openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix spawning of secondary startup fails. [1 comments, 1 participants]

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/f7068a1349af466e68ebf6b4ceaaa2ac21e9b05b/scripts/write-cli-startup-metadata.ts

The OpenClaw build process includes a script (write-cli-startup-metadata.ts) that spawns a secondary Node.js process to pre-render the command-line help text (root-help.ts). This subprocess (spawnSync) is timing out (ETIMEDOUT) before it can finish.

This timeout usually occurs on Windows when the spawned Node process gets trapped looking for a network socket or a non-existent path within the massive array of environment variables passed to it (which we can see in the spawnargs output).

[email protected] canvas:a2ui:bundle C:\ai-python\openclaw bash scripts/bundle-a2ui.sh

<DIR>/a2ui.bundle.js  chunk │ size: 486.00 kB

√ rolldown v1.0.0-rc.12 Finished in 890.36 ms

[email protected] build:plugin-sdk:dts C:\ai-python\openclaw tsc -p tsconfig.plugin-sdk.dts.json

OK: All 4 required plugin-sdk exports verified. [copy-hook-metadata] Copied 4 hook metadata files. [copy-export-html-templates] Copied 5 export-html assets. node:internal/child_process:1127     result.error = new ErrnoException(result.error, 'spawnSync ' + options.file) ;                    ^

Error: spawnSync C:\nvm4w\nodejs\node.exe ETIMEDOUT     at Object.spawnSync (node:internal/child_process:1127:20)     at spawnSync (node:child_process:911:24)     at renderSourceRootHelpText (file:///C:/ai-python/openclaw/scripts/write-cli -startup-metadata.ts:224:18)     at writeCliStartupMetadata (file:///C:/ai-python/openclaw/scripts/write-cli- startup-metadata.ts:283:20)     at async file:///C:/ai-python/openclaw/scripts/write-cli-startup-metadata.ts :305:3 {   errno: -4039,   code: 'ETIMEDOUT',   syscall: 'spawnSync C:\nvm4w\nodejs\node.exe',   path: 'C:\nvm4w\nodejs\node.exe',   spawnargs: [     '--import',     'tsx',     '--input-type=module',     '--eval',     'const mod = await import("file:///C:/ai-python/openclaw/src/cli/program/roo t-help.ts");\n' +       "if (typeof mod.renderRootHelpText !== 'function') {\n" +       '  throw new Error("Source root-help module does not export renderRootHelp Text.");\n' +       '}\n' +       'const output = await mod.renderRootHelpText({"pluginSdkResolution":"src", "config":{"agents":{"defaults":{"workspace":"C:\\ai-python\\openclaw\\.ope nclaw-build-root-help\\workspace"}},"plugins":{"loadPaths":[]}},"env":{"HOME": "C:\\ai-python\\openclaw\\.openclaw-build-root-help\\home","LOGNAME":"op enclaw-build","USER":"openclaw-build","PATH":"C:\\ai-python\\openclaw\\nod e_modules\\.bin;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\AppData\\Local\\pnpm\\.tools\ \pnpm\\10.32.1_tmp_16328\\node_modules\\pnpm\\dist\\node-gyp-bin;C:\ \ai-python\\openclaw\\node_modules\\.bin;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\AppDat a\\Local\\pnpm\\.tools\\pnpm\\10.32.1\\bin;C:\\Users\\Desktop\
\bin;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\mingw64\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\ usr\\local\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\usr\\bin;C:\\Program Files \\Git\\usr\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\mingw64\\bin;C:\\Program  Files\\Git\\usr\\bin;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\bin;C:\\Program Files (x 86)\\NVIDIA Corporation\\PhysX\\Common;C:\\ProgramData\\Oracle\\Java \\javapath;C:\\WINDOWS\\system32;C:\\WINDOWS;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\ \Wbem;C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0;C:\\WINDOWS\\S ystem32\\OpenSSH;C:\\Program Files\\PuTTY;C:\\ProgramData\\chocolatey
\\bin;C:\\Program Files\\dotnet;C:\\Program Files\\Go\\bin;C:\\Prog ram Files\\KeePassXC;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\AppData\\Local\\nvm;C:\\n vm4w\\nodejs;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\AppDa ta\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\Scripts;C:\\Users\\Desktop \\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310;C:\\Users\\Desktop\ \AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps;C:\\Program Files\\JetBrains
\\PyCharm Community Edition 2019.2.4\\bin;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\AppData\ \Local\\Microsoft\\WinGet\\Links;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\AppData\\Loc al\\Programs\\Ollama;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\go\\bin;C:\\Program Files  (x86)\\Nmap;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm;C:\\Users\ \Desktop\\AppData\\Local\\nvm;C:\\nvm4w\\nodejs;C:\\Users\\Deskto p\\.pyenv\\pyenv-win\\bin;C:\\Users\\Desktop\\.pyenv\\pyenv-win\
\shims;C:\\Program Files\\Git\\usr\\bin\\vendor_perl;C:\\Program Fil es\\Git\\usr\\bin\\core_perl","TMPDIR":"C:\\Users\\Desktop\\AppDat a\\Local\\Temp","LANG":"C.UTF-8","LC_ALL":"C.UTF-8","TERM":"xterm","NO_COLOR ":"1","OPENCLAW_BUNDLED_PLUGINS_DIR":"C:\\ai-python\\openclaw\\dist\\ext ensions","OPENCLAW_DISABLE_BUNDLED_PLUGINS":"","OPENCLAW_DISABLE_PLUGIN_DISCOVER Y_CACHE":"1","OPENCLAW_DISABLE_PLUGIN_MANIFEST_CACHE":"1","OPENCLAW_PLUGIN_DISCO VERY_CACHE_MS":"0","OPENCLAW_PLUGIN_MANIFEST_CACHE_MS":"0","OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR": "C:\\ai-python\\openclaw\\.openclaw-build-root-help"}});\n' +       'process.stdout.write(output);\n' +       'process.exit(0);'   ] }