fix(bluebubbles): debounce by messageId to preserve attachments in text+image messages (#4984)

* fix(bluebubbles): debounce by messageId to preserve attachments in text+image messages

BlueBubbles fires multiple webhook events for a single message - first
without attachment metadata, then ~350ms later with it. Previously,
messages with attachments bypassed debouncing and were processed
immediately, while the text-only version was also queued.

Now the debouncer uses messageId as the key when available, coalescing
all webhook events for the same message. The existing combineDebounceEntries
function merges attachments from all events.

Closes #4848

* fix: increase debounce and handle balloon messages

- Increase DEFAULT_INBOUND_DEBOUNCE_MS from 350ms to 500ms
- Update buildKey to use associatedMessageGuid for balloon messages
- Add regression test for debouncing behavior

Fixes issues identified in code review.

---------

Co-authored-by: Yurii Chukhlib <yurii.chukhlib@viber.com>
Co-authored-by: Tyler Yust <TYTYYUST@YAHOO.COM>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Status: stable.
 - **BREAKING:** Gateway auth mode "none" is removed; gateway now requires token/password (Tailscale Serve identity still allowed).
 
 ### Fixes
+- Infra: resolve Control UI assets for npm global installs. (#4909) Thanks @YuriNachos.
+- Gateway: prevent blank token prompts from storing "undefined". (#4873) Thanks @Hisleren.
 - Telegram: use undici fetch for per-account proxy dispatcher. (#4456) Thanks @spiceoogway.
 - Telegram: fix HTML nesting for overlapping styles and links. (#4578) Thanks @ThanhNguyxn.
 - Telegram: avoid silent empty replies by tracking normalization skips before fallback. (#3796)
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ Status: stable.
 - TTS: read OPENAI_TTS_BASE_URL at runtime instead of module load to honor config.env. (#3341) Thanks @hclsys.
 - macOS: auto-scroll to bottom when sending a new message while scrolled up. (#2471) Thanks @kennyklee.
 - Web UI: auto-expand the chat compose textarea while typing (with sensible max height). (#2950) Thanks @shivamraut101.
+- Web UI: refresh sessions after queued /new or /reset commands once the run completes.
 - Gateway: prevent crashes on transient network errors (fetch failures, timeouts, DNS). Added fatal error detection to only exit on truly critical errors. Fixes #2895, #2879, #2873. (#2980) Thanks @elliotsecops.
 - Agents: guard channel tool listActions to avoid plugin crashes. (#2859) Thanks @mbelinky.
 - Discord: stop resolveDiscordTarget from passing directory params into messaging target parsers. Fixes #3167. Thanks @thewilloftheshadow.

docs/concepts/agent.md

@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ OpenClaw loads skills from three locations (workspace wins on name conflict):
 
 Skills can be gated by config/env (see `skills` in [Gateway configuration](/gateway/configuration)).
 
-## p-mono integration
+## pi-mono integration
 
-OpenClaw reuses pieces of the p-mono codebase (models/tools), but **session management, discovery, and tool wiring are OpenClaw-owned**.
+OpenClaw reuses pieces of the pi-mono codebase (models/tools), but **session management, discovery, and tool wiring are OpenClaw-owned**.
 
-- No p-coding agent runtime.
+- No pi-coding agent runtime.
 - No `~/.pi/agent` or `<workspace>/.pi` settings are consulted.
 
 ## Sessions

docs/railway.mdx

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ and you configure everything via the `/setup` web wizard.
 
