fix(config): accept "openclaw" as browser profile driver in Zod schema (#39374)

Merged via squash.

Prepared head SHA: 0eba5ab939
Co-authored-by: gambletan <266203672+gambletan@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: altaywtf <9790196+altaywtf@users.noreply.github.com>
Reviewed-by: @altaywtf

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - ACPX/MCP session bootstrap: inject configured MCP servers into ACP `session/new` and `session/load` for acpx-backed sessions, restoring Canva and other external MCP tools. Landed from contributor PR #39337. Thanks @goodspeed-apps.
 - Control UI/Telegram sender labels: preserve inbound sender labels in sanitized chat history so dashboard user-message groups split correctly and show real group-member names instead of `You`. (#39414) Thanks @obviyus.
 - Agents/failover 402 recovery: keep temporary spend-limit `402` payloads retryable, preserve explicit insufficient-credit billing detection even in long provider payloads, and allow throttled billing-cooldown probes so single-provider setups can recover instead of staying locked out. (#38533) Thanks @xialonglee.
+- Browser/config schema: accept `browser.profiles.*.driver: "openclaw"` while preserving legacy `"clawd"` compatibility in validated config. (#39374; based on #35621) Thanks @gambletan and @ingyukoh.
 
 ## 2026.3.2
 

src/config/schema.help.quality.test.ts

@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ const ENUM_EXPECTATIONS: Record<string, string[]> = {
   "gateway.bind": ['"auto"', '"lan"', '"loopback"', '"custom"', '"tailnet"'],
   "gateway.auth.mode": ['"none"', '"token"', '"password"', '"trusted-proxy"'],
   "gateway.tailscale.mode": ['"off"', '"serve"', '"funnel"'],
-  "browser.profiles.*.driver": ['"clawd"', '"extension"'],
+  "browser.profiles.*.driver": ['"openclaw"', '"clawd"', '"extension"'],
   "discovery.mdns.mode": ['"off"', '"minimal"', '"full"'],
   "wizard.lastRunMode": ['"local"', '"remote"'],
   "diagnostics.otel.protocol": ['"http/protobuf"', '"grpc"'],

src/config/schema.help.ts

@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export const FIELD_HELP: Record<string, string> = {
   "browser.profiles.*.cdpUrl":
     "Per-profile CDP websocket URL used for explicit remote browser routing by profile name. Use this when profile connections terminate on remote hosts or tunnels.",
   "browser.profiles.*.driver":
-    'Per-profile browser driver mode: "clawd" or "extension" depending on connection/runtime strategy. Use the driver that matches your browser control stack to avoid protocol mismatches.',
+    'Per-profile browser driver mode: "openclaw" (or legacy "clawd") or "extension" depending on connection/runtime strategy. Use the driver that matches your browser control stack to avoid protocol mismatches.',
   "browser.profiles.*.attachOnly":
     "Per-profile attach-only override that skips local browser launch and only attaches to an existing CDP endpoint. Useful when one profile is externally managed but others are locally launched.",
   "browser.profiles.*.color":

src/config/types.browser.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export type BrowserProfileConfig = {
   /** CDP URL for this profile (use for remote Chrome). */
   cdpUrl?: string;
   /** Profile driver (default: openclaw). */
-  driver?: "openclaw" | "extension";
+  driver?: "openclaw" | "clawd" | "extension";
   /** If true, never launch a browser for this profile; only attach. Falls back to browser.attachOnly. */
   attachOnly?: boolean;
   /** Profile color (hex). Auto-assigned at creation. */

src/config/zod-schema.ts

@@ -315,7 +315,9 @@ export const OpenClawSchema = z
               .object({
                 cdpPort: z.number().int().min(1).max(65535).optional(),
                 cdpUrl: z.string().optional(),
-                driver: z.union([z.literal("clawd"), z.literal("extension")]).optional(),
+                driver: z
+                  .union([z.literal("openclaw"), z.literal("clawd"), z.literal("extension")])
+                  .optional(),
                 attachOnly: z.boolean().optional(),
                 color: HexColorSchema,
               })