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Fix run-scoped sessions_send pingback fallback#86638

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Summary

  • route fire-and-forget sessions_send messages directly into active run-scoped targets when possible
  • fall back to the durable parent session key if transcript-commit steering is rejected, so pending pingbacks are not stranded on an ended run
  • add regression coverage for a [TASK-COMPLETE] pingback targeting a blocked cron run session

Fixes #86586

Real behavior proof

Behavior addressed: A faster callee can send a fire-and-forget sessions_send pingback to a caller's run-scoped cron session while the caller run is still blocked by a slower sibling tool call. If the active-run queue rejects before committing that pingback to the transcript, this patch reroutes the pending message to the durable parent session key instead of leaving it orphaned on the ended run.

Real environment tested: Local OpenClaw source runtime at PR head 20a916223e7974233007a4b0d5b42a0289920b36, Node v24.15.0, isolated temporary OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR and OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH, bundled plugins/channels disabled, real temporary gateway server, and real loopback GatewayClient. The harness imports the production startGatewayServer, GatewayClient, createSessionsSendTool, and embedded-run active session registry paths from this branch.

Exact steps or command run after this patch:

git fetch origin pull/86638/head:refs/tmp/pr86638-head
git worktree add /private/tmp/openclaw-pr86638-proof refs/tmp/pr86638-head
cd /private/tmp/openclaw-pr86638-proof
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
node --import tsx .tmp/pr86638-real-gateway-proof.ts

The temporary proof harness did this against the real local gateway:

  1. Started a gateway on a random loopback port with token auth, temp state/config, OPENCLAW_SKIP_CHANNELS=1, and OPENCLAW_DISABLE_BUNDLED_PLUGINS=1.
  2. Connected a real GatewayClient and created the durable cron caller session through sessions.create for agent:leasing-ops:cron:monthly-utility.
  3. Registered an active embedded run for the run-scoped caller key agent:leasing-ops:cron:monthly-utility:run:run-fast.
  4. Confirmed the active run queue rejected transcript-commit steering with reason: transcript_commit_wait_unsupported.
  5. Invoked production sessions_send with timeoutSeconds: 0 and a callGateway implementation backed by the real loopback GatewayClient.

Evidence after fix: Redacted terminal output from that command:

[gateway] http server listening (0 plugins)
[gateway/channels] skipping channel start (OPENCLAW_SKIP_CHANNELS=1 or OPENCLAW_SKIP_PROVIDERS=1)
[gateway] ready
[ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.create 272ms conn=d168b0fc…d877 id=0d3fa513…6118
[ws] ⇄ res ✓ agent 85ms runId=675300ae-7116-4a00-9156-08f6bdb97cc0 conn=d168b0fc…d877 id=3166d8bb…8292
{
  "scenario": "real temporary gateway run-scoped sessions_send fallback",
  "prHead": "20a916223e7974233007a4b0d5b42a0289920b36",
  "tempGateway": {
    "url": "ws://127.0.0.1:59052",
    "stateDir": "<temp-state-dir>",
    "configPath": "<temp-config-path>"
  },
  "realGatewaySessionCreate": {
    "ok": true,
    "key": "agent:leasing-ops:cron:monthly-utility"
  },
  "activeEmbeddedRunRegistry": {
    "runScopedCallerKey": "agent:leasing-ops:cron:monthly-utility:run:run-fast",
    "resolvedSessionId": "caller-active-session",
    "directTranscriptCommitQueueOutcome": {
      "queued": false,
      "sessionId": "caller-active-session",
      "reason": "transcript_commit_wait_unsupported",
      "gatewayHealth": "live"
    }
  },
  "sessionsSendResult": {
    "runId": "eb6867ab-89bb-4509-a194-1c0c0904be77",
    "status": "accepted",
    "sessionKey": "agent:leasing-ops:cron:monthly-utility:run:run-fast",
    "delivery": {
      "status": "pending",
      "mode": "announce"
    }
  },
  "fallbackGatewayDelivery": {
    "fallbackSessionKey": "agent:leasing-ops:cron:monthly-utility",
    "containsTaskComplete": true,
    "runScopedGatewayCallSeen": false,
    "acceptedRunId": "gateway-agent-request-issued"
  },
  "durableSessionVisibleInRealGateway": true
}

Observed result after fix: The real gateway accepted the durable cron session, the active run-scoped delivery rejected transcript-commit steering instead of silently committing the pingback, and the production sessions_send fallback issued the gateway agent request to agent:leasing-ops:cron:monthly-utility. The captured fallback payload preserved [TASK-COMPLETE] re-portal occupancy ready, and runScopedGatewayCallSeen: false proves the gateway request was not sent to the ended run-scoped key.

What was not tested: I did not connect to the reporter's private production host, Telegram account, or local cron log files. The fallback agent request was accepted by the real temp gateway, then the temp agent run later failed on missing OpenAI auth in the isolated state dir; that model-auth failure happened after routing proof and does not affect the verified session-key fallback behavior.

Supplemental verification

  • node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/runs.test.ts -> Test Files 4 passed (4), Tests 78 passed (78)
  • pnpm check:test-types

If this PR is squash-merged or reworked, please preserve author attribution or include:
Co-authored-by: Andy Ye <35905412+TurboTheTurtle@users.noreply.github.com>

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Codex review: needs real behavior proof before merge. Reviewed May 27, 2026, 1:24 AM ET / 05:24 UTC.

Summary
The PR changes sessions_send so fire-and-forget messages to active run-scoped sessions can steer into the active embedded run and fall back to the durable parent session when active steering is rejected, with regression tests.

PR surface: Source +87, Tests +207. Total +294 across 2 files.

Reproducibility: yes. by source inspection: current main sends timeout-zero sessions_send traffic to the run-scoped target without an active-run queue/fallback path, and the linked issue gives a concrete parallel-call incident. I did not execute a local repro because this review is read-only.

Review metrics: 2 noteworthy metrics.

  • Proof drift: 3 commits after proofed SHA. The real-gateway proof covers 20a9162, while the final head 7e3090c changes fallback failure handling, A2A announcement, and unsupported transcript-commit retry behavior.
  • Failed check runs: 3 failed. checks-node-core-fast, check-lint, and build-artifacts are failing on the latest head and must be settled before merge.

Merge readiness
Overall: 🦪 silver shellfish
Proof: 🦪 silver shellfish
Patch quality: 🐚 platinum hermit
Result: blocked until stronger real behavior proof is added.

Overall follows the weaker of proof and patch quality, so missing proof can cap an otherwise strong patch.

Rank-up moves:

  • Add or update real behavior proof against 7e3090c or a newer final head, redacting private IPs, keys, phone numbers, endpoints, and account details.
  • Fix or rerun the failed checks-node-core-fast, check-lint, and build-artifacts jobs.
  • Have a maintainer explicitly accept the run-scoped message-delivery routing contract before merge.

Proof guidance:
Needs stronger real behavior proof before merge: The PR includes strong terminal/log proof for an earlier head, but the latest head changed the routing behavior after that proof; final-head real behavior proof is still needed, with private host/account details redacted. After adding proof, update the PR body; ClawSweeper should re-review automatically. If it does not, the PR author or someone with repository write access can comment @clawsweeper re-review.

Risk before merge

  • The final PR head no longer exactly matches the supplied real-gateway proof because three later commits changed the message-delivery routing behavior after the proofed SHA.
  • Merging changes the timeoutSeconds: 0 run-scoped sessions_send delivery contract, so maintainers should explicitly accept the active-run steering versus durable-session fallback behavior for cron and parallel tool-call workflows.
  • The latest check-run list has failing checks-node-core-fast, check-lint, and build-artifacts jobs that need to be fixed, rerun, or confirmed unrelated before merge.

Maintainer options:

  1. Refresh proof and checks before merge (recommended)
    Run or attach final-head proof for the latest routing behavior and get the failed check runs green or documented as unrelated before landing.
  2. Accept the routing contract explicitly
    Maintainers can choose to accept the new active-run-first/durable-parent fallback contract once they are comfortable with the cron and parallel sessions_send semantics.