 ## One-click deploy
 
-<a href="https://railway.com/deploy/openclaw-railway-template" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Deploy on Railway</a>
+<a href="https://railway.com/deploy/clawdbot-railway-template" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Deploy on Railway</a>
 
 After deploy, find your public URL in **Railway → your service → Settings → Domains**.
 

extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor.test.ts

@@ -1150,6 +1150,136 @@ describe("BlueBubbles webhook monitor", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("inbound debouncing", () => {
+    it("coalesces text-only then attachment webhook events by messageId", async () => {
+      vi.useFakeTimers();
+      try {
+        const account = createMockAccount({ dmPolicy: "open" });
+        const config: OpenClawConfig = {};
+        const core = createMockRuntime();
+
+        // Use a timing-aware debouncer test double that respects debounceMs/buildKey/shouldDebounce.
+        core.channel.debounce.createInboundDebouncer = vi.fn((params: any) => {
+          type Item = any;
+          const buckets = new Map<string, { items: Item[]; timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null }>();
+
+          const flush = async (key: string) => {
+            const bucket = buckets.get(key);
+            if (!bucket) return;
+            if (bucket.timer) {
+              clearTimeout(bucket.timer);
+              bucket.timer = null;
+            }
+            const items = bucket.items;
+            bucket.items = [];
+            if (items.length > 0) {
+              try {
+                await params.onFlush(items);
+              } catch (err) {
+                params.onError?.(err);
+                throw err;
+              }
+            }
+          };
+
+          return {
+            enqueue: async (item: Item) => {
+              if (params.shouldDebounce && !params.shouldDebounce(item)) {
+                await params.onFlush([item]);
+                return;
+              }
+
+              const key = params.buildKey(item);
+              const existing = buckets.get(key);
+              const bucket = existing ?? { items: [], timer: null };
+              bucket.items.push(item);
+              if (bucket.timer) clearTimeout(bucket.timer);
+              bucket.timer = setTimeout(async () => {
+                await flush(key);
+              }, params.debounceMs);
+              buckets.set(key, bucket);
+            },
+            flushKey: vi.fn(async (key: string) => {
+              await flush(key);
+            }),
+          };
+        }) as unknown as PluginRuntime["channel"]["debounce"]["createInboundDebouncer"];
+
+        setBlueBubblesRuntime(core);
+
+        unregister = registerBlueBubblesWebhookTarget({
+          account,
+          config,
+          runtime: { log: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn() },
+          core,
+          path: "/bluebubbles-webhook",
+        });
+
+        const messageId = "race-msg-1";
+        const chatGuid = "iMessage;-;+15551234567";
+
+        const payloadA = {
+          type: "new-message",
+          data: {
+            text: "hello",
+            handle: { address: "+15551234567" },
+            isGroup: false,
+            isFromMe: false,
+            guid: messageId,
+            chatGuid,
+            date: Date.now(),
+          },
+        };
+
+        const payloadB = {
+          type: "new-message",
+          data: {
+            text: "hello",
+            handle: { address: "+15551234567" },
+            isGroup: false,
+            isFromMe: false,
+            guid: messageId,
+            chatGuid,
+            attachments: [
+              {
+                guid: "att-1",
+                mimeType: "image/jpeg",
+                totalBytes: 1024,
+              },
+            ],
+            date: Date.now(),
+          },
+        };
+
+        await handleBlueBubblesWebhookRequest(
+          createMockRequest("POST", "/bluebubbles-webhook", payloadA),
+          createMockResponse(),
+        );
+
+        // Simulate the real-world delay where the attachment-bearing webhook arrives shortly after.
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(300);
+
+        await handleBlueBubblesWebhookRequest(
+          createMockRequest("POST", "/bluebubbles-webhook", payloadB),
+          createMockResponse(),
+        );
+
+        // Not flushed yet; still within the debounce window.
+        expect(mockDispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        // After the debounce window, the combined message should be processed exactly once.
+        await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(600);
+
+        expect(mockDispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        const callArgs = mockDispatchReplyWithBufferedBlockDispatcher.mock.calls[0][0];
+        expect(callArgs.ctx.MediaPaths).toEqual(["/tmp/test-media.jpg"]);
+        expect(callArgs.ctx.Body).toContain("hello");
+      } finally {
+        vi.useRealTimers();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
   describe("reply metadata", () => {
     it("surfaces reply fields in ctx when provided", async () => {
       const account = createMockAccount({ dmPolicy: "open" });

extensions/bluebubbles/src/monitor.ts

@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ type BlueBubblesDebounceEntry = {
  * This helps combine URL text + link preview balloon messages that BlueBubbles
  * sends as separate webhook events when no explicit inbound debounce config exists.
  */
-const DEFAULT_INBOUND_DEBOUNCE_MS = 350;
+const DEFAULT_INBOUND_DEBOUNCE_MS = 500;
 
