From 04575a97b68df8006661983e8a077f4eea111944 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:53:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(qa): avoid telegram proof artifact collisions

---
 scripts/e2e/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.ts       |  8 ++++++--
 test/scripts/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.test.ts | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/e2e/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.ts b/scripts/e2e/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.ts
index d241b6360f5a..296226e5404e 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.ts
+++ b/scripts/e2e/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   spawnSync,
   type SpawnOptionsWithoutStdio,
 } from "node:child_process";
+import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
@@ -270,6 +271,10 @@ function parseTcpPort(value: string, label: string) {
   return parsed;
 }
 
+function createTelegramProofRunId() {
+  return `${new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/gu, "-")}-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
+}
+
 export function parseArgs(argvInput: string[]): Options {
   let argv = argvInput;
   argv = argv[0] === "--" ? argv.slice(1) : argv;
@@ -285,7 +290,6 @@ export function parseArgs(argvInput: string[]): Options {
     "view",
   ]);
   const command = commands.has(argv[0] ?? "") ? (argv.shift() as Options["command"]) : "probe";
-  const stamp = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/gu, "-");
   const opts: Options = {
     crabboxClass: "standard",
     command,
@@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ export function parseArgs(argvInput: string[]): Options {
     keepBox: false,
     mockResponseText: "OPENCLAW_E2E_OK",
     mockPort: 19_882,
-    outputDir: path.join(DEFAULT_OUTPUT_ROOT, stamp),
+    outputDir: path.join(DEFAULT_OUTPUT_ROOT, createTelegramProofRunId()),
     previewCropWidth: TELEGRAM_PROOF_CROP.cropWidth,
     previewFps: 24,
     previewWidth: 1920,
diff --git a/test/scripts/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.test.ts b/test/scripts/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.test.ts
index 652a9ce3e4ec..d337469bd501 100644
--- a/test/scripts/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/telegram-user-crabbox-proof.test.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,20 @@ describe("telegram user Crabbox proof log polling", () => {
     expect(parseArgs(["--text", "-ping"]).text).toBe("-ping");
   });
 
+  it("uses unique default output dirs", () => {
+    const firstOutputDir = parseArgs([]).outputDir;
+    const secondOutputDir = parseArgs([]).outputDir;
+
+    expect(path.dirname(firstOutputDir)).toBe(
+      path.join(".artifacts", "qa-e2e", "telegram-user-crabbox"),
+    );
+    expect(path.basename(firstOutputDir)).toMatch(
+      /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{3}Z-[a-f0-9]{8}$/u,
+    );
+    expect(secondOutputDir).not.toBe(firstOutputDir);
+    expect(parseArgs(["--output-dir", ".artifacts/custom"]).outputDir).toBe(".artifacts/custom");
+  });
+
   it("clamps proof timeout args before they reach Node timers", () => {
     expect(parseArgs(["--timeout-ms", String(MAX_TIMER_TIMEOUT_MS + 1)]).timeoutMs).toBe(
       MAX_TIMER_TIMEOUT_MS,