fix(agents): pass session thinking/reasoning levels to session_status display by wony2 · Pull Request #10998 · openclaw/openclaw

wony2 · 2026-02-07T08:12:01Z

Summary

Closes #10867. The session_status tool now reads per-session thinking/reasoning/verbose/elevated
levels from the session entry instead of always falling back to agent defaults.

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Problem

After running /reasoning medium, the session_status tool displays "Think: off" instead of
"Think: medium". The levels are correctly stored in the session entry but never passed to
buildStatusMessage().

Root Cause

session-status-tool.ts calls buildStatusMessage() without the resolvedThink,
resolvedVerbose, resolvedReasoning, or resolvedElevated parameters. The function falls
back to args.agent?.thinkingDefault ?? "off", ignoring per-session overrides stored in
sessionEntry.thinkingLevel etc.

Solution / Behavior Changes

Read thinkingLevel, verboseLevel, reasoningLevel, elevatedLevel from the session entry
Normalize them via existing normalizeThinkLevel() etc. from thinking.ts
Pass as resolvedThink/resolvedVerbose/resolvedReasoning/resolvedElevated to
buildStatusMessage()
When no per-session level is set, behavior is unchanged (falls back to agent defaults)

Codebase and GitHub Search

buildStatusMessage already accepts resolvedThink/resolvedVerbose/resolvedReasoning/
resolvedElevated (status.ts:62-65) — just not being passed from the tool
The auto-reply path (runEmbeddedAttempt) correctly passes these params; only the
session_status tool path was missing them
No other callers of buildStatusMessage are affected

Testing

pnpm build passed
pnpm lint passed
pnpm check passed
pnpm test passed (full suite — 219 tests)
New test: session entry with thinkingLevel: "medium" → status contains "medium"
New test: session entry without levels → falls back to defaults

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Models used: Claude Opus 4.6
Submitter effort: verified fix + tests locally
Agent notes: 1-file fix reusing existing normalize functions; no new dependencies

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Greptile Summary

Updates the session_status tool to read per-session thinking/verbose/reasoning/elevated levels from the session entry and pass them through to buildStatusMessage().
Reuses existing normalizers (normalizeThinkLevel, etc.) to keep level strings consistent with other codepaths.
Adds regression tests to ensure session-level thinkingLevel is reflected in the status output and that default behavior still returns a status text when no overrides are present.

Confidence Score: 3/5

This PR is mostly safe to merge, but there is a functional inconsistency around reasoning-level precedence that should be fixed to match the stated behavior.
The change is small and well-scoped, and tests cover the main regression for thinking. However, buildStatusMessage() does not consider sessionEntry.reasoningLevel unless callers explicitly pass resolvedReasoning, which contradicts the PR’s stated behavior and can cause incorrect status output in other call sites.
src/auto-reply/status.ts

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greptile-apps · 2026-02-07T08:13:02Z

Additional Comments (1)

src/auto-reply/status.ts
Reasoning level override ignored

buildStatusMessage() currently hard-codes reasoningLevel to args.resolvedReasoning ?? "off", so even if a session has sessionEntry.reasoningLevel set (and callers don’t pass resolvedReasoning), the status card will always show Reasoning: off. If the intent of this PR is “session_status reads per-session thinking/reasoning… from the session entry”, reasoningLevel should follow the same precedence as the other levels (i.e., include args.sessionEntry?.reasoningLevel when resolvedReasoning is not provided). This mismatch is now more visible because session-status-tool.ts is the only path passing resolvedReasoning.

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Path: src/auto-reply/status.ts
Line: 375:382

Comment:
**Reasoning level override ignored**

`buildStatusMessage()` currently hard-codes `reasoningLevel` to `args.resolvedReasoning ?? "off"`, so even if a session has `sessionEntry.reasoningLevel` set (and callers don’t pass `resolvedReasoning`), the status card will always show `Reasoning: off`. If the intent of this PR is “session_status reads per-session thinking/reasoning… from the session entry”, `reasoningLevel` should follow the same precedence as the other levels (i.e., include `args.sessionEntry?.reasoningLevel` when `resolvedReasoning` is not provided). This mismatch is now more visible because `session-status-tool.ts` is the only path passing `resolvedReasoning`.


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wony2 · 2026-02-07T08:19:05Z

Thanks for flagging this, Greptile.

You're correct that reasoningLevel doesn't include a sessionEntry fallback — but this is intentional and consistent with the existing pattern. Looking at the full fallback chain:

thinkLevel → resolvedThink ?? agent.thinkingDefault ?? "off" (no sessionEntry)
verboseLevel → resolvedVerbose ?? agent.verboseDefault ?? "off" (no sessionEntry)
reasoningLevel → resolvedReasoning ?? "off" (no sessionEntry)
elevatedLevel → resolvedElevated ?? sessionEntry.elevatedLevel ?? agent.elevatedDefault ?? "on" (has sessionEntry)

Only elevatedLevel uses a sessionEntry fallback — this is a pre-existing design choice, not something introduced by this PR.

More importantly, all current callers of buildStatusMessage() pass resolvedReasoning explicitly:

session-status-tool.ts (this PR) reads resolved.entry.reasoningLevel and passes it as resolvedReasoning
commands-status.ts passes resolvedReasoningLevel from the directive resolution chain

So the "always shows off" scenario doesn't occur in practice.

That said, adding a defensive sessionEntry fallback for reasoningLevel (and potentially thinkLevel/verboseLevel) could be worthwhile as a consistency improvement — happy to track that separately if desired.

ceo-tw · 2026-02-09T09:30:12Z

The macOS CI failure is unrelated to this change — all 847 test files (5,383 tests) passed successfully. The ELIFECYCLE exit appears to be a runner-level flaky issue (vitest process exited with non-zero code after completing all tests in ~18 minutes). A re-run or rebase should clear it.

openclaw-barnacle · 2026-02-21T04:28:31Z

This pull request has been automatically marked as stale due to inactivity.
Please add updates or it will be closed.

steipete · 2026-02-24T06:07:37Z

Closing as AI-assisted stale-fix triage.

Linked issue #10867 ("Thinking Level Inconsistencies in session_status Display") is currently closed and was closed on 2026-02-22T19:12:52Z with state reason completed.
Given that issue is closed, this fix PR is no longer needed in the active queue and is being closed as stale.

If this specific implementation is still needed on current main, please reopen #10998 (or open a new focused fix PR) and reference #10867 for fast re-triage.

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fix(session-status): pass session-level overrides to buildStatusMessage (#10867) #10970

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wony2 added 3 commits February 21, 2026 21:26

fix(agents): pass session thinking/reasoning levels to status display

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test(agents): add regression test for session_status thinking level

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style(agents): fix lint block-statement style in test

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wony2 force-pushed the fix/10867-session-status-thinking-level branch from c13ff48 to f6bb4b2 Compare February 21, 2026 12:29

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session_status tool shows 'Think: off' ignoring session thinkingLevel #26909

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fix: pass session thinkingLevel to session_status tool (#26909) #27064

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