 /**
  * Combines multiple debounced messages into a single message for processing.
@@ -363,7 +363,23 @@ function getOrCreateDebouncer(target: WebhookTarget) {
     debounceMs: resolveBlueBubblesDebounceMs(config, core),
     buildKey: (entry) => {
       const msg = entry.message;
-      // Build key from account + chat + sender to coalesce messages from same source
+      // Prefer stable, shared identifiers to coalesce rapid-fire webhook events for the
+      // same message (e.g., text-only then text+attachment).
+      //
+      // For balloons (URL previews, stickers, etc), BlueBubbles often uses a different
+      // messageId than the originating text. When present, key by associatedMessageGuid
+      // to keep text + balloon coalescing working.
+      const balloonBundleId = msg.balloonBundleId?.trim();
+      const associatedMessageGuid = msg.associatedMessageGuid?.trim();
+      if (balloonBundleId && associatedMessageGuid) {
+        return `bluebubbles:${account.accountId}:balloon:${associatedMessageGuid}`;
+      }
+
+      const messageId = msg.messageId?.trim();
+      if (messageId) {
+        return `bluebubbles:${account.accountId}:msg:${messageId}`;
+      }
+
       const chatKey =
         msg.chatGuid?.trim() ??
         msg.chatIdentifier?.trim() ??
@@ -372,13 +388,12 @@ function getOrCreateDebouncer(target: WebhookTarget) {
     },
     shouldDebounce: (entry) => {
       const msg = entry.message;
-      // Skip debouncing for messages with attachments - process immediately
-      if (msg.attachments && msg.attachments.length > 0) return false;
       // Skip debouncing for from-me messages (they're just cached, not processed)
       if (msg.fromMe) return false;
       // Skip debouncing for control commands - process immediately
       if (core.channel.text.hasControlCommand(msg.text, config)) return false;
-      // Debounce normal text messages and URL balloon messages
+      // Debounce all other messages to coalesce rapid-fire webhook events
+      // (e.g., text+image arriving as separate webhooks for the same messageId)
       return true;
     },
     onFlush: async (entries) => {

src/agents/subagent-announce.format.test.ts

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ describe("subagent announce formatting", () => {
     });
 
     expect(didAnnounce).toBe(true);
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5));
+    await expect.poll(() => agentSpy.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
 
     const call = agentSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as { params?: Record<string, unknown> };
     expect(call?.params?.channel).toBe("whatsapp");
@@ -299,6 +299,44 @@ describe("subagent announce formatting", () => {
     expect(call?.params?.accountId).toBe("acct-987");
   });
 