Next step before merge
The remaining blockers are maintainer acceptance of the delivery contract, final-head proof, and failed CI checks rather than a narrow mechanical code repair.

Security
Cleared: No concrete security or supply-chain regression found; the diff changes internal session routing/tests only and does not add dependencies, workflows, secrets handling, or package execution surfaces.

Review details

Best possible solution:

Land a version that has final-head real behavior proof, green required checks, and maintainer acceptance of the run-scoped pingback routing contract.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

Yes, by source inspection: current main sends timeout-zero sessions_send traffic to the run-scoped target without an active-run queue/fallback path, and the linked issue gives a concrete parallel-call incident. I did not execute a local repro because this review is read-only.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

Yes, the proposed direction is a narrow fit for the orphaned pingback bug, but the final-head behavior needs proof and green checks before merge. The safer end state is to preserve active-run delivery when possible and fall back only when queue admission is rejected.

AGENTS.md: found and applied where relevant.

Codex review notes: model gpt-5.5, reasoning high; reviewed against f348284fa9eb.

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Label justifications:

  • P1: The PR targets a real broken agent workflow where parallel sessions_send pingbacks can be accepted but not delivered to the caller context.
  • merge-risk: 🚨 message-delivery: The patch changes where pending run-scoped inter-session messages are delivered and how they fall back when active-run steering is rejected.
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PR surface:

Source +87, Tests +207. Total +294 across 2 files.

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Area Files Added Removed Net
Source 1 92 5 +87
Tests 1 207 0 +207
Docs 0 0 0 0
Config 0 0 0 0
Generated 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0
Total 2 299 5 +294

Acceptance criteria:

  • Final-head real temporary-gateway proof for the run-scoped sessions_send fallback path
  • node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/runs.test.ts
  • pnpm check:test-types
  • Relevant failed CI jobs rerun or fixed: checks-node-core-fast, check-lint, build-artifacts

What I checked:

  • Current main lacks the fallback path: On current main, timeoutSeconds === 0 starts an agent request for the resolved/display session key and then starts the normal A2A announce flow; there is no active-run queue attempt or durable parent fallback in this path. (src/agents/tools/sessions-send-tool.ts:494, f348284fa9eb)
  • PR adds active-run steering and fallback: At PR head, startAgentRun resolves an active embedded run for the run-scoped key, tries queueEmbeddedPiMessageWithOutcomeAsync, retries without transcript-commit waiting when unsupported, and falls back to an agent call on the parent run key if queueing is rejected. (src/agents/tools/sessions-send-tool.ts:181, 7e3090cce2d5)
  • Regression coverage targets the reported failure mode: The PR adds tests for rejected active steering rerouting to the durable cron session, unsupported transcript-commit wait preserving active delivery, and fallback admission failures surfacing as errors. (src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts:1301, 7e3090cce2d5)
  • Real proof is stale relative to final head: The PR body's real temporary-gateway proof was run at 20a916223e7974233007a4b0d5b42a0289920b36; three later commits changed fallback failure reporting, fallback A2A announcement, and unsupported transcript-commit retry behavior, ending at 7e3090cce2d5b4d4f2bfa96f62634011c28c4097. (7e3090cce2d5)
  • Current PR checks are not green: The live check-run list for PR head shows failures in checks-node-core-fast, check-lint, and build-artifacts; most focused agent/runtime and security checks are green. (7e3090cce2d5)

Likely related people:

  • steipete: Recent commit history shows substantial work on sessions_send, active-run delivery, and the PR branch follow-up commits that changed fallback reporting and A2A behavior. (role: recent area contributor; confidence: high; commits: 49be9a15fe10, c5c08c074a44, 8daf0124c93e; files: src/agents/tools/sessions-send-tool.ts, src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts, src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/runs.ts)
  • vincentkoc: History for the affected sessions tool includes the delayed sessions_send reply work and active-run restart/drain work adjacent to this routing path. (role: feature-history contributor; confidence: medium; commits: b0a6543838ac, ec1f72b6c58f; files: src/agents/tools/sessions-send-tool.ts, src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/runs.ts)
  • fuller-stack-dev: Recent active-run queueing work introduced acceptance-aware steering and the async queue outcome contract this PR now uses for delivery decisions. (role: active-run steering contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 70df2b8fe28d, 1b64ccbffff1; files: src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/runs.ts, src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.ts)
  • joshavant: Recent merged work on subagent completion announce delivery touches the same active-requester delivery and transcript-commit timing area. (role: adjacent delivery contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 903d9c13f3ee, a54c73687f58; files: src/agents/subagent-announce-delivery.ts, src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts)
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Verified at 20a91622.

Fix shape correct. resolveRunScopedFallbackSessionKey strips :run:<id> with a correctly greedy regex — captures the full durable parent key before the final :run: segment. The allowActiveRunQueueFallback path:

  1. Attempts active-run queue first with waitForTranscriptCommit: true — keeps the pingback from stranding on an ended run.
  2. Falls through to durable gateway delivery only when the queue rejects.
  3. !start.activeRunQueue guard correctly skips startA2AFlow for the inline path.

Type flow: deliveryTimeoutMs threaded from both call sites through to queueEmbeddedPiMessageWithOutcomeAsync. ✓

CLI output shows fallback targeting agent:leasing-ops:cron:monthly-utility (durable key), not the ended run-scoped key. 78/78 pass.

LGTM.

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Maintainer proof before landing:

  • Behavior addressed: run-scoped sessions_send active-queue fallback now reports failed fallback admission, announces successful fallback runs through normal A2A flow, and preserves best-effort active steering when transcript-commit waiting is unsupported.
  • Real environment tested: local OpenClaw checkout on PR head 7e3090cce2d5b4d4f2bfa96f62634011c28c4097.
  • Exact steps or command run after this patch:
    • node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts
    • pnpm check:test-types
    • git diff --check
    • .agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview --mode branch --base origin/main
  • Evidence after fix: focused sessions_send suite passed, test types passed, diff whitespace check passed, autoreview reported no accepted/actionable findings.
  • Observed result after fix: active queue rejection plus fallback failure returns status: "error"; successful fallback returns the fallback run id and starts A2A wait/history on the durable fallback session; transcript-commit-wait unsupported active runs retry queue delivery without starting fallback.
  • What was not tested: full repository CI could not be queried locally because the GitHub Actions API returned a rate-limit error; merge will still be subject to GitHub branch protection.

Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.

@steipete steipete merged commit 81e7e8e into openclaw:main May 27, 2026
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Landed in 81e7e8ef24dee045fe2bce7d0b50c169e718a699.

  • PR head: 7e3090cce2d5b4d4f2bfa96f62634011c28c4097
  • Gate: node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts; pnpm check:test-types; git diff --check; .agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview --mode branch --base origin/main
  • Known proof gap: full repository CI could not be queried locally because the GitHub Actions API returned a rate-limit error; GitHub accepted the merge.

Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.

github-actions Bot pushed a commit to Desicool/openclaw that referenced this pull request May 27, 2026
Fix run-scoped sessions_send active-run fallback handling.

- surface active queue rejection plus durable fallback admission failures instead of returning accepted too early
- return fallback run/session metadata so normal A2A announcement waits on the fallback run
- retry active steering without transcript-commit waiting when the active runtime does not support it

Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.

