fix(onboard): retire a messaging channel preset the host no longer configures by laitingsheng · Pull Request #9296 · NVIDIA/NemoClaw

laitingsheng · 2026-08-17T08:09:51Z

Summary

A messaging channel's network egress preset was re-applied on later onboarding runs even after the operator cleared every input the product exposes, because onboarding re-derived "the operator stopped configuring this channel" at each consumer instead of recording it, and one consumer could always miss it. Onboarding now re-reads host inputs on every reuse path, records the removal in the messaging plan that reaches the registry, derives its disabled-channel list from the applied preset list as well as the plans, and names the channel whose egress it dropped.

Related Issue

Fixes #9283

Changes

selectionFromRegistryPlan in src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/sandbox-messaging.ts runs the host-input check on the channel-lifecycle branch as well. A plan last written by add-channel, remove-channel, start-channel, or stop-channel previously returned its recorded selection unchanged, so a channel the host no longer configures stayed selected and detectUnconfiguredMessagingChannels skipped it downstream. Covered by omits a removed host-backed channel from a lifecycle-workflow registry plan and keeps a still-configured channel in a lifecycle-workflow registry plan.
filterUnconfiguredHostChannelsFromSelection in the same file marks the channel inactive and disabled in the returned plan through the new disableChannelsInPlan, instead of filtering only the derived selection. The plan is what reaches the registry and the next run, so recording the removal once replaces rediscovering it at every reader. Covered by records the removal in the plan so a later reader cannot re-enable it, and by the two updated #9109 cases.
handlePoliciesState in src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/policies.ts adds the channels behind the sandbox's applied presets to the candidates it checks. The registry policies list outlives every messaging plan that named the channel, so without this candidate source a sandbox can carry a channel's egress with nothing left able to retire it. Covered by disables a channel whose preset is applied but which no plan still names and leaves a still-configured channel enabled when its preset is applied.
messagingChannelsForPolicyPresets in src/lib/onboard/messaging-policy-presets.ts maps preset names back to their channels for that check, alongside the existing channel-to-preset direction.
filterUnconfiguredHostChannelsFromSelection reports the channel it disabled, so a removal is visible in onboarding output rather than silent.
docs/manage-sandboxes/enable-channels-during-onboarding.mdx documents removing a channel by clearing its host inputs, including the in-sandbox QR pairing exemption.

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Evidence: docs/manage-sandboxes/enable-channels-during-onboarding.mdx. The review returned request-changes. It found that the draft told the reader to clear the stored credential with credentials reset, which takes an OpenShell provider name and does not change what onboarding detects, because a channel token is read from the environment alone. The corrections were dropping that step, quoting the CLI output with its real indentation, introducing the output block with Expected output:, splitting one sentence that carried three instructions, and routing the frontmatter for the new section.
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Signed-off-by: Tinson Lai tinsonl@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added clearer onboarding guidance for stopping channel configuration, including removal behavior, network-policy cleanup, credential handling, and QR-paired channel exceptions.
- Automatically disables messaging channels removed from the active configuration while preserving channels that remain configured.
- Reports disabled channels during onboarding and sandbox lifecycle workflows.
Bug Fixes
- Improved reconciliation of previously applied channel settings with the current messaging plan.
- Preserved valid channel selections when policy presets are applied.
- Ensured removed channels remain disabled across resumed and reused onboarding flows.

…nfigures Onboarding re-derived "the operator stopped configuring this channel" at each consumer instead of recording it, so a channel's network egress preset survived every removal the product exposes. A registry plan last written by a channel lifecycle command reused its selection without re-reading the host; the host check rewrote only the derived selection, never the plan that reaches the registry; and the disabled-channel list came from messaging plans alone, though the applied preset list outlives them. Onboarding now re-reads host inputs on every path, records the removal in the plan, derives disabled channels from the applied presets as well, and names the channel it disabled. Signed-off-by: Tinson Lai <tinsonl@nvidia.com>

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Onboarding now maps applied policy presets to messaging channels and reconciles stale channels. Removed host-configured channels are persisted as inactive and disabled across registry, lifecycle, ready-sandbox, and resume flows. Documentation describes the removal procedure and QR-paired channel exception.

