test: harden parallels smoke harness

src/cli/update-cli.test.ts

@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ const { defaultRuntime } = await import("../runtime.js");
 const { updateCommand, updateStatusCommand, updateWizardCommand } = await import("./update-cli.js");
 const updateCliShared = await import("./update-cli/shared.js");
 const { resolveGitInstallDir } = updateCliShared;
+const { spawnSync } = await import("node:child_process");
 
 type UpdateCliScenario = {
   name: string;
@@ -458,6 +459,19 @@ describe("update-cli", () => {
     setStdoutTty(false);
   });
 
+  it("bounds completion cache refresh during update follow-up", async () => {
+    const root = createCaseDir("openclaw-completion-timeout");
+    pathExists.mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+    await updateCliShared.tryWriteCompletionCache(root, false);
+
+    expect(spawnSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      expect.any(String),
+      [path.join(root, "openclaw.mjs"), "completion", "--write-state"],
+      expect.objectContaining({ timeout: 30_000 }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it("respawns into the updated package root before running post-update tasks", async () => {
     const { entrypoints } = setupUpdatedRootRefresh();
 

src/cli/update-cli/shared.ts

@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ export async function resolveGlobalManager(params: {
   return byPresence ?? "npm";
 }
 
+const COMPLETION_CACHE_WRITE_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
+
 export async function tryWriteCompletionCache(root: string, jsonMode: boolean): Promise<void> {
   const binPath = path.join(root, "openclaw.mjs");
   if (!(await pathExists(binPath))) {
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ export async function tryWriteCompletionCache(root: string, jsonMode: boolean):
     cwd: root,
     env: process.env,
     encoding: "utf-8",
+    timeout: COMPLETION_CACHE_WRITE_TIMEOUT_MS,
   });
 
   if (result.error) {