fix(ci): restore main checks

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Summary

Restore the checks that currently fail on main. This change preserves Shields behavior while reducing its lint complexity, gives the coverage-instrumented setup enough time, and moves the Deep Agents Code image contract below the repository's test-file limit.

The regressions entered through #8821, #8830, and #8937 after those PRs passed against stale base commits.

Changes

• Extract incomplete Shields-down posture persistence from shieldsDownWithoutHostLock without changing rollback state transitions or recovery output.
• Allow 30 seconds for the OpenClaw transition setup hook under V8 coverage.
• Move the existing Deep Agents Code dos2unix contract into its focused base-image test and protect its digest, executable, and step-order requirements.
• Select the DCode and OpenClaw contract tests when the base-image platform action changes.

Type of Change

• Code change (feature, bug fix, or refactor)
• Code change with doc updates
• Doc only (prose changes, no code sample modifications)
• Doc only (includes code sample changes)

Quality Gates

• Tests added or updated for changed behavior
• Existing tests cover changed behavior — justification: the existing Shields unsafe-path rollback tests protect the extracted state transitions, and the moved Deep Agents Code workflow contract protects its existing digest, executable, security-option, and step-order requirements.
• Tests not applicable — justification:
• Docs updated for user-facing behavior changes
• Docs not applicable — justification: this PR changes internal structure, test organization, a test timeout, and local test selection; product behavior and user-visible text are unchanged.
• Sensitive paths changed (security, policy, credentials, preflight, onboarding, inference, runner, sandbox, or messaging)
• Sensitive-path review completed or maintainer-approved waiver recorded — reviewer/approval link/justification: the fail-closed Shields rollback state transitions and unchanged recovery output were reviewed against the security rubric; all seven unsafe-path rollback tests pass under coverage.
• Non-success, skipped, or missing CI check accepted by maintainer — check name, approval link, and follow-up issue:

Documentation Writer Review

• Documentation writer subagent reviewed the completed changes
• Result: no-docs-needed
• Evidence: Commit 5bf13daab changes no public API, CLI command, configuration, UI, runtime default, user-visible error, image content, publication behavior, or supported workflow. Existing documentation already covers dos2unix in the Deep Agents Code image.
• Agent: Codex Desktop

DGX Station Hardware Evidence

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• Tested commit:
• Station profile/scenario:
• Result:
• Supporting evidence:

Verification

• PR description includes a Signed-off-by: line and every commit appears as Verified in GitHub
• Normal pre-commit, commit-msg, and pre-push hooks passed, or npm run validate:pr passed after refreshing origin/main when hooks were skipped or unavailable
• Targeted behavior tests pass for the current change set, or tests are marked not applicable above — command/result or justification: 12 OpenClaw top-config tests and 7 Hermes unsafe-path tests pass under V8 coverage; 26 managed-image and watch-trigger tests pass; npm run test-size:check, npm run typecheck:cli, and npm run checks:repository pass.
• Applicable broad gate passed — npm test for broad runtime/test-harness changes; npm run check for repo-wide validation/coverage changes — command/result:
• Quality Gates section completed with required justifications or waivers
• No secrets, API keys, or credentials committed
• npm run docs builds without warnings (doc changes only)
• Doc pages follow the style guide (doc changes only)
• New doc pages include SPDX header and frontmatter (new pages only)

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Signed-off-by: San Dang sdang@nvidia.com

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The change centralizes incomplete Shields-down persistence and extends its test timeout. It moves dos2unix validation coverage to the base-image workflow test and updates Vitest watch-trigger mappings and assertions.

Changes

Shields recovery

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Incomplete Shields-down persistence src/lib/shields/index.ts, src/lib/shields/openclaw-transition.test.ts	The transition path delegates incomplete-posture persistence to a helper that validates timer and transition ownership. The OpenClaw test setup uses a 30-second timeout.

Image workflow validation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Base-image validation contract test/dcode-base-image-workflow.test.ts, test/managed-image-publication-workflow.test.ts, test/helpers/vitest-watch-triggers.ts, test/vitest-watch-triggers.test.ts	The base-image workflow test validates the dos2unix step. The previous publication-workflow test is removed. Watch-trigger configuration and coverage now reference the base-image workflow test.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5bf13

The PR makes localized internal and test-harness changes, but the applicable broad gate (npm test or npm run check) is still unchecked and has no recorded acceptance. Merge should wait for that gate or an explicit maintainer waiver.

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/NemoClaw#8908: Refactors shieldsDownWithoutHostLock with dedicated Shields-down helpers.
• NVIDIA/NemoClaw#8937: Relocates and extends the dos2unix platform-image validation.
• NVIDIA/NemoClaw#8950: Continues the validation-test relocation and Shields-down refactoring.

Suggested labels: chore

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Code Coverage Overview

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TypeScript / code-coverage/plugin

The overall coverage in commit 5bf13da in the fix/shields-ci-regre... branch remains at 96%, unchanged from commit be2a474 in the main branch.

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• GPT-5.6 Terra (primary): Completed · medium confidence · 0 blockers · 0 warnings · 0 suggestions
• Nemotron 3 Ultra (second opinion): Failed after a partial review · low confidence · 0 blockers · 1 warning · 0 suggestions

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2 semantic terminology decisions

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• established — incomplete Shields down posture at src/lib/shields/index.ts:4747: Keep the established term. The changed location moves existing recovery output without changing its meaning.
• established — platform digest at test/dcode-base-image-workflow.test.ts:58: Keep the established term in the moved workflow contract.

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Inline comments:
In `@test/dcode-base-image-workflow.test.ts`:
- Around line 55-78: Update the workflow test around buildIndex, validateIndex,
and exportIndex to explicitly assert that all three required steps are present
before comparing their ordering. Ensure missing “Build and push platform
digest”, validate, or “Export platform digest” steps fail directly rather than
allowing -1-based index comparisons to pass.
- Around line 67-75: The validation test should also assert the SHA-256
digest-format guard and the canonical dos2unix resolution guard. Extend the
expectations around validate.run to require the digest check and command -v
dos2unix resolving to /usr/bin/dos2unix, while preserving the existing
interpolation, existence, and version assertions.

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• src/lib/shields/index.ts
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• test/managed-image-publication-workflow.test.ts
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