fix: harden openclaw across all clouds - #1456

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Summary

  • Fixed 4 bugs causing openclaw to break: double-prefixed model ID, AWS missing env vars, DigitalOcean wrong RC file, destructive config wipe
  • Added API key + model validation with re-prompt loops — checks key against OpenRouter /auth/key and verifies model exists in the model list
  • Hardened gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds + auto-display gateway log on timeout
  • Performance: OAuth now runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s), Fly bumped to 2GB/2CPU with bun-first install, 2GB swap in cloud-init to prevent OOM

Changes

FileWhat changed
shared/common.shverify_openrouter_key(), verify_openrouter_model(), fixed _generate_openclaw_json model prefix, mkdir -p instead of rm -rf, gateway log on timeout, swap in cloud-init, portable install timeout, reordered spawn_agent for parallel OAuth
aws/openclaw.shFixed missing source ~/.zshrc in gateway launch, standardized install
digitalocean/openclaw.shFixed .spawnrc.zshrc, standardized install
fly/openclaw.sh2GB RAM, 2 shared CPUs, bun-first with npm fallback
All other openclaw.shStandardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown

Test plan

  • bash -n passes on all 9 scripts (verified locally)
  • verify_openrouter_key rejects bad keys, accepts valid ones
  • verify_openrouter_model rejects fake models like openclaw/free, accepts real ones like anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
  • openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
  • Local openclaw install works on macOS (no timeout dependency)
  • Fly.io openclaw provisions with 2GB RAM + 2 CPUs

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fixes multiple issues causing openclaw to break on most clouds:
Bugs fixed:
- Double-prefixed model ID (openrouter/openrouter/auto) in config generation
- AWS gateway starting without env vars (missing .zshrc source)
- DigitalOcean sourcing .spawnrc instead of .zshrc for gateway
- Destructive rm -rf ~/.openclaw on re-runs (now mkdir -p)
Validation added:
- API key checked against OpenRouter /auth/key endpoint with re-prompt on failure
- Model ID verified against OpenRouter model list with re-prompt loop
- openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
Reliability improvements:
- Standardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds
- Gateway log auto-displayed on startup timeout for diagnostics
- 2GB swap added to cloud-init to prevent OOM on small VMs
- Portable install timeout (10 min) with macOS gtimeout fallback
Performance:
- Reordered spawn_agent: OAuth runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s)
- Fly.io: bumped to 2GB RAM + 2 shared CPUs for openclaw
- Fly.io: tries bun first (faster), falls back to npm
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep both: our swap + OAuth reorder, and upstream's Node.js v22 upgrade.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: f2f1585

Critical Issues

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model breaks test suite

  • Makes live network calls during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Causes tests to hang/fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline will fail, developers cannot run tests
  • Fix required: Add env var check (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 or detect BUN_ENV=test) to skip network calls in test environments

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - install_agent timeout wrapper should quote escaped command

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Recommendation: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" for defense in depth

Medium Issues

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key makes blocking network calls

  • Similar to critical issue #1, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Falls back gracefully on network errors, but still causes delays
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue #1

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() at line 294 restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+
  • These characters are all JSON-safe, so no actual vulnerability
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

Tests

  • ✅ bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • ❌ bun test: FAIL - tests hang due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model
  • ✅ curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern
  • ✅ macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Additional Notes

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:351-358 - Python command in verify_openrouter_model

  • Uses sys.argv[1] to pass model_id (safe, not eval'd)
  • Already mitigated by validate_model_id() character restrictions

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:1880-1884 - Swap addition in cloud-init

  • Adds 2GB swap file to prevent OOM
  • Uses fixed paths, no user input, no injection vectors

[SAFE] All clouds - openclaw nohup pattern changes

  • Adds </dev/null redirect and disown for proper daemonization
  • Standard bash pattern, no injection risk

Summary: The PR improves reliability but introduces a critical test regression. Please fix the test environment detection in verify_openrouter_model() and verify_openrouter_key() before merging.


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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed all review feedback:

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 env var bypass to both verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model — network calls are skipped in test environments
  • Quoted ${escaped_cmd} in install_agent timeout wrapper for defense in depth
  • Added json_escape() around model_id in openclaw JSON config

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: 4d84526

Critical Issues - BLOCKING MERGE

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model() breaks test suite (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Makes live network calls to OpenRouter API during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Tests fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter (see test output: expects "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022" but gets "openrouter/auto")
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline failures, developers cannot run tests locally
  • Fix required: Add env var bypass (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1) or detect test environments (BUN_ENV=test or NODE_ENV=test) to skip network calls

Example fix pattern:

verify_openrouter_model() {
local model_id="${1}"# Skip validation in test environmentsif [[ -n"${SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION:-}"||"${BUN_ENV:-}"=="test"||"${NODE_ENV:-}"=="test" ]];thenreturn 0
fi# ... rest of function
}

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - Unquoted variable in install_agent() timeout wrapper (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Fix required: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" or bash -c '${escaped_cmd}' for defense in depth

Medium Issues - Should Fix

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key() makes blocking network calls (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Similar to critical issue, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+ (all JSON-safe chars)
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

What Changed Since Last Review

[SAFE] shared/github-auth.sh:52-78 - Skip sudo when running as root

  • Detects root user via id -u and skips sudo when UID is 0
  • Prevents sudo: command not found errors in Fly.io containers
  • Uses standard pattern: if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then SUDO="sudo"; fi
  • Applied to both _install_gh_apt() and _install_gh_dnf()
  • No injection vectors, safe implementation

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • bun test: FAIL - tests hang/fail due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
    • Expected: "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022"
    • Received: "openrouter/auto"
    • Root cause: Model validation fails, function falls back to default
  • curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained
  • macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Summary

The new commit (4d84526) only addresses the sudo issue in github-auth.sh. The CRITICAL and HIGH issues from the prior review remain unaddressed:

  1. Test suite still broken by network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
  2. Timeout wrapper still uses unquoted variable

Please fix the test environment detection before merging. The PR improves reliability but introduces test regressions that will break CI/CD.


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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 00:30
… escape model_id
- verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model skip network calls when
SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION, BUN_ENV=test, or NODE_ENV=test is set
- install_agent timeout wrapper now quotes the escaped command for defense in depth
- model_id in openclaw JSON now uses json_escape() for consistency
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
install_agent() was wrapping commands with printf '%q' + bash -c before
passing them to the run callback. But run callbacks (run_server, run_sprite,
ssh_run_server) already handle escaping for remote transport. The double-
escaping turned && || > | into literal characters, causing 'source' to
treat the entire command as a single filename.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: APPROVED
Commit: ee60235

Changes Since Last Review (4d84526ee60235)

[RESOLVED - CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:318,343 - Test environment bypass added

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION env var check to skip network calls in tests
  • Added BUN_ENV=test and NODE_ENV=test detection
  • Both verify_openrouter_key() and verify_openrouter_model() now bypass validation in test environments
  • Verified: functions return 0 when SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 is set
  • Fix confirmed working

[RESOLVED - MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3146,3162 - Model ID now properly escaped

  • Added escaped_model=$(json_escape "${model_id}") at line 3146
  • Changed from "primary": "${model_id}" to "primary": ${escaped_model} at line 3162
  • Consistent with how API keys and tokens are escaped
  • Defense in depth applied

[RESOLVED - HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441-1445 - install_agent double-escaping removed

  • Removed printf '%q' + bash -c wrapper that broke shell operators
  • Now passes raw command to run callback (ssh/API wrapper handles transport escaping)
  • Rationale: Install commands are hard-coded in scripts (not user input), contain shell operators (&&, ||, >, |)
  • Example: "source ~/.bashrc && bun install -g openclaw" needs && to execute properly
  • Safe - install commands are script-defined constants, transport layer handles escaping

[SAFE] cli/src/commands.ts - Prompt timing change (unrelated to security)

  • Moved promptSpawnName() call after preflightCredentialCheck() in both interactive flows
  • UX improvement: collects credentials before asking for server name
  • No security impact

[SAFE] cli/package.json - Version bump 0.5.5 → 0.5.6

  • Required per CLAUDE.md for any CLI change
  • Triggers auto-update for users

[SAFE] ovh/lib/common.sh - Dead code removal

  • Removed unused inject_env_vars_ovh() function (no callers in codebase)
  • Cleanup only, no functional change

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • API validation bypass: Confirmed SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 skips network calls
  • Special models: openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass validation correctly
  • curl|bash: Proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained in all scripts
  • macOS compat: No bash 4.x features detected
  • ⚠️bun test: 1 pre-existing timeout in cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts (unrelated to this PR - test tries to provision real cloud resources without mocking)

Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities found. All critical and high-severity issues from prior reviews have been resolved:

  1. ✅ Test suite no longer breaks on network calls
  2. ✅ JSON escaping applied consistently across all config generation
  3. ✅ Shell operator handling fixed without introducing injection vectors

The PR is safe to merge.


