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This is the first architecture slice toward #11547. PR #11552 already fixed the then-current EXDEV forward-ownership regression, and the target passed on main after that merge. This pull request does not claim another current test failure.

The seven declared behavior phases remain, followed by framework cleanup. The live target still proves distinct filesystems, real openclaw plugins install --force, restart persistence, recreation with the v2 fixture image, restored inference, and complete cleanup. It retains exact listener ownership, targeted termination, and bounded port release because the first candidate run proved that precondition is required for recreation.

Against post-#11552 main, the target falls from 658 to 585 lines and its target-specific live surface falls from 1,202 to 1,140 lines. That surface includes the live target, fixture builder, component helper, and JSON parser. Direct expect calls remain at 9, direct assertion points fall from 17 to 16, transitive assertion points fall from 32 to 25, companions fall from three to two, and generated probe blocks fall from three to zero. This is a coupling reduction, not a runtime or total-code-volume claim.

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The target was already green after #11552. It still depended on hidden command interception and generated probes that made a live lifecycle responsible for deterministic command shape, parsing, validation, and cleanup behavior. Moving those conditions into focused support tests reduces future false-failure surface without weakening the retained real Docker, OpenShell, filesystem, process, and sandbox outcomes.

The final cleanup also removes an unsupported preinstall openshell gateway stop -g nemoclaw hook inherited from an older version-switch lane. It was skipped on the intended fresh runner and protected no EXDEV outcome. Installer and generic lifecycle coverage now own gateway user-service shutdown under #11526.

Related issues

Refs #11547.

Follow-up to #11552, which fixed the then-current forward-ownership failure. This pull request intentionally leaves #11547 open for later slices.

Changes

  • Replace sandbox-create interception and tmpfs rewriting with a stable read-only host mount. Focused support tests protect immutable image-ID validation, extraction safety, mount construction, recreation command shape, and cleanup ordering.
  • Use canonical OpenShell CLI, gateway, and sandbox components throughout the lifecycle. The EXDEV and MCP fixtures consume one deterministic component-composition helper protected by the exact-main driver configuration suite.
  • Retain the proven fail-closed recreation precondition: verify the restarted listener's executable and full command line, terminate only that PID, and require port 18789 to release. Fast tests own the matching and termination mechanics.
  • Remove the stale unsupported gateway-stop hook, generated probes, and incidental terminal assertions. Route fixture and helper changes to the focused EXDEV job, update mock parity ownership, lower the assertion census, and document the remaining live boundary.

Verification

  • NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 npm run validate:pr passed on exact head aca9a8ce857e91a9de21d65f6bfe320c5ca1fd4d.
  • Focused E2E-support suites passed 37 tests after the final executable change.
  • npm run e2e:assertions:check passed with 1,791 direct expect calls across 85 live test files and the reduced [9,16,9,25,0] target budget.
  • Focused live workflow 34657185865 passed first attempt on executable commit bd5a03244a8ed0d713f2b2d645eab481eeede547. The EXDEV target proved different devices (26 and 49), all five retained lifecycle assertions, all eight phases, and all ten cleanup operations. Final head aca9a8ce85 differs only by the metric correction in test/e2e/README.md and the disjoint fix(advisor): retain sandbox entrypoint #11599 Advisor base fix; no executed E2E input changed.
  • PR #11552 focused EXDEV run passed the retained lifecycle before this refactor.
  • First automatic main run after #11552 passed the EXDEV job; unrelated jobs made the overall workflow red.
  • GitHub reports all 18 branch-unique commits, including exact head aca9a8ce85, as verified.
  • The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials.

The first candidate 76a6713f28 focused live run 34645902160 passed image handoff, onboarding, cross-filesystem install, restart persistence, v2 image build, sandbox recreation, state restoration, inference, and all cleanup. It failed when removing listener teardown left port 18789 occupied, recreation selected 18790, and CLI warm-up timed out. No unchanged rerun was requested. Repair commit c7122ab417 restored only the proven ownership, targeted termination, and bounded release sequence.

