## Description
The 0.33.0 release PR (#2339) has sat in `changes-requested` since
2026-07-17. Root cause: **release-please only rewrites `pyproject.toml`
and its configured `extra-files`**, but other tracked files also carry
the version — and `server.json` is asserted byte-for-byte against
`render_server_json()`, which derives its version from `pyproject.toml`.
So the bump alone fails
`tests/test_mcp_registry/test_server_json.py::test_root_server_json_matches_builder`
(the `test (2)` shard) on every regenerated release PR.
Nothing in the repo regenerated `server.json` at all, so it fell behind
every release.
Unblocks #2339.
### Why the release *build* passes but the release PR does not
`release.yml` already runs `scripts/version-sync.py` immediately before
its own `verify-versions.py` gate (lines 145 and 278). That is why
`build` and `build-wheels` are green on #2339 despite the drift — it
syncs in the workspace, uncommitted. The regular CI test job does
**not** sync, so the fix has to be committed to the branch.
This also explains why reviewers kept seeing `verify-versions.py` fail
locally while CI's build jobs passed: the verifier is never run
un-synced inside `release.yml`.
## Type of Change
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing
functionality to change)
- [ ] Documentation update
- [ ] Performance improvement
- [ ] Code refactoring (no functional changes)
## Changes Made
- **`scripts/version-sync.py`**: also write `server.json`. It was the
one version-carrying file with no writer anywhere. Values are rewritten
in place so key order and formatting keep matching the builder's
byte-for-byte output (verified: the file is pure ASCII and round-trips
exactly through `json.dumps(..., indent=2) + "\n"`).
- **`.github/workflows/release-metadata-sync.yml`** (new): on a push to
`release-please--branches--**`, run version-sync → gate on
verify-versions → commit if changed.
- **Keyed off the branch push** because release-please force-regenerates
that branch on every merge to main. That is precisely what wiped the
hand-pushed metadata fixes on #2339 (`2a86c8ff`, `d5ea4dc5`) — a push
trigger re-heals after every regeneration instead of being lost.
- **Uses the same PAT as `release-please.yml`**: a `GITHUB_TOKEN` push
does not trigger workflows, so the release PR's checks would never
re-run against the synced commit and would stay red.
- **Idempotent**: the self-triggered rerun finds no diff and exits
before pushing, so the loop terminates after one no-op run.
- **Corrected pre-existing drift on `main`**: the agent-hooks plugin
manifests, both marketplace manifests, and `.releasemetadata` were
stranded at **0.31.0** — never bumped for 0.32.0 either.
`verify-versions.py` now passes on `main`.
### Why not more `extra-files` entries
That would need ~13 jsonpath entries restating what `version-sync.py`
already knows, and a jsonpath that fails to match **fails silently** —
the same class of failure this PR removes, discoverable only after a
real release PR regenerates. There is also no precedent for nested
jsonpath (`$.packages[0].version`, `$.metadata.version`) in the config
today; both existing entries are plain `$.version`. Running the script
keeps one source of truth, and files added to it later are covered with
no change here.
## Testing
- [x] Unit tests pass (`pytest`)
- [x] Linting passes (`ruff check .`)
- [ ] Type checking passes (`mypy headroom`) — no `headroom/` sources
touched
- [x] New tests added for new functionality
- [x] Manual testing performed
### Test Output
```text
$ python -m pytest scripts/tests/ tests/test_release_workflows.py tests/test_mcp_registry/ -q
207 passed in 2.69s
$ ruff check scripts/version-sync.py scripts/tests/test_version_sync.py tests/test_release_workflows.py
All checks passed!
$ ruff format --check <same>
3 files already formatted
$ actionlint .github/workflows/release-metadata-sync.yml
(clean)
```
New tests:
- `test_server_json_version_is_synchronized` — version-sync moves both
`server.json` version fields and preserves the other keys.
