* feat(gateway-protocol): add session placement schema
Closed state discriminator for session execution placement (local/requested/provisioning/syncing/starting/active/draining/reconciling/reclaimed/failed), sessions.dispatch params, and worker-admission transcript/live cursor extensions. Swift protocol models mirror the schema.
* feat(state): add worker session placement table
worker_session_placements rows carry placement state, transition generation, worker ownership metadata, ACK cursors, and the turn claim columns used for atomic admission.
* feat(cloud-workers): add durable placement state machine store
SQLite-backed placement store split by concern: state table (placement-state), discriminated record types + shape invariants (placement-record), row codec + CAS transition values (placement-row-codec), atomic turn-claim admission/release/waiters (placement-turn-claims), and lifecycle CAS transitions (placement-store).
* feat(cloud-workers): sync workspaces and attach sessions to worker environments
Environment service session attachment + turn credentials, tunnel workspace commands over a dedicated SSH runner, and git/plain workspace sync into $HOME/.openclaw-worker/workspaces with an immutable manifest. Symlink escapes are rejected locally before transfer (macOS openrsync stat-fails them opaquely) and again by the remote manifest guard.
* feat(worker): run one-shot embedded turns from launch descriptors
Worker runtime executes a single embedded turn from a stdin launch descriptor and reports completed/failed/fenced on stdout for the gateway launcher. Terminal lifecycle live events are deferred past the final transcript flush; transcript projection helpers are shared via transcript-message instead of duplicated in the runtime.
* feat(cloud-workers): dispatch placements and route worker turns
Dispatch service drives local->requested->provisioning->syncing->starting->active with failure teardown (placement-dispatch-failure) and restart/runtime recovery incl. lost-worker reclaim (placement-dispatch-recovery). Worker turn launcher claims the placement turn atomically, builds a windowed launch descriptor (worker-turn-payload), runs the remote one-shot worker, and reconciles the committed transcript; agent runners route turns through the session placement admission provider.
* feat(gateway): expose session placement RPCs and startup reconciliation
sessions.dispatch RPC with lifecycle admission barriers, operator-facing placement projection on session listings, placement-aware session reset guard, and startup/interval reconciliation wiring for worker placements.
* feat(gateway): persist operator approvals
* fix(gateway): preserve approval ids exactly
* fix(gateway): enforce approval reviewer bindings
* fix(gateway): reconcile durable approvals with exec revocation hardening
Map #103515 semantics onto the durable lifecycle: resolutionSource and
one-shot consumeAskFallback stay process-local record facts, trusted
auto-review resolves through the durable CAS as a runtime resolver, and
lost races settle with the winner's operator source. Also: derive the
audience walker cap from the store cap, report APPROVAL_ALREADY_RESOLVED
for a resolve that loses the CAS race, document approval.get/resolve in
the protocol docs, and regenerate Swift models on the new base.
* fix(approvals): validate resolver kind
* docs(approvals): explain malformed verdict denial
* fix(protocol): regenerate approval models after rebase
* chore: leave changelog entry to release generation
* fix(gateway): preserve approval registration boundaries
* test(gateway): prove multi-device approval races
* test(gateway): keep approval order assertion stable
* docs: index operator approval architecture
* fix(protocol): bound approval declaration exports
* feat: add metadata-only message audit events
* chore(protocol): restore generated swift models and config baseline after rebase
* fix(state): gate agent-db ownership check before schema version
* fix(cli): sync audit command description into the root-help catalog
* fix(audit): require destination proof before classifying outbound messages as direct
* refactor(audit): drop dead migration guard and add contract comments
* docs(gateway): add dedicated audit history page and cross-links
* test(e2e): enable direct-mode message audit in the telegram proof SUT config
* test(channels): expect declared conversationKind in durable delivery session context
* fix(audit): record the routing channel id for inbound rows from plugin channels
* fix(audit): match channel-prefixed delivery targets in the destination route gate
* fix(audit): validate explicit target kind against the destination route kind
* fix(audit): use the canonical target-prefix grammar in the destination route gate and fail closed on foreign migration tables
* fix(audit): normalize nested provider and kind target prefixes in the destination gate
* fix(audit): strip registered provider aliases and the direct kind prefix in the destination gate
* chore(docs): refresh config baseline after rebase
* feat: node-hosted plugins — dynamic tools, MCP servers, and skills
Nodes become declarative plugin hosts:
- node.pluginTools.update: node hosts publish plugin-registered agent tool
descriptors; gateway materializes them as agent tools executing via
node.invoke under the node command allowlist, with tools.effective
invalidation and node online/offline removal.
