@chrysb/alphaclaw 0.1.9 → 0.1.10

package/bin/alphaclaw.js

@@ -67,6 +67,30 @@ const openclawDir = path.join(rootDir, ".openclaw");
 fs.mkdirSync(openclawDir, { recursive: true });
 console.log(`[alphaclaw] Root directory: ${rootDir}`);
 
+// Check for pending update marker (written by the update endpoint before restart).
+// In environments where the container filesystem is ephemeral (Railway, etc.),
+// the npm install from the update endpoint is lost on restart. This re-runs it
+// from the fresh container using the persistent volume marker.
+const pendingUpdateMarker = path.join(rootDir, ".alphaclaw-update-pending");
+if (fs.existsSync(pendingUpdateMarker)) {
+  console.log("[alphaclaw] Pending update detected, installing @chrysb/alphaclaw@latest...");
+  const alphaPkgRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
+  const nmIndex = alphaPkgRoot.lastIndexOf(`${path.sep}node_modules${path.sep}`);
+  const installDir = nmIndex >= 0 ? alphaPkgRoot.slice(0, nmIndex) : alphaPkgRoot;
+  try {
+    execSync("npm install @chrysb/alphaclaw@latest --omit=dev --prefer-online", {
+      cwd: installDir,
+      stdio: "inherit",
+      timeout: 180000,
+    });
+    fs.unlinkSync(pendingUpdateMarker);
+    console.log("[alphaclaw] Update applied successfully");
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log(`[alphaclaw] Update install failed: ${e.message}`);
+    fs.unlinkSync(pendingUpdateMarker);
+  }
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // 3. Symlink ~/.openclaw -> <root>/.openclaw
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

package/lib/server/alphaclaw-version.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const {
   kLatestVersionCacheTtlMs,
   kAlphaclawRegistryUrl,
   kPackageRoot,
+  kRootDir,
 } = require("./constants");
 
 // kPackageRoot is lib/ — the actual npm package root (with package.json) is one level up
@@ -184,6 +185,14 @@ const createAlphaclawVersionService = () => {
     const previousVersion = readAlphaclawVersion();
     try {
       await installLatestAlphaclaw();
+      // Write marker to persistent volume so the update survives container recreation
+      const markerPath = path.join(kRootDir, ".alphaclaw-update-pending");
+      try {
+        fs.writeFileSync(markerPath, JSON.stringify({ from: previousVersion, ts: Date.now() }));
+        console.log(`[alphaclaw] Update marker written to ${markerPath}`);
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.log(`[alphaclaw] Could not write update marker: ${e.message}`);
+      }
       kUpdateStatusCache = { latestVersion: null, hasUpdate: false, fetchedAt: 0 };
       return {
         status: 200,

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@chrysb/alphaclaw",
-  "version": "0.1.9",
+  "version": "0.1.10",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },