Summary:
- The branch moves configured-channel plugin registry loading for `openclaw message` into `runCommandWithRuntime`, adds regression coverage for preload failure exit handling, and adds a changelog fix entry for #76168.
- Reproducibility: yes. for the exit-path bug: current main calls plugin registry preload before `runCommandWi ... the high-CPU child process in this read-only review, but the missing exit boundary is source-reproducible.
Automerge notes:
- No ClawSweeper repair was needed after automerge opt-in.
Validation:
- ClawSweeper review passed for head 95b67ea9ba.
- Required merge gates passed before the squash merge.
Prepared head SHA: 95b67ea9ba
Review: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/76846#issuecomment-4366747104
Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Simplify plugin installation and runtime loading around package-manager-owned dependencies, with Jiti reserved for local/TS fallback paths.
Also scans npm plugin install roots so hoisted transitive dependencies are covered by dependency denylist and node_modules symlink checks.
Several `openclaw <parent>` commands (channels, plugins, approvals, devices,
cron, mcp) were exiting with code 1 when invoked bare, while printing the
same help-style content that `<parent> --help` produces (which exits 0).
This broke `&&` chains and surfaced a misleading
`ELIFECYCLE Command failed with exit code 1.` line under pnpm.
Add a small `applyParentDefaultHelpAction(cmd)` helper in
`src/cli/program/parent-default-help.ts` that attaches a default action
which prints the parent's own help and sets `process.exitCode = 0`. The
helper is a no-op when the parent already has its own action (e.g.
`agents` defaulting to `agents list`), so existing intentional defaults
are preserved.
Apply it to the six core parents listed in #73077.
* feat(tui): add local embedded TUI mode with terminal/chat aliases
Adds a gateway-free local TUI path so users can run openclaw in their
terminal without needing a running gateway process.
- TuiBackend interface abstraction (tui-backend.ts) with EmbeddedTuiBackend
implementation that drives the agent loop in-process
- openclaw tui --local flag for local embedded mode
- openclaw terminal / openclaw chat aliases that imply --local
- /auth slash command with codex CLI delegation to avoid prolite plan issue
- Default model display fallback on startup
- Local-aware status text and log suppression
- Concise auth error hints, raw HTML 403 suppression
- Onboarding hatch flow launches local TUI (no gateway required)
- Commander alias bug fix in run-main.ts (.aliases() check)
- All new and updated tests passing (145/145)
* TUI: fix alias detection, cross-platform codex lookup, and history byte-budget safeguards
* TUI: remove RuntimeEnv type annotation to fix CI oxlint error
* TUI: filter gateway-dependent tools and auto-approve plugin hooks in embedded mode
* TUI: suppress console noise and add embedded mode system prompt note
* TUI: reduce embedded-mode tool filtering from 15 to 7, add local session tools
* TUI: fix remaining PR review comments
* TUI: address latest review feedback and CI drift
* Core: align prompt helper with latest base
* Core: match prompt helper formatting with base
* Core: restore prompt helper from latest base
* fix(tui): preserve local auth fallback in source checkouts
* fix(tts): guard telephony provider invocation
* fix(tui): support Windows codex auth shim
* fix(tui): harden local auth flow
* fix: preserve embedded tool-first run events
* fix(tui): keep embedded plugin approvals gated
* fix(tui): restore embedded attempt import
* fix(tui): resolve sessions in embedded stub
* fix: add embedded TUI changelog entry (#66767) (thanks @fuller-stack-dev)
* fix: pass setup TUI local mode through relaunch (#66767) (thanks @fuller-stack-dev)
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Co-authored-by: Ayaan Zaidi <hi@obviy.us>
