fix(channels): replace status reaction default emoji with self-explanatory set

Gado · Gado · commit 780758b9a6e5 · 2026-05-14T11:06:18.000+02:00
Fold in the emoji-default replacement from #59077: 🧠 thinking, 🛠️ tool, 💻 coding, 🌐 web, ⏳ stallSoft, ⚠️ stallHard, ✅ done, ❌ error. The old defaults (🥱 yawn / 😨 fear / 🤔 / 🔥 / ...) read as emotional commentary rather than status. Slack shortcodes already cover the new set; Telegram degrades via the existing fallback variant lists. Fixes #59077
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Changes
 
+- Channels/status reactions: wire `StatusReactionController` into WhatsApp message turns (queued → thinking → tool → done/error lifecycle, on par with Telegram and Discord), add `deploy`/`build`/`concierge` emoji categories with tool-token routing, and replace the status reaction defaults with self-explanatory emoji (🧠 thinking, 🛠️ tool, 💻 coding, 🌐 web, ⏳ stallSoft, ⚠️ stallHard, ✅ done, ❌ error, 🗜️ compacting) so stall and lifecycle reactions read as status indicators instead of emotional commentary. Fixes #59077. Thanks @OolonColoophid.
 - Maintainer tooling: add a repo-local `codex-review` skill for Codex closeout reviews, including local dirty-work and PR-branch review helpers that rerun until no accepted/actionable findings remain and avoid unsupported inline prompts with `--base`.
 - Maintainer tooling: fail CI when pull requests add package patch files or pnpm patched dependencies, preserving the upstream-and-bump dependency workflow.
 - Amazon Bedrock: externalize the Bedrock and Bedrock Mantle provider packages so core installs no longer pull AWS SDK dependencies unless those providers are installed.
diff --git a/extensions/slack/src/monitor/message-handler/dispatch.ts b/extensions/slack/src/monitor/message-handler/dispatch.ts
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ const UNICODE_TO_SLACK: Record<string, string> = {
   "⏳": "hourglass_flowing_sand",
   "⚠️": "warning",
   "✍": "writing_hand",
+  "🗜️": "compression",
+  "🗜": "compression",
   "🧠": "brain",
   "🛠️": "hammer_and_wrench",
   "💻": "computer",
diff --git a/src/channels/status-reactions.ts b/src/channels/status-reactions.ts
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ export type StatusReactionAdapter = {
 
 export type StatusReactionEmojis = {
   queued?: string; // Default: uses initialEmoji param
-  thinking?: string; // Default: "🤔"
-  tool?: string; // Default: "🔥"
-  coding?: string; // Default: "👨‍💻"
-  web?: string; // Default: "🌎"
+  thinking?: string; // Default: "🧠"
+  tool?: string; // Default: "🛠️"
+  coding?: string; // Default: "💻"
+  web?: string; // Default: "🌐"
   deploy?: string; // Default: "🛫"
   build?: string; // Default: "🏗️"
   concierge?: string; // Default: "💁"
-  done?: string; // Default: "👍"
-  error?: string; // Default: "😱"
-  stallSoft?: string; // Default: "🥱"
-  stallHard?: string; // Default: "😨"
-  compacting?: string; // Default: "✍"
+  done?: string; // Default: "✅"
+  error?: string; // Default: "❌"
+  stallSoft?: string; // Default: "⏳"
+  stallHard?: string; // Default: "⚠️"
+  compacting?: string; // Default: "🗜️"
 };
 
 export type StatusReactionTiming = {
@@ -61,18 +61,18 @@ export type StatusReactionController = {
 
 export const DEFAULT_EMOJIS: Required<StatusReactionEmojis> = {
   queued: "👀",
-  thinking: "🤔",
-  tool: "🔥",
-  coding: "👨‍💻",
-  web: "🌎",
+  thinking: "🧠",
+  tool: "🛠️",
+  coding: "💻",
+  web: "🌐",
   deploy: "🛫",
   build: "🏗️",
   concierge: "💁",
-  done: "👍",
-  error: "😱",
-  stallSoft: "🥱",
-  stallHard: "😨",
-  compacting: "✍",
+  done: "✅",
+  error: "❌",
+  stallSoft: "⏳",
+  stallHard: "⚠️",
+  compacting: "🗜️",
 };
 
 export const DEFAULT_TIMING: Required<StatusReactionTiming> = {