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fix: harden openclaw across all clouds - #1456

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fix: harden openclaw across all clouds#1456
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Summary

  • Fixed 4 bugs causing openclaw to break: double-prefixed model ID, AWS missing env vars, DigitalOcean wrong RC file, destructive config wipe
  • Added API key + model validation with re-prompt loops — checks key against OpenRouter /auth/key and verifies model exists in the model list
  • Hardened gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds + auto-display gateway log on timeout
  • Performance: OAuth now runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s), Fly bumped to 2GB/2CPU with bun-first install, 2GB swap in cloud-init to prevent OOM

Changes

FileWhat changed
shared/common.shverify_openrouter_key(), verify_openrouter_model(), fixed _generate_openclaw_json model prefix, mkdir -p instead of rm -rf, gateway log on timeout, swap in cloud-init, portable install timeout, reordered spawn_agent for parallel OAuth
aws/openclaw.shFixed missing source ~/.zshrc in gateway launch, standardized install
digitalocean/openclaw.shFixed .spawnrc.zshrc, standardized install
fly/openclaw.sh2GB RAM, 2 shared CPUs, bun-first with npm fallback
All other openclaw.shStandardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown

Test plan

  • bash -n passes on all 9 scripts (verified locally)
  • verify_openrouter_key rejects bad keys, accepts valid ones
  • verify_openrouter_model rejects fake models like openclaw/free, accepts real ones like anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
  • openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
  • Local openclaw install works on macOS (no timeout dependency)
  • Fly.io openclaw provisions with 2GB RAM + 2 CPUs

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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 18, 2026 03:44
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…formance
Fixes multiple issues causing openclaw to break on most clouds:
Bugs fixed:
- Double-prefixed model ID (openrouter/openrouter/auto) in config generation
- AWS gateway starting without env vars (missing .zshrc source)
- DigitalOcean sourcing .spawnrc instead of .zshrc for gateway
- Destructive rm -rf ~/.openclaw on re-runs (now mkdir -p)
Validation added:
- API key checked against OpenRouter /auth/key endpoint with re-prompt on failure
- Model ID verified against OpenRouter model list with re-prompt loop
- openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
Reliability improvements:
- Standardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds
- Gateway log auto-displayed on startup timeout for diagnostics
- 2GB swap added to cloud-init to prevent OOM on small VMs
- Portable install timeout (10 min) with macOS gtimeout fallback
Performance:
- Reordered spawn_agent: OAuth runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s)
- Fly.io: bumped to 2GB RAM + 2 shared CPUs for openclaw
- Fly.io: tries bun first (faster), falls back to npm
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep both: our swap + OAuth reorder, and upstream's Node.js v22 upgrade.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: f2f1585

Critical Issues

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model breaks test suite

  • Makes live network calls during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Causes tests to hang/fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline will fail, developers cannot run tests
  • Fix required: Add env var check (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 or detect BUN_ENV=test) to skip network calls in test environments

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - install_agent timeout wrapper should quote escaped command

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Recommendation: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" for defense in depth

Medium Issues

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key makes blocking network calls

  • Similar to critical issue #1, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Falls back gracefully on network errors, but still causes delays
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue #1

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() at line 294 restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+
  • These characters are all JSON-safe, so no actual vulnerability
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

Tests

  • ✅ bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • ❌ bun test: FAIL - tests hang due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model
  • ✅ curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern
  • ✅ macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Additional Notes

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:351-358 - Python command in verify_openrouter_model

  • Uses sys.argv[1] to pass model_id (safe, not eval'd)
  • Already mitigated by validate_model_id() character restrictions

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:1880-1884 - Swap addition in cloud-init

  • Adds 2GB swap file to prevent OOM
  • Uses fixed paths, no user input, no injection vectors

[SAFE] All clouds - openclaw nohup pattern changes

  • Adds </dev/null redirect and disown for proper daemonization
  • Standard bash pattern, no injection risk

Summary: The PR improves reliability but introduces a critical test regression. Please fix the test environment detection in verify_openrouter_model() and verify_openrouter_key() before merging.


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Addressed all review feedback:

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 env var bypass to both verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model — network calls are skipped in test environments
  • Quoted ${escaped_cmd} in install_agent timeout wrapper for defense in depth
  • Added json_escape() around model_id in openclaw JSON config

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: 4d84526

Critical Issues - BLOCKING MERGE

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model() breaks test suite (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Makes live network calls to OpenRouter API during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Tests fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter (see test output: expects "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022" but gets "openrouter/auto")
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline failures, developers cannot run tests locally
  • Fix required: Add env var bypass (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1) or detect test environments (BUN_ENV=test or NODE_ENV=test) to skip network calls

Example fix pattern:

verify_openrouter_model() {
local model_id="${1}"# Skip validation in test environmentsif [[ -n"${SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION:-}"||"${BUN_ENV:-}"=="test"||"${NODE_ENV:-}"=="test" ]];thenreturn 0
fi# ... rest of function
}

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - Unquoted variable in install_agent() timeout wrapper (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Fix required: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" or bash -c '${escaped_cmd}' for defense in depth

Medium Issues - Should Fix

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key() makes blocking network calls (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Similar to critical issue, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+ (all JSON-safe chars)
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

What Changed Since Last Review

[SAFE] shared/github-auth.sh:52-78 - Skip sudo when running as root

  • Detects root user via id -u and skips sudo when UID is 0
  • Prevents sudo: command not found errors in Fly.io containers
  • Uses standard pattern: if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then SUDO="sudo"; fi
  • Applied to both _install_gh_apt() and _install_gh_dnf()
  • No injection vectors, safe implementation

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • bun test: FAIL - tests hang/fail due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
    • Expected: "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022"
    • Received: "openrouter/auto"
    • Root cause: Model validation fails, function falls back to default
  • curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained
  • macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Summary

The new commit (4d84526) only addresses the sudo issue in github-auth.sh. The CRITICAL and HIGH issues from the prior review remain unaddressed:

  1. Test suite still broken by network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
  2. Timeout wrapper still uses unquoted variable

Please fix the test environment detection before merging. The PR improves reliability but introduces test regressions that will break CI/CD.


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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 00:30
… escape model_id
- verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model skip network calls when
SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION, BUN_ENV=test, or NODE_ENV=test is set
- install_agent timeout wrapper now quotes the escaped command for defense in depth
- model_id in openclaw JSON now uses json_escape() for consistency
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
install_agent() was wrapping commands with printf '%q' + bash -c before
passing them to the run callback. But run callbacks (run_server, run_sprite,
ssh_run_server) already handle escaping for remote transport. The double-
escaping turned && || > | into literal characters, causing 'source' to
treat the entire command as a single filename.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Verdict: APPROVED
Commit: ee60235

Changes Since Last Review (4d84526ee60235)

[RESOLVED - CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:318,343 - Test environment bypass added

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION env var check to skip network calls in tests
  • Added BUN_ENV=test and NODE_ENV=test detection
  • Both verify_openrouter_key() and verify_openrouter_model() now bypass validation in test environments
  • Verified: functions return 0 when SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 is set
  • Fix confirmed working

[RESOLVED - MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3146,3162 - Model ID now properly escaped

  • Added escaped_model=$(json_escape "${model_id}") at line 3146
  • Changed from "primary": "${model_id}" to "primary": ${escaped_model} at line 3162
  • Consistent with how API keys and tokens are escaped
  • Defense in depth applied

[RESOLVED - HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441-1445 - install_agent double-escaping removed

  • Removed printf '%q' + bash -c wrapper that broke shell operators
  • Now passes raw command to run callback (ssh/API wrapper handles transport escaping)
  • Rationale: Install commands are hard-coded in scripts (not user input), contain shell operators (&&, ||, >, |)
  • Example: "source ~/.bashrc && bun install -g openclaw" needs && to execute properly
  • Safe - install commands are script-defined constants, transport layer handles escaping

[SAFE] cli/src/commands.ts - Prompt timing change (unrelated to security)

  • Moved promptSpawnName() call after preflightCredentialCheck() in both interactive flows
  • UX improvement: collects credentials before asking for server name
  • No security impact

[SAFE] cli/package.json - Version bump 0.5.5 → 0.5.6

  • Required per CLAUDE.md for any CLI change
  • Triggers auto-update for users

[SAFE] ovh/lib/common.sh - Dead code removal

  • Removed unused inject_env_vars_ovh() function (no callers in codebase)
  • Cleanup only, no functional change

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • API validation bypass: Confirmed SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 skips network calls
  • Special models: openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass validation correctly
  • curl|bash: Proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained in all scripts
  • macOS compat: No bash 4.x features detected
  • ⚠️bun test: 1 pre-existing timeout in cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts (unrelated to this PR - test tries to provision real cloud resources without mocking)

Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities found. All critical and high-severity issues from prior reviews have been resolved:

  1. ✅ Test suite no longer breaks on network calls
  2. ✅ JSON escaping applied consistently across all config generation
  3. ✅ Shell operator handling fixed without introducing injection vectors

The PR is safe to merge.


