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Live (network-touching) tests: model matrix, CLI backends, ACP, media providers, credentials	Running live model matrix / CLI backend / ACP / media-provider smokes Debugging live-test credential resolution Adding a new provider-specific live test	Testing: live suites	Live tests

For quick start, QA runners, unit/integration suites, and Docker flows, see Testing. This page covers the live (network-touching) test suites: model matrix, CLI backends, ACP, and media-provider live tests, plus credential handling.

Live: local smoke commands

Export the needed provider key in the process environment before ad hoc live checks.

Safe media smoke:

pnpm openclaw infer tts convert --local --json \
  --text "OpenClaw live smoke." \
  --output /tmp/openclaw-live-smoke.mp3

Safe voice-call readiness smoke:

pnpm openclaw voicecall setup --json
pnpm openclaw voicecall smoke --to "+15555550123"

voicecall smoke is a dry run unless --yes is also present. Use --yes only when you intentionally want to place a real notify call. For Twilio, Telnyx, and Plivo, a successful readiness check requires a public webhook URL; local-only loopback/private fallbacks are rejected by design.

Live: Android node capability sweep

• Test: src/gateway/android-node.capabilities.live.test.ts
• Script: pnpm android:test:integration
• Goal: invoke every command currently advertised by a connected Android node and assert command contract behavior.
• Scope:
  • Preconditioned/manual setup (the suite does not install/run/pair the app).
  • Command-by-command gateway node.invoke validation for the selected Android node.
• Required pre-setup:
  • Android app already connected + paired to the gateway.
  • App kept in foreground.
  • Permissions/capture consent granted for capabilities you expect to pass.
• Optional target overrides:
  • OPENCLAW_ANDROID_NODE_ID or OPENCLAW_ANDROID_NODE_NAME.
  • OPENCLAW_ANDROID_GATEWAY_URL / OPENCLAW_ANDROID_GATEWAY_TOKEN / OPENCLAW_ANDROID_GATEWAY_PASSWORD.
• Full Android setup details: Android App

Live: model smoke (profile keys)

Live tests are split into two layers so we can isolate failures:

• "Direct model" tells us the provider/model can answer at all with the given key.
• "Gateway smoke" tells us the full gateway+agent pipeline works for that model (sessions, history, tools, sandbox policy, etc.).

Layer 1: Direct model completion (no gateway)

• Test: src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts
• Goal:
  • Enumerate discovered models
  • Use getApiKeyForModel to select models you have creds for
  • Run a small completion per model (and targeted regressions where needed)
• How to enable:
  • pnpm test:live (or OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 if invoking Vitest directly)
• Set OPENCLAW_LIVE_MODELS=modern (or all, alias for modern) to actually run this suite; otherwise it skips to keep pnpm test:live focused on gateway smoke
• How to select models:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_MODELS=modern to run the modern allowlist (Opus/Sonnet 4.6+, GPT-5.2 + Codex, Gemini 3, DeepSeek V4, GLM 4.7, MiniMax M2.7, Grok 4.3)
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_MODELS=all is an alias for the modern allowlist
  • or OPENCLAW_LIVE_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5,openai-codex/gpt-5.5,anthropic/claude-opus-4-6,..." (comma allowlist)
  • Modern/all sweeps default to a curated high-signal cap; set OPENCLAW_LIVE_MAX_MODELS=0 for an exhaustive modern sweep or a positive number for a smaller cap.
  • Exhaustive sweeps use OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS for the whole direct-model test timeout. Default: 60 minutes.
  • Direct-model probes run with 20-way parallelism by default; set OPENCLAW_LIVE_MODEL_CONCURRENCY to override.
• How to select providers:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_PROVIDERS="google,google-antigravity,google-gemini-cli" (comma allowlist)
• Where keys come from:
  • By default: profile store and env fallbacks
  • Set OPENCLAW_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1 to enforce profile store only
• Why this exists:
  • Separates "provider API is broken / key is invalid" from "gateway agent pipeline is broken"
  • Contains small, isolated regressions (example: OpenAI Responses/Codex Responses reasoning replay + tool-call flows)

