refactor(core): adopt normalization-core leaf helpers across production (#120350)

* refactor(core): adopt normalization-core leaf helpers across production

* fix(ci): keep plugin contract source-resolvable

* fix(errors): preserve adapter-owned error fields

* fix(errors): short-circuit existing errors before stringifying

* fix(errors): skip throwing structured getters

* ci: retrigger checks on current base

* fix(errors): guard structured error enumeration

* fix: harden error detail copying

packages/memory-host-sdk/src/host/embeddings-remote-fetch.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 // Memory Host SDK module implements embeddings remote fetch behavior.
+import { asOptionalRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { postJson } from "./post-json.js";
 import type { SsrFPolicy } from "./ssrf-policy.js";
 
 // Fetches and validates OpenAI-compatible embedding responses.
 
-/** Narrow unknown JSON payloads to plain objects. */
-function asRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Build the common malformed embedding response error. */
 function malformedEmbeddingResponse(errorPrefix: string): Error {
   return new Error(`${errorPrefix}: malformed JSON response`);
@@ -31,7 +25,7 @@ function readEmbeddingVector(value: unknown, errorPrefix: string): number[] {
 
 /** Resolve expected response count from the request body when input is an array. */
 function resolveExpectedEmbeddingCount(body: unknown): number | undefined {
-  const input = asRecord(body)?.input;
+  const input = asOptionalRecord(body)?.input;
   return Array.isArray(input) ? input.length : undefined;
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +48,7 @@ export async function fetchRemoteEmbeddingVectors(params: {
     body: params.body,
     errorPrefix: params.errorPrefix,
     parse: (payload) => {
-      const root = asRecord(payload);
+      const root = asOptionalRecord(payload);
       if (!root || !Array.isArray(root.data)) {
         throw malformedEmbeddingResponse(params.errorPrefix);
       }
@@ -63,7 +57,7 @@ export async function fetchRemoteEmbeddingVectors(params: {
         throw malformedEmbeddingResponse(params.errorPrefix);
       }
       return root.data.map((entry) => {
-        const record = asRecord(entry);
+        const record = asOptionalRecord(entry);
         if (!record) {
           throw malformedEmbeddingResponse(params.errorPrefix);
         }

packages/memory-host-sdk/src/host/qmd-query-parser.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Memory Host SDK module implements qmd query parser behavior.
+import { asPositiveSafeInteger as parseQmdLineNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import { formatErrorMessage } from "./error-utils.js";
@@ -124,11 +125,6 @@ function parseQmdQueryResultArray(raw: string): QmdQueryResult[] | null {
   }
 }
 
-/** Normalize qmd line numbers, rejecting zero, negative, and non-integer values. */
-function parseQmdLineNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isSafeInteger(value) && value > 0 ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Extract the first complete, standalone JSON result array from noisy stdout. */
 function extractFirstJsonArray(raw: string): string | null {
   let start = -1;

packages/memory-host-sdk/src/host/secret-input-utils.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Secret input parsing shared by memory provider config and gateway-resolved snapshots.
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
-import { hasNonEmptyString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
+import {
+  hasNonEmptyString,
+  normalizeOptionalString,
+} from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 
 /** Supported secret reference backing stores. */
 type SecretRefSource = "env" | "file" | "exec";
@@ -18,15 +21,6 @@ const LEGACY_SECRETREF_ENV_MARKER_PREFIX = "secretref-env:";
 const ENV_SECRET_TEMPLATE_RE = /^\$\{([A-Z][A-Z0-9_]{0,127})\}$/;
 const SECRET_REF_SOURCES = new Set<SecretRefSource>(["env", "file", "exec"]);
 
-/** Normalize literal secret strings and reject empty placeholders. */
-function normalizeSecretInputString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof value !== "string") {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const trimmed = value.trim();
-  return trimmed.length > 0 ? trimmed : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Narrow a string to a supported SecretRef source. */
 function hasSecretRefSource(value: unknown): value is SecretRefSource {
   return typeof value === "string" && SECRET_REF_SOURCES.has(value as SecretRefSource);
@@ -111,7 +105,7 @@ function coerceSecretRef(value: unknown): SecretRef | null {
 
 /** Return true when a secret input has either a literal value or resolvable reference shape. */
 export function hasConfiguredMemorySecretInputValue(value: unknown): boolean {
-  if (normalizeSecretInputString(value)) {
+  if (normalizeOptionalString(value)) {
     return true;
   }
   return coerceSecretRef(value) !== null;
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@ export function normalizeResolvedMemorySecretInputString(params: {
   value: unknown;
   path: string;
 }): string | undefined {
-  const normalized = normalizeSecretInputString(params.value);
+  const normalized = normalizeOptionalString(params.value);
   if (normalized) {
     return normalized;
   }
@@ -152,5 +146,5 @@ export function normalizeResolvedMemorySecretInputString(params: {
 
 /** Normalize env-provided secret values before use. */
 export function normalizeEnvSecretInputString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return normalizeSecretInputString(value);
+  return normalizeOptionalString(value);
 }

packages/model-catalog-core/src/model-catalog-normalize.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Model Catalog Core helper module supports model catalog normalize behavior.
+import { asFiniteNumber as normalizeFiniteNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import {
@@ -127,10 +128,6 @@ function normalizeNonNegativeNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
   return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) && value >= 0 ? value : undefined;
 }
 
-function normalizeFiniteNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 function normalizeStringOrNumber(value: unknown): string | number | undefined {
   return normalizeOptionalString(value) ?? normalizeFiniteNumber(value);
 }

packages/net-policy/package.json

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "build": "tsdown src/index.ts src/ip.ts src/ipv4.ts src/redact-sensitive-url.ts src/url-protocol.ts src/url-userinfo.ts --no-config --platform node --format esm --dts --out-dir dist --clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@openclaw/normalization-core": "workspace:*",
     "ipaddr.js": "2.4.0"
   }
 }

packages/net-policy/src/ip.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 // Network Policy module implements ip behavior.
+import {
+  normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
+  normalizeOptionalString,
+} from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import ipaddr from "ipaddr.js";
 
-function normalizeOptionalString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof value !== "string") {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const trimmed = value.trim();
-  return trimmed || undefined;
-}
-
-function normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(value: unknown): string {
-  return typeof value === "string" ? value.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-}
-
 /** Parsed IP address value returned by the net-policy parsing helpers. */
 export type ParsedIpAddress = ipaddr.IPv4 | ipaddr.IPv6;
 type Ipv4Range = ReturnType<ipaddr.IPv4["range"]>;

packages/net-policy/src/redact-sensitive-url.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 // Network Policy module implements redact sensitive url behavior.
+import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
+
 type ConfigUiHintTags = {
   tags?: string[];
 };
 
-function normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(value: unknown): string {
-  return typeof value === "string" ? value.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-}
-
 /** Config UI hint tag for URL-like values that may embed credentials or tokens. */
 export const SENSITIVE_URL_HINT_TAG = "url-secret";
 

packages/normalization-core/src/utf16-slice.test.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   avoidTrailingHighSurrogateBreak,
   sliceUtf16Safe,
   truncateUtf16Safe,
+  truncateWithMarker,
 } from "./utf16-slice.js";
 
 describe("avoidTrailingHighSurrogateBreak", () => {
@@ -105,3 +106,52 @@ describe("truncateUtf16Safe", () => {
     expect(truncateUtf16Safe(input, 1)).toBe("");
   });
 });
+
+describe("truncateWithMarker", () => {
+  it.each([
+    {
+      name: "returns values at the boundary unchanged",
+      value: "hello",
+      max: 5,
+      options: { marker: "...", reserve: 3, trimEnd: false },
+      expected: "hello",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "reserves marker width",
+      value: "hello world",
+      max: 8,
+      options: { marker: "...", reserve: 3, trimEnd: false },
+      expected: "hello...",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "supports markers outside the limit",
+      value: "hello world",
+      max: 5,
+      options: { marker: "...", reserve: 0, trimEnd: false },
+      expected: "hello...",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "trims only the truncated prefix",
+      value: "hello   world",
+      max: 9,
+      options: { marker: "...", reserve: 3, trimEnd: true },
+      expected: "hello...",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "keeps surrogate pairs well formed",
+      value: "ab🚀tail",
+      max: 4,
+      options: { marker: "…", reserve: 1, trimEnd: false },
+      expected: "ab…",
+    },
+    {
+      name: "preserves marker output at zero limits",
+      value: "hello",
+      max: 0,
+      options: { marker: "…", reserve: 1, trimEnd: false },
+      expected: "…",
+    },
+  ] as const)("$name", ({ value, max, options, expected }) => {
+    expect(truncateWithMarker(value, max, options)).toBe(expected);
+  });
+});

packages/normalization-core/src/utf16-slice.ts

@@ -62,3 +62,16 @@ export function truncateUtf16Safe(input: string, maxLen: number): string {
   }
   return sliceUtf16Safe(input, 0, limit);
 }
+
+/** Truncates text and appends a marker while preserving the caller's reserved width contract. */
+export function truncateWithMarker(
+  value: string,
+  max: number,
+  options: { marker: string; reserve: number; trimEnd: boolean },
+): string {
+  if (value.length <= max) {
+    return value;
+  }
+  const prefix = truncateUtf16Safe(value, max - options.reserve);
+  return `${options.trimEnd ? prefix.trimEnd() : prefix}${options.marker}`;
+}

packages/plugin-package-contract/src/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 // External code plugin package.json compatibility and validation contracts.
+import { isRecord } from "../../normalization-core/src/record-coerce.js";
+import { normalizeOptionalString } from "../../normalization-core/src/string-coerce.js";
 
 /** JSON object shape accepted by package contract helpers. */
 export type JsonObject = Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -29,20 +31,6 @@ export const EXTERNAL_CODE_PLUGIN_REQUIRED_FIELD_PATHS = [
   "openclaw.build.openclawVersion",
 ] as const;
 
