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Outcome

Rebuilding an ordinary OpenClaw sandbox (nemoclaw {sandbox} rebuild --yes) now leaves the sandbox usable immediately: the rebuilt container settles OpenClaw device pairing before onboarding reports success, exactly like fresh onboarding. Previously a successful rebuild left a brand-new container with no canonical CLI pairing, so the first agent command failed with the embedded-fallback error until a manual recover re-approved pairing.

Reason

Rebuild recreates the container from the image, and the OpenClaw machine-local pairing state lives in the identity and devices state directories, which are declared backup: false in agents/openclaw/manifest.yaml and wiped with the old container during destroy (wipeSandboxState). The rebuilt sandbox therefore starts with no canonical CLI device. The rebuild-handoff optimization added in #9844 made finalization compute ordinaryOpenClawPairingRequired = ... && recreateJournalHandoff !== true, skipping settleOrdinaryOpenClawPairing() on the assumption that gateway device pairing survives container recreation. It does not, so no component ever re-established the CLI device pairing and the sandbox stayed broken. The skip's original motivation (avoiding a host-side pairing-approval prompt during rebuild) no longer exists: the in-sandbox watcher is the sole scope-upgrade approver (#10322), so settlement is non-interactive, and for an already-settled pairing it is a read-only observation that returns immediately.

Related issues

Fixes #10479

Changes

  • src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/finalization.ts — remove the recreateJournalHandoff !== true condition from both finalization handlers so ordinary OpenClaw pairing settlement runs on rebuild handoff just as on fresh onboarding. One helper now owns the requirement for both phases. The observed defect was a host-side deterministic pairing-skip decision, not a platform-specific behavior.
  • src/lib/onboard/machine/flow-context.ts, core-flow-phases.ts, final-flow-phases.ts — remove the recreateJournalHandoff plumbing that only served this suppression. The same-named signal in handlers/sandbox-resume.ts is independent and stays (it owns the journaled-recreate resume decision, not the pairing gate).
  • Regression tests: rebuild-pairing-handoff.test.ts runs the flow phases with the real finalization handlers and injected dependencies and proves a journaled rebuild handoff settles ordinary OpenClaw pairing before deployment verification (review follow-up on fix(onboard): settle OpenClaw pairing after rebuild (#10479) #10493); finalization.test.ts keeps the settlement-after-recovery-before-verification ordering test.

Why removal rather than a rebuild-specific repair: recreate already goes through the same sandbox registration and policy pipeline as fresh onboarding, so the smallest direct change is to let the pairing gate treat rebuild like fresh — no new mechanism, no new state, and settleOrdinaryOpenClawPairing is already the single authority for pairing readiness.

Verification

  • npm run build:cli and npm run typecheck:cli — passed.
  • Six focused finalization, flow, resume, and journal suites — passed (147 tests).
  • npm run test:e2e-phases:check, npm run checks:repository, and npm run validate:pr — passed.
  • Focused Oxlint, Oxfmt, diff checks, normal commit hooks, and the CLI pre-push type check — passed.
  • Community live reproduction and verification (macOS arm64, Docker Desktop, OpenClaw 2026.7.1): the prior implementation rebuilt successfully but the next agent command entered embedded fallback; this branch rebuilt successfully and the same agent command returned READY without manual recovery.
  • The existing rebuild-openclaw live target now requires a successful agent answer after rebuild. A trusted run for the current branch is still required before merge.
  • Size record: 8 files, +72/-176 (248 lines of churn). This does not require a large-change flag.
  • No secrets, API keys, or credentials are committed.

Review notes

  • The escaped defect was a missing post-rebuild pairing-readiness assertion. The existing live rebuild journey now owns that assertion; it does not add a runner or a second fixture owner.
  • Issue [Ubuntu 24.04][Sandbox] rebuild leaves OpenClaw sandbox in embedded-fallback mode, requires manual recover #10479 is in Backlog. This change restores behavior already owned by the rebuild command and documented in the command reference and sandbox lifecycle page. It creates no product surface.
  • Security review passed all nine categories. The in-sandbox watcher remains the approval authority, machine-local pairing state remains outside backups, incomplete settlement pauses onboarding, and the added E2E step redacts the existing inference credential.
  • Documentation review found no update needed because the implementation now matches the existing rebuild contract.

Signed-off-by: 橘猫 2622045569@qq.com
Signed-off-by: Julie Yaunches jyaunches@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Apurv Kumaria akumaria@nvidia.com

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved onboarding recovery by completing ordinary pairing after a process rebuild and before deployment verification.
    • Prevented verification from starting while pairing is still pending.
    • Improved reliability of rebuilt OpenClaw environments by validating agent responses after recovery.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for pairing completion and recovery event ordering.
    • Added end-to-end validation for rebuilt OpenClaw environments.