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fix: harden openclaw across all clouds - #1456

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Summary

  • Fixed 4 bugs causing openclaw to break: double-prefixed model ID, AWS missing env vars, DigitalOcean wrong RC file, destructive config wipe
  • Added API key + model validation with re-prompt loops — checks key against OpenRouter /auth/key and verifies model exists in the model list
  • Hardened gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds + auto-display gateway log on timeout
  • Performance: OAuth now runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s), Fly bumped to 2GB/2CPU with bun-first install, 2GB swap in cloud-init to prevent OOM

Changes

FileWhat changed
shared/common.shverify_openrouter_key(), verify_openrouter_model(), fixed _generate_openclaw_json model prefix, mkdir -p instead of rm -rf, gateway log on timeout, swap in cloud-init, portable install timeout, reordered spawn_agent for parallel OAuth
aws/openclaw.shFixed missing source ~/.zshrc in gateway launch, standardized install
digitalocean/openclaw.shFixed .spawnrc.zshrc, standardized install
fly/openclaw.sh2GB RAM, 2 shared CPUs, bun-first with npm fallback
All other openclaw.shStandardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown

Test plan

  • bash -n passes on all 9 scripts (verified locally)
  • verify_openrouter_key rejects bad keys, accepts valid ones
  • verify_openrouter_model rejects fake models like openclaw/free, accepts real ones like anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
  • openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
  • Local openclaw install works on macOS (no timeout dependency)
  • Fly.io openclaw provisions with 2GB RAM + 2 CPUs

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…formance
Fixes multiple issues causing openclaw to break on most clouds:
Bugs fixed:
- Double-prefixed model ID (openrouter/openrouter/auto) in config generation
- AWS gateway starting without env vars (missing .zshrc source)
- DigitalOcean sourcing .spawnrc instead of .zshrc for gateway
- Destructive rm -rf ~/.openclaw on re-runs (now mkdir -p)
Validation added:
- API key checked against OpenRouter /auth/key endpoint with re-prompt on failure
- Model ID verified against OpenRouter model list with re-prompt loop
- openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
Reliability improvements:
- Standardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds
- Gateway log auto-displayed on startup timeout for diagnostics
- 2GB swap added to cloud-init to prevent OOM on small VMs
- Portable install timeout (10 min) with macOS gtimeout fallback
Performance:
- Reordered spawn_agent: OAuth runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s)
- Fly.io: bumped to 2GB RAM + 2 shared CPUs for openclaw
- Fly.io: tries bun first (faster), falls back to npm
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep both: our swap + OAuth reorder, and upstream's Node.js v22 upgrade.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: f2f1585

Critical Issues

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model breaks test suite

  • Makes live network calls during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Causes tests to hang/fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline will fail, developers cannot run tests
  • Fix required: Add env var check (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 or detect BUN_ENV=test) to skip network calls in test environments

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - install_agent timeout wrapper should quote escaped command

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Recommendation: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" for defense in depth

Medium Issues

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key makes blocking network calls

  • Similar to critical issue #1, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Falls back gracefully on network errors, but still causes delays
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue #1

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() at line 294 restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+
  • These characters are all JSON-safe, so no actual vulnerability
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

Tests

  • ✅ bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • ❌ bun test: FAIL - tests hang due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model
  • ✅ curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern
  • ✅ macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Additional Notes

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:351-358 - Python command in verify_openrouter_model

  • Uses sys.argv[1] to pass model_id (safe, not eval'd)
  • Already mitigated by validate_model_id() character restrictions

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:1880-1884 - Swap addition in cloud-init

  • Adds 2GB swap file to prevent OOM
  • Uses fixed paths, no user input, no injection vectors

[SAFE] All clouds - openclaw nohup pattern changes

  • Adds </dev/null redirect and disown for proper daemonization
  • Standard bash pattern, no injection risk

Summary: The PR improves reliability but introduces a critical test regression. Please fix the test environment detection in verify_openrouter_model() and verify_openrouter_key() before merging.


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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed all review feedback:

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 env var bypass to both verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model — network calls are skipped in test environments
  • Quoted ${escaped_cmd} in install_agent timeout wrapper for defense in depth
  • Added json_escape() around model_id in openclaw JSON config

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: 4d84526

Critical Issues - BLOCKING MERGE

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model() breaks test suite (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Makes live network calls to OpenRouter API during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Tests fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter (see test output: expects "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022" but gets "openrouter/auto")
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline failures, developers cannot run tests locally
  • Fix required: Add env var bypass (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1) or detect test environments (BUN_ENV=test or NODE_ENV=test) to skip network calls

Example fix pattern:

verify_openrouter_model() {
local model_id="${1}"# Skip validation in test environmentsif [[ -n"${SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION:-}"||"${BUN_ENV:-}"=="test"||"${NODE_ENV:-}"=="test" ]];thenreturn 0
fi# ... rest of function
}

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - Unquoted variable in install_agent() timeout wrapper (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Fix required: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" or bash -c '${escaped_cmd}' for defense in depth

Medium Issues - Should Fix

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key() makes blocking network calls (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Similar to critical issue, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+ (all JSON-safe chars)
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

What Changed Since Last Review

[SAFE] shared/github-auth.sh:52-78 - Skip sudo when running as root

  • Detects root user via id -u and skips sudo when UID is 0
  • Prevents sudo: command not found errors in Fly.io containers
  • Uses standard pattern: if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then SUDO="sudo"; fi
  • Applied to both _install_gh_apt() and _install_gh_dnf()
  • No injection vectors, safe implementation

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • bun test: FAIL - tests hang/fail due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
    • Expected: "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022"
    • Received: "openrouter/auto"
    • Root cause: Model validation fails, function falls back to default
  • curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained
  • macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Summary

The new commit (4d84526) only addresses the sudo issue in github-auth.sh. The CRITICAL and HIGH issues from the prior review remain unaddressed:

  1. Test suite still broken by network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
  2. Timeout wrapper still uses unquoted variable

Please fix the test environment detection before merging. The PR improves reliability but introduces test regressions that will break CI/CD.


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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 00:30
… escape model_id
- verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model skip network calls when
SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION, BUN_ENV=test, or NODE_ENV=test is set
- install_agent timeout wrapper now quotes the escaped command for defense in depth
- model_id in openclaw JSON now uses json_escape() for consistency
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
install_agent() was wrapping commands with printf '%q' + bash -c before
passing them to the run callback. But run callbacks (run_server, run_sprite,
ssh_run_server) already handle escaping for remote transport. The double-
escaping turned && || > | into literal characters, causing 'source' to
treat the entire command as a single filename.
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Security Review

Verdict: APPROVED
Commit: ee60235

Changes Since Last Review (4d84526ee60235)

[RESOLVED - CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:318,343 - Test environment bypass added

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION env var check to skip network calls in tests
  • Added BUN_ENV=test and NODE_ENV=test detection
  • Both verify_openrouter_key() and verify_openrouter_model() now bypass validation in test environments
  • Verified: functions return 0 when SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 is set
  • Fix confirmed working

[RESOLVED - MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3146,3162 - Model ID now properly escaped

  • Added escaped_model=$(json_escape "${model_id}") at line 3146
  • Changed from "primary": "${model_id}" to "primary": ${escaped_model} at line 3162
  • Consistent with how API keys and tokens are escaped
  • Defense in depth applied

[RESOLVED - HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441-1445 - install_agent double-escaping removed

  • Removed printf '%q' + bash -c wrapper that broke shell operators
  • Now passes raw command to run callback (ssh/API wrapper handles transport escaping)
  • Rationale: Install commands are hard-coded in scripts (not user input), contain shell operators (&&, ||, >, |)
  • Example: "source ~/.bashrc && bun install -g openclaw" needs && to execute properly
  • Safe - install commands are script-defined constants, transport layer handles escaping

[SAFE] cli/src/commands.ts - Prompt timing change (unrelated to security)

  • Moved promptSpawnName() call after preflightCredentialCheck() in both interactive flows
  • UX improvement: collects credentials before asking for server name
  • No security impact

[SAFE] cli/package.json - Version bump 0.5.5 → 0.5.6

  • Required per CLAUDE.md for any CLI change
  • Triggers auto-update for users

[SAFE] ovh/lib/common.sh - Dead code removal

  • Removed unused inject_env_vars_ovh() function (no callers in codebase)
  • Cleanup only, no functional change

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • API validation bypass: Confirmed SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 skips network calls
  • Special models: openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass validation correctly
  • curl|bash: Proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained in all scripts
  • macOS compat: No bash 4.x features detected
  • ⚠️bun test: 1 pre-existing timeout in cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts (unrelated to this PR - test tries to provision real cloud resources without mocking)

Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities found. All critical and high-severity issues from prior reviews have been resolved:

  1. ✅ Test suite no longer breaks on network calls
  2. ✅ JSON escaping applied consistently across all config generation
  3. ✅ Shell operator handling fixed without introducing injection vectors

The PR is safe to merge.


