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118 changes: 118 additions & 0 deletions src/auth.injection.test.ts
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import { existsSync, mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
import { join } from "node:path";
import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";

// The legacy auth-profiles.json write is now sqlite-aware: beside an
// openclaw-agent.sqlite store the file is obsolete — and since OpenClaw
// 2026.8.1 a leftover legacy file beside an empty store fails auth migration
// closed, bricking dispatch for the whole agent fleet. These pin the new
// behavior.
describe("injectAuthProfile", () => {
let homeDir: string | undefined;

afterEach(() => {
vi.resetModules();
vi.doUnmock("node:os");
if (homeDir) {
rmSync(homeDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
homeDir = undefined;
}
});

async function withHome() {
homeDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "clawrouter-auth-profile-"));
vi.doMock("node:os", async () => ({
...(await vi.importActual<typeof import("node:os")>("node:os")),
homedir: () => homeDir,
}));
const mod = await import("./index.js");
return { mod, homeDir };
}

const agentDir = (home: string, agent: string) =>
join(home, ".openclaw", "agents", agent, "agent");
const authPath = (home: string, agent: string) =>
join(agentDir(home, agent), "auth-profiles.json");

it("still bootstraps the legacy JSON when no SQLite store exists", async () => {
const { mod, homeDir } = await withHome();
mkdirSync(agentDir(homeDir, "main"), { recursive: true });
mkdirSync(agentDir(homeDir, "mike"), { recursive: true });

mod.injectAuthProfile({ info: vi.fn() });

expect(existsSync(authPath(homeDir, "mike"))).toBe(true);
const store = JSON.parse(readFileSync(authPath(homeDir, "mike"), "utf8"));
expect(store.profiles["blockrun:default"]?.key).toBe("x402-proxy-handles-auth");
});

it("never writes into the shared auth-owner directory, even without a store", async () => {
const { mod, homeDir } = await withHome();
mkdirSync(agentDir(homeDir, "main"), { recursive: true });

mod.injectAuthProfile({ info: vi.fn() });

expect(existsSync(authPath(homeDir, "main"))).toBe(false);
});

it("does not write the legacy JSON beside an existing SQLite store", async () => {
const { mod, homeDir } = await withHome();
const dir = agentDir(homeDir, "mike");
mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
writeFileSync(join(dir, "openclaw-agent.sqlite"), "placeholder bytes");

mod.injectAuthProfile({ info: vi.fn() });

expect(existsSync(authPath(homeDir, "mike"))).toBe(false);
});

it("removes our own placeholder beside a SQLite store", async () => {
const { mod, homeDir } = await withHome();
const dir = agentDir(homeDir, "mike");
mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
writeFileSync(join(dir, "openclaw-agent.sqlite"), "placeholder bytes");
writeFileSync(
authPath(homeDir, "mike"),
JSON.stringify({
version: 1,
profiles: {
"blockrun:default": {
type: "api_key",
provider: "blockrun",
key: "x402-proxy-handles-auth",
},
},
}),
);

mod.injectAuthProfile({ info: vi.fn() });

expect(existsSync(authPath(homeDir, "mike"))).toBe(false);
});

it("never removes a JSON file that carries real credentials", async () => {
const { mod, homeDir } = await withHome();
const dir = agentDir(homeDir, "mike");
mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
writeFileSync(join(dir, "openclaw-agent.sqlite"), "placeholder bytes");
writeFileSync(
authPath(homeDir, "mike"),
JSON.stringify({
version: 1,
profiles: {
"blockrun:default": {
type: "api_key",
provider: "blockrun",
key: "x402-proxy-handles-auth",
},
"anthropic:default": { type: "api_key", provider: "anthropic", key: "sk-real-key" },
},
}),
);

mod.injectAuthProfile({ info: vi.fn() });

