fix(gateway): keep runtime metadata on session rows

vincentkoc · vincentkoc · commit f696be950bdd · 2026-05-02T22:10:35.000-07:00
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Control UI/WebChat: explain compaction boundaries in chat history and link directly to session checkpoint controls so pre-compaction turns no longer look silently lost after refresh. Fixes #76415. Thanks @BunsDev.
 - Channels/WhatsApp: attach native outbound mention metadata for group text and media captions by resolving `@+<digits>` and `@<digits>` tokens against WhatsApp participant data, including LID groups. Fixes #39879; carries forward #56863. Thanks @kengi1437, @joe2643, and @fridayck.
 - Gateway/sessions: keep async `sessions.list` title and preview hydration bounded to transcript head/tail reads so Control UI polling cannot full-scan large session transcripts every refresh. Thanks @vincentkoc.
+- Gateway/sessions: keep agent runtime metadata on lightweight `sessions.list` rows so model-only session patches do not make Control UI lose runtime identity. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - Gateway/sessions: keep bulk `sessions.list` rows lightweight by skipping per-row transcript usage fallback, display model inference, and plugin projection, avoiding event-loop stalls in large session stores. Thanks @Marvinthebored and @vincentkoc.
 - CLI/plugins: reject missing plugin ids before config writes in `plugins enable` and `plugins disable` so a typo no longer persists a stale config entry. (#73554) Thanks @ai-hpc.
 - Agents/sessions: preserve delivered trailing assistant replies during session-file repair so Telegram/WebChat history is not rewritten to drop already-delivered responses. Fixes #76329. Thanks @obviyus.
diff --git a/src/gateway/session-utils.test.ts b/src/gateway/session-utils.test.ts
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ describe("listSessionsFromStore selected model display", () => {
           lastMessagePreview: "last 0",
         }),
       );
-      expect(listed.sessions[0]?.agentRuntime).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(listed.sessions[0]?.agentRuntime).toEqual({ id: "pi", source: "implicit" });
       expect(listed.sessions[0]?.thinkingOptions).toEqual([]);
     } finally {
       fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
diff --git a/src/gateway/session-utils.ts b/src/gateway/session-utils.ts
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ export function buildGatewaySessionRow(params: {
   const latestCompactionCheckpoint = buildCompactionCheckpointPreview(
     resolveLatestCompactionCheckpoint(entry),
   );
-  const agentRuntime = lightweight ? undefined : resolveAgentRuntimeMetadata(cfg, sessionAgentId);
+  const agentRuntime = resolveAgentRuntimeMetadata(cfg, sessionAgentId);
   const selectedOrRuntimeModelProvider = selectedModel?.provider ?? modelProvider;
   const selectedOrRuntimeModel = selectedModel?.model ?? model;
   const rowModelIdentity = lightweight