Rebuild wipes the machine-local OpenClaw pairing state: the identity and
devices state directories are declared backup: false and removed with the
old container, so a recreated sandbox starts with no canonical CLI device.
The rebuild handoff flag made finalization skip settleOrdinaryOpenClawPairing,
which assumed pairing survives container recreation. The rebuilt sandbox was
left unpaired and every agent command failed with the embedded-fallback
error until a manual recover re-approved pairing.

Drop the handoff-suppressed pairing gate so the rebuilt sandbox settles
pairing exactly like fresh onboarding. The in-sandbox watcher owns approval
(NVIDIA#10322), so settlement is non-interactive, and observing an already-settled
pairing costs nothing. Remove the recreateJournalHandoff plumbing that only
served this suppression; the sandbox-resume decision signal stays.

Adds a flow-level regression that a journaled rebuild handoff no longer
suppresses ordinary OpenClaw pairing settlement.

Signed-off-by: 橘猫 <2622045569@qq.com>
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Walkthrough

The rebuild flow no longer propagates recreateJournalHandoff. Finalization and post-verification now require ordinary OpenClaw pairing. Tests verify pairing settlement before deployment verification and agent use after rebuild.

Changes

Rebuild pairing behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove handoff context propagation
src/lib/onboard/machine/core-flow-phases.ts, src/lib/onboard/machine/final-flow-phases.ts, src/lib/onboard/machine/flow-context.ts, src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/finalization.ts
The flow context, handler options, and handler calls no longer include recreateJournalHandoff.
Require pairing during rebuild finalization
src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/finalization.ts, src/lib/onboard/machine/handlers/finalization.test.ts, test/e2e/live/rebuild-openclaw.test.ts, test/e2e/mock-parity.json
Finalization and post-verification use ordinary OpenClaw pairing during rebuilds. Tests verify pairing order and successful post-rebuild agent inference. The rebuild handoff test file was removed.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to f12ab

This change restores pairing settlement after sandbox rebuilds so rebuilt sandboxes are usable immediately; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant RebuildFlow
  participant Finalization
  participant Pairing
  participant PostVerification
  participant DeploymentVerification
  RebuildFlow->>Finalization: invoke finalization
  Finalization->>Pairing: settle ordinary OpenClaw pairing
  Pairing-->>Finalization: pairing settled
  Finalization->>PostVerification: continue verification
  PostVerification->>Pairing: settle ordinary OpenClaw pairing
  Pairing-->>PostVerification: pairing settled
  PostVerification->>DeploymentVerification: start deployment verification
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The changes address issue #10479 by removing the rebuild-handoff pairing exemption. Ordinary OpenClaw pairing now settles during finalization, and tests verify settlement ordering before deployment verification.

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CodeRabbit: the rebuild handoff test mocked the finalization handlers and
only asserted the obsolete suppress field is absent. Run the flow phases
with the real finalization handlers and injected dependencies so the test
proves the journaled rebuild path settles ordinary OpenClaw pairing and
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Addressed in 7017500.

rebuild-pairing-handoff.test.ts now invokes the real finalization handlers with injected dependencies instead of mocked handlers:

  • a journaled rebuild handoff runs settleOrdinaryOpenClawPairing (asserted with calledExactlyOnceWith("alpha")) and completes settlement before verifyDeployment (asserted via invocation order, after the final process recovery),
  • coverage that the obsolete recreateJournalHandoff suppress field is gone is retained by asserting the field is undefined on the flow context,
  • the flow-level fingerprint mapping test is unchanged.

Local verification: npm run typecheck:cli passes and 80 affected CLI tests pass (rebuild-pairing-handoff 3, finalization 27, sandbox-resume 50).

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@wscurran wscurran added area: onboarding Onboarding FSM, provider setup, sandbox launch, or first-run flow bug-fix PR fixes a bug or regression integration: openclaw OpenClaw integration behavior labels Aug 28, 2026
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@github-actions github-actions Bot added v0.0.118 Release target and removed v0.0.117 labels Aug 31, 2026
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The branch revision under review is locally validated, and all nine PR Review Advisor specialists report no required change. The security and documentation reviews also pass.

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  2. The trusted manual E2E controller does not authorize the rebuild-openclaw target for an external-source PR. That target uses the nvidia-inference profile, so I did not dispatch it or expose a repository credential. The available evidence is the contributor's live macOS reproduction and verification, 147 focused local tests, full local PR validation, and the updated live target that now requires a successful agent response after rebuild. A maintainer must decide whether this evidence is sufficient or whether additional trusted runtime evidence is required.

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