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Summary

Stock OpenClaw, Hermes, and LangChain Deep Agents Code onboarding now requires one immutable managed-image cohort and stops before sandbox creation when catalog evidence is unavailable or invalid. Branch and main E2E select the same class of successful trusted publication, and every stock consumer verifies the selected revision in its durable workload receipt before later probes.

The escaped failure had two causes: Docker stock onboarding replaced the runtime provider's require-managed policy with prefer-managed, and E2E consumers did not share one publication dependency and revision. Existing tests covered managed-image selection and isolated candidate catalogs, but did not enforce the complete workflow fanout or reject stock fallback receipts across the full job graph.

Changes

  • Remove the stock prefer-managed override while preserving explicit custom Dockerfile input.
  • Treat an exact trusted catalog revision as cohort authority and retain strict release matching when no revision is pinned.
  • Replace the static branch publication run and revision with the nearest fully successful trusted main publication from the PR base history.
  • Bind the selected run, attempt, revision, cohort artifact ID, and artifact digest before emitting the revision.
  • Make matrix generation and every stock-onboarding consumer depend on publication and receive E2E_MANAGED_IMAGE_REVISION.
  • Assert the durable managed-image receipt and selected source revision immediately after stock onboarding.
  • Reject E2E stock legacy-Dockerfile selection while preserving explicit custom Dockerfiles.
  • Add catalog, publication, workflow, receipt, architecture, custom Dockerfile, and rebuild-authority regression coverage.

Type of Change

  • Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
  • Code change with doc updates
  • Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
  • Doc only (includes code sample changes)

Quality Gates

  • Tests added or updated for changed behavior
  • Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
  • Tests not applicable — justification:
  • Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
  • Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification:
  • Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

DGX Station Hardware Evidence

  • Tested on DGX Station
  • Tested commit: Not applicable
  • Station profile/scenario: Not applicable
  • Result: Not applicable
  • Supporting evidence: Not applicable

Verification

  • PR description includes a Signed-off-by: line and every commit appears as Verified in GitHub
  • Normal pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push hooks passed, or npm run validate:pr passed after refreshing origin/main when hooks were skipped or unavailable
  • Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above — 258 focused catalog, publication, workflow, receipt, and documentation tests passed; 25/25 durable rebuild authority tests passed; npm run typecheck:cli, npm run checks:repository, and npm run test:e2e-phases:check passed
  • Applicable broad gate passed — exact-commit GitHub CI and unfiltered branch E2E are pending on clean runners
  • Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
  • No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
  • npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only)
  • Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
  • New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

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

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • E2E workflows now select and validate exact base-image and managed-image revisions, including reusable successful publications for eligible non-head revisions.
    • Managed-image provenance, cohort consistency, and onboarding receipts are validated across supported scenarios.
    • Public NVIDIA inference now uses NVIDIA_API_KEY.
    • Onboarding better supports exact messaging-provider reuse and pairing readiness.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Stock onboarding stops safely when trusted managed-image evidence is missing or inconsistent.
    • Automatic fallback to shipped Dockerfiles has been removed for stock onboarding.
  • Documentation

    • Updated E2E guidance for revision selection, artifact validation, dependencies, and onboarding acceptance criteria.

Documentation Writer Review

  • Documentation writer subagent reviewed the completed changes
  • Result: docs-updated
  • Evidence: Commit 871edc3 completes the required documentation for the current PR diff. Public docs state that stock OpenClaw, Hermes, and LangChain Deep Agents Code onboarding stops when the managed-image catalog cannot resolve, while explicit custom Dockerfiles remain separate paths with the correct agent-specific CLI. E2E guidance retains the trusted-main manual PR workflow boundary and documents the selected managed-image cohort revision and receipt. No changed-text blockers or suggestions remain. npm run docs passed after the corrections, git diff --check passed, focused sequencer tests passed 13/13, Slack support tests passed 26/26, credential integration tests passed 5/5, and normal commit hooks passed.
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The PR replaces generated managed-image catalogs with immutable publication revisions, validates managed-image cohort contracts, propagates the selected revision through E2E jobs, prevents stock Dockerfile fallback, and verifies durable managed-image receipts after onboarding.

