Summary

Describe the problem and fix in 2–5 bullets:

• Problem: openclaw cron run always times out after 30000ms even when the gateway is healthy and the job is running
• Why it matters: Users cannot manually run cron jobs for debugging/testing because the CLI times out before the job completes (which can take up to 10 minutes)
• What changed: Changed the default timeout for cron run command from 30000ms to 600000ms (10 minutes) to match the actual job execution timeout
• What did NOT change (scope boundary): Did not change the gateway-side timeout behavior, only the CLI client timeout

Change Type (select all)

• Bug fix
• Feature
• Refactor
• Docs
• Security hardening
• Chore/infra

Scope (select all touched areas)

• Gateway / orchestration
• Skills / tool execution
• Auth / tokens
• Memory / storage
• Integrations
• API / contracts
• UI / DX
• CI/CD / infra

Linked Issue/PR

• Closes openclaw cron run always times out + doctor --fix breaks multi-account Discord #28942
• Related #

User-visible / Behavior Changes

• CLI now waits up to 10 minutes for cron run instead of timing out after 30 seconds
• Default timeout is now 600000ms instead of 30000ms

Security Impact (required)

• New permissions/capabilities? (No)
• Secrets/tokens handling changed? (No)
• New/changed network calls? (No)
• Command/tool execution surface changed? (No)
• Data access scope changed? (No)
• If any Yes, explain risk + mitigation: N/A

Repro + Verification

Environment

• OS: macOS (tested locally)
• Runtime: Node 22
• Model/provider: N/A
• Integration/channel (if any): N/A
• Relevant config (redacted): N/A

Steps

1. Start a gateway with a cron job configured
2. Run openclaw cron run
3. Observe that the command completes instead of timing out

Expected

• Command completes successfully within 10 minutes

Actual

• Command now uses 600000ms timeout instead of 30000ms

Evidence

Attach at least one:

• Failing test/log before + passing after
• Added test uses 10 minute timeout on cron run by default in src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts
• Added test does not add empty default account for multi-account Discord without top-level values in src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.migrations.test.ts
• Trace/log snippets
• Screenshot/recording
• Perf numbers (if relevant)

Human Verification (required)

What you personally verified (not just CI), and how:

• Verified scenarios:
  • Ran pnpm vitest run src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts - 26 tests pass
  • Ran pnpm vitest run src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.migrations.test.ts - 16 tests pass
  • Ran pnpm build - builds successfully
  • Ran pnpm format:check - all files formatted correctly
• Edge cases checked:
  • Verified timeout value is correctly passed to gateway call
  • Verified --due flag still works correctly
  • Verified multi-account Discord config without top-level values doesn't create empty default account
• What you did not verify:
  • Did not test with actual gateway running (no live environment)

Compatibility / Migration

• Backward compatible? (Yes)
• Config/env changes? (No)
• Migration needed? (No)
• If yes, exact upgrade steps: N/A

Failure Recovery (if this breaks)

• How to disable/revert this change quickly:
  • Revert commit 84a6142
• Files/config to restore:
  • src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-simple.ts
• Known bad symptoms reviewers should watch for:
  • CLI timeout errors when running cron run

Risks and Mitigations

List only real risks for this PR. Add/remove entries as needed. If none, write None.

• Risk: None - the change only increases the CLI timeout to match the actual job execution timeout
  • Mitigation: N/A

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Build Script-

Implementation Plan: Issue #28942 - Fix cron run timeout and doctor --fix Discord multi-account bug

Overview

This plan addresses two bugs from issue #28942:

1. Bug 1: openclaw cron run always times out after 30000ms even when gateway is healthy
2. Bug 2: doctor --fix repeatedly corrupts multi-account Discord configuration by adding an empty "default" account

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+ or Bun installed
• pnpm package manager
• Git configured with access to the openclaw repository

Step-by-Step Implementation

Step 1: Establish Baseline - Run All Existing Tests

• Task: Run the full test suite to establish a baseline before making changes
• Command: pnpm test (or pnpm test:coverage for detailed coverage)
• Expected: All existing tests should pass
• Verification: Check test results for any pre-existing failures
• Note: Document any failing tests before proceeding

Step 2: Run CI Pipeline Tests Locally

• Task: Verify build, typecheck, and lint commands that CI runs
• Commands:

  pnpm build          # Build the project
  pnpm tsgo          # TypeScript type checking
  pnpm format:check  # Format check
  pnpm lint          # Lint check
  pnpm check         # Full check (format + tsgo + lint)

