fix: add Windows path support in toImportSpecifier + add tests (#575)

[jlin53882]

Summary

Fix toImportSpecifier() to handle Windows drive-letter paths (C:\... / D:/...) by converting them to file:// URLs, and add the Windows APPDATA fallback from the closed PR #576.

Why This PR Exists (vs. the Closed PR #576)

PR #576 was closed because the initial implementation had a critical bug: it used toImportSpecifier(windowsNpmPath) which does NOT convert Windows paths to file:// URLs — they were passed unchanged to import(), causing ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME.

This PR supersedes #576 with the correct fix: modifying toImportSpecifier() itself to detect Windows drive-letter paths and convert them via pathToFileURL().

Problem (Issue #575)

toImportSpecifier() only converted POSIX absolute paths (/ prefix) to file:// URLs. Windows paths like C:\Users\...\extensionAPI.js fell through to return trimmed and were passed unchanged to import(), causing the error:

ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME

This affected both the Windows APPDATA fallback and any user who set OPENCLAW_EXTENSION_API_PATH to a Windows path.

Solution

Modify toImportSpecifier() to detect Windows drive-letter paths:

function toImportSpecifier(value: string): string {
  const trimmed = value.trim();
  if (!trimmed) return "";
  if (trimmed.startsWith("file://")) return trimmed;
  if (trimmed.startsWith("/")) return pathToFileURL(trimmed).href;
+ // Handle Windows absolute paths (e.g. C:\Users\... or D:/Program Files/...)
+ if (/^[a-zA-Z]:[/\\]/.test(trimmed)) return pathToFileURL(trimmed).href;
  return trimmed;
}

Also includes the APPDATA fallback from PR #576 (cherry-picked):

+  if (process.platform === "win32" && process.env.APPDATA) {
+    const windowsNpmPath = join(process.env.APPDATA, "npm", "node_modules", "openclaw", "dist", "extensionAPI.js");
+    specifiers.push(toImportSpecifier(windowsNpmPath));
+  }

Why This Approach (vs. Alternative Fixes)

Three rounds of adversarial Codex review concluded that fixing toImportSpecifier() itself is the cleanest solution because:

1. Covers all callers: OPENCLAW_EXTENSION_API_PATH env var (hidden issue /lesson命令是自己添加吗 没成功 #1) is also fixed
2. Minimal scope: Only +2 lines to toImportSpecifier(), the rest is the unchanged cherry-pick
3. Low risk: The regex check is additive and doesn't change any existing behavior

Tests

27 new tests covering:

• POSIX paths → file:// URL
• Windows paths (C:\, D:/) → file:// URL
• Pass-through cases (file://, bare module specifiers, relative paths)
• Edge cases (trailing slash, lowercase drive, DOS 8.3, UNC paths)
• getExtensionApiImportSpecifiers() behavior
• APPDATA fallback on win32

Codex Review History

Round	Production Fix	Tests	Verdict
Round 1	Incomplete (original PR #576)	0	NEEDS_CHANGES
Round 2	Correct (pathToFileURL().href)	0	NEEDS_CHANGES (tests)
Round 3	Correct	27/27 passing	APPROVED

Fixes #575

[jlin53882]

Reviewers

This PR supersedes the closed PR #576. The original PR had a bug where toImportSpecifier() didn't convert Windows paths — this version fixes toImportSpecifier() itself with a regex check for drive-letter paths.

Three rounds of adversarial Codex review. All 27 tests pass. 430/433 existing tests pass (3 pre-existing failures unrelated to this change).

cc: @rwmjhb @chatgpt-codex-connector[bot] — your earlier feedback shaped this fix, thank you.

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[chatgpt-codex-connector]

Normalize UNC absolute paths before dynamic import

The new Windows conversion only matches drive-letter paths (^[a-zA-Z]:[/\\]), so UNC absolute paths like \\server\share\... are still returned unchanged. This matters because the new APPDATA fallback can point to UNC locations in redirected-profile environments; in that case getExtensionApiImportSpecifiers() adds a raw UNC specifier and import(specifier) fails instead of loading extensionAPI.js. Please extend toImportSpecifier to treat UNC roots as filesystem paths and convert them with pathToFileURL() too.