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Managed-image E2E validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Publication selection and cohort contracts
.github/workflows/e2e.yaml, tools/e2e/base-image-publication.mts, tools/e2e/exact-artifact-download.mts, tools/e2e/managed-image-cohort-contract.mts, test/e2e/support/*, test/e2e/README.md
Publication selection uses exact SHAs or the nearest successful run. Cohort artifacts are downloaded and validated against immutable revision, platform, agent, digest, provenance, and run metadata.
Workflow dependency and revision propagation
.github/workflows/e2e-standard-profile.yaml, .github/workflows/e2e.yaml, tools/e2e/*workflow-boundary.mts, test/e2e/support/*, test/e2e/fixtures/inference-adapter.ts, tools/e2e/target-catalogue.mts
Managed-image jobs depend on base-image-publication and consume its revision through workflow inputs or E2E_MANAGED_IMAGE_REVISION. Public NVIDIA qualification uses NVIDIA_API_KEY, and Pi targets use nvidia-api.
Fail-closed managed-image onboarding
src/lib/onboard/managed-workload/*, src/lib/onboard/workload/preparation.ts, test/e2e/fixtures/workload-source-env.ts, docs/reference/commands.mdx
Stock onboarding requires a trusted catalog revision and rejects unavailable or inconsistent evidence. Automatic legacy-Dockerfile selection now fails, while explicit custom Dockerfiles remain supported.
Managed-image receipt enforcement
test/e2e/fixtures/managed-image-receipt.ts, test/e2e/fixtures/clients/host.ts, test/e2e/live/*, test/e2e/support/managed-image-receipt.test.ts
E2E onboarding checks validate managed-image authority, exact revision, cohort, optional agent, and registered receipt data. Dockerfile fallback diagnostics and BuildKit prebuilds are rejected.
Qualification and onboarding behavior updates
src/lib/onboard/machine/*, src/lib/onboard/messaging-prep.*, test/e2e/live/*, test/e2e/fixtures/inference-adapter.ts, tools/e2e/target-catalogue.mts
Pairing settlement waits for canonical pairing before warmup. Exact provider reuse works without channel filters. Slack REST and websocket ports use separate bindings. Public NVIDIA credentials use NVIDIA_API_KEY.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7aed5

The onboarding approval path can accept a later baseline from a different device identity when the initial observation is absent, risking approval of the wrong device; this should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. Invalid public credentials may also continue to show the wrong credential name.

Suggested reviewers: apurvvkumaria, aasthajh

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The overall line coverage in commit 0fa7dc9 in the fix/main-e2e-managed... branch remains at 96%, unchanged from commit 583331a in the main branch.

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The overall line coverage in commit 0fa7dc9 in the fix/main-e2e-managed... branch remains at 84%, unchanged from commit d67d2aa in the main branch.

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src/lib/shields/index.ts 85% 83% -2%
src/lib/onboard...rchestration.ts 31% 30% -1%
src/lib/actions...-add-restart.ts 17% 16% -1%
src/lib/shields...ate-mutation.ts 78% 77% -1%
src/lib/onboard...uild-context.ts 74% 74% 0%
src/lib/onboard...ate-mutation.ts 71% 72% +1%
src/lib/onboard.../preparation.ts 89% 91% +2%
src/lib/actions...ter-openclaw.ts 85% 88% +3%
src/lib/actions...ter-teardown.ts 81% 88% +7%
src/lib/actions...dge-adapters.ts 81% 95% +14%

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In @.github/workflows/e2e.yaml:
- Around line 149-154: Update the “Check out trusted E2E workflow” step to use
github.workflow_sha instead of inputs.checkout_sha or github.sha, ensuring
trusted workflow code is checked out before candidate_authorization and any
candidate-controlled execution.

Apply the same fix in `@tools/e2e/operations-workflow-boundary.mts` around lines
629 - 635: The same candidate-checkout and token-execution risk applies to
manual PR dispatch.

In `@test/e2e/live/mcp-bridge-onboard-env.ts`:
- Around line 48-55: Update the managed-image qualification flow around
selectedRevision, exactCandidateCatalog, and expectedRevision to carry the
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workload’s agent identity, cohort identifier, image reference or digest, and
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@wscurran wscurran added area: e2e End-to-end tests, nightly failures, or validation infrastructure area: onboarding Onboarding FSM, provider setup, sandbox launch, or first-run flow bug-fix PR fixes a bug or regression integration: dcode LangChain Deep Code integration behavior integration: hermes Hermes integration behavior integration: openclaw OpenClaw integration behavior labels Aug 24, 2026

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277-286: 🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject a device identity change before approval.

If the initial observation is absent, baseline can first contain pairing-only for device identity A. This block can replace it with scope-upgrade-pending for device identity B. Lines 297-302 do not reject that change because initial is null.

Store the first observed baseline.value.deviceIdentitySha256. Compare every later baseline against it before settlement or approval. Add a regression case where pairing-only and scope-upgrade-pending have different identities.

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Agreed to pick this up from Aaron in standup this morning. Goal is to get to a green E2E run on this PR branch (and/or split it up into separate changesets, if it becomes too large). Marking as draft for now to avoid reviews before it's ready.

# Conflicts:
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Reviewing exact head 0fa7dc96622c80367e932124ee5978b20e9276c4.

This PR materially helps #10339: its focused recovery run failed because recovery began immediately after docker restart, and this branch adds the missing waitForSandboxExecReady(...) boundary before recovery. The two heads also merge cleanly. After this PR is corrected and merged, #10339 should rebase and rerun the focused gateway-guard-recovery qualification.

I found two blockers on the current head:

  1. tools/e2e/managed-image-cohort-contract.mts:160-163 requires every platform SLSA builderId to use the cohort artifact's workflow attempt. The producer permits candidate artifacts from any attempt up to the current rerun in .github/workflows/managed-images.yaml:2477-2501 and validates each builderId against that candidate's producer attempt at lines 2666-2669. A valid attempt-2 cohort that reuses an attempt-1 candidate will therefore be rejected by the E2E consumer. Preserve each platform producer attempt in the cohort contract and validate against it. Add a mixed-attempt positive test.

  2. src/lib/onboard/managed-workload/onboard-orchestration.ts:101-118 always returns a lifecycle wrapper even when prepareManagedHermesStateVolume(...) returns null. The new recreation path passes hermesStateVolumeLifecycle !== null as targetKeepsManagedHermesStateVolume in src/lib/onboard/sandbox-create/orchestration.ts:1459. Thus managed Docker Hermes -> OpenClaw, custom Dockerfile, or another runtime skips removal of the old owned volume and then removes the source registry entry. Return null when no state-volume scope exists, and add transition tests proving non-Hermes targets remove the old volume while Hermes -> Hermes preserves it.

Security review: secrets/credentials, authentication/authorization, dependencies, error logging, cryptography/data protection, and configuration boundaries pass. Contract validation, regression coverage, and lifecycle security fail because of the two findings above.

Current #10113 CI also has a timeout in an unchanged sandbox-create-plan test; the isolated test passes locally. #10339 has a separate CLI fixture timeout that this PR does not address.

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<!-- markdownlint-disable MD041 -->
## Summary

Docker final handoff could remove the previous OpenShell-managed sandbox
container and leave its exact replacement stopped. Capturing `openshell
sandbox list` output fixes the original missing-stdout defect, but live
E2E exposed a second interaction with #10319: a selected `Error` or
`Deleting` lifecycle row was treated as released when Docker showed one
exact stopped replacement. OpenShell could then continue retiring that
same name and delete the restarted replacement.

This change now requires a captured, phase-bearing OpenShell listing
that omits the selected sandbox name before the replacement may restart.
It then retains the existing exact-container and final `Ready`
acknowledgement proofs.

Source evidence:

- Original missing-capture failure: [run 32909322579, job
98000632031](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/32909322579/job/98000632031),
PR #10113 commit `9249ba2352c4587fa9c92417ef683b4e797f6e64`.
- `Error` to `Deleting` race after the first fix: [run 33021749844, job
98354088785](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33021749844/job/98354088785),
PR #10339 commit `1093a53a52e1527c563120f98c6c2f0e583f9b14`.

## Related Issue

Addresses #10153 root cause 6.

## Changes

- Capture retiring lifecycle state instead of expecting stdout from the
streaming OpenShell runner.
- Require explicit `No sandboxes found` or a successful phase-bearing
listing in which the selected sandbox name is absent before restart.
- Treat selected `Error` and `Deleting` rows as still name-owning, even
when Docker shows one exact replacement.
- Keep exact sole-container identity, gateway namespace, startup
command, exec, and final `Ready` acknowledgement proofs.
- Retry only the exact bare `SUPERVISOR_DISCOVERY_PENDING` transition
marker; diagnostic-bearing failures remain terminal.
- Require exactly one final legacy keepalive handoff receipt and reject
conflicting valid receipts.
- Document the bounded discovery and final-handoff contracts.
- Add unit, integration, E2E-support, and live E2E regression coverage
for the full lifecycle sequence.

