build: restore qa lab updater sidecar

scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const LEGACY_CONTEXT_ENGINE_UNRESOLVED_RUNTIME_MARKER =
   "Failed to load legacy context engine runtime.";
 const LEGACY_UPDATE_COMPAT_RUNTIME_SIDECAR_PATHS = [
   "dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js",
+  "dist/extensions/qa-lab/runtime-api.js",
 ] as const;
 const PUBLISHED_BUNDLED_RUNTIME_SIDECAR_PATHS = [
   ...BUNDLED_RUNTIME_SIDECAR_PATHS.filter((relativePath) =>

scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts

@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ export type NpmDistTagMirrorAuth = {
 };
 const EXPECTED_REPOSITORY_URL = "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw";
 const MAX_CALVER_DISTANCE_DAYS = 2;
-const LEGACY_UPDATE_COMPAT_PACKED_PATHS = ["dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js"] as const;
+const LEGACY_UPDATE_COMPAT_PACKED_PATHS = [
+  "dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js",
+  "dist/extensions/qa-lab/runtime-api.js",
+] as const;
 const REQUIRED_PACKED_PATHS = [
   PACKAGE_DIST_INVENTORY_RELATIVE_PATH,
   "dist/control-ui/index.html",

scripts/postinstall-bundled-plugins.mjs

@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ const LEGACY_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECARS = [
     content:
       "// Compatibility stub for older OpenClaw updaters. The QA channel implementation is not packaged.\nexport {};\n",
   },
+  {
+    path: "dist/extensions/qa-lab/runtime-api.js",
+    removedPrefix: "dist/extensions/qa-lab/",
+    content:
+      "// Compatibility stub for older OpenClaw updaters. The QA lab implementation is not packaged.\nexport {};\n",
+  },
 ];
 const BAILEYS_MEDIA_FILE = join(
   "node_modules",
@@ -313,10 +319,9 @@ export function restoreLegacyUpdaterCompatSidecars(params = {}) {
   const restored = [];
 
   for (const sidecar of LEGACY_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECARS) {
-    // Older npm updater builds verify this exact sidecar after npm has already
-    // replaced the package. npm may remove stale QA Lab files before this
-    // postinstall hook runs, so this must be generated independently of prune
-    // results. The tarball and dist inventory still omit QA Lab.
+    // Older npm updater builds verify these exact sidecars after npm has
+    // already replaced the package, so generate them independently of prune
+    // results.
     const sidecarPath = join(packageRoot, sidecar.path);
     makeDirectory(dirname(sidecarPath), { recursive: true });
     writeFile(sidecarPath, sidecar.content, "utf8");

scripts/release-check.ts

@@ -57,7 +57,13 @@ const requiredPathGroups = [
   "dist/build-info.json",
   "dist/channel-catalog.json",
   "dist/control-ui/index.html",
+  "dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js",
+  "dist/extensions/qa-lab/runtime-api.js",
 ];
+const legacyUpdateCompatPackPaths = new Set([
+  "dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js",
+  "dist/extensions/qa-lab/runtime-api.js",
+]);
 const forbiddenPrefixes = [
   "dist-runtime/",
   "dist/OpenClaw.app/",
@@ -274,7 +280,9 @@ export function collectForbiddenPackPaths(paths: Iterable<string>): string[] {
   return [...paths]
     .filter(
       (path) =>
-        forbiddenPrefixes.some((prefix) => path.startsWith(prefix)) || /node_modules\//.test(path),
+        !legacyUpdateCompatPackPaths.has(path) &&
+        (forbiddenPrefixes.some((prefix) => path.startsWith(prefix)) ||
+          /node_modules\//.test(path)),
     )
     .toSorted((left, right) => left.localeCompare(right));
 }