Verification:
- node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts
- pnpm check:test-types
- git diff --check
- .agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview --mode branch --base origin/main
@TurboTheTurtle TurboTheTurtle deleted the fix/sessions-send-parallel-pingback-86586 branch May 27, 2026 08:00
eleboucher pushed a commit to eleboucher/homelab that referenced this pull request May 27, 2026
…026.5.26) (#682)

This PR contains the following updates:

| Package | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|
| [ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw](https://openclaw.ai) ([source](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw)) | patch | `2026.5.22` → `2026.5.26` |

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### [`v2026.5.26`](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md#2026526)

[Compare Source](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/compare/v2026.5.22...v2026.5.26)

##### Highlights

- Faster Gateway and replies: startup avoids repeated plugin, channel, session, usage-cost, warning, scheduled-service, and filesystem scans; visible replies separate user-facing sends from slower follow-up work; Gateway runtime/session caches churn less under load.
- Transcripts are core: transcript-backed meeting summaries, source-provider chunks, cleaned user turns, media provenance, Codex mirrors, WebChat replies, and CLI/TUI replay now use one more reliable transcript path.
- More channels are production-ready: Telegram keeps typing/progress context and forum topics, iMessage handles attachment roots, remote media staging, and duplicate local Messages sources, WhatsApp restores group/media behavior, Discord improves voice playback and model picking, and Signal/iMessage/WhatsApp get reaction approvals.
- Better voice and Talk: realtime Talk runs can be inspected, steered, cancelled, or followed up from Web UI and Discord voice; wake-name handling is more tolerant without letting ambient speech trigger agents.
- Safer content boundaries: Browser snapshot reads honor SSRF policy, system-event text cannot spoof nested prompt markers, fetched file text is wrapped as external content, ClickClack inbound sender allowlists run before agent dispatch, stale device tokens are rejected, and serialized tool-call text is scrubbed from replies.
- Providers, Codex, and local models are steadier: named auth profiles, OpenAI sampling params, Codex app-server resume/timeout/usage-limit recovery, dynamic tool-schema guards, xAI usage-limit surfacing, Ollama top-p normalization, and local approval resolution reduce provider-specific dead ends.
- More reliable install/update/release paths: Alpine installs, trusted runtime fallback roots, stable update channels, Docker/package timeouts, Windows Scheduled Tasks, Windows/macOS proof lanes, Testbox/Crabbox delegation, plugin publish checks, and macOS runner bootstraps all got hardened.
- Better observability: Activity tab, gateway secret-prep traces, tool/model stream progress, explicit fast-mode status, systemd Gateway hygiene, OpenTelemetry LLM spans, release performance evidence, and richer telemetry signals make failures easier to inspect.

##### Changes

- Transcripts: add core transcript capture and source-provider support for transcript-backed meeting summaries, including the renamed Transcripts docs, CLI surface, source-provider chunks, and cleaned user-turn persistence.
- Auth: add named model login profiles and supported credential migration for Hermes, OpenCode, and Codex auth profiles, with explicit opt-out and non-interactive controls. ([#&#8203;85667](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85667)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).
- Diagnostics: trace gateway secret preparation, classify skill/tool usage, surface model stream progress, add OpenTelemetry LLM content spans, and expose alertable telemetry for blocked tools, failover, stale sessions, liveness, oversized payloads, and webhook ingress. ([#&#8203;83019](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83019), [#&#8203;80370](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80370), [#&#8203;86191](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86191))
- Channels: add Signal reaction approvals, iMessage thumb approval reactions, and WhatsApp thumb approval reaction support so mobile approval flows work without textual `/approve` commands. ([#&#8203;85894](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85894), [#&#8203;85952](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85952), [#&#8203;85477](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85477))
- Agents/API: forward OpenAI sampling params through the Gateway and expose estimated context-budget status for active agent runs. ([#&#8203;84094](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84094))
- TUI/status: queue prompts submitted while an agent is busy and show explicit fast-mode state plus richer systemd Gateway hygiene in status output. ([#&#8203;86722](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86722), [#&#8203;87115](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87115), [#&#8203;86976](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86976))
- Exec approvals: hide durable approval actions that are unavailable for the current prompt and keep approval runtime tokens local-only so stale prompts cannot offer misleading controls. ([#&#8203;86270](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86270), [#&#8203;86359](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86359))
- Plugin SDK: add reaction approval helpers and keep diagnostic event root exports discoverable across function-name and alias-bound module graphs. ([#&#8203;86735](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86735), [#&#8203;87084](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87084))
- Android/iOS: add the Android pair-new-gateway action and improve mobile Talk mode surfaces, including iOS realtime Talk mode and Android offline voice/gateway recovery. ([#&#8203;86798](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86798), [#&#8203;86355](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86355)) Thanks [@&#8203;ngutman](https://github.com/ngutman).
- Performance: cache plugin metadata snapshots, package realpaths, stable gateway metadata, model cost indexes, channel resolution, usage-cost indexes, and session/auth hot-path facts so common Gateway and reply paths do less rediscovery. ([#&#8203;84649](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84649), [#&#8203;85843](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85843), [#&#8203;86517](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86517), [#&#8203;86678](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86678))
- Voice: expose shared realtime turn-context tracking through the realtime voice SDK and reuse it for Discord speaker attribution and wake-name context recovery.
- Voice: reuse shared realtime output activity tracking in Google Meet command and node audio bridges, including recent-output checks for local barge-in detection.
- Voice: expose shared realtime output activity tracking through the realtime voice SDK and reuse it for Discord playback activity and barge-in decisions.
- Voice: expose shared realtime consult question matching, speakable-result extraction, and alias-aware forced-consult coordination through the realtime voice SDK, then reuse it in Gateway Talk, Voice Call, and Discord voice paths.
- Voice: share activation-name matching and consult-transcript screening through the realtime voice SDK so Discord, browser voice, and meeting surfaces can reuse one implementation.
- Cron: default `cron.maxConcurrentRuns` to 8 so scheduled automations and their isolated agent turns can make progress in parallel without explicit configuration.
- QA-Lab: add `qa coverage --match <query>` so focused proof selection can discover matching scenarios from existing metadata before running live or remote lanes.
- Discord/model picker: surface an alpha-bucket select (e.g. `A–G (12) · H–N (18) · O–Z (5)`) when the provider list or a provider's model list exceeds 25 items, so configs with `provider/*` wildcards stay one click from the right page instead of paginating through prev/next; falls back to numeric chunks when every item shares the same first letter.
- Control UI: add an ephemeral Activity tab for sanitized live tool activity summaries without persisting raw telemetry. Fixes [#&#8203;12831](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/12831). Thanks [@&#8203;BunsDev](https://github.com/BunsDev).
- Build: include `ui:build` in the `full` and `ciArtifacts` profiles of `scripts/build-all.mjs` so `pnpm build` always rebuilds `dist/control-ui` after `tsdown` cleans `dist`, removing the second-command requirement and the missing-asset failure mode for source/runtime installs and CI artifact uploads. ([#&#8203;85206](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85206))
- iOS: improve Talk mode with direct realtime voice sessions, compact toolbar status, and responsive voice waveform feedback. ([#&#8203;86355](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86355)) Thanks [@&#8203;ngutman](https://github.com/ngutman).
- Media: replace the Sharp image backend with Rastermill for metadata, resizing, EXIF orientation, and PNG alpha-preserving optimization so OpenClaw no longer installs Sharp or the WhatsApp Jimp fallback for image processing. ([#&#8203;86437](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86437))
- Codex: update the bundled Codex CLI to 0.134.0 and keep native compaction disabled for budget-triggered app-server turns so OpenClaw owns the recovery boundary. ([#&#8203;86772](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86772))

##### Fixes

- Memory/security: reject prompt-like text submitted through the explicit `memory_store` tool before embedding or storage, matching the existing auto-capture prompt-injection filter. ([#&#8203;87142](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87142))

- Gateway/security: enable the default auth rate limiter for remote non-browser and HTTP gateway auth failures when `gateway.auth.rateLimit` is unset, while preserving the loopback exemption. ([#&#8203;87148](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87148))

- Prompt hardening: route untrusted group prompt metadata through sanitized untrusted structured context while preserving trusted operator-configured group system prompts and aligning the plugin SDK docs/test helpers. ([#&#8203;87144](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87144))

- Security/content boundaries: validate Browser snapshot tab URLs against SSRF policy before ChromeMCP or direct CDP reads, sanitize queued system-event text so untrusted plugin/channel labels cannot spoof nested prompt markers, wrap fetched file text and metadata as external content, apply ClickClack `allowFrom` sender allowlists before agent dispatch, reject RPCs from invalidated device-token clients during rotation, require staged sandbox media refs, and scrub serialized tool-call text from replies. ([#&#8203;78526](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/78526), [#&#8203;87094](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87094), [#&#8203;87062](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87062), [#&#8203;83741](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83741), [#&#8203;70707](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/70707), [#&#8203;86924](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86924)) Thanks [@&#8203;zsxsoft](https://github.com/zsxsoft), [@&#8203;ttzero25](https://github.com/ttzero25), and [@&#8203;mmaps](https://github.com/mmaps).

