From bf8117ad32e793e2b5980ac291da805ccfee3876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:19:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(update): silence npm deprecation/funding noise

---
 src/infra/update-global.ts      | 3 ++-
 src/infra/update-runner.test.ts | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/infra/update-global.ts b/src/infra/update-global.ts
index e22dd3b1d4..a678934b40 100644
--- a/src/infra/update-global.ts
+++ b/src/infra/update-global.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export type CommandRunner = (
 const PRIMARY_PACKAGE_NAME = "openclaw";
 const ALL_PACKAGE_NAMES = [PRIMARY_PACKAGE_NAME] as const;
 const GLOBAL_RENAME_PREFIX = ".";
+const NPM_GLOBAL_INSTALL_QUIET_FLAGS = ["--no-fund", "--no-audit", "--loglevel=error"] as const;
 
 async function tryRealpath(targetPath: string): Promise<string> {
   try {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ export function globalInstallArgs(manager: GlobalInstallManager, spec: string):
   if (manager === "bun") {
     return ["bun", "add", "-g", spec];
   }
-  return ["npm", "i", "-g", spec];
+  return ["npm", "i", "-g", spec, ...NPM_GLOBAL_INSTALL_QUIET_FLAGS];
 }
 
 export async function cleanupGlobalRenameDirs(params: {
diff --git a/src/infra/update-runner.test.ts b/src/infra/update-runner.test.ts
index c3e563d7b3..df6bdc13ec 100644
--- a/src/infra/update-runner.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/update-runner.test.ts
@@ -361,16 +361,16 @@ describe("runGatewayUpdate", () => {
   it.each([
     {
       title: "updates global npm installs when detected",
-      expectedInstallCommand: "npm i -g openclaw@latest",
+      expectedInstallCommand: "npm i -g openclaw@latest --no-fund --no-audit --loglevel=error",
     },
     {
       title: "uses update channel for global npm installs when tag is omitted",
-      expectedInstallCommand: "npm i -g openclaw@beta",
+      expectedInstallCommand: "npm i -g openclaw@beta --no-fund --no-audit --loglevel=error",
       channel: "beta" as const,
     },
     {
       title: "updates global npm installs with tag override",
-      expectedInstallCommand: "npm i -g openclaw@beta",
+      expectedInstallCommand: "npm i -g openclaw@beta --no-fund --no-audit --loglevel=error",
       tag: "beta",
     },
   ])("$title", async ({ expectedInstallCommand, channel, tag }) => {
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ describe("runGatewayUpdate", () => {
       if (key === "pnpm root -g") {
         return { stdout: "", stderr: "", code: 1 };
       }
-      if (key === "npm i -g openclaw@latest") {
+      if (key === "npm i -g openclaw@latest --no-fund --no-audit --loglevel=error") {
         stalePresentAtInstall = await pathExists(staleDir);
         return { stdout: "ok", stderr: "", code: 0 };
       }