fix: stop generating qa npm sidecars

scripts/build-all.mjs

@@ -14,21 +14,6 @@ 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: ["--import", "tsx", "scripts/write-npm-update-compat-sidecars.ts"],
-    cache: {
-      inputs: [
-        "scripts/write-npm-update-compat-sidecars.ts",
-        "src/infra/npm-update-compat-sidecars.ts",
-      ],
-      outputs: [
-        "dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js",
-        "dist/extensions/qa-lab/runtime-api.js",
-      ],
-    },
-  },
   { label: "build-stamp", kind: "node", args: ["scripts/build-stamp.mjs"] },
   {
     label: "build:plugin-sdk:dts",
@@ -107,7 +92,6 @@ export const BUILD_ALL_PROFILES = {
     "canvas:a2ui:bundle",
     "tsdown",
     "runtime-postbuild",
-    "write-npm-update-compat-sidecars",
     "build-stamp",
     "canvas-a2ui-copy",
     "copy-hook-metadata",

scripts/e2e/lib/parallels-package-common.sh

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ parallels_package_run_with_build_lock() {
 }
 
 parallels_package_write_dist_inventory() {
-  node --import tsx scripts/write-npm-update-compat-sidecars.ts
   node --import tsx --input-type=module --eval \
     'import { writePackageDistInventory } from "./src/infra/package-dist-inventory.ts"; await writePackageDistInventory(process.cwd());'
 }

scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts

@@ -44,16 +44,9 @@ type InstalledBundledExtensionManifestRecord = {
 const MAX_BUNDLED_EXTENSION_MANIFEST_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 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) =>
-    listBundledPluginPackArtifacts().includes(relativePath),
-  ),
-  ...LEGACY_UPDATE_COMPAT_RUNTIME_SIDECAR_PATHS,
-] as const;
+const PUBLISHED_BUNDLED_RUNTIME_SIDECAR_PATHS = BUNDLED_RUNTIME_SIDECAR_PATHS.filter(
+  (relativePath) => listBundledPluginPackArtifacts().includes(relativePath),
+);
 
 export type PublishedInstallScenario = {
   name: string;

scripts/postinstall-bundled-plugins.mjs

@@ -34,20 +34,7 @@ const DEFAULT_PACKAGE_ROOT = join(__dirname, "..");
 const DISABLE_POSTINSTALL_ENV = "OPENCLAW_DISABLE_BUNDLED_PLUGIN_POSTINSTALL";
 const EAGER_BUNDLED_PLUGIN_DEPS_ENV = "OPENCLAW_EAGER_BUNDLED_PLUGIN_DEPS";
 const DIST_INVENTORY_PATH = "dist/postinstall-inventory.json";
-const LEGACY_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECARS = [
-  {
-    path: "dist/extensions/qa-channel/runtime-api.js",
-    removedPrefix: "dist/extensions/qa-channel/",
-    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 LEGACY_UPDATE_COMPAT_SIDECARS = [];
 const BAILEYS_MEDIA_FILE = join(
   "node_modules",
   "@whiskeysockets",