fix(release): allow explicit non-publish changelog packing

scripts/openclaw-prepack.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const requiredPreparedPathGroups = [
 ];
 const requiredControlUiAssetPrefix = "dist/control-ui/assets/";
 const DEFAULT_PREPACK_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000;
+const ALLOW_UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG_ENV = "OPENCLAW_PREPACK_ALLOW_UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG";
 
 type PreparedFileReader = {
   existsSync: typeof existsSync;
@@ -118,6 +119,19 @@ export function resolvePrepackCommandTimeoutMs(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.
   );
 }
 
+export function resolvePrepackAllowUnreleasedChangelog(
+  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
+): boolean {
+  const raw = env[ALLOW_UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG_ENV]?.trim();
+  if (raw === undefined || raw === "" || raw === "0" || raw === "false") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (raw === "1" || raw === "true") {
+    return true;
+  }
+  throw new Error(`invalid ${ALLOW_UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG_ENV}: ${raw}`);
+}
+
 export function resolvePrepackCommandStdio(
   options: SpawnSyncOptions,
   env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
@@ -209,7 +223,9 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   ensurePreparedArtifacts();
   await writeDistInventory();
   runBuildSmoke();
-  await preparePackageChangelog();
+  await preparePackageChangelog(process.cwd(), {
+    allowUnreleased: resolvePrepackAllowUnreleasedChangelog(),
+  });
 }
 
 if (import.meta.url === pathToFileURL(process.argv[1] ?? "").href) {

test/openclaw-prepack.test.ts

@@ -2,12 +2,37 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   collectPreparedPrepackErrors,
+  resolvePrepackAllowUnreleasedChangelog,
   resolvePrepackBuildEnvironment,
   resolvePrepackCommandStdio,
   resolvePrepackCommandTimeoutMs,
   runPrepackCommand,
 } from "../scripts/openclaw-prepack.ts";
 
+describe("resolvePrepackAllowUnreleasedChangelog", () => {
+  it("requires an explicit non-publish opt-in", () => {
+    for (const raw of [undefined, "", "0", "false"]) {
+      expect(
+        resolvePrepackAllowUnreleasedChangelog({
+          OPENCLAW_PREPACK_ALLOW_UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG: raw,
+        }),
+      ).toBe(false);
+    }
+    for (const raw of ["1", "true"]) {
+      expect(
+        resolvePrepackAllowUnreleasedChangelog({
+          OPENCLAW_PREPACK_ALLOW_UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG: raw,
+        }),
+      ).toBe(true);
+    }
+    expect(() =>
+      resolvePrepackAllowUnreleasedChangelog({
+        OPENCLAW_PREPACK_ALLOW_UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG: "yes",
+      }),
+    ).toThrow("invalid OPENCLAW_PREPACK_ALLOW_UNRELEASED_CHANGELOG: yes");
+  });
+});
+
 describe("resolvePrepackBuildEnvironment", () => {
   it("pins one timestamp across package and Control UI builds", () => {
     const commit = "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef01234567";