- Trusted paired-node descriptors: no gateway-side plugin registration
required; gateway.nodes.pluginTools.enabled off-switch (default on);
description/count caps; deterministic node-prefixed collision names.
- Declarative node-hosted MCP: nodeHost.mcp.servers (McpServerConfig shape)
starts MCP clients on the node host, publishes tools as pluginId node-mcp,
executes via built-in mcp.tools.call.v1 with per-layer timeouts, failure
isolation, and orphan-safe shutdown. No re-pairing when servers change.
- Node-hosted skills: node.skills.update publishes ~/.openclaw/skills
content (64 skills/64KB/512KB caps both sides); gateway merges them into
the skills snapshot while connected and exec host=node is available, with
node:// locators, node-prefixed collisions, disabled command dispatch,
and gateway.nodes.skills.enabled + nodeHost.skills.enabled switches.
- Security: node-supplied pluginIds cannot satisfy pluginId-scoped tool
allowlists unless gateway-registered; reserved node-mcp id requires the
core MCP descriptor shape; protocol registry kept out of public
plugin-sdk dts.
- E2E: pond harness proves publication, MCP round-trip, skills locator, and
disconnect/reconnect for all three surfaces.
* style: format node-plugin-tools test
* fix(skills): keep status loader unfiltered when eligibility is passed
skills.status started passing eligibility for the node-skill merge, which
flipped loadWorkspaceSkillEntries into filtered mode and dropped disabled
skills from status reports (QA plugin-lifecycle-hot-reload timeout). Status
now merges node skills explicitly around an unfiltered load. Also: regen
docs_map for new node docs sections; add the intentional node-host MCP
onclose suppression to the lint-suppression allowlist.
* feat(gateway): session worktree targeting, branch listing, and group catalog
- sessions.create accepts worktreeBaseRef/worktreeName (write scope) and
execNode (admin); worktree binding persists on the session entry as
worktree { id, branch, repoRoot } and projects onto session rows with
execNode so UIs can show checkout/branch/node state
- new worktrees.branches RPC lists local/remote branches (no fetch) for
base-ref pickers; worktrees.remove now reports snapshotError
- sessions.delete reports preserved dirty checkouts as worktreePreserved
- gateway-owned session group catalog in the shared state DB with
sessions.groups.list/put/rename/delete; rename/delete update member
categories server-side without bumping recency; sessions.patch absorbs
ad-hoc categories into the catalog
- group session display names prefer the human chat title (subject or
space #channel) over stored compact tokens
Part of #103431
* fix(gateway): route group category updates through the session accessor and regen protocol models
- bulk member-category rename/clear uses applySessionEntryReplacements
instead of legacy updateSessionStore call sites (session accessor
boundary guard)
- regenerate Swift GatewayModels for the worktrees.branches schemas,
snapshotError, and new sessions.create params
Part of #103431
* fix(gateway): resolvable remote branch refs and workspace-scoped branch listing
- worktrees.branches returns remote-only branches remote-qualified
(origin/feature-a) so every advertised name works as a worktree base ref
- write-scoped worktrees.branches callers are limited to configured agent
workspaces; other host paths require operator.admin, matching the
sessions.create cwd bar
Part of #103431
* fix(gateway): guard worktree name reuse by owner and env-scope group transactions
- managedWorktrees.create rejects a caller-chosen name whose live or
restorable record belongs to a different owner, so write-scoped
sessions.create cannot bind a session into another session's or a
manual checkout
- session group catalog writes run their SQLite transaction on the same
env-scoped handle as their statements, keeping OPENCLAW_STATE_DIR
overrides atomic and away from the default state DB
Part of #103431
sessions.delete gains an explicit archivedOnly param (additive protocol
schema change, Swift models regenerated): with archivedOnly=true, the
dispatcher grants operator.write and the handler requires the target to
already be archived (archive-then-delete keeps destructive intent a
two-step action). Without the flag nothing changes: deletes require
operator.admin, so internal fallback/synthetic dispatch, subagent cleanup,
and CLI minting keep their admin contracts, and the session-kill HTTP
endpoint pins admin explicitly since it terminates live runs.
Android sends archivedOnly and offers Delete only on archived rows, where
its bounded (non-admin) operator session is now authorized; active rows
archive first. iOS/web connect with admin and keep unrestricted deletes.
Refs #100712
Tracks per-skill usage from the skill.used diagnostic event (trusted-only
delivery, file-scoped identity), sweeps workshop-created skills daily from
gateway maintenance (active -> stale 30d -> archived 90d, pinned bypass,
restore-only unarchive, files never touched), filters archived skills from
snapshots fail-open, reports workspace-scoped overlap candidates, and adds
openclaw skills curator CLI, additive gateway methods, and a warn-only
doctor finding. Zero new config keys; SQLite/Kysely state only.
sessions.patch becomes a params-aware dynamic-scope method: operator.write
now authorizes patches that touch only user-level chat-organization fields
(label, category, pinned, archived, unread); every other field, mixed
patches, and unknown keys keep requiring operator.admin (fail closed).
This unblocks the session controls shipped in #100814 for the Android app,
whose bounded operator session intentionally never requests operator.admin.
Also: session list ordering gains a deterministic key tiebreaker for equal
pinnedAt/updatedAt (stable offset paging and prompt-cache friendliness), a
user-assigned label now beats stored channel-derived display names in the
row projection so renames survive refreshes, and subagent spawn pins its
gateway calls to admin via the params-aware least-privilege resolver
instead of the static admin-only method check (#59428 contract preserved).
Refs #100712
* feat: correlate native search outcomes in audit history
Metadata-only audit ledger for agent runs and tool actions in the shared
state DB: stable event identity, closed action/status/error vocabularies,
one-way-hashed tool-call ids, never-inferred terminal outcomes for native
web-search (explicit completed/failed only; otherwise unknown), bounded
retention, audit.list gateway RPC and openclaw audit CLI. Squashed from
the 82-commit audit stack for replay onto current main.
* feat(audit): add audit.enabled config gate (default on)
The metadata-only audit ledger records by default: an audit trail enabled
only after an incident cannot explain the incident, and the rows are
strictly less sensitive than the transcripts every install already
stores. audit.enabled=false stops new writes at the gateway subscription
seam; audit.list and openclaw audit keep serving existing records until
they expire. Documented in the configuration reference, protocol page,
and CLI reference.
* fix: repair full-matrix CI findings after rebase
- break the dynamic-tools/dynamic-tool-execution import cycle by
extracting resolveCodexToolAbortTerminalReason into a leaf module
- restore main's session-worktree protocol exports lost in the
index.ts auto-merge
- register the audit event writer worker as a knip entry point
- docs table formatting; subagent wait-cancellation test scoped to its
audit intent (outcome + timing) and advanced past main's new
lifecycle-timeout retry grace
Centralized managed worktrees under <state-dir>/worktrees/<repo-fingerprint>/<name>
with branch-per-task (openclaw/<name>), .worktreeinclude provisioning, an optional
.openclaw/worktree-setup.sh repo hook, and a SQLite registry in the shared state DB.
Removal always snapshots the tree (untracked included, gitignored excluded) to
refs/openclaw/snapshots/<id>; restore rebuilds the branch at the original commit with
the snapshot content as uncommitted state. Lossless run-end cleanup, 7-day idle GC for
run-owned worktrees (manual exempt), orphan reconciliation, 30-day snapshot retention.
Surfaces: worktrees.* gateway RPC (operator.admin mutations), openclaw worktrees CLI,
Control UI page, plugin-SDK facade + Workboard kind:"worktree" materialization.
E2E-verified on Testbox: full create->work->remove->restore->gc lifecycle.
Adds Gateway task ledger RPCs and SDK methods for listing, fetching, and cancelling durable background tasks. Includes protocol schemas/scopes, generated Swift models, docs, and tests. Public task summary text is sanitized before SDK exposure.
Adds the SDK-facing tools.invoke Gateway RPC for #74705.
Reuses the /tools/invoke policy path for tool policy, deny-list, owner filtering, before-tool-call hooks, session/agent scoping, and plugin approval handling. Returns typed SDK approval/refusal/success results while preserving HTTP compatibility and uses idempotencyKey as the stable tool-call id.
Includes protocol schema exports, method scope/list registration, SDK helper/types, docs, generated Swift models, tests, and changelog credit.
Require Control UI updates to observe a real gateway process replacement, surface skipped/error update outcomes, and verify the running gateway version after restart.\n\nAdds update.status restart-sentinel plumbing, docs, generated protocol model updates, and changelog attribution.\n\nLocal verification:\n- pnpm test src/gateway/server-methods/update.test.ts src/cli/gateway-cli/run-loop.test.ts src/infra/restart-sentinel.test.ts src/infra/process-respawn.test.ts src/infra/update-runner.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-gateway.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/controllers/config.test.ts\n- git diff --check\n- pnpm exec oxfmt --check --threads=1 CHANGELOG.md docs/gateway/protocol.md docs/gateway/configuration.md docs/web/control-ui.md\n- pnpm docs:check-mdx
* Plugins: add native ask dialog for before_tool_call hooks
Extend the before_tool_call plugin hook with a requireApproval return field
that pauses agent execution and waits for real user approval via channels
(Telegram, Discord, /approve command) instead of relying on the agent to
cooperate with a soft block.
