test: fix postpublish verifier sidecar handling

scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts

@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ export function collectInstalledPackageErrors(params: {
   packageRoot: string;
 }): string[] {
   const errors: string[] = [];
+  const installedVersion = normalizeInstalledBinaryVersion(params.installedVersion);
 
-  if (params.installedVersion !== params.expectedVersion) {
+  if (installedVersion !== params.expectedVersion) {
     errors.push(
       `installed package version mismatch: expected ${params.expectedVersion}, found ${params.installedVersion || "<missing>"}.`,
     );
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ export function collectInstalledPackageErrors(params: {
   return errors;
 }
 
+export function normalizeInstalledBinaryVersion(output: string): string {
+  const trimmed = output.trim();
+  const versionMatch = /\b\d{4}\.\d{1,2}\.\d{1,2}(?:-\d+|-beta\.\d+)?\b/u.exec(trimmed);
+  return versionMatch?.[0] ?? trimmed;
+}
+
 export function resolveInstalledBinaryPath(prefixDir: string, platform = process.platform): string {
   return platform === "win32"
     ? join(prefixDir, "openclaw.cmd")
@@ -109,6 +116,25 @@ function collectRuntimeDependencySpecs(packageJson: InstalledPackageJson): Map<s
   ]);
 }
 
+function collectExpectedBundledExtensionPackageIds(
+  sourceExtensionsDir = join(process.cwd(), "extensions"),
+): ReadonlySet<string> | null {
+  if (!existsSync(sourceExtensionsDir)) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const ids = new Set<string>();
+  for (const entry of readdirSync(sourceExtensionsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
+    if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (existsSync(join(sourceExtensionsDir, entry.name, "package.json"))) {
+      ids.add(entry.name);
+    }
+  }
+  return ids;
+}
+
 function readBundledExtensionPackageJsons(packageRoot: string): {
   manifests: InstalledBundledExtensionManifestRecord[];
   errors: string[];
@@ -120,6 +146,7 @@ function readBundledExtensionPackageJsons(packageRoot: string): {
 
   const manifests: InstalledBundledExtensionManifestRecord[] = [];
   const errors: string[] = [];
+  const expectedPackageIds = collectExpectedBundledExtensionPackageIds();
 
   for (const entry of readdirSync(extensionsDir, { withFileTypes: true })) {
     if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
@@ -129,7 +156,9 @@ function readBundledExtensionPackageJsons(packageRoot: string): {
     const extensionDirPath = join(extensionsDir, entry.name);
     const packageJsonPath = join(extensionsDir, entry.name, "package.json");
     if (!existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
-      errors.push(`installed bundled extension manifest missing: ${packageJsonPath}.`);
+      if (expectedPackageIds === null || expectedPackageIds.has(entry.name)) {
+        errors.push(`installed bundled extension manifest missing: ${packageJsonPath}.`);
+      }
       continue;
     }
 
@@ -281,7 +310,7 @@ function verifyScenario(version: string, scenario: PublishedInstallScenario): vo
     });
     const installedBinaryVersion = readInstalledBinaryVersion(prefixDir, workingDir);
 
-    if (installedBinaryVersion !== scenario.expectedVersion) {
+    if (normalizeInstalledBinaryVersion(installedBinaryVersion) !== scenario.expectedVersion) {
       errors.push(
         `installed openclaw binary version mismatch: expected ${scenario.expectedVersion}, found ${installedBinaryVersion || "<missing>"}.`,
       );

test/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   buildPublishedInstallScenarios,
   collectInstalledMirroredRootDependencyManifestErrors,
   collectInstalledPackageErrors,
+  normalizeInstalledBinaryVersion,
   resolveInstalledBinaryPath,
 } from "../scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts";
 import { BUNDLED_RUNTIME_SIDECAR_PATHS } from "../src/plugins/runtime-sidecar-paths.ts";
@@ -60,6 +61,15 @@ describe("collectInstalledPackageErrors", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("normalizeInstalledBinaryVersion", () => {
+  it("accepts decorated CLI version output", () => {
+    expect(normalizeInstalledBinaryVersion("OpenClaw 2026.4.8 (9ece252)")).toBe("2026.4.8");
+    expect(normalizeInstalledBinaryVersion("OpenClaw 2026.4.8-beta.1 (9ece252)")).toBe(
+      "2026.4.8-beta.1",
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 describe("resolveInstalledBinaryPath", () => {
   it("uses the Unix global bin path on non-Windows platforms", () => {
     expect(resolveInstalledBinaryPath("/tmp/openclaw-prefix", "darwin")).toBe(
@@ -209,6 +219,24 @@ describe("collectInstalledMirroredRootDependencyManifestErrors", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("skips manifest-only sidecar directories without package.json", () => {
+    const packageRoot = makeInstalledPackageRoot();
+
+    try {
+      writePackageFile(packageRoot, "package.json", {
+        version: "2026.4.9",
+        dependencies: {},
+      });
+      writePackageFile(packageRoot, "dist/extensions/device-pair/openclaw.plugin.json", {
+        id: "device-pair",
+      });
+
+      expect(collectInstalledMirroredRootDependencyManifestErrors(packageRoot)).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(packageRoot, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("rejects bundled extension manifests that are not regular files", () => {
     const packageRoot = makeInstalledPackageRoot();
     const outsideManifestRoot = makeInstalledPackageRoot();