expect(existsSync(authPath(homeDir, "mike"))).toBe(true);
});
});
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mkdirSync,
copyFileSync,
renameSync,
unlinkSync,
} from "node:fs";
import { readFile as readFileAsync } from "node:fs/promises";
import { readTextFileSync } from "./fs-read.js";
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/**
* Inject dummy auth profile for BlockRun into agent auth stores.
* OpenClaw's agent system looks for auth credentials even if provider has auth: [].
* We inject a placeholder so the lookup succeeds (proxy handles real auth internally).
*
* The legacy ``auth-profiles.json`` write is now deliberately narrow:
*
* - Wherever ``openclaw-agent.sqlite`` exists, the SQLite auth store is
* authoritative. Writing the legacy JSON beside it is at best ignored, at
* worst a failed-closed migration trigger: since OpenClaw 2026.8.1 a
* leftover legacy file beside a store that holds no profiles fails auth
* migration for the whole agent fleet. So we never write there, and we
* clean up the placeholder we previously injected.
* - The shared auth-owner directory (``main``) is managed by OpenClaw
* itself; a placeholder written there can shadow that state. The
* provider's real auth comes from the x402 proxy (and the apiKey
* injectModelsConfig writes into openclaw.json), so nothing is lost.
* - Only on very old installs with no SQLite store at all do we keep the
* original JSON bootstrap, which those releases import.
*/
function injectAuthProfile(logger: { info: (msg: string) => void }): void {
const agentsDir = join(homedir(), ".openclaw", "agents");
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for (const agentId of agents) {
const authDir = join(agentsDir, agentId, "agent");
const authPath = join(authDir, "auth-profiles.json");
const sqlitePath = join(authDir, "openclaw-agent.sqlite");

// SQLite store exists: it is authoritative, and the legacy JSON is
// obsolete. Remove our own placeholder and never rewrite it.
if (existsSync(sqlitePath)) {

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Require a regular SQLite database file before skipping bootstrap.

When openclaw-agent.sqlite is a directory, existsSync(sqlitePath) is true, so injectAuthProfile removes the placeholder and skips legacy JSON bootstrap. Use statSync(sqlitePath).isFile() and add a Vitest regression test for this state.

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In `@src/index.ts` at line 670, Update the bootstrap condition surrounding
sqlitePath to require statSync(sqlitePath).isFile() rather than only
existsSync(sqlitePath), so directories do not skip legacy JSON bootstrap or
trigger placeholder removal; add a Vitest regression test covering sqlitePath
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removeInjectedAuthPlaceholder(authPath, logger, agentId);
continue;
}

// Never write into the shared auth-owner directory. OpenClaw manages
// its credentials centrally, and a leftover legacy file there is what
// fails dispatch closed on 2026.8.1+ when that store is empty.
if (agentId === "main") {
removeInjectedAuthPlaceholder(authPath, logger, agentId);
continue;
}

// Create agent dir if needed
if (!existsSync(authDir)) {
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}
}

/**
* Remove a legacy ``auth-profiles.json`` — but only when it contains nothing
* but the exact placeholder this plugin injects. A real user credential file
* is never touched.
*/
function removeInjectedAuthPlaceholder(
authPath: string,
logger: { info: (msg: string) => void },
agentId: string,
): void {
try {
if (!existsSync(authPath)) return;
const parsed = JSON.parse(readTextFileSync(authPath)) as {
profiles?: Record<string, unknown>;
};
const profiles = parsed?.profiles;
if (!profiles || typeof profiles !== "object" || Array.isArray(profiles)) return;
const keys = Object.keys(profiles);
if (keys.length !== 1 || keys[0] !== "blockrun:default") return;
const entry = profiles["blockrun:default"];
if (!entry || typeof entry !== "object") return;
const profile = entry as { type?: unknown; provider?: unknown; key?: unknown };
if (
profile.type !== "api_key" ||
profile.provider !== "blockrun" ||
profile.key !== "x402-proxy-handles-auth"
) {
return;
}
unlinkSync(authPath);
logger.info(`Removed legacy BlockRun auth placeholder for agent: ${agentId}`);
} catch {
// Unreadable or not our file — leave it alone.
}
}

// Store active proxy handle for cleanup on gateway_stop
let activeProxyHandle: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof startProxy>> | null = null;
let pendingConfiguredStartupApi: OpenClawPluginApi | null = null;
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