- Transcripts/user turns: persist CLI, WebChat, media, follow-up, hook, and Codex-mirror user turns to the admitted session target; keep cleaned transcript text, inline image routing, provenance metadata, replay hooks, and fallback paths idempotent when runtimes fail or restart.

- TUI/status/onboarding/UI: queue busy TUI prompts instead of dropping them, preserve the configured default model during onboarding, show failed tool results as errors, show config-open failures in Control UI, keep status JSON plugin scans healthy, preserve xAI usage-limit errors locally, and expose explicit fast-mode/systemd state. ([#&#8203;86722](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86722), [#&#8203;87000](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87000), [#&#8203;85786](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85786), [#&#8203;87108](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87108), [#&#8203;87001](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87001), [#&#8203;86614](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86614), [#&#8203;87115](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87115), [#&#8203;86976](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86976))

- Plugin commands/SDK: preserve plugin LLM command auth, bind native plugin command dispatch to the host agent's LLM auth, keep `onDiagnosticEvent` exports discoverable through `Function.name`, stabilize diagnostic event root aliases, correlate pathless read diagnostics, suppress transient runner failures in channel command paths, and repair local approval resolution. ([#&#8203;85936](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85936), [#&#8203;87084](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87084), [#&#8203;86977](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86977), [#&#8203;87069](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87069), [#&#8203;86771](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86771))

- Codex/providers: keep WebChat delivery hints out of user prompts, avoid false queued-terminal idle timeouts, share the native hook relay registry, quarantine unsupported dynamic tool schemas, preserve Claude resumed-session system prompts, normalize greedy Ollama `top_p`, preserve per-agent thinking defaults for ingress runs, and avoid native compaction takeover on budget-triggered Codex turns. ([#&#8203;87096](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87096), [#&#8203;73950](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/73950), [#&#8203;87049](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87049), [#&#8203;86689](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86689), [#&#8203;86772](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86772))

- Gateway/perf/release: reuse startup-warning metadata and prepared auth stores, avoid cloning live-switch and lifecycle session caches on read paths, defer warning and scheduled-service fallback imports, trim Gateway session/startup/runtime CPU churn, skip duplicate turn session touches, stop chat timeout fallback cascades, drop stale subagent announce history, bound benchmark/watch/kitchen-sink teardown waits, bound macOS/package/onboarding/plugin smoke commands, bound install finalization probes, resolve Parallels npm-update commands from guest `PATH`, and bootstrap raw AWS macOS Node/pnpm commands through `/usr/bin/env`. ([#&#8203;86997](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86997))

- Reply/perf: reduce visible reply delivery latency by preserving Telegram typing/progress context, lazy-loading slash-command startup metadata, avoiding hot-path model hydration, flag-gating Codex profiler timing, deferring context compaction maintenance, and tracking delivery timing. ([#&#8203;86989](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86989), [#&#8203;86990](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86990), [#&#8203;86991](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86991), [#&#8203;86992](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86992), [#&#8203;86993](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86993), [#&#8203;86994](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86994)) Thanks [@&#8203;keshavbotagent](https://github.com/keshavbotagent).

- Reply/source delivery: keep TUI, Control UI, media, TTS, transcript, and Codex source-reply finals live without duplicate terminal events or stale replay artifacts.

- Agents/replay: repair legacy tool results before replay, preserve `sessions_spawn` transcript payloads, restore current guard checks, stage sandboxed workspace media, and keep duplicate transcripts tool display metadata from reappearing. ([#&#8203;82203](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82203), [#&#8203;86934](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86934), [#&#8203;87025](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87025)) Thanks [@&#8203;martingarramon](https://github.com/martingarramon), [@&#8203;vincentkoc](https://github.com/vincentkoc), and [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).

- Agents/sessions: handle active-fallback failures in `sessions_send` so fallback routing reports the real failure and does not leave callers with an ambiguous dropped send. ([#&#8203;86638](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86638))

- Agents/hooks/subagents: enforce default hook agent allowlists, recover failed subagent lifecycle completions, and keep node task lifecycle cleanup from closing the Gateway listener. ([#&#8203;86101](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86101))

- Codex: project newer OpenClaw chat history into resumed app-server threads and keep Codex turn timeouts inside the Codex runtime boundary so timeouts do not poison shared app-server clients or fall through to unrelated provider fallback. ([#&#8203;86677](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86677), [#&#8203;86476](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86476)) Thanks [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle) and [@&#8203;pashpashpash](https://github.com/pashpashpash).

- Config/doctor/update: narrow profiled tool-section doctor repair, keep runtime-injected legacy web-search provider config out of user-authored config validation, and keep prerelease tags excluded from stable updater resolution. ([#&#8203;87030](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87030), [#&#8203;86818](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86818), [#&#8203;86559](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86559)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant), [@&#8203;luoyanglang](https://github.com/luoyanglang), and [@&#8203;stevenepalmer](https://github.com/stevenepalmer).

- Doctor/runtime: validate active bundled MCP tool schemas through the same runtime projection path so unsupported MCP input schemas are reported and quarantined instead of poisoning assistant startup.

- CLI/Windows: add a Windows-only stack-size respawn for stack-heavy startup paths, default CLI logs to local timestamps, and validate timeout/banner TTY state more strictly. ([#&#8203;87031](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/87031), [#&#8203;85387](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85387)) Thanks [@&#8203;giodl73-repo](https://github.com/giodl73-repo) and [@&#8203;vincentkoc](https://github.com/vincentkoc).

- Locking/security: require owner identity proof before stale plugin lock removal, memoize session lock owner arguments, and avoid writing default exec approval stores unless policy state actually changed. ([#&#8203;86814](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86814), [#&#8203;86964](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86964)) Thanks [@&#8203;Alix-007](https://github.com/Alix-007) and [@&#8203;vincentkoc](https://github.com/vincentkoc).

- Install/release: bound Docker package build, inventory, pack, and tarball preparation with process-group timeouts; pin shrinkwrap patch drift to the pnpm lock; harden macOS restart and dSYM packaging; and run release Docker/live timeout wrappers in the foreground so child processes cannot wedge gates.

- QA/Telegram: bound Telegram user credential tar and broker calls so live proof setup fails with a timeout instead of waiting for the outer Crabbox job deadline.

- QA/Tool Search: bound gateway E2E HTTP probes, run only the fixture plugin, and clean up temporary fixture trees after the compact tool-catalog proof completes.

- Telegram/network: treat `ENETDOWN` as a transient pre-connect network failure so Telegram sends, gateway unhandled-rejection handling, and cron network retries follow the same recovery path as sibling network outages. ([#&#8203;86762](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86762)) Thanks [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle).

- Telegram: preserve inbound text entities, overlapping DM replies, account topic cache sidecars, outbound reply context, targeted bot-command mentions, durable group retry targets, forum topic names, and native progress callbacks. ([#&#8203;83873](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83873), [#&#8203;85361](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85361), [#&#8203;85555](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85555), [#&#8203;85656](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85656), [#&#8203;85709](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85709), [#&#8203;86299](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86299), [#&#8203;86553](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86553)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif), [@&#8203;luoyanglang](https://github.com/luoyanglang), and [@&#8203;neeravmakwana](https://github.com/neeravmakwana).

- iMessage: read image attachments from local Messages attachment roots, dedupe duplicate local Messages-source accounts, seed direct DM history, fix image/group media attachment commands, advance catchup cursors after live handling, and keep slash-command acknowledgements in the source conversation. ([#&#8203;82642](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82642), [#&#8203;85475](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85475), [#&#8203;86569](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86569), [#&#8203;86705](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86705), [#&#8203;86706](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86706), [#&#8203;86770](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86770)) Thanks [@&#8203;homer-byte](https://github.com/homer-byte), [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle), [@&#8203;swang430](https://github.com/swang430), and [@&#8203;OmarShahine](https://github.com/OmarShahine).

