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Cron reminders created by agent don't deliver to originating channel #9683

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Summary

When asking the agent to set a reminder via Telegram (or other channels), the cron job is created and runs successfully, but the reminder is never delivered back to the user because --announce is not set.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Send message via Telegram: "remind me in 5 minutes to eat something"
  2. Agent responds confirming the reminder
  3. Wait 5 minutes
  4. No reminder is received

Expected Behavior

The reminder should be delivered to the same channel where it was requested.

Actual Behavior

The cron job runs successfully (status: ok) but silently - no message is sent.

From ~/.openclaw/cron/runs/*.jsonl:

{"ts":1770303480011,"jobId":"...","action":"finished","status":"ok","summary":"⏰ Reminder: You need to eat something.","durationMs":8}

Root Cause

The agent creates the cron job without the --announce --channel <originating-channel> flags.

Suggested Fix

When the agent creates a reminder via the cron tool, it should automatically:

  1. Set --announce
  2. Set --channel to the channel the request came from (e.g., telegram)

Environment

  • OpenClaw version: 2026.2.3-1
  • Channel: Telegram
  • Model: claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

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