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Summary

Portable OpenClaw onboarding can observe its canonical CLI device after one
local write request is already pending. The current strict initial read rejects
that valid intermediate state and exits before the existing approval; this
change recognizes only that exact pending transition, approves it once, and
still requires strict same-device settled state before onboarding completes.

The previous correction covered the ordinary observer and real runtime
transition, but its Portable controller fixture began before a request was
pending. The new Portable fixture and pinned OpenClaw 2026.7.1 proof cover the
escaped ordering directly.

Related Issue

Follow-up to #9817 under the accepted completion contract in #9844.

Changes

  • Add a fixed repair observation for the Portable pre-approval read. It accepts
    only one validated canonical local CLI write request and returns no request or
    credential data.
  • Skip the request producer only when that exact request already exists, then
    retain the existing single approval and strict final observation. The final
    device identity must match the approved identity.
  • Add negative observer and controller fixtures plus a pinned OpenClaw 2026.7.1
    runtime proof for pending appearance followed by strict settled state.

The repair observation is required because Portable must distinguish
pairing-only state, which needs the existing producer, from one already-pending
canonical transition, where a second producer is unsafe. The Portable
settlement tests and real patched-runtime harness protect that distinction.

Type of Change

  • Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
  • Code change with doc updates
  • Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
  • Doc only (includes code sample changes)

Quality Gates

  • Tests added or updated for changed behavior
  • Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
  • Tests not applicable — justification:
  • Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight,
    onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
  • Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded —
    reviewer/approval link/justification: Product scope is accepted in
    Fresh OpenClaw onboarding can complete without a paired CLI device #9844 (comment). The
    repair read requires the canonical device ID and public key, CLI client
    identity, operator role, exact local write scopes, pairing-only stored state,
    exactly one pending request, and the existing approval policy. It exposes
    only a fixed state and identity digest. Unrelated, multiple, malformed, or
    settled-with-pending state fails before writes. The final read remains strict,
    requires no pending request, and must match the approved identity. Credential
    paths, retries, time budgets, required scopes, and other agents are unchanged.
  • Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check
    name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

DGX Station Hardware Evidence

  • Tested on DGX Station
  • Tested commit: Not applicable; scripts/prepare-dgx-station-host.sh is
    unchanged.
  • Station profile/scenario: Not applicable.
  • Result: Not applicable.
  • Supporting evidence: Not applicable.

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  • PR description includes a Signed-off-by: line and every commit appears
    as Verified in GitHub
  • Normal pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push hooks passed, or npm run validate:pr passed after refreshing origin/main when hooks were skipped or
    unavailable
  • Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are
    marked not applicable above — 63 focused Portable controller and pairing
    observer tests passed; the pinned OpenClaw 2026.7.1 patched-runtime harness
    passed 6/6 on the published commit tree; the changed-test selector passed 492
    source tests and 32 growth tests. CLI type-checking, repository checks,
    canonical-range commitlint, and canonical-range pre-push hooks passed.
  • Applicable broad gate passed — npm test for broad runtime/test-harness
    changes; npm run check for repo-wide validation/coverage changes —
    command/result: Not applicable; the change is limited to the existing
    Portable pairing observer/controller and its pinned-runtime proof.
  • Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
  • No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
  • npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only)
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    changes only)
  • New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran senthilr@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved Portable OpenClaw pairing repair and settlement handling.
    • Pairing repairs now recognize the correct pending approval state and avoid duplicate requests.
    • Approval supports valid operator permission combinations while rejecting invalid repair markers.
    • Final verification confirms settlement and matching device identity.
    • Invalid, unrelated, mixed, or replacement pairing requests are rejected more reliably.

Signed-off-by: Senthil Ravichandran <senthilr@nvidia.com>
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Portable OpenClaw pairing settlement now uses separate repair and strict settlement observers. Repair settlement supports canonical pairing-pending state. Final settlement requires settled state and matching device identity. Approval validation requires isRepair: true.

Portable OpenClaw settlement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Repair approval validation
src/lib/actions/sandbox/auto-pair-approval.ts
Portable pairing approval accepts supported scope shapes and requires an exact boolean isRepair: true marker.
Repair observation and settlement parsing
src/lib/actions/sandbox/launch-readiness/openclaw-pairing-qualification.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/launch-readiness/openclaw-pairing-qualification.test.ts
The qualification module adds repair observation parsing, the repair-settlement mode, canonical pending validation, and observeOpenClawPairingRepairSettlement. Tests cover canonical, invalid, mixed, and non-repair requests.
Separate repair and final settlement flow
src/lib/actions/sandbox/launch-readiness.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/launch-readiness/portable-openclaw-pairing-settlement.test.ts
settlePortableOpenClawPairing uses separate observers. It produces only from pairing-only state and requires final settled state with the same device identity.
Qualification and real-device verification
test/helpers/openclaw-real-device-self-approval-proof.ts
The real-device proof validates the pairing-pending repair state and matching identity before strict settlement reaches settled state.

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

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c2df1

The change narrowly handles one validated pending Portable pairing transition while preserving strict identity and settled-state checks; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Settlement as settlePortableOpenClawPairing
  participant RepairObserver as Repair settlement observer
  participant Producer as Pairing producer
  participant FinalObserver as Strict settlement observer

  Settlement->>RepairObserver: Observe initial repair state
  alt State is pairing-only
    Settlement->>Producer: Produce canonical repair request
  end
  Settlement->>Settlement: Approve observed device identity
  Settlement->>FinalObserver: Observe final settlement
  FinalObserver-->>Settlement: Return settled state and device identity
  Settlement-->>Settlement: Verify matching identity
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Updated August 24, 2026 04:03 UTC

@senthilr-nv senthilr-nv added bug-fix PR fixes a bug or regression integration: openclaw OpenClaw integration behavior area: onboarding Onboarding FSM, provider setup, sandbox launch, or first-run flow area: security Security controls, permissions, secrets, or hardening security v0.0.114 labels Aug 23, 2026
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519-546: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Require a repair request before admission.

Line 540 accepts isRepair: false. A same-device non-repair request can pass this observer, cause the action to skip production, and reach approval as pairing-pending.

Require request.get('isRepair') is True. Add a negative fixture for isRepair: false.

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-                or type(request.get('isRepair')) is not bool
+                or request.get('isRepair') is not True
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In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/launch-readiness/openclaw-pairing-qualification.ts`
around lines 519 - 546, Update the admission condition in the
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Blocking: the canonical write-only repair state cannot pass the production approval boundary.

The repair observer admits a same-device request with scopes: ["operator.write"] and isRepair: true, and the new controller path skips the producer for that pairing-pending state. It then calls runPortableOpenClawPairingApproval, whose wrapper still requires the scopes to be exactly {operator.pairing, operator.write}. I reproduced the production wrapper returning rejected for the write-only request and approved for the two-scope request. The strict final observation therefore remains pending and Portable onboarding cannot complete for the state this PR is intended to repair.

Please align the approval boundary with both canonical repair scope shapes, require isRepair === true during approval revalidation, and add a controller regression that executes the real approval wrapper rather than mocking runApproval.

Reviewed commit: 931b6535656d7cfd54e4d07d32b73c2afb36ceae.

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Addressed review 5003808627 in GitHub-Verified commit c2df1f21c855aff9d40580b3b20cfa9c9f1740bd.

  • The production Portable approval wrapper now accepts only the two canonical repair scope shapes: operator.write and operator.pairing plus operator.write.
  • Approval revalidation now requires isRepair: true.
  • Controller coverage executes the production approval wrapper for the write-only repair state. The existing two-scope positive remains, with false, missing, and non-boolean isRepair negatives.
  • Identity, policy authorization, final settlement scopes, credentials, retries, and time budgets are unchanged.

Validation passed: focused pairing/controller tests (65), changed tests (740), CLI typecheck, repository checks, pinned OpenClaw 2026.7.1 patched-dist proof (6), and npm run validate:pr.

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Approved commit 8d46bf7c43987874405857428dc2b96a0f9628d4.

No blocking findings.

The Portable repair observer admits only one stable, same-device CLI request with the canonical identity, operator role, allowed repair scope shape, isRepair: true, and an allowed policy decision. The approval boundary revalidates those fields, accepts both canonical OpenClaw 2026.7.1 repair scope shapes, and performs one openclaw devices approve command. The strict final observer requires no pending request, exact settled scopes, and the same device identity digest. This resolves the write-only scope blocker from the earlier review.

Security review:

  • PASS — Secrets and Credentials: the observer returns only fixed state and identity digests. Command output and credential values remain in the sandbox.
  • PASS — Input Validation and Data Sanitization: exact receipt keys, request IDs, identities, roles, scope sets, and repair markers fail closed.
  • PASS — Authentication and Authorization: the policy decision, canonical CLI identity, operator role, bounded scopes, and final settled state are all required.
  • PASS — Dependencies and Third-Party Libraries: this PR changes no dependency or downloaded artifact.
  • PASS — Error Handling and Logging: failures return fixed receipts or an incomplete result without raw command output.
  • PASS — Cryptography and Data Protection: SHA-256 binds the observed and approved device identity. Credential protection is unchanged.
  • PASS — Configuration and Security Headers: the change does not widen configuration, process, container, browser, or network controls.
  • PASS — Security Testing: negative tests cover false, missing, and non-boolean repair markers, malformed or mixed requests, extra scopes, duplicate requests, and replacement identity. One controller test executes the production approval wrapper for the write-only request.
  • PASS — System Security: lifecycle and gateway-route locks remain held. Approval is single-shot, and strict final observation binds settlement to the original identity.

Validation on this commit:

  • Focused pairing and controller tests passed: 65/65.
  • npm run build:cli passed.
  • npm run typecheck:cli passed.
  • Required GitHub checks pass. CodeQL and the PR Review Advisor report no findings.
  • All five PR commits are Verified, and the DCO check passes.
  • The cross-issue sweep found no adjacent fixes or contradictions above the medium confidence floor.

The accepted product decision in #9844 retains the strict Portable settlement path and its lifecycle, identity, and credential-free diagnostic controls.

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senthilr-nv dismissed prekshivyas’s stale review August 24, 2026 04:19

Superseded by the implemented approval-wrapper correction and regression coverage in the current PR revision. Fresh independent approval now covers the current revision.

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