meshcentral-openclaw-bridge/RESUME-HANDOFF.md

MeshCentral ↔ OpenClaw Bridge — Resume Handoff

Checkpoint: 2026-08-25 09:18 EDT Owner: Rob / Clawdia Project state: Active. Rob authorized read-only MeshCentral access for this project on 2026-08-26. A corrected live test is pending.

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

Post-hardening protocol compatibility validation. The implementation is authorized for the narrow read-only live test described in LIVE-TEST-PROCEDURE.md.

Remaining work, in order

1. Add bounded request concurrency/rate limiting to the MeshCtrl client.
2. Add structured audit logging for authentication, requests, targets, results, timestamps, and failures; never log passwords, TOTP tokens, session tokens, or raw sensitive output.
3. Add negative/security tests for retries, timeouts, connection failures, allowlist enforcement, and logging redaction.
4. Finish deployment and rollback documentation, including the live-test checklist.
5. Run an independent security review against the updated source and address findings.
6. Execute the authorized read-only live-test procedure; do not expand its scope.
7. 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.