- Add requireApproval field to PluginHookBeforeToolCallResult with id, title,
description, severity, timeout, and timeoutBehavior options
- Extend runModifyingHook merge callback to receive hook registration so
mergers can stamp pluginId; always invoke merger even for the first result
- Make ExecApprovalManager generic so it can be reused for plugin approvals
- Add plugin.approval.request/waitDecision/resolve gateway methods with
schemas, scope guards, and broadcast events
- Handle requireApproval in pi-tools via two-phase gateway RPC with fallback
to soft block when the gateway is unavailable
- Extend the exec approval forwarder with plugin approval message builders
and forwarding methods
- Update /approve command to fall back to plugin.approval.resolve when exec
approval lookup fails
- Document before_tool_call requireApproval in hooks docs and unified
/approve behavior in exec-approvals docs
* Plugins: simplify plugin approval code
- Extract mergeParamsWithApprovalOverrides helper to deduplicate param
merge logic in before_tool_call hook handling
- Use idiomatic conditional spread syntax in toolContext construction
- Extract callApprovalMethod helper in /approve command to eliminate
duplicated callGateway calls
- Simplify plugin approval schema by removing unnecessary Type.Union
with Type.Null on optional fields
- Extract normalizeTrimmedString helper for turn source field trimming
* Tests: add plugin approval wiring and /approve fallback coverage
Fix 3 broken assertions expecting old "Exec approval" message text.
Add tests for the /approve command's exec→plugin fallback path,
plugin approval method registration and scope authorization, and
handler factory key verification.
* UI: wire plugin approval events into the exec approval overlay
Handle plugin.approval.requested and plugin.approval.resolved gateway
events by extending the existing exec approval queue with a kind
discriminator. Plugin approvals reuse the same overlay, queue management,
and expiry timer, with branched rendering for plugin-specific content
(title, description, severity). The decision handler routes resolve calls
to the correct gateway method based on kind.
* fix: read plugin approval fields from nested request payload
The gateway broadcasts plugin approval payloads with title, description,
severity, pluginId, agentId, and sessionKey nested inside the request
object (PluginApprovalRequestPayload), not at the top level. Fix the
parser to read from the correct location so the overlay actually appears.
* feat: invoke plugin onResolution callback after approval decision
Adds onResolution to the requireApproval type and invokes it after
the user resolves the approval dialog, enabling plugins to react to
allow-always vs allow-once decisions.
* docs: add onResolution callback to requireApproval hook documentation
* test: fix /approve assertion for unified approval response text
* docs: regenerate plugin SDK API baseline
* docs: add changelog entry for plugin approval hooks
* fix: harden plugin approval hook reliability
- Add APPROVAL_NOT_FOUND error code so /approve fallback uses structured
matching instead of fragile string comparison
- Check block before requireApproval so higher-priority plugin blocks
cannot be overridden by a lower-priority approval
- Race waitDecision against abort signal so users are not stuck waiting
for the full approval timeout after cancelling a run
- Use null consistently for missing pluginDescription instead of
converting to undefined
- Add comments explaining the +10s timeout buffer on gateway RPCs
* docs: document block > requireApproval precedence in hooks
* fix: address Phase 1 critical correctness issues for plugin approval hooks
- Fix timeout-allow param bug: return merged hook params instead of
original params when timeoutBehavior is "allow", preventing security
plugins from having their parameter rewrites silently discarded.
- Host-generate approval IDs: remove plugin-provided id field from the
requireApproval type, gateway request, and protocol schema. Server
always generates IDs via randomUUID() to prevent forged/predictable
ID attacks.
- Define onResolution semantics: add PluginApprovalResolutions constants
and PluginApprovalResolution type. onResolution callback now fires on
every exit path (allow, deny, timeout, abort, gateway error, no-ID).
Decision branching uses constants instead of hard-coded strings.
- Fix pre-existing test infrastructure issues: bypass CJS mock cache for
getGlobalHookRunner global singleton, reset gateway mock between tests,
fix hook merger priority ordering in block+requireApproval test.
