fix(desktop): handle bundled gateway port conflicts

apps/desktop/src/main/ipc.ts

@@ -998,7 +998,11 @@ export function registerDesktopIpc(services: MainServices): RegisteredDesktopIpc
     const nextConfig = config ?? await configService.load();
     const runtimeStatus = await runtimeManager.status();
     const runtimeGatewayConnection = await runtimeManager.getGatewayConnection();
-    const useBundledRuntime = runtimeStatus.activeMode === "bundled-runtime" && typeof runtimeGatewayConnection.url === "string";
+    const useBundledRuntime = typeof runtimeGatewayConnection.url === "string"
+      && (
+        runtimeStatus.activeMode === "bundled-runtime"
+        || (runtimeStatus.selectedMode === "bundled-runtime" && runtimeStatus.processState === "running")
+      );
 
     if (useBundledRuntime) {
       return {
@@ -1404,9 +1408,25 @@ export function registerDesktopIpc(services: MainServices): RegisteredDesktopIpc
           config: undefined
         };
 
-    const gatewayStatus = config.apiKeyConfigured || (config.setupMode === "employee-key" && config.runtimeMode !== "external-gateway")
+    let gatewayStatus = config.apiKeyConfigured || (config.setupMode === "employee-key" && config.runtimeMode !== "external-gateway")
       ? await gatewayClient.status().catch(() => null)
       : null;
+    if (
+      runtimeStatus.processState === "running"
+      && (runtimeStatus.activeMode === "bundled-runtime" || runtimeStatus.selectedMode === "bundled-runtime")
+      && await shouldRefreshGatewayClient(config)
+    ) {
+      try {
+        await reconfigureGatewayClient(config);
+        await connectGatewayClientWithRetry("bundled");
+        gatewayStatus = await gatewayClient.status().catch(() => null);
+      } catch (error) {
+        void startupLogger.warn("workspace-summary", "gateway-refresh-failed", "Workspace summary could not refresh bundled Gateway client.", {
+          error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+        });
+        gatewayStatus = await gatewayClient.status().catch(() => gatewayStatus);
+      }
+    }
     const runtimeTelemetryStatus = runtimeCloudSupervisor.getStatus();
     const baseChatSummary = buildChatSummary({
       config,

apps/desktop/src/main/workspace-startup.ts

@@ -257,8 +257,22 @@ export function buildChatSummary(input: {
     gatewayStatus
   });
   const packagedBundledRuntime = isPackaged;
+  const bundledRuntimeSelected = runtimeStatus.selectedMode === "bundled-runtime"
+    || runtimeStatus.activeMode === "bundled-runtime";
   const runtimeError = runtimeStatus.lastError ?? runtimeStatus.message;
   const gatewayError = gatewayStatus?.lastError ?? gatewayStatus?.message;
+  const staleGatewayTarget = typeof runtimeStatus.gatewayUrl === "string"
+    && typeof gatewayStatus?.url === "string"
+    && gatewayStatus.url !== runtimeStatus.gatewayUrl;
+  const bundledRuntimeWaitingForGateway = bundledRuntimeSelected
+    && (
+      warmupInFlight
+      || runtimeStatus.processState === "starting"
+      || (runtimeStatus.processState === "running" && staleGatewayTarget)
+    );
+  const bundledTransientGatewayError = bundledRuntimeWaitingForGateway
+    && gatewayStatus?.state === "error"
+    && isTransientLocalGatewayError(gatewayError);
 
   if (!config.apiKeyConfigured && !shellReady) {
     if (
@@ -302,6 +316,10 @@ export function buildChatSummary(input: {
       };
     }
 
+    if (gatewayStatus?.state === "error" && bundledTransientGatewayError) {
+      return buildGatewayStartingSummary(gatewayStatus);
+    }
+
     if (gatewayStatus?.state === "error") {
       const gatewayErrorMessage = toStartupErrorMessage(gatewayError, "聊天服务连接失败，请稍后重试。");
       return {
@@ -397,6 +415,10 @@ export function buildChatSummary(input: {
     };
   }
 
