Ensure Copilot bootstrap can find Node.js inside AWF chroot#2160
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Ensure Copilot bootstrap can find Node.js inside AWF chroot#2160
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[WIP] Fix Copilot CLI fails with node not found on runner bootstrap
Ensure Copilot bootstrap can find Node.js inside AWF chroot
Apr 23, 2026
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Copilot-engine workflows were failing before inference because
nodewas not available inside the chrooted agent environment (node: command not found). The failure path had no turns/tool calls, so startup needed a deterministic runtime fix and clearer diagnostics.Node runtime visibility in chroot
~/.nvmto agent bind mounts so nvm-managed Node installs are available in/hostchroot.~/.nvmto pre-created allowed home subdirectories to avoid root-owned auto-created mount sources.Fail-fast bootstrap guard for Copilot
AWF_REQUIRE_NODEsignal in compose generation when the invoked executable iscopilot(or Copilot auth env is configured).AWF_REQUIRE_NODE:nodeis resolvable in chroot before running the user commandTargeted test coverage
.nvmmount inclusion.nvmpre-creationAWF_REQUIRE_NODEset for Copilot invocations and unset for non-Copilot commands