fix(update): honor update.channel for update.run

src/infra/update-runner.test.ts

@@ -208,6 +208,54 @@ describe("runGatewayUpdate", () => {
     expect(calls.some((call) => call === "npm i -g openclaw@latest")).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("uses update channel for global npm installs when tag is omitted", async () => {
+    const nodeModules = path.join(tempDir, "node_modules");
+    const pkgRoot = path.join(nodeModules, "openclaw");
+    await fs.mkdir(pkgRoot, { recursive: true });
+    await fs.writeFile(
+      path.join(pkgRoot, "package.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ name: "openclaw", version: "1.0.0" }),
+      "utf-8",
+    );
+
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    const runCommand = async (argv: string[]) => {
+      const key = argv.join(" ");
+      calls.push(key);
+      if (key === `git -C ${pkgRoot} rev-parse --show-toplevel`) {
+        return { stdout: "", stderr: "not a git repository", code: 128 };
+      }
+      if (key === "npm root -g") {
+        return { stdout: nodeModules, stderr: "", code: 0 };
+      }
+      if (key === "npm i -g openclaw@beta") {
+        await fs.writeFile(
+          path.join(pkgRoot, "package.json"),
+          JSON.stringify({ name: "openclaw", version: "2.0.0" }),
+          "utf-8",
+        );
+        return { stdout: "ok", stderr: "", code: 0 };
+      }
+      if (key === "pnpm root -g") {
+        return { stdout: "", stderr: "", code: 1 };
+      }
+      return { stdout: "", stderr: "", code: 0 };
+    };
+
+    const result = await runGatewayUpdate({
+      cwd: pkgRoot,
+      runCommand: async (argv, _options) => runCommand(argv),
+      timeoutMs: 5000,
+      channel: "beta",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe("ok");
+    expect(result.mode).toBe("npm");
+    expect(result.before?.version).toBe("1.0.0");
+    expect(result.after?.version).toBe("2.0.0");
+    expect(calls.some((call) => call === "npm i -g openclaw@beta")).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("cleans stale npm rename dirs before global update", async () => {
     const nodeModules = path.join(tempDir, "node_modules");
     const pkgRoot = path.join(nodeModules, "openclaw");

src/infra/update-runner.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { type CommandOptions, runCommandWithTimeout } from "../process/exec.js";
 import { trimLogTail } from "./restart-sentinel.js";
-import { DEV_BRANCH, isBetaTag, isStableTag, type UpdateChannel } from "./update-channels.js";
+import {
+  channelToNpmTag,
+  DEFAULT_PACKAGE_CHANNEL,
+  DEV_BRANCH,
+  isBetaTag,
+  isStableTag,
+  type UpdateChannel,
+} from "./update-channels.js";
 import { compareSemverStrings } from "./update-check.js";
 import {
   cleanupGlobalRenameDirs,
@@ -800,7 +807,9 @@ export async function runGatewayUpdate(opts: UpdateRunnerOptions = {}): Promise<
       globalRoot: path.dirname(pkgRoot),
       packageName,
     });
-    const spec = `${packageName}@${normalizeTag(opts.tag)}`;
+    const channel = opts.channel ?? DEFAULT_PACKAGE_CHANNEL;
+    const tag = normalizeTag(opts.tag ?? channelToNpmTag(channel));
+    const spec = `${packageName}@${tag}`;
     const updateStep = await runStep({
       runCommand,
       name: "global update",