+  it("prefers requesterOrigin channel over stale session lastChannel in queued announce", async () => {
+    const { runSubagentAnnounceFlow } = await import("./subagent-announce.js");
+    embeddedRunMock.isEmbeddedPiRunActive.mockReturnValue(true);
+    embeddedRunMock.isEmbeddedPiRunStreaming.mockReturnValue(false);
+    // Session store has stale whatsapp channel, but the requesterOrigin says bluebubbles.
+    sessionStore = {
+      "agent:main:main": {
+        sessionId: "session-stale",
+        lastChannel: "whatsapp",
+        queueMode: "collect",
+        queueDebounceMs: 0,
+      },
+    };
+
+    const didAnnounce = await runSubagentAnnounceFlow({
+      childSessionKey: "agent:main:subagent:test",
+      childRunId: "run-stale-channel",
+      requesterSessionKey: "main",
+      requesterOrigin: { channel: "bluebubbles", to: "bluebubbles:chat_guid:123" },
+      requesterDisplayKey: "main",
+      task: "do thing",
+      timeoutMs: 1000,
+      cleanup: "keep",
+      waitForCompletion: false,
+      startedAt: 10,
+      endedAt: 20,
+      outcome: { status: "ok" },
+    });
+
+    expect(didAnnounce).toBe(true);
+    await expect.poll(() => agentSpy.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
+
+    const call = agentSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[0] as { params?: Record<string, unknown> };
+    // The channel should match requesterOrigin, NOT the stale session entry.
+    expect(call?.params?.channel).toBe("bluebubbles");
+    expect(call?.params?.to).toBe("bluebubbles:chat_guid:123");
+  });
+
   it("splits collect-mode announces when accountId differs", async () => {
     const { runSubagentAnnounceFlow } = await import("./subagent-announce.js");
     embeddedRunMock.isEmbeddedPiRunActive.mockReturnValue(true);
@@ -343,7 +381,7 @@ describe("subagent announce formatting", () => {
       outcome: { status: "ok" },
     });
 
-    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5));
+    await expect.poll(() => agentSpy.mock.calls.length).toBe(2);
 
     const accountIds = agentSpy.mock.calls.map(
       (call) => (call[0] as { params?: Record<string, unknown> }).params?.accountId,

src/agents/subagent-announce.ts

@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ function resolveAnnounceOrigin(
   entry?: DeliveryContextSource,
   requesterOrigin?: DeliveryContext,
 ): DeliveryContext | undefined {
-  return mergeDeliveryContext(deliveryContextFromSession(entry), requesterOrigin);
+  // requesterOrigin (captured at spawn time) reflects the channel the user is
+  // actually on and must take priority over the session entry, which may carry
+  // stale lastChannel / lastTo values from a previous channel interaction.
+  return mergeDeliveryContext(requesterOrigin, deliveryContextFromSession(entry));
 }
 
 async function sendAnnounce(item: AnnounceQueueItem) {

src/commands/onboard-helpers.test.ts

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe("normalizeGatewayTokenInput", () => {
     expect(normalizeGatewayTokenInput("  token  ")).toBe("token");
   });
 
-  it("coerces non-string input to string", () => {
+  it("returns empty string for non-string input", () => {
-    expect(normalizeGatewayTokenInput(123)).toBe("123");
+    expect(normalizeGatewayTokenInput(123)).toBe("");
   });
 });

src/commands/onboard-helpers.ts

@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ export function randomToken(): string {
 }
 
 export function normalizeGatewayTokenInput(value: unknown): string {
-  if (value == null) return "";
+  if (typeof value !== "string") return "";
-  return String(value).trim();
+  return value.trim();
 }
 