Two later workflow attempts never executed candidate code. Run 34653551532 rejected a stale trusted workflow SHA after main advanced. Run 34654733404 stopped at the cancelled base-image publication dependency after main advanced again. Neither is EXDEV behavior evidence.

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This changes the sensitive path tools/e2e/workflow-boundary.mts. Independent reviews found no remaining actionable issue. CodeRabbit's valid canonical-path finding was fixed. Its final stale-budget finding was disproved with the exact census, the documentation values were corrected, and the thread was resolved. Exact-head CodeRabbit review completed with no new finding and zero unresolved threads.

Local PR Review Advisor was attempted after each material revision, including after #11599, but the temporary OpenShell gateway refused connections before any specialist ran. The exact-head remote Advisor run 34659855018 also lost the exec relay before all nine specialists could review code and published no specialist artifact. This is inherited Advisor infrastructure, not a candidate finding; repository policy requires a maintainer decision to rerun the full Advisor workflow or defer the PR.

Removing the final listener ownership and termination boundary requires a supported direct ForwardTcp stop or a separately accepted production lifecycle repair under #11547.


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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The EXDEV live test now uses immutable image handoffs and a read-only host mount for cross-filesystem plugin installation. Canonical OpenShell paths, extraction helpers, focused tests, ownership mappings, documentation, and assertion budgets were updated.

Changes

EXDEV lifecycle coverage

Layer / File(s) Summary
Canonical OpenShell component resolution
test/helpers/openshell-components.ts, test/e2e/live/openshell-driver-config-test-wrapper.ts, test/e2e/support/openshell-exact-main-driver-config.test.ts
Adds canonical CLI, gateway, and sandbox path resolution and environment wiring. Focused tests verify sibling executable mapping.
Trusted image handoff and host extraction
test/e2e/live/openclaw-plugin-runtime-exdev-trusted-prebuild.ts, test/e2e/support/openclaw-plugin-runtime-exdev-trusted-prebuild.test.ts
Adds immutable image handoff, host extraction, payload validation, Dockerfile handling, cleanup, and failure-path coverage.
Live EXDEV onboarding and recreation
test/e2e/live/openclaw-plugin-runtime-exdev.test.ts, test/e2e/README.md
Uses the handoff Dockerfile and read-only host mount during onboarding and recreation. Validates device separation and documents lifecycle coverage.
Deterministic ownership and coverage wiring
test/automation/pull-requests/pr-risk-plan.test.ts, test/e2e/mock-parity.json, tools/e2e/workflow-boundary.mts, ci/e2e-assertion-budget.json
Updates OpenShell ownership mappings, mock parity, focused path tests, documentation metrics, and assertion budgets.

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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

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sequenceDiagram
  participant EXDEVTest
  participant Docker
  participant HostMount
  participant OpenShell
  participant Sandbox
  EXDEVTest->>Docker: build and identify immutable plugin image
  EXDEVTest->>HostMount: extract and validate plugin payload
  EXDEVTest->>OpenShell: onboard with handoff Dockerfile and read-only mount
  OpenShell->>Sandbox: install plugin across filesystem boundary
  EXDEVTest->>Sandbox: restart gateway and recreate sandbox
  Sandbox-->>EXDEVTest: return lifecycle results and device evidence
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  • NVIDIA/NemoClaw#10697: Earlier EXDEV lifecycle coverage for plugin installation, restart, recreation, and invocation.

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The overall line coverage in commit aca9a8c in the codex/11547-exdev-li... branch remains at 96%, unchanged from commit 4eaa7c1 in the main branch.

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The overall line coverage in commit aca9a8c in the codex/11547-exdev-li... branch remains at 83%, unchanged from commit 49fea6a in the main branch.

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Please review exact head bd5a03244a8ed0d713f2b2d645eab481eeede547. The final change removes a stale unsupported gateway-stop hook and lowers its assertion budget.

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Please review exact head aca9a8ce857e91a9de21d65f6bfe320c5ca1fd4d. The only candidate change after the passing EXDEV code commit is the README metric correction prompted by the prior review.

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