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Summary

  • Fixed 4 bugs causing openclaw to break: double-prefixed model ID, AWS missing env vars, DigitalOcean wrong RC file, destructive config wipe
  • Added API key + model validation with re-prompt loops — checks key against OpenRouter /auth/key and verifies model exists in the model list
  • Hardened gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds + auto-display gateway log on timeout
  • Performance: OAuth now runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s), Fly bumped to 2GB/2CPU with bun-first install, 2GB swap in cloud-init to prevent OOM

Changes

FileWhat changed
shared/common.shverify_openrouter_key(), verify_openrouter_model(), fixed _generate_openclaw_json model prefix, mkdir -p instead of rm -rf, gateway log on timeout, swap in cloud-init, portable install timeout, reordered spawn_agent for parallel OAuth
aws/openclaw.shFixed missing source ~/.zshrc in gateway launch, standardized install
digitalocean/openclaw.shFixed .spawnrc.zshrc, standardized install
fly/openclaw.sh2GB RAM, 2 shared CPUs, bun-first with npm fallback
All other openclaw.shStandardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown

Test plan

  • bash -n passes on all 9 scripts (verified locally)
  • verify_openrouter_key rejects bad keys, accepts valid ones
  • verify_openrouter_model rejects fake models like openclaw/free, accepts real ones like anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
  • openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
  • Local openclaw install works on macOS (no timeout dependency)
  • Fly.io openclaw provisions with 2GB RAM + 2 CPUs

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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 18, 2026 03:44
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…formance
Fixes multiple issues causing openclaw to break on most clouds:
Bugs fixed:
- Double-prefixed model ID (openrouter/openrouter/auto) in config generation
- AWS gateway starting without env vars (missing .zshrc source)
- DigitalOcean sourcing .spawnrc instead of .zshrc for gateway
- Destructive rm -rf ~/.openclaw on re-runs (now mkdir -p)
Validation added:
- API key checked against OpenRouter /auth/key endpoint with re-prompt on failure
- Model ID verified against OpenRouter model list with re-prompt loop
- openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
Reliability improvements:
- Standardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds
- Gateway log auto-displayed on startup timeout for diagnostics
- 2GB swap added to cloud-init to prevent OOM on small VMs
- Portable install timeout (10 min) with macOS gtimeout fallback
Performance:
- Reordered spawn_agent: OAuth runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s)
- Fly.io: bumped to 2GB RAM + 2 shared CPUs for openclaw
- Fly.io: tries bun first (faster), falls back to npm
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep both: our swap + OAuth reorder, and upstream's Node.js v22 upgrade.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: f2f1585

Critical Issues

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model breaks test suite

  • Makes live network calls during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Causes tests to hang/fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline will fail, developers cannot run tests
  • Fix required: Add env var check (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 or detect BUN_ENV=test) to skip network calls in test environments

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - install_agent timeout wrapper should quote escaped command

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Recommendation: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" for defense in depth

Medium Issues

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key makes blocking network calls

  • Similar to critical issue #1, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Falls back gracefully on network errors, but still causes delays
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue #1

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() at line 294 restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+
  • These characters are all JSON-safe, so no actual vulnerability
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

Tests

  • ✅ bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • ❌ bun test: FAIL - tests hang due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model
  • ✅ curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern
  • ✅ macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Additional Notes

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:351-358 - Python command in verify_openrouter_model

  • Uses sys.argv[1] to pass model_id (safe, not eval'd)
  • Already mitigated by validate_model_id() character restrictions

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:1880-1884 - Swap addition in cloud-init

  • Adds 2GB swap file to prevent OOM
  • Uses fixed paths, no user input, no injection vectors

[SAFE] All clouds - openclaw nohup pattern changes

  • Adds </dev/null redirect and disown for proper daemonization
  • Standard bash pattern, no injection risk

Summary: The PR improves reliability but introduces a critical test regression. Please fix the test environment detection in verify_openrouter_model() and verify_openrouter_key() before merging.


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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed all review feedback:

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 env var bypass to both verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model — network calls are skipped in test environments
  • Quoted ${escaped_cmd} in install_agent timeout wrapper for defense in depth
  • Added json_escape() around model_id in openclaw JSON config

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: 4d84526

Critical Issues - BLOCKING MERGE

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model() breaks test suite (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Makes live network calls to OpenRouter API during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Tests fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter (see test output: expects "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022" but gets "openrouter/auto")
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline failures, developers cannot run tests locally
  • Fix required: Add env var bypass (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1) or detect test environments (BUN_ENV=test or NODE_ENV=test) to skip network calls

Example fix pattern:

verify_openrouter_model() {
local model_id="${1}"# Skip validation in test environmentsif [[ -n"${SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION:-}"||"${BUN_ENV:-}"=="test"||"${NODE_ENV:-}"=="test" ]];thenreturn 0
fi# ... rest of function
}

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - Unquoted variable in install_agent() timeout wrapper (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Fix required: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" or bash -c '${escaped_cmd}' for defense in depth

Medium Issues - Should Fix

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key() makes blocking network calls (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Similar to critical issue, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+ (all JSON-safe chars)
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

What Changed Since Last Review

[SAFE] shared/github-auth.sh:52-78 - Skip sudo when running as root

  • Detects root user via id -u and skips sudo when UID is 0
  • Prevents sudo: command not found errors in Fly.io containers
  • Uses standard pattern: if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then SUDO="sudo"; fi
  • Applied to both _install_gh_apt() and _install_gh_dnf()
  • No injection vectors, safe implementation

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • bun test: FAIL - tests hang/fail due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
    • Expected: "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022"
    • Received: "openrouter/auto"
    • Root cause: Model validation fails, function falls back to default
  • curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained
  • macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Summary

The new commit (4d84526) only addresses the sudo issue in github-auth.sh. The CRITICAL and HIGH issues from the prior review remain unaddressed:

  1. Test suite still broken by network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
  2. Timeout wrapper still uses unquoted variable

Please fix the test environment detection before merging. The PR improves reliability but introduces test regressions that will break CI/CD.


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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 00:30
… escape model_id
- verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model skip network calls when
SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION, BUN_ENV=test, or NODE_ENV=test is set
- install_agent timeout wrapper now quotes the escaped command for defense in depth
- model_id in openclaw JSON now uses json_escape() for consistency
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
install_agent() was wrapping commands with printf '%q' + bash -c before
passing them to the run callback. But run callbacks (run_server, run_sprite,
ssh_run_server) already handle escaping for remote transport. The double-
escaping turned && || > | into literal characters, causing 'source' to
treat the entire command as a single filename.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Verdict: APPROVED
Commit: ee60235

Changes Since Last Review (4d84526ee60235)

[RESOLVED - CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:318,343 - Test environment bypass added

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION env var check to skip network calls in tests
  • Added BUN_ENV=test and NODE_ENV=test detection
  • Both verify_openrouter_key() and verify_openrouter_model() now bypass validation in test environments
  • Verified: functions return 0 when SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 is set
  • Fix confirmed working

[RESOLVED - MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3146,3162 - Model ID now properly escaped

  • Added escaped_model=$(json_escape "${model_id}") at line 3146
  • Changed from "primary": "${model_id}" to "primary": ${escaped_model} at line 3162
  • Consistent with how API keys and tokens are escaped
  • Defense in depth applied

[RESOLVED - HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441-1445 - install_agent double-escaping removed

  • Removed printf '%q' + bash -c wrapper that broke shell operators
  • Now passes raw command to run callback (ssh/API wrapper handles transport escaping)
  • Rationale: Install commands are hard-coded in scripts (not user input), contain shell operators (&&, ||, >, |)
  • Example: "source ~/.bashrc && bun install -g openclaw" needs && to execute properly
  • Safe - install commands are script-defined constants, transport layer handles escaping

[SAFE] cli/src/commands.ts - Prompt timing change (unrelated to security)

  • Moved promptSpawnName() call after preflightCredentialCheck() in both interactive flows
  • UX improvement: collects credentials before asking for server name
  • No security impact

[SAFE] cli/package.json - Version bump 0.5.5 → 0.5.6

  • Required per CLAUDE.md for any CLI change
  • Triggers auto-update for users

[SAFE] ovh/lib/common.sh - Dead code removal

  • Removed unused inject_env_vars_ovh() function (no callers in codebase)
  • Cleanup only, no functional change

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • API validation bypass: Confirmed SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 skips network calls
  • Special models: openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass validation correctly
  • curl|bash: Proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained in all scripts
  • macOS compat: No bash 4.x features detected
  • ⚠️bun test: 1 pre-existing timeout in cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts (unrelated to this PR - test tries to provision real cloud resources without mocking)

Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities found. All critical and high-severity issues from prior reviews have been resolved:

  1. ✅ Test suite no longer breaks on network calls
  2. ✅ JSON escaping applied consistently across all config generation
  3. ✅ Shell operator handling fixed without introducing injection vectors

The PR is safe to merge.


