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Outcome

Slack remediation identifies commands that could not start separately from commands that exited unsuccessfully. The messaging build error retains the plugin name without exposing child output or paths; filesystem errors keep their existing classification.

Reason

#12656 merged the security remediation and install-path validation into main; #12657 and #12659 were closed as superseded. This follow-up targets main and retains the diagnostic correction and subprocess tests.

On unchanged main 9628854441, a missing tar is reported as a working-file access error. The messaging entrypoint reports a generic failure for both missing and failing remediation commands.

Changes

  • Carry a typed command failure from archive extraction and replacement retrieval to the CLI error handler. Only process failures receive this type; existing provenance and path guards remain in effect.
  • Keep plugin context at the messaging boundary. Reuse the existing npm runner parameter, preserving command arguments, environment, working directory and output limits.
  • Exercise the real applier and remediator in subprocesses with controlled npm/OpenClaw commands and the existing reviewed archive. Cover both replacement sources, inspection order, installed bytes, failed-command cleanup and sensitive-output redaction.

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Validation applies to commit e596f27a39ddf5dcae6ebbea227783272c06175c, which merges main 9628854441. Its source matches the tested repair.

  • npx --no-install vitest run --project integration test/security/fatal-process-diagnostics.test.ts test/runtime/messaging/messaging-build-applier-integrity.test.ts — 19 passed on the final source.
  • The same tests against unchanged main 9628854441 — five diagnostic assertions failed as expected; 14 passed, including both replacement success cases and the filesystem-error case.
  • The five-suite run also covered messaging-build-applier-googlechat, openclaw-npm-remediation and reviewed-npm-archive: 86 passed before the final success-case extension. Those three unchanged suites account for 68 tests.
  • npm run typecheck:cli, npm run checks:repository (18 checks), growth guardrails (7 tests), source-shape checks, focused lint/format and whitespace checks passed.
  • These local checks used offline fixtures. No live Slack service or local managed-image qualification was run. The diff contains no secrets, API keys or credentials.

Review notes

The implementation self-review covers scripts/lib/openclaw-npm-remediation.mts and src/lib/messaging/applier/build/messaging-build-applier.mts: process failure classification, diagnostic redaction, retained path/provenance checks and cleanup. CI checks completed for e596f27; the Advisor gate remains blocked on the Operability finding discussed below. Human approval is pending.

Advisor follow-up: inherited copy-failure recovery

Advisor run 37480180425 completed all nine specialists. Eight were clear; Operability reported P1 F-operability-recovery-22b298027aea15d4f76b, concerning removal of the installed dependency before copying its replacement. There were no additional or unresolved E2E recommendations.

The affected implementation is inherited from #12656. Comparing Advisor's base 861245856982c9a0d60b6f74d2aa46b9ece189a1 with this PR at e596f27a39ddf5dcae6ebbea227783272c06175c, these three functions are byte-for-byte identical: copyReplacementPackage, patchOpenClawSlackProxyPackageGraph, and remediateInstalledOfficialOpenClawPlugin. The removal-before-copy sequence is visible in both the base and the PR.

The caller change translates only OpenClawNpmRemediationCommandError. It preserves the remediation arguments and rethrows filesystem errors unchanged. The new diagnostics and tests do not change installed-package replacement or rollback behavior.

The copy-failure risk remains in the base implementation. This source comparison establishes its inherited origin; it does not fix or waive that risk. The new subprocess tests cover command failures, not a mid-copy I/O failure. The autogenerated unchanged-package summary below applies only to the tested command-failure cases. Separate tracking or a rollback repair remains a maintainer decision.


Signed-off-by: Deepak Jain deepujain@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Hung Le hple@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Remediation failures now distinguish commands that could not start from commands that ran unsuccessfully, with clearer diagnostics for plugin and package repair failures.
    • Failure messages no longer expose command output, credentials, or temporary file paths.
    • Remediation commands time out after 15 minutes by default, preventing them from running indefinitely.
    • Failed remediation leaves the affected package unchanged and cleans up temporary files.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for Slack remediation using reviewed archives and npm sources, including package integrity and failure diagnostics.

rsliter and others added 3 commits October 5, 2026 20:46
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Signed-off-by: Deepak Jain <deepujain@gmail.com>
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OpenClaw npm remediation now runs commands with a default timeout and reports typed start or execution failures. The messaging build applier adds plugin context to these errors. Tests cover successful Slack remediation, failure diagnostics, output redaction, and cleanup.

