refactor(sandbox): normalize native diagnostics and shell profiles by ericksoa · Pull Request #11268 · NVIDIA/NemoClaw

ericksoa · 2026-09-09T03:06:16Z

Outcome

Native Hermes diagnostics run from ordinary sandbox shells. OpenClaw, Hermes, DeepAgents, and Pi personal shell files remain agent-owned and editable through startup and supported recovery operations.

Reason

Legacy profile locks and repeated rewrites obstruct normal agent maintenance. Trusted startup and runtime environment setup already have dedicated system-owned boundaries.

Related issues

Closes #11256. Part of #11255.

Changes

Delete shared profile locking, the legacy profile-rewriting helper, the orphaned shell security library, and their obsolete wiring and tests.
Remove Hermes doctor interception and Pi/DeepAgents personal-profile attestation. Seed agent-owned personal files in base and final images.
Move the existing DeepAgents managed-probe login behavior into a system-owned hook; use non-login shells for two privileged probes.
Preserve OpenShell containment, trusted runtime environment files, Pi workspace protection, credential custody, shared-state permissions, and recovery handling.
Update existing native diagnostic, completion, profile-use, startup/recovery and privilege-boundary checks. Pi's existing security probe now detects privileged execution of a personal profile; its rebuild still preserves only declared agent state.
Respect provider-owned host readiness in the existing Docker reuse component. Installer tests remove only the gateway service they created, through the existing cleanup mechanism.
Let focused PR target runs use authenticated PR images without waiting for unused main base images. Full runs and protected image-build selections retain their base prerequisite.
Update the two affected guides, explain that existing sandboxes need rebuilding to receive image changes, and preserve the existing DeepAgents section anchor.

Runtime code: 46 lines added, 464 removed — 418 fewer lines. No new dependencies, runtime registries, persistent markers, or compatibility modes. No live assertion budget increase.

Verification

Focused implementation suites: 770 passed; four existing Linux-only skips on macOS. Subsequent provisioning/calibration/growth suites: 114 passed; runtime ownership suites: 68 passed; lifecycle/growth suites: 76 passed.
Workflow/planner/PR-image catalog suites: 248 passed. Subsequent workflow boundaries: 143 passed. Pi candidate/lifecycle tests: 15 passed.
Windows Ollama tests: all 26 passed normally and with CI-style V8 coverage; the pure string-builder test imports its dependency before the timed assertion instead of using an unnecessary mock wrapper. Test deadlines are unchanged.
Hermes resume reconciliation: all 25 owning-file tests passed with Docker deliberately unavailable. Replacing the obsolete bridge mock with the current runtime-health binder removes the unintended real preflight; the focused case failed before the replacement and passed afterward, with all assertions and deadlines unchanged.
N1x provider-menu tests: 10 passed. The failing rejection test now mocks its existing hardware-discovery dependency; assertions and timeout are unchanged.
Conflict-resolution tests: remote-dashboard contract 4 passed; provisioning/build-context tests 15 passed with two existing Linux-only skips.
Documentation build passed with zero errors and five unchanged warnings.
npm run validate:pr passed on 7fc576c0702b1a5dd4752a98ea5414cacfd24b59 without exceptions, including Pi receipt validation. Live assertion budgets remain unchanged.
All seven native Docker/Podman cases passed on 153b30a258530a00244a4b139df3c3aa36603af3, attempt 1, with no retries: qualification run. This includes Pi's explicit privileged-profile negative check. Production and all seven live E2E suites, fixtures, and controller inputs are unchanged by the subsequent test-fixture cleanups and one-line documentation clarification. Raw native doctor findings remain visible.
PR image qualification passed all 11 applicable jobs on ed7e880b7bff8a295c27a195833c7aa2bfc10cd1: image build and qualification. Current-commit CI, security, CodeRabbit, and all nine Advisor executions completed successfully; all nine reports were read. The verified native results above cover the unchanged runtime and live-test inputs. Image qualification uses the unchanged image inputs from ed7e880b7bff8a295c27a195833c7aa2bfc10cd1; the subsequent follow-ups change only test-fixture setup and documentation. Pi's separate receipt pair retains its unchanged 25 image inputs.
The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials.