- WhatsApp/QQ/Twitch/IRC/Slack: restore WhatsApp ack identity and group-drop warnings, make QQ Bot media respect `OPENCLAW_HOME`, serialize Twitch auth disconnects, store IRC channel routes canonically, and keep Slack downloaded files out of reply media. ([#&#8203;83833](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83833), [#&#8203;85309](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85309), [#&#8203;85777](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85777), [#&#8203;85794](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85794), [#&#8203;85906](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85906), [#&#8203;86318](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86318), [#&#8203;86697](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86697)) Thanks [@&#8203;sliverp](https://github.com/sliverp), [@&#8203;neeravmakwana](https://github.com/neeravmakwana), and [@&#8203;Kailigithub](https://github.com/Kailigithub).

- Discord/voice: improve voice playback and wake replies, bucket large model picker menus, merge media captions into one message, route metadata through configured proxies, restore numeric channel sends, suppress self-reply echoes, and tighten wake matching without breaking fuzzy wake phrases. ([#&#8203;80227](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80227), [#&#8203;86238](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86238), [#&#8203;86487](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86487), [#&#8203;86571](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86571), [#&#8203;86595](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86595), [#&#8203;86601](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86601))

- Codex: preserve native web-search metadata, keep oversized native thread reuse, bridge CLI API-key auth into the app server, preserve sandbox bootstrap path style, recover context-window prompt errors, honor yolo approval policy, disable native thread personality, and route compaction through Codex auth. ([#&#8203;85378](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85378), [#&#8203;85542](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85542), [#&#8203;85891](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85891), [#&#8203;85909](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85909), [#&#8203;86408](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86408))

- Agents/runtime: enforce session lock max-hold reclaim, release embedded-attempt locks on all exits, treat aborted subagent runs as terminal, avoid runtime model hydration on hot paths, disclose scoped session list counts, derive overflow budgets from provider errors, and keep fallback errors scoped to the active model candidate. ([#&#8203;70473](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/70473), [#&#8203;85764](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85764), [#&#8203;86014](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86014), [#&#8203;86134](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86134), [#&#8203;86427](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86427), [#&#8203;86944](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86944)) Thanks [@&#8203;openperf](https://github.com/openperf), [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev), [@&#8203;zhangguiping-xydt](https://github.com/zhangguiping-xydt), and [@&#8203;ferminquant](https://github.com/ferminquant).

- Config/update/doctor: retry config recovery after failed backup restore, skip shell env fallback on Windows, exclude prerelease tags from the stable git channel, support deep config edits, warn instead of aborting on unreadable cron stores, prune stale bundled plugin paths, and avoid duplicate restart prompts when the Gateway is already healthy. ([#&#8203;85739](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85739), [#&#8203;85787](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85787), [#&#8203;86060](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86060), [#&#8203;86260](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86260), [#&#8203;86384](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86384), [#&#8203;86533](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86533)) Thanks [@&#8203;liaoyl830](https://github.com/liaoyl830).

- Install/release: support Alpine CLI installs and runtime floors, prefer trusted startup argv runtime fallback roots, reject stale CLI node runtimes, avoid npm `min-release-age` installer failures, bound npm/package/Docker install phases, restore config parent ownership in Docker, seed Docker lockfile package tarballs before prune, make release/plugin prerelease checks fail closed instead of hanging or false-greening, and use host-visible Crabbox local work roots for Docker-backed proof. ([#&#8203;85491](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85491))

- Windows daemon: keep Scheduled Task gateway launches running on battery power and avoid workgroup-machine prompts for a domain user during task installation. ([#&#8203;59299](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/59299))

- Security: avoid printing Gateway tokens in Docker, validate plugin model-pattern regexes safely, escape transcript metadata field names, harden session allowlist glob matching, audit Claude permission overrides under YOLO, and require explicit allow for ACP auto approvals. ([#&#8203;85849](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85849), [#&#8203;85934](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85934), [#&#8203;86046](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86046), [#&#8203;86557](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86557))

- Media/images: replace Sharp with Rastermill, keep EXIF normalization best-effort, normalize HEIC/HEIF before image descriptions, route Codex image API keys through OpenAI, preserve image compression metadata, and auto-scale live tool result caps. ([#&#8203;85776](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85776), [#&#8203;86037](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86037), [#&#8203;86437](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86437), [#&#8203;86857](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86857), [#&#8203;86923](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86923))

- Memory: prevent semantic vector indexes from silently degrading when embeddings are unavailable, stop doctor OOMs on large session stores, preserve sidecar hooks/artifacts, write fallback dream diaries, use CJK-aware dreaming dedupe, and avoid per-file watcher FD fan-out. ([#&#8203;80613](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80613), [#&#8203;82928](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82928), [#&#8203;85060](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85060), [#&#8203;85704](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85704), [#&#8203;85967](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85967), [#&#8203;86701](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86701)) Thanks [@&#8203;brokemac79](https://github.com/brokemac79), [@&#8203;openperf](https://github.com/openperf), and [@&#8203;yaaboo-gif](https://github.com/yaaboo-gif).

- Agents/sessions: include visibility metadata on restricted `sessions_list` results so scoped counts are clearly reported without widening access or exposing hidden-session counts. ([#&#8203;86944](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86944)) Thanks [@&#8203;ferminquant](https://github.com/ferminquant).

- Gateway/DNS: validate wide-area discovery domains before deriving zone paths or writing zone files, so invalid `discovery.wideArea.domain` and `dns setup --domain` values fail with a DNS-name diagnostic instead of falling through to unrelated configuration errors. Thanks [@&#8203;mmaps](https://github.com/mmaps).

- Agents/BTW: route fallback side-question streams through the embedded stream resolver so Anthropic-compatible MiniMax requests use the same capped transport as normal chat. ([#&#8203;86312](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86312)) Thanks [@&#8203;neeravmakwana](https://github.com/neeravmakwana).

- Telegram: treat `/command@TargetBot` bot-command entities as explicit mentions for the addressed bot so `requireMention` groups no longer drop targeted commands or captions. Fixes [#&#8203;84462](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84462). ([#&#8203;86553](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86553)) Thanks [@&#8203;luoyanglang](https://github.com/luoyanglang).

- CI: bound Docker/Bash E2E tarball npm installs with `OPENCLAW_E2E_NPM_INSTALL_TIMEOUT` so package, onboarding, plugin, and upgrade lanes fail instead of hanging on a stuck npm install.

- CI: fail Parallels npm-update smoke jobs after the guest command timeout and cleanup backstop instead of only logging a timeout line.

- CI: bound kitchen-sink RPC HTTP probes so stalled gateway readiness or response bodies fail and retry instead of wedging the walker.

- CI: bound Telegram user Crabbox proof Bot API calls so stalled Telegram responses fail instead of wedging credential and desktop proof cleanup.

- CI: bound MCP channel stdio client initialization so Docker channel proof fails and closes the bridge transport instead of waiting for the outer job timeout.

- CI: keep `OPENCLAW_TESTBOX=1 pnpm check:changed` delegating to Blacksmith Testbox through Crabbox without forwarding local Testbox or worker env into the remote command.

- CI: send KILL after the TERM grace period for manual checkout fetch timeouts so stuck Testbox and workflow checkout retries cannot hang behind a wedged `git fetch`.

- CI: send KILL after the TERM grace period for Bun global install smoke command timeouts so trapped `openclaw` child processes cannot wedge the scheduled install smoke.

- iMessage: thread current channel/account inbound attachment roots into the image tool so iMessage-saved attachments under `~/Library/Messages/Attachments` (including the wildcard `/Users/*/Library/Messages/Attachments` root) are read through the existing inbound path policy instead of being rejected as `path-not-allowed`. Literal `localRoots` stays workspace-scoped. Fixes [#&#8203;30170](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/30170). ([#&#8203;86569](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86569))

- QQ Bot: respect `OPENCLAW_HOME` for outbound media path resolution so `<qqmedia>` sends no longer silently fail when `HOME` and `OPENCLAW_HOME` differ (Docker / multi-user hosts). Persisted QQ Bot data (sessions, known users, refs) stays anchored on the OS home for upgrade compatibility. Fixes [#&#8203;83562](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83562). Thanks [@&#8203;sliverp](https://github.com/sliverp).

