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Outcome

Failed and successful sandbox commands no longer trigger an automatic openclaw devices list --json inspection. NemoClaw preserves the native command output and exit status, while the unrelated OpenShell network-policy diagnostic remains unchanged.

Reason

Issue #11763 accepts retirement of this NemoClaw-owned post-exec restriction as part of the basic-onboarder direction. OpenClaw owns pending-request discovery and approval through its native interfaces.

Related issues

Part of #11763.
Refs #10070.

Changes

  • Remove the pending-device probe, scope-upgrade hint emitter, timeout, dependency injection, parser, renderer, and restriction-only tests.
  • Add post-exec integration coverage that proves successful and failed commands make no pending-device query.
  • Keep the existing issue-4462-scope-upgrade-approval live journey, which proves native failure, explicit request review, approval, and successful retry.
  • Update troubleshooting guidance to use the native list and approval commands without claiming automatic NemoClaw inspection.

Verification

  • npx vitest run --project cli src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint.test.ts src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-runtime.test.ts src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-rendering.test.ts src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec.test.ts — 47 tests passed across 4 files.
  • npx vitest run --project e2e-support test/e2e/support/issue-4462-fixture-boundary.test.ts — 2 tests passed.
  • NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 npm run test:changed — 7 growth guardrails and 499 affected tests passed across 22 files.
  • NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 npm run typecheck:cli — passed.
  • npm run checks:repository — all 18 repository checks passed.
  • npm run docs — passed with 0 errors; Fern reported 2 warnings.
  • Normal pre-push publication validation and CLI TypeScript hook — passed.
  • Diff inspection and identifier search confirm the retired probe has no remaining production or test consumer.
  • The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials.

Signed-off-by: Prekshi Vyas prekshiv@nvidia.com

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  • Changes
    • Failed commands no longer trigger automatic checks for pending device requests or display scope-upgrade hints. Commands retain their native output and exit status; policy-denial hints remain available.
    • To resolve a device-scope upgrade, open the prepared my-assistant shell and rerun the original command. If approval is still needed, list pending requests, verify the requesting client, device, and scopes, approve only the matching request by ID, then rerun the command.
    • During setup, connect settles allowlisted pairing, read, and write upgrades; other requests remain available for manual review.

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Sandbox command execution no longer probes pending device requests or emits scope-upgrade hints. Policy-denial hints remain. Troubleshooting guidance describes manual request review and approval.

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Sandbox command hints

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove probe and hint logic
src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-rendering.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-emission.ts
The scope-upgrade hint renderer and pending-device probe are removed. The policy-denial hint path remains.
Update execution hint integration
src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-integration.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec.ts
preparePolicyHint no longer accepts the command argument or invokes scope-upgrade hint emission.
Update tests and troubleshooting guidance
src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-rendering.test.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-runtime.test.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint.test.ts, src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec.test.ts, docs/reference/troubleshooting.mdx
Tests remove scope-upgrade hint coverage. Runtime tests check post-execution policy-hint behavior. Troubleshooting guidance describes manual request review and approval.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Refactor

Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/NemoClaw#9853: Added the automatic pending-device probe and scope-upgrade hint that this change removes.

Suggested reviewers: deepujain, dongni-yang

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src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-runtime.test.ts (1)

32-75: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The replacement test does not exercise startSandboxExec or the native command stream. It only calls preparePolicyHint and checks the optional log probe. The remaining exec.test.ts assertions check selected exit codes and diagnostic stderr, but not native stdout or native stderr preservation through the full execution path.

The stated preservation contract is therefore not protected by these tests. Add an integration case at the changed test correction site in src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec.test.ts that supplies native stdout and stderr through startSandboxExec, then asserts both streams and the command exit code for successful and failed commands.

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In `@src/lib/actions/sandbox/exec-policy-hint-runtime.test.ts` around lines 32 -
75, In the execution tests, add integration coverage through startSandboxExec
that supplies native stdout and stderr, and verifies both streams and the
command exit code for successful and failed commands. Keep the existing
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- Around line 32-75: In the execution tests, add integration coverage through
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Final synchronized verification for 9b25fad7cbdeb88eb9c609a2e473a9ad8a15f61c on exact base 6721c275ba9c30ea99c404872379110dfba5a99a:

  • Merged current main cleanly; the PR is mergeable and has no unresolved review threads.
  • Addressed all review/advisor findings: replaceable sandbox name, bounded best-effort approval wording, unauthenticated client-metadata boundary, cleanup-aware exec exit-status wording, and the security-page manual request-ID fallback.
  • PR Review Advisor passed all nine specialists and the no-blockers gate on this exact head/base.
  • Local proof passed: 49 focused CLI tests, 3 approval-documentation regressions, full lint/format, and all 18 repository checks.
  • Broad exact-head E2E passed scope-upgrade approval, network policy, onboarding repair, interrupted onboarding resume, and Hermes resume. Its inference job failed before tests because the pinned cloudflared download was reset by the remote peer (curl exit 35); it produced zero product-evidence files.
  • Focused exact-head inference retry passed the inference target and aggregate Relevant E2E gate, completing all six relevant target proofs on the final SHA.
  • Exact-head rootless Podman all-agent activation passed.

No PR check currently reports a failure.

