fix: remove OpenClaw chat-first BOOTSTRAP.md on startup (#917)

electron/utils/openclaw-workspace.ts

@@ -195,6 +195,26 @@ export async function repairClawXOnlyBootstrapFiles(): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * ClawX ships a default desktop identity and does not need OpenClaw's
+ * chat-first personalization script. Once the Gateway has seeded the regular
+ * workspace files, remove BOOTSTRAP.md so sessions start normally.
+ */
+export async function removeChatFirstBootstrapFiles(): Promise<void> {
+  const workspaceDirs = await resolveAllWorkspaceDirs();
+  for (const workspaceDir of workspaceDirs) {
+    const bootstrapPath = join(workspaceDir, 'BOOTSTRAP.md');
+    if (!(await fileExists(bootstrapPath))) continue;
+
+    try {
+      await unlink(bootstrapPath);
+      logger.info(`Removed chat-first bootstrap file from ClawX workspace (${workspaceDir})`);
+    } catch {
+      logger.warn(`Failed to remove chat-first bootstrap file: ${bootstrapPath}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 // ── Context merging ──────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /**
@@ -267,12 +287,16 @@ const MAX_RETRIES = 15;
  */
 export async function ensureClawXContext(): Promise<void> {
   let skipped = await mergeClawXContextOnce();
-  if (skipped === 0) return;
+  if (skipped === 0) {
+    await removeChatFirstBootstrapFiles();
+    return;
+  }
 
   for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= MAX_RETRIES; attempt++) {
     await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, RETRY_INTERVAL_MS));
     skipped = await mergeClawXContextOnce();
     if (skipped === 0) {
+      await removeChatFirstBootstrapFiles();
       logger.info(`ClawX context merge completed after ${attempt} retry(ies)`);
       return;
     }
@@ -280,4 +304,5 @@ export async function ensureClawXContext(): Promise<void> {
   }
 
   logger.warn(`ClawX context merge: ${skipped} file(s) still missing after ${MAX_RETRIES} retries`);
+  await removeChatFirstBootstrapFiles();
 }

tests/unit/strip-first-run.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { mergeClawXSection, stripFirstRunSection } from '../../electron/utils/openclaw-workspace';
+import { access, mkdir, readFile, rm, writeFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { beforeEach, describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+const { testHome } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  testHome: `/tmp/clawx-openclaw-workspace-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2)}`,
+}));
+
+vi.mock('os', async () => {
+  const actual = await vi.importActual<typeof import('os')>('os');
+  const mocked = {
+    ...actual,
+    homedir: () => testHome,
+  };
+  return {
+    ...mocked,
+    default: mocked,
+  };
+});
+
+import {
+  mergeClawXSection,
+  removeChatFirstBootstrapFiles,
+  stripFirstRunSection,
+} from '../../electron/utils/openclaw-workspace';
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await rm(testHome, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
 
 describe('stripFirstRunSection', () => {
   it('removes the First Run section when it exists', () => {
@@ -137,3 +164,42 @@ describe('stripFirstRunSection', () => {
     expect(merged).toContain('<!-- clawx:end -->');
   });
 });
+
+describe('removeChatFirstBootstrapFiles', () => {
+  it('removes only BOOTSTRAP.md from the default workspace', async () => {
+    const workspaceDir = join(testHome, '.openclaw', 'workspace');
+    await mkdir(workspaceDir, { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(join(workspaceDir, 'BOOTSTRAP.md'), 'chat-first bootstrap', 'utf-8');
+    await writeFile(join(workspaceDir, 'SOUL.md'), 'existing soul', 'utf-8');
+
+    await removeChatFirstBootstrapFiles();
+
+    await expect(access(join(workspaceDir, 'BOOTSTRAP.md'))).rejects.toThrow();
+    await expect(readFile(join(workspaceDir, 'SOUL.md'), 'utf-8')).resolves.toBe('existing soul');
+  });
+
+  it('removes BOOTSTRAP.md from configured agent workspaces', async () => {
+    const openclawDir = join(testHome, '.openclaw');
+    const mainWorkspace = join(openclawDir, 'workspace-main');
+    const agentWorkspace = join(openclawDir, 'workspace-agent');
+    await mkdir(mainWorkspace, { recursive: true });
+    await mkdir(agentWorkspace, { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(join(mainWorkspace, 'BOOTSTRAP.md'), 'main bootstrap', 'utf-8');
+    await writeFile(join(agentWorkspace, 'BOOTSTRAP.md'), 'agent bootstrap', 'utf-8');
+    await writeFile(
+      join(openclawDir, 'openclaw.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({
+        agents: {
+          defaults: { workspace: mainWorkspace },
+          list: [{ workspace: agentWorkspace }],
+        },
+      }),
+      'utf-8',
+    );
+
+    await removeChatFirstBootstrapFiles();
+
+    await expect(access(join(mainWorkspace, 'BOOTSTRAP.md'))).rejects.toThrow();
+    await expect(access(join(agentWorkspace, 'BOOTSTRAP.md'))).rejects.toThrow();
+  });
+});