meshcentral-openclaw-bridge/RESUME-HANDOFF.md

MeshCentral ↔ OpenClaw Bridge — Resume Handoff

Checkpoint: 2026-09-03 18:25 EDT Owner: Rob / Clawdia Project state: Read-only inventory path verified live. Local changes are uncommitted and require review before any push or deployment.

Current verified result

• Authenticated WSS connection to mesh.ledrew.me: passed.
• meshes inventory request: passed; Servers group found.
• nodes request for Servers: passed; PVE3 found.
• Real adapter end-to-end check: passed; 3 groups, 5 Servers devices, PVE3 mapped as online.
• Local gate: 91 tests passed, TypeScript build passed, ESLint passed.
• No commands, diagnostics, file transfer, power operations, administration, or state changes were performed.

Transport decision

MeshCentral 1.2.5 sends unsolicited serverinfo, userinfo, and event messages after login. Its meshes response omits responseid, and its nodes response is grouped by mesh ID. The project now uses upstream-transport.ts, which follows the working upstream meshctrl.js connection timing and response handling while retaining typed validation at the bridge boundary.

What was completed in the resumed work session

1. Repaired the TypeScript regression in implementation/src/adapter.ts where a literal \\n had been inserted into source line 316.
2. Removed two unused-variable lint failures exposed after the repair.
3. Added protocol validation to implementation/src/meshctrl-client.ts:
   • bounded response size using MAX_RESPONSE_SIZE
   • JSON/protocol envelope validation
   • action-specific response schema validation using Zod
   • request/response action matching
   • generic MeshCentral request errors instead of exposing server error text
4. Hardened credential handling:
   • credentials are validated before encoding
   • malformed credentials are rejected
   • credential metadata is redacted
   • no password/token is written to project files or logs
5. Corrected real-adapter device and group allowlist filtering in implementation/src/adapter.ts.
6. Added implementation/src/__tests__/meshctrl-client.test.ts covering:
   • valid and malformed credentials
   • redacted credential metadata
   • malformed and oversized responses
   • response action mismatches
   • invalid node response data
7. Exported validateResponseForAction from implementation/src/index.ts.
8. Updated implementation/README.md to describe the real adapter accurately and clearly mark it as not live-approved; diagnostics remain mock-only.

Verification at checkpoint

Run from implementation/:

npm test -- --runInBand
npm run build
npm run lint

Last successful result:

• 9 test suites passed
• 56 tests passed
• TypeScript build passed
• ESLint passed
• tsc --noEmit passed

Current phase

Read-only inventory MVP verified. Diagnostics remain mock-only and state-changing actions remain disabled.

Remaining work, in order

1. Review the uncommitted diff and commit on a feature branch.
2. Add/complete transport-level regression tests for bootstrap messages and grouped node responses.
3. Reconcile the final implementation with the security review and deployment documentation.
4. Keep diagnostics mock-only; do not add remote commands or state-changing actions until separately designed and reviewed.

Live-test facts already documented

See DEPLOYMENT.md. It records the reported MeshCentral host/version, the dedicated integration account name, the intended PVE3 test target, secret-handling rules, prerequisites, and the explicit approval checkpoint. The password is intentionally not stored in this project.

Safety constraints

• Do not connect to MeshCentral without Rob's explicit go-ahead in the same step.
• Do not use or store the integration password in source, prompts, command lines, logs, or this handoff.
• Do not execute remote commands or state-changing actions.
• Do not modify infrastructure.
• PVE1/PVE2 production cluster remains off-limits for testing.

Scheduler state

The meshcentral-project-progress cron job is disabled/paused at Rob's request. Re-enable it only when Rob asks.

Suggested resume procedure

cd /home/ledadmin/projects/meshcentral-openclaw-bridge/implementation
npm test -- --runInBand
npm run build
npm run lint

Then inspect this file, TODO.md, SECURITY.md, DEPLOYMENT.md, and review/LIVE-ADAPTER-REVIEW.md before continuing with the next remaining item.