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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { patchStagedDockerfile } from "../dist/lib/onboard/dockerfile-patch";
+import { buildConfig } from "../scripts/generate-openclaw-config.mts";
+
+const tmpRoots: string[] = [];
+
+function dockerfileWith(content: string): string {
+  const dir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "nemoclaw-ollama-config-test-"));
+  tmpRoots.push(dir);
+  const file = path.join(dir, "Dockerfile");
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, content, "utf-8");
+  return file;
+}
+
+function readDockerArgs(dockerfilePath: string): Record<string, string> {
+  const args: Record<string, string> = {};
+  for (const line of fs.readFileSync(dockerfilePath, "utf-8").split("\n")) {
+    const match = line.match(/^ARG ([A-Z0-9_]+)=(.*)$/);
+    if (match) {
+      args[match[1]] = match[2];
+    }
+  }
+  return args;
+}
+
+function decodeCompat(args: Record<string, string>): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const compatB64 = args.NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_COMPAT_B64;
+  assert.ok(compatB64, "expected NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_COMPAT_B64 to be patched");
+  return JSON.parse(Buffer.from(compatB64, "base64").toString("utf-8"));
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const dir of tmpRoots.splice(0)) {
+    fs.rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
+describe("ollama-local OpenClaw config propagation", () => {
+  it("propagates streaming usage compat through the managed inference route", () => {
+    const dockerfilePath = dockerfileWith(
+      [
+        "ARG NEMOCLAW_MODEL=old",
+        "ARG NEMOCLAW_PROVIDER_KEY=old",
+        "ARG NEMOCLAW_PRIMARY_MODEL_REF=old",
+        "ARG CHAT_UI_URL=old",
+        "ARG NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_BASE_URL=old",
+        "ARG NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_API=old",
+        "ARG NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_COMPAT_B64=old",
+        "ARG NEMOCLAW_BUILD_ID=old",
+        "ARG NEMOCLAW_DARWIN_VM_COMPAT=0",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    );
+
+    patchStagedDockerfile(
+      dockerfilePath,
+      "qwen2.5:0.5b",
+      "http://127.0.0.1:18789",
+      "build-ollama-local",
+      "ollama-local",
+    );
+
+    const dockerArgs = readDockerArgs(dockerfilePath);
+    expect(dockerArgs).toMatchObject({
+      NEMOCLAW_MODEL: "qwen2.5:0.5b",
+      NEMOCLAW_PROVIDER_KEY: "inference",
+      NEMOCLAW_PRIMARY_MODEL_REF: "inference/qwen2.5:0.5b",
+      NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_BASE_URL: "https://inference.local/v1",
+      NEMOCLAW_INFERENCE_API: "openai-completions",
+    });
+    expect(decodeCompat(dockerArgs)).toEqual({ supportsUsageInStreaming: true });
+
+    const config = buildConfig({
+      ...dockerArgs,
+      NEMOCLAW_CONTEXT_WINDOW: "131072",
+      NEMOCLAW_MAX_TOKENS: "4096",
+      NEMOCLAW_REASONING: "false",
+      NEMOCLAW_AGENT_TIMEOUT: "600",
+      NEMOCLAW_PROXY_HOST: "10.200.0.1",
+      NEMOCLAW_PROXY_PORT: "3128",
+    });
+
+    expect(Object.keys(config.models.providers)).toEqual(["inference"]);
+    expect(config.models.providers.inference.models[0]).toMatchObject({
+      id: "qwen2.5:0.5b",
+      name: "inference/qwen2.5:0.5b",
+      compat: { supportsUsageInStreaming: true },
+    });
+    expect(config.agents.defaults.model.primary).toBe("inference/qwen2.5:0.5b");
+  });
+});