fix(agents): only recover edit when oldText no longer in file (review feedback)

src/agents/pi-tools.read.host-edit-recovery.test.ts

@@ -44,18 +44,15 @@ describe("createHostWorkspaceEditTool post-write recovery", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("returns success when upstream throws but file on disk contains newText", async () => {
+  it("returns success when upstream throws but file has newText and no longer has oldText", async () => {
     tmpDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-edit-recovery-"));
     const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, "MEMORY.md");
+    const oldText = "# Memory";
     const newText = "Blog Writing";
-    await fs.writeFile(filePath, `# Memory\n\n${newText}\n`, "utf-8");
+    await fs.writeFile(filePath, `\n\n${newText}\n`, "utf-8");
 
     const tool = createHostWorkspaceEditTool(tmpDir);
-    const result = await tool.execute(
-      "call-1",
-      { path: filePath, oldText: "# Memory", newText },
-      undefined,
-    );
+    const result = await tool.execute("call-1", { path: filePath, oldText, newText }, undefined);
 
     expect(result).toBeDefined();
     const content = Array.isArray((result as { content?: unknown }).content)
@@ -75,4 +72,17 @@ describe("createHostWorkspaceEditTool post-write recovery", () => {
       tool.execute("call-1", { path: filePath, oldText: "x", newText: "never-written" }, undefined),
     ).rejects.toThrow("Simulated post-write failure");
   });
+
+  it("rethrows when file still contains oldText (pre-write failure; avoid false success)", async () => {
+    tmpDir = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-edit-recovery-"));
+    const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, "pre-write-fail.md");
+    const oldText = "replace me";
+    const newText = "new content";
+    await fs.writeFile(filePath, `before ${oldText} after ${newText}`, "utf-8");
+
+    const tool = createHostWorkspaceEditTool(tmpDir);
+    await expect(
+      tool.execute("call-1", { path: filePath, oldText, newText }, undefined),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Simulated post-write failure");
+  });
 });

src/agents/pi-tools.read.ts

@@ -717,13 +717,25 @@ function wrapHostEditToolWithPostWriteRecovery(base: AnyAgentTool, root: string)
             : record && typeof record.new_string === "string"
               ? record.new_string
               : undefined;
+        const oldText =
+          record && typeof record.oldText === "string"
+            ? record.oldText
+            : record && typeof record.old_string === "string"
+              ? record.old_string
+              : undefined;
         if (!pathParam || !newText) {
           throw err;
         }
         try {
           const absolutePath = resolveHostEditPath(root, pathParam);
           const content = await fs.readFile(absolutePath, "utf-8");
-          if (content.includes(newText)) {
+          // Only recover when the replacement likely occurred: newText is present and oldText
+          // is no longer present. This avoids false success when upstream threw before writing
+          // (e.g. oldText not found) but the file already contained newText (review feedback).
+          const hasNew = content.includes(newText);
+          const stillHasOld =
+            oldText !== undefined && oldText.length > 0 && content.includes(oldText);
+          if (hasNew && !stillHasOld) {
             return {
               content: [
                 {