Bug Description
When spawning a subagent using sessions_spawn, the documentation states it will "auto-announces on completion", but the completion notification is never sent to the requester session.
Expected Behavior
According to the tool response:
{
"note": "auto-announces on completion, do not poll/sleep. The response will be sent back as an user message."
}
When a subagent completes its task, a notification should be automatically sent to the requester session.
Actual Behavior
- Subagent completes successfully
- No notification is sent to the requester session (neither in group chats nor in DMs)
- User must manually ask or check
subagents list to discover completion
Steps to Reproduce
- In a Telegram group chat, use
sessions_spawn to start a subagent
- Wait for the subagent to complete
- Observe: no completion notification is received
Test Cases
Case 1: Memory Sync System Implementation
- Subagent: opus1
- Label: memory-sync-system-impl
- Runtime: 6 minutes
- Result: Completed successfully, but NO notification sent
Case 2: Memory Sync System Testing
- Subagent: sonnet1
- Label: memory-sync-test
- Runtime: 2 minutes
- Result: Completed successfully, but NO notification sent
Environment
- OpenClaw version:
2026.2.19-2
- OS: macOS Darwin 24.6.0 (arm64)
- Channel: Telegram
- Session type: Group chat (forum topic)
Impact
High - This breaks the entire subagent workflow. Users have no way to know when tasks complete without constantly polling, defeating the purpose of async task delegation.
Workaround
Currently using manual polling with subagents list, but this is inefficient and user-unfriendly.
Additional Context
- Verified notification is missing in both group chats AND private messages
subagents list correctly shows status as "done"
- Problem affects all subagent spawns, not just specific tasks
Bug Description
When spawning a subagent using
sessions_spawn, the documentation states it will "auto-announces on completion", but the completion notification is never sent to the requester session.Expected Behavior
According to the tool response:
{ "note": "auto-announces on completion, do not poll/sleep. The response will be sent back as an user message." }When a subagent completes its task, a notification should be automatically sent to the requester session.
Actual Behavior
subagents listto discover completionSteps to Reproduce
sessions_spawnto start a subagentTest Cases
Case 1: Memory Sync System Implementation
Case 2: Memory Sync System Testing
Environment
2026.2.19-2Impact
High - This breaks the entire subagent workflow. Users have no way to know when tasks complete without constantly polling, defeating the purpose of async task delegation.
Workaround
Currently using manual polling with
subagents list, but this is inefficient and user-unfriendly.Additional Context
subagents listcorrectly shows status as "done"