Review notes

Repository: NVIDIA/NemoClaw. Candidate: 7fc576c0702b1a5dd4752a98ea5414cacfd24b59. Integrated main: 564a9a37d8a36b1b3d815dd6eb410a2fbd6f85b9.

Independent review covered changed image/startup boundaries, privileged callers, profile ownership, cleanup, tests, and documentation. Current-head CI passed all 12 shards and aggregates; security scans found no new findings, CodeRabbit completed with no new actionable comment, and all nine Advisor reports were read. Seven specialist reports request no change. Documentation's proposed source-relative link is incorrect for the published routes; the existing link passes the route validator and docs CI. Delivery repeats an excluded request to expand explicit-job image selection beyond the supported typed-target path changed here. No additional repair is required.

Three inherited CI fixture defects were repaired in their existing tests: N1x hardware discovery is mocked in its rejection fixture, the Windows pure command-builder assertion imports its dependency before the timed test, and the Hermes resume fixture replaces the obsolete bridge mock with the current runtime-health binder. The last repair replaces four lines with four lines and passes with Docker deliberately unavailable. Assertions and deadlines are unchanged. Verified source parity retains the seven-case native evidence and qualified PR image catalog above; no new native run for these test-fixture and documentation-only follow-ups is claimed.

The suggestion to change ordinary personal-profile defaults from 0644 to 0600 remains advisory: the prior 0444 files were already readable, and this change adds only owner write. Agents may choose 0600 without startup reversing their choice. Provider secrets remain outside the sandbox. The repeated proposal for additional mandatory Hermes/Pi system hooks would add scope and remains excluded.

Editable startup defaults remain because Hermes uses its lazy-install target and DCode uses its sandbox-name setting. Trusted startup does not read personal shell files. OpenClaw shared-state mode normalization remains owned by #11257.

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This PR removes legacy shell-environment cleanup and profile locking. Sandbox profiles become agent-owned and writable. DCode uses a system profile hook. Runtime, diagnostic, recovery, qualification, and E2E workflow checks are updated.

Changes

Shell profile normalization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Retire runtime profile hardening `Dockerfile`, `agents/hermes/`, `agents/pi/`, `scripts/lib/`, `scripts/nemoclaw-start.sh`	Personal profiles use `sandbox:sandbox` ownership and mode `644`. Legacy shim removal and RC-file locking are removed.
Move and simplify DCode profile flow `agents/langchain-deepagents-code/`, `test/agents/deepagents/`, `test/support/dcode-start-script-fixture.ts`, `docs/manage-sandboxes/...`	The DCode hook moves to `/etc/profile.d/nemoclaw-dcode.sh`. Managed commands clear startup hooks. Ordinary commands retain their environment.
Update runtime and recovery validation `test/agents/`, `test/e2e/`, `test/runtime/*`	Tests cover native diagnostics, editable profiles, profile persistence, lifecycle cleanup, and removal of legacy cleanup behavior.
Align command contracts and workflow metadata `src/lib/actions/`, `src/lib/tunnel/`, `src/lib/agent/`, `src/lib/onboard/`, `ci/`, `.github/workflows/e2e.yaml`, `tools/e2e/`	Shell probes use `sh -c`. Qualification digests, contract assertions, workflow conditions, and supporting metadata are updated.
Align sandbox source payload permissions `Dockerfile`, `test/runtime/sandbox/sandbox-provisioning-helper-permissions.test.ts`	The runtime payload stages `extra-agents-validation.ts` and validates shared source-directory and TypeScript-file permissions.

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Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7fc57

Personal shell profiles are now editable but remain readable by sandbox-group processes, which could expose credentials or private shell state if a gateway process is compromised. This security boundary should be resolved or explicitly accepted before merge.

