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Outcome

Fresh exact-input npm audit evidence is reused across trusted CI and image builds, reducing repeated dependence on registry advisory availability while preserving fail-closed policy evaluation.

Reason

Reviewed npm graphs and Docker builds repeatedly queried the same advisory service, so a transient outage could fail multiple otherwise identical builds. Issue #11028 accepted bounded evidence reuse with strict identity, freshness, and trust boundaries.

Related issues

Fixes #11028

Changes

  • Cache raw npm audit command results for less than 12 hours using exact graph, npm, registry, argv, parser, manifest, and lock identities; reject malformed, stale, future, symlinked, or mismatched entries and reapply current policy on replay.
  • Emit canonical passing receipts with paired raw reports only after aggregate policy success, then validate graph bytes, exception policy, threshold, freshness, and raw-response hashes before reuse.
  • Restore exact cache buckets in reviewed CI, restrict shared writes to trusted canonical workflows, and pass same-run mcporter evidence into supported OpenClaw image publication paths while retaining bounded live fail-closed fallback elsewhere.
  • Cover cache poisoning, freshness, provenance, receipt verification, workflow trust, Docker fallback, and repository growth contracts.

Verification

  • Contributor validation: Signed commit hooks passed; npm run validate:pr passed at ef6c902.
  • Tests: Focused validation passed: 171 tests across receipt, cache, workflow, Docker supply-chain, managed-image, and growth suites. npm run checks:repository passed.
  • Broad check: npm run test:changed reached 2364 passing tests and had two unrelated current-main CLI failures; focused owning suites and the required PR validation passed.
  • Local review: npm run review:local was attempted with the 1Password inference credential and stopped during gateway setup because the installed gateway does not support gateway info; no findings were produced.
  • Secrets review: The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials.
  • Documentation review: docs-updated
  • Documentation evidence: Updated cache provenance and dependency-review evidence-boundary documentation; npm run validate:pr passed.
  • Documentation agent: documentation repair subagent
  • Targeted validation: Trusted-action compatibility: managed workflow and growth suites passed (81 tests); npm run typecheck:cli and npm run validate:pr passed.
  • Broad gate: passed — npm run validate:pr passed

Review notes

  • Sensitive-path review: Independent security review findings were addressed: absolute cache paths, raw-report binding, freshness extension, credential-bearing registry values, sparse checkout imports, and atomic writes. Concurrent misses remain best-effort as explicitly accepted in ci(security): reuse fresh npm audit evidence across builds #11028.

Signed-off-by: Chris Villela cvillela@nvidia.com

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  • New Features

    • Added secure caching for reviewed npm audit results in eligible trusted builds.
    • Added verifiable audit receipts covering package, lockfile, registry, and policy details.
    • OpenClaw image builds can reuse validated audit evidence while retaining live-audit fallback behavior.
    • Build provenance now records audit evidence and cache metadata where applicable.
    • Audit evidence is securely forwarded through supported image publication workflows.
  • Security

    • Added checksum, integrity, expiry, and input validation for audit receipts and reports.
    • Improved fail-closed handling for invalid or mismatched cached audit data.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Villela <cvillela@nvidia.com>
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The pull request adds validated npm audit caching, canonical graph receipts, trusted workflow propagation, and Docker verification for OpenClaw image builds. It updates build contexts, sparse checkouts, provenance documentation, and automated coverage.

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Reviewed npm audit evidence reuse

Layer / File(s) Summary
Audit cache and provenance
.github/actions/ci-reviewed-npm-audit/action.yaml, scripts/lib/reviewed-npm-audit.mts, test/automation/releases/reviewed-npm-audit.test.ts
The audit action restores and conditionally saves half-day cache buckets. Cache reads validate identity, freshness, file safety, and registry fallback behavior.
Receipt creation and verification
scripts/lib/npm-audit-receipt.mts, scripts/audit-reviewed-npm-graph.mts, test/automation/releases/npm-audit-receipt.test.ts, test/automation/releases/reviewed-npm-audit-workflow.test.ts
The receipt module creates canonical receipts and verifies hashes, graph identity, policy inputs, timestamps, and audit results. Graph audits emit protected receipts and raw reports after all graph results pass.
Workflow cache and receipt propagation
.github/actions/*.yaml, .github/workflows/*.yaml, test/inference/managed/managed-image-publication-workflow.test.ts
Workflows configure trusted cache writes, include the receipt helper in sparse checkouts, download same-run OpenClaw evidence, and pass receipt files and hashes to image builds and publication actions.
Docker receipt verification
Dockerfile, Dockerfile.base, src/lib/sandbox/build-context.ts, .github/actions/build-base-image-platform/action.yaml
Docker builds bundle the receipt helper, verify supplied receipt evidence and hashes, and use live auditing when cached evidence is absent.
Validation and provenance coverage
test/security/mcporter-supply-chain.test.ts, test/helpers/fetch-guard-patch-harness.ts, agents/openclaw/dependency-review.md, docs/security/advisory-early-warning.md
Tests validate Docker wiring and command parsing. Documentation records cache and response provenance.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6503e