• Expected: All commands should succeed without errors
• Verification: Each command exits with code 0

Step 3: Run Specific Cron CLI Tests

• Task: Run existing cron CLI tests to establish a baseline
• Command: pnpm vitest run src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts
• Expected: All cron CLI tests pass
• Verification: Test output shows no failures

Step 4: Run Doctor Legacy Config Tests

• Task: Run existing doctor-legacy-config tests to establish baseline
• Commands:

  pnpm vitest run src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.test.ts
  pnpm vitest run src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.migrations.test.ts

• Expected: All doctor-legacy-config tests pass
• Verification: Test output shows no failures

Bug 1 Fix: cron run timeout

Step 5: Add --timeout option to cron run command

• Task: Add --timeout option to the cron run command with a longer default
• File: src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-simple.ts
• Change: Add .option("--timeout <ms>", "Timeout in ms (default 600000)", "600000") to the cron run command
• Code location: Line ~95, after the --due option
• Verification:
  • Build succeeds: pnpm build
  • TypeScript check passes: pnpm tsgo

Step 6: Verify timeout fix with test

• Task: Create or verify a test for the new timeout option
• File: src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts
• Test: Verify the timeout option is passed correctly to callGatewayFromCli
• Command: pnpm vitest run src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts
• Expected: Test passes with the new timeout option

Step 7: Commit Bug 1 Fix

• Task: Commit the cron run timeout fix
• Commit message: CLI: add --timeout option to cron run command
• Files changed: src/cli/cron-cli/register.cron-simple.ts
• Verification: git log shows the commit with correct message

Bug 2 Fix: doctor --fix Discord multi-account

Step 8: Add empty account guard in doctor-legacy-config

• Task: Prevent adding empty default account when migrating Discord config
• File: src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.ts
• Change: Add a check to skip creating default account if it would be empty
• Code location: After line 336 (after populating defaultAccount), add:

  if (Object.keys(defaultAccount).length === 0) {
    continue;
  }

• Verification:
  • Build succeeds: pnpm build
  • TypeScript check passes: pnpm tsgo

Step 9: Add test for empty account guard

• Task: Add a test to verify the empty account guard works
• File: src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.migrations.test.ts
• Test: Add test case for multi-account Discord config without top-level values
• Test scenario:
  • Discord has multiple accounts (e.g., bot1, bot2)
  • No top-level config keys that need migration
  • Running migration should NOT create an empty default account
• Command: pnpm vitest run src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.migrations.test.ts
• Expected: New test passes

Step 10: Run doctor-legacy-config tests

• Task: Verify all doctor-legacy-config tests still pass
• Commands:

  pnpm vitest run src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.test.ts
  pnpm vitest run src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.migrations.test.ts

• Expected: All tests pass
• Verification: No test failures

Step 11: Commit Bug 2 Fix

• Task: Commit the doctor --fix Discord multi-account fix
• Commit message: Doctor: skip adding empty default account for multi-account Discord
• Files changed: src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.ts
• Verification: git log shows the commit with correct message

Integration Tests

Step 12: Run Full Test Suite

• Task: Run full test suite after all changes
• Command: pnpm test
• Expected: All tests pass
• Verification: No test failures in output

Step 13: Run Full CI Checks

• Task: Run all CI checks locally
• Commands:

  pnpm build
  pnpm check
  pnpm format:check

• Expected: All checks pass
• Verification: Each command exits with code 0

Step 14: Verify TypeScript Strict Mode

• Task: Ensure no TypeScript errors introduced
• Command: pnpm tsgo
• Expected: No TypeScript errors
• Verification: Output shows no errors

Final Steps

Step 15: Push Changes to Remote

• Task: Push the feature branch to the remote repository
• Command: git push -u origin <branch-name>
• Expected: Branch pushed successfully
• Verification: GitHub shows new branch

Summary of Changes

Test Commands Reference

# Full test suite
pnpm test
# Individual test files
pnpm vitest run src/cli/cron-cli.test.ts
pnpm vitest run src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.test.ts
pnpm vitest run src/commands/doctor-legacy-config.migrations.test.ts
# Build and checks
pnpm build
pnpm check
pnpm tsgo
pnpm format:check
pnpm lint

Notes

• The default timeout of 600000ms (10 minutes) matches the DEFAULT_JOB_TIMEOUT_MS in src/cron/service/timeout-policy.ts
• The empty account guard prevents corruption of multi-account Discord configurations
• All commits should follow the project's commit message conventions (action-oriented, concise)