## Type of Change

- [ ] Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
- [x] Code change with doc updates
- [ ] Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
- [ ] Doc only (includes code sample changes)

## Quality Gates

- [x] Tests added or updated for changed behavior
- [ ] Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification: Not
applicable; this escaped interaction required new ordered lifecycle
coverage.
- [ ] Tests not applicable — justification: Not applicable.
- [x] Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight,
onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
- [x] Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver
recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification: Exact-name lifecycle
release remains fail-closed. Capture failure, malformed or phase-less
output, `Error`, `Deleting`, ambiguous containers, namespace drift,
restart failure, and non-`Ready` final state cannot authorize success.
No credential, authorization, dependency, or privilege boundary changes.
- [ ] Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer —
check name, approval link, and follow-up issue: None accepted.

## Documentation Writer Review

- [x] Documentation reviewed against the completed changes
- Result: `docs-updated`
- Evidence: `docs/reference/commands.mdx` and
`docs/reference/troubleshooting.mdx` describe the exact transition
marker, bounded retries, name-absence requirement, and
rollback-unavailable state. Agent variants were regenerated and
inspected. `npm run docs:sync-agent-variants` and `npm run docs` passed
with zero Fern errors.
- Agent: Codex Desktop

## DGX Station Hardware Evidence

- [ ] Tested on DGX Station
- Tested commit: Not applicable
- Station profile/scenario: Not applicable
- Result: Not applicable
- Supporting evidence: `scripts/prepare-dgx-station-host.sh` is
unchanged.

## Verification

- [x] PR description includes a `Signed-off-by:` line and every authored
commit is signed
- [x] `npm run validate:pr` passed after refreshing and merging
`origin/main` at `d67d2aaee4ec11c06ca7657a8dbb0adfd45b9d6c`
- [x] Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set — 172
focused CLI and representative timeout-reproduction tests passed
serially; 135 integration and E2E-support tests passed, including the
real `Error -> Deleting -> name absent -> restart -> Ready` handoff and
the no-absence refusal case
- [ ] Applicable broad gate passed — an advisory local `npm test` run
was stopped after a concurrent NemoClaw semantic-phase E2E process
saturated the 10-core host and caused widespread unrelated timeouts.
Every sampled failure passed with one worker, and all changed-area tests
passed within the stressed run. Remote CI owns the clean broad gate.
- [x] Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or
waivers
- [x] No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
- [x] `npm run docs` builds without errors
- [x] Doc pages follow the [style
guide](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [ ] New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)
— Not applicable; no new doc pages.

### Live E2E

- Prior exact-head `gateway-guard-recovery` run at
`1093a53a52e1527c563120f98c6c2f0e583f9b14` reproduced the hidden `Error
-> Deleting` handoff race after initial recovery and inference had
passed.
- Fresh exact-head managed-image qualification and a focused
`gateway-guard-recovery` dispatch are required before approval.

---
Signed-off-by: Rebecca Sliter <571084+rsliter@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Prekshi Vyas <prekshiv@nvidia.com>


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Improved recovery and restart safety by requiring confirmed sandbox
lifecycle release before restarting replacements.
* Added clearer handling for incomplete or ambiguous supervisor
discovery, including dedicated recovery status reporting.
* Strengthened legacy keepalive handoff validation with checks for
unique container identities and expected commands.

* **Bug Fixes**
* Prevented restarts when sandbox release cannot be conclusively
verified.
* Improved recovery behavior for unavailable or transitioning
supervisors.

* **Documentation**
* Updated recovery and troubleshooting guidance to describe lifecycle
confirmation, retry behavior, and stopped replacements.

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Signed-off-by: Prekshi Vyas <prekshiv@nvidia.com>
Co-authored-by: Rebecca Sliter <571084+rsliter@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Prekshi Vyas <34834085+prekshivyas@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Prekshi Vyas <prekshiv@nvidia.com>
Co-authored-by: Aaron Erickson 🦞 <aerickson@nvidia.com>
sandl99 added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 28, 2026
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## Summary

Repair the Hermes managed-image GPU fallback E2E path after a focused
rerun reproduced the failure on a different GPU runner. The live cell
now exercises the supported pre-create rejection boundary while
production cleanup remains fail-closed after managed state exists.

## Related Issue

Addresses the Hermes GPU fallback failure in #10155.

Draft pending #10113.