+  if (gatewayStatus?.state === "error" && bundledTransientGatewayError) {
+    return buildGatewayStartingSummary(gatewayStatus);
+  }
+
   if (gatewayStatus?.state === "error") {
     const gatewayErrorMessage = toStartupErrorMessage(gatewayError, "聊天服务连接失败，请稍后重试。");
     return {

apps/desktop/test/workspaceGatewayRecoverySource.test.mjs

+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+const ipcSource = readFileSync(new URL("../src/main/ipc.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+
+test("workspace summary refreshes bundled gateway client before computing startup state", () => {
+  assert.match(ipcSource, /const useBundledRuntime = typeof runtimeGatewayConnection\.url === "string"[\s\S]*runtimeStatus\.activeMode === "bundled-runtime"[\s\S]*runtimeStatus\.selectedMode === "bundled-runtime" && runtimeStatus\.processState === "running"/);
+  assert.match(ipcSource, /let gatewayStatus = config\.apiKeyConfigured/);
+  assert.match(ipcSource, /runtimeStatus\.processState === "running"/);
+  assert.match(ipcSource, /await shouldRefreshGatewayClient\(config\)/);
+  assert.match(ipcSource, /await reconfigureGatewayClient\(config\)/);
+  assert.match(ipcSource, /await connectGatewayClientWithRetry\("bundled"\)/);
+  assert.match(ipcSource, /gatewayStatus = await gatewayClient\.status\(\)\.catch\(\(\) => null\)/);
+});

apps/desktop/test/workspaceStartupBehavior.test.ts

+import test from "node:test"
+import assert from "node:assert/strict"
+import type {
+  AppConfig,
+  GatewayStatus,
+  RuntimeCloudStatus,
+  RuntimeStatus
+} from "@qjclaw/shared-types"
+
+import { buildChatSummary } from "../src/main/workspace-startup.ts"
+
+function makeConfig(): AppConfig {
+  return {
+    setupMode: "employee-key",
+    provider: "openai",
+    baseUrl: "https://example.test/v1",
+    apiKeyConfigured: true,
+    gatewayTokenConfigured: false,
+    authTokenConfigured: false,
+    defaultModel: "test-model",
+    workspacePath: "/tmp/qjc-workspace",
+    gatewayUrl: "ws://127.0.0.1:18889",
+    cloudApiBaseUrl: "https://cloud.example.test",
+    runtimeCloudApiBaseUrl: "https://runtime.example.test",
+    runtimeMode: "bundled-runtime",
+    expertModelConfig: {
+      image: { baseUrl: "", apiKeyConfigured: false, modelId: "" },
+      video: { baseUrl: "", apiKeyConfigured: false, modelId: "" },
+      copywriting: { baseUrl: "https://example.test/v1", apiKeyConfigured: true, modelId: "test-model" },
+      digitalHuman: {
+        volcAccessKeyConfigured: false,
+        volcSecretKeyConfigured: false,
+        qiniuAccessKeyConfigured: false,
+        qiniuSecretKeyConfigured: false
+      }
+    },
+    douyinRuntimeConfig: {
+      videoAnalyzer: { baseUrl: "", apiKeyConfigured: false, modelId: "" },
+      replicationBrief: { baseUrl: "", apiKeyConfigured: false, modelId: "" },
+      vectcut: { baseUrl: "", fileBaseUrl: "", apiKeyConfigured: false }
+    },
+    xhsFeishuConfig: {
+      appIdConfigured: false,
+      appSecretConfigured: false,
+      appTokenConfigured: false,
+      tableIdConfigured: false
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function makeRuntime(processState: RuntimeStatus["processState"], gatewayUrl = "ws://127.0.0.1:51079"): RuntimeStatus {
+  return {
+    requestedMode: "bundled-runtime",
+    selectedMode: "bundled-runtime",
+    activeMode: processState === "running" || processState === "starting" ? "bundled-runtime" : "external-gateway",
+    payloadState: "ready",
+    processState,
+    runtimeDir: "/runtime",
+    nodeExecutable: "/runtime/node/bin/node",
+    openClawEntry: "/runtime/openclaw/index.js",
+    defaultConfigPath: "/runtime/config/openclaw.json",
+    runtimeDataDir: "/runtime-data",
+    runtimeStateDir: "/runtime-data/state",
+    runtimeLogsDir: "/runtime-data/logs",
+    logFilePath: "/runtime-data/logs/runtime.log",
+    gatewayUrl,
+    gatewayTokenConfigured: true,
+    message: processState === "running" ? "Managed bundled runtime process is running and Gateway is ready." : "Runtime stopped.",
+    modeReason: "test",
+    detectedFiles: [],
+    missingFiles: []
+  }
+}
+
+function makeRuntimeCloud(): RuntimeCloudStatus {
+  return {
+    state: "ready",
+    baseUrl: "https://runtime.example.test",
+    apiKeyConfigured: true
+  }
+}
+
+function makeGatewayError(gatewayUrl = "ws://127.0.0.1:18889"): GatewayStatus {
+  const parsedGatewayUrl = new URL(gatewayUrl)
+  return {
+    state: "error",
+    url: gatewayUrl,
+    host: parsedGatewayUrl.hostname,
+    port: Number(parsedGatewayUrl.port),
+    version: "unknown",
+    transport: "websocket",
+    lastError: "Gateway closed during connect (1006)."
+  }
+}
+
+function summarize(input: {
+  runtimeStatus: RuntimeStatus;
+  gatewayStatus: GatewayStatus;
+  warmupInFlight?: boolean;
+}) {
+  return buildChatSummary({
+    config: makeConfig(),
+    runtimeStatus: input.runtimeStatus,
+    runtimeCloudStatus: makeRuntimeCloud(),
+    gatewayStatus: input.gatewayStatus,
+    warmupInFlight: input.warmupInFlight ?? false,
+    runtimeCloudRefreshInFlight: false,
+    runtimeCloudConfigSyncInFlight: false,
+    isPackaged: false
+  })
+}
+
+test("stopped bundled runtime with stale transient gateway error does not stay in startup state", () => {
+  const summary = summarize({
+    runtimeStatus: makeRuntime("stopped"),
+    gatewayStatus: makeGatewayError()
+  })
+
+  assert.equal(summary.chatLaunchState, "error")
+  assert.equal(summary.startupPhase, "error")
+})
+
+test("running bundled runtime with stale transient gateway error remains in gateway startup state", () => {
+  const summary = summarize({
+    runtimeStatus: makeRuntime("running"),
+    gatewayStatus: makeGatewayError()
+  })
+
+  assert.equal(summary.chatLaunchState, "starting")
+  assert.equal(summary.startupPhase, "connecting-gateway")
+})
+
+test("running bundled runtime with transient gateway error on current target reports an error", () => {
+  const summary = summarize({
+    runtimeStatus: makeRuntime("running", "ws://127.0.0.1:51079"),
+    gatewayStatus: makeGatewayError("ws://127.0.0.1:51079")
+  })
+
+  assert.equal(summary.chatLaunchState, "error")
+  assert.equal(summary.startupPhase, "error")
+})
+
+test("starting bundled runtime with transient gateway error remains in gateway startup state", () => {
+  const summary = summarize({
+    runtimeStatus: makeRuntime("starting", "ws://127.0.0.1:51079"),
+    gatewayStatus: makeGatewayError("ws://127.0.0.1:51079")
+  })
+
+  assert.equal(summary.chatLaunchState, "starting")
+  assert.equal(summary.startupPhase, "connecting-gateway")
+})

