iOS: reconnect gateway on foreground return (#41384)

mbelinky · web-flow · commit 0bcddb3d4f09 · 2026-03-09T21:12:23.000+01:00
Merged via squash. Prepared head SHA: 0e2e0dc Co-authored-by: mbelinky <132747814+mbelinky@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: mbelinky <132747814+mbelinky@users.noreply.github.com> Reviewed-by: @mbelinky
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - ACP/stop reason mapping: resolve gateway chat `state: "error"` completions as ACP `end_turn` instead of `refusal` so transient backend failures are not surfaced as deliberate refusals. (#41187) thanks @pejmanjohn.
 - ACP/setSessionMode: propagate gateway `sessions.patch` failures back to ACP clients so rejected mode changes no longer return silent success. (#41185) thanks @pejmanjohn.
 - Agents/embedded logs: add structured, sanitized lifecycle and failover observation events so overload and provider failures are easier to tail and filter. (#41336) thanks @altaywtf.
+- iOS/gateway foreground recovery: reconnect immediately on foreground return after stale background sockets are torn down, so the app no longer stays disconnected until a later wake path happens. (#41384) Thanks @mbelinky.
 
 ## 2026.3.8
 
diff --git a/apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift b/apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift
@@ -362,7 +362,14 @@ final class NodeAppModel {
                         await MainActor.run {
                             self.operatorConnected = false
                             self.gatewayConnected = false
+                            // Foreground recovery must actively restart the saved gateway config.
+                            // Disconnecting stale sockets alone can leave us idle if the old
+                            // reconnect tasks were suppressed or otherwise got stuck in background.
+                            self.gatewayStatusText = "Reconnecting…"
                             self.talkMode.updateGatewayConnected(false)
+                            if let cfg = self.activeGatewayConnectConfig {
+                                self.applyGatewayConnectConfig(cfg)
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -362,7 +362,14 @@ final class NodeAppModel {`
`362`	`362`	`await MainActor.run {`
`363`	`363`	`self.operatorConnected = false`
`364`	`364`	`self.gatewayConnected = false`
	`365`	`+ // Foreground recovery must actively restart the saved gateway config.`
	`366`	`+ // Disconnecting stale sockets alone can leave us idle if the old`
	`367`	`+ // reconnect tasks were suppressed or otherwise got stuck in background.`
	`368`	`+ self.gatewayStatusText = "Reconnecting…"`
`365`	`369`	`self.talkMode.updateGatewayConnected(false)`
	`370`	`+ if let cfg = self.activeGatewayConnectConfig {`
	`371`	`+ self.applyGatewayConnectConfig(cfg)`
	`372`	`+ }`
`366`	`373`	`}`
`367`	`374`	`}`
`368`	`375`	`}`