Changes

Messaging channel cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Preset-to-channel mapping `src/lib/onboard/messaging-policy-presets.ts`, `src/lib/onboard/messaging-policy-presets.test.ts`	Adds `messagingChannelsForPolicyPresets` to normalize preset names and return matching messaging channels.
Applied policy reconciliation `src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/policies.ts`, `src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/policies.test.ts`, `src/lib/onboard/policy-selection-application.test.ts`	Records applied policy presets and includes their messaging channels when detecting stale channels. Tests cover disabling an absent channel and preserving a configured channel.
Host-channel plan cleanup `src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/sandbox-messaging.ts`, `src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/sandbox-messaging.test.ts`, `src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/sandbox-ready-messaging.test.ts`	Marks removed host-backed channels inactive, unselected, and disabled. Registry, lifecycle, ready-sandbox, reuse, and resume paths persist the updated plans.
Channel removal documentation `docs/manage-sandboxes/enable-channels-during-onboarding.mdx`	Documents host-input removal, token handling, network-policy cleanup, and QR-paired channel exceptions.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Operator
  participant Onboarding
  participant PolicyReconciliation
  participant MessagingPlan
  Operator->>Onboarding: clear channel inputs and rerun onboarding
  Onboarding->>PolicyReconciliation: provide applied policy presets
  PolicyReconciliation->>MessagingPlan: identify stale messaging channels
  Onboarding->>MessagingPlan: mark removed channels inactive and disabled
  MessagingPlan-->>Operator: persist reconciled plan and notification

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- Around line 96-97: Update the credential-store statement in the onboarding
documentation to say that onboarding uses host inputs to determine whether a
channel remains configured, rather than claiming the environment is the only
token source. Preserve the statement that `nemoclaw credentials reset` does not
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- Around line 245-250: Update the filtering paths around
selectionFromReusablePlan and the returned plan so the filtered result from
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host inputs at docs/manage-sandboxes/enable-channels-during-onboarding.mdx:7: primary classified it as define; the second opinion classified it as justified.
token-based channel at docs/manage-sandboxes/enable-channels-during-onboarding.mdx:28: selected only by the second-opinion lane as established.
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channels-add-remove: The completed second-opinion lane identified E2E coverage that the primary lane omitted.
channels-stop-start: The completed second-opinion lane identified E2E coverage that the primary lane omitted.
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define — host inputs at docs/manage-sandboxes/enable-channels-during-onboarding.mdx:7: Define host inputs at first use as the host environment variables that configure a messaging channel.
established — host-backed channel at src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/sandbox-messaging.test.ts:432: Keep host-backed channel for channels configured from host inputs.
established — QR-paired channel at docs/manage-sandboxes/enable-channels-during-onboarding.mdx:99: Keep QR-paired channel for the documented exemption.
established — Ready sandbox at src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/sandbox-ready-messaging.test.ts:23: Keep Ready sandbox with the existing lifecycle-state capitalization.

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The fix is durable: it disables the retired host-backed channel in the persisted plan, stages that plan for Ready-sandbox reuse, derives orphaned channels from applied presets, and preserves QR-paired channels where the host has no authoritative input. The tests cover plan persistence, policy retirement, applied-preset recovery, configured-channel preservation, and Ready-sandbox reuse. This is the complete candidate for #9283.