apps/desktop/test/workspaceStartupTransientGatewaySource.test.mjs

+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+
+const source = readFileSync(new URL("../src/main/workspace-startup.ts", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+
+test("bundled runtime transient gateway errors stay in starting state while runtime is not failed", () => {
+  assert.match(source, /const bundledRuntimeSelected = runtimeStatus\.selectedMode === "bundled-runtime"/);
+  assert.match(source, /const staleGatewayTarget = typeof runtimeStatus\.gatewayUrl === "string"[\s\S]*gatewayStatus\.url !== runtimeStatus\.gatewayUrl/);
+  assert.match(source, /const bundledRuntimeWaitingForGateway = bundledRuntimeSelected[\s\S]*warmupInFlight[\s\S]*runtimeStatus\.processState === "starting"[\s\S]*runtimeStatus\.processState === "running" && staleGatewayTarget/);
+  assert.match(source, /const bundledTransientGatewayError = bundledRuntimeWaitingForGateway[\s\S]*isTransientLocalGatewayError\(gatewayError\)/);
+  assert.match(source, /if \(gatewayStatus\?\.state === "error" && bundledTransientGatewayError\) \{[\s\S]*return buildGatewayStartingSummary\(gatewayStatus\)/);
+});

packages/runtime-manager/package.json

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
                     "build":  "tsup --config tsup.config.ts",
                     "clean":  "rimraf dist",
                     "lint":  "tsc --noEmit",
+                    "test":  "corepack pnpm run build && node --test test/*.test.mjs",
                     "typecheck":  "tsc --noEmit"
                 },
     "dependencies":  {

packages/runtime-manager/src/index.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
 import { execFile, spawn, type ChildProcess } from "node:child_process";
 import { appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync } from "node:fs";
 import { access, mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { createServer } from "node:net";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import WebSocket from "ws";
@@ -150,6 +151,51 @@ function buildGatewayUrl(config?: OpenClawGatewayConfigShape): string | undefine
   return `ws://${host}:${port}`;
 }
 
