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feat: opt-in auto-update for openclaw on container boot #307

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/gateway/env.ts
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Expand Up @@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export function buildEnvVars(env: MoltbotEnv): Record<string, string> {
if (env.SLACK_APP_TOKEN) envVars.SLACK_APP_TOKEN = env.SLACK_APP_TOKEN;
if (env.CF_AI_GATEWAY_MODEL) envVars.CF_AI_GATEWAY_MODEL = env.CF_AI_GATEWAY_MODEL;
if (env.CF_ACCOUNT_ID) envVars.CF_ACCOUNT_ID = env.CF_ACCOUNT_ID;
if (env.OPENCLAW_AUTO_UPDATE) envVars.OPENCLAW_AUTO_UPDATE = env.OPENCLAW_AUTO_UPDATE;
if (env.CDP_SECRET) envVars.CDP_SECRET = env.CDP_SECRET;
if (env.WORKER_URL) envVars.WORKER_URL = env.WORKER_URL;

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/types.ts
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Expand Up @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface MoltbotEnv {
E2E_TEST_MODE?: string; // Set to 'true' for E2E tests (skips CF Access auth but keeps device pairing)
DEBUG_ROUTES?: string; // Set to 'true' to enable /debug/* routes
SANDBOX_SLEEP_AFTER?: string; // How long before sandbox sleeps: 'never' (default), or duration like '10m', '1h'
OPENCLAW_AUTO_UPDATE?: string; // Set to 'true' to auto-update openclaw on container boot
TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN?: string;
TELEGRAM_DM_POLICY?: string;
DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN?: string;
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22 changes: 22 additions & 0 deletions start-openclaw.sh
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Expand Up @@ -98,6 +98,28 @@ else
echo "R2 not configured, starting fresh"
fi

# ============================================================
# SELF-UPDATE OPENCLAW (opt-in via OPENCLAW_AUTO_UPDATE=true)
# ============================================================
# When enabled, updates openclaw to the latest npm version on every cold start
# so bug fixes and new features land without a full wrangler deploy.
# The Dockerfile-pinned version serves as a fallback if npm is unreachable.
if [ "$OPENCLAW_AUTO_UPDATE" = "true" ]; then
CURRENT_VER=$(openclaw --version 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
echo "Current openclaw version: $CURRENT_VER"
echo "Auto-update enabled, checking for updates..."
if npm install -g openclaw@latest --prefer-online 2>&1; then
NEW_VER=$(openclaw --version 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
if [ "$CURRENT_VER" != "$NEW_VER" ]; then
echo "Updated openclaw: $CURRENT_VER -> $NEW_VER"
else
echo "openclaw is already at latest ($CURRENT_VER)"
fi
else
echo "WARNING: openclaw update failed, continuing with $CURRENT_VER"
fi
fi

# ============================================================
# ONBOARD (only if no config exists yet)
# ============================================================
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