Environment

• OpenClaw: 2026.2.21-2
• macOS arm64, Node v25.6.1
• @discordjs/voice 0.19.0
• @snazzah/davey 0.1.9
• sodium-native 5.0.10
• @discordjs/opus 0.10.0
• ffmpeg 8.0.1 (libopus)

Config

channels.discord.voice: {
  enabled: true,
  autoJoin: [],
  tts: { provider: "openai", openai: { voice: "nova" } }
}
tools.media.audio: { enabled: true }

Bot has Administrator permissions (Connect, Speak, UseVAD, etc.).

Behavior

1. User runs /vc join slash command
2. Bot appears in the voice channel
3. Bot does not speak or acknowledge
4. After 5-10 seconds, bot silently disconnects
5. Zero voice-related entries in logs (even at debug level)
6. Only visible log: InteractionEventListener took ~17s for INTERACTION_CREATE

What I've tried

• Installed @snazzah/davey (fixed initial DAVE crash)
• Installed sodium-native (was missing from dependency report)
• Added tools.media.audio config
• Full process restart (not just SIGUSR1)
• Verified all dependencies via generateDependencyReport()
• Bot permissions confirmed via message tool

Related issues

• Discord voice: audio cuts off after 2-3 words (DAVE decryption error) #22961 (DAVE decryption error)
• Discord VC regression: missing @snazzah/davey causes /vc join crash #23032 (missing davey crash)
• Discord voice channel: /vc join not working, no audio #23278 (no audio)
• Discord Voice: DAVESession crash causes 'receive error: The operation was aborted' #23105 (DAVESession crash)

Notes

The VoiceConnectionStatus.Disconnected handler has a 5s recovery window which matches the observed disconnect timing. Likely the DAVE handshake is failing silently, causing the connection to drop from Ready to Disconnected without logging.