+function getGatewayPortFromUrl(url?: string): number | undefined {
+  if (!url) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(url);
+    const port = Number(parsed.port);
+    return Number.isInteger(port) && port > 0 ? port : undefined;
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+async function findAvailableLoopbackPort(excludedPort?: number): Promise<number> {
+  for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 5; attempt += 1) {
+    const port = await new Promise<number>((resolve, reject) => {
+      const server = createServer();
+      server.unref();
+      server.once("error", reject);
+      server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", () => {
+        const address = server.address();
+        const selectedPort = typeof address === "object" && address ? address.port : undefined;
+        server.close((error) => {
+          if (error) {
+            reject(error);
+            return;
+          }
+          if (!selectedPort) {
+            reject(new Error("Could not resolve an available loopback port."));
+            return;
+          }
+          resolve(selectedPort);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    if (!excludedPort || port !== excludedPort) {
+      return port;
+    }
+  }
+
+  throw new Error(`Could not find an available loopback port distinct from ${excludedPort}.`);
+}
+
 const PYTHON_RUNTIME_IMPORTS = [
   ["openpyxl", "openpyxl"],
   ["pandas", "pandas"],
@@ -818,6 +864,7 @@ export class RuntimeManager extends EventEmitter {
   private lastStderrLines: string[] = [];
   private startPromise?: Promise<RuntimeStatus>;
   private reusedExistingGateway = false;
+  private managedGatewayPortOverride?: number;
   constructor(options: RuntimeManagerOptions) {
     super();
     this.vendorRuntimeDir = options.vendorRuntimeDir;
@@ -1031,9 +1078,13 @@ export class RuntimeManager extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   private async performStart(): Promise<RuntimeStatus> {
+    const previousGatewayConnection = this.gatewayConnection;
     await this.detectRuntime();
 
     if (this.child && this.child.exitCode === null && !this.child.killed) {
+      if (this.managedGatewayPortOverride && previousGatewayConnection.url) {
+        this.gatewayConnection = previousGatewayConnection;
+      }
       this.appendLog(
         "info",
         this.runtimeStatus.processState === "running"
@@ -1085,6 +1136,7 @@ export class RuntimeManager extends EventEmitter {
 
     let managedConfigPath: string;
     try {
+      this.managedGatewayPortOverride = undefined;
       managedConfigPath = await this.prepareManagedConfig(paths, "init");
       this.gatewayConnection = await this.readGatewayConnection(managedConfigPath);
     } catch (error) {
@@ -1110,16 +1162,32 @@ export class RuntimeManager extends EventEmitter {
       return this.status();
     }
 
+    let usingFallbackGatewayPort = false;
     if (reusableGateway.lastError && !isGatewayProbeNoListener(reusableGateway.lastError)) {
       this.reusedExistingGateway = false;
-      this.lastError = `Port already has a Gateway or service at ${this.gatewayConnection.url ?? "unknown"}, but it is not reusable: ${reusableGateway.lastError}`;
-      this.appendLog("error", this.lastError);
+      const blockedGatewayUrl = this.gatewayConnection.url ?? "unknown";
+      const blockedPort = getGatewayPortFromUrl(this.gatewayConnection.url);
+      let fallbackPort: number;
+      try {
+        fallbackPort = await findAvailableLoopbackPort(blockedPort);
+        this.managedGatewayPortOverride = fallbackPort;
+        managedConfigPath = await this.prepareManagedConfig(paths, "init", fallbackPort);
+        this.gatewayConnection = await this.readGatewayConnection(managedConfigPath);
+        usingFallbackGatewayPort = true;
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.lastError = `Port already has a Gateway or service at ${blockedGatewayUrl}, but it is not reusable: ${reusableGateway.lastError}`;
+        this.appendLog("error", `${this.lastError} Failed to select a fallback port: ${formatExecError(error)}`);
         this.refreshStatus("error");
         return this.status();
       }
+      this.appendLog(
+        "warn",
+        `Port already has a Gateway or service at ${blockedGatewayUrl}, but it is not reusable: ${reusableGateway.lastError}. Starting bundled runtime on fallback port ${fallbackPort}.`
+      );
+    }
 
     this.reusedExistingGateway = false;
-    if (reusableGateway.lastError) {
+    if (reusableGateway.lastError && !usingFallbackGatewayPort) {
       this.appendLog("info", `No reusable Gateway is active at ${this.gatewayConnection.url ?? "unknown"}: ${reusableGateway.lastError}`);
     }
 