This change adds validated npm-audit evidence reuse and receipt propagation for image builds while retaining fail-closed live-audit fallback paths. No concrete current-head merge-blocking risk remains.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ReviewedAudit
  participant AuditCache
  participant ReceiptGenerator
  participant ImageWorkflow
  participant DockerBuild
  ReviewedAudit->>AuditCache: restore matching fresh raw audit result
  AuditCache-->>ReviewedAudit: return cached result or trigger live audit
  ReviewedAudit->>ReceiptGenerator: evaluate graph and current policy
  ReceiptGenerator-->>ImageWorkflow: publish receipt and raw report
  ImageWorkflow->>DockerBuild: pass files and receipt hash
  DockerBuild->>DockerBuild: verify receipt inputs and continue build
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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/managed-images.yaml:
- Around line 1837-1841: Update the non-PR OpenClaw build-and-validate flow to
download the reviewed-npm-audit artifact and define the mcporter-audit
preparation step before using its outputs. Extend the
publish-managed-image-digest action to accept and forward secret-files to
docker/build-push-action, preserving the receipt and raw-report secret entries
so the Dockerfile receives same-run audit evidence.

In `@Dockerfile`:
- Around line 988-1005: Move the cached/live mcporter audit block containing
MCPORTER_RECEIPT, MCPORTER_RAW_REPORT, and npm-audit-receipt.mts so it runs
after the USE_REVIEWED_BASE_RUNTIME reuse/install branch. Ensure both reused and
freshly installed runtimes perform the same fail-closed receipt, hash, and audit
validation before continuing.

In `@scripts/audit-reviewed-npm-graph.mts`:
- Around line 957-958: Update emitAuditReceipt and its artifact assembly so the
exact archive package.json and package-lock.json bytes used for hashing are
copied into the uploaded artifact before tempRoot is deleted; preserve the
existing receipt and report, and ensure the verifier can consume these archived
inputs rather than only the mcporter-runtime wiring.

In `@scripts/lib/reviewed-npm-audit.mts`:
- Around line 861-871: Update the cache-input error handling in
runReviewedNpmAudit so the invalid HTTP(S) registry error from
buildAuditCacheInput is treated as a cache miss alongside ENOENT. Continue
rethrowing unrelated npm-version, package-file, and other cache-input failures.

In `@test/automation/releases/reviewed-npm-audit-workflow.test.ts`:
- Around line 146-149: Update the npm stub around the args[0] install/ci
handling so the synthetic package-lock.json is created only for install; when
args[0] is ci and package-lock.json is absent, return a nonzero status instead
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<!-- markdownlint-disable MD041 -->
## Outcome

Trusted pull request audit jobs now restore reviewed npm audit evidence
without triggering redundant install-time advisory requests in CI paths
that already have explicit reviewed audit coverage.

## Reason

PR #11029 landed the cache-aware trusted action, so its PR callers can
now pass cache-directory safely. Ordinary npm installs in the same
reviewed CI paths should not make separate best-effort advisory calls.

### Related issues

Refs #11028

## Changes

- Enable cache-directory for the trusted PR and managed-image
reviewed-audit action callers.
- Disable npm's implicit install-time audit and funding requests in
shared CI dependency installation and reviewed main/PR/managed-image
workflows.
- Update workflow and installer contracts to protect cache input
compatibility and no-audit install arguments.

## Verification

- Contributor validation: Commit hooks and npm run validate:pr passed.
- Tests: Focused integration and E2E-support workflow tests: 130 passed.
npm run typecheck:cli passed after npm run build:cli. npm run
validate:pr passed.
- Broad gate: npm run validate:pr passed.
- Secrets review: The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials

---

Signed-off-by: Carlos Villela <cvillela@nvidia.com>


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Chores**
* Updated automated dependency installation to skip npm audit checks and
funding notices.
  * Added a temporary cache location for reviewed npm audit jobs.
* **Tests**
* Updated workflow validation to verify the revised dependency
installation and audit-cache settings.

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Signed-off-by: Carlos Villela <cvillela@nvidia.com>
@wscurran wscurran added the chore Build, CI, dependency, or tooling maintenance label Sep 8, 2026
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