From ae9bb37751156432d0ee3ae2d976520ec79a717a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gustavo Madeira Santana <gumadeiras@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:15:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] qa-lab: parse compose ps json arrays

---
 extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-runtime.ts       | 30 +++++++++++++++----
 .../qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts      |  2 +-
 .../matrix/matrix-harness.runtime.test.ts     |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-runtime.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-runtime.ts
index bd3f01d8d4f..f8b24032a8b 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-runtime.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-runtime.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,29 @@ function normalizeDockerServiceStatus(row?: { Health?: string; State?: string })
   return "unknown";
 }
 
+function parseDockerComposePsRows(stdout: string) {
+  const trimmed = stdout.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) {
+    return [] as Array<{ Health?: string; State?: string }>;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(trimmed) as
+      | Array<{ Health?: string; State?: string }>
+      | { Health?: string; State?: string };
+    if (Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+      return parsed;
+    }
+    return [parsed];
+  } catch {
+    return trimmed
+      .split("\n")
+      .map((line) => line.trim())
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .map((line) => JSON.parse(line) as { Health?: string; State?: string });
+  }
+}
+
 export async function waitForDockerServiceHealth(
   service: string,
   composeFile: string,
@@ -194,12 +217,7 @@ export async function waitForDockerServiceHealth(
         ["compose", "-f", composeFile, "ps", "--format", "json", service],
         repoRoot,
       );
-      const rows = stdout
-        .trim()
-        .split("\n")
-        .map((line) => line.trim())
-        .filter(Boolean)
-        .map((line) => JSON.parse(line) as { Health?: string; State?: string });
+      const rows = parseDockerComposePsRows(stdout);
       const row = rows[0];
       lastStatus = normalizeDockerServiceStatus(row);
       if (lastStatus === "healthy" || lastStatus === "running") {
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts
index d34d8395b29..320a6e6f357 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/docker-up.runtime.test.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe("runQaDockerUp", () => {
           async runCommand(command, args, cwd) {
             calls.push([command, ...args, `@${cwd}`].join(" "));
             if (args.join(" ").includes("ps --format json openclaw-qa-gateway")) {
-              return { stdout: '{"Health":"healthy","State":"running"}\n', stderr: "" };
+              return { stdout: '[{"Health":"healthy","State":"running"}]\n', stderr: "" };
             }
             return { stdout: "", stderr: "" };
           },
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/live-transports/matrix/matrix-harness.runtime.test.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/live-transports/matrix/matrix-harness.runtime.test.ts
index b6fdfabd865..e1451fe2b39 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/live-transports/matrix/matrix-harness.runtime.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/live-transports/matrix/matrix-harness.runtime.test.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ describe("matrix harness runtime", () => {
           async runCommand(command, args, cwd) {
             calls.push([command, ...args, `@${cwd}`].join(" "));
             if (args.join(" ").includes("ps --format json")) {
-              return { stdout: '{"State":"running"}\n', stderr: "" };
+              return { stdout: '[{"State":"running"}]\n', stderr: "" };
             }
             return { stdout: "", stderr: "" };
           },