-/** Narrow unknown values to plain records. */
-function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
-}
-
-/** Normalize optional package metadata strings. */
-function normalizeOptionalString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof value !== "string") {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  const trimmed = value.trim();
-  return trimmed ? trimmed : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Read OpenClaw package.json blocks without trusting caller input shape. */
 function readOpenClawBlock(packageJson: unknown) {
   const root = isRecord(packageJson) ? packageJson : undefined;

packages/sdk/package.json

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "build": "tsdown src/index.ts --no-config --platform node --format esm --dts --out-dir dist --clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@openclaw/gateway-client": "workspace:*"
+    "@openclaw/gateway-client": "workspace:*",
+    "@openclaw/normalization-core": "workspace:*"
   }
 }

packages/sdk/src/client.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // OpenClaw SDK module implements client behavior.
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { asRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { EventHub } from "./event-hub.js";
 import { normalizeGatewayEvent } from "./normalize.js";
 import { GatewayClientTransport, isConnectableTransport } from "./transport.js";
@@ -222,10 +223,6 @@ type ChatProjection = {
   payload: Record<string, unknown>;
 };
 
-function asRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null ? (value as Record<string, unknown>) : {};
-}
-
 function hasArtifactQueryScope(params: unknown): params is ArtifactQuery {
   const record = asRecord(params);
   return [record.sessionKey, record.runId, record.taskId].some(

packages/sdk/src/normalize.ts

@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 // OpenClaw SDK helper module supports normalize behavior.
+import { asFiniteNumber as readNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
+import { asRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import type { GatewayEvent, JsonObject, OpenClawEvent, OpenClawEventType } from "./types.js";
 
-// Normalize raw Gateway events into stable SDK event types and common metadata.
-function asRecord(value: unknown): JsonObject {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null ? (value as JsonObject) : {};
-}
-
 function readString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
   return typeof value === "string" && value.length > 0 ? value : undefined;
 }
 
-function readNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 function readLowerString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
   return readString(value)?.toLowerCase();
 }

packages/tool-call-repair/src/promote.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { asOptionalObjectRecord as asRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import type { PlainTextToolCallProtectedRangeResolver } from "./contracts.js";
 // Tool Call Repair module implements promote behavior.
 import { parseStandalonePlainTextToolCallBlocks, type PlainTextToolCallBlock } from "./payload.js";
@@ -45,10 +46,6 @@ export function createPromotedPlainTextToolCallBlock(
   };
 }
 
-function asRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" ? (value as Record<string, unknown>) : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Emits the complete provider-neutral lifecycle for promoted tool-call blocks. */
 export function createPromotedPlainTextToolCallEvents(
   message: Record<string, unknown>,

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -2306,6 +2306,9 @@ importers:
 
   packages/net-policy:
     dependencies:
+      '@openclaw/normalization-core':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../normalization-core
       ipaddr.js:
         specifier: 2.4.0
         version: 2.4.0
@@ -2330,6 +2333,9 @@ importers:
       '@openclaw/gateway-client':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../gateway-client
+      '@openclaw/normalization-core':
+        specifier: workspace:*
+        version: link:../normalization-core
 
   packages/session-url-contract: {}
 

src/acp/server.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   type AnyMessage,
 } from "@agentclientprotocol/sdk";
 import type { AcpServerOptions } from "@openclaw/acp-core/types";
+import { isRecord as isJsonObject } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import {
   GATEWAY_CLIENT_CAPS,
@@ -289,10 +290,6 @@ function normalizeAcpInitializeProtocolVersion(message: AnyMessage): AnyMessage
   } as AnyMessage;
 }
 
-function isJsonObject(value: unknown): value is JsonObject {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
-}
-
 function isUint16Integer(value: unknown): value is number {
   return typeof value === "number" && Number.isInteger(value) && value >= 0 && value <= 0xffff;
 }

src/acp/translator.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { defaultAcpSessionStore, type AcpSessionStore } from "@openclaw/acp-core
 import { toAcpSessionLineageMeta } from "@openclaw/acp-core/session-lineage-meta";
 import type { AcpServerOptions } from "@openclaw/acp-core/types";
 import { timestampMsToIsoString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
+import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty as normalizedChatSendAckStatus } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import {
   normalizeFastMode,
   normalizeOptionalString,
@@ -113,10 +114,6 @@ type ChatSendAck = {
   status?: unknown;
 };
 
-function normalizedChatSendAckStatus(status: unknown): string {
-  return typeof status === "string" ? status.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-}
-
 function isTerminalChatSendAckFailure(status: unknown): boolean {
   const normalized = normalizedChatSendAckStatus(status);
   return normalized === "timeout" || normalized === "error";

src/agents/acp-spawn-parent-stream.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 /** Relays child ACP session stream updates back into the requester parent session. */
 import { asFiniteNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
+import { asOptionalRecord as asObjectRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
-import { sliceUtf16Safe, truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
+import {
+  sliceUtf16Safe,
+  truncateUtf16Safe,
+  truncateWithMarker,
+} from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import {
   isAcpTagVisible,
   resolveAcpProjectionSettings,
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ function truncate(value: string, maxChars: number): string {
   if (maxChars <= 1) {
     return truncateUtf16Safe(value, maxChars);
   }
-  return `${truncateUtf16Safe(value, maxChars - 1)}…`;
+  return truncateWithMarker(value, maxChars, { marker: "…", reserve: 1, trimEnd: false });
 }
 
 function normalizeStringArray(value: unknown): string[] {
@@ -75,12 +80,6 @@ function formatProxyEnvSummary(keys: string[]): string {
   return `proxy env: ${keys.join(", ")}`;
 }
 
-function asObjectRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 function mergeStreamingConfig(base: unknown, override: unknown): unknown {
   const baseRecord = asObjectRecord(base);
   const overrideRecord = asObjectRecord(override);

src/agents/agent-command-restart-recovery.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../auto-reply/reply-payload.js";
 import type { RestartRecoveryTerminalDeliveryEvidenceResult } from "../config/sessions/restart-recovery-types.js";
 import type { SessionEntry } from "../config/sessions/types.js";
@@ -13,10 +14,6 @@ import {
 } from "./embedded-agent-runner/delivery-evidence.js";
 import { mergeAttemptToolMediaPayloads } from "./embedded-agent-runner/run/tool-media-payloads.js";
 
-function normalizeOptionalString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;
-}
-
 function normalizeOptionalThreadId(value: unknown): string | undefined {
   return (
     normalizeOptionalString(value) ??

src/agents/agent-run-terminal-outcome.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /** Normalizes agent run wait/liveness/timeout metadata into sticky terminal outcomes. */
+import { asFiniteNumber as asFiniteTimestamp } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import {
   formatAbandonedLivenessError,
   formatBlockedLivenessError,
@@ -461,10 +462,6 @@ export const AGENT_RUN_TERMINAL_RETRY_GRACE_MS = 15_000;
 
 const HARD_TIMEOUT_PHASES = new Set<AgentRunTimeoutPhase>(["preflight", "provider", "post_turn"]);
 
-function asFiniteTimestamp(value: unknown): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 function asNonEmptyString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
   return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value : undefined;
 }

src/agents/auth-profiles/read-only-availability.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /** Pure, non-resolving credential availability checks shared by status and route selection. */
+import { hasNonEmptyString as hasSecret } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import {
   isSecretRef,
@@ -20,10 +21,6 @@ import type { AuthProfileCredential } from "./types.js";
 
 type ReadOnlyCredentialAvailability = boolean | undefined;
 
-function hasSecret(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 export function hasMalformedSecretInputSyntax(value: unknown): boolean {
   if (typeof value !== "string") {
     return false;

src/agents/auth-profiles/sqlite.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import type { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
+import { safeParseJson } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import { sha256HexPrefix } from "../../infra/crypto-digest.js";
 import {
   clearNodeSqliteKyselyCacheForDatabase,
@@ -85,11 +86,7 @@ function parseJsonCell(raw: string | null | undefined): unknown {
   if (!raw) {
     return null;
   }
-  try {
+  return safeParseJson(raw) ?? null;
-    return JSON.parse(raw) as unknown;
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
 }
 
 type PersistedAuthProfileStoreInspection =

src/agents/auth-profiles/usage.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   resolveExpiresAtMsFromEpochSeconds,
 } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "../../infra/http-body.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../../logging/subsystem.js";
 import { readProviderJsonResponse } from "../provider-http-errors.js";
 import { resolveProviderRequestHeaders } from "../provider-request-config.js";
@@ -253,12 +254,6 @@ function applyWhamCooldownResult(params: {
   };
 }
 
-async function cancelUnreadResponseBody(response: Response): Promise<void> {
-  if (!response.bodyUsed) {
-    await response.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-  }
-}
-
 async function probeWhamForCooldown(
   store: AuthProfileStore,
   profileId: string,

src/agents/bash-process-references.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * These references are surfaced in agent context so follow-up turns can
  * reconnect to prior long-running work.
  */
-import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "../utils.js";
+import { truncateUtf16Safe, truncateWithMarker } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import { listRunningSessions } from "./bash-process-registry.js";
 import { deriveSessionName } from "./bash-tools.shared.js";
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function truncate(value: string, maxChars: number): string {
   if (maxChars <= 1) {
     return truncateUtf16Safe(value, maxChars);
   }
-  return `${truncateUtf16Safe(value, Math.max(0, maxChars - 3))}...`;
+  return truncateWithMarker(value, maxChars, { marker: "...", reserve: 3, trimEnd: false });
 }
 
 /** List active background process sessions for one scope key, newest first. */

src/agents/bash-tools.exec-host-node-failure.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { asNullableRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
+import { normalizeOptionalString as readString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { OperatorScope } from "../gateway/operator-scopes.js";
 import { renderExecUpdateText } from "./bash-tools.exec-output.js";
 import type { ExecToolDetails } from "./bash-tools.exec-types.js";
@@ -27,10 +28,6 @@ type NodeSystemRunInvokeResult =
   | { ok: true; raw: unknown }
   | { ok: false; failure: NodeInvokeFailure };
 
-function readString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Only NOT_CONNECTED plus explicit pre-dispatch provenance proves a retry cannot duplicate work. */
 function classifyNodeInvokeFailure(error: unknown): NodeInvokeFailure {
   const errorRecord = asNullableRecord(error);

src/agents/chutes-oauth.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import { randomBytes } from "node:crypto";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { sha256Base64Url } from "../infra/crypto-digest.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "../infra/http-body.js";
 import { resolveExpiresAtMsFromDurationSeconds } from "../infra/parse-finite-number.js";
 import type { OAuthCredentials } from "../llm/oauth.js";
 import { buildOAuthRequestSignal } from "../llm/utils/oauth/abort.js";
@@ -102,12 +103,6 @@ function resolveChutesExpiresAt(value: unknown, now: number): number | undefined
   });
 }
 