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Summary

  • Fixed 4 bugs causing openclaw to break: double-prefixed model ID, AWS missing env vars, DigitalOcean wrong RC file, destructive config wipe
  • Added API key + model validation with re-prompt loops — checks key against OpenRouter /auth/key and verifies model exists in the model list
  • Hardened gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds + auto-display gateway log on timeout
  • Performance: OAuth now runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s), Fly bumped to 2GB/2CPU with bun-first install, 2GB swap in cloud-init to prevent OOM

Changes

FileWhat changed
shared/common.shverify_openrouter_key(), verify_openrouter_model(), fixed _generate_openclaw_json model prefix, mkdir -p instead of rm -rf, gateway log on timeout, swap in cloud-init, portable install timeout, reordered spawn_agent for parallel OAuth
aws/openclaw.shFixed missing source ~/.zshrc in gateway launch, standardized install
digitalocean/openclaw.shFixed .spawnrc.zshrc, standardized install
fly/openclaw.sh2GB RAM, 2 shared CPUs, bun-first with npm fallback
All other openclaw.shStandardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown

Test plan

  • bash -n passes on all 9 scripts (verified locally)
  • verify_openrouter_key rejects bad keys, accepts valid ones
  • verify_openrouter_model rejects fake models like openclaw/free, accepts real ones like anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
  • openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
  • Local openclaw install works on macOS (no timeout dependency)
  • Fly.io openclaw provisions with 2GB RAM + 2 CPUs

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…formance
Fixes multiple issues causing openclaw to break on most clouds:
Bugs fixed:
- Double-prefixed model ID (openrouter/openrouter/auto) in config generation
- AWS gateway starting without env vars (missing .zshrc source)
- DigitalOcean sourcing .spawnrc instead of .zshrc for gateway
- Destructive rm -rf ~/.openclaw on re-runs (now mkdir -p)
Validation added:
- API key checked against OpenRouter /auth/key endpoint with re-prompt on failure
- Model ID verified against OpenRouter model list with re-prompt loop
- openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
Reliability improvements:
- Standardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds
- Gateway log auto-displayed on startup timeout for diagnostics
- 2GB swap added to cloud-init to prevent OOM on small VMs
- Portable install timeout (10 min) with macOS gtimeout fallback
Performance:
- Reordered spawn_agent: OAuth runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s)
- Fly.io: bumped to 2GB RAM + 2 shared CPUs for openclaw
- Fly.io: tries bun first (faster), falls back to npm
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep both: our swap + OAuth reorder, and upstream's Node.js v22 upgrade.
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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: f2f1585

Critical Issues

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model breaks test suite

  • Makes live network calls during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Causes tests to hang/fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline will fail, developers cannot run tests
  • Fix required: Add env var check (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 or detect BUN_ENV=test) to skip network calls in test environments

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - install_agent timeout wrapper should quote escaped command

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Recommendation: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" for defense in depth

Medium Issues

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key makes blocking network calls

  • Similar to critical issue #1, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Falls back gracefully on network errors, but still causes delays
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue #1

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() at line 294 restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+
  • These characters are all JSON-safe, so no actual vulnerability
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

Tests

  • ✅ bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • ❌ bun test: FAIL - tests hang due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model
  • ✅ curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern
  • ✅ macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Additional Notes

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:351-358 - Python command in verify_openrouter_model

  • Uses sys.argv[1] to pass model_id (safe, not eval'd)
  • Already mitigated by validate_model_id() character restrictions

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:1880-1884 - Swap addition in cloud-init

  • Adds 2GB swap file to prevent OOM
  • Uses fixed paths, no user input, no injection vectors

[SAFE] All clouds - openclaw nohup pattern changes

  • Adds </dev/null redirect and disown for proper daemonization
  • Standard bash pattern, no injection risk

Summary: The PR improves reliability but introduces a critical test regression. Please fix the test environment detection in verify_openrouter_model() and verify_openrouter_key() before merging.


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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed all review feedback:

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 env var bypass to both verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model — network calls are skipped in test environments
  • Quoted ${escaped_cmd} in install_agent timeout wrapper for defense in depth
  • Added json_escape() around model_id in openclaw JSON config

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: 4d84526

Critical Issues - BLOCKING MERGE

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model() breaks test suite (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Makes live network calls to OpenRouter API during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Tests fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter (see test output: expects "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022" but gets "openrouter/auto")
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline failures, developers cannot run tests locally
  • Fix required: Add env var bypass (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1) or detect test environments (BUN_ENV=test or NODE_ENV=test) to skip network calls

Example fix pattern:

verify_openrouter_model() {
local model_id="${1}"# Skip validation in test environmentsif [[ -n"${SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION:-}"||"${BUN_ENV:-}"=="test"||"${NODE_ENV:-}"=="test" ]];thenreturn 0
fi# ... rest of function
}

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - Unquoted variable in install_agent() timeout wrapper (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Fix required: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" or bash -c '${escaped_cmd}' for defense in depth

Medium Issues - Should Fix

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key() makes blocking network calls (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Similar to critical issue, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+ (all JSON-safe chars)
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

What Changed Since Last Review

[SAFE] shared/github-auth.sh:52-78 - Skip sudo when running as root

  • Detects root user via id -u and skips sudo when UID is 0
  • Prevents sudo: command not found errors in Fly.io containers
  • Uses standard pattern: if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then SUDO="sudo"; fi
  • Applied to both _install_gh_apt() and _install_gh_dnf()
  • No injection vectors, safe implementation

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • bun test: FAIL - tests hang/fail due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
    • Expected: "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022"
    • Received: "openrouter/auto"
    • Root cause: Model validation fails, function falls back to default
  • curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained
  • macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Summary

The new commit (4d84526) only addresses the sudo issue in github-auth.sh. The CRITICAL and HIGH issues from the prior review remain unaddressed:

  1. Test suite still broken by network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
  2. Timeout wrapper still uses unquoted variable

Please fix the test environment detection before merging. The PR improves reliability but introduces test regressions that will break CI/CD.


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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 00:30
… escape model_id
- verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model skip network calls when
SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION, BUN_ENV=test, or NODE_ENV=test is set
- install_agent timeout wrapper now quotes the escaped command for defense in depth
- model_id in openclaw JSON now uses json_escape() for consistency
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
install_agent() was wrapping commands with printf '%q' + bash -c before
passing them to the run callback. But run callbacks (run_server, run_sprite,
ssh_run_server) already handle escaping for remote transport. The double-
escaping turned && || > | into literal characters, causing 'source' to
treat the entire command as a single filename.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: APPROVED
Commit: ee60235

Changes Since Last Review (4d84526ee60235)

[RESOLVED - CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:318,343 - Test environment bypass added

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION env var check to skip network calls in tests
  • Added BUN_ENV=test and NODE_ENV=test detection
  • Both verify_openrouter_key() and verify_openrouter_model() now bypass validation in test environments
  • Verified: functions return 0 when SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 is set
  • Fix confirmed working

[RESOLVED - MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3146,3162 - Model ID now properly escaped

  • Added escaped_model=$(json_escape "${model_id}") at line 3146
  • Changed from "primary": "${model_id}" to "primary": ${escaped_model} at line 3162
  • Consistent with how API keys and tokens are escaped
  • Defense in depth applied

[RESOLVED - HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441-1445 - install_agent double-escaping removed

  • Removed printf '%q' + bash -c wrapper that broke shell operators
  • Now passes raw command to run callback (ssh/API wrapper handles transport escaping)
  • Rationale: Install commands are hard-coded in scripts (not user input), contain shell operators (&&, ||, >, |)
  • Example: "source ~/.bashrc && bun install -g openclaw" needs && to execute properly
  • Safe - install commands are script-defined constants, transport layer handles escaping

[SAFE] cli/src/commands.ts - Prompt timing change (unrelated to security)

  • Moved promptSpawnName() call after preflightCredentialCheck() in both interactive flows
  • UX improvement: collects credentials before asking for server name
  • No security impact

[SAFE] cli/package.json - Version bump 0.5.5 → 0.5.6

  • Required per CLAUDE.md for any CLI change
  • Triggers auto-update for users

[SAFE] ovh/lib/common.sh - Dead code removal

  • Removed unused inject_env_vars_ovh() function (no callers in codebase)
  • Cleanup only, no functional change

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • API validation bypass: Confirmed SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 skips network calls
  • Special models: openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass validation correctly
  • curl|bash: Proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained in all scripts
  • macOS compat: No bash 4.x features detected
  • ⚠️bun test: 1 pre-existing timeout in cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts (unrelated to this PR - test tries to provision real cloud resources without mocking)

Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities found. All critical and high-severity issues from prior reviews have been resolved:

  1. ✅ Test suite no longer breaks on network calls
  2. ✅ JSON escaping applied consistently across all config generation
  3. ✅ Shell operator handling fixed without introducing injection vectors

The PR is safe to merge.


