Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

Full Release Validation cannot run the current trusted CI workflow against an older release target when that target predates current CI planner exports and optional lane tooling.

Steps to reproduce

1. Dispatch Full Release Validation from current main for target SHA 495651ebb05c503f754d4b6cfaf9246947940faf.
2. Open child CI run 29126626594.
3. Observe the preflight job fail while building its CI manifest.

Expected behavior

The current trusted workflow should validate the exact release target using that target's available shard planner and checks.

Actual behavior

The workflow checks out the release target, then its current inline manifest imports a newer named export from the target's older module. Node exits before any CI matrix is produced. The same target also predates current optional protocol-coverage, native-i18n, QA-smoke, and Swift helper surfaces.

OpenClaw version

2026.7.1-beta.3 candidate source at 495651ebb05c503f754d4b6cfaf9246947940faf

Operating system

GitHub Actions Ubuntu 24.04 preflight runner

Install method

GitHub Actions source checkout

Model

N/A

Provider / routing chain

N/A

Logs

SyntaxError: The requested module './scripts/lib/ci-node-test-plan.mjs' does not provide an export named 'createNodeTestShardBundles'
Node.js v22.23.1
Process completed with exit code 1.

Screenshots, recordings, and evidence

• Failed child CI: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29126626594
• Failed preflight job: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/29126626594/job/86473494510

Impact and severity

• Affected: release managers validating a release branch with the trusted current workflow.
• Severity: high; blocks the release validation umbrella before normal CI starts.
• Frequency: deterministic for the observed target.
• Consequence: no immutable full-release CI evidence can be produced for the candidate.

Additional information

The regression was made visible when current CI switched from the target-compatible createNodeTestShards export to createNodeTestShardBundles in #102262. The fix should keep the trusted current workflow while adapting to capabilities present in the exact target checkout; it should not require a testing-only branch or private patch.