@@ -1230,6 +1298,7 @@ export class RuntimeManager extends EventEmitter {
     if ((!this.child || this.child.exitCode !== null || this.child.killed) && !this.managedChildPid) {
       this.lastError = undefined;
       this.reusedExistingGateway = false;
+      this.managedGatewayPortOverride = undefined;
       this.refreshStatus("stopped");
       return this.status();
     }
@@ -1260,6 +1329,7 @@ export class RuntimeManager extends EventEmitter {
     }
     if (!this.child) {
       this.lastError = undefined;
+      this.managedGatewayPortOverride = undefined;
     }
     this.refreshStatus(this.child ? "stopping" : "stopped");
     return this.status();
@@ -1443,7 +1513,7 @@ export class RuntimeManager extends EventEmitter {
     }
   }
 
-  private async prepareManagedConfig(paths: RuntimeResolvedPaths, action: RuntimeCloudFetchAction): Promise<string> {
+  private async prepareManagedConfig(paths: RuntimeResolvedPaths, action: RuntimeCloudFetchAction, gatewayPortOverride?: number): Promise<string> {
     const raw = await readFile(paths.defaultConfigPath, "utf8");
     const parsed = JSON.parse(raw.replace(/^\uFEFF/, "")) as OpenClawConfigShape;
     const workspacePath = path.join(paths.runtimeDataDir, "workspace");
@@ -1464,7 +1534,13 @@ export class RuntimeManager extends EventEmitter {
       ...gateway,
       mode: "local",
       bind: "loopback",
-      port: typeof gateway.port === "number" ? gateway.port : 18889,
+      port: typeof gatewayPortOverride === "number"
+        ? gatewayPortOverride
+        : typeof this.managedGatewayPortOverride === "number"
+          ? this.managedGatewayPortOverride
+          : typeof gateway.port === "number"
+            ? gateway.port
+            : 18889,
       auth: {
         ...(gateway.auth ?? {}),
         mode: "token",