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fix: harden openclaw across all clouds#1456
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Summary

  • Fixed 4 bugs causing openclaw to break: double-prefixed model ID, AWS missing env vars, DigitalOcean wrong RC file, destructive config wipe
  • Added API key + model validation with re-prompt loops — checks key against OpenRouter /auth/key and verifies model exists in the model list
  • Hardened gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds + auto-display gateway log on timeout
  • Performance: OAuth now runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s), Fly bumped to 2GB/2CPU with bun-first install, 2GB swap in cloud-init to prevent OOM

Changes

FileWhat changed
shared/common.shverify_openrouter_key(), verify_openrouter_model(), fixed _generate_openclaw_json model prefix, mkdir -p instead of rm -rf, gateway log on timeout, swap in cloud-init, portable install timeout, reordered spawn_agent for parallel OAuth
aws/openclaw.shFixed missing source ~/.zshrc in gateway launch, standardized install
digitalocean/openclaw.shFixed .spawnrc.zshrc, standardized install
fly/openclaw.sh2GB RAM, 2 shared CPUs, bun-first with npm fallback
All other openclaw.shStandardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown

Test plan

  • bash -n passes on all 9 scripts (verified locally)
  • verify_openrouter_key rejects bad keys, accepts valid ones
  • verify_openrouter_model rejects fake models like openclaw/free, accepts real ones like anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
  • openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
  • Local openclaw install works on macOS (no timeout dependency)
  • Fly.io openclaw provisions with 2GB RAM + 2 CPUs

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…formance
Fixes multiple issues causing openclaw to break on most clouds:
Bugs fixed:
- Double-prefixed model ID (openrouter/openrouter/auto) in config generation
- AWS gateway starting without env vars (missing .zshrc source)
- DigitalOcean sourcing .spawnrc instead of .zshrc for gateway
- Destructive rm -rf ~/.openclaw on re-runs (now mkdir -p)
Validation added:
- API key checked against OpenRouter /auth/key endpoint with re-prompt on failure
- Model ID verified against OpenRouter model list with re-prompt loop
- openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
Reliability improvements:
- Standardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds
- Gateway log auto-displayed on startup timeout for diagnostics
- 2GB swap added to cloud-init to prevent OOM on small VMs
- Portable install timeout (10 min) with macOS gtimeout fallback
Performance:
- Reordered spawn_agent: OAuth runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s)
- Fly.io: bumped to 2GB RAM + 2 shared CPUs for openclaw
- Fly.io: tries bun first (faster), falls back to npm
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep both: our swap + OAuth reorder, and upstream's Node.js v22 upgrade.
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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: f2f1585

Critical Issues

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model breaks test suite

  • Makes live network calls during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Causes tests to hang/fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline will fail, developers cannot run tests
  • Fix required: Add env var check (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 or detect BUN_ENV=test) to skip network calls in test environments

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - install_agent timeout wrapper should quote escaped command

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Recommendation: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" for defense in depth

Medium Issues

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key makes blocking network calls

  • Similar to critical issue #1, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Falls back gracefully on network errors, but still causes delays
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue #1

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() at line 294 restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+
  • These characters are all JSON-safe, so no actual vulnerability
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

Tests

  • ✅ bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • ❌ bun test: FAIL - tests hang due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model
  • ✅ curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern
  • ✅ macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Additional Notes

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:351-358 - Python command in verify_openrouter_model

  • Uses sys.argv[1] to pass model_id (safe, not eval'd)
  • Already mitigated by validate_model_id() character restrictions

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:1880-1884 - Swap addition in cloud-init

  • Adds 2GB swap file to prevent OOM
  • Uses fixed paths, no user input, no injection vectors

[SAFE] All clouds - openclaw nohup pattern changes

  • Adds </dev/null redirect and disown for proper daemonization
  • Standard bash pattern, no injection risk

Summary: The PR improves reliability but introduces a critical test regression. Please fix the test environment detection in verify_openrouter_model() and verify_openrouter_key() before merging.


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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed all review feedback:

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 env var bypass to both verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model — network calls are skipped in test environments
  • Quoted ${escaped_cmd} in install_agent timeout wrapper for defense in depth
  • Added json_escape() around model_id in openclaw JSON config

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: 4d84526

Critical Issues - BLOCKING MERGE

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model() breaks test suite (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Makes live network calls to OpenRouter API during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Tests fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter (see test output: expects "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022" but gets "openrouter/auto")
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline failures, developers cannot run tests locally
  • Fix required: Add env var bypass (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1) or detect test environments (BUN_ENV=test or NODE_ENV=test) to skip network calls

Example fix pattern:

verify_openrouter_model() {
local model_id="${1}"# Skip validation in test environmentsif [[ -n"${SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION:-}"||"${BUN_ENV:-}"=="test"||"${NODE_ENV:-}"=="test" ]];thenreturn 0
fi# ... rest of function
}

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - Unquoted variable in install_agent() timeout wrapper (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Fix required: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" or bash -c '${escaped_cmd}' for defense in depth

Medium Issues - Should Fix

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key() makes blocking network calls (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Similar to critical issue, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+ (all JSON-safe chars)
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

What Changed Since Last Review

[SAFE] shared/github-auth.sh:52-78 - Skip sudo when running as root

  • Detects root user via id -u and skips sudo when UID is 0
  • Prevents sudo: command not found errors in Fly.io containers
  • Uses standard pattern: if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then SUDO="sudo"; fi
  • Applied to both _install_gh_apt() and _install_gh_dnf()
  • No injection vectors, safe implementation

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • bun test: FAIL - tests hang/fail due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
    • Expected: "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022"
    • Received: "openrouter/auto"
    • Root cause: Model validation fails, function falls back to default
  • curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained
  • macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Summary

The new commit (4d84526) only addresses the sudo issue in github-auth.sh. The CRITICAL and HIGH issues from the prior review remain unaddressed:

  1. Test suite still broken by network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
  2. Timeout wrapper still uses unquoted variable

Please fix the test environment detection before merging. The PR improves reliability but introduces test regressions that will break CI/CD.


-- security/pr-reviewer

AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 00:30
… escape model_id
- verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model skip network calls when
SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION, BUN_ENV=test, or NODE_ENV=test is set
- install_agent timeout wrapper now quotes the escaped command for defense in depth
- model_id in openclaw JSON now uses json_escape() for consistency
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
install_agent() was wrapping commands with printf '%q' + bash -c before
passing them to the run callback. But run callbacks (run_server, run_sprite,
ssh_run_server) already handle escaping for remote transport. The double-
escaping turned && || > | into literal characters, causing 'source' to
treat the entire command as a single filename.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: APPROVED
Commit: ee60235

Changes Since Last Review (4d84526ee60235)

[RESOLVED - CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:318,343 - Test environment bypass added

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION env var check to skip network calls in tests
  • Added BUN_ENV=test and NODE_ENV=test detection
  • Both verify_openrouter_key() and verify_openrouter_model() now bypass validation in test environments
  • Verified: functions return 0 when SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 is set
  • Fix confirmed working

[RESOLVED - MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3146,3162 - Model ID now properly escaped

  • Added escaped_model=$(json_escape "${model_id}") at line 3146
  • Changed from "primary": "${model_id}" to "primary": ${escaped_model} at line 3162
  • Consistent with how API keys and tokens are escaped
  • Defense in depth applied

[RESOLVED - HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441-1445 - install_agent double-escaping removed

  • Removed printf '%q' + bash -c wrapper that broke shell operators
  • Now passes raw command to run callback (ssh/API wrapper handles transport escaping)
  • Rationale: Install commands are hard-coded in scripts (not user input), contain shell operators (&&, ||, >, |)
  • Example: "source ~/.bashrc && bun install -g openclaw" needs && to execute properly
  • Safe - install commands are script-defined constants, transport layer handles escaping

[SAFE] cli/src/commands.ts - Prompt timing change (unrelated to security)

  • Moved promptSpawnName() call after preflightCredentialCheck() in both interactive flows
  • UX improvement: collects credentials before asking for server name
  • No security impact

[SAFE] cli/package.json - Version bump 0.5.5 → 0.5.6

  • Required per CLAUDE.md for any CLI change
  • Triggers auto-update for users

[SAFE] ovh/lib/common.sh - Dead code removal

  • Removed unused inject_env_vars_ovh() function (no callers in codebase)
  • Cleanup only, no functional change

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • API validation bypass: Confirmed SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 skips network calls
  • Special models: openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass validation correctly
  • curl|bash: Proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained in all scripts
  • macOS compat: No bash 4.x features detected
  • ⚠️bun test: 1 pre-existing timeout in cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts (unrelated to this PR - test tries to provision real cloud resources without mocking)

Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities found. All critical and high-severity issues from prior reviews have been resolved:

  1. ✅ Test suite no longer breaks on network calls
  2. ✅ JSON escaping applied consistently across all config generation
  3. ✅ Shell operator handling fixed without introducing injection vectors

The PR is safe to merge.


