger logging.Logger,
 	opts ...Option,
 ) (robot.LocalRobot, error) {
-	return newWithResources(ctx, cfg, nil, logger, opts...)
+	return newWithResources(ctx, cfg, nil, conn, logger, opts...)
 }
 
 // removeOrphanedResources is called by the module manager to remove resources

web/server/entrypoint.go

@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ func (s *robotServer) serveWeb(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) (err err
 	// state of initializing until reconfigured with full config.
 	minimalProcessedConfig.Initial = true
 
-	myRobot, err := robotimpl.New(ctx, &minimalProcessedConfig, s.logger, robotOptions...)
+	myRobot, err := robotimpl.New(ctx, &minimalProcessedConfig, s.appConn, s.logger, robotOptions...)
 	if err != nil {
 		cancel()
 		return err