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Problem

OpenClaw 2026.10.x exposes a frozen plugin API config during registration. ClawRouter's
register() unconditionally assigns api.config.models.providers.blockrun, which throws:

TypeError: Cannot assign to read only property 'blockrun' of object '#<Object>'

This leaves the Gateway starting in a degraded state without BlockRun loaded and can delay
startup substantially. The testbed observed a 111.6 second startup before the Gateway became
ready without the BlockRun plugin.

The same frozen runtime config can also make managed MCP cleanup throw while deleting the
blockrun entry.

Fix

  • Move runtime provider-config mutation into a best-effort helper.
  • Preserve immediate runtime config updates on mutable hosts.
  • Skip provider mutation on frozen hosts and use the config persisted by injectModelsConfig().
  • Make runtime managed-MCP cleanup ignore only read-only/frozen-config TypeErrors; unrelated
    errors still propagate.
  • Keep registerProvider() as the runtime registration path.

Tests

Added regression coverage for frozen and mutable provider config, plus frozen managed-MCP cleanup.

Validated with:

  • npm test — 1,208 passed, 1 skipped
  • npm run typecheck
  • npm run lint
  • npm run build
  • Build smoke check

The unpatched behavior was reproduced against:

  • OpenClaw 2026.10.5
  • ClawRouter 0.12.292
  • Node 24.20.0
  • A clean Docker container

The patched behavior was then verified in the same clean container: plugin diagnostics passed,
BlockRun registered 66 models, the Gateway health endpoint returned 200, and the local proxy
returned model data.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Registration now handles read-only runtime configurations without throwing, while leaving frozen settings unchanged.
    • Managed MCP cleanup now reports when a read-only configuration prevents cleanup, rather than failing unexpectedly.
    • Mutable runtime configurations continue to receive the BlockRun connection settings.

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📝 Walkthrough

Runtime provider setup and managed MCP cleanup now use helpers that handle read-only runtime configuration. The helpers are exported. Tests cover provider setup with frozen and mutable configs, and cleanup with a frozen MCP config.

Changes: Runtime provider configuration and MCP cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Provider setup and read-only handling
src/index.ts, src/index.readonly-config.test.ts
setRuntimeProviderConfig configures the BlockRun provider when the config is mutable. When mutation fails, it logs that the persisted config will be used. register() calls the helper. Tests cover frozen and mutable configs.
Read-only MCP cleanup
src/index.ts, src/index.readonly-config.test.ts
removeRuntimeMcpConfig returns false and logs when cleanup encounters a frozen MCP config. It rethrows other errors. register() calls the helper.

Priority: ⬆️ High

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: 1bcmax

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4f63a

Frozen runtime configuration no longer stops registration during MCP cleanup. Narrow the provider fallback before merging so unrelated configuration failures are not silently treated as read-only.

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🟠 Major · Make runtime MCP cleanup best-effort. · index.ts:2106

src/index.ts:2106
🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Make runtime MCP cleanup best-effort.

If OpenClaw supplies a fully frozen api.config with a managed BlockRun MCP server, removeManagedBlockrunMcpServerConfig() throws at its first delete. The unhandled error stops registration before tools and services are registered. Catch the runtime cleanup error, but leave the persisted cleanup path unchanged.

🐛 Suggested fix
-    const runtimeMcpRemoved = removeManagedBlockrunMcpServerConfig(api.config);
+    let runtimeMcpRemoved = false;
+    try {
+      runtimeMcpRemoved = removeManagedBlockrunMcpServerConfig(api.config);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!(error instanceof TypeError)) throw error;
+    }
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Review comment at @src/index.ts at line 2106:
Make runtime MCP cleanup best-effort at the
removeManagedBlockrunMcpServerConfig(api.config) call: catch mutation errors
from frozen runtime config so registration continues and runtimeMcpRemoved
remains false, while allowing unrelated errors to propagate. Leave the persisted
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- Line 2106: Make runtime MCP cleanup best-effort at the
removeManagedBlockrunMcpServerConfig(api.config) call: catch mutation errors
from frozen runtime config so registration continues and runtimeMcpRemoved
remains false, while allowing unrelated errors to propagate. Leave the persisted
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0xCheetah1 force-pushed the fix/openclaw-readonly-runtime-config branch from c91bc0f to ee0ff10 Compare October 19, 2026 09:26
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- Around line 592-596: Update setRuntimeProviderConfig’s catch block to fall
back only for read-only runtime config errors, reusing the read-only error check
from removeRuntimeMcpConfig; rethrow unrelated errors instead of swallowing
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Comment thread src/index.ts
Comment on lines +592 to +596
} catch {
api.logger.debug?.(
"OpenClaw runtime config is read-only; using the persisted BlockRun provider config",
);
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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sed -n '2080,2140p' src/index.ts
rg -n 'injectModelsConfig|setRuntimeProviderConfig|removeRuntimeMcpConfig|read.only|read-only' src/index.ts src/index.readonly-config.test.ts

