title: Docker release user journey

scenario:
  id: docker-release-user-journey
  surface: docker-podman-hosting
  category: docker-podman-hosting.image-release-and-validation
  coverage:
    primary:
      - docker.release-path-install
  objective: Verify the package-installed Docker release journey from clean install through agent, plugin, channel, Gateway restart, and doctor checks.
  successCriteria:
    - The packed OpenClaw tarball installs globally in a clean Docker home.
    - Non-interactive onboarding configures the loopback Gateway and mock model provider.
    - A package-installed agent turn, external plugin install/uninstall, ClickClack outbound/inbound messaging, Gateway restart, and doctor repair all pass.
  docsRefs:
    - docs/help/testing.md
    - docs/help/testing-updates-plugins.md
    - docs/concepts/qa-e2e-automation.md
  codeRefs:
    - scripts/e2e/release-user-journey-docker.sh
    - scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/scenario.sh
    - scripts/e2e/lib/release-user-journey/assertions.mjs
  execution:
    kind: script
    path: test/e2e/qa-lab/runtime/docker-e2e-lane.ts
    summary: Runs the existing release-user-journey Docker E2E lane and records QA Lab evidence for release-path install coverage.
    args:
      - --lane
      - release-user-journey