fix(image): allow workspace and sandbox media paths (#15541)

src/agents/tools/image-tool.e2e.test.ts

@@ -150,6 +150,75 @@ describe("image tool implicit imageModel config", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("allows workspace images outside default local media roots", async () => {
+    const workspaceParent = await fs.mkdtemp(
+      path.join(process.cwd(), ".openclaw-workspace-image-"),
+    );
+    try {
+      const workspaceDir = path.join(workspaceParent, "workspace");
+      await fs.mkdir(workspaceDir, { recursive: true });
+      const imagePath = path.join(workspaceDir, "photo.png");
+      const pngB64 =
+        "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mP8/woAAn8B9FD5fHAAAAAASUVORK5CYII=";
+      await fs.writeFile(imagePath, Buffer.from(pngB64, "base64"));
+
+      const fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        ok: true,
+        status: 200,
+        statusText: "OK",
+        headers: new Headers(),
+        json: async () => ({
+          content: "ok",
+          base_resp: { status_code: 0, status_msg: "" },
+        }),
+      });
+      // @ts-expect-error partial global
+      global.fetch = fetch;
+      vi.stubEnv("MINIMAX_API_KEY", "minimax-test");
+
+      const agentDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-image-"));
+      const cfg: OpenClawConfig = {
+        agents: {
+          defaults: {
+            model: { primary: "minimax/MiniMax-M2.1" },
+            imageModel: { primary: "minimax/MiniMax-VL-01" },
+          },
+        },
+      };
+
+      const withoutWorkspace = createImageTool({ config: cfg, agentDir });
+      expect(withoutWorkspace).not.toBeNull();
+      if (!withoutWorkspace) {
+        throw new Error("expected image tool");
+      }
+      await expect(
+        withoutWorkspace.execute("t0", {
+          prompt: "Describe the image.",
+          image: imagePath,
+        }),
+      ).rejects.toThrow(/Local media path is not under an allowed directory/i);
+
+      const withWorkspace = createImageTool({ config: cfg, agentDir, workspaceDir });
+      expect(withWorkspace).not.toBeNull();
+      if (!withWorkspace) {
+        throw new Error("expected image tool");
+      }
+
+      await expect(
+        withWorkspace.execute("t1", {
+          prompt: "Describe the image.",
+          image: imagePath,
+        }),
+      ).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: "ok" }],
+      });
+
+      expect(fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(workspaceParent, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("sandboxes image paths like the read tool", async () => {
     const stateDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-image-sandbox-"));
     const agentDir = path.join(stateDir, "agent");