-async function cancelUnreadResponseBody(response: Response): Promise<void> {
-  if (!response.bodyUsed) {
-    await response.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-  }
-}
-
 async function fetchChutesUserInfo(params: {
   accessToken: string;
   fetchFn?: typeof fetch;

src/agents/embedded-agent-message-tool-source-reply.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 import { safeParseJson } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import { asOptionalRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
-import { readStringValue } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
+import { hasNonEmptyString, readStringValue } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { SourceReplyDeliveryMode } from "../auto-reply/get-reply-options.types.js";
 import {
   isMessageToolConversationCreateActionName,
@@ -32,29 +32,22 @@ const BROADCAST_SEND_ENVELOPE_KEYS = ["payload", "result", "sendResult", "toolRe
 const PARTIAL_DELIVERY_ENVELOPE_KEYS = [...RESULT_ENVELOPE_KEYS, "error", "cause"];
 const SESSIONS_SEND_DELIVERY_STATUSES = new Set(["accepted", "ok"]);
 const BARE_OK_DELIVERY_STATUS = "ok";
-function asRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : {};
-}
 
 function resultConfirmsCurrentSourceRoute(value: unknown): boolean {
-  return asRecord(asRecord(value).details).sourceReplyRoute === "current-source";
+  return (
-}
+    (asOptionalRecord(asOptionalRecord(value)?.details) ?? {}).sourceReplyRoute === "current-source"
-
+  );
-function hasStringValue(value: unknown): boolean {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
 }
 
 function hasConversationIdValue(value: unknown): boolean {
-  return hasStringValue(value) || (typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value));
+  return hasNonEmptyString(value) || (typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value));
 }
 
 function hasExplicitMessageRoute(args: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
-  if (EXPLICIT_MESSAGE_ROUTE_KEYS.some((key) => hasStringValue(args[key]))) {
+  if (EXPLICIT_MESSAGE_ROUTE_KEYS.some((key) => hasNonEmptyString(args[key]))) {
     return true;
   }
-  return Array.isArray(args.targets) && args.targets.some((value) => hasStringValue(value));
+  return Array.isArray(args.targets) && args.targets.some((value) => hasNonEmptyString(value));
 }
 
 function isMessageToolSourceReplyActionName(action: unknown): boolean {
@@ -73,7 +66,7 @@ function isMessageToolSourceReplyActionName(action: unknown): boolean {
 
 /** Read the visible text delivered by a source-reply message action. */
 export function readMessageToolSourceReplyText(args: unknown): string | undefined {
-  const record = asRecord(args);
+  const record = asOptionalRecord(args) ?? {};
   if (!isMessageToolSourceReplyActionName(record.action)) {
     return undefined;
   }
@@ -110,7 +103,7 @@ function recordHasDeliveredMessageId(record: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
     const normalized = normalizeStatus(value);
     return Boolean(normalized && !NON_DELIVERY_MESSAGE_IDS.has(normalized));
   };
-  const message = asRecord(record.message);
+  const message = asOptionalRecord(record.message) ?? {};
   if (
     hasDeliveredId(record.messageId) ||
     hasDeliveredId(record.pollId) ||
@@ -504,7 +497,7 @@ export function isDeliveredMessagingToolResult(params: {
   hookResult?: unknown;
   isError?: boolean;
 }): boolean {
-  const args = asRecord(params.args);
+  const args = asOptionalRecord(params.args) ?? {};
   const action = normalizeStatus(args.action);
   if (
     args.dryRun === true ||
@@ -595,7 +588,7 @@ export function isDeliveredMessageToolOnlySourceReplyResult(params: {
   if (normalizeToolName(params.toolName) !== MESSAGE_TOOL_NAME) {
     return false;
   }
-  const args = asRecord(params.args);
+  const args = asOptionalRecord(params.args) ?? {};
   const sourceRouteReplyAction =
     (params.allowExplicitSourceRoute === true || confirmedCurrentSourceRoute) &&
     isMessageToolSourceReplyActionName(args.action);

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/delivery-evidence.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { hasNonEmptyString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { normalizeMediaReferenceForComparison } from "../../media/media-reference-comparison.js";
 /**
  * Extracts visible delivery evidence from embedded-agent run results.
@@ -97,10 +98,6 @@ export function hasCompletedTerminalDeliveryEvidence(
   );
 }
 
-function hasNonEmptyString(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 function hasNonEmptyArray(value: unknown): boolean {
   return Array.isArray(value) && value.length > 0;
 }

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/extensions.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Builds extension factories available to embedded-agent runtime sessions.
  */
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { asOptionalRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
 import type { ProviderRuntimeModel } from "../../plugins/provider-runtime-model.types.js";
 import { normalizeAcceptedSessionSpawnResult } from "../accepted-session-spawn.js";
@@ -31,14 +32,8 @@ type AgentToolResultEvent = {
   isError?: boolean;
 };
 
-function recordFromUnknown(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : {};
-}
-
 function snapshotToolSendReceipt(details: unknown): unknown {
-  const toolSend = recordFromUnknown(details).toolSend;
+  const toolSend = (asOptionalRecord(details) ?? {}).toolSend;
   return toolSend && typeof toolSend === "object" && !Array.isArray(toolSend)
     ? { ...(toolSend as Record<string, unknown>) }
     : toolSend;
@@ -66,7 +61,7 @@ function buildAgentToolResultMiddlewareFactory(
   });
   return (agent) => {
     agent.on("tool_result", async (rawEvent: unknown, ctx: { cwd?: string }) => {
-      const event = recordFromUnknown(rawEvent) as AgentToolResultEvent;
+      const event = (asOptionalRecord(rawEvent) ?? {}) as AgentToolResultEvent;
       if (!event.toolName) {
         return undefined;
       }
@@ -94,7 +89,7 @@ function buildAgentToolResultMiddlewareFactory(
         turnId: event.turnId,
         toolCallId,
         toolName: event.toolName,
-        args: recordFromUnknown(adjustedInput ?? event.input),
+        args: asOptionalRecord(adjustedInput ?? event.input) ?? {},
         cwd: ctx.cwd,
         isError: event.isError,
         result: current,

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/google-prompt-cache.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { parseGeminiAuth } from "../../infra/gemini-auth.js";
 import { normalizeGoogleApiBaseUrl } from "../../infra/google-api-base-url.js";
-import { readResponseWithLimit } from "../../infra/http-body.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody, readResponseWithLimit } from "../../infra/http-body.js";
 import { streamWithPayloadPatch } from "../../llm/providers/stream-wrappers/stream-payload-utils.js";
 import type { Model } from "../../llm/types.js";
 import { isSecretValueRegisteredForRedaction } from "../../logging/secret-redaction-registry.js";
@@ -286,12 +286,6 @@ function buildManagedContextForCachedContent(context: GooglePromptCacheContext)
   };
 }
 
-async function cancelUnreadResponseBody(response: Response | undefined): Promise<void> {
-  if (response && !response.bodyUsed) {
-    await response.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Reads a Google cachedContents JSON body under a byte cap and parses it.
  * Streams through the shared limiter so an oversized response is cancelled

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/message-visibility.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { hasNonEmptyString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import {
   isSilentReplyPayloadText,
   isSilentReplyText,
@@ -24,10 +25,6 @@ type PayloadVisibilityOptions = {
   includeSilentReplyPayloads?: boolean;
 };
 
-function hasNonEmptyString(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 function hasNonEmptyStringArray(value: unknown): boolean {
   return Array.isArray(value) && value.some(hasNonEmptyString);
 }

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/model.configured-overrides.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { asOptionalRecord as readModelParams } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { ModelCompatConfig, ModelMediaInputConfig } from "../../config/types.models.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
@@ -228,13 +229,6 @@ export function hasConfiguredFallbackSurface(params: {
   return Boolean(params.providerConfig?.baseUrl?.trim());
 }
 
-function readModelParams(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-  return value as Record<string, unknown>;
-}
-
 function mergeModelParams(
   ...entries: Array<Record<string, unknown> | undefined>
 ): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/openrouter-model-capabilities.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 import { formatErrorMessage } from "../../infra/errors.js";
-import { readResponseWithLimit } from "../../infra/http-body.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody, readResponseWithLimit } from "../../infra/http-body.js";
 import { resolveProxyFetchFromEnv } from "../../infra/net/proxy-fetch.js";
 import { parseStrictFiniteNumber } from "../../infra/parse-finite-number.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../../logging/subsystem.js";
@@ -177,12 +177,6 @@ function parseModel(model: OpenRouterApiModel): OpenRouterModelCapabilities {
   };
 }
 
-async function cancelUnreadResponseBody(response: Response | undefined): Promise<void> {
-  if (response && !response.bodyUsed) {
-    await response.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-  }
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // API fetch
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/replay-history.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Sanitizes and validates replayed session history before model calls.
  */
 import { isDeepStrictEqual } from "node:util";
+import { asFiniteNumber as toFiniteCostNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { stripInternalMetadataForDisplay } from "../../auto-reply/reply/display-text-sanitize.js";
 import { isSilentReplyPayloadText, SILENT_REPLY_TOKEN } from "../../auto-reply/tokens.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/types.openclaw.js";
@@ -522,10 +523,6 @@ function normalizeAssistantUsageCost(usage: unknown): AssistantUsageSnapshot["co
   return { input, output, cacheRead, cacheWrite, total, ...(totalOrigin ? { totalOrigin } : {}) };
 }
 
-function toFiniteCostNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 function ensureAssistantUsageSnapshots(messages: AgentMessage[]): AgentMessage[] {
   if (messages.length === 0) {
     return messages;

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/run/attempt.tool-call-normalization.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
  * Normalizes tool-call names, ids, and standalone text calls for providers.
  */
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
-import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "../../../../packages/normalization-core/src/string-coerce.js";
+import {
+  hasNonEmptyString as replayToolCallNonEmptyString,
+  normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
+} from "../../../../packages/normalization-core/src/string-coerce.js";
 import { normalizeStringEntries } from "../../../../packages/normalization-core/src/string-normalization.js";
 import {
   createPromotedPlainTextToolCallEvents,
@@ -336,10 +339,6 @@ function collectFollowingToolResults(
   return { ids, displaced };
 }
 