packages/runtime-manager/test/runtimePortFallback.test.mjs

+import test from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { createServer as createHttpServer } from "node:http";
+import { chmod, copyFile, mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, symlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import { RuntimeManager } from "../dist/index.js";
+
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+const wsModulePath = require.resolve("ws");
+
+function listen(server, host = "127.0.0.1", port = 0) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.once("error", reject);
+    server.listen(port, host, () => {
+      server.off("error", reject);
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function closeServer(server) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    server.close((error) => {
+      if (error) {
+        reject(error);
+        return;
+      }
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function serverPort(server) {
+  const address = server.address();
+  assert.equal(typeof address, "object");
+  assert.ok(address);
+  return address.port;
+}
+
+async function linkNodeExecutable(targetPath) {
+  try {
+    await symlink(process.execPath, targetPath);
+  } catch {
+    await copyFile(process.execPath, targetPath);
+  }
+  if (process.platform !== "win32") {
+    await chmod(targetPath, 0o755);
+  }
+}
+
+async function createFakeRuntime(rootDir, preferredPort) {
+  const runtimeDir = path.join(rootDir, "runtime");
+  const runtimeDataDir = path.join(rootDir, "data");
+  await mkdir(path.join(runtimeDir, "node", "bin"), { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(path.join(runtimeDir, "openclaw", "package"), { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(path.join(runtimeDir, "config"), { recursive: true });
+  await mkdir(path.join(runtimeDir, "python", "bin"), { recursive: true });
+
+  await linkNodeExecutable(path.join(runtimeDir, "node", "bin", "node"));
+  await writeFile(path.join(runtimeDir, "runtime-manifest.json"), "{}", "utf8");
+  await writeFile(path.join(runtimeDir, "openclaw", "package", "openclaw.mjs"), "export {};\n", "utf8");
+  await writeFile(path.join(runtimeDir, "python", "python-manifest.json"), JSON.stringify({
+    requestedPackages: [
+      "openpyxl", "pandas", "requests", "beautifulsoup4", "lxml", "urllib3", "pypdf",
+      "python-docx", "charset-normalizer", "pyyaml", "pillow", "loguru", "pyexecjs",
+      "python-dotenv", "certifi", "openai", "retry", "fastapi", "uvicorn",
+      "python-multipart", "pdfplumber", "greenlet", "playwright", "edge-tts",
+      "imageio-ffmpeg", "qiniu"
+    ].map((name) => ({ name }))
+  }), "utf8");
+
+  const fakePythonPath = path.join(runtimeDir, "python", "bin", "python3");
+  await writeFile(fakePythonPath, [
+    "#!/usr/bin/env node",
+    "console.log(JSON.stringify({ ready: true, pythonVersion: '3.12.0', installedPackages: [], missingModules: [], importErrors: {} }));"
+  ].join("\n"), "utf8");
+  if (process.platform !== "win32") {
+    await chmod(fakePythonPath, 0o755);
+  }
+
+  await writeFile(path.join(runtimeDir, "config", "openclaw.json"), JSON.stringify({
+    gateway: {
+      mode: "local",
+      bind: "loopback",
+      port: preferredPort,
+      auth: {
+        mode: "token",
+        token: "test-token"
+      }
+    }
+  }, null, 2), "utf8");
+
+  const gatewayScript = `
+const { WebSocketServer } = require(${JSON.stringify(wsModulePath)});
+const args = process.argv;
+const portIndex = args.indexOf("--port");
+const tokenIndex = args.indexOf("--token");
+const port = Number(args[portIndex + 1]);
+const token = tokenIndex >= 0 ? args[tokenIndex + 1] : undefined;
+if (!Number.isFinite(port) || port <= 0) {
+  console.error("missing port");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+const server = new WebSocketServer({ host: "127.0.0.1", port });
+server.on("connection", (socket) => {
+  socket.send(JSON.stringify({ event: "connect.challenge", payload: { nonce: "test" } }));
+  socket.on("message", (data) => {
+    const frame = JSON.parse(data.toString());
+    if (frame.method === "connect") {
+      socket.send(JSON.stringify({
+        type: "res",
+        id: frame.id,
+        ok: true,
+        payload: { server: { version: "test" }, features: { methods: ["status", "health"] } }
+      }));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (frame.method === "status") {
+      socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "res", id: frame.id, ok: true, payload: { runtimeVersion: "test" } }));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (frame.method === "health") {
+      socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "res", id: frame.id, ok: true, payload: { ok: true } }));
+      return;
+    }
+    socket.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "res", id: frame.id, ok: false, error: { message: "unknown method" } }));
+  });
+});
+process.on("SIGTERM", () => server.close(() => process.exit(0)));
+setInterval(() => {}, 1000);
+`;
+  await writeFile(path.join(runtimeDir, "openclaw", "index.js"), gatewayScript, "utf8");
+
+  return { runtimeDir, runtimeDataDir };
+}
+
+test("managed runtime falls back to a free loopback port when configured port is occupied by a non-reusable service", async () => {
+  const blocker = createHttpServer((_, response) => {
+    response.writeHead(200, { "content-type": "text/plain" });
+    response.end("not openclaw");
+  });
+  await listen(blocker);
+  const occupiedPort = serverPort(blocker);
+
+  const rootDir = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), "qjc-runtime-port-fallback-"));
+  let manager;
+  try {
+    const { runtimeDir, runtimeDataDir } = await createFakeRuntime(rootDir, occupiedPort);
+    manager = new RuntimeManager({
+      vendorRuntimeDir: runtimeDir,
+      runtimeDataDir,
+      logFilePath: path.join(runtimeDataDir, "logs", "runtime.log"),
+      requestedMode: "bundled-runtime"
+    });
+
+    const status = await manager.start();
+
+    assert.equal(status.processState, "running");
+    assert.ok(status.gatewayUrl);
+    assert.notEqual(Number(new URL(status.gatewayUrl).port), occupiedPort);
+
+    const managedConfig = JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(runtimeDataDir, "state", "openclaw.runtime.json"), "utf8"));
+    assert.equal(managedConfig.gateway.port, Number(new URL(status.gatewayUrl).port));
+
+    const syncedStatus = await manager.syncManagedConfig("sync");
+    assert.equal(syncedStatus.gatewayUrl, status.gatewayUrl);
+
+    const repeatedStartStatus = await manager.start();
+    assert.equal(repeatedStartStatus.gatewayUrl, status.gatewayUrl);
+
+    const logs = await manager.tailLogs();
+    assert.match(logs.map((entry) => entry.message).join("\n"), /fallback port/i);
+  } finally {
+    if (manager) {
+      await manager.stop();
+    }
+    await closeServer(blocker);
+    await rm(rootDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});