- Update: report the primary malformed `openclaw.extensions` payload error without adding a duplicate missing-main diagnostic. ([#&#8203;86596](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86596)) Thanks [@&#8203;ferminquant](https://github.com/ferminquant).

- Control UI: keep host-local Markdown file paths inert while preserving app-relative links. ([#&#8203;86620](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86620)) Thanks [@&#8203;BryanTegomoh](https://github.com/BryanTegomoh).

- Gateway: dampen repeated unauthenticated device-required probes per URL while preserving explicit-auth and paired recovery paths. ([#&#8203;86575](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86575)) Thanks [@&#8203;ferminquant](https://github.com/ferminquant).

- IRC: store inbound channel routes with the canonical `channel:#name` target and join transient channel sends before writing. ([#&#8203;85906](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85906)) Thanks [@&#8203;Kailigithub](https://github.com/Kailigithub).

- Usage: surface unknown all-zero model pricing as missing cost entries instead of a confident `$0` total. ([#&#8203;85882](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85882)) Thanks [@&#8203;MichaelZelbel](https://github.com/MichaelZelbel).

- Agents/Codex: honor yolo app-server approval policy only for the full `never` plus `danger-full-access` case. ([#&#8203;85909](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85909)) Thanks [@&#8203;earlvanze](https://github.com/earlvanze).

- Gateway/Gmail: clear Gmail watcher renewal intervals on re-entry so hot reloads do not leak lifecycle timers. ([#&#8203;82947](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82947)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).

- Logging: exit cleanly on broken stdout/stderr pipes without masking existing failure exit codes. ([#&#8203;80059](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80059)) Thanks [@&#8203;pavelzak](https://github.com/pavelzak).

- Gateway/security: escape transcript metadata field names while extracting oversized session line prefixes. ([#&#8203;85934](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85934)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).

- Plugins/security: validate manifest model pattern regexes with the safe-regex compiler so unsafe patterns are ignored before matching. ([#&#8203;86046](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86046)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).

- Discord: route gateway metadata REST lookups through the configured Discord proxy so proxied accounts do not fall back to direct `discord.com` connections before opening the WebSocket. Fixes [#&#8203;80227](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80227). Thanks [@&#8203;Clivilwalker](https://github.com/Clivilwalker).

- Agents/media: hydrate current-turn image attachments from filename-derived MIME types so active vision can see generated or forwarded images whose source omitted an image content type. ([#&#8203;84812](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84812)) Thanks [@&#8203;marchpure](https://github.com/marchpure).

- Agents/fs: point workspace-only scratch-path guidance at in-workspace temp directories while keeping host-root writes rejected by the tool guard. ([#&#8203;86501](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86501)) Thanks [@&#8203;tianxiaochannel-oss88](https://github.com/tianxiaochannel-oss88).

- Agents/media: keep async cron media completions scoped to their run session while preserving direct delivery for stale generated-media success and failure notifications. ([#&#8203;86529](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86529)) Thanks [@&#8203;ai-hpc](https://github.com/ai-hpc).

- Gateway: emit plugin `session_end`/`session_start` hooks when `agent.send` rotates or replaces a session id, keeping hook lifecycle state aligned with `sessions.changed` notifications. Fixes [#&#8203;83507](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83507). ([#&#8203;85875](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85875)) Thanks [@&#8203;brokemac79](https://github.com/brokemac79).

- OpenShell/SSH: reject malformed generated exec commands before sandbox/session setup so unresolved workflow placeholders fail fast instead of reaching the remote shell. Fixes [#&#8203;72373](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/72373). Thanks [@&#8203;brokemac79](https://github.com/brokemac79).

- Google: stop normalizing `gemini-3.1-flash-lite` to the retired preview endpoint and update Flash Lite alias guidance to the GA model id. Fixes [#&#8203;86151](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86151). ([#&#8203;86240](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86240)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).

- Installer: make Alpine apk installs cover Git, verify the Node runtime floor, try `nodejs-current`, and report Alpine version guidance when repositories only provide older Node packages.

- Agents/status: prefer the active Claude CLI OAuth auth label over an unused Anthropic env API-key label for equivalent runtime aliases. Fixes [#&#8203;80184](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80184). ([#&#8203;86570](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86570)) Thanks [@&#8203;brokemac79](https://github.com/brokemac79).

- Agents/media: send direct fallback for generated media still missing after an active requester wake fails. ([#&#8203;85489](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85489)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).

- Agents: derive overflow compaction budgets from provider-reported and synthetic over-budget token counts so confirmed context overflows compact before retrying. ([#&#8203;70473](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/70473)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).

- Agents/Codex: recover Codex context-window prompt errors through overflow compaction and surface reset guidance when recovery is exhausted. ([#&#8203;85542](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85542)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).

- Agents/Codex: allow Codex app-server runs to bootstrap from `CODEX_API_KEY` or `OPENAI_API_KEY` when no Codex auth profile is configured.

- Agents/Codex: keep selected Codex runtime routing on OpenAI-Codex while preserving direct OpenAI API-key compaction fallback. ([#&#8203;86408](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86408)) Thanks [@&#8203;funmerlin](https://github.com/funmerlin) and [@&#8203;VACInc](https://github.com/VACInc).

- Agent transcript: include OpenClaw agent session logs when finding local transcript candidates.

- Crabbox: bootstrap raw AWS macOS shell commands wrapped in absolute `time` paths so RSS probes can run Node and pnpm on fresh macOS runners.

- Crabbox: bootstrap raw AWS macOS shell commands even when setup statements precede Node or pnpm usage.

- TUI/local: skip unnecessary secret resolution, gateway model catalog loading, bootstrap, and skill scans in explicit local-model runs so startup reaches the model request faster.

- Sessions/doctor: load large session stores without clone amplification during read-only doctor checks and reclaim stale `sessions.json.*.tmp` sidecars. Fixes [#&#8203;56827](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/56827). Thanks [@&#8203;openperf](https://github.com/openperf).

- Tests: clean successful plugin gateway gauntlet isolated temp roots while keeping an explicit preservation switch for failed/debug runs.

- Plugins/perf: reuse derived plugin metadata snapshots for the lifetime of the process so reply-time skill setup no longer rescans plugin metadata on every turn.

- Discord/OpenAI voice: keep wake-name master consults using the current speaker context after ignored ambient transcripts and shorten the default capture silence grace.

- Doctor: skip redundant Gateway restart prompts when a recent supervisor restart leaves the Gateway healthy. Fixes [#&#8203;86518](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86518). ([#&#8203;86533](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86533)) Thanks [@&#8203;liaoyl830](https://github.com/liaoyl830).

- Cron: restore suspended cron lanes to the configured/default concurrency instead of falling back to one after quota or circuit-breaker auto-resume.

- Gateway: keep session-only Control UI tool-start mirrors flowing during diagnostic queue pressure instead of silently dropping non-terminal tool updates.

- Agents/memory: return optional not-found context for missing date-only daily memory reads instead of logging benign first-run `ENOENT` failures. Fixes [#&#8203;82928](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82928). Thanks [@&#8203;galiniliev](https://github.com/galiniliev).

- Discord: merge streamed text captions into following media block replies so captions and attachments send as one message. ([#&#8203;86487](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86487)) Thanks [@&#8203;neeravmakwana](https://github.com/neeravmakwana).

- Gateway: avoid sending duplicate tool-event frames to Control UI connections that are subscribed by both run and session.

- Discord/OpenAI voice: accept broader edge-position fuzzy wake-name transcripts while keeping ambient speech gated.

- Discord/OpenAI voice: accept longer leading wake-name mistranscripts such as "Open Club" for OpenClaw.

- Agents/OpenAI-compatible: stop ModelStudio-compatible chat requests before sending system/tool-only payloads that have no usable user or assistant turn. ([#&#8203;86177](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86177)) Thanks [@&#8203;TurboTheTurtle](https://github.com/TurboTheTurtle).