-function replayToolCallNonEmptyString(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 function resolveReplayToolCallName(
   rawName: string,
   rawId: string,

src/agents/embedded-agent-runner/stream-resolution.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import type { LlmRuntime } from "@openclaw/ai";
 import { stripSystemPromptCacheBoundary } from "@openclaw/ai/internal/shared";
 import { createBoundaryAwareStreamFnForModel } from "@openclaw/ai/transports";
+import { hasNonEmptyString as hasResolvedRuntimeApiKey } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { getStreamLlmRuntime } from "../../llm/model-runtime-binding.js";
 import "../ai-transport-runtime-host.js";
 import { createAnthropicVertexStreamFnForModel } from "../anthropic-vertex-stream.js";
@@ -69,10 +70,6 @@ function isDefaultOpenClawStreamFnForModel(
   return streamFn === provider?.streamSimple || streamFn === provider?.stream;
 }
 
-function hasResolvedRuntimeApiKey(apiKey: string | undefined): boolean {
-  return typeof apiKey === "string" && apiKey.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 function isOpenAICodexResponsesModel(model: EmbeddedRunAttemptParams["model"]): boolean {
   return model.provider === "openai" && model.api === "openai-chatgpt-responses";
 }

src/agents/harness/native-hook-relay-utils.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
+import { truncateUtf16Safe, truncateWithMarker } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import type {
   JsonValue,
   NativeHookRelayEvent,
@@ -213,8 +213,5 @@ function snapshotString(value: string, state: { remainingStringLength: number })
 }
 
 export function truncateText(value: string, maxLength: number): string {
-  if (value.length <= maxLength) {
+  return truncateWithMarker(value, maxLength, { marker: "...", reserve: 3, trimEnd: false });
-    return value;
-  }
-  return `${truncateUtf16Safe(value, Math.max(0, maxLength - 3))}...`;
 }

src/agents/harness/support.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "@openclaw/model-catalog-core/provider-id";
+import { normalizeOptionalString as readStringParam } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import {
   resolveMergedModelProviderConfig,
   resolveMergedModelProviderModels,
@@ -258,10 +259,6 @@ function isSupportedHarness(entry: {
   return entry.support.supported;
 }
 
-function readStringParam(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;
-}
-
 function normalizeModelId(provider: string, modelId: string): string {
   const trimmed = modelId.trim();
   const slashIndex = trimmed.indexOf("/");

src/agents/model-auth-availability.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   normalizeProviderId,
   normalizeProviderIdForAuth,
 } from "@openclaw/model-catalog-core/provider-id";
+import { hasNonEmptyString as hasSecret } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { resolveAgentModelPrimaryValue } from "../config/model-input.js";
 import { resolveMergedModelProviderConfig } from "../config/model-provider-config.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
@@ -128,10 +129,6 @@ type AuthSourceEvaluation = Pick<
   "availability" | "selectedAuthMode" | "evidence" | "selectedProfileId"
 >;
 
-function hasSecret(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 function modeAllowed(provider: string, target: AuthTarget, mode: string | undefined): boolean {
   const requirement = resolveProviderModelRouteAuthRequirement(mode);
   return target.authRequirement

src/agents/model-compat-catalog.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty as normalizeApi } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { ModelCompatConfig } from "../config/types.models.js";
 
 type ModelTransportRoute = {
@@ -5,10 +6,6 @@ type ModelTransportRoute = {
   baseUrl?: unknown;
 };
 
-function normalizeApi(value: unknown): string {
-  return typeof value === "string" ? value.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-}
-
 function normalizeBaseUrl(value: unknown): string {
   if (typeof value !== "string") {
     return "";

src/agents/model-scan.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 import pMap from "p-map";
 import { Type } from "typebox";
 import { formatErrorMessage } from "../infra/errors.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "../infra/http-body.js";
 /**
  * Scans remote provider model catalogs for configured providers.
  */
@@ -284,9 +285,7 @@ async function fetchOpenRouterModels(
       "OpenRouter model scan",
     );
   } finally {
-    if (res && !res.bodyUsed) {
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
-      await res.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-    }
   }
 }
 

src/agents/subagent-registry.store.sqlite.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * store preserves typed columns for hot delivery state while retaining the
  * normalized payload JSON for forward-compatible record hydration.
  */
+import { safeParseJson } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
+import { asFiniteNumber as normalizeFiniteNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { sql, type Insertable, type Selectable, type Updateable } from "kysely";
 import { executeSqliteQuerySync, getNodeSqliteKysely } from "../infra/kysely-sync.js";
@@ -82,21 +84,13 @@ function parseJson(raw: string | null): unknown {
   if (!raw) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  try {
+  return safeParseJson(raw);
-    return JSON.parse(raw);
-  } catch {
-    return undefined;
-  }
 }
 
 function boolToSqlite(value: boolean | undefined): number | null {
   return value === undefined ? null : value ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
-function normalizeFiniteNumber(value: number | null): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Rehydrates one sqlite row into the normalized subagent run record shape. */
 function rowToSubagentRunRecord(row: SubagentRunSqliteRow): SubagentRunRecord | null {
   const payload = parseJson(row.payload_json);

src/agents/tool-schema-quarantine-health.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Persists runtime tool-schema quarantines in the shared SQLite-backed core
 // plugin-state store so health surfaces can see failures from any live
 // runtime process.
+import { hasNonEmptyString as isNonEmptyString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import {
   createRuntimeHealthRecordEnvelope,
   createRuntimeHealthStore,
@@ -20,10 +21,6 @@ type PersistedRuntimeToolSchemaQuarantineRecord = RuntimeHealthRecordEnvelope &
   reason: string;
 };
 
-function isNonEmptyString(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 const quarantineStore = createRuntimeHealthStore<PersistedRuntimeToolSchemaQuarantineRecord>({
   ownerId: "core:runtime-tool-quarantine-health",
   namespace: "schema-quarantines",

src/agents/tools/cron-tool-canonicalize.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Recovers flat or partial model/tool inputs into the structured cron job/patch shape.
  */
 import { timestampMsToIsoString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
+import { hasNonEmptyString as isNonEmptyString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { isRecord } from "../../utils.js";
 import { isStringOption } from "../../utils/string-readers.js";
 
@@ -75,10 +76,6 @@ function isCronPayloadKind(value: unknown): value is (typeof CRON_PAYLOAD_KINDS)
   return value === "systemEvent" || value === "agentTurn" || value === "script";
 }
 
-function isNonEmptyString(value: unknown): value is string {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim().length > 0;
-}
-
 function isStringArrayOrNull(value: unknown): boolean {
   return (
     value === null || (Array.isArray(value) && value.every((entry) => typeof entry === "string"))

src/agents/tools/cron-tool-context.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import { truncateWithMarker } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 /** Reminder-context projection for cron tool job creation. */
 import { getRuntimeConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 import { extractTextFromChatContent } from "../../shared/chat-content.js";
-import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "../../utils.js";
 import { REMINDER_CONTEXT_MESSAGES_MAX } from "./cron-tool-schema.js";
 import type { ChatMessage, GatewayToolCaller } from "./cron-tool.types.js";
 import type { GatewayCallOptions } from "./gateway.js";
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ export function stripExistingContext(text: string) {
 }
 
 function truncateText(input: string, maxLen: number) {
-  if (input.length <= maxLen) {
+  return truncateWithMarker(input, maxLen, { marker: "...", reserve: 3, trimEnd: true });
-    return input;
-  }
-  const truncated = truncateUtf16Safe(input, Math.max(0, maxLen - 3)).trimEnd();
-  return `${truncated}...`;
 }
 
 function extractMessageText(message: ChatMessage): { role: string; text: string } | null {

src/agents/tools/transcripts-tool.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Manages live capture, manual import, summarization, and process-local transcript sessions.
  */
 import path from "node:path";
+import { asOptionalRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { uniqueStrings } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-normalization";
 import { Type } from "typebox";
 import { resolveStateDir } from "../../config/paths.js";
@@ -59,12 +60,6 @@ function ownsTranscriptSession(
   return ctx.agentId === "main";
 }
 
-function asParamsRecord(params: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
-  return params && typeof params === "object" && !Array.isArray(params)
-    ? (params as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : {};
-}
-
 const TranscriptsSchema = Type.Object(
   {
     action: Type.String({
@@ -356,7 +351,7 @@ export function createTranscriptsTool(options?: {
       if (!config.enabled) {
         throw new Error("transcripts are disabled");
       }
-      const params = asParamsRecord(rawParams);
+      const params = asOptionalRecord(rawParams) ?? {};
       const action = readStringParam(params, "action", { required: true, trim: true });
       const store = createStore(ctx);
       switch (action) {

src/agents/tools/web-search-output.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * re-wrapped here unconditionally, so no provider-controlled metadata can
  * spoof the trust marker and transport-specific extras never reach the model.
  */
+import { asFiniteNumber as readFiniteNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import type { Static } from "typebox";
@@ -119,10 +120,6 @@ function unwrapEnvelopes(value: string): string {
   return value.replace(ENVELOPE_OPEN_RE, "").replace(ENVELOPE_END_RE, "").trim();
 }
 
-function readFiniteNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 // URLs are emitted canonicalized (percent-encoded), so whitespace or readable
 // prose smuggled into a URL slot cannot ride outside the envelope as-is.
 function toHttpUrl(value: string): string | undefined {

src/agents/utils/tools-manager.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import type { ReadableStream as NodeReadableStream } from "node:stream/web";
 import chalk from "chalk";
 import { extractArchive } from "../../infra/archive.js";
 import { isTruthyEnvValue } from "../../infra/env.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "../../infra/http-body.js";
 import { fetchWithSsrFGuard } from "../../infra/net/fetch-guard.js";
 import { APP_NAME, getBinDir } from "../config.js";
 import { readProviderJsonResponse } from "../provider-http-errors.js";
@@ -36,12 +37,6 @@ const ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIMEOUT_MS = 60_000;
 const CONTENT_LENGTH_RE = /^\d+$/;
 const GITHUB_RELEASE_JSON_MAX_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 
-async function cancelUnreadResponseBody(response: Response): Promise<void> {
-  if (!response.bodyUsed) {
-    await response.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-  }
-}
-
 function isOfflineModeEnabled(): boolean {
   return isTruthyEnvValue(process.env.OPENCLAW_OFFLINE);
 }

src/auto-reply/chunk.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // unintentionally breaking on newlines. Using [\s\S] keeps newlines inside
 // the chunk so messages are only split when they truly exceed the limit.
 