* fix: tighten plugin approval schema and add kind-prefixed IDs
Harden the plugin approval request schema: restrict severity to
enum (info|warning|critical), cap timeoutMs at 600s, limit title
to 80 chars and description to 256 chars. Prefix plugin approval
IDs with `plugin:` so /approve routing can distinguish them from
exec approvals deterministically instead of relying on fallback.
* fix: address remaining PR feedback (Phases 1-3 source changes)
* chore: regenerate baselines and protocol artifacts
* fix: exclude requesting connection from approval-client availability check
hasExecApprovalClients() counted the backend connection that issued
the plugin.approval.request RPC as an approval client, preventing
the no-approval-route fast path from firing in headless setups and
causing 120s stalls. Pass the caller's connId so it is skipped.
Applied to both plugin and exec approval handlers.
* Approvals: complete Discord parity and compatibility fallback
* Hooks: make plugin approval onResolution non-blocking
* Hooks: freeze params after approval owner is selected
* Gateway: harden plugin approval request/decision flow
* Discord/Telegram: fix plugin approval delivery parity
* Approvals: fix Telegram plugin approval edge cases
* Auto-reply: enforce Telegram plugin approval approvers
* Approvals: harden Telegram and plugin resolve policies
* Agents: static-import gateway approval call and fix e2e mock loading
* Auto-reply: restore /approve Telegram import boundary
* Approvals: fail closed on no-route and neutralize Discord mentions
* docs: refresh generated config and plugin API baselines
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Co-authored-by: Václav Belák <vaclav.belak@gendigital.com>
* fix: make cleanup "keep" persist subagent sessions indefinitely
* feat: expose subagent session metadata in sessions list
* fix: include status and timing in sessions_list tool
* fix: hide injected timestamp prefixes in chat ui
* feat: push session list updates over websocket
* feat: expose child subagent sessions in subagents list
* feat: add admin http endpoint to kill sessions
* Emit session.message websocket events for transcript updates
* Estimate session costs in sessions list
* Add direct session history HTTP and SSE endpoints
* Harden dashboard session events and history APIs
* Add session lifecycle gateway methods
* Add dashboard session API improvements
* Add dashboard session model and parent linkage support
* fix: tighten dashboard session API metadata
* Fix dashboard session cost metadata
* Persist accumulated session cost
* fix: stop followup queue drain cfg crash
* Fix dashboard session create and model metadata
* fix: stop guessing session model costs
* Gateway: cache OpenRouter pricing for configured models
* Gateway: add timeout session status
* Fix subagent spawn test config loading
* Gateway: preserve operator scopes without device identity
* Emit user message transcript events and deduplicate plugin warnings
* feat: emit sessions.changed lifecycle event on subagent spawn
Adds a session-lifecycle-events module (similar to transcript-events)
that emits create events when subagents are spawned. The gateway
server.impl.ts listens for these events and broadcasts sessions.changed
with reason=create to SSE subscribers, so dashboards can pick up new
subagent sessions without polling.
* Gateway: allow persistent dashboard orchestrator sessions
* fix: preserve operator scopes for token-authenticated backend clients
Backend clients (like agent-dashboard) that authenticate with a valid gateway
token but don't present a device identity were getting their scopes stripped.
The scope-clearing logic ran before checking the device identity decision,
so even when evaluateMissingDeviceIdentity returned 'allow' (because
roleCanSkipDeviceIdentity passed for token-authed operators), scopes were
already cleared.
Fix: also check decision.kind before clearing scopes, so token-authenticated
operators keep their requested scopes.
* Gateway: allow operator-token session kills
* Fix stale active subagent status after follow-up runs
* Fix dashboard image attachments in sessions send
* Fix completed session follow-up status updates
* feat: stream session tool events to operator UIs
* Add sessions.steer gateway coverage
* Persist subagent timing in session store
* Fix subagent session transcript event keys
* Fix active subagent session status in gateway
* bump session label max to 512
* Fix gateway send session reactivation
* fix: publish terminal session lifecycle state
* feat: change default session reset to effectively never
- Change DEFAULT_RESET_MODE from "daily" to "idle"
- Change DEFAULT_IDLE_MINUTES from 60 to 0 (0 = disabled/never)
- Allow idleMinutes=0 through normalization (don't clamp to 1)
- Treat idleMinutes=0 as "no idle expiry" in evaluateSessionFreshness
- Default behavior: mode "idle" + idleMinutes 0 = sessions never auto-reset
- Update test assertion for new default mode
* fix: prep session management followups (#50101) (thanks @clay-datacurve)
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Co-authored-by: Tyler Yust <TYTYYUST@YAHOO.COM>
Peter Steinberger