From 4506d8bad681fec6ba651d1d3a45dc628e499b3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:40:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(qa): surface tool-search bridge results

---
 .../src/providers/mock-openai/server.test.ts  | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../src/providers/mock-openai/server.ts       | 10 +++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/providers/mock-openai/server.test.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/providers/mock-openai/server.test.ts
index e10229cc2b38..5e4732983499 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/providers/mock-openai/server.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/providers/mock-openai/server.test.ts
@@ -3146,6 +3146,47 @@ describe("qa mock openai server", () => {
     expect(String(toolPlanOutput.arguments)).toContain("current");
   });
 
+  it("summarizes QA tool-search bridge outputs with the nested plugin result marker", async () => {
+    const server = await startMockServer();
+    const targetTool = "fake_plugin_tool_17";
+
+    const response = await postResponses(server, {
+      stream: false,
+      input: [
+        makeUserInput(
+          `tool search qa check target=${targetTool}. Call exactly that tool once and then summarize.`,
+        ),
+        {
+          type: "function_call_output",
+          call_id: "call_tool_search_code_1",
+          output: JSON.stringify({
+            ok: true,
+            value: {
+              tool: {
+                id: `openclaw:tool-search-e2e-fixture:${targetTool}`,
+                source: "openclaw",
+                sourceName: "tool-search-e2e-fixture",
+                name: targetTool,
+                description: "x".repeat(260),
+              },
+              result: {
+                content: [
+                  {
+                    type: "text",
+                    text: `FAKE_PLUGIN_OK ${targetTool} {"marker":"code"}`,
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(outputText(await response.json())).toBe(`FAKE_PLUGIN_OK ${targetTool}`);
+  });
+
   it("plans QA tool-search failure calls with denied-input args", async () => {
     const server = await startMockServer();
 
diff --git a/extensions/qa-lab/src/providers/mock-openai/server.ts b/extensions/qa-lab/src/providers/mock-openai/server.ts
index 0bca5c548354..ccfa5938e94b 100644
--- a/extensions/qa-lab/src/providers/mock-openai/server.ts
+++ b/extensions/qa-lab/src/providers/mock-openai/server.ts
@@ -1482,6 +1482,16 @@ function buildAssistantText(
       "- Re-run with a real model for qualitative coverage.",
     ].join("\n");
   }
+  if (
+    toolOutput &&
+    (QA_TOOL_SEARCH_PROMPT_RE.test(allInputText) ||
+      QA_TOOL_SEARCH_FAILURE_PROMPT_RE.test(allInputText))
+  ) {
+    const targetTool = extractToolSearchTarget(allInputText);
+    if (targetTool && toolOutput.includes(targetTool) && toolOutput.includes("FAKE_PLUGIN_OK")) {
+      return `FAKE_PLUGIN_OK ${targetTool}`;
+    }
+  }
   if (toolOutput) {
     const snippet = toolOutput.replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim().slice(0, 220);
     return `Protocol note: I reviewed the requested material. Evidence snippet: ${snippet || "no content"}`;