fix(manager): avoid restart recovery local failure

changelog/current.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Record image-affecting changes to `manager/`, `worker/`, `copaw/`, `openclaw-bas
 
 - fix(agent): update file-sharing path guidance for CoPaw and Team Leader agents to use `/root/hiclaw-fs/agents/...` instead of the retired `/root/.hiclaw-worker/...` path.
 - feat(controller): add per-agent `spec.resources` support for Manager, Worker, Team Leader, and Team Worker CRDs.
+- fix(manager): prevent Manager restart recovery from exiting on a top-level `local` declaration while recreating missing Worker containers.
 
 - **OpenHuman runtime**: OpenHuman added as the fourth Worker runtime with native Matrix support via `channel-matrix` feature flag; includes controller routing (K8s + Docker backends), Dockerfile, entrypoint script, agent template, Helm chart integration, and Makefile build targets.
 - **Multi model providers**: Worker, Team, and Manager specs can now select a Higress model provider via `spec.modelProvider`; the controller resolves the provider, injects the matching gateway URL into runtime config, and authorizes consumers only on the selected AI route.

manager/scripts/init/start-manager-agent.sh

@@ -1032,7 +1032,8 @@ if container_api_available; then
                 _runtime=$(jq -r --arg w "${_worker_name}" '.workers[$w].runtime // "openclaw"' "${REGISTRY_FILE}" 2>/dev/null)
                 _recreated=false
                 for _attempt in 1 2 3; do
-                    local _env_map _create_body
+                    _env_map=""
+                    _create_body=""
                     _env_map=$(jq -cn \
                         --arg name "${_worker_name}" \
                         --arg fak "${_worker_name}" \

manager/tests/test-manager-startup-script.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Regression tests for manager/scripts/init/start-manager-agent.sh.
+#
+# Usage: bash manager/tests/test-manager-startup-script.sh
+
+set -uo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../.." && pwd)"
+START_SCRIPT="${PROJECT_ROOT}/manager/scripts/init/start-manager-agent.sh"
+
+PASS=0
+FAIL=0
+
+pass() { echo "  PASS: $1"; PASS=$((PASS + 1)); }
+fail() { echo "  FAIL: $1"; echo "       $2"; FAIL=$((FAIL + 1)); }
+
+echo ""
+echo "=== TC1: startup script has valid bash syntax ==="
+if bash -n "${START_SCRIPT}"; then
+    pass "bash -n start-manager-agent.sh"
+else
+    fail "bash -n start-manager-agent.sh" "syntax check failed"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "=== TC2: Worker restart recovery block has no top-level local declarations ==="
+bad_lines=$(
+    awk '
+      /Recreate Worker containers as needed after Manager restart/ { in_block = 1; next }
+      in_block && /Builtin files \(AGENTS.md, skills\)/ { in_block = 0 }
+      in_block && /^[[:space:]]*local[[:space:]]/ { print NR ":" $0 }
+    ' "${START_SCRIPT}"
+)
+if [ -z "${bad_lines}" ]; then
+    pass "no local declarations in top-level restart recovery block"
+else
+    fail "no local declarations in top-level restart recovery block" "${bad_lines}"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "=== Summary ==="
+echo "PASS: ${PASS}"
+echo "FAIL: ${FAIL}"
+
+if [ "${FAIL}" -ne 0 ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi