Bug type

Behavior bug (incorrect output/state without crash)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

When you create a cron job with --session session:custom-id (see docs), responses to the cron prompt appear in the destination channel but not in the session logs for that channel. As a result these injected responses are effectively invisible to the channel agent.

Steps to reproduce

Get your destination session id

Search through .openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json to find the sessionId of the session where you want the cron response to appear.

Create a new cron job

openclaw cron add \
  --name "Check-in" \
  --cron "0 18 * * *" \
  --session "session:<sessionId>" \
  --message "ask me about my day so far" \
  --wake now \
  --channel "discord" \
  --to "channel:<channelId>"

After you create the job, the terminal will print the job config. Get the jobId.

Force run the job

openclaw cron run <jobId>

It might take a minute or more for the job to run.

Ask the agent what it JUST sent you...

Mine had no memory of the injected response.

Remove job after testing (optional)

openclaw cron remove <jobId>

Expected behavior

Clawdbot: How is your day going? <--- Injected cron response
User: What was your last message to me?
Clawdbot: I just asked you how your day was going.

Actual behavior

Clawdbot: How is your day going? <--- Injected cron response
User: What was your last message to me?
Clawdbot: Message sent before injected cron response

OpenClaw version

2026.4.27

Operating system

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

Install method

npm global

Model

poe-api/claude-haiku-4.5

Provider / routing chain

openclaw > poe-api > claude-haiku-4.5

Additional provider/model setup details

No response

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Impact and severity

Bottom line: Users expect the agent they are interacting with to remember what it JUST said to them. While a few users are using the wrong setting 1) --session isolated probably shouldn't be the default for announced cron jobs; 2) --session session:custom-id is not meeting expectations either.

Additional information

No response