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`src/lib/onboard...ght-messages.ts`	82%	72%	-10%
`src/lib/onboard...ed-lifecycle.ts`	77%	75%	-2%
`src/lib/onboard...-transaction.ts`	70%	69%	-1%
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## Outcome Verified same-user OpenClaw sandboxes retain native `0700/0600` state permissions through startup, native commands, config editing and recovery. Separate-user and unverified layouts retain `2770/0660`. ## Reason Duplicate permission writers reversed native OpenClaw permissions. The existing guard should own the stateless mode decision, while native setup initializes agent state. Image-security tests also need their existing shared module compiled on the host before they can load. ### Related issues Closes #11257. Part of #11255. Independently based on main after #11268. ## Changes - Reuse the guard's process/readiness proof to select private or shared modes. The normalizer imports the root-owned helper; its CLI actions still require root. Marker inspection requests metadata access while retaining path, inode and owner checks. - Remove duplicate shell permission walkers, fixed host-mode verdicts and onboarding overrides. Repair keeps the existing lifecycle lock and pinned container identity. Only conclusive mode mismatches are repairable; ownership, flags, JSON, transaction and recovery refusals remain. - Validate existing configuration before native `openclaw setup --baseline`, refresh its hash, and propagate normalizer failures. Preserve managed Docker/Podman behavior and upstream-secret custody. - Consolidate duplicated test fixtures and keep classification coverage with its existing owner. Retain journal replay, ownership, native doctor and first-start gateway identity coverage; correct the existing documentation. - Prepare image-test host prerequisites once: the shared install step calls the existing `build:policy-boundary`, and OpenClaw security reuses that step. This fixes the missing `sandbox-name.cjs` import in OpenClaw, Hermes and runtime-override suites without changing their test bodies or cleanup. Production remains **nine lines smaller** than main. Conflict resolution introduces no additional runtime behavior. ## Verification Current candidate: `9f6dd6b79e8ee4c5d1113fd1dc71d7d833ef0712`. It merges main through `915f34957c6b190603562541f8a6c33dc238837c` to resolve the full-E2E formatting conflict. Independent syntax comparisons confirm the original PR test logic is preserved, including the automatically merged overlaps and three tests formatted under main's new rule. No runtime behavior was added by the resolution. Conflict-resolution checks: CLI and plugin builds passed; 185 focused tests passed with four existing skips; all 1,800 live assertions remain; formatting and independent source-preservation review passed. Canonical `npm run validate:pr` passed in an isolated validation of this candidate merged with main `ea68ea444a9f7e27455961ca0412258d47dca489`, using unchanged trusted validators and fresh dependencies. Core CI passed. Two managed-image MCP checks remain failed during public-tunnel setup; the remaining review and merge gates still apply. One-off local compatibility validation passed for `9f6dd6b` on Linux ARM64/Colima Docker 29.2.1, OpenShell 0.0.106 and Node 22.23.2. The baseline CLI and retained managed image came from `915f349` ([qualified prior publication](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/34471439130)). All 23 comparison commands had their expected outcomes: doctor/fix, native doctor fix, exec exit statuses, config editing, gateway restart/recovery and completed gateway-backed agent turns. The container, ARM64 image `sha256:9838c60b465aa9647b5072b15ddf268d91263ffc0b26836aa18f173dc2c542bf`, and packaged helpers remained unchanged. The old image retained 2770/0660 modes; workspace/session data and routing/auth settings were preserved. Native doctor made its own plugin/skills/wizard metadata updates. Synthetic upstream credentials were absent from the checked sandbox environment and managed configuration files. Cleanup removed all test resources and private credentials while preserving the user's existing container. No permanent test or source change was added. This is local Docker/ARM64 evidence, not Podman or full GitHub E2E qualification. The following qualification evidence applies to the preceding candidate `123ed3c80efd13d29b3dde53863f60fdf56c2fb7`; it is not presented as a run of the merge commit. - [Native Docker/Podman E2E](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/34441172212), attempt 1: both runtimes passed all seven phases and four cleanup actions each. All six selected state-integrity doctor reports had zero findings, including first startup before repair. Native doctor fix, native config 119, host edit to 120, restart/recovery, identity checks, inference, interactive launches, personal profiles and retained security controls passed. The authenticated receipt binds the exact candidate, base and trusted controller. Native tests explicitly reused qualified c0c9c46 images; all runtime/image inputs are