fix(agents): disable pi-coding-agent auto-retry to prevent tool call replay loops (#73781)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2013,6 +2013,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 - Browser/chrome-mcp: read Chrome DevTools MCP screenshot output from the extension-suffixed path, fixing ENOENT on screenshot capture. Fixes #77222. (#74685) Thanks @barbarhan.
 
+- Agents/Pi: disable the embedded pi-coding-agent runtime auto-retry so OpenClaw's own retry and failover loop does not replay failed tool calls through a nested SDK retry. Fixes #73781. Thanks @yelog.
 - macOS/launchd: set generated Gateway LaunchAgent plists to `ProcessType=Interactive` so the gateway keeps timely execution during idle periods. Fixes #58061; refs #62294 and closed duplicate #66992. (#62308) Thanks @bryanpearson and @zssggle-rgb.
 - Plugins/install: honor the beta update channel for onboarding and doctor-managed plugin installs by requesting floating npm and ClawHub specs with `@beta` while keeping persistent install records on the catalog default. Thanks @vincentkoc.
 - WhatsApp/onboarding: canonicalize setup and pairing allowlist entries to WhatsApp's digit-only phone ids while still accepting E.164, JID, and `whatsapp:` inputs, so personal-phone allowlists match WhatsApp Web sender ids after setup. Thanks @vincentkoc.

src/agents/pi-project-settings.test.ts

@@ -161,9 +161,8 @@ describe("createPreparedEmbeddedPiSettingsManager", () => {
       });
 
       expect(settingsManager.getShellCommandPrefix()).toBe("echo trusted &&");
-      expect(settingsManager.getRetryEnabled()).toBe(true);
+      expect(settingsManager.getRetryEnabled()).toBe(false);
 
-      settingsManager.setRetryEnabled(false);
       await settingsManager.flush();
 
       const diskSettings = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile(agentSettingsPath, "utf8")) as {

src/agents/pi-project-settings.ts

@@ -61,5 +61,10 @@ export function createPreparedEmbeddedPiSettingsManager(params: {
     cfg: params.cfg,
     contextTokenBudget: params.contextTokenBudget,
   });
+  // Disable the pi-coding-agent auto-retry. OpenClaw has its own comprehensive
+  // retry layer (failover rotation, auth profile rotation, empty-error retry,
+  // thinking-level fallback) in run.ts. Having both layers active creates a
+  // double-retry that can replay failed tool calls in an unbounded loop (#73781).
+  settingsManager.setRetryEnabled(false);
   return settingsManager;
 }