-import { resolveIntegerOption } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import {
   findFenceSpanAt,
   isSafeFenceBreak,
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import { normalizeAccountId } from "../routing/session-key.js";
 import {
   avoidTrailingHighSurrogateBreak,
   chunkTextByBreakResolver,
+  normalizeChunkLimit,
 } from "../shared/text-chunking.js";
 import { INTERNAL_MESSAGE_CHANNEL } from "../utils/message-channel-constants.js";
 
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ export type ChunkMode = "length" | "newline";
 const DEFAULT_CHUNK_LIMIT = 4000;
 const DEFAULT_CHUNK_MODE: ChunkMode = "length";
 
-function normalizeChunkLimit(limit: number): number {
-  // String slicing truncates fractional indexes, so positive limits need an integer progress step.
-  return Number.isFinite(limit) && limit > 0 ? resolveIntegerOption(limit, 1, { min: 1 }) : limit;
-}
-
 type ProviderChunkConfig = {
   textChunkLimit?: number;
   streaming?: unknown;

src/auto-reply/reply/acp-projector.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   normalizeOptionalLowercaseString,
   normalizeOptionalString,
 } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
-import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
+import { truncateUtf16Safe, truncateWithMarker } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import { resolveAcpToolTerminalOutcome } from "../../acp/tool-status.js";
 import { EmbeddedBlockChunker } from "../../agents/embedded-agent-block-chunker.js";
 import { formatToolSummary, resolveToolDisplay } from "../../agents/tool-display.js";
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function truncateText(input: string, maxChars: number): string {
   if (maxChars <= 1) {
     return truncateUtf16Safe(input, maxChars);
   }
-  return `${truncateUtf16Safe(input, maxChars - 1)}…`;
+  return truncateWithMarker(input, maxChars, { marker: "…", reserve: 1, trimEnd: false });
 }
 
 function hashText(text: string): string {

src/auto-reply/reply/agent-runner-command-output.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { asFiniteNumber as readFiniteNumberValue } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
+import { asOptionalRecord as readRecordValue } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import {
   normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
   readStringValue,
@@ -5,12 +7,6 @@ import {
 import { inferToolMetaFromArgs } from "../../agents/embedded-agent-utils.js";
 import type { GetReplyOptions } from "../types.js";
 
-function readRecordValue(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 /**
  * CLI backends report a tool result as its raw content: a string, or the text
  * blocks the harness streamed. Structured runners send a record instead, so the
@@ -32,10 +28,6 @@ function readToolResultText(value: unknown): string | undefined {
   return text || undefined;
 }
 
-function readFiniteNumberValue(value: unknown): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 function readNullableNumberValue(value: unknown): number | null | undefined {
   if (value === null) {
     return null;

src/auto-reply/reply/commands-acp/shared.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { toAcpRuntimeErrorText } from "@openclaw/acp-core/runtime/error-text";
 import type { AcpRuntimeSessionMode } from "@openclaw/acp-core/runtime/types";
+import type { Result } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/result";
 import {
   normalizeOptionalLowercaseString,
   normalizeOptionalString,
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ function resolveDefaultSpawnThreadMode(params: HandleCommandsParams): AcpSpawnTh
 export function parseSpawnInput(
   params: HandleCommandsParams,
   tokens: string[],
-): { ok: true; value: ParsedSpawnInput } | { ok: false; error: string } {
+): Result<ParsedSpawnInput, string> {
   const normalizedTokens = tokens.map((token) => normalizeAcpOptionToken(token));
   let mode: AcpRuntimeSessionMode = "persistent";
   let thread = resolveDefaultSpawnThreadMode(params);
@@ -323,9 +324,7 @@ export function parseSpawnInput(
   };
 }
 
-export function parseSteerInput(
+export function parseSteerInput(tokens: string[]): Result<ParsedSteerInput, string> {
-  tokens: string[],
-): { ok: true; value: ParsedSteerInput } | { ok: false; error: string } {
   const normalizedTokens = tokens.map((token) => normalizeAcpOptionToken(token));
   let sessionToken: string | undefined;
   const instructionTokens: string[] = [];
@@ -372,7 +371,7 @@ export function parseSteerInput(
 export function parseSingleValueCommandInput(
   tokens: string[],
   usage: string,
-): { ok: true; value: ParsedSingleValueCommandInput } | { ok: false; error: string } {
+): Result<ParsedSingleValueCommandInput, string> {
   const value = normalizeOptionalString(tokens[0]) ?? "";
   if (!value) {
     return { ok: false, error: usage };
@@ -390,9 +389,7 @@ export function parseSingleValueCommandInput(
   };
 }
 
-export function parseSetCommandInput(
+export function parseSetCommandInput(tokens: string[]): Result<ParsedSetCommandInput, string> {
-  tokens: string[],
-): { ok: true; value: ParsedSetCommandInput } | { ok: false; error: string } {
   const key = normalizeOptionalString(tokens[0]) ?? "";
   const value = normalizeOptionalString(tokens[1]) ?? "";
   if (!key || !value) {

src/auto-reply/usage-bar/template.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { type FSWatcher, readFileSync, watch } from "node:fs";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
 import { isAbsolute, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { isRecord as isPlainObject } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { createDedupeCache } from "../../infra/dedupe.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../../logging/subsystem.js";
 import { DEFAULT_USAGE_BAR_TEMPLATE } from "./default-template.js";
@@ -31,10 +32,6 @@ function expandPath(p: string): string {
   return isAbsolute(p) ? p : resolve(p);
 }
 
-function isPlainObject(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
-}
-
 function hasPieces(value: unknown): boolean {
   return Array.isArray(value) && value.some(isPlainObject);
 }

src/auto-reply/usage-bar/translator.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import {
   asSafeIntegerInRange,
   expectDefined,
+  isRecord as isObject,
   parseStrictInteger,
 } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 export type UsageBarTemplate = Record<string, unknown>;
 export type UsageContract = Record<string, unknown>;
 type Vocab = Record<string, unknown>;
 
-const isObject = (v: unknown): v is Record<string, unknown> =>
-  typeof v === "object" && v !== null && !Array.isArray(v);
-
 function toGlyphs(scale: unknown): string[] {
   if (Array.isArray(scale)) {
     return scale.filter((g): g is string => typeof g === "string");

src/channels/plugins/dm-access.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Reads, writes, migrates, and normalizes direct-message policy and allowFrom fields.
  */
+import { asNullableRecord as asObjectRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeStringEntries } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-normalization";
 
 /**
@@ -52,12 +53,6 @@ export function normalizeChannelDmPolicy(value: string | undefined): ChannelDmPo
     : undefined;
 }
 
-function asObjectRecord(value: unknown): DmAccessRecord | null {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as DmAccessRecord)
-    : null;
-}
-
 function cloneDm(entry: DmAccessRecord): DmAccessRecord | null {
   const dm = asObjectRecord(entry.dm);
   return dm ? { ...dm } : null;

src/channels/streaming.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { expectDefined } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 // Channel streaming config normalization and progress-draft formatting helpers.
+import { asNullableRecord as asObjectRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeOptionalLowercaseString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { normalizeTrimmedStringList } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-normalization";
 import {
@@ -40,12 +41,6 @@ export type { SlackChannelStreamingConfig } from "../config/types.slack.js";
 
 // Runtime reads are nested-only; doctor migrates legacy streaming spellings.
 
-function asObjectRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : null;
-}
-
 function asInteger(value: unknown): number | undefined {
   return typeof value === "number" && Number.isInteger(value) ? value : undefined;
 }

src/cli/capability-cli/tts-runtime.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { isRecord as isObjectRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import {
   normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
   normalizeOptionalString,
@@ -401,10 +402,6 @@ function buildTtsConfigWithHydratedProvider(params: {
   return tts;
 }
 
-function isObjectRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
-  return Boolean(value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value));
-}
-
 function ttsProviderConfigHasApiKey(value: unknown): boolean {
   return isObjectRecord(value) && "apiKey" in value;
 }

src/cli/nodes-camera.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as path from "node:path";
 import { canonicalizeBase64, estimateBase64DecodedBytes } from "@openclaw/media-core/base64";
 import { parseMediaContentLength } from "@openclaw/media-core/content-length";
 import { toErrorObject } from "../infra/errors.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "../infra/http-body.js";
 import { fetchWithSsrFGuard } from "../infra/net/fetch-guard.js";
 import { normalizeHostname } from "../infra/net/hostname.js";
 import { resolveCliName } from "./cli-name.js";
@@ -81,12 +82,6 @@ type CameraClipPayload = {
   hasAudio: boolean;
 };
 
-async function cancelIgnoredResponseBody(response: Response | undefined): Promise<void> {
-  if (response?.bodyUsed !== true) {
-    await response?.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-  }
-}
-
 /** Validate and normalize an unknown camera still-image payload. */
 export function parseCameraSnapPayload(value: unknown): CameraSnapPayload {
   const obj = asRecord(value);
@@ -170,13 +165,13 @@ async function writeUrlToFile(filePath: string, url: string, opts: { expectedHos
     const res = guarded.response;
     const finalUrl = new URL(guarded.finalUrl);
     if (normalizeHostname(finalUrl.hostname) !== expectedHost) {
-      await cancelIgnoredResponseBody(res);
+      await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
       throw new Error(
         `writeUrlToFile: redirect host ${finalUrl.hostname} must match node host ${opts.expectedHost}`,
       );
     }
     if (!res.ok) {
-      await cancelIgnoredResponseBody(res);
+      await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
       throw new Error(`failed to download ${url}: ${res.status} ${res.statusText}`);
     }
 
@@ -184,11 +179,11 @@ async function writeUrlToFile(filePath: string, url: string, opts: { expectedHos
     try {
       contentLength = parseMediaContentLength(res.headers.get("content-length"));
     } catch (err) {
-      await cancelIgnoredResponseBody(res);
+      await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
       throw err;
     }
     if (contentLength !== null && contentLength > MAX_CAMERA_URL_DOWNLOAD_BYTES) {
-      await cancelIgnoredResponseBody(res);
+      await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
       throw new Error(
         `writeUrlToFile: content-length ${contentLength} exceeds max ${MAX_CAMERA_URL_DOWNLOAD_BYTES}`,
       );
@@ -196,7 +191,7 @@ async function writeUrlToFile(filePath: string, url: string, opts: { expectedHos
 
     const body = res.body;
     if (!body) {
-      await cancelIgnoredResponseBody(res);
+      await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
       throw new Error(`failed to download ${url}: empty response body`);
     }
 

src/commands/commitments.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { timestampMsToIsoString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { normalizeUniqueStringEntries } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-normalization";
-import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
+import { truncateWithMarker } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import { sanitizeTerminalText } from "../../packages/terminal-core/src/safe-text.js";
 import { isRich, theme } from "../../packages/terminal-core/src/theme.js";
 import { formatCliCommand } from "../cli/command-format.js";
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const STATUS_VALUES = new Set<CommitmentStatus>([
 ]);
 
 function truncate(value: string, maxChars: number): string {
-  return value.length <= maxChars ? value : `${truncateUtf16Safe(value, maxChars - 1)}…`;
+  return truncateWithMarker(value, maxChars, { marker: "…", reserve: 1, trimEnd: false });
 }
 
 function safe(value: string): string {

src/commands/doctor/cron/scheduled-tool-policy-migration.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { asOptionalRecord as readRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import {
   createAccountCronScheduledToolPolicy,
@@ -36,12 +37,6 @@ export function createScheduledToolPolicyMigrationCollector() {
   };
 }
 
