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Outcome

MCP registration now rejects two credential-bound aliases that resolve to the same normalized endpoint but request different credential providers. The rejection occurs during preflight, before any provider or sandbox policy mutation, while distinct MCP endpoints and unauthenticated aliases remain supported.

Reason

OpenShell identifies network policy targets by host, port, and path. Two aliases for the same target cannot safely select different credential providers, so attempting to install both produces an ambiguous policy and a late timeout. Failing early makes that security boundary explicit and avoids partially mutating registration state.

Related issues

Refs #11895

Changes

Verification

  • npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-state.test.ts src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-policy.test.ts - 20 tests passed.
  • npx vitest run --project integration test/automation/pull-requests/growth-guardrails.test.ts - 7 tests passed.
  • npm run build:cli && npm --prefix nemoclaw run build - passed.
  • NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 npm run typecheck:cli -- --incremental - passed.
  • NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 npx prek run --from-ref origin/main --to-ref HEAD --stage pre-push - publication validation and CLI typecheck passed.
  • git diff --check origin/main...HEAD - passed.
  • Follow-up removal repair at 34d038d226f7ed73e13965375edf4d8a408779a3: four focused CLI suites passed (74 tests), growth guardrails passed (7 tests), and npm run docs passed (0 errors, 2 warnings).
  • Normal pre-commit, commit-message, and pre-push publication/CLI TypeScript hooks passed for the follow-up repair.
  • Legacy ownership follow-up at bd164a31134b9d7219f6f6019e13311eee8ca9a3: five focused CLI suites passed (94 tests), then the expanded migration suite passed (26 tests, including an additional ownership-drift case). Growth guardrails, docs validation, and 8 GB incremental CLI typecheck passed. Default 4 GB typecheck exhausted its heap.
  • All normal commit and pre-push hooks passed for this follow-up.
  • Exact-head CI and E2E are running: https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/35316725008 and https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/35316725634.
  • Reviewed the diff for secrets, API keys, and credentials; none are present.

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This change does not add multi-binding support for one endpoint. Supporting that behavior would require an explicit aggregate or multi-provider credential design in OpenShell. This PR makes the current policy model deterministic and safe.


Signed-off-by: Deepak Jain deepujain@gmail.com

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Prevented multiple credential-bound MCP definitions from targeting the same normalized endpoint.
    • Conflicting additions, restarts, rebuilds, and migrations now fail safely before changing configuration or runtime state.
    • Unauthenticated aliases and distinct endpoint URLs remain supported.
    • Named legacy registrations can be removed when ownership is confirmed; unverified or conflicting entries are preserved.
    • Legacy ownership data is preserved during unrelated registry updates.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified migration preview and apply steps, endpoint and credential requirements, and legacy registration removal rules.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for credential conflicts, migration safety, removal behavior, distinct endpoints, and unauthenticated aliases.

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The change rejects credential-bound MCP definitions that share a normalized endpoint URL. It applies validation during bridge operations and migration. It updates legacy removal rules, registry persistence, tests, E2E checks, and documentation.

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MCP bridge integrity

Layer / File(s) Summary
Credential-target validation
src/lib/domain/mcp-credential-target.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-*.ts, src/lib/**/*test.ts
The detector normalizes endpoints and identifies conflicting credential providers. Bridge operations reject conflicts with exit code 2 before mutation.
Legacy migration validation
src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-migration.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-source.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-migration.test.ts
Migration parses committed legacy entries, compares native and legacy registrations, rejects conflicting credentials, and retires captured registry projections.
Owned legacy removal
src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-remove.ts, src/lib/state/registry/legacy-mcp.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-migration.test.ts
Named legacy registrations are removed only when ownership and observed-state checks pass. Registry updates support preservation and retry reconciliation.
Registry preservation and E2E validation
src/lib/state/registry/persistence.ts, src/lib/state/registry-normalization.test.ts, test/e2e/live/*, test/e2e/support/*
Persistence preserves disk-only legacy ownership data. E2E tests verify bridge identity, endpoint isolation, rejected alias state, and restart behavior.
Documentation and supporting contracts
docs/**/*.mdx, test/e2e/mock-parity.json, test/mcp/mcp-tool-discovery-image-contract.test.ts, ci/e2e-assertion-budget.json
Documentation describes endpoint uniqueness, migration, and removal rules. Test parity, image digest, and assertion metrics are updated.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/NemoClaw#10621: Both changes use recorded gateway and provider lifecycle data around MCP bridge operations.

