fix(sandbox): report clean Stopped phase without failure layer for stopped sandboxes (#11025) - #11091
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start.ts can leave stopped: true in the registry when the sandbox starts but inference validation fails, causing subsequent status runs to misclassify a running sandbox as intentionally stopped and suppress useful diagnostics.
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This PR adjusts NemoClaw’s sandbox status pipeline to treat operator-initiated stops (nemoclaw <name> stop) as an intentional Stopped state (not a failure), by persisting a stopped flag in the local sandbox registry and using it to suppress stopped-container failure classification and dead-container probes.
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- Add
stopped?: booleantoSandboxEntry, set it totrueon successful stop and back tofalseon start. - Update status preflight/snapshot/text/rendering to (a) clear
sandbox_container_stoppedas a failure layer for intentionally stopped sandboxes, (b) suppress inference/version/process probes, and (c) renderPhase: Stopped(including rewriting OpenShell’sPhase: Provisioningoutput). - Add/extend CLI + unit tests validating clean Stopped output and registry updates.
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| File | Description |
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| test/cli/sandbox-status-text.test.ts | Adds an integration regression covering Phase: Stopped, exit code 0, and --json failureLayer: null. |
| src/lib/state/registry/types.ts | Adds stopped?: boolean to the persisted sandbox registry shape. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/stop.ts | Records stopped: true after a successful stop lifecycle outcome. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/stop.test.ts | Verifies stop records stopped: true only when stop succeeds. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/start.ts | Records stopped: false on successful start/recovery (see review comment about an incomplete path). |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/start.test.ts | Verifies start records stopped: false on success. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-preflight.ts | Clears sandbox_container_stopped failure for intentionally stopped sandboxes; suppresses inference probe when stopped. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/status.test.ts | Verifies preflight classifier returns null for intentionally stopped sandboxes. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/status.ts | Computes phase: "Stopped" when registry says stopped and the runtime is not running. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot.ts | Mirrors phase: "Stopped" logic in the snapshot/JSON report path. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-text.ts | Avoids runtime version probe and agent process status output when intentionally stopped. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-lookup-rendering.ts | Rewrites OpenShell output to Phase: Stopped and prints clean stopped guidance without rebuild suggestions. |
| src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-lookup-rendering.test.ts | Verifies Phase: Stopped and stopped guidance rendering. |
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| if (readiness.inference && !readiness.inference.ok) { | ||
| log(` The sandbox started but inference is not usable: ${readiness.inference.detail}.`); | ||
| log(` Run the sandbox doctor command for '${sandboxName}' to identify the failing hop.`); | ||
| return { exitCode: 1 }; | ||
| } |
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…opped sandboxes When a user explicitly stops a sandbox via `nemoclaw stop`, the container is stopped intentionally. However, `sandbox status` classified any stopped container as a failure layer (`sandbox_container_stopped`) with exit code 1, rendered OpenShell's raw `Phase: Provisioning`, and prompted the user with recovery or rebuild guidance. Track intentional sandbox stop state in the registry (`stopped: true` on stop, `stopped: false` on start). When a sandbox is intentionally stopped: - Clear the `sandbox_container_stopped` failure layer in preflight checks and set exit code 0. - Suppress inference and version probes against the dead container. - Render `Phase: Stopped` in lookup output instead of raw `Provisioning`. - Print clean stopped guidance and skip misleading rebuild / gateway recovery hints. Fixes NVIDIA#11025. Signed-off-by: Ho Lim <subhoya@gmail.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change persists intentional sandbox stops in the registry. Lifecycle actions clear or set this state. Status paths now report stopped sandboxes consistently and suppress stopped-runtime failures and probes. ChangesSandbox stop-state handling
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The stopped-state reporting behavior is not yet merge-ready: status can still contact inference providers for intentionally stopped sandboxes, and successful rebuild or recovery can leave the registry incorrectly marked stopped when its update is rejected. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/start.test.ts`:
- Line 256: Update the start and stop action tests to verify lifecycle state
through the public status boundary backed by registry.getSandbox(...).stopped
instead of asserting the no-op h.updateSandbox mock. Cover both start cases, a
successful stop, and confirm the registry remains unchanged when stop fails.
In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/start.ts`:
- Line 246: Update the successful completion paths of rebuildSandbox and
recoverSandboxWithHermesCronRestore to persist stopped: false through the
existing sandbox update mechanism, matching startSandbox’s behavior. Preserve
partial-update semantics and add regression coverage confirming a previously
stopped sandbox is cleared after each successful operation.
In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-text.ts`:
- Line 373: Update collectSandboxStatusSnapshot’s terminal runtime-health probe
condition to require the sandbox is not stopped by adding the equivalent of
!context.sb?.stopped alongside the existing lookup-state check. Preserve the
current early-return behavior and avoid limiting the change to
printTerminalHarness rendering.
In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/stop.ts`:
- Line 314: Update the stop flow around updateSandbox so exceptions from the
injected or registry updater are caught after the container stops, returning the
existing retryable result while still allowing cleanup or reconciliation to run.
Ensure the stopped state is persisted when the updater succeeds, and add a
regression test covering a throwing updateSandbox dependency.
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…probes (NVIDIA#11025) - Catch updateSandbox exceptions after container stop in stopSandbox to preserve cleanup while returning a retryable error. - Persist stopped: false upon successful completion of rebuildSandbox and recoverSandboxWithHermesCronRestore. - Gate terminal runtime health probing in collectSandboxStatusSnapshot on !sb?.stopped to avoid spurious degradation. - Update start, stop, rebuild, and recovery tests to assert persisted registry state through the public status boundary. Signed-off-by: Ho Lim <subhoya@gmail.com>
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src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-inference.test.ts (1)
128-144: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winCover the full stopped-probe contract.