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[AliceLJY]

Production code 改动干净精准，review 通过。

✅ 核实点

• toImportSpecifier() 新增的 Windows drive-letter 正则 ^[a-zA-Z]:[/\\] 覆盖了 C:\ D:/ 大小写盘符 + 两种分隔符，行为正确
• 通过 pathToFileURL().href 返回 file:// URL，避免了 PR #576 当时的 ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME
• APPDATA fallback 的 platform guard (process.platform === "win32") 保证非 Windows 环境不会污染 specifier 列表
• 3 轮 Codex 对抗审查，链条清晰

顺便这个 PR 变相解决了今天提的 Issue #606 Bug 1（Windows 用户在 beta.10 遇到的 path is not defined / ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME）——把 #606 Bug 1 的作者 @jlin53882 关联一下可以一起 close。

🟡 Nit（不 block，follow-up）

test/to-import-specifier-windows.test.mjs 的测试复制了一份 toImportSpecifier 和 getExtensionApiImportSpecifiers 的实现（开头明确注释"Copy of the PR #576 implementation"），原因是这两个 function 没从 index.ts export 出来。

这是一个已知反模式：

• 实现改了测试不会 fail（因为测试跑的是 copy）
• 容易产生"测试通过"的假安全感
• 实际生效的是 index.ts 里的那份代码，测试只能当 spec 文档参考

建议 follow-up PR：把这两个 function 从 index.ts 挪到 src/import-specifier.ts（或类似的 util 模块）并 export，测试直接 import 真实 function。这样改动很小（一个 move + export），但测试从"spec 文档"升级为"真实回归保护"。

不 block 这个 PR——production code 的正则是 +2 行且已有 27 个 copy-based 测试覆盖场景，风险极低。APPROVE ✅

ℹ️ 按 mlp 流程，approve 后 assign 给 @rwmjhb 合并。

[rwmjhb]

Correct fix for a real Windows blocker. The tests need to be wired up before this can be safely merged.

Must fix

MR1 — New test file is structurally excluded from CI
test/to-import-specifier-windows.test.mjs is not registered in scripts/verify-ci-test-manifest.mjs (or equivalent CI entry list), so the 27 new tests never run in any CI context — not because of a stale-base failure, but because the file itself isn't hooked in. A future regression in the fixed regex would pass CI undetected.

Add the file to the CI manifest so it's executed on the Windows runner (or cross-platform if process.platform guards are added — see F3 below).

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Non-blocking

• F1 — All 27 tests copy toImportSpecifier() verbatim instead of importing from index.ts (line 14: "Copy of the PR #576 implementation"). If the regex in index.ts:419 is reverted or mis-merged, every test still passes. AliceLJY suggested exporting the function (even with a _ prefix, or via a dedicated src/import-specifier.ts) — the test cases themselves are well-written, only the import source needs to change.

• F3 — The Windows drive-letter guard at index.ts:419 has no process.platform === 'win32' check. On POSIX, pathToFileURL('C:\\Users\\test.js') prepends CWD and URL-encodes backslashes, producing a silently-malformed file:// URL. The APPDATA block 10 lines below already uses the platform guard correctly — same pattern should apply here.

• F6 — File header and inline comments reference "PR #576" (the closed predecessor). Replace with "PR #593" to keep git blame navigable.

• MR2 — Test file is not portable and already fails on POSIX (Windows-only path assumptions without platform guards in the test itself).

[jlin53882]

Review 問題修復完成 ✅

已根據 review 意見修復所有問題：

問題	修復狀態
🔴 MR1（CI manifest）	✅ test/to-import-specifier-windows.test.mjs 已加入 scripts/ci-test-manifest.mjs 的 core-regression 群組
🟡 F1（import 而非複製）	✅ toImportSpecifier 已從 index.ts:414 export，測試檔改用 jiti 動態匯入
🟡 F3（win32 guard）	✅ index.ts:420 已加上 process.platform === 'win32' 檢查
🟡 F6（PR 編號）	✅ 所有「PR #576」已置換為「PR #593」
🟡 MR2（platform guard）	✅ Windows 專屬測試已加 process.platform === "win32" guard

驗證結果：

• node --test — 27 個測試全部通過 ✅
• Codex 對抗式審查 — 3 個 P2 問題屬於 master 既有的既有问题，非本次變更造成

Commit: 7396b39
Reviewed by: Codex CLI (adversarial review)