qa-lab: drop qa-channel from live transport lanes

extensions/qa-lab/src/gateway-child.ts

@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ export async function startQaGatewayChild(params: {
   repoRoot: string;
   providerBaseUrl?: string;
   qaBusBaseUrl: string;
+  includeQaChannel?: boolean;
   controlUiAllowedOrigins?: string[];
   providerMode?: "mock-openai" | "live-frontier";
   primaryModel?: string;
@@ -780,6 +781,7 @@ export async function startQaGatewayChild(params: {
     gatewayToken,
     providerBaseUrl: params.providerBaseUrl,
     qaBusBaseUrl: params.qaBusBaseUrl,
+    includeQaChannel: params.includeQaChannel,
     workspaceDir,
     controlUiRoot: resolveQaControlUiRoot({
       repoRoot: params.repoRoot,

extensions/qa-lab/src/live-gateway.runtime.test.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ describe("startQaLiveLaneGateway", () => {
     });
     expect(startQaGatewayChild).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
+        includeQaChannel: false,
         providerBaseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:44080/v1",
         providerMode: "mock-openai",
       }),
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ describe("startQaLiveLaneGateway", () => {
     expect(startQaMockOpenAiServer).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     expect(startQaGatewayChild).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
+        includeQaChannel: false,
         providerBaseUrl: undefined,
         providerMode: "live-frontier",
       }),

extensions/qa-lab/src/live-gateway.runtime.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export async function startQaLiveLaneGateway(params: {
       repoRoot: params.repoRoot,
       providerBaseUrl: mock ? `${mock.baseUrl}/v1` : undefined,
       qaBusBaseUrl: params.qaBusBaseUrl,
+      includeQaChannel: false,
       controlUiAllowedOrigins: params.controlUiAllowedOrigins,
       providerMode: params.providerMode,
       primaryModel: params.primaryModel,

extensions/qa-lab/src/qa-gateway-config.test.ts

@@ -31,10 +31,27 @@ describe("buildQaGatewayConfig", () => {
     expect(cfg.models?.providers?.["mock-openai"]?.baseUrl).toBe("http://127.0.0.1:44080/v1");
     expect(cfg.plugins?.allow).toEqual(["memory-core", "qa-channel"]);
     expect(cfg.plugins?.entries?.["memory-core"]).toEqual({ enabled: true });
+    expect(cfg.plugins?.entries?.["qa-channel"]).toEqual({ enabled: true });
     expect(cfg.plugins?.entries?.openai).toBeUndefined();
     expect(cfg.gateway?.reload?.deferralTimeoutMs).toBe(1_000);
   });
 
+  it("can omit qa-channel for live transport gateway children", () => {
+    const cfg = buildQaGatewayConfig({
+      bind: "loopback",
+      gatewayPort: 18789,
+      gatewayToken: "token",
+      providerBaseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:44080/v1",
+      qaBusBaseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:43124",
+      includeQaChannel: false,
+      workspaceDir: "/tmp/qa-workspace",
+    });
+
+    expect(cfg.plugins?.allow).toEqual(["memory-core"]);
+    expect(cfg.plugins?.entries?.["qa-channel"]).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(cfg.channels?.["qa-channel"]).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("uses built-in provider wiring in frontier live mode", () => {
     const cfg = buildQaGatewayConfig({
       bind: "loopback",

extensions/qa-lab/src/qa-gateway-config.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export function buildQaGatewayConfig(params: {
   gatewayToken: string;
   providerBaseUrl?: string;
   qaBusBaseUrl: string;
+  includeQaChannel?: boolean;
   workspaceDir: string;
   controlUiRoot?: string;
   controlUiAllowedOrigins?: string[];
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export function buildQaGatewayConfig(params: {
   fastMode?: boolean;
   thinkingDefault?: QaThinkingLevel;
 }): OpenClawConfig {
+  const includeQaChannel = params.includeQaChannel !== false;
   const mockProviderBaseUrl = params.providerBaseUrl ?? "http://127.0.0.1:44080/v1";
   const mockOpenAiProvider: ModelProviderConfig = {
     baseUrl: mockProviderBaseUrl,
@@ -167,8 +169,8 @@ export function buildQaGatewayConfig(params: {
       : {};
   const allowedPlugins =
     providerMode === "live-frontier"
-      ? ["memory-core", ...selectedPluginIds, "qa-channel"]
-      : ["memory-core", "qa-channel"];
+      ? ["memory-core", ...selectedPluginIds, ...(includeQaChannel ? ["qa-channel"] : [])]
+      : ["memory-core", ...(includeQaChannel ? ["qa-channel"] : [])];
   const liveModelParams =
     providerMode === "live-frontier"
       ? (modelRef: string) => ({
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ export function buildQaGatewayConfig(params: {
           enabled: true,
         },
         ...pluginEntries,
+        ...(includeQaChannel ? { "qa-channel": { enabled: true } } : {}),
       },
     },
     agents: {
@@ -304,16 +307,20 @@ export function buildQaGatewayConfig(params: {
         mode: "off",
       },
     },
-    channels: {
-      "qa-channel": {
-        enabled: true,
-        baseUrl: params.qaBusBaseUrl,
-        botUserId: "openclaw",
-        botDisplayName: "OpenClaw QA",
-        allowFrom: ["*"],
-        pollTimeoutMs: 250,
-      },
-    },
+    ...(includeQaChannel
+      ? {
+          channels: {
+            "qa-channel": {
+              enabled: true,
+              baseUrl: params.qaBusBaseUrl,
+              botUserId: "openclaw",
+              botDisplayName: "OpenClaw QA",
+              allowFrom: ["*"],
+              pollTimeoutMs: 250,
+            },
+          },
+        }
+      : {}),
     messages: {
       groupChat: {
         mentionPatterns: ["\\b@?openclaw\\b"],