diff --git a/scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs b/scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs
index ce80c2e9a58..8466849fbd4 100644
--- a/scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 } from "./lib/package-dist-imports.mjs";
 
 function usage() {
-  return "Usage: node scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs <openclaw.tgz>";
+  return "Usage: node scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs [--require-bundled-workspace-deps] <openclaw.tgz>";
 }
 
 function fail(message) {
@@ -25,21 +25,29 @@ function fail(message) {
 
 function parseArgs(argv) {
   const args = argv[0] === "--" ? argv.slice(1) : argv;
-  const tarball = args[0]?.trim() ?? "";
-  if (tarball === "--help" || tarball === "-h") {
-    return { help: true, tarball: "" };
+  let requireBundledWorkspaceDeps = false;
+  let tarball = "";
+  for (const rawArg of args) {
+    const arg = rawArg?.trim() ?? "";
+    if (arg === "--help" || arg === "-h") {
+      return { help: true, requireBundledWorkspaceDeps: false, tarball: "" };
+    }
+    if (arg === "--require-bundled-workspace-deps") {
+      requireBundledWorkspaceDeps = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (arg.startsWith("-")) {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown OpenClaw package tarball check option: ${arg}`);
+    }
+    if (tarball) {
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected OpenClaw package tarball check argument: ${arg}`);
+    }
+    tarball = arg;
   }
   if (!tarball) {
     throw new Error(usage());
   }
-  if (tarball.startsWith("-")) {
-    throw new Error(`Unknown OpenClaw package tarball check option: ${tarball}`);
-  }
-  const extraArg = args[1]?.trim();
-  if (extraArg) {
-    throw new Error(`Unexpected OpenClaw package tarball check argument: ${extraArg}`);
-  }
-  return { help: false, tarball };
+  return { help: false, requireBundledWorkspaceDeps, tarball };
 }
 
 let cliArgs;
@@ -293,7 +301,9 @@ if (entrySet.has("package.json")) {
     const packageJson = JSON.parse(readTarEntry("package.json"));
     packageVersion = typeof packageJson.version === "string" ? packageJson.version : "";
     errors.push(...collectWorkspaceProtocolDependencyErrors(packageJson, "package.json"));
-    errors.push(...collectRequiredBundledWorkspaceDependencyErrors(packageJson, entrySet));
+    if (cliArgs.requireBundledWorkspaceDeps) {
+      errors.push(...collectRequiredBundledWorkspaceDependencyErrors(packageJson, entrySet));
+    }
   } catch {
     packageVersion = "";
   }
@@ -331,10 +341,7 @@ if (!entrySet.has("npm-shrinkwrap.json")) {
       errors.push("npm-shrinkwrap.json must not lock root devDependencies");
     }
     errors.push(
-      ...collectWorkspaceProtocolDependencyErrors(
-        rootPackage,
-        "npm-shrinkwrap.json packages root",
-      ),
+      ...collectWorkspaceProtocolDependencyErrors(rootPackage, "npm-shrinkwrap.json packages root"),
     );
     const devLockedPackages = Object.entries(shrinkwrap.packages ?? {})
       .filter(([, packageMetadata]) => packageMetadata?.dev === true)
diff --git a/scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks.ts b/scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks.ts
index e7839d1adeb..d9394a2d1bd 100644
--- a/scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks.ts
+++ b/scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks.ts
@@ -2959,7 +2959,7 @@ async function installPackageSpec(params) {
       },
     );
   } catch (error) {
-    const debugTail = appendLatestNpmDebugLogTail(params.lane.homeDir, params.logPath);
+    const debugTail = appendLatestNpmDebugLogTail(params.lane.homeDir, params.logPath, installEnv);
     if (!debugTail) {
       throw error;
     }
@@ -2967,9 +2967,13 @@ async function installPackageSpec(params) {
   }
 }
 
-function appendLatestNpmDebugLogTail(homeDir, logPath) {
-  const logsDir = join(homeDir, ".npm", "_logs");
-  const candidates = findNpmDebugLogs(logsDir);
+export function appendLatestNpmDebugLogTail(
+  homeDir,
+  logPath,
+  env = process.env,
+  platform = process.platform,
+) {
+  const candidates = resolveNpmDebugLogDirs(homeDir, env, platform).flatMap(findNpmDebugLogs);
   const latest = candidates.at(-1);
   if (!latest) {
     return "";
@@ -2988,6 +2992,17 @@ function appendLatestNpmDebugLogTail(homeDir, logPath) {
   return tail;
 }
 