- `test_release_metadata_sync_runs_on_release_please_branch` — asserts
the trigger, the sync→verify→commit ordering, the no-op guard, and the
PAT.
- `test_version_sync_covers_every_file_the_verifier_gates` — guards
`version-sync.py` and `verify-versions.py` against drifting apart again,
which is the root cause here.
## Real Behavior Proof
- **Environment:** macOS (Darwin arm64), Python 3.12, repo venv.
- **Exact command / steps:** reproduced the CI failure locally by
simulating release-please's partial bump, then applying the fix.
**Reproducing the exact `test (2)` failure** — set `pyproject` to 0.33.0
while `server.json` stays at 0.32.0, as release-please leaves it:
```text
$ python -m pytest tests/test_mcp_registry/test_server_json.py -q
FAILED tests/test_mcp_registry/test_server_json.py::test_root_server_json_matches_builder
1 failed, 3 passed
```
**After `version-sync.py`:**
```text
$ python scripts/version-sync.py && python -m pytest tests/test_mcp_registry/test_server_json.py -q
4 passed
```
**Both gates green on a simulated 0.33.0 bump:**
```text
$ python scripts/version-sync.py --version 0.33.0
Version synchronized to 0.33.0
$ python scripts/verify-versions.py
All versions aligned at 0.33.0
$ python -m pytest tests/test_mcp_registry/test_server_json.py -q
4 passed
```
**Idempotency** (the property the workflow's loop-termination relies
on): re-running against an already-synced tree leaves `pyproject.toml`,
`server.json`, `openclaw`, and `sdk/typescript` untouched.
- **Not tested:** the workflow has not executed on a real release-please
branch regeneration — that can only be exercised once this is on `main`
and release-please next updates #2339. The PAT push path and the
self-trigger no-op are reasoned from `release-please.yml`'s existing
token comment and from local idempotency, not observed in CI.
## Review Readiness
- [x] I have performed a self-review
- [x] This PR is ready for human review
## Checklist
- [x] My code follows the project's style guidelines
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [x] I did **not** edit `CHANGELOG.md`
## Additional Notes
**Context on the v0.32.0 release failure, since it is easy to misread as
"images never build".** Every artifact built for v0.32.0 — all 5 wheel
platforms including Windows, all 16 Docker builds + 8 manifests +
`promote-latest`, npm, and GitHub Packages. Only `publish-pypi` failed
(PyPI attestations, already fixed by `
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scripts/
Utility scripts bundled with the Headroom repo. Most are one-off operator tools; a few are runnable as part of development workflows.
Reproducing the reconnect storm
repro_codex_replay.py reproduces the multi-agent Codex reconnect/retry storm
against a local Headroom proxy (default http://127.0.0.1:8787). Use it to:
- Regression-check that
/livezstays responsive under a cold-start storm. - Empirically tune the Unit 4 pre-upstream semaphore default
(
HEADROOM_ANTHROPIC_PRE_UPSTREAM_CONCURRENCY). - Exercise the Codex WS lifecycle + Anthropic HTTP path simultaneously without needing to replay captured production traffic.
Run
# Default: 8 WS + 4 HTTP clients, 30s storm, p99 /livez must stay <= 500ms.
python scripts/repro_codex_replay.py
# Tighter budget, shorter run:
python scripts/repro_codex_replay.py \
--url http://127.0.0.1:8787 \
--ws-clients 16 \
--anthropic-clients 8 \
--duration 60 \
--livez-threshold-ms 100
# Dump the full summary as JSON for downstream tooling:
python scripts/repro_codex_replay.py --json
Exit code:
0— warmup succeeded (or was skipped), storm ran for the requested duration, and/livezp99 stayed under--livez-threshold-ms.1— soft assertion failed, proxy unreachable, or unhandled exception. Proxy-unreachable is detected and reported within ~5 seconds.