-function readRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 function usesToolRuntime(raw: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
   const payload = readRecord(raw.payload);
   const trigger = readRecord(raw.trigger);

src/commands/doctor/shared/legacy-config-migrations.runtime.models.refs.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { isDeepStrictEqual } from "node:util";
 import { normalizeConfiguredProviderCatalogModelId } from "@openclaw/model-catalog-core/provider-model-id-normalization";
+import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty as normalizeString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { splitTrailingAuthProfile } from "../../../agents/model-ref-profile.js";
 import { ensureRecord, getRecord } from "../../../config/legacy.shared.js";
 import { normalizeAgentModelRefForConfig } from "../../../config/model-input.js";
@@ -14,10 +15,6 @@ export function hasOwnDefinedProperty(record: Record<string, unknown>, key: stri
   return Object.hasOwn(record, key) && record[key] !== undefined;
 }
 
-function normalizeString(value: unknown): string {
-  return typeof value === "string" ? value.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-}
-
 function preferredClaudeSeparator(provider: string | undefined): "." | "-" {
   return provider === "github-copilot" || provider === "copilot-proxy" ? "." : "-";
 }

src/commands/doctor/shared/object.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,2 @@
 // Shared nullable record guard for doctor config walkers.
-export function asObjectRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+export { asNullableRecord as asObjectRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
-  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  return value as Record<string, unknown>;
-}

src/commands/flows.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /** CLI commands for listing, inspecting, and cancelling TaskFlow records. */
 import { timestampMsToIsoString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
-import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
+import { truncateUtf16Safe, truncateWithMarker } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import { truncateToVisibleWidth, visibleWidth } from "../../packages/terminal-core/src/ansi.js";
 import { sanitizeTerminalText } from "../../packages/terminal-core/src/safe-text.js";
 import { isRich, theme } from "../../packages/terminal-core/src/theme.js";
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function truncate(value: string, maxChars: number) {
   if (maxChars <= 1) {
     return truncateUtf16Safe(value, maxChars);
   }
-  return `${truncateUtf16Safe(value, maxChars - 1)}…`;
+  return truncateWithMarker(value, maxChars, { marker: "…", reserve: 1, trimEnd: false });
 }
 
 function safeFlowDisplayText(value: string | undefined, maxChars?: number): string {

src/commands/models/list.persisted-catalog.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /** Reads persisted generated catalogs without constructing a model registry. */
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "@openclaw/model-catalog-core/provider-id";
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
+import { normalizeOptionalString as readString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { ModelCatalogEntry, ModelInputType } from "../../agents/model-catalog.types.js";
 import {
   filterGeneratedPluginModelCatalogProviders,
@@ -13,10 +14,6 @@ import type { PluginMetadataSnapshot } from "../../plugins/plugin-metadata-snaps
 const modelApis = new Set<string>(MODEL_APIS);
 const modelInputs = new Set<ModelInputType>(["text", "image", "audio", "video", "document"]);
 
-function readString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;
-}
-
 function readPositiveNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
   return typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value) && value > 0 ? value : undefined;
 }

src/commands/sessions-tail.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * It selects active or requested sessions, renders recent trajectory events,
  * and can follow newly appended SQLite trajectory rows.
  */
+import { normalizeOptionalString as toOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { readAcpSessionMeta } from "../acp/runtime/session-meta.js";
 import { getRuntimeConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { listSessionEntriesReadOnly } from "../config/sessions/session-accessor.js";
@@ -79,10 +80,6 @@ function parseTailCount(value: string | number | undefined): number | null {
   return parseStrictNonNegativeInteger(value) ?? null;
 }
 
-function toOptionalString(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;
-}
-
 function formatTimestamp(ts: string): string {
   const date = new Date(ts);
   if (Number.isNaN(date.getTime())) {

src/commands/status-all/gateway.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Gateway log-tail helpers for status diagnostics.
 // Summaries compact repeated auth/runtime failures while preserving enough context for operators.
 
+import { safeParseJson } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import { classifyOAuthRefreshFailureReason } from "../../agents/auth-profiles/oauth-refresh-failure.js";
@@ -108,15 +109,9 @@ export function summarizeLogTail(rawLines: string[], opts?: { maxLines?: number
       const block = consumeJsonBlock(lines, i);
       if (block) {
         i = block.endIndex;
-        const parsed = (() => {
+        const parsed = (safeParseJson(block.json) ?? null) as {
-          try {
+          error?: { code?: string; message?: string };
-            return JSON.parse(block.json) as {
+        } | null;
-              error?: { code?: string; message?: string };
-            };
-          } catch {
-            return null;
-          }
-        })();
         const code = normalizeOptionalString(parsed?.error?.code) ?? null;
         const msg = normalizeOptionalString(parsed?.error?.message) ?? null;
         const refreshReason = classifyOAuthRefreshFailureReason(msg ?? "");

src/commands/tasks.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import { timestampMsToIsoString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
-import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
+import { truncateWithMarker } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import { sanitizeTerminalText } from "../../packages/terminal-core/src/safe-text.js";
 import { isRich, theme } from "../../packages/terminal-core/src/theme.js";
 import { formatCliCommand } from "../cli/command-format.js";
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ function truncate(value: string, maxChars: number) {
   if (value.length <= maxChars) {
     return value;
   }
-  return maxChars <= 0 ? "" : `${truncateUtf16Safe(value, maxChars - 1)}…`;
+  return maxChars <= 0
+    ? ""
+    : truncateWithMarker(value, maxChars, { marker: "…", reserve: 1, trimEnd: false });
 }
 
 function shortToken(value: string | undefined, maxChars = ID_PAD): string {

src/config/channel-compat-normalization.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 // Normalizes channel config compatibility fields during config loading.
+import { asNullableRecord as asObjectRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import {
   normalizeLegacyDmAliases,
   type CompatMutationResult,
 } from "../channels/plugins/dm-access.js";
 
 export { normalizeLegacyDmAliases };
+export { asObjectRecord };
 export type { CompatMutationResult };
 
 /** Resolved streaming values a channel doctor supplies while migrating legacy aliases. */
@@ -41,13 +43,6 @@ export type RetiredChannelKeyRemoval = {
   pathPrefix: string;
 };
 
-/** Narrows unknown config JSON values to mutable object records. */
-export function asObjectRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : null;
-}
-
 function parseAliasStreamingMode(value: unknown): "off" | "partial" | "block" | "progress" | null {
   if (typeof value !== "string") {
     return null;

src/config/mcp-config-normalize.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Normalizes MCP config records into canonical runtime shape.
+import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty as normalizeMcpString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { isRecord } from "../utils.js";
 
 type ConfigMcpServers = Record<string, Record<string, unknown>>;
@@ -11,10 +12,6 @@ const CLI_MCP_TYPE_TO_OPENCLAW_TRANSPORT: Record<string, OpenClawMcpHttpTranspor
   stdio: "stdio",
 };
 
-function normalizeMcpString(value: unknown): string {
-  return typeof value === "string" ? value.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-}
-
 /** Maps CLI-native MCP type aliases to OpenClaw HTTP transport names. */
 export function resolveOpenClawMcpTransportAlias(
   value: unknown,

src/config/model-provider-config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "@openclaw/model-catalog-core/provider-id";
+import { asOptionalRecord as readRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import type { ProviderRouteOverridePresence } from "../plugin-sdk/provider-model-types.js";
 import type { ModelDefinitionConfig, ModelProviderConfig } from "./types.models.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "./types.openclaw.js";
@@ -36,12 +37,6 @@ function normalizeModelId(provider: string, modelId: string): string {
     : trimmed;
 }
 
-function readRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 function hasNonEmptyRecord(value: unknown): boolean {
   const record = readRecord(value);
   return record !== undefined && Object.keys(record).length > 0;

src/config/sessions/conversation-identity.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { normalizeOptionalString as normalizeText } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { MsgContext } from "../../auto-reply/templating.js";
 import { normalizeChatType } from "../../channels/chat-type.js";
 import { resolveConversationLabel } from "../../channels/conversation-label.js";
@@ -35,10 +36,6 @@ export type ConversationIdentity = {
   metadata?: Record<string, unknown>;
 };
 
-function normalizeText(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;
-}
-
 function normalizeThreadId(value: unknown): string | undefined {
   if (typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value)) {
     return String(value);

src/config/sessions/restart-recovery-state.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { isDeepStrictEqual } from "node:util";
+import { normalizeOptionalString as normalizeRunId } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import {
   normalizeDeliveryContext,
   type DeliveryContext,
@@ -17,10 +18,6 @@ type RestartRecoveryChannelAuthority = {
   sourceTurnId: string;
 };
 
-function normalizeRunId(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;
-}
-
 /** Resolves only a complete durable channel claim; session-route fallbacks carry no authority. */
 export function resolveRestartRecoveryChannelAuthority(
   entry: SessionEntry,

src/cron/service/normalize.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import { truncateWithMarker } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 /** Name, agent id, and payload text normalization helpers for cron service ops. */
 import { normalizeOptionalAgentId } from "../../routing/session-key.js";
-import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "../../utils.js";
 import type { CronPayload } from "../types.js";
 
 /** Normalizes a required cron job name and throws the public validation error when absent. */
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ export function normalizeRequiredName(raw: unknown) {
 }
 
 function truncateText(input: string, maxLen: number) {
-  if (input.length <= maxLen) {
+  return truncateWithMarker(input, maxLen, { marker: "…", reserve: 1, trimEnd: true });
-    return input;
-  }
-  return `${truncateUtf16Safe(input, Math.max(0, maxLen - 1)).trimEnd()}…`;
 }
 