## Changes

- Make the Hermes GPU fallback fixture reject the native `--gpu` create
before build or sandbox progress, then delegate one compatibility create
and GPU proof. This keeps the managed-runner consumer executable without
fabricating a post-create NVML failure that cannot be cleaned up by
exact identity.
- Prove stable sandbox and labeled-container absence without
mutable-name deletion before the compatibility retry. A same-name
sandbox blocks the retry, and focused cleanup tests protect both
outcomes.
- Reuse the exact managed image digest when the pre-create rejection
leaves no native runtime snapshot. The managed-bootstrap routing test
protects this compatibility launch contract.
- Propagate the exact managed cleanup handoff for native create and
readiness failures, which blocks compatibility retry instead of deleting
by mutable sandbox name. Remove the unreachable cleanup-completion
receipt state and its two receipt-only tests.

## Type of Change

- [x] Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
- [ ] Code change with doc updates
- [ ] Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
- [ ] Doc only (includes code sample changes)

## Quality Gates

- [x] Tests added or updated for changed behavior
- [ ] Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification:
- [ ] Tests not applicable — justification:
- [x] Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight,
onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
- [x] Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver
recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification: The cleanup identity
boundary remains fail-closed; tests reject mutable-name deletion and
block a same-name replacement.
- [ ] Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer —
check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

## DGX Station Hardware Evidence

- [ ] Tested on DGX Station
- Tested commit:
- Station profile/scenario:
- Result:
- Supporting evidence:

## Verification

- [x] PR description includes a `Signed-off-by:` line and every commit
appears as `Verified` in GitHub
- [x] Normal `pre-commit`, `commit-msg`, and `pre-push` hooks passed, or
`npm run validate:pr` passed after refreshing `origin/main` when hooks
were skipped or unavailable
- [x] Targeted behavior tests pass for the latest PR commit —
command/result or justification: focused CLI fallback and cleanup tests,
83 passed; focused Hermes E2E-support tests, 17 passed; the normal hooks
passed on `b3108fd15338e9d4b681a6cef9d987d11f2c23a0`.
- [x] Focused live E2E passed for
`b3108fd15338e9d4b681a6cef9d987d11f2c23a0` in trusted run
[33138120657](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33138120657):
[native](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33138120657/job/98743012846),
[fallback](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33138120657/job/98743012851),
and
[compatibility-only](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33138120657/job/98743013000)
passed. The dispatch receipt binds PR #10398, `NVIDIA/NemoClaw`, base
and workflow SHA `4e0e663a9a4cf6bac8df8972ea23dfc26ce3c309`, and
workflow attempt 1.
- [ ] Applicable broad gate passed — `npm test` for broad
runtime/test-harness changes; `npm run check` for repo-wide
validation/coverage changes — command/result:
- [x] Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or
waivers
- [x] No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
- [ ] `npm run docs` builds without warnings (doc changes only)
- [ ] Doc pages follow the [style
guide](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/blob/main/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md)
(doc changes only)
- [ ] New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

---

Signed-off-by: San Dang <sdang@nvidia.com>


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Bug Fixes**
* Improved GPU sandbox fallback when native GPU creation is rejected
before startup progress.
* Compatibility launches now use the correct managed image while
preserving startup commands and policy.
* Prevented destructive cleanup while the original sandbox may still
exist.
* Standardized fallback handling and NVIDIA capability verification
after native GPU failures.

* **Tests**
* Expanded coverage for safe cleanup, image selection, fallback
behavior, and concurrent GPU creation failures.
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Signed-off-by: San Dang <sdang@nvidia.com>
cv added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 31, 2026
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## Outcome

PR E2E reuses the trusted managed-image cohort when reviewed image
inputs are unchanged. When those inputs change, E2E uses the candidate
checkout Dockerfiles locally instead of waiting for candidate image
publication.

## Reason

Requiring candidate managed-image publication before PR E2E creates a
dependency cycle: image changes need E2E, while E2E waits for published
images. The local fallback breaks that cycle without replacing the
trusted-image behavior merged in #10113.

## Changes

- Compare the exact base and candidate commit trees before candidate
checkout. Match changed path, mode, type, and blob identities against
the trusted base-image workflow paths.
- Limit GitHub reads to `NVIDIA/NemoClaw` and the candidate repository
validated from PR metadata. Reject any third repository.
- Select `managed-image` for unchanged image inputs and
`local-dockerfile` for changed inputs.
- Pass the selected source through existing E2E jobs and resolve the
shipped agent Dockerfile at the final process boundary.
- Keep ordinary stock onboarding managed-image-first with Dockerfile
fallback while explicit temporary-image and rebuild flows remain strict.
- Remove the unreachable exact-candidate catalog lookup/download path
and its redundant workflow interface, validation, and tests while
retaining the assembler used by managed-image activation and MCP
discovery.
- Remove the obsolete PR-specific Deep Agents Code publication resolver
and its sole dedicated test.
- Keep the trusted immutable Deep Agents Code base contract for
protected local builds while skipping only the managed-image cohort.
- Remove unused publication outputs and the obsolete mutable PR-files
mock.
- Map the three changed live helpers to existing fast-test owners. No
test case, assertion, test file, or public documentation was added.