Suggested reviewers: ericksoa, prekshivyas

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 574ac

The credential-target validation and legacy cleanup changes include focused validation and regression coverage. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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Follow-up pushed in af11f11 to repair the shared CLI coverage failure currently affecting main and open PRs. The focused lifecycle-lock storage suite now passes 8 tests and raises that file to 62.37% branch coverage (threshold: 60%), with 100% function coverage. npm run test:changed, CLI typechecking with an increased local Node heap, formatting, repository hooks, and pre-push validation passed.

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Addressed both PR Review Advisor findings in signed commit 5a5fe9ac7:

  • Documented that a normalized MCP endpoint URL can have only one credential-bound managed definition, with remediation to retain one definition or use distinct endpoints. Updated both the add-server guide and managed-MCP architecture page.
  • Extended the live MCP E2E rejection path to prove an ambiguous credential alias leaves no native source entry, provider attachment, policy entry, or OpenClaw adapter state.

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  • node scripts/checks/e2e-assertion-census.mts --check — passed
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  • git diff --check — passed

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98-98: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Move the pure conflict decision to a domain helper.

assertNoAmbiguousMcpCredentialTarget only scans in-memory McpSourceEntry values. The MCP add/restart action calls it during preflight, before resource mutation. It does not orchestrate lifecycle work or perform state I/O. Under src/lib/README.md and src/lib/domain/README.md, move this decision to a domain helper and keep McpBridgeError construction at the action boundary.

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In `@src/lib/domain/mcp-credential-target.ts`:
- Line 27: Update the provider-name comparison in the credential-bound detection
logic to require both candidate.providerName and entry.providerName to be
defined before rejecting matching normalized URLs; unauthenticated aliases must
not compete for credentials. Add a test covering one defined and one undefined
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🟠 Major · Validate the complete recovery entry set before registration · mcp-bridge-state.ts:99-114

src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-state.ts:99-114
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Reachability: Internal
Exploitability: Difficult
CWE: CWE-693

Validate the complete recovery entry set before registration

Restart, runtime restoration, and teardown rollback register persisted entries independently without invoking the ambiguity validator. Distinct server keys can therefore carry the same canonical endpoint with different credential providers. Validate the complete entry set before the first recovery registration so adapters cannot recreate conflicting native or policy state.

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- Around line 100-108: Update checkAgentVersion to perform its
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Preserve persisted legacy ownership until explicit verified retirement.
Prove distinct MCP endpoint credentials remain isolated through restart.

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In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/mcp-bridge-remove.ts`:
- Line 161: Update the registry-only retry flow around
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Focused mcp-bridge E2E comparison completed for head 574aceb90c5c72c3a09186b3924c621040f7199a against exact base d9c33770772f06264b3a45b52fe9efc6d83aa34f using trusted workflow a902d28afff92f7122607afc13f6a44f57076381.

  • OpenClaw reached phase 4/5 on both revisions and failed at the same existing post-rebuild MCP_AUTH_REWRITE_OK assertion. The PR first passed the new distinct-endpoint coverage and therefore ran farther/longer before reaching that baseline failure.
  • Deep Agents passed on both revisions.
  • Hermes failed on both revisions, although the PR run stopped earlier during dashboard-forward ownership while the exact-base replay reached phase 3 and hit the existing concurrent-add assertion. This remains a differing, unresolved E2E signal rather than a clean pass.

PR run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/35384674601
Exact-base replay: https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/35386636165

The PR head remained unchanged during the comparison, and the normal hosted PR checks are green. On balance, the OpenClaw evidence shows the intended new behavior is exercised successfully before the known downstream base failure.

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Approved based on the reviewed change, green hosted PR checks, and the focused exact-base E2E comparison documented above. The remaining OpenClaw failure is reproduced on the captured base after the PR's new coverage passes; the differing Hermes signal is recorded explicitly for follow-up.

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#12015)

## Outcome

This PR now carries two accepted installer fixes:

- NemoClaw transfers protected managed-startup receipts on Docker Engine
27 without the daemon interpreting a numeric UID:GID pair as a passwd
entry.
- On macOS, operators can explicitly request a force-fresh reinstall
that removes NemoClaw/OpenShell-managed state through the canonical
whole-host uninstaller, keeps model caches, and starts fresh onboarding.

Fixes #12010
Resolves #12076

## Accepted stacked decision

Accepted product decision: #12076; explicit maintainer acceptance:
https:\/\/github.com\/NVIDIA\/NemoClaw\/issues\/12076#issuecomment-5737074714.
PR #12041 is the stacked implementation that was explicitly merged into
this branch by the accountable maintainer.

- **Consumer:** macOS operators recovering an interrupted or internally
inconsistent NemoClaw/OpenShell installation.
- **Owner:** the hosted installer orchestrates staging and reinstall;
the canonical staged `internal uninstall run-plan --all-gateway-ports
--destroy-user-data` remains the only state/resource deletion authority.
- **Lifecycle:** the reset runs before CLI installation and bypasses
legacy backup/recovery only when `--force-fresh-install` or
`NEMOCLAW_FORCE_FRESH_INSTALL=1` is explicit.
- **Compatibility:** the option is limited to Apple silicon macOS.
Persisted local Colima contexts resolve to an authoritative Unix socket
and remain selected through recovery and onboarding.
- **Security and recovery:** Docker-only labels, names, and image
references are not deletion authority. Recognizable residue without
trusted host state blocks reset for explicit reconciliation. If
canonical uninstall is incomplete, the installer stops and preserves
remaining state for retry. Model caches and unrelated `nemoclaw-acp`
files remain.
- **Validation contract:** public-flag lifecycle ordering, failure
preservation, fail-closed Docker residue detection, deferred Colima
recovery, Homebrew removal, platform scope, staged-source isolation,
Docker 27 receipt transfer, and workflow-level cancellation cleanup are
checked in.

## Changes

### Docker Engine 27 receipt compatibility

- Create only the Docker receipt seed container with numeric root user
`0` instead of `0:0`.
- Preserve `docker cp -a`, the Docker-managed volume, and the seed
security controls: no network, read-only root filesystem,
`no-new-privileges`, and no capabilities.
- Label receipt volumes for diagnostics and inventory. Force-reset does
not treat the mutable label as deletion authority; UUID-shaped receipt
volumes block cleanup for explicit reconciliation.
- Require the exact `--user 0` argument in unit coverage and reject
regression to `0:0`.
- Add a pinned Docker Engine 27.5.1 archive-copy boundary to the
protected multi-architecture managed-image startup selector.
- Verify ownership, modes, read-only mounting, isolation controls,
successful cleanup, failed-transfer cleanup, and exact platform-scoped
daemon identity.
- Add an always-running workflow cleanup step so cancellation cannot
strand the privileged Docker 27 daemon.
- Let the receipt-probe script derive the daemon name from validated run
ID, attempt, and platform inputs for both probe and cleanup; remove
workflow and fixture copies of the naming rule.
- Require the seed itself to be non-privileged and accept cleanup only
when Docker explicitly reports the container or volume absent; timeouts,
daemon errors, and permission errors fail the proof.
- Refresh the reviewed managed-startup runtime hash after current `main`
regenerated that artifact without updating its exact-hash contract.

### Force-fresh macOS reset

- Add `--force-fresh-install` and `NEMOCLAW_FORCE_FRESH_INSTALL=1` to
the hosted and versioned installer.
- Stage and build the selected candidate outside the active state root
before cleanup.
- Keep the maintained `lkg` downgrade guard active for force-fresh
requests; an intentional downgrade still requires an explicit immutable
release tag.
- Bound OpenClaw pre-extraction, staged-uninstaller preparation,
ownership preflight, and authoritative cleanup per process group;
timeout kills and reaps descendants, blocks package removal, and reports
incomplete cleanup when destructive work may have started.
- Run destructive cleanup only through the staged canonical all-gateway
uninstaller.
- Pass its hidden force-reset mode through every gateway-port child. The
standalone installer records a digest manifest for managed user-local
OpenShell binaries; canonical cleanup removes only matching binaries,
preserves foreign or changed files, and removes the manifest after
complete cleanup. Mutable Docker receipt labels are diagnostic only, and
inconclusive cleanup returns failure.
- Stop before Homebrew/package removal when the authoritative uninstall
is incomplete; do not erase recovery state after a failed sandbox or
Docker cleanup.
- Remove the duplicate installer-owned process, sandbox, Docker, and
state deletion implementation.
- Preserve and fail closed on receipt volumes or Docker-only containers
identified only by mutable labels, names, or image references. Stop
before cleanup when Docker is unavailable or residue lacks trusted host
state.
- Keep the resolved Colima `DOCKER_HOST` authoritative after deferred
Node.js installation by leaving `DOCKER_CONTEXT` unset.
- Document the macOS-only destructive scope, preserved model caches,
environment equivalent, safe invocation, and fail-closed behavior.

## Verification

Candidate: `a9bd2f8bd5749c00764430a24f8943d1267c2666`; canonical base at
publication: `20f7b2c9f883901d28f7fbf4f95e44ab38bb9c06`.