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- readonly-config tests ---'
nl -ba src/index.readonly-config.test.ts | sed -n '1,130p'
printf '%s\n' '--- helper references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'function removeManagedBlockrunMcpServerConfig' -e 'function injectModelsConfig' -e 'setRuntimeProviderConfig' -e 'removeRuntimeMcpConfig' src
printf '%s\n' '--- MCP helper implementation ---'
rg -l -F --glob '*.ts' 'removeManagedBlockrunMcpServerConfig' src | while read -r f; do printf '%s\n' "--- $f"; rg -n -F -C 25 'removeManagedBlockrunMcpServerConfig' "$f"; done
printf '%s\n' '--- injectModelsConfig block ---'
nl -ba src/index.ts | sed -n '130,290p'
printf '%s\n' '--- changed diff ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=30 cd314669a7cb73a859c555ce78b393a87c60165f 4f63af247d2e4de5d11dfd101105c28b4f1869b1 -- src/index.ts src/index.readonly-config.test.ts

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- MCP config implementation ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- OpenClaw config type and API declaration ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'export type OpenClawConfig' -e 'export interface OpenClawConfig' -e 'OpenClawPluginApi' src
printf '%s\n' '--- type definitions ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'type OpenClawConfig' -e 'interface OpenClawConfig' -e 'config:' src/types.ts src/index.ts
nl -ba src/types.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
printf '%s\n' '--- package/runtime contract references ---'
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Propagate non-read-only runtime config errors.

setRuntimeProviderConfig can catch errors from config reads and assignments. A frozen config should use the persisted configuration, but an accessor, proxy, or setter can throw an unrelated error. Filtering only on TypeError is also too broad. Reuse the read-only message check from removeRuntimeMcpConfig, and rethrow other errors.

Suggested fix
--- "a/src/index.ts"
+++ "b/src/index.ts"
@@ -589,10 +589,19 @@
       apiKey: "x402-proxy-handles-auth",
       models: VISIBLE_OPENCLAW_MODELS,
     };
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
+    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+    if (
+      !(
+        error instanceof TypeError &&
+        /read only|not extensible|Cannot (?:add|assign|delete)/i.test(message)
+      )
+    ) {
+      throw error;
+    }
     api.logger.debug?.(
       "OpenClaw runtime config is read-only; using the persisted BlockRun provider config",
     );
   }
 }
 
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} catch {
api.logger.debug?.(
"OpenClaw runtime config is read-only; using the persisted BlockRun provider config",
);
}
} catch (error) {
const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
if (
!(
error instanceof TypeError &&
/read only|not extensible|Cannot (?:add|assign|delete)/i.test(message)
)
) {
throw error;
}
api.logger.debug?.(
"OpenClaw runtime config is read-only; using the persisted BlockRun provider config",
);
}
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Review comment at @src/index.ts around lines 592 - 596:
Update setRuntimeProviderConfig’s catch block to fall back only for read-only
runtime config errors, reusing the read-only error check from
removeRuntimeMcpConfig; rethrow unrelated errors instead of swallowing them.

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Thanks @0xCheetah1. The OpenClaw 2026.10.x config freeze is a real startup break, and the Docker repro plus clean-container verification made this easy to check. I confirmed that setRuntimeProviderConfig and removeRuntimeMcpConfig were the only places register() wrote to api.config, so nothing else unguarded is left. CI is green.

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VickyXAI merged commit be08e09 into BlockRunAI:main Oct 20, 2026
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- #476 (@0xCheetah1): register() no longer throws on OpenClaw 2026.10.x's
  read-only runtime config, so the Gateway loads BlockRun again.
- undici 8.12.2 (#481), @scure/bip32 2.4.0 (#478),
  @polymarket/clob-client-v2 1.2.0 (#479); dist rebuilt.
- Dependabot skips TypeScript majors (#484).
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