The Gateway owns start-or-steer at admission (6515f6a255) and no
client produces expectedRunId anymore (d84a910fc8). The field shipped
only in v2026.8.1-beta.2 - never a stable tag - so it is removed rather
than deprecated. Steer sends resolve the selected session's current
operation; the exact-match branch, the operation|run target identity
discriminator, run_mismatch rejection, and the suggestion producers'
active-run-id selection (with its ambiguity failure) are deleted.
Provider-native turn fencing (Codex expectedTurnId) is unchanged:
the backend-captured runId on the injection target remains.
* fix(agent): apply steering before unstarted tools
Restore steering checkpoints before sequential tool launches and before parallel batch launch. Preserve paired synthetic tool results, async callback compatibility, and Code Mode outcome handling.
* fix(agent): delay tool loop admission commits
Commit loop-detection history only for calls crossing the final launch checkpoint. Release steering-skipped markers, add repeated-steer coverage, and align remaining steering contract text.
* fix(agent): keep tool admission lifecycle internal
Attach delayed admission callbacks through the private internal-hooks seam so steering history remains correct without widening the public Agent Core or Plugin SDK contract.
* fix(agent): preserve steering API contracts
Keep public steering callbacks Promise-based and protocol error kinds unchanged. Use private synchronous draining and structured skip details to retain launch-boundary behavior without API or generated protocol drift.
* test(gateway): use canonical steering fixture config
Use keyed agent entries in the real gateway steering harness so current main does not migrate the fixture during startup.
* fix(agent): remove unused lifecycle re-export
* fix(agent): gate tool launch after wrapper preflight
Split OpenClaw tool execution into private prepare and launch phases so steering is checked after policy, approval, validation, and reconciliation but before the original side effect. Preserve final arguments, voice grants, loop admission, context wrappers, and direct tool execution.
* fix(agent): preserve steering callback receiver
Invoke public steering callbacks with their AgentLoopConfig receiver and cover method-style implementations that read config-owned queue state.
Peter Steinberger