chore(release): prepare 2026.4.11-beta.1

scripts/build-all.mjs

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ export const BUILD_ALL_STEPS = [
   { label: "canvas:a2ui:bundle", kind: "pnpm", pnpmArgs: ["canvas:a2ui:bundle"] },
   { label: "tsdown", kind: "node", args: ["scripts/tsdown-build.mjs"] },
   { label: "runtime-postbuild", kind: "node", args: ["scripts/runtime-postbuild.mjs"] },
+  {
+    label: "write-npm-update-compat-sidecars",
+    kind: "node",
+    args: ["scripts/write-npm-update-compat-sidecars.mjs"],
+  },
   { label: "build-stamp", kind: "node", args: ["scripts/build-stamp.mjs"] },
   {
     label: "build:plugin-sdk:dts",

scripts/docker/install-sh-smoke/run.sh

@@ -111,13 +111,21 @@ run_update_smoke() {
 
   echo "==> Run openclaw update from host-served tgz"
   local update_status
+  local update_stderr_file
+  local update_stderr
+  update_stderr_file="$(mktemp)"
   set +e
   UPDATE_JSON="$(
-    npm_config_omit=optional NPM_CONFIG_OMIT=optional openclaw update --tag "$UPDATE_TAG_URL" --yes --json 2>&1
+    npm_config_omit=optional NPM_CONFIG_OMIT=optional openclaw update --tag "$UPDATE_TAG_URL" --yes --json 2>"$update_stderr_file"
   )"
   update_status=$?
   set -e
+  update_stderr="$(cat "$update_stderr_file")"
+  rm -f "$update_stderr_file"
   printf "%s\n" "$UPDATE_JSON"
+  if [[ -n "$update_stderr" ]]; then
+    printf "%s\n" "$update_stderr" >&2
+  fi
   if [[ "$update_status" -ne 0 ]]; then
     echo "ERROR: openclaw update failed with exit code $update_status" >&2
     return "$update_status"

scripts/lib/bundled-plugin-build-entries.mjs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 import { shouldBuildBundledCluster } from "./optional-bundled-clusters.mjs";
 
 const TOP_LEVEL_PUBLIC_SURFACE_EXTENSIONS = new Set([".ts", ".js", ".mts", ".cts", ".mjs", ".cjs"]);
+const NON_PACKAGED_BUNDLED_PLUGIN_DIRS = new Set(["qa-channel", "qa-lab"]);
 const toPosixPath = (value) => value.replaceAll("\\", "/");
 
 function readBundledPluginPackageJson(packageJsonPath) {
@@ -145,7 +146,9 @@ export function listBundledPluginBuildEntries(params = {}) {
 }
 
 export function listBundledPluginPackArtifacts(params = {}) {
-  const entries = collectBundledPluginBuildEntries(params);
+  const entries = collectBundledPluginBuildEntries(params).filter(
+    ({ id }) => !NON_PACKAGED_BUNDLED_PLUGIN_DIRS.has(id),
+  );
   const artifacts = new Set();
 
   for (const { id, hasManifest, hasPackageJson, sourceEntries } of entries) {

scripts/lib/npm-update-compat-sidecars.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+export const NPM_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECARS = [
+  {
+    path: "dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js",
+    content:
+      "// Compatibility stub for older OpenClaw updaters. The QA channel implementation is not packaged.\nexport {};\n",
+  },
+  {
+    path: "dist/extensions/qa-lab/runtime-api.js",
+    content:
+      "// Compatibility stub for older OpenClaw updaters. The QA lab implementation is not packaged.\nexport {};\n",
+  },
+];
+
+export const NPM_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECAR_PATHS = new Set(
+  NPM_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECARS.map((entry) => entry.path),
+);

scripts/openclaw-npm-release-check.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   resolveNpmDistTagMirrorAuth as resolveNpmDistTagMirrorAuthBase,
   parseReleaseVersion as parseReleaseVersionBase,
 } from "./lib/npm-publish-plan.mjs";
+import { NPM_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECAR_PATHS } from "./lib/npm-update-compat-sidecars.mjs";
 
 type PackageJson = {
   name?: string;
@@ -463,6 +464,9 @@ function collectPackedTarballErrors(): string[] {
 export function collectForbiddenPackedPathErrors(paths: Iterable<string>): string[] {
   const errors: string[] = [];
   for (const packedPath of paths) {
+    if (NPM_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECAR_PATHS.has(packedPath)) {
+      continue;
+    }
     const matchedRule = FORBIDDEN_PACKED_PATH_RULES.find((rule) =>
       packedPath.startsWith(rule.prefix),
     );

scripts/write-npm-update-compat-sidecars.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { NPM_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECARS } from "./lib/npm-update-compat-sidecars.mjs";
+
+for (const entry of NPM_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECARS) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(entry.path), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(entry.path, entry.content, "utf8");
+}