From b77d6149e16e53c4756fa3ded3f2bb5970035d0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:25:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(scripts): reject short flag extension memory values

---
 scripts/profile-extension-memory.mjs          |  4 ++--
 test/scripts/profile-extension-memory.test.ts | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/profile-extension-memory.mjs b/scripts/profile-extension-memory.mjs
index 3235a84af445..5df74f1c0582 100644
--- a/scripts/profile-extension-memory.mjs
+++ b/scripts/profile-extension-memory.mjs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export function parseArgs(argv) {
       case "--extension":
       case "-e": {
         const next = args[index + 1];
-        if (!next) {
+        if (!next || next.startsWith("-")) {
           throw new Error(`${arg} requires a value`);
         }
         options.extensions.push(next);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function parseArgs(argv) {
         break;
       case "--json": {
         const next = args[index + 1];
-        if (!next) {
+        if (!next || next.startsWith("-")) {
           throw new Error(`${arg} requires a value`);
         }
         options.jsonPath = path.resolve(next);
diff --git a/test/scripts/profile-extension-memory.test.ts b/test/scripts/profile-extension-memory.test.ts
index f8a6d55d965f..c8e09122493b 100644
--- a/test/scripts/profile-extension-memory.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/profile-extension-memory.test.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,21 @@ describe("scripts/profile-extension-memory", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("rejects option-looking string flag values before scanning built plugin artifacts", () => {
+    for (const args of [
+      ["--extension", "-h"],
+      ["--json", "-h"],
+    ]) {
+      const result = runProfileExtensionMemory(args);
+
+      expect(result.status).toBe(1);
+      expect(result.stdout).toBe("");
+      expect(result.stderr).toContain(`[extension-memory] ${args[0]} requires a value`);
+      expect(result.stderr).not.toContain("dist/extensions");
+      expect(result.stderr).not.toContain("at ");
+    }
+  });
+
   it("bounds noisy child output without losing RSS samples", () => {
     const root = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-extension-memory-test-"));
     try {