From ecc6243edc5680450a1e25931e4660cf0c426e0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:53:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] test: cover tilde path expansion

---
 src/config/config.test.ts | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/config/config.test.ts b/src/config/config.test.ts
index fc337bcca..94f0af9cf 100644
--- a/src/config/config.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/config.test.ts
@@ -676,6 +676,20 @@ describe("Nix integration (U3, U5, U9)", () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it("CONFIG_PATH_CLAWDBOT expands ~ in CLAWDBOT_CONFIG_PATH override", async () => {
+      await withTempHome(async (home) => {
+        await withEnvOverride(
+          { CLAWDBOT_CONFIG_PATH: "~/.clawdbot/custom.json" },
+          async () => {
+            const { CONFIG_PATH_CLAWDBOT } = await import("./config.js");
+            expect(CONFIG_PATH_CLAWDBOT).toBe(
+              path.join(home, ".clawdbot", "custom.json"),
+            );
+          },
+        );
+      });
+    });
+
     it("CONFIG_PATH_CLAWDBOT uses STATE_DIR_CLAWDBOT when only state dir is overridden", async () => {
       await withEnvOverride(
         {
@@ -692,6 +706,71 @@ describe("Nix integration (U3, U5, U9)", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("U5b: tilde expansion for config paths", () => {
+    it("expands ~ in common path-ish config fields", async () => {
+      await withTempHome(async (home) => {
+        const configDir = path.join(home, ".clawdbot");
+        await fs.mkdir(configDir, { recursive: true });
+        await fs.writeFile(
+          path.join(configDir, "clawdbot.json"),
+          JSON.stringify(
+            {
+              plugins: {
+                load: {
+                  paths: ["~/plugins/demo-plugin"],
+                },
+              },
+              agents: {
+                defaults: { workspace: "~/ws-default" },
+                list: [
+                  {
+                    id: "main",
+                    workspace: "~/ws-agent",
+                    agentDir: "~/.clawdbot/agents/main",
+                    sandbox: { workspaceRoot: "~/sandbox-root" },
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+              whatsapp: {
+                accounts: {
+                  personal: {
+                    authDir: "~/.clawdbot/credentials/wa-personal",
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+            null,
+            2,
+          ),
+          "utf-8",
+        );
+
+        vi.resetModules();
+        const { loadConfig } = await import("./config.js");
+        const cfg = loadConfig();
+
+        expect(cfg.plugins?.load?.paths?.[0]).toBe(
+          path.join(home, "plugins", "demo-plugin"),
+        );
+        expect(cfg.agents?.defaults?.workspace).toBe(
+          path.join(home, "ws-default"),
+        );
+        expect(cfg.agents?.list?.[0]?.workspace).toBe(
+          path.join(home, "ws-agent"),
+        );
+        expect(cfg.agents?.list?.[0]?.agentDir).toBe(
+          path.join(home, ".clawdbot", "agents", "main"),
+        );
+        expect(cfg.agents?.list?.[0]?.sandbox?.workspaceRoot).toBe(
+          path.join(home, "sandbox-root"),
+        );
+        expect(cfg.whatsapp?.accounts?.personal?.authDir).toBe(
+          path.join(home, ".clawdbot", "credentials", "wa-personal"),
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("U6: gateway port resolution", () => {
     it("uses default when env and config are unset", async () => {
       await withEnvOverride({ CLAWDBOT_GATEWAY_PORT: undefined }, async () => {