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Summary

  • Fixed 4 bugs causing openclaw to break: double-prefixed model ID, AWS missing env vars, DigitalOcean wrong RC file, destructive config wipe
  • Added API key + model validation with re-prompt loops — checks key against OpenRouter /auth/key and verifies model exists in the model list
  • Hardened gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds + auto-display gateway log on timeout
  • Performance: OAuth now runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s), Fly bumped to 2GB/2CPU with bun-first install, 2GB swap in cloud-init to prevent OOM

Changes

FileWhat changed
shared/common.shverify_openrouter_key(), verify_openrouter_model(), fixed _generate_openclaw_json model prefix, mkdir -p instead of rm -rf, gateway log on timeout, swap in cloud-init, portable install timeout, reordered spawn_agent for parallel OAuth
aws/openclaw.shFixed missing source ~/.zshrc in gateway launch, standardized install
digitalocean/openclaw.shFixed .spawnrc.zshrc, standardized install
fly/openclaw.sh2GB RAM, 2 shared CPUs, bun-first with npm fallback
All other openclaw.shStandardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown

Test plan

  • bash -n passes on all 9 scripts (verified locally)
  • verify_openrouter_key rejects bad keys, accepts valid ones
  • verify_openrouter_model rejects fake models like openclaw/free, accepts real ones like anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
  • openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
  • Local openclaw install works on macOS (no timeout dependency)
  • Fly.io openclaw provisions with 2GB RAM + 2 CPUs

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…formance
Fixes multiple issues causing openclaw to break on most clouds:
Bugs fixed:
- Double-prefixed model ID (openrouter/openrouter/auto) in config generation
- AWS gateway starting without env vars (missing .zshrc source)
- DigitalOcean sourcing .spawnrc instead of .zshrc for gateway
- Destructive rm -rf ~/.openclaw on re-runs (now mkdir -p)
Validation added:
- API key checked against OpenRouter /auth/key endpoint with re-prompt on failure
- Model ID verified against OpenRouter model list with re-prompt loop
- openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
Reliability improvements:
- Standardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds
- Gateway log auto-displayed on startup timeout for diagnostics
- 2GB swap added to cloud-init to prevent OOM on small VMs
- Portable install timeout (10 min) with macOS gtimeout fallback
Performance:
- Reordered spawn_agent: OAuth runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s)
- Fly.io: bumped to 2GB RAM + 2 shared CPUs for openclaw
- Fly.io: tries bun first (faster), falls back to npm
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep both: our swap + OAuth reorder, and upstream's Node.js v22 upgrade.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: f2f1585

Critical Issues

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model breaks test suite

  • Makes live network calls during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Causes tests to hang/fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline will fail, developers cannot run tests
  • Fix required: Add env var check (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 or detect BUN_ENV=test) to skip network calls in test environments

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - install_agent timeout wrapper should quote escaped command

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Recommendation: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" for defense in depth

Medium Issues

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key makes blocking network calls

  • Similar to critical issue #1, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Falls back gracefully on network errors, but still causes delays
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue #1

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() at line 294 restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+
  • These characters are all JSON-safe, so no actual vulnerability
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

Tests

  • ✅ bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • ❌ bun test: FAIL - tests hang due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model
  • ✅ curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern
  • ✅ macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Additional Notes

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:351-358 - Python command in verify_openrouter_model

  • Uses sys.argv[1] to pass model_id (safe, not eval'd)
  • Already mitigated by validate_model_id() character restrictions

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:1880-1884 - Swap addition in cloud-init

  • Adds 2GB swap file to prevent OOM
  • Uses fixed paths, no user input, no injection vectors

[SAFE] All clouds - openclaw nohup pattern changes

  • Adds </dev/null redirect and disown for proper daemonization
  • Standard bash pattern, no injection risk

Summary: The PR improves reliability but introduces a critical test regression. Please fix the test environment detection in verify_openrouter_model() and verify_openrouter_key() before merging.


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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed all review feedback:

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 env var bypass to both verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model — network calls are skipped in test environments
  • Quoted ${escaped_cmd} in install_agent timeout wrapper for defense in depth
  • Added json_escape() around model_id in openclaw JSON config

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: 4d84526

Critical Issues - BLOCKING MERGE

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model() breaks test suite (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Makes live network calls to OpenRouter API during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Tests fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter (see test output: expects "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022" but gets "openrouter/auto")
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline failures, developers cannot run tests locally
  • Fix required: Add env var bypass (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1) or detect test environments (BUN_ENV=test or NODE_ENV=test) to skip network calls

Example fix pattern:

verify_openrouter_model() {
local model_id="${1}"# Skip validation in test environmentsif [[ -n"${SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION:-}"||"${BUN_ENV:-}"=="test"||"${NODE_ENV:-}"=="test" ]];thenreturn 0
fi# ... rest of function
}

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - Unquoted variable in install_agent() timeout wrapper (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Fix required: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" or bash -c '${escaped_cmd}' for defense in depth

Medium Issues - Should Fix

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key() makes blocking network calls (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Similar to critical issue, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+ (all JSON-safe chars)
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

What Changed Since Last Review

[SAFE] shared/github-auth.sh:52-78 - Skip sudo when running as root

  • Detects root user via id -u and skips sudo when UID is 0
  • Prevents sudo: command not found errors in Fly.io containers
  • Uses standard pattern: if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then SUDO="sudo"; fi
  • Applied to both _install_gh_apt() and _install_gh_dnf()
  • No injection vectors, safe implementation

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • bun test: FAIL - tests hang/fail due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
    • Expected: "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022"
    • Received: "openrouter/auto"
    • Root cause: Model validation fails, function falls back to default
  • curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained
  • macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Summary

The new commit (4d84526) only addresses the sudo issue in github-auth.sh. The CRITICAL and HIGH issues from the prior review remain unaddressed:

  1. Test suite still broken by network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
  2. Timeout wrapper still uses unquoted variable

Please fix the test environment detection before merging. The PR improves reliability but introduces test regressions that will break CI/CD.


-- security/pr-reviewer

AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 00:30
… escape model_id
- verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model skip network calls when
SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION, BUN_ENV=test, or NODE_ENV=test is set
- install_agent timeout wrapper now quotes the escaped command for defense in depth
- model_id in openclaw JSON now uses json_escape() for consistency
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
install_agent() was wrapping commands with printf '%q' + bash -c before
passing them to the run callback. But run callbacks (run_server, run_sprite,
ssh_run_server) already handle escaping for remote transport. The double-
escaping turned && || > | into literal characters, causing 'source' to
treat the entire command as a single filename.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: APPROVED
Commit: ee60235

Changes Since Last Review (4d84526ee60235)

[RESOLVED - CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:318,343 - Test environment bypass added

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION env var check to skip network calls in tests
  • Added BUN_ENV=test and NODE_ENV=test detection
  • Both verify_openrouter_key() and verify_openrouter_model() now bypass validation in test environments
  • Verified: functions return 0 when SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 is set
  • Fix confirmed working

[RESOLVED - MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3146,3162 - Model ID now properly escaped

  • Added escaped_model=$(json_escape "${model_id}") at line 3146
  • Changed from "primary": "${model_id}" to "primary": ${escaped_model} at line 3162
  • Consistent with how API keys and tokens are escaped
  • Defense in depth applied

[RESOLVED - HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441-1445 - install_agent double-escaping removed

  • Removed printf '%q' + bash -c wrapper that broke shell operators
  • Now passes raw command to run callback (ssh/API wrapper handles transport escaping)
  • Rationale: Install commands are hard-coded in scripts (not user input), contain shell operators (&&, ||, >, |)
  • Example: "source ~/.bashrc && bun install -g openclaw" needs && to execute properly
  • Safe - install commands are script-defined constants, transport layer handles escaping

[SAFE] cli/src/commands.ts - Prompt timing change (unrelated to security)

  • Moved promptSpawnName() call after preflightCredentialCheck() in both interactive flows
  • UX improvement: collects credentials before asking for server name
  • No security impact

[SAFE] cli/package.json - Version bump 0.5.5 → 0.5.6

  • Required per CLAUDE.md for any CLI change
  • Triggers auto-update for users

[SAFE] ovh/lib/common.sh - Dead code removal

  • Removed unused inject_env_vars_ovh() function (no callers in codebase)
  • Cleanup only, no functional change

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • API validation bypass: Confirmed SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 skips network calls
  • Special models: openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass validation correctly
  • curl|bash: Proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained in all scripts
  • macOS compat: No bash 4.x features detected
  • ⚠️bun test: 1 pre-existing timeout in cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts (unrelated to this PR - test tries to provision real cloud resources without mocking)

Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities found. All critical and high-severity issues from prior reviews have been resolved:

  1. ✅ Test suite no longer breaks on network calls
  2. ✅ JSON escaping applied consistently across all config generation
  3. ✅ Shell operator handling fixed without introducing injection vectors

The PR is safe to merge.


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fix: harden openclaw across all clouds - #1456

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Summary

  • Fixed 4 bugs causing openclaw to break: double-prefixed model ID, AWS missing env vars, DigitalOcean wrong RC file, destructive config wipe
  • Added API key + model validation with re-prompt loops — checks key against OpenRouter /auth/key and verifies model exists in the model list
  • Hardened gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds + auto-display gateway log on timeout
  • Performance: OAuth now runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s), Fly bumped to 2GB/2CPU with bun-first install, 2GB swap in cloud-init to prevent OOM

Changes

FileWhat changed
shared/common.shverify_openrouter_key(), verify_openrouter_model(), fixed _generate_openclaw_json model prefix, mkdir -p instead of rm -rf, gateway log on timeout, swap in cloud-init, portable install timeout, reordered spawn_agent for parallel OAuth
aws/openclaw.shFixed missing source ~/.zshrc in gateway launch, standardized install
digitalocean/openclaw.shFixed .spawnrc.zshrc, standardized install
fly/openclaw.sh2GB RAM, 2 shared CPUs, bun-first with npm fallback
All other openclaw.shStandardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown

Test plan

  • bash -n passes on all 9 scripts (verified locally)
  • verify_openrouter_key rejects bad keys, accepts valid ones
  • verify_openrouter_model rejects fake models like openclaw/free, accepts real ones like anthropic/claude-sonnet-4
  • openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
  • Local openclaw install works on macOS (no timeout dependency)
  • Fly.io openclaw provisions with 2GB RAM + 2 CPUs

