fix: suggest /clear in context overflow error message#12973
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Thanks for tackling this. The actionable-recovery idea is right, but /clear is not a built-in chat command in OpenClaw today.
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- The new message recommends
Try /clear to reset session history..., but session reset is/reset(or/new)./cleardoes not exist by default, so this would leave users stuck.- Docs list
/resetand/new(seedocs/tools/slash-commands.md). - Command registry defines
/resetand/new(seesrc/auto-reply/commands-registry.data.ts).
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Please update the wording to recommend /reset (and optionally /new) instead of /clear.
Optional alternative (bigger scope): actually add /clear as an alias/default reset trigger across channels and update docs.
Also note: GitHub reports this PR as merge-conflicting (mergeable: CONFLICTING), so it likely needs a rebase/resolve.
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When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Rebased onto current main and fixed the recovery guidance to recommend /reset (and mention /new) instead of /clear. Updated tests and ran local gates (build/check/test).
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Rebased onto current main and fixed the recovery guidance to recommend /reset (and mention /new) instead of /clear. Updated tests and ran local gates (build/check/test).
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* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (openclaw#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com>
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* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (openclaw#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com>
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* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (openclaw#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com>
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* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (openclaw#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com>
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* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (openclaw#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com>
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* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (openclaw#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit c2b2d53) # Conflicts: # src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.sanitizeuserfacingtext.test.ts # src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
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* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (openclaw#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733) --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit c2b2d53) # Conflicts: # src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers.sanitizeuserfacingtext.test.ts # src/agents/pi-embedded-helpers/errors.ts
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* fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message When the context window overflows, the error message now suggests using /reset to clear session history, giving users an actionable recovery path instead of a dead-end error. Closes openclaw#12940 * fix: suggest /reset in context overflow error message (openclaw#12973) (thanks @RamiNoodle733) --------- Co-authored-by: Rami Abdelrazzaq <RamiNoodle733@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Update the context overflow error message to suggest using /clear to reset session history, which immediately resolves the issue for users stuck in an overflow loop.
Problem
When the context window overflows, the error message was:
This left users stuck — especially when receiving the error via messaging channels (Telegram, etc.) where they couldn't easily troubleshoot:
Fix
Changed the error message to:
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Closes #12940
Greptile Overview
Greptile Summary
This PR updates the user-facing “context overflow” error text in the embedded Pi agent stack to recommend using
/clearto reset session history, instead of only suggesting reducing input or switching to a larger-context model.The change is applied in both the generic error formatting helpers (
formatAssistantErrorText()andsanitizeUserFacingText()) and in the embedded runner’s context overflow handling path, keeping messaging consistent across the helper-based formatting and the runner-level early return.Confidence Score: 5/5
Context used:
dashboard- CLAUDE.md (source)dashboard- AGENTS.md (source)