Layer 2: Gateway + dev agent smoke (what "@openclaw" actually does)

• Test: src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts
• Goal:
  • Spin up an in-process gateway
  • Create/patch a agent:dev:* session (model override per run)
  • Iterate models-with-keys and assert:
    • "meaningful" response (no tools)
    • a real tool invocation works (read probe)
    • optional extra tool probes (exec+read probe)
    • OpenAI regression paths (tool-call-only → follow-up) keep working
• Probe details (so you can explain failures quickly):
  • read probe: the test writes a nonce file in the workspace and asks the agent to read it and echo the nonce back.
  • exec+read probe: the test asks the agent to exec-write a nonce into a temp file, then read it back.
  • image probe: the test attaches a generated PNG (cat + randomized code) and expects the model to return cat <CODE>.
  • Implementation reference: src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts and test/helpers/live-image-probe.ts.
• How to enable:
  • pnpm test:live (or OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 if invoking Vitest directly)
• How to select models:
  • Default: modern allowlist (Opus/Sonnet 4.6+, GPT-5.2 + Codex, Gemini 3, DeepSeek V4, GLM 4.7, MiniMax M2.7, Grok 4.3)
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS=all is an alias for the modern allowlist
  • Or set OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="provider/model" (or comma list) to narrow
  • Modern/all gateway sweeps default to a curated high-signal cap; set OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MAX_MODELS=0 for an exhaustive modern sweep or a positive number for a smaller cap.
• How to select providers (avoid "OpenRouter everything"):
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_PROVIDERS="google,google-antigravity,google-gemini-cli,openai,anthropic,zai,minimax" (comma allowlist)
• Tool + image probes are always on in this live test:
  • read probe + exec+read probe (tool stress)
  • image probe runs when the model advertises image input support
  • Flow (high level):
    • Test generates a tiny PNG with "CAT" + random code (test/helpers/live-image-probe.ts)
    • Sends it via agent attachments: [{ mimeType: "image/png", content: "<base64>" }]
    • Gateway parses attachments into images[] (src/gateway/server-methods/agent.ts + src/gateway/chat-attachments.ts)
    • Embedded agent forwards a multimodal user message to the model
    • Assertion: reply contains cat + the code (OCR tolerance: minor mistakes allowed)

To see what you can test on your machine (and the exact `provider/model` ids), run:

openclaw models list
openclaw models list --json

Live: CLI backend smoke (Claude, Gemini, or other local CLIs)

• Test: src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live.test.ts
• Goal: validate the Gateway + agent pipeline using a local CLI backend, without touching your default config.
• Backend-specific smoke defaults live with the owning extension's cli-backend.ts definition.
• Enable:
  • pnpm test:live (or OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 if invoking Vitest directly)
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND=1
• Defaults:
  • Default provider/model: claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6
  • Command/args/image behavior come from the owning CLI backend plugin metadata.
• Overrides (optional):
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_MODEL="claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6"
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_COMMAND="/full/path/to/claude"
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_ARGS='["-p","--output-format","json"]'
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_IMAGE_PROBE=1 to send a real image attachment (paths are injected into the prompt). Docker recipes default this off unless explicitly requested.
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_IMAGE_ARG="--image" to pass image file paths as CLI args instead of prompt injection.
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_IMAGE_MODE="repeat" (or "list") to control how image args are passed when IMAGE_ARG is set.
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_RESUME_PROBE=1 to send a second turn and validate resume flow.
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_MODEL_SWITCH_PROBE=1 to opt into the Claude Sonnet -> Opus same-session continuity probe when the selected model supports a switch target. Docker recipes default this off for aggregate reliability.
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_MCP_PROBE=1 to opt into the MCP/tool loopback probe. Docker recipes default this off unless explicitly requested.

Example:

  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND=1 \
  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CLI_BACKEND_MODEL="claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6" \
  pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live.test.ts

Cheap Gemini MCP config smoke:

OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 \
  pnpm test:live src/agents/cli-runner/bundle-mcp.gemini.live.test.ts

This does not ask Gemini to generate a response. It writes the same system settings OpenClaw gives Gemini, then runs gemini --debug mcp list to prove a saved transport: "streamable-http" server is normalized to Gemini's HTTP MCP shape and can connect to a local streamable-HTTP MCP server.

