From ad6577881893f6eabd5334b5d56980329359aaa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 04:46:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: keep windows onboarding logs ascii-safe

---
 src/commands/onboard.test.ts | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 src/commands/onboard.ts      |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/commands/onboard.test.ts b/src/commands/onboard.test.ts
index 1233222bf54..5d1dc20634d 100644
--- a/src/commands/onboard.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/onboard.test.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,26 @@ describe("onboardCommand", () => {
     expect(mocks.runNonInteractiveOnboarding).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("logs ASCII-safe Windows guidance before onboarding", async () => {
+    const runtime = makeRuntime();
+    const platformSpy = vi.spyOn(process, "platform", "get").mockReturnValue("win32");
+
+    try {
+      await onboardCommand({}, runtime);
+
+      expect(runtime.log).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        [
+          "Windows detected - OpenClaw runs great on WSL2!",
+          "Native Windows might be trickier.",
+          "Quick setup: wsl --install (one command, one reboot)",
+          "Guide: https://docs.openclaw.ai/windows",
+        ].join("\n"),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      platformSpy.mockRestore();
+    }
+  });
+
   it("defaults --reset to config+creds+sessions scope", async () => {
     const runtime = makeRuntime();
 
diff --git a/src/commands/onboard.ts b/src/commands/onboard.ts
index 9c55bddf1d6..6762998f815 100644
--- a/src/commands/onboard.ts
+++ b/src/commands/onboard.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export async function onboardCommand(opts: OnboardOptions, runtime: RuntimeEnv =
   if (process.platform === "win32") {
     runtime.log(
       [
-        "Windows detected — OpenClaw runs great on WSL2!",
+        "Windows detected - OpenClaw runs great on WSL2!",
         "Native Windows might be trickier.",
         "Quick setup: wsl --install (one command, one reboot)",
         "Guide: https://docs.openclaw.ai/windows",