fix(build): support Windows UI builds

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Discord: suppress a bot's previous reply body and referenced media from prompt context when a user replies to that bot message, while keeping reply metadata for routing. (#86238) Thanks @fuller-stack-dev.
 - Docker E2E: avoid rebuilding the Control UI twice while preparing the shared OpenClaw package tarball for package-backed scenario runs.
 - Tests: avoid rebuilding the Control UI twice during the installer Docker smoke now that `pnpm build` includes `ui:build`.
+- Build: route `scripts/ui.js` through the shared pnpm runner and keep Control UI chunking helpers in sparse-included source so native Windows Corepack builds can produce `dist/control-ui`.
 - Tests: collect QA gateway CPU/RSS metrics on native Windows and give the channel baseline enough turn budget to report slow gateway runs instead of timing out before proof.
 - Install/update: bypass npm `min-release-age` policies with `--min-release-age=0` instead of `--before` so hosted installers keep working on npm versions that reject the combined config. (#84749) Thanks @TeodoroRodrigo.
 - WebChat: keep message-tool replies visible in the chat while still summarizing internal tool results for the model. Fixes #86347. Thanks @shakkernerd.

scripts/ui.js

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { resolvePnpmRunner } from "./pnpm-runner.mjs";
 import { buildCmdExeCommandLine } from "./windows-cmd-helpers.mjs";
 
 const here = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
@@ -17,42 +18,6 @@ function usage() {
   process.stderr.write("Usage: node scripts/ui.js <install|dev|build|test> [...args]\n");
 }
 
-function which(cmd) {
-  try {
-    const key = process.platform === "win32" ? "Path" : "PATH";
-    const paths = (process.env[key] ?? process.env.PATH ?? "")
-      .split(path.delimiter)
-      .filter(Boolean);
-    const extensions =
-      process.platform === "win32"
-        ? (process.env.PATHEXT ?? ".EXE;.CMD;.BAT;.COM").split(";").filter(Boolean)
-        : [""];
-    for (const entry of paths) {
-      for (const ext of extensions) {
-        const candidate = path.join(entry, process.platform === "win32" ? `${cmd}${ext}` : cmd);
-        try {
-          if (fs.existsSync(candidate)) {
-            return candidate;
-          }
-        } catch {
-          // ignore
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  } catch {
-    // ignore
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
-function resolveRunner() {
-  const pnpm = which("pnpm");
-  if (pnpm) {
-    return { cmd: pnpm, kind: "pnpm" };
-  }
-  return null;
-}
-
 export function shouldUseCmdExeForCommand(cmd, platform = process.platform) {
   if (platform !== "win32") {
     return false;
@@ -89,19 +54,42 @@ export function resolveSpawnCall(cmd, args, envOverride, params = {}) {
   };
 }
 
-function run(cmd, args) {
-  const { command, args: spawnArgs, options } = resolveSpawnCall(cmd, args);
+export function resolvePnpmSpawnCall(pnpmArgs, envOverride, params = {}) {
+  const env = envOverride ?? process.env;
+  const platform = params.platform ?? process.platform;
+  const runner = resolvePnpmRunner({
+    pnpmArgs,
+    nodeExecPath: params.nodeExecPath ?? process.execPath,
+    npmExecPath: params.npmExecPath ?? env.npm_execpath,
+    comSpec: params.comSpec ?? env.ComSpec,
+    platform,
+  });
+  return {
+    command: runner.command,
+    args: runner.args,
+    options: {
+      cwd: params.cwd ?? uiDir,
+      stdio: "inherit",
+      env,
+      shell: runner.shell,
+      windowsVerbatimArguments: runner.windowsVerbatimArguments,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function runSpawnCall(spawnCall, label) {
+  const { command, args: spawnArgs, options } = spawnCall;
   let child;
   try {
     child = spawn(command, spawnArgs, options);
   } catch (err) {
-    console.error(`Failed to launch ${cmd}:`, err);
+    console.error(`Failed to launch ${label}:`, err);
     process.exit(1);
     return;
   }
 
   child.on("error", (err) => {
-    console.error(`Failed to launch ${cmd}:`, err);
+    console.error(`Failed to launch ${label}:`, err);
     process.exit(1);
   });
   child.on("exit", (code) => {
@@ -111,13 +99,21 @@ function run(cmd, args) {
   });
 }
 