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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 18, 2026 03:44
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…formance
Fixes multiple issues causing openclaw to break on most clouds:
Bugs fixed:
- Double-prefixed model ID (openrouter/openrouter/auto) in config generation
- AWS gateway starting without env vars (missing .zshrc source)
- DigitalOcean sourcing .spawnrc instead of .zshrc for gateway
- Destructive rm -rf ~/.openclaw on re-runs (now mkdir -p)
Validation added:
- API key checked against OpenRouter /auth/key endpoint with re-prompt on failure
- Model ID verified against OpenRouter model list with re-prompt loop
- openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass model check
Reliability improvements:
- Standardized gateway launch with </dev/null & disown across all 9 clouds
- Gateway log auto-displayed on startup timeout for diagnostics
- 2GB swap added to cloud-init to prevent OOM on small VMs
- Portable install timeout (10 min) with macOS gtimeout fallback
Performance:
- Reordered spawn_agent: OAuth runs while VM provisions (saves 30-60s)
- Fly.io: bumped to 2GB RAM + 2 shared CPUs for openclaw
- Fly.io: tries bun first (faster), falls back to npm
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Keep both: our swap + OAuth reorder, and upstream's Node.js v22 upgrade.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: f2f1585

Critical Issues

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model breaks test suite

  • Makes live network calls during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Causes tests to hang/fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline will fail, developers cannot run tests
  • Fix required: Add env var check (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 or detect BUN_ENV=test) to skip network calls in test environments

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - install_agent timeout wrapper should quote escaped command

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Recommendation: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" for defense in depth

Medium Issues

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key makes blocking network calls

  • Similar to critical issue #1, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Falls back gracefully on network errors, but still causes delays
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue #1

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() at line 294 restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+
  • These characters are all JSON-safe, so no actual vulnerability
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

Tests

  • ✅ bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • ❌ bun test: FAIL - tests hang due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model
  • ✅ curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern
  • ✅ macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Additional Notes

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:351-358 - Python command in verify_openrouter_model

  • Uses sys.argv[1] to pass model_id (safe, not eval'd)
  • Already mitigated by validate_model_id() character restrictions

[SAFE] shared/common.sh:1880-1884 - Swap addition in cloud-init

  • Adds 2GB swap file to prevent OOM
  • Uses fixed paths, no user input, no injection vectors

[SAFE] All clouds - openclaw nohup pattern changes

  • Adds </dev/null redirect and disown for proper daemonization
  • Standard bash pattern, no injection risk

Summary: The PR improves reliability but introduces a critical test regression. Please fix the test environment detection in verify_openrouter_model() and verify_openrouter_key() before merging.


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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Addressed all review feedback:

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 env var bypass to both verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model — network calls are skipped in test environments
  • Quoted ${escaped_cmd} in install_agent timeout wrapper for defense in depth
  • Added json_escape() around model_id in openclaw JSON config

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Security Review

Verdict: CHANGES REQUESTED
Commit: 4d84526

Critical Issues - BLOCKING MERGE

[CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:338-366 - verify_openrouter_model() breaks test suite (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Makes live network calls to OpenRouter API during tests with no way to mock/disable
  • Tests fail when models don't exist on OpenRouter (see test output: expects "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022" but gets "openrouter/auto")
  • Falls back to prompting when MODEL_ID env var fails validation, breaking non-interactive test execution
  • Impact: CI/CD pipeline failures, developers cannot run tests locally
  • Fix required: Add env var bypass (e.g., SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1) or detect test environments (BUN_ENV=test or NODE_ENV=test) to skip network calls

Example fix pattern:

verify_openrouter_model() {
local model_id="${1}"# Skip validation in test environmentsif [[ -n"${SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION:-}"||"${BUN_ENV:-}"=="test"||"${NODE_ENV:-}"=="test" ]];thenreturn 0
fi# ... rest of function
}

[HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441 - Unquoted variable in install_agent() timeout wrapper (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Currently: bash -c ${escaped_cmd} (unquoted)
  • While printf '%q' escapes correctly, using unquoted variable is fragile
  • Fix required: Change to bash -c "${escaped_cmd}" or bash -c '${escaped_cmd}' for defense in depth

Medium Issues - Should Fix

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:315-334 - verify_openrouter_key() makes blocking network calls (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • Similar to critical issue, makes live API calls without test environment detection
  • 10-second timeout on slow networks blocks the entire spawn flow
  • Recommendation: Add same env var bypass as critical issue

[MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3158 - Model ID in openclaw JSON not escaped (UNCHANGED from prior review)

  • model_id is inserted directly into JSON without json_escape()
  • Mitigated by: validate_model_id() restricts to [a-zA-Z0-9/_:.-]+ (all JSON-safe chars)
  • Recommendation: Add json_escape() for consistency and defense in depth

What Changed Since Last Review

[SAFE] shared/github-auth.sh:52-78 - Skip sudo when running as root

  • Detects root user via id -u and skips sudo when UID is 0
  • Prevents sudo: command not found errors in Fly.io containers
  • Uses standard pattern: if [[ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]]; then SUDO="sudo"; fi
  • Applied to both _install_gh_apt() and _install_gh_dnf()
  • No injection vectors, safe implementation

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • bun test: FAIL - tests hang/fail due to network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
    • Expected: "anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet-20241022"
    • Received: "openrouter/auto"
    • Root cause: Model validation fails, function falls back to default
  • curl|bash: OK - proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained
  • macOS compat: OK - no bash 4.x features detected

Summary

The new commit (4d84526) only addresses the sudo issue in github-auth.sh. The CRITICAL and HIGH issues from the prior review remain unaddressed:

  1. Test suite still broken by network calls in verify_openrouter_model()
  2. Timeout wrapper still uses unquoted variable

Please fix the test environment detection before merging. The PR improves reliability but introduces test regressions that will break CI/CD.


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AhmedTMMand others added 3 commits February 19, 2026 00:30
… escape model_id
- verify_openrouter_key and verify_openrouter_model skip network calls when
SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION, BUN_ENV=test, or NODE_ENV=test is set
- install_agent timeout wrapper now quotes the escaped command for defense in depth
- model_id in openclaw JSON now uses json_escape() for consistency
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
install_agent() was wrapping commands with printf '%q' + bash -c before
passing them to the run callback. But run callbacks (run_server, run_sprite,
ssh_run_server) already handle escaping for remote transport. The double-
escaping turned && || > | into literal characters, causing 'source' to
treat the entire command as a single filename.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Security Review

Verdict: APPROVED
Commit: ee60235

Changes Since Last Review (4d84526ee60235)

[RESOLVED - CRITICAL] shared/common.sh:318,343 - Test environment bypass added

  • Added SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION env var check to skip network calls in tests
  • Added BUN_ENV=test and NODE_ENV=test detection
  • Both verify_openrouter_key() and verify_openrouter_model() now bypass validation in test environments
  • Verified: functions return 0 when SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 is set
  • Fix confirmed working

[RESOLVED - MEDIUM] shared/common.sh:3146,3162 - Model ID now properly escaped

  • Added escaped_model=$(json_escape "${model_id}") at line 3146
  • Changed from "primary": "${model_id}" to "primary": ${escaped_model} at line 3162
  • Consistent with how API keys and tokens are escaped
  • Defense in depth applied

[RESOLVED - HIGH] shared/common.sh:1441-1445 - install_agent double-escaping removed

  • Removed printf '%q' + bash -c wrapper that broke shell operators
  • Now passes raw command to run callback (ssh/API wrapper handles transport escaping)
  • Rationale: Install commands are hard-coded in scripts (not user input), contain shell operators (&&, ||, >, |)
  • Example: "source ~/.bashrc && bun install -g openclaw" needs && to execute properly
  • Safe - install commands are script-defined constants, transport layer handles escaping

[SAFE] cli/src/commands.ts - Prompt timing change (unrelated to security)

  • Moved promptSpawnName() call after preflightCredentialCheck() in both interactive flows
  • UX improvement: collects credentials before asking for server name
  • No security impact

[SAFE] cli/package.json - Version bump 0.5.5 → 0.5.6

  • Required per CLAUDE.md for any CLI change
  • Triggers auto-update for users

[SAFE] ovh/lib/common.sh - Dead code removal

  • Removed unused inject_env_vars_ovh() function (no callers in codebase)
  • Cleanup only, no functional change

Tests

  • bash -n: PASS on all .sh files
  • API validation bypass: Confirmed SPAWN_SKIP_API_VALIDATION=1 skips network calls
  • Special models: openrouter/auto and openrouter/free bypass validation correctly
  • curl|bash: Proper local-or-remote fallback pattern maintained in all scripts
  • macOS compat: No bash 4.x features detected
  • ⚠️bun test: 1 pre-existing timeout in cli-entry-edge-cases.test.ts (unrelated to this PR - test tries to provision real cloud resources without mocking)

Security Assessment

No security vulnerabilities found. All critical and high-severity issues from prior reviews have been resolved:

  1. ✅ Test suite no longer breaks on network calls
  2. ✅ JSON escaping applied consistently across all config generation
  3. ✅ Shell operator handling fixed without introducing injection vectors

The PR is safe to merge.


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