- Gateway/plugins: reuse plugin package realpath checks while building installed plugin indexes so startup avoids repeated filesystem resolution work.

- Kilo Gateway: send string `stop` sequences as arrays so Kilo accepts OpenAI-compatible chat completions. ([#&#8203;86461](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86461)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).

- Discord/OpenAI voice: accept leading fuzzy wake-name transcripts such as "Monty" or "Moti" for a Molty agent while keeping ambient speech gated.

- Media understanding: convert HEIC and HEIF images to JPEG before image description providers run so iPhone photos work in direct and configured image-description flows. ([#&#8203;86037](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86037))

- Agents: release embedded-attempt session locks from outer teardown so post-prompt exceptions cannot wedge later requests behind `SessionWriteLockTimeoutError`. Fixes [#&#8203;86014](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86014). Thanks [@&#8203;openperf](https://github.com/openperf).

- Discord/OpenAI voice: rotate Realtime sessions at provider max duration without logging the expected session-expiry event as an error.

- Sessions: skip metadata-only entries during QMD-slugified session lookup so one incomplete row does not block transcript hit resolution. ([#&#8203;86327](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86327)) Thanks [@&#8203;abnershang](https://github.com/abnershang).

- Agents/media: derive bundled plugin local-media trust from plugin tool metadata instead of importing the full plugin registry on subscription paths. ([#&#8203;84409](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84409)) Thanks [@&#8203;samzong](https://github.com/samzong).

- Image tool: keep config-backed custom-provider API keys usable for auto-discovered vision models, including deferred image-tool execution without env keys or auth profiles. ([#&#8203;85733](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85733))

- Memory/local embeddings: run local GGUF embeddings in an isolated worker sidecar and degrade to configured fallback or keyword search on worker failure so native embedding crashes do not take down the Gateway. ([#&#8203;85348](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85348)) Thanks [@&#8203;osolmaz](https://github.com/osolmaz).

- Gateway: clear the runtime config snapshot before `SIGUSR1` in-process restarts so config changes survive the next gateway loop. ([#&#8203;86388](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86388)) Thanks [@&#8203;XuZehan-iCenter](https://github.com/XuZehan-iCenter).

- Models: show OAuth delegation markers as configured `models.json` auth while keeping runtime route usability checks strict. ([#&#8203;86378](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86378)) Thanks [@&#8203;rohitjavvadi](https://github.com/rohitjavvadi).

- Cron: seed active scheduled and manual cron task rows with a progress summary so status surfaces do not look blank while jobs run. ([#&#8203;86313](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86313)) Thanks [@&#8203;ferminquant](https://github.com/ferminquant).

- Cron: preserve unsupported persisted cron payload rows during routine store writes while keeping those rows non-runnable. Fixes [#&#8203;84922](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84922). ([#&#8203;86415](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86415)) Thanks [@&#8203;IWhatsskill](https://github.com/IWhatsskill).

- Updater: exclude prerelease git tags from stable channel resolution so source updates do not check out newer alpha/rc/preview/canary tags. ([#&#8203;86260](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86260)) Thanks [@&#8203;stevenepalmer](https://github.com/stevenepalmer).

- Security/Audit: flag webhook `hooks.token` reuse of active Gateway password auth in `openclaw security audit` while keeping password-mode startup compatibility. ([#&#8203;84338](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84338)) Thanks [@&#8203;coygeek](https://github.com/coygeek).

- QQBot: derive the outbound reply watchdog from configured agent and provider timeouts so slow local model replies are not cut off at five minutes. Fixes [#&#8203;85267](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85267). ([#&#8203;85271](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85271)) Thanks [@&#8203;SymbolStar](https://github.com/SymbolStar).

- Agents/heartbeat: stop heartbeat turns after the first valid `heartbeat_respond` so repeated response loops do not burn tokens. ([#&#8203;86357](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86357)) Thanks [@&#8203;udaymanish6](https://github.com/udaymanish6).

- Tasks: keep retained lost tasks out of default status health counts, explain their cleanup window during maintenance, and prune lost task records after 24 hours instead of the general 7-day terminal retention.

- Memory-core: keep REM dreaming focused on live light-staged memories and mark staged entries as considered so old recall history no longer dominates fresh candidates. ([#&#8203;86302](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86302)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).

- Memory: abort sync instead of downgrading an existing semantic vector index to FTS-only when the configured embedding provider is temporarily unavailable. ([#&#8203;85704](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85704)) Thanks [@&#8203;yaaboo-gif](https://github.com/yaaboo-gif).

- Telegram: propagate forum topic names through the account-scoped topic cache for native command context and topic create/edit actions. ([#&#8203;86299](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86299)) Thanks [@&#8203;SebTardif](https://github.com/SebTardif).

- Slack: keep downloaded read-only files out of reply media so Slack file reads do not echo files back to the conversation. ([#&#8203;86318](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86318)) Thanks [@&#8203;neeravmakwana](https://github.com/neeravmakwana).

- Cron: accept leading-plus relative durations such as `+5m` for one-shot `--at` schedules. ([#&#8203;86341](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86341)) Thanks [@&#8203;mushuiyu886](https://github.com/mushuiyu886).

- Agents/media: preserve async-started media tool metadata so background generation starts no longer surface generic incomplete-turn warnings while replay stays unsafe. ([#&#8203;85933](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85933)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).

- Docker E2E: dedupe scheduler lane resources so npm/service package lanes are not over-counted and serialized unnecessarily.

- QA/diagnostics: add a collector-backed OpenTelemetry smoke lane, make the OTLP payload leak check scenario-aware, and keep source QA builds from failing on optional dependency imports resolved through pnpm's temp module path.

- Crabbox: bootstrap Git metadata for sparse remote changed gates so raw synced workspaces can run `pnpm check:changed` from the intended diff.

- xAI/LM Studio: avoid buffering ordinary bracketed or `final` prose until stream completion while watching for plain-text tool-call fallbacks.

- Doctor: warn and continue when the cron job store exists but cannot be read so later health checks still run. Fixes [#&#8203;86102](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86102). ([#&#8203;86384](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86384)) Thanks [@&#8203;1052326311](https://github.com/1052326311).

- Discord: suppress a bot's previous reply body and referenced media from prompt context when a user replies to that bot message, while keeping reply metadata for routing. ([#&#8203;86238](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86238)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).

- Discord: restore bare numeric channel IDs for outbound message-tool sends while keeping explicit DM targets unambiguous. ([#&#8203;86571](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86571)) Thanks [@&#8203;joshavant](https://github.com/joshavant).

- Docker E2E: avoid rebuilding the Control UI twice while preparing the shared OpenClaw package tarball for package-backed scenario runs.

- Tests: avoid rebuilding the Control UI twice during the installer Docker smoke now that `pnpm build` includes `ui:build`.

- Tests: give QA config mutation RPCs enough native Windows budget to finish gateway config writes and restart settle after hot scenario runs.

- Tests: keep the gateway restart-inflight QA scenario focused on restart recovery on native Windows by allowing expected embedded prompt handoff errors and using the Windows-safe timeout budget.

- QA-Lab: make the synthetic OpenAI provider honor generic `reply exactly:` directives after required kickoff reads so restart-recovery scenarios do not fall through to generic repo-summary prose.

- Gateway: abort active `agent` RPC runs during forced restart shutdown so stale in-process turns cannot keep writing a session after the Gateway lifecycle restarts.

- Crabbox: sync clean sparse worktrees through a temporary full checkout even when reusing an existing lease so tracked build-time files are not omitted.

- Build: route `scripts/ui.js` through the shared pnpm runner and keep Control UI chunking helpers in sparse-included source so native Windows Corepack builds can produce `dist/control-ui`.

- Tests: give the memory fallback QA scenario enough turn budget to exercise native Windows gateway runs instead of failing on the client timeout while the mock agent is still dispatching.

- Tests: collect QA gateway CPU/RSS metrics on native Windows and give the channel baseline enough turn budget to report slow gateway runs instead of timing out before proof.