-function runSync(cmd, args, envOverride) {
-  const { command, args: spawnArgs, options } = resolveSpawnCall(cmd, args, envOverride);
+function run(cmd, args) {
+  runSpawnCall(resolveSpawnCall(cmd, args), cmd);
+}
+
+function runPnpm(args, envOverride) {
+  runSpawnCall(resolvePnpmSpawnCall(args, envOverride), "pnpm");
+}
+
+function runSpawnCallSync(spawnCall, label) {
+  const { command, args: spawnArgs, options } = spawnCall;
   let result;
   try {
     result = spawnSync(command, spawnArgs, options);
   } catch (err) {
-    console.error(`Failed to launch ${cmd}:`, err);
+    console.error(`Failed to launch ${label}:`, err);
     process.exit(1);
     return;
   }
@@ -129,6 +125,10 @@ function runSync(cmd, args, envOverride) {
   }
 }
 
+function runPnpmSync(args, envOverride) {
+  runSpawnCallSync(resolvePnpmSpawnCall(args, envOverride), "pnpm");
+}
+
 function depsInstalled(kind) {
   try {
     const require = createRequire(path.join(uiDir, "package.json"));
@@ -179,24 +179,18 @@ export function main(argv = process.argv.slice(2)) {
     return;
   }
 
-  const runner = resolveRunner();
-  if (!runner) {
-    process.stderr.write("Missing UI runner: install pnpm, then retry.\n");
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-
   if (action === "install") {
-    run(runner.cmd, ["install", ...rest]);
+    runPnpm(["install", ...rest]);
     return;
   }
 
   if (!depsInstalled(action === "test" ? "test" : "build")) {
     const installEnv = process.env;
     const installArgs = ["install"];
-    runSync(runner.cmd, installArgs, installEnv);
+    runPnpmSync(installArgs, installEnv);
   }
 
-  run(runner.cmd, ["run", script, ...rest]);
+  runPnpm(["run", script, ...rest]);
 }
 
 export function resolveDirectExecutionPath(entry, realpath = fs.realpathSync.native) {

test/scripts/ui.test.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   isDirectScriptExecution,
+  resolvePnpmSpawnCall,
   resolveSpawnCall,
   shouldUseCmdExeForCommand,
 } from "../../scripts/ui.js";
@@ -75,6 +76,42 @@ describe("scripts/ui windows spawn behavior", () => {
     ).toThrow(/unsafe windows cmd\.exe argument/i);
   });
 
+  it("routes Windows Corepack pnpm entrypoints through node", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolvePnpmSpawnCall(
+        ["run", "build"],
+        {
+          npm_execpath:
+            "C:\\Users\\runner\\AppData\\Local\\node\\corepack\\v1\\pnpm\\11.2.2\\bin\\pnpm.mjs",
+          ComSpec: "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe",
+        },
+        {
+          cwd: "C:\\repo\\ui",
+          nodeExecPath: "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe",
+          platform: "win32",
+        },
+      ),
+    ).toEqual({
+      command: "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe",
+      args: [
+        "C:\\Users\\runner\\AppData\\Local\\node\\corepack\\v1\\pnpm\\11.2.2\\bin\\pnpm.mjs",
+        "run",
+        "build",
+      ],
+      options: {
+        cwd: "C:\\repo\\ui",
+        stdio: "inherit",
+        env: {
+          npm_execpath:
+            "C:\\Users\\runner\\AppData\\Local\\node\\corepack\\v1\\pnpm\\11.2.2\\bin\\pnpm.mjs",
+          ComSpec: "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe",
+        },
+        shell: false,
+        windowsVerbatimArguments: undefined,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   it("keeps non-Windows launches direct even with shell metacharacters", () => {
     expect(
       resolveSpawnCall(

ui/src/ui/control-ui-chunking.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { controlUiManualChunk, normalizeModuleId } from "../../build/chunking.ts";
+import { controlUiManualChunk, normalizeModuleId } from "./control-ui-chunking.ts";
 
 describe("Control UI build chunking", () => {
   it("groups stable runtime dependencies into bounded chunks", () => {

ui/vite.config.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { defineConfig, type Plugin } from "vite";
-import { controlUiManualChunk } from "./build/chunking.ts";
+import { controlUiManualChunk } from "./src/ui/control-ui-chunking.ts";
 
 const here = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const repoRoot = path.resolve(here, "..");