ci: remove sticky disk cache plumbing

.github/actions/setup-node-env/action.yml

@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ inputs:
     description: Whether to install Bun alongside Node.
     required: false
     default: "true"
-  use-sticky-disk:
-    description: Request Blacksmith sticky-disk pnpm caching on trusted runs; pull_request runs fall back to actions/cache.
-    required: false
-    default: "false"
   install-deps:
     description: Whether to run pnpm install after environment setup.
     required: false
@@ -45,7 +41,6 @@ runs:
       with:
         pnpm-version: ${{ inputs.pnpm-version }}
         cache-key-suffix: ${{ inputs.cache-key-suffix }}
-        use-sticky-disk: ${{ inputs.use-sticky-disk }}
 
     - name: Setup Bun
       if: inputs.install-bun == 'true'

.github/actions/setup-pnpm-store-cache/action.yml

@@ -9,16 +9,12 @@ inputs:
     description: Suffix appended to the cache key.
     required: false
     default: "node24"
-  use-sticky-disk:
-    description: Deprecated no-op. Kept for workflow input compatibility; pnpm store caching uses actions/cache.
-    required: false
-    default: "false"
   use-restore-keys:
     description: Whether to use restore-keys fallback for actions/cache.
     required: false
     default: "true"
   use-actions-cache:
-    description: Whether to restore/save pnpm store with actions/cache, including pull_request fallback when sticky disks are disabled.
+    description: Whether to restore/save pnpm store with actions/cache.
     required: false
     default: "true"
 runs:

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
           install-deps: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Detect changed extensions
         id: changed_extensions
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
           install-deps: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Setup Python
         id: setup-python
@@ -466,7 +464,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Build dist
         run: pnpm build:ci-artifacts
@@ -560,7 +557,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.task }} (${{ matrix.runtime }})
         env:
@@ -643,7 +639,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Run protocol check
         run: pnpm protocol:check
@@ -712,7 +707,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Run extension shard
         env:
@@ -809,7 +803,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "${{ matrix.node_version || '24.x' }}"
           cache-key-suffix: "${{ matrix.cache_key_suffix || 'node24' }}"
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Configure Node test resources
         if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || matrix.task != 'compat-node22') && matrix.runtime == 'node' && (matrix.task == 'test' || matrix.task == 'channels' || matrix.task == 'compat-node22')
@@ -933,7 +926,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "${{ matrix.node_version || '24.x' }}"
           cache-key-suffix: "${{ matrix.cache_key_suffix || 'node24' }}"
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Configure Node test resources
         run: echo "OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=2" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -1082,7 +1074,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Run changed extension tests
         env:
@@ -1151,7 +1142,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Check types and lint and oxfmt
         env:
@@ -1237,7 +1227,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Run additional check shard
         env:
@@ -1391,7 +1380,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Restore dist cache
         id: build-smoke-dist-cache
@@ -1488,7 +1476,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Check docs
         run: pnpm check:docs
@@ -1579,11 +1566,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           pnpm-version: "10.32.1"
           cache-key-suffix: "node24"
-          # Sticky disk mount currently retries/fails on every shard and adds ~50s
-          # before install while still yielding zero pnpm store reuse.
-          # Try exact-key actions/cache restores instead to recover store reuse
-          # without the sticky-disk mount penalty.
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
           use-restore-keys: "false"
           use-actions-cache: "true"
 

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Setup Python
         if: matrix.needs_python

.github/workflows/control-ui-locale-refresh.yml

@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Ensure translation provider secrets exist
         env:

.github/workflows/install-smoke.yml

@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
           install-deps: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Build install-smoke CI manifest
         id: manifest
@@ -202,7 +201,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
           install-deps: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Run installer docker tests
         env:

.github/workflows/macos-release.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Ensure matching GitHub release exists
         env:

.github/workflows/openclaw-live-and-e2e-checks-reusable.yml

@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Validate live cache credentials
         run: |
@@ -267,7 +266,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Build dist for repo E2E
         run: pnpm build
@@ -313,7 +311,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Build dist for special E2E
         if: |
@@ -465,7 +462,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Hydrate live auth/profile inputs
         run: bash scripts/ci-hydrate-live-auth.sh
@@ -608,7 +604,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Hydrate live auth/profile inputs
         run: bash scripts/ci-hydrate-live-auth.sh

.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Ensure version is not already published
         env:
@@ -313,7 +312,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Ensure version is not already published
         run: |

.github/workflows/plugin-clawhub-release.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Resolve checked-out ref
         id: ref
@@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
           install-deps: "false"
 
       - name: Checkout ClawHub CLI source
@@ -220,7 +218,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "true"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
           install-deps: "false"
 
       - name: Checkout ClawHub CLI source

.github/workflows/plugin-npm-release.yml

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Resolve checked-out ref
         id: ref
@@ -161,7 +160,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
           install-deps: "false"
 
       - name: Preview publish command
@@ -196,7 +194,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           pnpm-version: ${{ env.PNPM_VERSION }}
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
           install-deps: "false"
 
       - name: Ensure version is not already published

.github/workflows/workflow-sanity.yml

@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
           install-bun: "false"
-          use-sticky-disk: "false"
 
       - name: Check config docs drift statefile
         run: pnpm config:docs:check