fix(ci): stabilize CLI startup memory gate

scripts/check-cli-startup-memory.mjs

@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ function resolveDefaultLimitsMb(platform = process.platform) {
     // Plugin discovery is heavier than help, but must stay below the doctor/channel
     // runtime graph that an empty metadata-only invocation must not import.
     pluginsList: platform === "darwin" ? 500 : 400,
-    statusJson: 400,
+    // Node 24 status startup sits near 400 MB; retain regression signal without
+    // failing on sub-megabyte runner RSS variance.
+    statusJson: 425,
     gatewayStatus: 500,
   };
 }

src/infra/runtime-guard.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 // Validates the current runtime against OpenClaw's Node engine floor.
 import process from "node:process";
 import { expectDefined } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
-import { defaultRuntime, type RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
+import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
+
+// Runtime validation precedes terminal setup. Keep this default path from
+// pulling terminal-core into every CLI startup command.
+const defaultRuntime: RuntimeEnv = {
+  log: (...args) => console.log(...args),
+  error: (...args) => console.error(...args),
+  exit: (code) => {
+    process.exit(code);
+  },
+};
 
 type RuntimeKind = "bun" | "node" | "unknown";
 

test/scripts/check-cli-startup-memory.test.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ describe("check-cli-startup-memory", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("keeps status startup headroom above Linux runner RSS variance", () => {
+    expect(testing.resolveDefaultLimitsMb("linux").statusJson).toBe(425);
+  });
+
   it("keeps invalid startup memory env values from bypassing budgets", () => {
     expect(() =>
       testing.readPositiveNumberEnv("OPENCLAW_STARTUP_MEMORY_HELP_MB", 100, {