unchanged between `c0c9c46` and `123ed3c`. - [Packaged image contracts](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/34441197506), attempt 1: all seven active jobs passed; optional arm64 was not selected. OpenClaw security and glibc tests passed, including shared-user gateway writes, root recovery, protected-file refusals, volume removal and final labeled-resource absence checks. Hermes's secret-boundary and six root-entrypoint tests passed, as did runtime overrides. The same-run image archive and test-image identity were verified. - [Fresh managed-image qualification](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/34440929489), attempt 1: all-agent activation passed all 12 phases and nine cleanup checks. OpenClaw, Hermes and Deep Agents Code each completed agent turns before and after gateway restart while preserving durable state. Both MCP discovery passes passed all five phases and ten cleanup checks, including denied-auth cases. These newly built images form cohort `ghrun-34440929489-1`; contracts and retained evidence archives were authenticated. This is separate from the earlier image cohort reused by native E2E. - [Core CI](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/34440929557), attempt 1: all twelve test shards, typechecking, coverage aggregation and the final gate passed. The existing main #11356 typecheck heap fix remains in use. - Canonical `npm run validate:pr` passed against main `f1a5bc1031babb1d7ed15baa8fa2a6a53c76b6df` in isolated validation merge `0fd9045bfc211cecf06b69ba84ae0095b698ad3c`, with a clean tree. The reviewed image workflow was YAML data for unchanged validators. - The missing host-module failure was reproduced before compilation on both candidate and exact base. The existing compiler fixed collection of all nine affected test definitions; the remote results above confirm the actual tests now execute successfully. - `npm run docs`, generated agent variants and all 69 guarded routes passed. Five existing Fern warnings outside the corrected passage remain. Broad native doctor remains separately recorded: exit 1 with 34 warnings per runtime, comprising 30 skill-dependency warnings and four generic security messages concerning the inference placeholder and sandbox-local gateway token. The selected state-integrity checks are clean. No exhaustive live secret scan is claimed. The diff contains no secrets, API keys or credentials. Prior failed CI, image and image-contract attempts remain preserved. The earlier c0 activation failure was followed by one targeted activation-only rerun using unchanged images; its underlying pre-readiness cause remains unclassified. The native, shared-image and fresh image qualification runs listed above passed on their first attempt for the preceding candidate. ## Review notes NVIDIA/NemoClaw sensitive paths include `scripts/`, `src/lib/sandbox/`, `src/lib/onboard/` and the image workflow. All nine c0c9c46 Advisor artifacts and paginated PR feedback were collected. The stale documentation finding is fixed here; the root-marker and nested-warning claims were rechecked against their existing source owners and excluded. The unbounded config-sync request remains an advisory observation: no hang or connection to the observed image-test failure was demonstrated, so this repair adds no timeout policy. The setup repair has independent before/after collection evidence and root review; the one-line documentation deletion has documentation validation and root review. CodeRabbit completed an actual review of `123ed3c` with no new inline findings. All nine applicable Advisor artifacts were reverified, and all six review threads remain resolved. A later self-hosted security job collected zero tests because of an inherited missing host-module prerequisite; that separate workflow defect is preserved and is not part of this conflict repair. CI and review for `9f6dd6b` must settle before merge. The PR remains ready for review and unmerged; no admin bypass is requested. --- Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>  ## Summary by CodeRabbit - **New Features** - Verified same-user launches now use private OpenClaw configuration permissions (`0700/0600`); separate or unverified identities retain shared access (`2770/0660`). - Startup, recovery, synchronization, and permission repair consistently apply the selected security layout. - Added stronger validation for ownership, directory permissions, immutable flags, and configuration integrity. - **Bug Fixes** - Permission cleanup now fails safely when posture cannot be verified or repaired. - Configuration synchronization rejects symlinked state paths and surfaces permission errors. - Doctor reports clearer warnings for unsupported or unverifiable sandbox permission checks. - **Documentation** - Updated security, troubleshooting, command, and filesystem guidance to describe permission behavior and recovery requirements.  --------- Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com> Co-authored-by: Rebecca Sliter <571084+rsliter@users.noreply.github.com>

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