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Managed Messaging Proxy Address Remediation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Classify npm remediation command failures
scripts/lib/openclaw-npm-remediation.mts, test/agents/openclaw/openclaw-npm-remediation.test.ts
The runner supports a working directory, configurable output limit, and default timeout. It uses SIGKILL on timeout and reports typed errors for command start and execution failures. Reviewed npm archive packing uses the shared runner.
Report official plugin remediation failures
src/lib/messaging/applier/build/messaging-build-applier.mts
The build applier wraps remediation command errors with the plugin ID and reports whether a required command could not start or failed.
Validate remediation output and failure diagnostics
test/support/slack-remediation-fixture.ts, test/runtime/messaging/messaging-build-applier-integrity.test.ts, test/security/fatal-process-diagnostics.test.ts
The fixture supplies mock npm and OpenCLaw commands and a vulnerable nested package. Tests verify output hashes and install traces, and check failure diagnostics, redaction, unchanged package files, and cleanup.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: ericksoa, prekshivyas

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to d6d5e

The changes distinguish remediation command failures while keeping child output out of diagnostics. No merge-blocking risk is established in the reviewed paths.

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The overall line coverage in commit d6d5ef9 in the codex/fix-slack-reme... branch is 97%. The line coverage in commit 63002cd in the main branch is 96%.

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nemoclaw/src/onboard/config.ts 98% 96% -2%
nemoclaw/src/index.ts 94% 93% -1%
nemoclaw/src/bl...t-management.ts 100% 100% 0%
nemoclaw/src/co.../config-show.ts 100% 100% 0%
nemoclaw/src/commands/slash.ts 100% 100% 0%
nemoclaw/src/on...native-route.ts 0% 100% +100%

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The overall line coverage in commit d6d5ef9 in the codex/fix-slack-reme... branch is 85%. The line coverage in commit 63002cd in the main branch is 84%.

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src/lib/state/s...tory-restore.ts 86% 0% -86%
src/lib/actions.../status-text.ts 84% 46% -38%
src/lib/state/sandbox.ts 92% 83% -9%
src/lib/onboard...al-inference.ts 84% 90% +6%
src/lib/policy/index.ts 71% 79% +8%
src/lib/state/p...l-retirement.ts 79% 92% +13%
src/lib/onboard.../application.ts 55% 72% +17%
src/lib/adapter...gnostics-cli.ts 0% 87% +87%
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Updated October 07, 2026 05:39 UTC

deepujain and others added 2 commits October 5, 2026 22:17
Signed-off-by: Deepak Jain <deepujain@gmail.com>
Exercise the installed Slack replacement through the real build applier and
remediation helper, including pinned package bytes, inspection ordering, and
temporary archive cleanup.

Preserve safe diagnostics for unavailable and failed commands without exposing
child output, paths, or credentials.

Refs #12662

Signed-off-by: Hung Le <hple@nvidia.com>
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hunglp6d marked this pull request as ready for review October 6, 2026 10:28
Merge main after #12656 superseded the parent security PR. Keep the
canonical install-path checks and remove the duplicate remediation.

Preserve safe command-start and command-failure diagnostics through the
standalone and messaging entrypoints. Cover npm and tar failures,
filesystem errors, real package replacement and temporary cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Hung Le <hple@nvidia.com>
@hunglp6d hunglp6d changed the title fix(messaging): validate the installed Slack remediation path fix(messaging): report Slack remediation command failures Oct 6, 2026
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hunglp6d changed the base branch from codex/fix-slack-proxy-addr-advisory to main October 6, 2026 14:16
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With #12656 merged and #12657/#12659 closed as superseded, this PR now targets main. The remaining change improves Slack remediation failure messages and adds subprocess regression tests. It reuses the merged security fix and install-path validation.

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test/agents/openclaw/openclaw-npm-remediation.test.ts (1)

472-495: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

The test does not prove that the timeout fired, and the 100 ms timeout can be flaky on slow CI.

The test spawns a Node process with a 100 ms timeout. On a loaded runner, Node startup can take longer than 100 ms. The child is then killed before it writes the output. The redaction assertion passes without exercising its claim. The assertions still pass for that case. The assertion couldNotStart: false holds in both cases, so it is acceptable.

Consider a longer timeout, such as 500 ms. A longer timeout lets the child write the output before it is killed. The 5 s upper bound still holds. This makes the redaction check meaningful.

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Increase the timeout passed to runOpenClawNpmRemediationCommand in the
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