Docker recipe:

pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend

Single-provider Docker recipes:

pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude
pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude-subscription
pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:gemini

Notes:

• The Docker runner lives at scripts/test-live-cli-backend-docker.sh.
• It runs the live CLI-backend smoke inside the repo Docker image as the non-root node user.
• It resolves CLI smoke metadata from the owning extension, then installs the matching Linux CLI package (@anthropic-ai/claude-code or @google/gemini-cli) into a cached writable prefix at OPENCLAW_DOCKER_CLI_TOOLS_DIR (default: ~/.cache/openclaw/docker-cli-tools).
• pnpm test:docker:live-cli-backend:claude-subscription requires portable Claude Code subscription OAuth through either ~/.claude/.credentials.json with claudeAiOauth.subscriptionType or CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN from claude setup-token. It first proves direct claude -p in Docker, then runs two Gateway CLI-backend turns without preserving Anthropic API-key env vars. This subscription lane disables the Claude MCP/tool and image probes by default because Claude currently routes third-party app usage through extra-usage billing instead of normal subscription plan limits.
• The live CLI-backend smoke now exercises the same end-to-end flow for Claude and Gemini: text turn, image classification turn, then MCP cron tool call verified through the gateway CLI.
• Claude's default smoke also patches the session from Sonnet to Opus and verifies the resumed session still remembers an earlier note.

Live: APNs HTTP/2 proxy reachability

• Test: src/infra/push-apns-http2.live.test.ts
• Goal: tunnel through a local HTTP CONNECT proxy to Apple's sandbox APNs endpoint, send the APNs HTTP/2 validation request, and assert Apple's real 403 InvalidProviderToken response comes back through the proxy path.
• Enable:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 OPENCLAW_LIVE_APNS_REACHABILITY=1 pnpm test:live src/infra/push-apns-http2.live.test.ts
• Optional timeout:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_APNS_TIMEOUT_MS=30000

Live: ACP bind smoke (/acp spawn ... --bind here)

• Test: src/gateway/gateway-acp-bind.live.test.ts
• Goal: validate the real ACP conversation-bind flow with a live ACP agent:
  • send /acp spawn <agent> --bind here
  • bind a synthetic message-channel conversation in place
  • send a normal follow-up on that same conversation
  • verify the follow-up lands in the bound ACP session transcript
• Enable:
  • pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-acp-bind.live.test.ts
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND=1
• Defaults:
  • ACP agents in Docker: claude,codex,gemini
  • ACP agent for direct pnpm test:live ...: claude
  • Synthetic channel: Slack DM-style conversation context
  • ACP backend: acpx
• Overrides:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=claude
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=codex
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=droid
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=gemini
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=opencode
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=claude,codex,gemini
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT_COMMAND='npx -y @agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp@<version>'
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_CODEX_MODEL=gpt-5.5
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_OPENCODE_MODEL=opencode/kimi-k2.6
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_REQUIRE_TRANSCRIPT=1
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_REQUIRE_CRON=1
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_PARENT_MODEL=openai/gpt-5.5
• Notes:
  • This lane uses the gateway chat.send surface with admin-only synthetic originating-route fields so tests can attach message-channel context without pretending to deliver externally.
  • When OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT_COMMAND is unset, the test uses the embedded acpx plugin's built-in agent registry for the selected ACP harness agent.
  • Bound-session cron MCP creation is best-effort by default because external ACP harnesses can cancel MCP calls after the bind/image proof has passed; set OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_REQUIRE_CRON=1 to make that post-bind cron probe strict.

Example:

OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND=1 \
  OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENT=claude \
  pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-acp-bind.live.test.ts

Docker recipe:

pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind

Single-agent Docker recipes:

pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:claude
pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:codex
pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:droid
pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:gemini
pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:opencode

Docker notes:

• The Docker runner lives at scripts/test-live-acp-bind-docker.sh.
• By default, it runs the ACP bind smoke against the aggregate live CLI agents in sequence: claude, codex, then gemini.
• Use OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=claude, OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=codex, OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=droid, OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=gemini, or OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_AGENTS=opencode to narrow the matrix.
• It stages the matching CLI auth material into the container, then installs the requested live CLI (@anthropic-ai/claude-code, @openai/codex, Factory Droid via https://app.factory.ai/cli, @google/gemini-cli, or opencode-ai) if missing. The ACP backend itself is the embedded acpx/runtime package from the official acpx plugin.
• The Droid Docker variant stages ~/.factory for settings, forwards FACTORY_API_KEY, and requires that API key because local Factory OAuth/keyring auth is not portable into the container. It uses ACPX's built-in droid exec --output-format acp registry entry.
• The OpenCode Docker variant is a strict single-agent regression lane. It writes a temporary OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT default model from OPENCLAW_LIVE_ACP_BIND_OPENCODE_MODEL (default opencode/kimi-k2.6), and pnpm test:docker:live-acp-bind:opencode requires a bound assistant transcript instead of accepting the generic post-bind skip.
• Direct acpx CLI calls are only a manual/workaround path for comparing behavior outside the Gateway. The Docker ACP bind smoke exercises OpenClaw's embedded acpx runtime backend.

Live: Codex app-server harness smoke

• Goal: validate the plugin-owned Codex harness through the normal gateway agent method:
  • load the bundled codex plugin
  • select openai/gpt-5.5, which routes OpenAI agent turns through Codex by default
  • send a first gateway agent turn to openai/gpt-5.5 with the Codex harness selected
  • send a second turn to the same OpenClaw session and verify the app-server thread can resume
  • run /codex status and /codex models through the same gateway command path
  • optionally run two Guardian-reviewed escalated shell probes: one benign command that should be approved and one fake-secret upload that should be denied so the agent asks back
• Test: src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live.test.ts
• Enable: OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS=1
• Default model: openai/gpt-5.5
• Optional image probe: OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=1
• Optional MCP/tool probe: OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=1
• Optional Guardian probe: OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=1
• The smoke forces provider/model agentRuntime.id: "codex" so a broken Codex harness cannot pass by silently falling back to OpenClaw.
• Auth: Codex app-server auth from the local Codex subscription login. Docker smokes can also provide OPENAI_API_KEY for non-Codex probes when applicable, plus optional copied ~/.codex/auth.json and ~/.codex/config.toml.

Local recipe:

OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS=1 \
  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=1 \
  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=1 \
  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=1 \
  OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MODEL=openai/gpt-5.5 \
  pnpm test:live -- src/gateway/gateway-codex-harness.live.test.ts

Docker recipe:

pnpm test:docker:live-codex-harness

Docker notes:

• The Docker runner lives at scripts/test-live-codex-harness-docker.sh.
• It passes OPENAI_API_KEY, copies Codex CLI auth files when present, installs @openai/codex into a writable mounted npm prefix, stages the source tree, then runs only the Codex-harness live test.
• Docker enables the image, MCP/tool, and Guardian probes by default. Set OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_IMAGE_PROBE=0 or OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_MCP_PROBE=0 or OPENCLAW_LIVE_CODEX_HARNESS_GUARDIAN_PROBE=0 when you need a narrower debug run.
• Docker uses the same explicit Codex runtime config, so legacy aliases or OpenClaw fallback cannot hide a Codex harness regression.

Recommended live recipes

Narrow, explicit allowlists are fastest and least flaky:

• Single model, direct (no gateway):

  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5" pnpm test:live src/agents/models.profiles.live.test.ts

• Single model, gateway smoke:

  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts

• Tool calling across several providers:

  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5,openai-codex/gpt-5.5,anthropic/claude-opus-4-6,google/gemini-3-flash-preview,deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash,zai/glm-5.1,minimax/MiniMax-M2.7" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts

• Google focus (Gemini API key + Antigravity):

  • Gemini (API key): OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="google/gemini-3-flash-preview" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts
  • Antigravity (OAuth): OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-6-thinking,google-antigravity/gemini-3-pro-high" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts

• Google adaptive thinking smoke:

  • Gemini 3 dynamic default: pnpm openclaw qa manual --provider-mode live-frontier --model google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview --alt-model google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview --message '/think adaptive Reply exactly: GEMINI_ADAPTIVE_OK' --timeout-ms 180000
  • Gemini 2.5 dynamic budget: pnpm openclaw qa manual --provider-mode live-frontier --model google/gemini-2.5-flash --alt-model google/gemini-2.5-flash --message '/think adaptive Reply exactly: GEMINI25_ADAPTIVE_OK' --timeout-ms 180000

Notes:

• google/... uses the Gemini API (API key).
• google-antigravity/... uses the Antigravity OAuth bridge (Cloud Code Assist-style agent endpoint).
• google-gemini-cli/... uses the local Gemini CLI on your machine (separate auth + tooling quirks).
• Gemini API vs Gemini CLI:
  • API: OpenClaw calls Google's hosted Gemini API over HTTP (API key / profile auth); this is what most users mean by "Gemini".
  • CLI: OpenClaw shells out to a local gemini binary; it has its own auth and can behave differently (streaming/tool support/version skew).

Live: model matrix (what we cover)

There is no fixed "CI model list" (live is opt-in), but these are the recommended models to cover regularly on a dev machine with keys.

Modern smoke set (tool calling + image)

This is the "common models" run we expect to keep working:

• OpenAI (non-Codex): openai/gpt-5.5
• OpenAI Codex OAuth: openai-codex/gpt-5.5
• Anthropic: anthropic/claude-opus-4-6 (or anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6)
• Google (Gemini API): google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview and google/gemini-3-flash-preview (avoid older Gemini 2.x models)
• Google (Antigravity): google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-6-thinking and google-antigravity/gemini-3-flash
• DeepSeek: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash and deepseek/deepseek-v4-pro
• Z.AI (GLM): zai/glm-5.1
• MiniMax: minimax/MiniMax-M2.7

Run gateway smoke with tools + image: OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS="openai/gpt-5.5,openai-codex/gpt-5.5,anthropic/claude-opus-4-6,google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview,google/gemini-3-flash-preview,google-antigravity/claude-opus-4-6-thinking,google-antigravity/gemini-3-flash,deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash,zai/glm-5.1,minimax/MiniMax-M2.7" pnpm test:live src/gateway/gateway-models.profiles.live.test.ts

Baseline: tool calling (Read + optional Exec)

Pick at least one per provider family:

• OpenAI: openai/gpt-5.5
• Anthropic: anthropic/claude-opus-4-6 (or anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6)
• Google: google/gemini-3-flash-preview (or google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview)
• DeepSeek: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash
• Z.AI (GLM): zai/glm-5.1
• MiniMax: minimax/MiniMax-M2.7

Optional additional coverage (nice to have):

• xAI: xai/grok-4.3 (or latest available)
• Mistral: mistral/… (pick one "tools" capable model you have enabled)
• Cerebras: cerebras/… (if you have access)
• LM Studio: lmstudio/… (local; tool calling depends on API mode)

Vision: image send (attachment → multimodal message)

Include at least one image-capable model in OPENCLAW_LIVE_GATEWAY_MODELS (Claude/Gemini/OpenAI vision-capable variants, etc.) to exercise the image probe.

Aggregators / alternate gateways

If you have keys enabled, we also support testing via:

• OpenRouter: openrouter/... (hundreds of models; use openclaw models scan to find tool+image capable candidates)
• OpenCode: opencode/... for Zen and opencode-go/... for Go (auth via OPENCODE_API_KEY / OPENCODE_ZEN_API_KEY)

More providers you can include in the live matrix (if you have creds/config):

• Built-in: openai, openai-codex, anthropic, google, google-vertex, google-antigravity, google-gemini-cli, zai, openrouter, opencode, opencode-go, xai, groq, cerebras, mistral, github-copilot
• Via models.providers (custom endpoints): minimax (cloud/API), plus any OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible proxy (LM Studio, vLLM, LiteLLM, etc.)

