From 7e2ec43e54727b32d6e738683e802fa571f0b8d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:08:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): keep hosted gate verifier standalone (#122561)

Punchcard-Session: silver-valley-orchard-nq
---
 scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.mts          |  4 +-
 test/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.test.ts | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.mts b/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.mts
index 84320c717776..f66bf77b574a 100644
--- a/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.mts
+++ b/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.mts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import { execFileSync, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { parseDateStringTimestampMs } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { isRecord, readStringField } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { minimatch } from "minimatch";
 import { parse } from "yaml";
@@ -289,7 +288,8 @@ function latestRun(runs: WorkflowRun[]) {
 }
 
 function runUpdatedAtMs(run: Pick<WorkflowRun, "updated_at"> | undefined) {
-  return parseDateStringTimestampMs(run?.updated_at) ?? null;
+  const value = Date.parse(run?.updated_at ?? "");
+  return Number.isFinite(value) ? value : null;
 }
 
 function isRecentRun(run: WorkflowRun | undefined, nowMs: number) {
diff --git a/test/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.test.ts b/test/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.test.ts
index 3f04f47e4416..d01650f9365e 100644
--- a/test/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
 import { expectDefined } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
@@ -170,6 +174,53 @@ function patchReuseOptions(
 }
 
 describe("verify-pr-hosted-gates", () => {
+  it("starts from an older target cwd without current normalization helpers", () => {
+    const targetRoot = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-hosted-gates-old-cwd-"));
+    try {
+      const normalizationRoot = join(targetRoot, "packages/normalization-core/src");
+      mkdirSync(normalizationRoot, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(targetRoot, "tsconfig.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({
+          compilerOptions: {
+            baseUrl: ".",
+            paths: {
+              "@openclaw/normalization-core/*": ["packages/normalization-core/src/*"],
+            },
+          },
+        }),
+      );
+      writeFileSync(join(normalizationRoot, "number-coercion.ts"), "export const legacy = true;\n");
+      writeFileSync(
+        join(normalizationRoot, "record-coerce.ts"),
+        [
+          "export function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {",
+          '  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);',
+          "}",
+          "export function readStringField(record: Record<string, unknown>, key: string) {",
+          "  const value = record[key];",
+          '  return typeof value === "string" ? value : undefined;',
+          "}",
+          "",
+        ].join("\n"),
+      );
+
+      const result = spawnSync(
+        process.execPath,
+        [join(process.cwd(), "scripts/verify-pr-hosted-gates.mjs"), "--older-cwd-startup-probe"],
+        {
+          cwd: targetRoot,
+          encoding: "utf8",
+        },
+      );
+
+      expect(result.status).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.stderr).toContain("Unknown option: --older-cwd-startup-probe");
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(targetRoot, { force: true, recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("derives hosted-gate applicability from declared workflow path filters", () => {
     expect(notApplicableScheduledHostedWorkflows([".github/workflows/ci.yml"])).toEqual([]);
     expect(