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Internal assistant planning text leaks to user chat even with /verbose off #46554

Description

@IgnacioPro

Bug report

Internal assistant/planning text is being delivered to end users in chat, even when verbose mode is disabled.

What happened

A user received internal-looking messages such as:

  • Need commit push.
  • Need transcribe and reply likely content.

These lines look like internal planning/checklist text and should never be user-visible in normal chat output.

Expected behavior

  • With /verbose off, only user-facing assistant responses should be sent.
  • Internal planning/tool orchestration text should remain private.

Actual behavior

  • Internal text appeared as normal bot messages in Telegram chat.

Environment

  • OpenClaw: 2026.3.13
  • Channel: Telegram
  • Runtime observed from OpenClaw agent flow in direct chat

Repro hints

  1. Keep /verbose off and /reasoning off.
  2. Perform multi-step/tool-heavy actions (edits/commits/transcription, etc.).
  3. Occasionally internal checklist/planning text is sent to user.

Impact

  • Privacy/UX issue: internal operational text leaks into user-visible conversation.
  • Confusing and reduces trust.

If useful, I can provide additional timestamps / sanitized excerpts.

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