 /** Normalizes optional cron agent ids through the canonical session-key agent id rules. */

src/gateway/chat-display-projection.core.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { asOptionalRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
+import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty as normalizeErrorSignal } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { isContextOverflowError } from "../agents/embedded-agent-helpers/context-overflow.js";
 import { STREAM_ERROR_FALLBACK_TEXT } from "../agents/stream-message-shared.js";
 import {
@@ -88,10 +89,6 @@ const GATEWAY_ASSISTANT_ERROR_FALLBACK_TEXT = "The agent run failed before produ
 const GATEWAY_ASSISTANT_CONTEXT_OVERFLOW_FALLBACK_TEXT =
   "Context overflow: this conversation is too large for the model. Try /compact, use /new to start a fresh session, or retry the command with a tighter output limit.";
 
-function normalizeErrorSignal(value: unknown): string {
-  return typeof value === "string" ? value.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-}
-
 function isContextOverflowErrorSignal(value: unknown): boolean {
   if (typeof value !== "string") {
     return false;

src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live-probe-helpers.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // CLI backend live probe helpers run cron/MCP/image probes through the gateway
 // CLI backend and poll for externally visible live results.
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
+import { asNullableRecord as asLoopbackSchemaRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { renderCatFacePngBase64 } from "../../test/helpers/live-image-probe.js";
 import { AUTOMATIONS_TOOL_NAME } from "../agents/tools/automations-tool-name.js";
@@ -126,12 +127,6 @@ function parsePositiveInt(value: string | undefined, fallback: number, name: str
   return parsed;
 }
 
-function asLoopbackSchemaRecord(schema: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null {
-  return schema && typeof schema === "object" && !Array.isArray(schema)
-    ? (schema as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : null;
-}
-
 function assertLoopbackObjectSchemasHaveProperties(params: {
   tools: LoopbackToolListEntry[];
   expectedSchemaProbeToolName?: string;

src/gateway/hooks.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Gateway webhook helpers for external hook dispatch into agents and wake flows.
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import type { IncomingMessage } from "node:http";
+import type { Result } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/result";
 import {
   normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
   normalizeOptionalString,
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ export function extractHookToken(req: IncomingMessage): string | undefined {
 export async function readJsonBody(
   req: IncomingMessage,
   maxBytes: number,
-): Promise<{ ok: true; value: unknown } | { ok: false; error: string }> {
+): Promise<Result<unknown, string>> {
   const result = await readJsonBodyWithLimit(req, { maxBytes, emptyObjectOnEmpty: true });
   if (result.ok) {
     return result;
@@ -209,9 +210,7 @@ export function normalizeHookHeaders(req: IncomingMessage) {
 /** Validate a hook wake payload. */
 export function normalizeWakePayload(
   payload: Record<string, unknown>,
-):
+): Result<{ text: string; mode: "now" | "next-heartbeat" }, string> {
-  | { ok: true; value: { text: string; mode: "now" | "next-heartbeat" } }
-  | { ok: false; error: string } {
   const normalizedText = normalizeOptionalString(payload.text) ?? "";
   if (!normalizedText) {
     return { ok: false, error: "text required" };
@@ -287,12 +286,10 @@ function normalizeHookAgentDelivery(params: {
   channel: unknown;
   to: unknown;
   accountId: unknown;
-}):
+}): Result<
-  | {
+  Pick<HookAgentPayload, "deliver" | "channel" | "to" | "accountId" | "delivery">,
-      ok: true;
+  string
-      value: Pick<HookAgentPayload, "deliver" | "channel" | "to" | "accountId" | "delivery">;
+> {
-    }
-  | { ok: false; error: string } {
   const deliver = resolveHookDeliver(params.deliver);
   if (!deliver) {
     return {
@@ -449,7 +446,7 @@ export function resolveHookSessionKey(params: {
   source: HookSessionKeySource;
   sessionKey?: string;
   idFactory?: () => string;
-}): { ok: true; value: string } | { ok: false; error: string } {
+}): Result<string, string> {
   const requested = resolveSessionKey(params.sessionKey);
   if (requested) {
     if (
@@ -526,12 +523,9 @@ export function normalizeHookDispatchSessionKey(params: {
 }
 
 /** Validate and normalize a hook agent payload before policy/session resolution. */
-export function normalizeAgentPayload(payload: Record<string, unknown>):
+export function normalizeAgentPayload(
-  | {
+  payload: Record<string, unknown>,
-      ok: true;
+): Result<HookAgentPayload, string> {
-      value: HookAgentPayload;
-    }
-  | { ok: false; error: string } {
   const message = normalizeOptionalString(payload.message) ?? "";
   if (!message) {
     return { ok: false, error: "message required" };

src/gateway/node-plugin-tool-snapshot.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /** Connected node-hosted plugin tools available to agent tool resolution. */
+import { asOptionalRecord as normalizeRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import type { NodePluginToolDescriptor } from "../../packages/gateway-protocol/src/schema/nodes.js";
 import { NODE_MCP_TOOLS_CALL_COMMAND } from "../infra/node-commands.js";
 import { createSubsystemLogger } from "../logging/subsystem.js";
@@ -44,12 +45,6 @@ function normalizeString(value: unknown): string {
   return typeof value === "string" ? value.trim() : "";
 }
 
-function normalizeRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 function defaultParameters(): Record<string, unknown> {
   return { type: "object", properties: {}, additionalProperties: true };
 }

src/gateway/server-methods/chat-transcript-persistence.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Transcript persistence and source-reply rewrites shared by chat send and abort.
+import { asOptionalRecord as transcriptEventRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { getReplyPayloadMetadata } from "../../auto-reply/reply-payload.js";
 import {
   findTranscriptEvent,
@@ -67,12 +68,6 @@ export function assistantTranscriptScope(
   };
 }
 
-function transcriptEventRecord(event: TranscriptEvent): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return event && typeof event === "object" && !Array.isArray(event)
-    ? (event as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 function transcriptEventId(event: TranscriptEvent): string | undefined {
   const id = transcriptEventRecord(event)?.id;
   return typeof id === "string" && id.trim().length > 0 ? id : undefined;

src/gateway/server-methods/fs.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Host directory browsing for the new-session folder picker. operator.admin
 // only (see core-descriptors): listing arbitrary host paths carries the same
 // trust as starting a session with an explicit cwd.
+import { safeParseJson } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import {
   ErrorCodes,
   errorShape,
@@ -14,11 +15,7 @@ import type { GatewayRequestHandlers } from "./types.js";
 
 function parseNodePayload(payload: unknown, payloadJSON?: string | null): unknown {
   if (payloadJSON) {
-    try {
+    return safeParseJson(payloadJSON);
-      return JSON.parse(payloadJSON) as unknown;
-    } catch {
-      return undefined;
-    }
   }
   return payload;
 }

src/gateway/server-methods/models-list-result.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Model list result building resolves visible model catalogs for an agent and
 // strips runtime-only provider params before sending the browse API payload.
 import { normalizeProviderId } from "@openclaw/model-catalog-core/provider-id";
+import { asPositiveSafeInteger as resolvePositiveSafeInteger } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import {
   resolveAgentEffectiveModelPrimary,
   resolveAgentWorkspaceDir,
@@ -79,10 +80,6 @@ function resolveModelsListView(params: Record<string, unknown>): ModelsListView
   return view === "configured" || view === "provider-config" || view === "all" ? view : "default";
 }
 
-function resolvePositiveSafeInteger(value: unknown): number | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "number" && Number.isSafeInteger(value) && value > 0 ? value : undefined;
-}
-
 // Project explicitly onto the public protocol shape. Concrete route, base URL,
 // auth, and cost facts stay private; runtime intent is attached separately.
 function buildPublicModelProjection(entry: ModelCatalogEntry): ModelsListEntry {

src/gateway/server-methods/terminal.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { safeParseJson } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import {
   GATEWAY_CLIENT_CAPS,
   hasGatewayClientCap,
@@ -68,11 +69,7 @@ function parseNodePayload(payload: unknown, payloadJSON?: string | null): unknow
   if (!payloadJSON) {
     return payload;
   }
-  try {
+  return safeParseJson(payloadJSON);
-    return JSON.parse(payloadJSON) as unknown;
-  } catch {
-    return undefined;
-  }
 }
 
 async function stageNodeTerminalUpload(

src/gateway/session-lifecycle-state.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Gateway session lifecycle state projection.
 // Converts agent run lifecycle events into session row/store status updates.
+import { normalizeOptionalString as normalizeLifecycleRunId } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { truncateUtf16Safe } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/utf16-slice";
 import type { SessionRunStatus } from "../../packages/gateway-protocol/src/schema/sessions-row.js";
 import { isAgentLifecycleYieldedWaiting } from "../agents/agent-lifecycle-parent-state.js";
@@ -245,10 +246,6 @@ export function deriveGatewaySessionLifecycleProjectionPatch(params: {
   return patch;
 }
 
-function normalizeLifecycleRunId(value: unknown): string | undefined {
-  return typeof value === "string" && value.trim() ? value.trim() : undefined;
-}
-
 export function isRestartRecoveryLifecycleEvent(params: {
   entry?: Pick<SessionEntry, "restartRecoveryRuns"> | null;
   event: Pick<LifecycleEventLike, "runId" | "lifecycleGeneration" | "data">;

src/gateway/watch-node-http.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Apple Watch cannot use generic WebSockets on-device, so node events use bounded HTTPS polls.
 import { randomBytes, randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import type { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "node:http";
+import { isRecord as isStringRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import {
   GATEWAY_CLIENT_IDS,
   GATEWAY_CLIENT_MODES,
@@ -174,10 +175,6 @@ function resolveWatchClientAddress(
   };
 }
 
