Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Summary

In Control UI, tool toggles can be changed visually, but Save is disabled or changes do not persist. “Enable all/Disable all” and selective toggling are unreliable.

Steps to reproduce

Steps to reproduce:

Open Dashboard (http://127.0.0.1:18789/)
Go to tool settings
Toggle off 1-2 tools (or click Enable all/Disable all)
Attempt to save
Expected:
Tool settings save and persist after refresh/restart.

Actual:
Save button is disabled or changes are not persisted.

What I already tried:

Removed restrictive tools profile (tools.profile: "messaging"), set tools: {}
openclaw config validate passes
openclaw gateway restart
Hard refresh (Ctrl+F5)
Incognito/private window
Confirmed config path is same for CLI and service (~/.openclaw/openclaw.json)
Diagnostics:

openclaw config get tools returns {}
Logs show repeated config.get from UI, but no successful save/write event when toggling tools
Earlier had a transient config parse error during manual edits, now fixed and config valid
Impact:
Cannot manage tool access from UI; must edit config file manually as workaround.

Workaround:
Edit ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json directly + restart gateway.

Expected behavior

If the bug didn’t exist, expected behavior is:

• You toggle tools (or click Enable all / Disable all)
• Save becomes enabled immediately
• Clicking Save succeeds with confirmation
• Refreshing dashboard keeps the same state
• openclaw config get tools reflects exactly what you saved
• Restarting gateway/session still preserves those settings
• New sessions enforce the updated tool permissions right away

That’s the baseline “working” behavior you should use in the bug report’s Expected section.

Actual behavior

• Tool switches can be toggled in UI, but Save stays disabled (or does nothing).
• Enable all / Disable all appears to change the UI state but doesn’t persist.
• After refresh/reopen, tool settings revert or remain unchanged.
• CLI still shows neutral config (openclaw config get tools → {}), i.e., UI edits are not being committed.
• Net effect: tool control from dashboard is unreliable; only manual config edits work.

OpenClaw version

OpenClaw 2026.3.2 (85377a2)

Operating system

Windows 10.0.19045 (x64), Node 24.14.0

Install method

No response

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Impact and severity

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Additional information

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