From 4d16d1390a6e71c3918fe6fdd3e7979c72360cc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:39:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: tighten package json coverage

---
 src/infra/package-json.test.ts | 9 ++++++++-
 src/infra/package-json.ts      | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/infra/package-json.test.ts b/src/infra/package-json.test.ts
index 664fcaa4f14..19793929636 100644
--- a/src/infra/package-json.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/package-json.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe("package-json helpers", () => {
     await withTempDir({ prefix: "openclaw-package-json-" }, async (root) => {
       await fs.writeFile(
         path.join(root, "package.json"),
-        JSON.stringify({ version: "1.2.3", name: "  @openclaw/demo  " }),
+        JSON.stringify({ version: " 1.2.3 ", name: "  @openclaw/demo  " }),
         "utf8",
       );
 
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ describe("package-json helpers", () => {
       );
       await expect(readPackageVersion(root)).resolves.toBeNull();
       await expect(readPackageName(root)).resolves.toBeNull();
+
+      await fs.writeFile(
+        path.join(root, "package.json"),
+        JSON.stringify({ version: "   ", name: "@openclaw/demo" }),
+        "utf8",
+      );
+      await expect(readPackageVersion(root)).resolves.toBeNull();
     });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/infra/package-json.ts b/src/infra/package-json.ts
index f0007a3c04d..8da5108938a 100644
--- a/src/infra/package-json.ts
+++ b/src/infra/package-json.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ export async function readPackageVersion(root: string): Promise<string | null> {
   try {
     const raw = await fs.readFile(path.join(root, "package.json"), "utf-8");
     const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as { version?: string };
-    return typeof parsed?.version === "string" ? parsed.version : null;
+    const version = parsed?.version?.trim();
+    return version ? version : null;
   } catch {
     return null;
   }