👌 IMPROVE: caching

apps/web/next.config.ts

@@ -15,12 +15,29 @@ try {
   openclawVersion = oclPkg.version ?? "";
 } catch { /* openclaw not resolvable at build time */ }
 
+const denchVersion = rootPkg.version ?? "";
+
 const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
   env: {
-    NEXT_PUBLIC_DENCHCLAW_VERSION: rootPkg.version ?? "",
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_DENCHCLAW_VERSION: denchVersion,
     NEXT_PUBLIC_OPENCLAW_VERSION: openclawVersion,
   },
 
+  async headers() {
+    return [
+      {
+        source: "/((?!_next/static|_next/image|favicon\\.ico).*)",
+        headers: [
+          {
+            key: "Cache-Control",
+            value: "private, no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate",
+          },
+          { key: "X-Denchclaw-Version", value: denchVersion },
+        ],
+      },
+    ];
+  },
+
   // Produce a self-contained standalone build so npm global installs
   // can run the web app with `node server.js` — no npm install or
   // next build required at runtime.

src/cli/web-runtime.ts

@@ -694,10 +694,13 @@ function ensureSeedAssets(runtimeAppDir: string, packageRoot: string): void {
 }
 
 /**
- * Copy .next/static/ and public/ into the runtime app dir if they aren't
+ * Copy .next/static/ and public/ into the runtime app dir.  Always
- * already present.  In production the prepack script copies these into the
+ * force-overwrites so stale assets left by a partial prior install or an
- * standalone app dir before publish, so cpSync already picks them up.
+ * npx cache hit are replaced with the current build.
- * In dev the prepack hasn't run, so we pull them from the source tree.
+ *
+ * In production the prepack script already embeds these in the standalone
+ * app dir, so cpSync picks them up first; this pass guarantees they match
+ * the source tree even when the standalone copy is incomplete.
  */
 function ensureStaticAssets(runtimeAppDir: string, packageRoot: string): void {
   const pairs: Array<[src: string, dst: string]> = [
@@ -711,7 +714,7 @@ function ensureStaticAssets(runtimeAppDir: string, packageRoot: string): void {
     ],
   ];
   for (const [src, dst] of pairs) {
-    if (existsSync(dst) || !existsSync(src)) continue;
+    if (!existsSync(src)) continue;
     try {
       mkdirSync(path.dirname(dst), { recursive: true });
       cpSync(src, dst, { recursive: true, dereference: true, force: true });