fix(release): allow beta Docker backfills (#124999)

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

@@ -1141,6 +1141,46 @@ describe("package acceptance workflow", () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it("allows Docker-only recovery for beta and extended-stable releases", () => {
+    for (const release of [
+      { distTag: "beta", tag: "v2026.8.1-beta.2" },
+      { distTag: "extended-stable", tag: "v2026.7.33" },
+    ]) {
+      const result = runReleasePublishInputValidation({
+        PUBLISH_DOCKER_ONLY: "true",
+        PUBLISH_OPENCLAW_NPM: "false",
+        RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: release.distTag,
+        RELEASE_TAG: release.tag,
+      });
+      expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
+    }
+
+    const latest = runReleasePublishInputValidation({
+      PUBLISH_DOCKER_ONLY: "true",
+      PUBLISH_OPENCLAW_NPM: "false",
+      RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG: "latest",
+      RELEASE_TAG: "v2026.8.1",
+    });
+    expect(latest.status).toBe(1);
+    expect(latest.stderr).toContain(
+      "publish_docker_only supports already-published beta or extended-stable releases only",
+    );
+
+    const workflow = readWorkflow(RELEASE_PUBLISH_WORKFLOW);
+    const input = workflow.on?.workflow_dispatch?.inputs?.publish_docker_only as
+      | { description?: string }
+      | undefined;
+    const verifyJob = workflowJob(RELEASE_PUBLISH_WORKFLOW, "verify_core_npm_registry");
+    const verifyStep = workflowStep(
+      verifyJob,
+      "Verify exact npm and selector readback matches preflight bytes",
+    );
+    expect(input?.description).toContain("beta or extended-stable");
+    expect(verifyStep.env?.RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG).toBe("${{ inputs.npm_dist_tag }}");
+    expect(verifyStep.run).toContain('npm view "openclaw@${RELEASE_NPM_DIST_TAG}" version');
+    expect(verifyStep.run).not.toContain("npm view openclaw@extended-stable version");
+  });
+
   it("accepts only main-reachable protected SHA-pinned release publish tags", () => {
     const workflowSha = "a".repeat(40);
     const binDir = tempDirs.make("release-publish-gh-");