fix(sessions): search visible categories across clients (#118912)

Co-authored-by: Peter Steinberger <steipete@gmail.com>

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/chat/ChatModels.kt

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ fun filterSessionEntries(
   val query = search.trim().lowercase()
   if (query.isEmpty()) return sessions
   return sessions.filter { session ->
-    listOfNotNull(session.displayName, session.label, session.key)
+    listOfNotNull(session.displayName, session.label, session.category, session.key)
       .any { it.lowercase().contains(query) }
   }
 }

apps/android/app/src/test/java/ai/openclaw/app/chat/ChatControllerSessionSearchTest.kt

@@ -49,17 +49,18 @@ class ChatControllerSessionSearchTest {
       ?.content
 
   @Test
-  fun filterSessionEntriesMatchesDisplayNameLabelAndKey() {
+  fun filterSessionEntriesMatchesDisplayNameLabelCategoryAndKey() {
     val sessions =
       listOf(
         ChatSessionEntry(key = "agent:main:topic-a", updatedAtMs = 2, displayName = "Trip planning"),
-        ChatSessionEntry(key = "agent:main:topic-b", updatedAtMs = 1, displayName = "Groceries"),
+        ChatSessionEntry(key = "agent:main:topic-b", updatedAtMs = 1, displayName = "Groceries", category = "Team Planning"),
         ChatSessionEntry(key = "agent:main:trip-notes", updatedAtMs = 3, displayName = "Notes"),
       )
     assertEquals(
       listOf("agent:main:topic-a", "agent:main:trip-notes"),
       filterSessionEntries(sessions, "TRIP").map { it.key },
     )
+    assertEquals(listOf("agent:main:topic-b"), filterSessionEntries(sessions, "TEAM PLANNING").map { it.key })
     assertEquals(sessions, filterSessionEntries(sessions, "  "))
   }
 

apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawChatUI/ChatSessions.swift

@@ -587,12 +587,8 @@ public enum OpenClawChatSessionListOrganizer {
         let query = search.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).lowercased()
         guard !query.isEmpty else { return sessions }
         return sessions.filter { session in
-            for field in [session.displayName, session.label, session.subject, session.sessionId, session.key] {
-                if let field, field.lowercased().contains(query) {
-                    return true
-                }
-            }
-            return false
+            [session.displayName, session.label, session.subject, session.sessionId, session.category, session.key]
+                .contains { $0?.lowercased().contains(query) == true }
         }
     }
 }

apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/ChatSessionSidebarModelTests.swift

@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ struct ChatSessionSidebarModelTests {
         #expect(sections.flatMap(\.nodes).map(\.session.key) == ["agent:main:research"])
     }
 
-    @Test(arguments: ["holiday", "KYOTO", "session-123", "  HoLiDaY  "])
+    @Test(arguments: ["holiday", "KYOTO", "session-123", "team planning", "  HoLiDaY  "])
     func `sidebar search matches every canonical gateway session field`(_ query: String) {
         let matching = self.entry(
             key: "agent:main:roadmap",
@@ -315,7 +315,8 @@ struct ChatSessionSidebarModelTests {
             label: "Summer holiday",
             subject: "Kyoto itinerary",
             sessionId: "session-123",
-            updatedAt: 200)
+            updatedAt: 200,
+            category: "Team Planning")
         let other = self.entry(
             key: "agent:main:other",
             displayName: "Unrelated",

src/gateway/session-utils-list.ts

@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ function filterSessionEntries(params: {
         entry.label,
         entry.subject,
         entry.sessionId,
+        entry.category,
         key,
       ];
       appendStoredSessionModelSearchFields(cheapFields, entry);

src/gateway/session-utils.test.ts

@@ -629,6 +629,33 @@ describe("gateway session utils", () => {
     expect(listed.hasMore).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  test("session list search includes the session group name", () => {
+    const cfg = { agents: { list: [{ id: "main", default: true }] } } as OpenClawConfig;
+    const store: Record<string, SessionEntry> = {
+      "agent:main:roadmap": {
+        sessionId: "roadmap",
+        displayName: "Quarterly roadmap",
+        category: "Team Planning",
+        updatedAt: 2,
+      },
+      "agent:main:other": {
+        sessionId: "other",
+        displayName: "Unrelated",
+        category: "Personal",
+        updatedAt: 1,
+      },
+    };
+
+    const listed = listSessionsFromStore({
+      cfg,
+      storePath: "",
+      store,
+      opts: { search: "team planning" },
+    });
+
+    expect(listed.sessions.map((session) => session.key)).toEqual(["agent:main:roadmap"]);
+  });
+
   test("session list search includes direct-session origin display labels", () => {
     const cfg = { agents: { list: [{ id: "main", default: true }] } } as OpenClawConfig;
     const store: Record<string, SessionEntry> = {