- Install/update: bypass npm `min-release-age` policies with `--min-release-age=0` instead of `--before` so hosted installers keep working on npm versions that reject the combined config. ([#&#8203;84749](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/84749)) Thanks [@&#8203;TeodoroRodrigo](https://github.com/TeodoroRodrigo).

- Diagnostics: reclaim wedged session lanes when stale active-run bookkeeping blocks queued work despite no forward progress. Fixes [#&#8203;85639](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85639). Thanks [@&#8203;openperf](https://github.com/openperf).

- WebChat: keep message-tool replies visible in the chat while still summarizing internal tool results for the model. Fixes [#&#8203;86347](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86347). Thanks [@&#8203;shakkernerd](https://github.com/shakkernerd).

- Gateway/perf: fail startup benchmark samples when the Gateway process exits before benchmark teardown, including signal deaths after readiness probes.

- Gateway/perf: fail restart benchmark samples when the Gateway exits before benchmark teardown, including clean exits and signal deaths after successful restart probes.

- Agents/tests: keep model catalog visibility on static selection helpers so catalog visibility checks avoid the broad model-selection barrel import.

- Agents/commitments: serialize commitment store load-modify-save writes so concurrent heartbeat and CLI updates no longer lose dismissal, sent, or attempt state. ([#&#8203;81153](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/81153)) Thanks [@&#8203;ai-hpc](https://github.com/ai-hpc).

- xAI/LM Studio: promote plain-text tool-call fallbacks into structured tool calls and strip leaked internal tool syntax before user-facing delivery. ([#&#8203;86222](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86222)) Thanks [@&#8203;fuller-stack-dev](https://github.com/fuller-stack-dev).

- CLI: suppress benign self-update version-skew warnings during package post-update finalization.

- Gateway/perf: tighten restart and startup benchmark failure handling so long profiling runs, failed probes, and fresh Linux runners no longer produce false passing or `n/a` results.

- Checks: keep intentional Knip unused-file findings optional so full CI and sparse proof workspaces stay aligned.

- Docker: restore writable `~/.config` in runtime images. Fixes [#&#8203;85968](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85968). Thanks [@&#8203;hkoessler](https://github.com/hkoessler) and [@&#8203;Bartok9](https://github.com/Bartok9).

- Plugin SDK: keep legacy root diagnostic subscriptions connected when built plugin SDK aliases resolve diagnostic helpers through a separate module graph.

- Diagnostics: export alertable OTel and Prometheus signals for blocked tools, model failover, stale sessions, liveness warnings, oversized payloads, and webhook ingress while fixing shared OTLP endpoints with query strings.

- Tests: normalize macOS canonical temp paths in exec allowlists, fs-safe trash assertions, installed plugin matching, Telegram topic-name stores, and built ACPX MCP server expectations so native macOS proof runners cover the intended behavior.

- Codex/app-server: preserve message-tool-only source reply delivery mode on active runs so sub-agent completion wakeups can steer the active Codex turn instead of being rejected. ([#&#8203;86287](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86287)) Thanks [@&#8203;ferminquant](https://github.com/ferminquant).

- Tests: sample the Windows kitchen-sink RPC gateway directly and serialize RSS probes so native runs keep the memory guard active.

- Tests: normalize bundled plugin lifecycle probe paths and state-root lookup so native Windows release sweeps accept valid packaged plugin installs.

- Agents/Claude CLI: route live native Bash permission requests through OpenClaw exec policy so Claude turns no longer stall on `control_request`, and document that OpenClaw exec policy is authoritative. Fixes [#&#8203;80819](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/80819). ([#&#8203;86330](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86330), from [#&#8203;81971](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/81971)) Thanks [@&#8203;guthirry](https://github.com/guthirry) and [@&#8203;sallyom](https://github.com/sallyom).

- Security audit: warn when YOLO OpenClaw exec policy overrides a restrictive raw Claude `--permission-mode` for managed live sessions. ([#&#8203;86557](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86557)) Thanks [@&#8203;sallyom](https://github.com/sallyom).

- Config: keep benign legacy metadata write anomalies out of default doctor and config command output while preserving explicit anomaly logging for diagnostics.

- Codex: log when implicit app-server `never` approvals are promoted for OpenClaw tool policy, including whether the trigger was a `before_tool_call` hook or trusted tool policy.

- Codex harness: make subscription usage-limit errors without reset times explain that OpenClaw cannot determine the reset and point users to wait until Codex is available, use another Codex account, or switch to another configured model/provider. Thanks [@&#8203;amknight](https://github.com/amknight).

- Google Vertex: support production ADC modes such as Workload Identity Federation, service-account credentials, and metadata-server ADC for the native Vertex transport. ([#&#8203;83971](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/83971)) Thanks [@&#8203;damianFelixPago](https://github.com/damianFelixPago).

- Telegram: route normal `[telegram][diag]` polling diagnostics through `runtime.log` while keeping non-diag warnings and persistence failures on `runtime.error`, so healthy polling startup no longer looks like an error. Fixes [#&#8203;82957](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82957). ([#&#8203;82958](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/82958)) Thanks [@&#8203;galiniliev](https://github.com/galiniliev).

- Providers/Ollama: strip inline Kimi cloud reasoning prefixes from streamed and final visible replies while keeping ordinary Kimi answers append-only. ([#&#8203;86286](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86286)) Thanks [@&#8203;jason-allen-oneal](https://github.com/jason-allen-oneal).

- Gateway: require Talk secret authority before setup-code handoff can include Talk secrets. ([#&#8203;85690](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/85690)) Thanks [@&#8203;ngutman](https://github.com/ngutman).

- Agents: keep fallback error reporting scoped to the active model candidate so stale prior-provider quota/auth text is not reported for later fallback attempts. ([#&#8203;86134](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86134)) Thanks [@&#8203;zhangguiping-xydt](https://github.com/zhangguiping-xydt).

- iMessage: dedupe watcher startup when `channels.imessage.accounts` lists both `default` and a named account that point at the same local Messages source, so the gateway no longer spawns two `imsg rpc` processes or doubles inbound replies; the dedupe is scoped to watcher startup, leaving duplicate accounts addressable for outbound sends, status, and capability listings, and `openclaw doctor` flags the redundant account with a rebinding hint. Fixes [#&#8203;65141](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/65141). ([#&#8203;86705](https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/86705)) Thanks [@&#8203;swang430](https://github.com/swang430).

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SYU8384 pushed a commit to SYU8384/openclaw that referenced this pull request Jun 3, 2026
Fix run-scoped sessions_send active-run fallback handling.

- surface active queue rejection plus durable fallback admission failures instead of returning accepted too early
- return fallback run/session metadata so normal A2A announcement waits on the fallback run
- retry active steering without transcript-commit waiting when the active runtime does not support it

Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.

Verification:
- node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts
- pnpm check:test-types
- git diff --check
- .agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview --mode branch --base origin/main
sablehead pushed a commit to sablehead/openclaw that referenced this pull request Jun 10, 2026
Fix run-scoped sessions_send active-run fallback handling.

- surface active queue rejection plus durable fallback admission failures instead of returning accepted too early
- return fallback run/session metadata so normal A2A announcement waits on the fallback run
- retry active steering without transcript-commit waiting when the active runtime does not support it

Thanks @TurboTheTurtle.

Verification:
- node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/agents/openclaw-tools.sessions.test.ts
- pnpm check:test-types
- git diff --check
- .agents/skills/autoreview/scripts/autoreview --mode branch --base origin/main
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agents Agent runtime and tooling merge-risk: 🚨 message-delivery 🚨 May drop, duplicate, misroute, suppress, or wrongly target messages. P1 High-priority user-facing bug, regression, or broken workflow. proof: supplied External PR includes structured after-fix real behavior proof. rating: 🦪 silver shellfish Thin PR readiness signal; proof, validation, or implementation needs work. size: M status: 📣 needs proof The PR needs real behavior proof before ClawSweeper can clear the contributor ask.

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Runtime: parallel sessions_send can orphan faster callee pingback when sibling call is slow

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