-function isStringRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
-  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null && !Array.isArray(value);
-}
-
 function trackResponseLifecycle(res: ServerResponse): ResponseLifecycle {
   let aborted = false;
   let settled = false;

src/hooks/workspace.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Hook workspace helpers resolve hook roots and workspace-local hook files.
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { safeParseJson } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import { normalizeTrimmedStringList } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-normalization";
 import { MANIFEST_KEY } from "../compat/legacy-names.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/types.openclaw.js";
@@ -44,11 +45,7 @@ function readHookPackageManifest(dir: string): HookPackageManifest | null {
   if (raw === null) {
     return null;
   }
-  try {
+  return (safeParseJson(raw) as HookPackageManifest | undefined) ?? null;
-    return JSON.parse(raw) as HookPackageManifest;
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
 }
 
 function resolvePackageHooks(manifest: HookPackageManifest): string[] {

src/infra/advertised-lan-host.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Resolves the LAN host OpenClaw should advertise to nearby devices.
 import { isRfc1918Ipv4Address } from "@openclaw/net-policy/ip";
+import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty as normalizeInterfaceName } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { runCommandWithTimeout as defaultRunCommandWithTimeout } from "../process/exec.js";
 import {
   listExternalInterfaceAddresses,
@@ -56,10 +57,6 @@ type RankedWindowsRouteRow = {
   order: number;
 };
 
-function normalizeInterfaceName(name: unknown): string {
-  return typeof name === "string" ? name.trim().toLowerCase() : "";
-}
-
 function normalizeMetric(value: unknown): number {
   if (typeof value === "number" && Number.isFinite(value)) {
     return value;

src/infra/clawhub-skill-security.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // Shared owner-qualified ClawHub security verdict resolution.
+import { asOptionalRecord as readObject } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import pLimit from "p-limit";
 import {
@@ -76,12 +77,6 @@ function partitionCompatibleBatches(
   return batches.map((batch) => batch.items);
 }
 
-function readObject(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 function readOptionalStringField(value: unknown, field: string): string | undefined {
   return normalizeOptionalString(readObject(value)?.[field]);
 }

src/infra/clawhub.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { resolveTimerTimeoutMs } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
+import { isRecord as isJsonObject } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import {
   normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
   normalizeOptionalString,
@@ -852,10 +853,6 @@ function createClawHubBodyLimitError(
   );
 }
 
-function isJsonObject(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
-  return Boolean(value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value));
-}
-
 function optionalStringField(
   source: Record<string, unknown>,
   field: string,

src/infra/http-body.response.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { MAX_TIMER_TIMEOUT_MS } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
+  cancelUnreadResponseBody,
   readResponseTextPrefix,
   readResponseTextSnippet,
   readResponseWithLimit,
@@ -103,6 +104,37 @@ async function expectReadResponseWithLimitFailureCase(params: {
   ).rejects.toThrow(params.expectedError);
 }
 
+describe("cancelUnreadResponseBody", () => {
+  it("cancels unread bodies and ignores cancellation failures", async () => {
+    const cancel = vi.fn(() => {
+      throw new Error("already closed");
+    });
+    const response = new Response(makeStallingStream([], cancel));
+
+    await expect(cancelUnreadResponseBody(response)).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    expect(cancel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  });
+
+  it("leaves consumed and absent bodies alone", async () => {
+    const cancel = vi.fn();
+    const response = new Response(
+      new ReadableStream<Uint8Array>({
+        start(controller) {
+          controller.enqueue(new TextEncoder().encode("done"));
+          controller.close();
+        },
+        cancel,
+      }),
+    );
+    await response.text();
+
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(response);
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(undefined);
+
+    expect(cancel).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
 describe("readResponseWithLimit", () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.useRealTimers();

src/infra/http-body.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ import { parseStrictNonNegativeInteger } from "./parse-finite-number.js";
 
 export { readChunkWithIdleTimeout } from "./http-response-body-timeout.js";
 
+/** Cancels a response body only when no consumer has started reading it. */
+export async function cancelUnreadResponseBody(response: Response | undefined): Promise<void> {
+  if (response && !response.bodyUsed) {
+    await response.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
+  }
+}
+
 export const DEFAULT_WEBHOOK_MAX_BODY_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 export const DEFAULT_WEBHOOK_BODY_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
 

src/infra/outbound/delivery-queue-media-spool.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { isPassThroughRemoteMediaSource } from "@openclaw/media-core/media-source-url";
+import { hasNonEmptyString as isNonEmptyMediaSource } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import type { ReplyPayload } from "../../auto-reply/types.js";
 import { resolveDeliveryQueueMediaDir } from "../../config/paths.js";
 import {
@@ -38,10 +39,6 @@ function resolveArtifactExtension(source: string): string {
   return ARTIFACT_EXT_RE.test(extension) ? extension.toLowerCase() : "";
 }
 
-function isNonEmptyMediaSource(source: unknown): source is string {
-  return typeof source === "string" && Boolean(source.trim());
-}
-
 function payloadMediaSources(payload: ReplyPayload): string[] {
   const sources: string[] = [];
   if (isNonEmptyMediaSource(payload.mediaUrl)) {

src/infra/outbound/message-action-runner.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Message-action runner normalizes tool params, resolves channel/target/media,
 // applies policies, and dispatches send/poll/plugin actions.
+import { asOptionalRecord as asResultRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import {
   normalizeOptionalLowercaseString,
   normalizeOptionalString,
@@ -284,12 +285,6 @@ export function getToolResult(
   return "toolResult" in result ? result.toolResult : undefined;
 }
 
-function asResultRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | undefined {
-  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value)
-    ? (value as Record<string, unknown>)
-    : undefined;
-}
-
 function withSendNormalization(
   result: MessageActionRunResult,
   normalization?: MessageActionNormalization,

src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.claude.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { asFiniteNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
 import { readProviderJsonResponse } from "../agents/provider-http-errors.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "./http-body.js";
 import {
   buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot,
-  discardUsageResponseBody,
   fetchJson,
   parseUsageResetAt,
   readUsageJson,
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ async function fetchClaudeWebUsage(
     fetchFn,
   );
   if (!orgRes.ok) {
-    await discardUsageResponseBody(orgRes);
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(orgRes);
     return null;
   }
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ async function fetchClaudeWebUsage(
     fetchFn,
   );
   if (!usageRes.ok) {
-    await discardUsageResponseBody(usageRes);
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(usageRes);
     return null;
   }
 

src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.codex.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Fetches Codex provider usage windows.
 import { resolveProviderRequestHeaders } from "../agents/provider-request-config.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "./http-body.js";
 import { parseStrictFiniteNumber } from "./parse-finite-number.js";
 import {
   buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot,
-  discardUsageResponseBody,
   fetchJson,
   readUsageJson,
 } from "./provider-usage.fetch.shared.js";
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export async function fetchCodexUsage(
   );
 
   if (!res.ok) {
-    await discardUsageResponseBody(res);
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
     return buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot({
       provider: "openai",
       status: res.status,

src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.deepseek.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 // Fetches and normalizes DeepSeek provider usage records.
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "./http-body.js";
 import {
   buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot,
-  discardUsageResponseBody,
   fetchJson,
   parseFiniteNumber,
   readUsageJson,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export async function fetchDeepSeekUsage(
   );
 
   if (!res.ok) {
-    await discardUsageResponseBody(res);
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
     return buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot({
       provider: "deepseek",
       status: res.status,

src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.gemini.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { expectDefined } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 // Fetches Gemini provider usage windows.
 import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "./http-body.js";
 import {
   buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot,
-  discardUsageResponseBody,
   fetchJson,
   readUsageJson,
 } from "./provider-usage.fetch.shared.js";
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export async function fetchGeminiUsage(
   );
 
   if (!res.ok) {
-    await discardUsageResponseBody(res);
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
     return buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot({
       provider,
       status: res.status,

src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.minimax.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/st
 import { readProviderJsonResponse } from "../agents/provider-http-errors.js";
 import { isRecord } from "../utils.js";
 import { readTrimmedStringAlias } from "../utils/string-readers.js";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "./http-body.js";
 import {
   buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot,
-  discardUsageResponseBody,
   fetchJson,
   parseFiniteNumber,
 } from "./provider-usage.fetch.shared.js";
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ export async function fetchMinimaxUsage(
   );
 
   if (!res.ok) {
-    await discardUsageResponseBody(res);
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
     return buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot({
       provider: "minimax",
       status: res.status,

src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.shared.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { withFetchPreconnect } from "../test-utils/fetch-mock.js";
 import {
   buildUsageErrorSnapshot,
   buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot,
-  discardUsageResponseBody,
   fetchJson,
   parseFiniteNumber,
   readUsageJson,
@@ -159,15 +158,6 @@ describe("provider usage fetch shared helpers", () => {
     expect(timeoutSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(MAX_TIMER_TIMEOUT_MS);
   });
 
-  it("cancels unread response bodies when discarding usage responses", async () => {
-    const response = new Response("not needed", { status: 429 });
-    const cancel = vi.spyOn(response.body!, "cancel").mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-
-    await discardUsageResponseBody(response);
-
-    expect(cancel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
-  });
-
   it("maps configured status codes to token expired", () => {
     const snapshot = buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot({
       provider: "openai",

src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.shared.ts

@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ export async function fetchJson(
   return await fetchFn(url, { ...init, signal });
 }
 
-export async function discardUsageResponseBody(response: Response): Promise<void> {
-  if (!response.bodyUsed) {
-    await response.body?.cancel().catch(() => undefined);
-  }
-}
-
 export function parseFiniteNumber(value: unknown): number | undefined {
   return parseFiniteNumberish(value);
 }

src/infra/provider-usage.fetch.zai.ts

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 import { asFiniteNumber } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/number-coercion";
 import { isRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import { normalizeOptionalString } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/string-coerce";
+import { cancelUnreadResponseBody } from "./http-body.js";
 import {
   buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot,
-  discardUsageResponseBody,
   fetchJson,
   parseUsageResetAt,
   readUsageJson,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export async function fetchZaiUsage(
   );
 
   if (!res.ok) {
-    await discardUsageResponseBody(res);
+    await cancelUnreadResponseBody(res);
     return buildUsageHttpErrorSnapshot({
       provider: "zai",
       status: res.status,

src/infra/restart-sentinel-store.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
+import { safeParseJson } from "@openclaw/normalization-core";
 import { isRecord as isPlainRecord } from "@openclaw/normalization-core/record-coerce";
 import type { DB as OpenClawStateKyselyDatabase } from "../state/openclaw-state-db.generated.js";
 import {
@@ -356,11 +357,7 @@ function parseRequiredJson(value: string | null): unknown {
   if (value === null) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  try {
+  return safeParseJson(value);
-    return JSON.parse(value) as unknown;
-  } catch {
-    return undefined;
-  }
 }
 
 function decodeRestartSentinelRow(row: {