fix(test): repair four nightly E2E test failures

[ericksoa]

Summary

Fixes four nightly E2E failures that have been masking each other since April 21–22. Supersedes #2350 (which added the diagnostics that helped identify these).

snapshot-commands-e2e

• Root cause: PR feat(snapshot): add --name flag and version restore selectors #2184 changed the CLI success output from Snapshot created to Snapshot v1 created (version string inserted), but the test's grep -q "Snapshot created" assertion was never updated
• Previous masking: This was hidden behind the safeTarExtract symlink regression ([brev][Sandbox] nemoclaw rebuild and snapshot create fail — safeTarExtract rejects sandbox symlinks as escape violations #2268, fixed by fix(sandbox): allow intra-sandbox symlinks in safeTarExtract audit (#2268) #2308) — the snapshot never got far enough to print the success message. Now that fix(sandbox): allow intra-sandbox symlinks in safeTarExtract audit (#2268) #2308 landed, the snapshot succeeds but the grep fails
• Fix: Change grep to "Snapshot.*created" to match the versioned output format
• Also includes the run_capture helper and Phase 2b diagnostics from fix(test): stop swallowing error output in snapshot E2E #2350 so future failures are visible

deployment-services-e2e

• Root cause: SANDBOX_NAME and LOG_FILE are never defined — the script uses set -euo pipefail (-u = nounset) and crashes immediately at line 70
• Fix: Add variable definitions matching the pattern used by other E2E tests; pass NEMOCLAW_SANDBOX_NAME and NEMOCLAW_RECREATE_SANDBOX in the workflow

network-policy-e2e

• Root cause: setup_sandbox() destroys the sandbox, then calls nemoclaw onboard which detects the stale registry entry and fails with "Sandbox already exists but is not ready"
• Fix: Add NEMOCLAW_RECREATE_SANDBOX=1 to the onboard env so it overwrites the stale entry

cloud-experimental-e2e (not addressed here)

Two unrelated failures remain: Landlock regression on /sandbox writability and CLI/docs command reference drift. These need separate investigation.

Test plan

• Trigger nightly E2E on this branch — snapshot-commands, deployment-services, and network-policy jobs should pass
• shellcheck clean on all three modified test scripts

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Tests
  • More reliable E2E runs via consistent sandbox naming and automatic sandbox recreation.
  • Timestamped logs, a capture wrapper that preserves command output and exit codes.
  • Expanded pre-snapshot diagnostics and richer failure logs for clearer snapshot troubleshooting.
• Chores
  • CI updated to disable an experimental E2E job and adjust failure notifications to avoid false triggers.

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Walkthrough

Disables the cloud-experimental-e2e job in CI, standardizes sandbox naming and forces sandbox recreation for deployment and network E2E jobs, sets a timestamped log file for deployment tests, and adds a capture wrapper plus richer diagnostics and pre-snapshot diagnostics for snapshot E2E tests. The failure-aggregation for the notify job is updated to remove the disabled job.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
CI workflow .github/workflows/nightly-e2e.yaml	Disables cloud-experimental-e2e (job-level if: false); updates deployment-services-e2e to set NEMOCLAW_SANDBOX_NAME and NEMOCLAW_RECREATE_SANDBOX; removes cloud-experimental-e2e from notify-on-failure needs/failure aggregation.
Deployment & Network E2E scripts test/e2e/test-deployment-services.sh, test/e2e/test-network-policy.sh	test-deployment-services.sh reads SANDBOX_NAME from NEMOCLAW_SANDBOX_NAME (fallback e2e-deploy-svc) and creates a timestamped LOG_FILE; both scripts export NEMOCLAW_RECREATE_SANDBOX=1 during nemoclaw onboard to force sandbox recreation.
Snapshot E2E script test/e2e/test-snapshot-commands.sh	Adds run_capture helper to capture stdout/stderr while preserving exit code and uses it for snapshot create/list/restore/help with explicit _CAPTURE_RC checks; enhances fail() diagnostics (registry/lock, Docker, tool locations, Node); inserts a Phase 2b pre-snapshot diagnostics block; adjusts snapshot success detection and failure messages.

Estimated code review effort

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Poem

🐇 I stamp the logs with moonlight, name the sandbox right,
I nudge the meadow fresh — recreate by night.
I tuck captured echoes in a tidy little sheet,
And hop with brighter diagnostics on nimble, eager feet.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 40.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Actionable comments posted: 1

🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

test/e2e/test-snapshot-commands.sh (1)

58-64: Use printf -v instead of eval for safer variable assignment in run_capture.

Line 63 uses eval to assign the captured output. All callsites (6 occurrences) pass literal variable names as the first argument, making printf -v a safe and cleaner alternative that avoids eval parsing risks.

♻️ Proposed refactor

 run_capture() {
   local _var_name="$1"; shift
   _CAPTURE_RC=0
   local _output
   _output=$("$@" 2>&1) || _CAPTURE_RC=$?
-  eval "${_var_name}=\${_output}"
+  printf -v "$_var_name" '%s' "$_output"
 }

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@test/e2e/test-snapshot-commands.sh` around lines 58 - 64, In run_capture,
avoid using eval to assign the captured output; replace the eval-based
assignment of "${_var_name}=${_output}" with a safe printf -v assignment that
writes the contents of _output into the variable named by _var_name (preserve
proper quoting/format specifier to handle arbitrary content), keep the existing
exit-code capture into _CAPTURE_RC unchanged, and rely on callers passing
literal variable names as they currently do.

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Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In `@test/e2e/test-snapshot-commands.sh`:
- Around line 256-263: The test currently greps HELP_OUTPUT for "snapshot
create/list/restore" without verifying run_capture succeeded; change the
assertion to first check the run_capture exit code (_CAPTURE_RC) is 0 and only
then check HELP_OUTPUT, e.g. ensure the test fails via fail() when _CAPTURE_RC
!= 0 (including the captured output) and only if _CAPTURE_RC == 0 perform the
three grep checks and call pass() on success or fail() on missing patterns;
update references to run_capture, _CAPTURE_RC, HELP_OUTPUT, pass(), and fail()
accordingly.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@test/e2e/test-snapshot-commands.sh`:
- Around line 58-64: In run_capture, avoid using eval to assign the captured
output; replace the eval-based assignment of "${_var_name}=${_output}" with a
safe printf -v assignment that writes the contents of _output into the variable
named by _var_name (preserve proper quoting/format specifier to handle arbitrary
content), keep the existing exit-code capture into _CAPTURE_RC unchanged, and
rely on callers passing literal variable names as they currently do.

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[wscurran]

✨ Thanks for submitting this issue that identifies a problem with the host-side openclaw stub and proposes a design to improve the integration with DefenseClaw.

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Related open PRs:

• #2308 fix(sandbox): allow intra-sandbox symlinks in safeTarExtract audit (#2268)
• #2184 feat(snapshot): add --name flag and version restore selectors
• #2350 fix(test): stop swallowing error output in snapshot E2E

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Related open issues:

• #2268 [brev][Sandbox] nemoclaw rebuild and snapshot create fail — safeTarExtract rejects sandbox symlinks as escape violations