docs: clarify Hermes rebuild image override - #11101
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe documentation now states that ChangesHermes base-image documentation
Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The documentation expands the Hermes base-image override to rebuilds, but users are not told about the validation required for trusted local base images. This can cause failed or confusing rebuild attempts; the guidance should be completed before merge. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@docs/reference/commands.mdx`:
- Line 3887: Update the documentation sentence describing
NEMOCLAW_HERMES_SANDBOX_BASE_IMAGE_REF to state that rebuild preflight permits
local bases only after proving the image ID and build provenance, while applying
OpenShell ABI and required MCP runtime validation; retain the existing trusted
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| Set `NEMOCLAW_HERMES_SANDBOX_BASE_IMAGE_REF` to a Hermes sandbox-base tag or digest to override base-image resolution during onboarding. NemoClaw requires environment overrides to use the official remote repository and resolve to a repository digest, validates the requested image for the required MCP runtime, and keeps the final image bound to that trusted base. NemoClaw accepts local bases only when it builds and pins them during onboarding. | ||
| Set `NEMOCLAW_HERMES_SANDBOX_BASE_IMAGE_REF` to a Hermes sandbox-base tag or digest to override base-image resolution during onboarding or rebuild. NemoClaw requires environment overrides to use the official remote repository and resolve to a repository digest, validates the requested image for the required MCP runtime, and keeps the final image bound to that trusted base. NemoClaw accepts local bases only when it builds and pins them during onboarding. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Document trusted local bases for Hermes rebuilds.
Hermes rebuilds accept a content-addressed local image only when the current operation proves its image ID and build provenance. The resolver also applies the OpenShell ABI and required runtime checks. Update the sentence to include rebuild preflight and these trust requirements.
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In `@docs/reference/commands.mdx` at line 3887, Update the documentation sentence
describing NEMOCLAW_HERMES_SANDBOX_BASE_IMAGE_REF to state that rebuild
preflight permits local bases only after proving the image ID and build
provenance, while applying OpenShell ABI and required MCP runtime validation;
retain the existing trusted remote repository, digest pinning, and onboarding
behavior.
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<!-- markdownlint-disable MD041 --> ## Outcome Documents the exact trust checks for a caller-supplied local Hermes base-image alias during rebuild. The guidance now distinguishes Linux-only OpenShell ABI validation from the runtime and immutable security-inventory checks required on every platform. ## Reason The final PR Review Advisor and CodeRabbit reviews on merged PR #11101 correctly found that the release documentation conflated the caller-alias identity path with NemoClaw's separate local-build provenance path and described the OpenShell ABI check as unconditional. ### Related issues Follow-up to #11101 ## Changes - Describe the rebuild-only caller-alias proof as matching Docker image ID, operating system, architecture, and official repository digest. - State that recreation uses the resolved immutable digest. - Document Linux-only OpenShell ABI validation and platform-independent MCP/ACP runtime and immutable security package inventory validation. - Preserve onboarding's rejection of caller-supplied local image overrides. ## Verification - `npx vitest run --project integration test/generation/check-docs-links.test.ts test/generation/check-docs-published-routes.test.ts test/generation/post-merge-docs.test.ts` — 3 files and 125 tests passed. - `npm run docs` — passed with 0 errors and 5 existing Fern warnings. - Independent documentation source audit — approved the final wording with no remaining mismatch. - Normal `pre-commit`, `commit-msg`, and `pre-push` hooks — passed. - `git diff --check` — passed. - GitHub commit verification — `e4c8f22609ba010cf6e982337f0f00d3c19de2c7` is Verified with reason `valid`. - Secret review — the diff contains no secrets, API keys, or credentials. ## Review notes This PR is the complete disposition of the duplicated Advisor and CodeRabbit finding on merged PR #11101. It is release-blocking documentation cleanup for v0.0.120. --- Signed-off-by: Charan Jagwani <cjagwani@nvidia.com> <!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit - **Documentation** - Updated sandbox rebuild guidance to require official repository images with trusted immutable digests. - Clarified validation requirements for MCP, ACP, immutable security packages, and the Linux OpenShell ABI. - Documented restrictions on local image aliases during rebuilds and onboarding. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> Signed-off-by: Charan Jagwani <cjagwani@nvidia.com>
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Outcome
Clarifies that
NEMOCLAW_HERMES_SANDBOX_BASE_IMAGE_REFapplies to both Hermes onboarding and rebuild. The legacy Hermes recovery guidance now names the override and preserves its official-repository, immutable-digest constraints.Reason
The PR Review Advisor on #11100 correctly found that the recovery page mentioned an explicit image override while the commands reference still described that override as onboarding-only. The implementation reads the same variable during rebuild before deciding whether the legacy release-pinned base is required.
Related issues
Follow-up to #11100
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Verification
npx vitest run --project integration test/generation/check-docs-links.test.ts test/generation/check-docs-published-routes.test.ts test/generation/post-merge-docs.test.ts— 3 files and 125 tests passed.npm run docs— passed with 0 errors and 5 existing Fern warnings.pre-commit,commit-msg, andpre-pushhooks — passed.git diff --check— passed.396dbd300e26909589a54cdfc803103082d8ed9eis Verified with reasonvalid.Review notes
This is the complete disposition of the one valid Advisor finding on the merged release-docs PR #11100. All other Advisor specialists and CodeRabbit reported no issue.
Signed-off-by: Charan Jagwani cjagwani@nvidia.com
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