Fixtures
The script loads two hand-crafted, fully synthetic JSON fixtures:
scripts/fixtures/anthropic_replay_body.json— shape of a large agent reconnect replay/v1/messages?beta=truePOST body.scripts/fixtures/codex_response_create_frame.json— first Codex WS frame with the{"type": "response.create", "response": {...}}envelope.
Override via --ws-frame-fixture / --anthropic-body-fixture if you have
captured traffic to replay instead.
Interpretation
/livez p99under threshold means the event loop is not starved during the storm. If it rises with the semaphore unbounded (HEADROOM_ANTHROPIC_PRE_UPSTREAM_CONCURRENCY=10000) and drops back under the default, Unit 4's backpressure is working.Codex WS: openedshould equal--ws-clients.response.completedtypically stays low when upstream auth isn't configured locally — the goal is handshake + relay wiring, not real upstream traffic.Anthropic HTTP: ok_2xx + non_2xx + timed_out + errorsshould roughly equalattempted. Sustained non-zerotimed_outduring the storm is the failure signal the plan targets.
A smoke test at tests/test_scripts/test_repro_codex_replay_smoke.py
exercises the script against a mock FastAPI server on every PR.
Install scripts
install.sh— POSIX installer.install.ps1— Windows PowerShell installer.
These are generated by the release pipeline; edit with care.
Windows development bootstrap
bootstrap-windows-dev.ps1 prepares a Windows development checkout. It resolves
or creates a repo-local Python virtual environment, checks for Rust, installs
Python build/test tooling, installs npm dependencies for the TypeScript SDK and
OpenClaw plugin, and runs a small smoke set.
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/bootstrap-windows-dev.ps1
Use -CheckOnly to print detected tool versions without installing packages.
Use -SkipSmoke, -SkipDocs, -SkipNode, or -SkipRust when intentionally
debugging one part of the environment.
npm release asset smoke
build_npm_release_assets.mjs locally reproduces the release workflow's npm
asset build. It builds the TypeScript SDK tarball, installs that tarball into
OpenClaw, rewrites OpenClaw's release dependency to the same version,
regenerates dist/package.json, packs OpenClaw, and then runs
verify_npm_release_assets.mjs.
node scripts/build_npm_release_assets.mjs <version>
By default, output goes into a timestamped release-assets-local/<version>-*
directory. Pass an explicit empty directory when you want a predictable path:
node scripts/build_npm_release_assets.mjs <version> release-assets-local/smoke
Expected tarballs:
headroom-ai-<version>.tgzheadroom-openclaw-<version>.tgz
The script restores package metadata after it finishes so the source tree keeps the registry-installable development dependency range.
Python release artifact smoke
build_python_release_smoke.py locally reproduces the Python artifact smoke:
it builds a wheel with maturin, builds an sdist, verifies the sdist
License-File metadata against tarball contents, installs the wheel into a
fresh python -m venv environment, and imports the native headroom._core
extension from that installed wheel.
python scripts/build_python_release_smoke.py
By default, the wheel uses the faster Cargo ci profile and output goes into a
timestamped release-assets-local/python-<version>-* directory. Use --release
when you want the slower shipped-wheel profile:
python scripts/build_python_release_smoke.py --release --out release-assets-local/python-release-smoke
Expected artifacts:
headroom_ai-<version>-*.whlheadroom_ai-<version>.tar.gz
Full local release smoke
release_smoke_all.py is the one-command local release gate. It first runs
scripts/verify-versions.py, then runs the npm release asset smoke and the
Python wheel/sdist smoke into sibling output directories.
python scripts/release_smoke_all.py
By default, output goes into release-assets-local/all-<version>-*/npm and
release-assets-local/all-<version>-*/python. Pass an explicit empty output
directory for a predictable evidence path:
python scripts/release_smoke_all.py --out release-assets-local/full-release-smoke
Use --python-release when the Python smoke should build with maturin's slower
release profile. Use --skip-npm or --skip-python only when intentionally
debugging one side of the artifact pipeline.