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feat(azure): support Windows desktop and WSL2 leases#81

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Summary

Adds Azure parity for managed Windows targets:

  • Azure native Windows can now use --desktop / VNC through the shared post-SSH Windows desktop bootstrap.
  • Azure Windows WSL2 leases are accepted for POSIX sync/run and Actions hydration, matching the AWS WSL2 contract.
  • --target windows --windows-mode wsl2 --desktop is rejected for both AWS and Azure because WSL2 is a POSIX run target, not the managed VNC desktop target.
  • Docs now describe the shared support boundary: native Windows for desktop/VNC, WSL2 for Linux tooling on a Windows host.

Closes #80

Maintainer rewrite

Rebased onto current main, kept the Proxmox template helper changes intact, removed the legacy project-specific helper change from this PR, and added the 0.12.0 changelog entry with contributor credit.

Verification

Local:

go test ./internal/cli -run 'TestValidateRequestedCapabilities|TestValidateProviderTargetAllows|TestArtifactCollectNeedsDesktop|TestSCPBaseArgsUseLegacyProtocolForNativeWindows|TestAzureVMSizeCandidatesForTargetModeClass|TestAzureWindowsDesktopExtensionBootstrapLeavesRebootToSSHBootstrap|TestAWSUserDataWindowsProfile'
go test ./internal/providers/azure
npm test --prefix worker -- --run test/config.test.ts test/bootstrap.test.ts test/azure.test.ts
npm run docs:check
npm run check --prefix worker
npm run format:check --prefix worker
git diff --check main..HEAD
go test ./...

Live direct Azure, using a temporary config with broker env cleared:

CRABBOX_CONFIG=<tmp> CRABBOX_COORDINATOR= CRABBOX_COORDINATOR_TOKEN= ./bin/crabbox run \
  --provider azure --target windows --windows-mode wsl2 --class standard \
  --market on-demand --no-sync --preflight --timing-json -- \
  bash -lc 'echo CRABBOX_AZURE_WSL2_PR81_OK; uname -a; command -v rsync; command -v git; id'

Observed:

leased cbx_7517bebdf301 slug=harbor-barnacle provider=azure type=Standard_D2ads_v6
CRABBOX_AZURE_WSL2_PR81_OK
Linux ... microsoft-standard-WSL2 ... Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
/usr/bin/rsync
/usr/bin/git
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
exit=0
released cbx_7517bebdf301

CRABBOX_CONFIG=<tmp> CRABBOX_COORDINATOR= CRABBOX_COORDINATOR_TOKEN= ./bin/crabbox run \
  --provider azure --target windows --windows-mode normal --desktop --class standard \
  --market on-demand --no-sync --timing-json --shell -- \
  'Write-Output "CRABBOX_AZURE_WINDOWS_DESKTOP_PR81_OK"; $result = Test-NetConnection -ComputerName 127.0.0.1 -Port 5900; Write-Output ("vncTcp=" + $result.TcpTestSucceeded); if (-not $result.TcpTestSucceeded) { exit 7 }'

Observed:

leased cbx_b60d5a9116d9 slug=quick-crayfish provider=azure type=Standard_D2ads_v6
Windows desktop VNC ready
CRABBOX_AZURE_WINDOWS_DESKTOP_PR81_OK
vncTcp=True
exit=0
released cbx_b60d5a9116d9

GitHub CI for fcb470942da3c4ea3c2217773e1ff45d0811165c is green.

@jwmoss jwmoss force-pushed the feat/azure-windows-parity branch from f524476 to 994df11 Compare May 11, 2026 16:41
@steipete steipete force-pushed the feat/azure-windows-parity branch from 994df11 to fcb4709 Compare May 11, 2026 17:17
@steipete steipete merged commit ab38b0c into openclaw:main May 12, 2026
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Add Azure Windows desktop/VNC and WSL2 parity

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