Do not hardcode "all models" in docs. The authoritative list is whatever `discoverModels(...)` returns on your machine plus whatever keys are available.

Credentials (never commit)

Live tests discover credentials the same way the CLI does. Practical implications:

• If the CLI works, live tests should find the same keys.

• If a live test says "no creds", debug the same way you'd debug openclaw models list / model selection.

• Per-agent auth profiles: ~/.openclaw/agents/<agentId>/agent/auth-profiles.json (this is what "profile keys" means in the live tests)

• Config: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json (or OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH)

• Legacy state dir: ~/.openclaw/credentials/ (copied into the staged live home when present, but not the main profile-key store)

• Live local runs copy the active config, per-agent auth-profiles.json files, legacy credentials/, and supported external CLI auth dirs into a temp test home by default; staged live homes skip workspace/ and sandboxes/, and agents.*.workspace / agentDir path overrides are stripped so probes stay off your real host workspace.

If you want to rely on env keys, export them before local tests or use the Docker runners below with an explicit OPENCLAW_PROFILE_FILE.

Deepgram live (audio transcription)

• Test: extensions/deepgram/audio.live.test.ts
• Enable: DEEPGRAM_API_KEY=... DEEPGRAM_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live extensions/deepgram/audio.live.test.ts

BytePlus coding plan live

• Test: extensions/byteplus/live.test.ts
• Enable: BYTEPLUS_API_KEY=... BYTEPLUS_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live extensions/byteplus/live.test.ts
• Optional model override: BYTEPLUS_CODING_MODEL=ark-code-latest

ComfyUI workflow media live

• Test: extensions/comfy/comfy.live.test.ts
• Enable: OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 COMFY_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live -- extensions/comfy/comfy.live.test.ts
• Scope:
  • Exercises the bundled comfy image, video, and music_generate paths
  • Skips each capability unless plugins.entries.comfy.config.<capability> is configured
  • Useful after changing comfy workflow submission, polling, downloads, or plugin registration

Image generation live

• Test: test/image-generation.runtime.live.test.ts
• Command: pnpm test:live test/image-generation.runtime.live.test.ts
• Harness: pnpm test:live:media image
• Scope:
  • Enumerates every registered image-generation provider plugin
  • Uses already-exported provider env vars before probing
  • Uses live/env API keys ahead of stored auth profiles by default, so stale test keys in auth-profiles.json do not mask real shell credentials
  • Skips providers with no usable auth/profile/model
  • Runs each configured provider through the shared image-generation runtime:
    • <provider>:generate
    • <provider>:edit when the provider declares edit support
• Current bundled providers covered:
  • deepinfra
  • fal
  • google
  • minimax
  • openai
  • openrouter
  • vydra
  • xai
• Optional narrowing:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_IMAGE_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="openai,google,openrouter,xai"
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_IMAGE_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="deepinfra"
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_IMAGE_GENERATION_MODELS="openai/gpt-image-2,google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview,openrouter/google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview,xai/grok-imagine-image"
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_IMAGE_GENERATION_CASES="google:flash-generate,google:pro-edit,openrouter:generate,xai:default-generate,xai:default-edit"
• Optional auth behavior:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1 to force profile-store auth and ignore env-only overrides

For the shipped CLI path, add an infer smoke after the provider/runtime live test passes:

OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 OPENCLAW_LIVE_INFER_CLI_TEST=1 pnpm test:live -- test/image-generation.infer-cli.live.test.ts
openclaw infer image providers --json
openclaw infer image generate \
  --model google/gemini-3.1-flash-image-preview \
  --prompt "Minimal flat test image: one blue square on a white background, no text." \
  --output ./openclaw-infer-image-smoke.png \
  --json

This covers CLI argument parsing, config/default-agent resolution, bundled plugin activation, the shared image-generation runtime, and the live provider request. Plugin dependencies are expected to be present before runtime load.

