From 1a256b86702bb2c28b7e2111163e787540b3f19c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Koc <vincentkoc@ieee.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 16:40:38 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Daemon: tighten systemctl failure classification

---
 src/daemon/systemd.test.ts | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 src/daemon/systemd.ts      |  9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd.test.ts b/src/daemon/systemd.test.ts
index 984f0111b0c..7271823007c 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd.test.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd.test.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,23 @@ describe("isSystemdServiceEnabled", () => {
     expect(result).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  it("throws when generic wrapper errors report infrastructure failures", async () => {
+    const { isSystemdServiceEnabled } = await import("./systemd.js");
+    mockManagedUnitPresent();
+    execFileMock.mockImplementationOnce((_cmd, args, _opts, cb) => {
+      expect(args).toEqual(["--user", "is-enabled", "openclaw-gateway.service"]);
+      const err = new Error(
+        "Command failed: systemctl --user is-enabled openclaw-gateway.service",
+      ) as Error & { code?: number };
+      err.code = 1;
+      cb(err, "", "read-only file system");
+    });
+
+    await expect(
+      isSystemdServiceEnabled({ env: { HOME: "/tmp/openclaw-test-home" } }),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("systemctl is-enabled unavailable: read-only file system");
+  });
+
   it("throws when systemctl is-enabled fails for non-state errors", async () => {
     const { isSystemdServiceEnabled } = await import("./systemd.js");
     mockManagedUnitPresent();
diff --git a/src/daemon/systemd.ts b/src/daemon/systemd.ts
index 20d3508f611..463e6a49f4b 100644
--- a/src/daemon/systemd.ts
+++ b/src/daemon/systemd.ts
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ function isSystemctlBusUnavailable(detail: string): boolean {
     normalized.includes("failed to connect to user scope bus") ||
     normalized.includes("dbus_session_bus_address") ||
     normalized.includes("xdg_runtime_dir") ||
-    normalized.includes("no medium found") ||
-    normalized.includes("connection refused")
+    normalized.includes("no medium found")
   );
 }
 
@@ -203,7 +202,11 @@ function isGenericSystemctlIsEnabledFailure(detail: string): boolean {
     normalized.startsWith("command failed: systemctl") &&
     normalized.includes(" is-enabled ") &&
     !normalized.includes("permission denied") &&
-    !normalized.includes("access denied")
+    !normalized.includes("access denied") &&
+    !normalized.includes("no space left") &&
+    !normalized.includes("read-only file system") &&
+    !normalized.includes("out of memory") &&
+    !normalized.includes("cannot allocate memory")
   );
 }