@prekshivyas prekshivyas added the epic:11255 Sandbox simplification and native agent behavior work under epic #11255 label Sep 27, 2026
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## Outcome
Ordinary OpenClaw agent turns use the native write scope. Privileged
operations still require explicit approval, and the approving CLI
confirms the rotated admin token through the same gateway before
returning success.

## Reason
Pinned OpenClaw 2026.9.1 forces admin scope for ordinary local turns.
Removing that override restores the affected consumers, but the first
minimum-scope connection after admin approval can cache narrower token
metadata than readiness expects. A read-only post-approval confirmation
completes that handoff while preserving the existing readiness and
authorization checks.

## Changes
- Delegate ordinary local agent calls to OpenClaw's method scope
resolver. Model overrides and session resets retain admin scope.
- After a successful admin approval whose device ID matches the calling
CLI’s existing identity, confirm it with a read-only `device.pair.list`
request using the same gateway options and admin scope. The confirmation
uses the existing normal gateway transport so its token cache can be
written; ordinary device-command reads remain read-only. Confirmation
failure propagates before success output. Other-device approvals, absent
identities, non-admin approvals, and missing requests are unchanged. An
identity-read exception reports that approval completed but the handoff
failed, with recovery guidance; it cannot report success. The
real-distribution proof exercises the device wrapper, canonical
transport, and native token-store policy, including preservation of
read-only behavior for ordinary device queries. The exact-block patch
remains audited and idempotent.
- Inference switching explicitly approves the matching admin request
before its required gateway restart. The llama.cpp GPU test now proves
ordinary inference before approval and uses the existing admin-only cron
operation and exact-request helper for denial, approval, and
privileged-consumer proof. GPU, model, authentication, and cleanup
checks remain live.
- Select the existing six affected test families for patch changes:
eleven Docker/Podman executions. Extend the existing planner and
pinned-distribution proofs. Direct live expectations decrease from the
main baseline of 1,381 to 1,378; the llama.cpp case's transitive
assertion points remain 61. No budget exception.

## Verification
- Latest repair: 157 focused Vitest tests passed across five files; all
seven growth-guardrail tests passed.
- Executed the real pinned distribution's approval command, device
wrapper, CLI transport, gateway-client host dependencies, and client
cache expression for seven approval outcomes, plus eight ordinary/admin
agent scope cases. The handoff proof failed before the confirmation
patch and passes afterward, including confirmation denial and
preservation of approved metadata through a later ordinary call.
- Patch audit passed all nine current-runtime targets. Older
JSON-runtime scope/approval tests remain covered by the focused suite.
- Assertion ratchet, semantic E2E phases, mock/live parity, source-shape
budget, formatting, and diff checks passed.
- Exact head `0be5e29e4b8c3a17a4116e866a9152a7d792e60a`: [focused
qualification](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/36349722018)
passed full OpenClaw on Docker and Podman plus llama.cpp GPU, with clean
cleanup. The [complete supported Docker/Podman matrix through attempt
3](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/36350771086/attempts/3)
finished with 119 passed and 14 failed: all 110 retained main passes and
all 119 known passes are preserved. The remaining 14 failing cases were
already red in the pre-repair baseline. All eight original scope-handoff
cases and the three repaired cases pass.
- [CI](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/36338962655),
[growth](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/36356766705),
[managed images and
activation](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/36338962659),
[Advisor](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/36339790443),
and [automatic qualification after
ready-for-review](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/36356769500)
passed.
- No local live E2E was run. The diff contains no secrets, API keys, or
credentials.

## Review notes
The runtime changes stay in the existing pinned OpenClaw patch. The new
call happens only after explicit approval returns an admin grant and
reuses the original gateway options. It does not alter pairing
acceptance, signature or identity checks, automatic approval policy,
cleanup authority, timeouts, or versions. Self-review covered absent
approval, ordinary approval, other-device approval, unavailable local
identity, denied confirmation, and ordinary turns after confirmation.
All nine exact-head Advisor reports are clear. CodeRabbit completed with
no blocking threads. Its two minor suggestions concern an additional
explicit audit marker and a uniqueness guard for a future upstream
layout; the qualified head is preserved. The pinned distribution has
exactly one gateway-call module, and fresh/upgrade byte equality,
nine-target audit, native token persistence, and denial paths were
exercised. No dependency on #12238 or #12332.

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


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Access and approvals**
* Ordinary local agent turns now use standard write permissions rather
than administrator access. Administrator permissions remain available
for model overrides, session resets, and remote turns.
* After an administrator approval, the CLI confirms the grant with the
gateway only when the approved device matches the CLI’s identity.
Identity lookup failures are reported as errors.
* **Testing and documentation**
* Updated end-to-end coverage and guidance for inference switching,
administrator approvals, gateway restarts, and GPU inference.

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

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Reviewed 9b25fad. The automatic pending-device probe and its helpers are removed, while native command output, exit handling, permission-cleanup failure reporting, and network-policy diagnostics remain intact. The documented recovery uses the matching native request ID and retains the approval boundary.

Validation: 54 focused tests passed locally across six files. All nine Advisor reports are clear. The live scope-upgrade approval journey passed on this commit, and the trusted approval checker passes. No blocking finding remains.

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