ci: align pnpm pins and vitest config

.github/actions/setup-node-env/action.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ inputs:
   pnpm-version:
     description: pnpm version for corepack.
     required: false
-    default: "10.23.0"
+    default: "10.32.1"
   install-bun:
     description: Whether to install Bun alongside Node.
     required: false

.github/actions/setup-pnpm-store-cache/action.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ inputs:
   pnpm-version:
     description: pnpm version to activate via corepack.
     required: false
-    default: "10.23.0"
+    default: "10.32.1"
   cache-key-suffix:
     description: Suffix appended to the cache key.
     required: false

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup pnpm + cache store
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-pnpm-store-cache
         with:
-          pnpm-version: "10.23.0"
+          pnpm-version: "10.32.1"
           cache-key-suffix: "node24"
           # Sticky disk mount currently retries/fails on every shard and adds ~50s
           # before install while still yielding zero pnpm store reuse.

.github/workflows/macos-release.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
   NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
-  PNPM_VERSION: "10.23.0"
+  PNPM_VERSION: "10.32.1"
 
 jobs:
   validate_macos_release_request:

.github/workflows/openclaw-npm-release.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
   NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
-  PNPM_VERSION: "10.23.0"
+  PNPM_VERSION: "10.32.1"
 
 jobs:
   preflight_openclaw_npm:

.github/workflows/plugin-clawhub-release.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
   NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
-  PNPM_VERSION: "10.23.0"
+  PNPM_VERSION: "10.32.1"
   CLAWHUB_REGISTRY: "https://clawhub.ai"
   CLAWHUB_REPOSITORY: "openclaw/clawhub"
   # Pinned to a reviewed ClawHub commit so release behavior stays reproducible.

.github/workflows/plugin-npm-release.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: "true"
   NODE_VERSION: "24.x"
-  PNPM_VERSION: "10.23.0"
+  PNPM_VERSION: "10.32.1"
 
 jobs:
   preview_plugins_npm:

src/infra/vitest-config.test.ts

@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ describe("resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers", () => {
           loadAverage1m: 0,
           totalMemoryBytes: 64 * 1024 ** 3,
         },
-        "threads",
       ),
-    ).toBe(2);
+    ).toBe(3);
   });
 
   it("lets OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS override the inferred cap", () => {
@@ -61,9 +60,8 @@ describe("resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers", () => {
           loadAverage1m: 0,
           totalMemoryBytes: 16 * 1024 ** 3,
         },
-        "threads",
       ),
-    ).toBe(1);
+    ).toBe(2);
   });
 
   it("lets roomy hosts use more local parallelism", () => {
@@ -75,9 +73,8 @@ describe("resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers", () => {
           loadAverage1m: 0,
           totalMemoryBytes: 128 * 1024 ** 3,
         },
-        "threads",
       ),
-    ).toBe(3);
+    ).toBe(4);
   });
 
   it("backs off further when the host is already busy", () => {
@@ -89,36 +86,34 @@ describe("resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers", () => {
           loadAverage1m: 16,
           totalMemoryBytes: 128 * 1024 ** 3,
         },
-        "threads",
       ),
-    ).toBe(1);
+    ).toBe(2);
   });
 
-  it("keeps fork pools less conservative than thread pools on roomy hosts", () => {
+  it("caps very large hosts at six local workers", () => {
     expect(
       resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers(
         {},
         {
-          cpuCount: 16,
+          cpuCount: 32,
           loadAverage1m: 0,
-          totalMemoryBytes: 128 * 1024 ** 3,
+          totalMemoryBytes: 256 * 1024 ** 3,
         },
-        "forks",
       ),
-    ).toBe(4);
+    ).toBe(6);
   });
 });
 
 describe("base vitest config", () => {
-  it("defaults the base pool to threads", () => {
-    expect(resolveDefaultVitestPool()).toBe("threads");
-    expect(baseConfig.test?.pool).toBe("threads");
+  it("defaults the base pool to forks", () => {
+    expect(resolveDefaultVitestPool()).toBe("forks");
+    expect(baseConfig.test?.pool).toBe("forks");
   });
 
-  it("lets OPENCLAW_VITEST_POOL force forks for local debugging", () => {
+  it("keeps forks even when non-fork pools are requested", () => {
     expect(
       resolveDefaultVitestPool({
-        OPENCLAW_VITEST_POOL: "forks",
+        OPENCLAW_VITEST_POOL: "threads",
       }),
     ).toBe("forks");
   });
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ describe("test scripts", () => {
     };
 
     expect(pkg.scripts?.["test:serial"]).toBe(
-      "OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=1 vitest run --config vitest.config.ts",
+      "OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS=1 node scripts/test-projects.mjs",
     );
     expect(pkg.scripts?.["test:single"]).toBeUndefined();
   });

vitest.shared.config.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ function detectVitestHostInfo(): Required<VitestHostInfo> {
 export function resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers(
   env: Record<string, string | undefined> = process.env,
   system: VitestHostInfo = detectVitestHostInfo(),
-  pool: OpenClawVitestPool = resolveDefaultVitestPool(env),
 ): number {
   const override = parsePositiveInt(env.OPENCLAW_VITEST_MAX_WORKERS ?? env.OPENCLAW_TEST_WORKERS);
   if (override !== null) {
@@ -77,19 +76,6 @@ export function resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers(
     inferred = Math.max(1, inferred - 1);
   }
 
-  if (pool === "threads") {
-    // Thread workers are faster per slot on the steady state, but their startup
-    // compile pressure is much burstier. Keep headroom so a second local Vitest
-    // run can start without immediately saturating the host.
-    inferred = Math.min(inferred, 4);
-    if (cpuCount >= 8) {
-      inferred = Math.max(1, inferred - 1);
-    }
-    if (loadRatio >= 0.5) {
-      inferred = Math.max(1, inferred - 1);
-    }
-  }
-
   return clamp(inferred, 1, 16);
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +93,7 @@ const repoRoot = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const isCI = process.env.CI === "true" || process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS === "true";
 const isWindows = process.platform === "win32";
 const defaultPool = resolveDefaultVitestPool();
-const localWorkers = resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers(process.env, detectVitestHostInfo(), defaultPool);
+const localWorkers = resolveLocalVitestMaxWorkers(process.env, detectVitestHostInfo());
 const ciWorkers = isWindows ? 2 : 3;
 
 export const sharedVitestConfig = {