Music generation live

• Test: extensions/music-generation-providers.live.test.ts
• Enable: OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live -- extensions/music-generation-providers.live.test.ts
• Harness: pnpm test:live:media music
• Scope:
  • Exercises the shared bundled music-generation provider path
  • Currently covers Google and MiniMax
  • Uses already-exported provider env vars before probing
  • Uses live/env API keys ahead of stored auth profiles by default, so stale test keys in auth-profiles.json do not mask real shell credentials
  • Skips providers with no usable auth/profile/model
  • Runs both declared runtime modes when available:
    • generate with prompt-only input
    • edit when the provider declares capabilities.edit.enabled
  • Current shared-lane coverage:
    • google: generate, edit
    • minimax: generate
    • comfy: separate Comfy live file, not this shared sweep
• Optional narrowing:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_MUSIC_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="google,minimax"
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_MUSIC_GENERATION_MODELS="google/lyria-3-clip-preview,minimax/music-2.6"
• Optional auth behavior:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1 to force profile-store auth and ignore env-only overrides

Video generation live

• Test: extensions/video-generation-providers.live.test.ts
• Enable: OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 pnpm test:live -- extensions/video-generation-providers.live.test.ts
• Harness: pnpm test:live:media video
• Scope:
  • Exercises the shared bundled video-generation provider path
  • Defaults to the release-safe smoke path: non-FAL providers, one text-to-video request per provider, one-second lobster prompt, and a per-provider operation cap from OPENCLAW_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_TIMEOUT_MS (180000 by default)
  • Skips FAL by default because provider-side queue latency can dominate release time; pass --video-providers fal or OPENCLAW_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="fal" to run it explicitly
  • Uses already-exported provider env vars before probing
  • Uses live/env API keys ahead of stored auth profiles by default, so stale test keys in auth-profiles.json do not mask real shell credentials
  • Skips providers with no usable auth/profile/model
  • Runs only generate by default
  • Set OPENCLAW_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_FULL_MODES=1 to also run declared transform modes when available:
    • imageToVideo when the provider declares capabilities.imageToVideo.enabled and the selected provider/model accepts buffer-backed local image input in the shared sweep
    • videoToVideo when the provider declares capabilities.videoToVideo.enabled and the selected provider/model accepts buffer-backed local video input in the shared sweep
  • Current declared-but-skipped imageToVideo providers in the shared sweep:
    • vydra because bundled veo3 is text-only and bundled kling requires a remote image URL
  • Provider-specific Vydra coverage:
    • OPENCLAW_LIVE_TEST=1 OPENCLAW_LIVE_VYDRA_VIDEO=1 pnpm test:live -- extensions/vydra/vydra.live.test.ts
    • that file runs veo3 text-to-video plus a kling lane that uses a remote image URL fixture by default
  • Current videoToVideo live coverage:
    • runway only when the selected model is runway/gen4_aleph
  • Current declared-but-skipped videoToVideo providers in the shared sweep:
    • alibaba, qwen, xai because those paths currently require remote http(s) / MP4 reference URLs
    • google because the current shared Gemini/Veo lane uses local buffer-backed input and that path is not accepted in the shared sweep
    • openai because the current shared lane lacks org-specific video edit access guarantees
• Optional narrowing:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_PROVIDERS="deepinfra,google,openai,runway"
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_MODELS="google/veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview,openai/sora-2,runway/gen4_aleph"
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_SKIP_PROVIDERS="" to include every provider in the default sweep, including FAL
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_VIDEO_GENERATION_TIMEOUT_MS=60000 to reduce each provider operation cap for an aggressive smoke run
• Optional auth behavior:
  • OPENCLAW_LIVE_REQUIRE_PROFILE_KEYS=1 to force profile-store auth and ignore env-only overrides

Media live harness

• Command: pnpm test:live:media
• Purpose:
  • Runs the shared image, music, and video live suites through one repo-native entrypoint
  • Uses already-exported provider env vars
  • Auto-narrows each suite to providers that currently have usable auth by default
  • Reuses scripts/test-live.mjs, so heartbeat and quiet-mode behavior stay consistent
• Examples:
  • pnpm test:live:media
  • pnpm test:live:media image video --providers openai,google,minimax
  • pnpm test:live:media video --video-providers openai,runway --all-providers
  • pnpm test:live:media music --quiet

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