 export function printWizardHeader(runtime: RuntimeEnv) {

src/infra/control-ui-assets.test.ts

@@ -37,11 +37,46 @@ describe("control UI assets helpers", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("resolves dist control-ui index path for dist argv1", () => {
+  it("resolves dist control-ui index path for dist argv1", async () => {
     const argv1 = path.resolve("/tmp", "pkg", "dist", "index.js");
     const distDir = path.dirname(argv1);
-    expect(resolveControlUiDistIndexPath(argv1)).toBe(
+    expect(await resolveControlUiDistIndexPath(argv1)).toBe(
       path.join(distDir, "control-ui", "index.html"),
     );
   });
+
+  it("resolves dist control-ui index path from package root argv1", async () => {
+    const tmp = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-ui-"));
+    try {
+      await fs.writeFile(path.join(tmp, "package.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "openclaw" }));
+      await fs.writeFile(path.join(tmp, "openclaw.mjs"), "export {};\n");
+      await fs.mkdir(path.join(tmp, "dist", "control-ui"), { recursive: true });
+      await fs.writeFile(path.join(tmp, "dist", "control-ui", "index.html"), "<html></html>\n");
+
+      expect(await resolveControlUiDistIndexPath(path.join(tmp, "openclaw.mjs"))).toBe(
+        path.join(tmp, "dist", "control-ui", "index.html"),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("resolves dist control-ui index path from .bin argv1", async () => {
+    const tmp = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-ui-"));
+    try {
+      const binDir = path.join(tmp, "node_modules", ".bin");
+      const pkgRoot = path.join(tmp, "node_modules", "openclaw");
+      await fs.mkdir(binDir, { recursive: true });
+      await fs.mkdir(path.join(pkgRoot, "dist", "control-ui"), { recursive: true });
+      await fs.writeFile(path.join(binDir, "openclaw"), "#!/usr/bin/env node\n");
+      await fs.writeFile(path.join(pkgRoot, "package.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "openclaw" }));
+      await fs.writeFile(path.join(pkgRoot, "dist", "control-ui", "index.html"), "<html></html>\n");
+
+      expect(await resolveControlUiDistIndexPath(path.join(binDir, "openclaw"))).toBe(
+        path.join(pkgRoot, "dist", "control-ui", "index.html"),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      await fs.rm(tmp, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
 });

src/infra/control-ui-assets.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 
 import { runCommandWithTimeout } from "../process/exec.js";
 import { defaultRuntime, type RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
+import { resolveOpenClawPackageRoot } from "./openclaw-root.js";
 
 export function resolveControlUiRepoRoot(
   argv1: string | undefined = process.argv[1],
@@ -32,14 +33,21 @@ export function resolveControlUiRepoRoot(
   return null;
 }
 
-export function resolveControlUiDistIndexPath(
+export async function resolveControlUiDistIndexPath(
   argv1: string | undefined = process.argv[1],
-): string | null {
+): Promise<string | null> {
   if (!argv1) return null;
   const normalized = path.resolve(argv1);
+
+  // Case 1: entrypoint is directly inside dist/ (e.g., dist/entry.js)
   const distDir = path.dirname(normalized);
-  if (path.basename(distDir) !== "dist") return null;
+  if (path.basename(distDir) === "dist") {
-  return path.join(distDir, "control-ui", "index.html");
+    return path.join(distDir, "control-ui", "index.html");
+  }
+
+  const packageRoot = await resolveOpenClawPackageRoot({ argv1: normalized });
+  if (!packageRoot) return null;
+  return path.join(packageRoot, "dist", "control-ui", "index.html");
 }
 
 export type EnsureControlUiAssetsResult = {
@@ -63,7 +71,7 @@ export async function ensureControlUiAssetsBuilt(
   runtime: RuntimeEnv = defaultRuntime,
   opts?: { timeoutMs?: number },
 ): Promise<EnsureControlUiAssetsResult> {
-  const indexFromDist = resolveControlUiDistIndexPath(process.argv[1]);
+  const indexFromDist = await resolveControlUiDistIndexPath(process.argv[1]);
   if (indexFromDist && fs.existsSync(indexFromDist)) {
     return { ok: true, built: false };
   }

ui/src/ui/app-chat.ts

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ type ChatHost = {
   basePath: string;
   hello: GatewayHelloOk | null;
   chatAvatarUrl: string | null;
-  refreshSessionsAfterChat: boolean;
+  refreshSessionsAfterChat: Set<string>;
 };
 
+export const CHAT_SESSIONS_ACTIVE_MINUTES = 10;
+
 export function isChatBusy(host: ChatHost) {
   return host.chatSending || Boolean(host.chatRunId);
 }
@@ -56,7 +58,12 @@ export async function handleAbortChat(host: ChatHost) {
   await abortChatRun(host as unknown as OpenClawApp);
 }
 
