From e8f584e40053ed3f91fc9bfc4666c00a792bf34c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 19:11:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(e2e): route plugin update through timeout helper

---
 scripts/e2e/lib/plugin-update/unchanged-scenario.sh | 2 +-
 test/scripts/plugin-update-unchanged-docker.test.ts | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/plugin-update/unchanged-scenario.sh b/scripts/e2e/lib/plugin-update/unchanged-scenario.sh
index 1f498aeed7c..b6802870db9 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/plugin-update/unchanged-scenario.sh
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/plugin-update/unchanged-scenario.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ plugin_update_timeout_seconds="${OPENCLAW_PLUGIN_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS:-180}"
 node "$probe" snapshot > /tmp/plugin-update-before.json
 
 set +e
-timeout "${plugin_update_timeout_seconds}s" node "$entry" plugins update @example/lossless-claw > /tmp/plugin-update-output.log 2>&1
+openclaw_e2e_maybe_timeout "${plugin_update_timeout_seconds}s" node "$entry" plugins update @example/lossless-claw > /tmp/plugin-update-output.log 2>&1
 plugin_update_status=$?
 set -e
 if [ "$plugin_update_status" -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/test/scripts/plugin-update-unchanged-docker.test.ts b/test/scripts/plugin-update-unchanged-docker.test.ts
index 4d5f3566ed4..c952fdedf9b 100644
--- a/test/scripts/plugin-update-unchanged-docker.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/plugin-update-unchanged-docker.test.ts
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ describe("plugin update unchanged Docker E2E", () => {
 
     expect(script).toContain("OPENCLAW_PLUGIN_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS");
     expect(script).toContain(
-      'timeout "${plugin_update_timeout_seconds}s" node "$entry" plugins update',
+      'openclaw_e2e_maybe_timeout "${plugin_update_timeout_seconds}s" node "$entry" plugins update',
     );
+    expect(script).not.toMatch(/^\s*timeout "\$\{plugin_update_timeout_seconds\}s" node "\$entry"/mu);
     expect(script).toContain('"--- plugin update output ---"');
     expect(script).toContain('"--- local registry output ---"');
   });