- Focused installer, Colima recovery, Docker 27 cleanup contract, and
protected workflow suites: 4 files and 109 tests passed.
- Focused maintained-downgrade and bounded force-reset preparation
suites: 2 files and 91 tests passed.
- Final Advisor repair batch: 4 files and 144 tests passed.
- Canonical uninstall ownership and residual-volume batch: 6 files and
65 tests passed; the final structural refactor: 5 files and 56 tests
passed.
- Receipt ownership, Docker-only detection, environment routing, help,
and growth-guard batch: 4 files and 45 tests passed.
- Labelled volume fixture compatibility: 2 files and 13 tests passed.
- Managed OpenShell binary ownership and remaining-PATH rejection: 3
files and 38 tests passed.
- Protected OpenShell installer template remained at its base-trusted
digest; installer hash validation and its 3 trust regressions passed.
- Legacy pre-label receipt-volume detection fails closed before any
cleanup; the focused receipt regressions and full 33-test
installer/growth batch passed.
- CodeRabbit cleanup repair batch: 3 files and 46 tests passed; the
wider uninstall sweep passed 530 tests, and its lone suite-load timeout
passed on exact retry.
- Docker planned-volume absence is accepted only for exact daemon
not-found evidence; deletion and inconclusive-inspection regressions
plus growth guardrails passed in an 18-test batch.
- Advisor ownership repair: Docker-only label/name/image residue is
preserved and blocks force-fresh until explicitly reconciled; label
alone is not deletion authority.
- Docker absence verification captures stdout/stderr for both container
and volume inspections; focused proof plus growth guardrails passed 19
tests.
- XDG user-bin routing and four-helper standalone manifests feed a
read-only staged canonical ownership preflight before deletion;
malformed or mismatched manifests stop cleanup at that single owner.
- Merged `main` at `20f7b2c9f883901d28f7fbf4f95e44ab38bb9c06` (OpenClaw
2026.9.1); kept direct runtime-bundle hash enforcement at the
regenerated `b6363673…` digest. The merged contract and focused suites
passed 67 tests.
- Latest merged-main ownership/image-removal repair: 51 focused tests,
137 affected tests after #12082/#12083, and `npm run validate:pr`
passed.
- Canonical ownership-preflight and convention-safe cleanup repair: 62
focused tests, `npm run docs`, installer hash verification, and `npm run
validate:pr` passed.
- Merged-main #11917 compatibility plus the explicit Docker-inventory
assertion: 131 affected tests and `npm run validate:pr` passed.
- Bounded ownership/cleanup process groups and label-neutral receipt
preservation: 51 focused tests, descendant-reaping assertions,
TypeScript, and `npm run validate:pr` passed.
- Direct canonical receipt inventory covers every volume name, with
labelled and unlabelled preservation regressions; focused tests,
TypeScript, and `npm run validate:pr` passed.
- `npm run docs` — passed, including generated variants, routes, links,
and MDX validation.
- `bash -n scripts/install.sh` — passed.
- `shellcheck scripts/install.sh` — passed.
- `npm run source-shape:check` — passed without increasing the budget.
- `npm run validate:pr` — passed, including formatting, lint, repository
policy, E2E phase semantics, growth guardrails, secret scanning,
publication validation, builds, and CLI typechecking.
- Prior live Docker Engine 27.5.1 arm64 compatibility evidence
reproduced the `0:0` passwd failure, passed with user `0`, verified
ownership and modes, enforced the read-only mount, and verified
success/failure cleanup.
- Prior live macOS/Colima force-fresh evidence completed successfully
while preserving the model cache.
- Exact-head GitHub CI and Advisor verification are pending for this
candidate.

## Scope

The receipt change remains the narrow fix requested by #12010. The
additional force-fresh surface is the explicitly accepted and merged
scope from #12041. The current follow-up removes duplicate deletion
authority, fails closed on incomplete cleanup, preserves the validated
Colima target, adds missing operational documentation, and closes the
workflow cancellation leak identified by exact-head review.

---
Signed-off-by: Aaron Erickson <aerickson@nvidia.com>


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **New Features**
- Added force-fresh installation support for Apple silicon macOS through
the CLI and environment variable.
- Fresh installation can remove verified managed NemoClaw/OpenShell
state while preserving model caches and unrelated tools.
  - Added recovery support for validated local Docker socket contexts.

- **Bug Fixes**
- Cleanup now stops safely when ownership or Docker resource
verification is inconclusive.
- Improved receipt-volume handling and multi-architecture startup
cleanup.
- Prevented unintended downgrades and preserved foreign executables,
containers, and images.
- Artifact verification now always checks declared runtime hashes
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