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[Bug]: TUI stops rendering messages after 1-2 messages, have to restart to see them #34513

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Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Summary

TUI stops rendering messages after 1-2 messages, have to restart to see them, Happens with --deliver flag too

Steps to reproduce

use tui i cannot give precise steps, but this started happening after updating to 2026.3.2

Expected behavior

we should be able to see the response, yet it doesnt render until jumping out of tui and starting tui again

Actual behavior

it doesnt render until jumping out of tui and starting tui again

OpenClaw version

it doesnt render until jumping out of tui and starting tui again

Operating system

ubuntu 24.044

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npm

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out is something like this:

 i need an example screenshot                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                               
 connected | idle                                                                                                                                                              
 agent main | session main (openclaw-tui) | minimax/MiniMax-M2.5 | think low | tokens 46k/200k (23%)  

notice the connected 'idle before this it would do the actual "working" thing, then stops, no output, restarting and the output would render

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tui

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