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…9325)  ## Summary A readiness collection stamped its start time, so a probe slower than the 30-second reuse window aged out the facts it had just gathered, and no retry could succeed. Rebuild then had no working path at all: a running gateway failed the readiness gate, and a stopped gateway failed the route check, because a gateway that could not answer was treated as a route mismatch. The window now starts when collection finishes, the preflight checkpoints collect gateway facts again instead of rescoring an old snapshot, and only a genuine provider or model mismatch stops a rebuild. ## Related Issue Fixes #9310 ## Changes - Measure the host and gateway reuse window from collection completion. `collectGatewayObservations` and `collectHostObservations` record `completedAt`, and `projectGatewayReadiness` and `projectHostReadiness` measure age from it. An observation set held past the window while another collection runs is still rejected. - Replace `refreshGatewayReadinessProjection` with a real collection at both preflight checkpoints in `runReadinessGatedRuntimePreflight`. The removed function rescored the original snapshot against a newer clock, so it could only ever downgrade a projection and never re-observe. This costs two extra gateway collections per onboarding or rebuild run. - Separate a gateway that cannot answer the route query from one that answers with another provider and model. `readInferenceRouteState` returns `matched`, `mismatched`, or `unanswered`, and `preflightAuthoritativeRebuildTarget` stops only on `mismatched`. An unanswerable gateway defers to authoritative onboarding, which configures and verifies the recorded route before it recreates the sandbox. - Remove the `reusable` snapshot flag from both collectors. No collector ever set it to `true`, so the staleness guard that read it was unconditional and its exemption was unreachable. Removing it changes no behavior. - Record the measured age and the applied window on `host.probe.stale` and `gateway.probe.stale`, and the gateway collection duration as `collectionMs` on `gateway.owner`. The previous report stated only that the window was exceeded, which left the reported failure undiagnosable. - Add `src/lib/readiness/observation-age.ts`. Its current consumers are `src/lib/readiness/gateway.ts` and `src/lib/readiness/host.ts`, which applied the same window rule and emitted the same evidence separately. `src/lib/readiness/gateway.test.ts`, `src/lib/readiness/host.test.ts`, and `src/lib/readiness/system.test.ts` protect the shared behavior. - Synchronize the branch with current `main` and pass the messaging dependency object through recorded-channel reuse. This fixes the TypeScript failure from the merged #9296 interaction; the affected messaging tests protect the dependency contract. - Retain raw host and gateway snapshots through runtime admission, project both against one final clock, recollect host facts that age out during gateway collection, and fail closed if the paired gateway facts then age out. The readiness-gated preflight tests cover both outcomes. This reverses the slow-collection rejection introduced by #8738, which closed #7411. That issue converges onboarding, gateway diagnostics, and doctor on shared readiness checks; it requires revalidating non-resume-safe facts before effects, and does not require rejecting a collection for its own duration. Both of that issue's freshness requirements still hold. One property does change: a collection whose probes span longer than the window carries that much skew between its first and last fact, and no longer stops the run. `collectionMs` reports that duration instead. ## Type of Change - [ ] Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor) - [x] Code change with doc updates - [ ] Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications) - [ ] Doc only (includes code sample changes) ## Quality Gates - [x] Tests added or updated for changed behavior - [ ] Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification: - [ ] Tests not applicable — justification: - [x] Docs updated for user-facing behavior changes - [ ] Docs not applicable — justification: - [x] Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging) - [ ] Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification: - [ ] Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check name, approval link, and follow-up issue: ## DGX Station Hardware Evidence - [ ] Tested on DGX Station - Tested commit: - Station profile/scenario: - Result: - Supporting evidence: ## Verification - [x] PR description includes a `Signed-off-by:` line and every commit appears as `Verified` in GitHub - [x] Normal `pre-commit`, `commit-msg`, and `pre-push` hooks passed, or `npm run validate:pr` passed after refreshing `origin/main` when hooks were skipped or unavailable - [x] Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above — command/result or justification: `npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/readiness/ src/lib/onboard/inference-route.test.ts src/lib/onboard/authoritative-rebuild-target.test.ts src/lib/onboard/fatal-runtime-preflight.test.ts` — 283 passed, 14 files. `npx vitest run --project integration test/rebuild-credential-preflight.test.ts test/rebuild-credential-hydration.test.ts test/onboard-inference-reconciliation.test.ts test/onboard-pre-destructive-intent.test.ts` — 31 passed. `npx tsc -p tsconfig.cli.json` — clean. Follow-up repair: `npm run build:cli` — passed; `npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/onboard/fatal-runtime-preflight.test.ts src/lib/onboard/machine/preflight-gateway-authority.test.ts src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/sandbox-messaging.test.ts` — 60 passed; `npm run checks:repository` — passed. - [ ] Applicable broad gate passed — `npm test` for broad runtime/test-harness changes; `npm run check` for repo-wide validation/coverage changes — command/result: - [x] Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers - [x] No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed - [ ] `npm run docs` builds without warnings (doc changes only) - [x] Doc pages follow the [style guide](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md) (doc changes only) - [ ] New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only) --- Signed-off-by: Tinson Lai <tinsonl@nvidia.com>  ## Summary by CodeRabbit * **Bug Fixes** * Improved sandbox rebuild validation for inference route changes. * Rebuilds can proceed when route information is temporarily unavailable, with recovery setup verifying the recorded provider and model. * Improved runtime readiness by recollecting expired host and gateway observations. * Slow readiness checks now use collection completion time to reduce false staleness reports. * **Documentation** * Updated rebuild and system-readiness guidance for route correction and the 30-second observation reuse window.  --------- Signed-off-by: Tinson Lai <tinsonl@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Prekshi Vyas <34834085+prekshivyas@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Prekshi Vyas <34834085+prekshivyas@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