This test checks only
terminalRuntimeHealthandprobeTerminalRuntimeHealth. It does not assert thatsnapshot.inferenceHealthis null or that provider, route, and invocation probes are not called. Add those assertions so the test fails if a stopped snapshot still performs inference probes.As per path instructions, tests must verify observable behavior through the public boundary rather than only a mock-call contract.
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In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/rebuild-pipeline.ts`:
- Line 841: Handle the false result from registry.updateSandbox at all three
call sites: src/lib/actions/sandbox/rebuild-pipeline.ts:841-841 and
src/lib/actions/sandbox/runtime/hermes-cron-restore-recovery.ts:27-27 and 38-38.
Stop or report the incomplete lifecycle transition when the sandbox entry is
missing, rather than continuing as though stopped: false was recorded.
In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot.ts`:
- Line 693: Update collectSandboxStatusSnapshot so a stopped registry entry
suppresses all remote inference probes, including provider health and
inference.local route/invocation probes, not only probeTerminalRuntimeHealth.
Derive suppression from the effective stopped state when opts.preflight and
suppressInferenceProbe are absent, while preserving normal probing for running
sandboxes.
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In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-inference.test.ts`:
- Around line 128-144: Add assertions to the stopped-sandbox test around
collectSandboxStatusSnapshot so snapshot.inferenceHealth is null and provider,
route, and invocation inference probes are not called, while retaining the
terminalRuntimeHealth assertions. Verify the stopped behavior through the
returned public snapshot as well as the probe side effects exposed by the
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| } | ||
| retireRemovedImmutabilityStateRecord(sandboxName, "mutable-rebuild"); | ||
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| registry.updateSandbox(sandboxName, { stopped: false }); |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
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Handle missing registry entries before completing lifecycle transitions.
registry.updateSandbox returns false when the sandbox entry is absent. These calls ignore that result, so rebuild cleanup or Hermes recovery can continue without recording stopped: false. Check the result and stop or report an incomplete transition at all three call sites.
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result from registry.updateSandbox at all three call sites:
src/lib/actions/sandbox/rebuild-pipeline.ts:841-841 and
src/lib/actions/sandbox/runtime/hermes-cron-restore-recovery.ts:27-27 and 38-38.
Stop or report the incomplete lifecycle transition when the sandbox entry is
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| const statusAgent = resolveSandboxStatusAgent(sb?.agent || "openclaw"); | ||
| const terminalRuntimeHealth = | ||
| lookup.state === "present" && statusAgent.agentRuntime === "terminal" | ||
| lookup.state === "present" && !sb?.stopped && statusAgent.agentRuntime === "terminal" |
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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Suppress inference probes for stopped snapshots.
This guard skips only probeTerminalRuntimeHealth. When collectSandboxStatusSnapshot receives a stopped registry entry without opts.preflight or suppressInferenceProbe, it still runs provider health and inference.local route and invocation probes later in the same function.
The snapshot function is exported, and the stopped-state test calls it without preflight. Derive probe suppression from the effective stopped state, or make the preflight requirement explicit. A stopped sandbox must not trigger remote inference probes.
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In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-snapshot.ts` at line 693, Update
collectSandboxStatusSnapshot so a stopped registry entry suppresses all remote
inference probes, including provider health and inference.local route/invocation
probes, not only probeTerminalRuntimeHealth. Derive suppression from the
effective stopped state when opts.preflight and suppressInferenceProbe are
absent, while preserving normal probing for running sandboxes.
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Description
When an operator stops a sandbox using
nemoclaw stop, the container stoppage is intentional. However,nemoclaw <name> statuspreviously treated any stopped container as an unexpected outage:Failure layer: sandbox_container_stopped — sandbox container exists but is not runningand setexitCode = 1.Phase: Provisioning(which OpenShell reports for stopped sandbox records).Changes
stopped?: booleanproperty toSandboxEntry.stopped: truein the sandbox registry upon successful stop.stopped: falsein the sandbox registry upon successful start/recovery.status-preflight.ts): Whensb.stopped === true, clear thesandbox_container_stoppedfailure layer, suppress inference probes against the dead container, and setexitCode = 0.status.ts&status-snapshot.ts): Computephase: "Stopped"whensb.stopped && !dockerRuntime?.running.status-lookup-rendering.ts): Whenphase === "Stopped", replace OpenShell's rawPhase: ProvisioningwithPhase: Stopped, print clean guidance (Sandbox '<name>' is stopped. Workspace state is preserved. Start it again with 'nemoclaw <name> start'), and avoid suggesting rebuilds.status-text.ts): Avoid probing runtime version or printing gateway dead warnings for intentionally stopped sandboxes.Fixes #11025.
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test/cli/sandbox-status-text.test.ts: Added CLI regression test verifyingnemoclaw alpha statusexits with code 0, containsPhase: Stopped, does not containFailure layer:, and--jsonoutputs"phase": "Stopped"with"failureLayer": null. (All 9 tests pass).src/lib/actions/sandbox/stop.test.ts: Added unit test verifyingupdateSandboxrecordsstopped: trueon successful stop and does not record when stop fails. (All 53 tests pass).src/lib/actions/sandbox/start.test.ts: Added unit test verifyingupdateSandboxrecordsstopped: falseon successful start. (All 40 tests pass).src/lib/actions/sandbox/status.test.ts: Added unit test verifying preflight classifier returnsnullfor intentionally stopped sandboxes. (All 26 tests pass).src/lib/actions/sandbox/status-lookup-rendering.test.ts: Added unit test verifyingPhase: Stoppedand clean stopped guidance are rendered. (All 7 tests pass).test/automation/pull-requests/growth-guardrails.test.ts: Passed (45/45 tests, all modified test files strictly under 1500 lines).Summary by CodeRabbit