The Linux desktop companion could complete a CLI install and still claim
'Installation did not finish' with circular update advice, discarding the
real failure. Verified end-to-end in a clean Ubuntu VM across all three
release channels:
- cli.rs: failed CLI commands now surface their stderr tail (deduped, last
12 lines) instead of being mislabeled as JSON parse failures.
- gateway.rs: missing dashboard --json support maps to an honest curated
message pointing at Beta/Development channels, not a circular npm-update
hint.
- main.rs: run 'doctor --fix --non-interactive' right after install so the
CLI repairs config/state before Gateway readiness checks; wrap
post-install failures as 'installed, but connecting failed: <reason>'.
- installer.rs: keep structured step events out of the prose failure tail.
- ui/main.js: humanize streamed install steps, render real errors on the
failure screen, and always offer Reinstall from connection failures.
- scripts/install-cli.sh: service refresh uses 'gateway status --json' with
the bundled node runtime, corepack failure falls back to npm, dev channel
clones with --filter=blob:none.
Sparkle-parity self-update for the apps/linux companion: tauri-plugin-updater +
process, checked silently on launch and from a "Check for Updates" tray item /
manual trigger. AppImage installs download, verify the signed update, and wait
for a user-confirmed restart; package-managed (deb) installs get a release-page
notice instead of replacing files the system package manager owns. The
linux-app release workflow signs the AppImage and publishes a signed latest.json
manifest that the app verifies with the committed minisign public key.
New discovery.rs browses _openclaw-gw._tcp with a lifetime mdns-sd
browser, keeps a fullname-keyed snapshot (resolved updates replace,
goodbye/TTL removes), and mirrors the native clients' TXT contract and
direct-selection gate (resolved SRV endpoint routing; tailnetDns is a
hint only). The bootstrap page lists discovered gateways and connecting
navigates the dashboard WebView to the resolved endpoint, validated
against the live snapshot; remote selection cancels the local watchdog
so an in-flight local bootstrap cannot steal the WebView back.
Peter Steinberger