headroomlabs-ai/headroom · error · Error

${expected.tarball} version mismatch: expected ${version}, g

Error message

${expected.tarball} version mismatch: expected ${version}, got ${pkg.version}

What it means

Error "${expected.tarball} version mismatch: expected ${version}, got ${pkg.version}" thrown in headroomlabs-ai/headroom.

Source

Thrown at scripts/verify_npm_release_assets.mjs:117

  if (result.status !== 0) {
    throw new Error(
      `headroom-openclaw import smoke failed: ${
        result.error?.message || result.stderr || result.stdout || "unknown error"
      }`,
    );
  }
}

for (const expected of packages) {
  const tarballPath = path.join(assetsDir, expected.tarball);
  tarballPaths.set(expected.name, tarballPath);
  const pkg = extractPackageJson(tarballPath);

  if (pkg.name !== expected.name) {
    throw new Error(`${expected.tarball} package name mismatch: expected ${expected.name}, got ${pkg.name}`);
  }
  if (pkg.version !== version) {
    throw new Error(`${expected.tarball} version mismatch: expected ${version}, got ${pkg.version}`);
  }

  assertNoFileDependencies(pkg);

  for (const [name, spec] of Object.entries(expected.dependencies || {})) {
    const actual = pkg.dependencies?.[name];
    if (actual !== spec) {
      throw new Error(`${pkg.name} dependency ${name} mismatch: expected ${spec}, got ${actual}`);
    }
  }

  if (expected.name === "headroom-openclaw") {
    const distPkg = extractDistPackageJson(tarballPath);
    if (distPkg.name !== expected.name) {
      throw new Error(`${expected.tarball} dist package name mismatch: expected ${expected.name}, got ${distPkg.name}`);
    }
    if (distPkg.version !== version) {
      throw new Error(`${expected.tarball} dist package version mismatch: expected ${version}, got ${distPkg.version}`);

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Solutions

1. Bump or set package.json version to the release version ${version} before packing
2. Ensure the release script packed the tarball after the version bump, not before

When it happens

Trigger: Raised by the npm release verifier when a packed tarball's version does not match the expected release version.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of headroomlabs-ai/headroom@322425c43b (2026-08-15). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1494eb554f8bb060. Report an issue: GitHub.