Best possible solution:

Strip root-folder prefixes, then match only canonical default/profile task names exactly and keep copy/stale tasks reported, with a focused regression and redacted Windows status/doctor proof.

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

Yes, source inspection gives a high-confidence path: current main parses raw schtasks names, so \OpenClaw Gateway misses the managed-name check and is reported during the deep Windows scan. I did not run a native Windows Task Scheduler repro.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

No. Prefix stripping is the right direction, but applying it before the broad startsWith("openclaw gateway") match hides slash-prefixed copy/stale OpenClaw tasks; exact default/profile matching is the safer fix.

Full review comments:

• [P1] Preserve reporting for slash-prefixed copy tasks — src/daemon/inspect.ts:202
  Because this strips the leading slash before the existing broad prefix check, \OpenClaw Gateway Copy normalizes to openclaw gateway copy and is skipped as if it were the managed task. Current main would still report that backslashed copy-style task as an extra gateway service, so merging this would hide stale/duplicate Windows gateway jobs from gateway status --deep and doctor cleanup hints.
  Confidence: 0.92

Overall correctness: patch is incorrect
Overall confidence: 0.9

AGENTS.md: found and applied where relevant.

Codex review notes: model gpt-5.5, reasoning high; reviewed against afa04d6454f5.

Label changes:

• add P2: This is a focused Windows gateway status/doctor bug fix with limited blast radius, but the current patch has a merge-blocking detection regression.
• add merge-risk: 🚨 availability: The changed matcher can hide duplicate or stale Windows gateway scheduled tasks that status/doctor are supposed to surface before they compete for gateway availability.

Label justifications:

• P2: This is a focused Windows gateway status/doctor bug fix with limited blast radius, but the current patch has a merge-blocking detection regression.
• merge-risk: 🚨 availability: The changed matcher can hide duplicate or stale Windows gateway scheduled tasks that status/doctor are supposed to surface before they compete for gateway availability.
• rating: 🧂 unranked krab: Overall readiness is 🧂 unranked krab; proof is 🧂 unranked krab and patch quality is 🧂 unranked krab.
• status: 📣 needs proof: The PR needs real behavior proof before ClawSweeper can clear the contributor ask. Needs real behavior proof before merge: The PR lists mocked Vitest coverage only; it still needs redacted native Windows schtasks plus gateway status --deep or doctor output after the fix before merge. 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.

PR surface:

Source 0, Tests +29. Total +29 across 2 files.

What I checked:

• Current main behavior: On current main, isOpenClawGatewayTaskName compares the raw normalized task name to the default task name and then uses a broad startsWith("openclaw gateway") profile-style match, so a backslashed canonical task is not ignored but unprefixed copy-style names are also treated as managed. (src/daemon/inspect.ts:201, afa04d6454f5)
• PR matcher behavior: At PR head, the changed line strips leading slash/backslash prefixes before the same broad startsWith("openclaw gateway") check, which makes names like \OpenClaw Gateway Copy look managed instead of extra. (src/daemon/inspect.ts:202, eabded9aae1c)
• Caller impact: gateway status --deep loads findExtraGatewayServices, and the human output prints Other gateway-like services detected only when that scan returns entries. (src/cli/daemon-cli/status.gather.ts:560, afa04d6454f5)
• Doctor impact: Doctor also calls findExtraGatewayServices and only reports cleanup hints when extra services are returned, so hidden Windows copy tasks would also disappear from doctor cleanup guidance. (src/commands/doctor-gateway-services.ts:661, afa04d6454f5)
• Test gap: The PR regression covers \OpenClaw Gateway and /OpenClaw Gateway plus a legacy clawdbot task, but it does not assert that slash-prefixed copy or stale OpenClaw scheduled tasks remain reported. (src/daemon/inspect.test.ts:388, eabded9aae1c)
• User-facing contract: Docs describe gateway status --deep as extra service discovery and document Windows managed startup as OpenClaw Gateway or OpenClaw Gateway (<profile>), which supports exact default/profile matching rather than ignoring arbitrary copy suffixes. Public docs: docs/gateway/index.md. (docs/gateway/index.md:149, afa04d6454f5)

Likely related people:

• Peter Steinberger: Current-main blame attributes isOpenClawGatewayTaskName and the adjacent Windows findExtraGatewayServices tests to commit d77bac8, and recent log history shows additional daemon lowercase-helper refactoring in this area. (role: introduced current inspector path / recent area contributor; confidence: high; commits: d77bac891154, 572c5b6dd0ae; files: src/daemon/inspect.ts, src/daemon/inspect.test.ts)
• Greg Retkowski: Commit 14430ad tightened duplicate gateway detection and expanded the same inspector tests, making this a relevant routing signal for extra-service scan behavior. (role: adjacent duplicate-detection contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 14430ade573a; files: src/daemon/inspect.ts, src/daemon/inspect.test.ts)

• 🦀 challenger crab: rare, exceptional readiness with strong proof, clean implementation, and convincing validation.
• 🦞 diamond lobster: very strong readiness with only minor maintainer review expected.
• 🐚 platinum hermit: good normal PR, likely mergeable with ordinary maintainer review.
• 🦐 gold shrimp: useful signal, but proof or patch confidence is still limited.
• 🦪 silver shellfish: thin signal; proof, validation, or implementation needs work.
• 🧂 unranked krab: not merge-ready because proof is missing/unusable or there are serious correctness or safety concerns.
• 🌊 off-meta tidepool: rating does not apply to this item.

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