## Summary Add the canonical dated changelog entry required before planning the v0.0.110 release. The entry summarizes user-facing changes merged since v0.0.109 and links each change to its published documentation route and source PR. ## Changes - Add `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx` with the exact `## v0.0.110` release heading. - Cover managed local inference, endpoint validation, onboarding and recovery, explicit experimental Portable OpenClaw, messaging and policy cleanup, backup and security hardening, and release qualification. - Preserve the documentation skip list and the current supported-agent matrix; test-only refactors, dormant activation work, and Pi-only changes are intentionally excluded. ### Source-to-doc mapping - #8711 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Add the Muse Glimmer llama.cpp profile. - #9099 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Update the Muse Glimmer vLLM runtime. - #9319 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Select the provider required by an explicit serving profile. - #9311 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Report probe-image pull failures separately. - #9345 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Reuse mirrored Windows Ollama. - #9284 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Complete the required Ollama upgrade. - #9320 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Reject unsafe custom endpoint URLs before mutation. - #9119 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Reject unsupported custom endpoint URL components. - #9236 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Require native Anthropic tool-use evidence. - #9347 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Distinguish Gemini runtime 404 diagnostics. - #9307 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Preserve the recorded API family when only the model drifts. - #9233 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Fail incomplete Hermes route synchronization. - #9185 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Serialize Model Router lifecycle work across gateways. - #9112 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Stop Model Router after the last routed sandbox is destroyed. - #9229 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Verify fresh sandbox execution readiness. - #9299 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Verify a separate agent API host forward before reporting ready. - #9318 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Honor explicit sandbox recreation. - #9325 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Measure readiness reuse windows from collection completion. - #9352 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Guide users away from the deprecated global start command. - #9370 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Persist managed OpenClaw agent identity. - #9366 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Pass messaging dependencies during reused onboarding. - #9321 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Detect proxied connect sessions. - #9285 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Run probe-only recovery when absent authority cannot be created. - #9282 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Complete probe-only recovery without platform evidence. - #8920 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Preserve legacy gateway identity. - #9198 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Report sandbox config-read failures. - #9201 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Remove only the exact Docker orphan on destroy. - #9176 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Use rootless Podman for Portable lifecycle operations. - #9197 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Preflight Portable CPU delegation. - #9289 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Narrow Portable policy defaults. - #9270 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Preserve Portable model intent. - #9339 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Reconcile timed-out Portable stop state. - #9209 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Clean receipt-owned Portable Podman resources. - #9186 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Separate Podman activation readiness. - #9376 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Settle Portable OpenClaw pairing before readiness. - #9296 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Retire messaging channel presets the host no longer configures. - #9327 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Drop retired channels from reused messaging selections. - #9306 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Remove gateway-enforced presets without a local record. - #9248 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Activate Google Chat pairing approval. - #9374 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Accept schema-owned messaging plan fields. - #9317 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Accept safe hard-linked package files during backup. - #9288 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Remove managed CLI shims with destroyed user data. - #9239 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Read voice credentials from fixed descriptors. - #9269 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Accept bounded native OpenClaw device modes. - #9371 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Isolate OpenClaw startup-guard output. - #9351 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Restore staging Launchable validation. - #9350 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Retry transient collaborator-permission reads. - #9353 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Retry transient exact-artifact downloads. - #9226 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Add bounded Brev readiness diagnostics. - #9237 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Report same-commit E2E reliability. - #9232 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Execute native-runtime qualification. - #9275 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Define E2E selection and retry guidance. - #9234 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Move documentation review after merge. - #9365 -> `docs/changelog/2026-08-17.mdx`: Mount documentation reviewer inputs before startup. ## Type of Change - [ ] Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor) - [ ] Code change with doc updates - [x] Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications) - [ ] Doc only (includes code sample changes) ## Quality Gates - [ ] Tests added or updated for changed behavior - [x] Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification: `test/changelog-docs.test.ts` validates the dated release-entry contract. - [ ] Tests not applicable — justification: - [ ] Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging) - [ ] Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification: - 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