-function enqueueChatMessage(host: ChatHost, text: string, attachments?: ChatAttachment[]) {
+function enqueueChatMessage(
+  host: ChatHost,
+  text: string,
+  attachments?: ChatAttachment[],
+  refreshSessions?: boolean,
+) {
   const trimmed = text.trim();
   const hasAttachments = Boolean(attachments && attachments.length > 0);
   if (!trimmed && !hasAttachments) return;
@@ -67,6 +74,7 @@ function enqueueChatMessage(host: ChatHost, text: string, attachments?: ChatAtta
       text: trimmed,
       createdAt: Date.now(),
       attachments: hasAttachments ? attachments?.map((att) => ({ ...att })) : undefined,
+      refreshSessions,
     },
   ];
 }
@@ -84,7 +92,8 @@ async function sendChatMessageNow(
   },
 ) {
   resetToolStream(host as unknown as Parameters<typeof resetToolStream>[0]);
-  const ok = await sendChatMessage(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, message, opts?.attachments);
+  const runId = await sendChatMessage(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, message, opts?.attachments);
+  const ok = Boolean(runId);
   if (!ok && opts?.previousDraft != null) {
     host.chatMessage = opts.previousDraft;
   }
@@ -104,8 +113,8 @@ async function sendChatMessageNow(
   if (ok && !host.chatRunId) {
     void flushChatQueue(host);
   }
-  if (ok && opts?.refreshSessions) {
+  if (ok && opts?.refreshSessions && runId) {
-    host.refreshSessionsAfterChat = true;
+    host.refreshSessionsAfterChat.add(runId);
   }
   return ok;
 }
@@ -115,7 +124,10 @@ async function flushChatQueue(host: ChatHost) {
   const [next, ...rest] = host.chatQueue;
   if (!next) return;
   host.chatQueue = rest;
-  const ok = await sendChatMessageNow(host, next.text, { attachments: next.attachments });
+  const ok = await sendChatMessageNow(host, next.text, {
+    attachments: next.attachments,
+    refreshSessions: next.refreshSessions,
+  });
   if (!ok) {
     host.chatQueue = [next, ...host.chatQueue];
   }
@@ -153,7 +165,7 @@ export async function handleSendChat(
   }
 
   if (isChatBusy(host)) {
-    enqueueChatMessage(host, message, attachmentsToSend);
+    enqueueChatMessage(host, message, attachmentsToSend, refreshSessions);
     return;
   }
 
@@ -170,7 +182,9 @@ export async function handleSendChat(
 export async function refreshChat(host: ChatHost) {
   await Promise.all([
     loadChatHistory(host as unknown as OpenClawApp),
-    loadSessions(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, { activeMinutes: 0 }),
+    loadSessions(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, {
+      activeMinutes: CHAT_SESSIONS_ACTIVE_MINUTES,
+    }),
     refreshChatAvatar(host),
   ]);
   scheduleChatScroll(host as unknown as Parameters<typeof scheduleChatScroll>[0], true);

ui/src/ui/app-gateway.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type { AgentsListResult, PresenceEntry, HealthSnapshot, StatusSummary } f
 import type { Tab } from "./navigation";
 import type { UiSettings } from "./storage";
 import { handleAgentEvent, resetToolStream, type AgentEventPayload } from "./app-tool-stream";
-import { flushChatQueueForEvent } from "./app-chat";
+import { CHAT_SESSIONS_ACTIVE_MINUTES, flushChatQueueForEvent } from "./app-chat";
 import {
   applySettings,
   loadCron,
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type GatewayHost = {
   assistantAgentId: string | null;
   sessionKey: string;
   chatRunId: string | null;
-  refreshSessionsAfterChat: boolean;
+  refreshSessionsAfterChat: Set<string>;
   execApprovalQueue: ExecApprovalRequest[];
   execApprovalError: string | null;
 };
@@ -196,10 +196,13 @@ function handleGatewayEventUnsafe(host: GatewayHost, evt: GatewayEventFrame) {
       void flushChatQueueForEvent(
         host as unknown as Parameters<typeof flushChatQueueForEvent>[0],
       );
-      if (host.refreshSessionsAfterChat) {
+      const runId = payload?.runId;
-        host.refreshSessionsAfterChat = false;
+      if (runId && host.refreshSessionsAfterChat.has(runId)) {
+        host.refreshSessionsAfterChat.delete(runId);
         if (state === "final") {
-          void loadSessions(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, { activeMinutes: 0 });
+          void loadSessions(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, {
+            activeMinutes: CHAT_SESSIONS_ACTIVE_MINUTES,
+          });
         }
       }
     }