+export function resolveNpmDebugLogDirs(homeDir, env = process.env, platform = process.platform) {
+  const configuredCache = String(env.npm_config_cache ?? env.NPM_CONFIG_CACHE ?? "").trim();
+  const localAppData = String(env.LOCALAPPDATA ?? "").trim();
+  const cacheDirs = [
+    configuredCache,
+    platform === "win32" && localAppData ? join(localAppData, "npm-cache") : "",
+    join(homeDir, ".npm"),
+  ].filter(Boolean);
+  return [...new Set(cacheDirs)].map((cacheDir) => join(cacheDir, "_logs"));
+}
+
 function findNpmDebugLogs(logsDir) {
   if (!existsSync(logsDir)) {
     return [];
diff --git a/scripts/package-openclaw-for-docker.mjs b/scripts/package-openclaw-for-docker.mjs
index 87b738dc2d6..74c8d9470dd 100644
--- a/scripts/package-openclaw-for-docker.mjs
+++ b/scripts/package-openclaw-for-docker.mjs
@@ -648,7 +648,11 @@ async function main() {
   const checkStartedAt = Date.now();
   await run(
     "node",
-    [path.join(ROOT_DIR, "scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs"), tarball],
+    [
+      path.join(ROOT_DIR, "scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs"),
+      "--require-bundled-workspace-deps",
+      tarball,
+    ],
     sourceDir,
     {
       timeoutMs: resolveTimeoutMs(
diff --git a/test/scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.test.ts b/test/scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.test.ts
index 63a7e6bb2da..50499422d52 100644
--- a/test/scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe("check-openclaw-package-tarball", () => {
 
     expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
     expect(result.stdout).toContain(
-      "Usage: node scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs <openclaw.tgz>",
+      "Usage: node scripts/check-openclaw-package-tarball.mjs [--require-bundled-workspace-deps] <openclaw.tgz>",
     );
     expect(result.stderr).toBe("");
   });
@@ -479,13 +479,32 @@ describe("check-openclaw-package-tarball", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("rejects private workspace dependencies that are not bundled", () => {
+  it("accepts separately published private workspace dependencies by default", () => {
     withTarball(
       ["dist/index.js"],
       { "dist/index.js": "export {};\n" },
       (tarball) => {
         const result = spawnSync("node", [CHECK_SCRIPT, tarball], { encoding: "utf8" });
 
+        expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
+        expect(result.stdout).toContain("OpenClaw package tarball integrity passed.");
+      },
+      "2026.6.11",
+      { packageJson: { dependencies: { "@openclaw/ai": "2026.6.11" } } },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("rejects private workspace dependencies that are not bundled when strict packaging requires it", () => {
+    withTarball(
+      ["dist/index.js"],
+      { "dist/index.js": "export {};\n" },
+      (tarball) => {
+        const result = spawnSync(
+          "node",
+          [CHECK_SCRIPT, "--require-bundled-workspace-deps", tarball],
+          { encoding: "utf8" },
+        );
+
         expect(result.status).not.toBe(0);
         expect(result.stderr).toContain(
           "package.json dependencies.@openclaw/ai must be listed in bundleDependencies because it is private to the OpenClaw workspace",
diff --git a/test/scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks.test.ts b/test/scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks.test.ts
index ef8a897db96..b76006cd4d8 100644
--- a/test/scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks.test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   buildWindowsFreshShellVersionCheckScript,
   buildInstalledBrowserOverrideImportProbeScript,
   buildNpmGlobalInstallArgs,
+  appendLatestNpmDebugLogTail,
   buildGatewayStatusArgsFromHelpText,
   buildWindowsPathBootstrapScript,
   canConnectToLoopbackPort,
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ import {
   resolveInstalledCliInvocation,
   resolveInstalledPackageRootFromCliPath,
   resolveNpmPackTarballFileName,
+  resolveNpmDebugLogDirs,
   resolvePackDestinationTarball,
   resolveProviderConfig,
   resolveDevUpdateVerificationRef,
@@ -1333,6 +1335,29 @@ describe("scripts/openclaw-cross-os-release-checks", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("reads npm debug logs from the Windows cache root", () => {
+    const dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-cross-os-npm-debug-"));
+    try {
+      const homeDir = join(dir, "home");
+      const localAppData = join(homeDir, "AppData", "Local");
+      const logsDir = join(localAppData, "npm-cache", "_logs");
+      const logPath = join(dir, "install.log");
+      mkdirSync(logsDir, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(join(logsDir, "2026-07-05T00_00_00_000Z-debug-0.log"), "windows log\n");
+      writeFileSync(logPath, "install failed\n");
+
+      expect(resolveNpmDebugLogDirs(homeDir, { LOCALAPPDATA: localAppData }, "win32")).toContain(
+        logsDir,
+      );
+      expect(
+        appendLatestNpmDebugLogTail(homeDir, logPath, { LOCALAPPDATA: localAppData }, "win32"),
+      ).toContain("windows log");
+      expect(readFileSync(logPath, "utf8")).toContain("windows log");
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("kills timed-out command process groups", async () => {
     if (process.platform === "win32") {
       return;