The source-selection test replaces five matcher assertions with three
security-boundary assertions. It proves immutable A-to-B-to-A
classification, validated external-repository access, and
third-repository rejection.

## Verification

Validated commit: `d9331e3fc97dfea4f092bdf11062792771cb0e52`  
Canonical base and trusted validation commit:
`8c42560869ca7003b652217b769831b6b8b342d4`

- Focused `e2e-support` validation — 85 tests passed across five
existing files.
- E2E mock/live parity contract — 15 tests passed.
- Focused managed-workload onboarding validation — all 12 remaining
tests passed after removing the duplicate case.
- `npx tsx scripts/checks/e2e-mock-parity.mts --base origin/main --head
HEAD` — passed against committed refs.
- `npm run typecheck:cli` — passed.
- `npm run validate:pr` — passed, including pre-commit, commit-message,
pre-push, repository, source-shape, and code-growth checks.
- GitHub marks `5994ff0406dd9189e83227ae501db510f401b839`,
`f39859ce97a79960de38c3975c5717628338205d`,
`6f7f0975bcb2eafa67bcf06e4e5acdc86061a93d`, and
`d9331e3fc97dfea4f092bdf11062792771cb0e52` as Verified.
- Effective diff against `main` — 498 additions and 1,237 deletions
across 24 files, a net reduction of 739 lines.
- Diff inspection and secret scan — no public documentation changes and
no secrets, API keys, or credentials committed.

The deterministic `e2e-support` boundary owns this revision race and
repository-request policy. A live E2E run would execute the trusted
workflow from `main` and would not prove this unmerged selector change.

## Review notes

The PR Review Advisor run
[33157422290](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33157422290)
identified the unreachable PR E2E catalog lookup/download path. Commit
`e1b853132a6ca51af474c87ee1a447a47c8cbbdc` removed that path and its
redundant coverage while retaining the two required workload-source
modes.

[Security review
5053704261](#10263 (review))
identified mutable PR file listing as an A-to-B-to-A revision race.
Commit `5994ff0406dd9189e83227ae501db510f401b839` replaces that listing
with exact commit-tree comparison and restores the validated
external-repository request boundary. Commit
`f39859ce97a79960de38c3975c5717628338205d` merges current `main` once
after the correction.

[CI run
33234201700](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33234201700)
then identified missing fast-test ownership for three changed live
helpers. Commit `6f7f0975bcb2eafa67bcf06e4e5acdc86061a93d` maps each
helper to an existing owner, repurposes existing cases without adding
assertions, and removes the stale mutable-files mock noted by [Advisor
run
33234200644](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33234200644).

[Advisor run
33235299212](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33235299212)
found no behavior, trust, code-reduction, architecture, operations,
migration, dependency, or documentation issue. It identified one
pre-existing activation case that duplicated the broader shipped-agent
proof; commit `d9331e3fc97dfea4f092bdf11062792771cb0e52` removes those
10 lines without replacement coverage.

[Final Advisor run
33235620455](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33235620455)
reports no behavior, trust, test-design, code-reduction, architecture,
operations, migration, dependency, or documentation issue.

[Final CI run
33235621321](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33235621321)
passed all 12 CLI shards, merged coverage, static checks, installer
integration, plugin coverage, build/typecheck, audits, and aggregate
checks. [Managed-image run
33235621350](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/actions/runs/33235621350)
passed direct startup for OpenClaw, Hermes, and Deep Agents Code, exact
all-agent activation, both exact MCP discovery passes, both Pi
architectures, and the staging permission regression.

The explicit CodeQL JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Go jobs pass.
GitHub's separate [generic CodeQL check
99056121201](https://github.com/NVIDIA/NemoClaw/runs/99056121201)
remains failed with 35 annotations across files outside this PR's
24-file diff. The PR therefore remains blocked on that unrelated check
and the existing change-request review pending human re-review.

---
Signed-off-by: San Dang <sdang@nvidia.com>

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Signed-off-by: San Dang <sdang@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Carlos Villela <cvillela@nvidia.com>
Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Prekshi Vyas <34834085+prekshivyas@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Carlos Villela <cvillela@nvidia.com>
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