fix(ci): isolate trusted release tooling dependencies

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

@@ -601,8 +601,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-env
         with:
+          install-deps: "false"
           install-bun: "false"
 
+      - name: Install trusted release tooling dependencies
+        env:
+          CI: "true"
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          install_args=(
+            --dir .release-harness
+            install
+            --frozen-lockfile
+            --prefer-offline
+            --config.engine-strict=false
+            --config.enable-pre-post-scripts=true
+            --config.side-effects-cache=true
+          )
+          pnpm "${install_args[@]}" || pnpm "${install_args[@]}"
+
       - name: Resolve ClawHub release plan
         id: clawhub_plan
         env:

scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts

@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ import {
 } from "node:path";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { expectDefined } from "../packages/normalization-core/src/expect.js";
-import { formatErrorMessage } from "../src/infra/errors.ts";
 import { ALWAYS_ALLOWED_RUNTIME_DIR_NAMES } from "../src/plugin-sdk/facade-activation-contract.ts";
 import { BUNDLED_RUNTIME_SIDECAR_PATHS } from "../src/plugins/runtime-sidecar-paths.ts";
 import { readBoundedResponseText } from "./lib/bounded-response.ts";
 import { listBundledPluginPackArtifacts } from "./lib/bundled-plugin-build-entries.mjs";
+import { formatErrorMessage } from "./lib/error-format.mjs";
 import { runNpmVerifyCommand } from "./lib/npm-verify-exec.ts";
 import {
   collectRuntimeDependencySpecs,

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { generateKeyPairSync, sign } from "node:crypto";
 // OpenClaw npm postpublish tests validate postpublish verification behavior.
-import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ import {
 const INSTALLED_ROOT_DIST_JS_FILE_SCAN_LIMIT = 10_000;
 
 describe("parseOpenClawNpmPostpublishVerifyArgs", () => {
+  it("keeps trusted release verification independent from target app dependencies", () => {
+    const source = readFileSync("scripts/openclaw-npm-postpublish-verify.ts", "utf8");
+
+    expect(source).toContain('from "./lib/error-format.mjs"');
+    expect(source).not.toContain('from "../src/infra/errors.ts"');
+  });
+
   it("supports help and package-manager separators", () => {
     expect(parseOpenClawNpmPostpublishVerifyArgs(["--help"])).toEqual({
       help: true,

test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts

@@ -3930,6 +3930,11 @@ describe("package artifact reuse", () => {
       releasePublishJob,
       "Checkout trusted release tooling",
     );
+    const releaseNodeSetup = workflowStep(releasePublishJob, "Setup Node environment");
+    const trustedReleaseToolingInstall = workflowStep(
+      releasePublishJob,
+      "Install trusted release tooling dependencies",
+    );
     const trustedClawHubPlan = workflowStep(releasePublishJob, "Resolve ClawHub release plan");
 
     expect(packageJson.scripts?.["release:verify-beta"]).toBe(
@@ -3944,6 +3949,9 @@ describe("package artifact reuse", () => {
     expect(packageJson.scripts?.["release:fast-pretag-check"]).toBe(
       "bash scripts/release-fast-pretag-check.sh",
     );
+    expect(releaseNodeSetup.with?.["install-deps"]).toBe("false");
+    expect(trustedReleaseToolingInstall.run).toContain("--dir .release-harness");
+    expect(trustedReleaseToolingInstall.run).toContain("--frozen-lockfile");
     expect(fastPretagScript).toContain(
       "node --import tsx scripts/plugin-release-pretag-pack-check.ts",
     );