diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d440ff1c287..7aacb434797 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ RUN corepack enable
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml .npmrc ./
+COPY openclaw.mjs ./
 COPY ui/package.json ./ui/package.json
 COPY patches ./patches
 COPY scripts/postinstall-bundled-plugins.mjs scripts/npm-runner.mjs scripts/windows-cmd-helpers.mjs ./scripts/
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/web/src/app.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/web/src/app.ts
index 226720353a5..017552d6de7 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/web/src/app.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/web/src/app.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { formatErrorMessage } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/error-runtime";
+import { formatErrorMessage } from "./errors.js";
 import {
   type Bootstrap,
   type OutcomesEnvelope,
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/web/src/errors.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/web/src/errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1087fb2488d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/web/src/errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+export function formatErrorMessage(err: unknown): string {
+  if (err instanceof Error) {
+    let formatted = err.message || err.name || "Error";
+    let cause: unknown = err.cause;
+    const seen = new Set<unknown>([err]);
+    while (cause && !seen.has(cause)) {
+      seen.add(cause);
+      if (cause instanceof Error) {
+        if (cause.message) {
+          formatted += ` | ${cause.message}`;
+        }
+        cause = cause.cause;
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (typeof cause === "string") {
+        formatted += ` | ${cause}`;
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    return formatted;
+  }
+  if (typeof err === "string") {
+    return err;
+  }
+  if (typeof err === "number" || typeof err === "boolean" || typeof err === "bigint") {
+    return String(err);
+  }
+  try {
+    return JSON.stringify(err);
+  } catch {
+    return Object.prototype.toString.call(err);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/docker/cleanup-smoke/Dockerfile b/scripts/docker/cleanup-smoke/Dockerfile
index a25c4ac7b56..61c29f14607 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/cleanup-smoke/Dockerfile
+++ b/scripts/docker/cleanup-smoke/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=openclaw-cleanup-smoke-apt-cache,target=/var/cache/apt
 
 WORKDIR /repo
 COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml .npmrc ./
+COPY openclaw.mjs ./
 COPY ui/package.json ./ui/package.json
 COPY packages ./packages
 COPY extensions ./extensions