ui/src/ui/app-render.helpers.ts

@@ -156,6 +156,17 @@ function resolveMainSessionKey(
   return null;
 }
 
+function resolveSessionDisplayName(
+  key: string,
+  row?: SessionsListResult["sessions"][number],
+) {
+  const label = row?.label?.trim();
+  if (label) return `${label} (${key})`;
+  const displayName = row?.displayName?.trim();
+  if (displayName) return displayName;
+  return key;
+}
+
 function resolveSessionOptions(
   sessionKey: string,
   sessions: SessionsListResult | null,
@@ -171,13 +182,19 @@ function resolveSessionOptions(
   // Add main session key first
   if (mainSessionKey) {
     seen.add(mainSessionKey);
-    options.push({ key: mainSessionKey, displayName: resolvedMain?.displayName });
+    options.push({
+      key: mainSessionKey,
+      displayName: resolveSessionDisplayName(mainSessionKey, resolvedMain),
+    });
   }
 
   // Add current session key next
   if (!seen.has(sessionKey)) {
     seen.add(sessionKey);
-    options.push({ key: sessionKey, displayName: resolvedCurrent?.displayName });
+    options.push({
+      key: sessionKey,
+      displayName: resolveSessionDisplayName(sessionKey, resolvedCurrent),
+    });
   }
 
   // Add sessions from the result
@@ -185,7 +202,10 @@ function resolveSessionOptions(
     for (const s of sessions.sessions) {
       if (!seen.has(s.key)) {
         seen.add(s.key);
-        options.push({ key: s.key, displayName: s.displayName });
+        options.push({
+          key: s.key,
+          displayName: resolveSessionDisplayName(s.key, s),
+        });
       }
     }
   }

ui/src/ui/app.ts

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export class OpenClawApp extends LitElement {
   private logsScrollFrame: number | null = null;
   private toolStreamById = new Map<string, ToolStreamEntry>();
   private toolStreamOrder: string[] = [];
-  refreshSessionsAfterChat = false;
+  refreshSessionsAfterChat = new Set<string>();
   basePath = "";
   private popStateHandler = () =>
     onPopStateInternal(

ui/src/ui/controllers/chat.ts

@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ export async function sendChatMessage(
   state: ChatState,
   message: string,
   attachments?: ChatAttachment[],
-): Promise<boolean> {
+): Promise<string | null> {
-  if (!state.client || !state.connected) return false;
+  if (!state.client || !state.connected) return null;
   const msg = message.trim();
   const hasAttachments = attachments && attachments.length > 0;
-  if (!msg && !hasAttachments) return false;
+  if (!msg && !hasAttachments) return null;
 
   const now = Date.now();
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export async function sendChatMessage(
       idempotencyKey: runId,
       attachments: apiAttachments,
     });
-    return true;
+    return runId;
   } catch (err) {
     const error = String(err);
     state.chatRunId = null;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export async function sendChatMessage(
         timestamp: Date.now(),
       },
     ];
-    return false;
+    return null;
   } finally {
     state.chatSending = false;
   }

ui/src/ui/ui-types.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type ChatQueueItem = {
   text: string;
   createdAt: number;
   attachments?: ChatAttachment[];
+  refreshSessions?: boolean;
 };
 
 export const CRON_CHANNEL_LAST = "last";