fix(control-ui): keep channel statuses responsive by BunsDev · Pull Request #80657 · openclaw/openclaw

BunsDev · 2026-05-11T12:59:46Z

Summary

Pre-scope scoped Control UI config schemas before analysis so off-tab sections are not normalized during Communications/Appearance-style tab paints.
Keep Channels tab navigation on the fast runtime/cached status path, while manual Probe remains the live network check path.
Preserve channel account rows when probe/summary status hooks fail or exceed the status budget, keep stale slow probes from replacing newer non-probe snapshots, scope Nodes polling to the active Nodes tab, debounce stale session-list reconciliation, and bound chat-side session refreshes.

Related work

Refs Bug: Control UI becomes progressively stuck after being open for a while (2026.3.12) #45698 and Bug: "Communications", "AI & Agents", and "Automation" Menus Extremely Slow / Freezing the Control UI (Related to #45698) #77060; keep both open until this patch is merged and maintainer proof confirms the reported symptoms are gone.
Replaces closed draft fix(control-ui): keep channel status refreshes responsive #78803 with verified signed commits.
Supersedes the Control UI polling/session churn portions of fix(ui): reduce polling intervals to prevent progressive UI sluggishness #45930, Control UI: reduce unnecessary gateway churn and prevent stale index caching #69454, and fix(ui): debounce sessions.list reload after sessions.changed push events #73779.
Partially overlaps fix(ui): reduce sessions list refresh cost #77057 only for chat-side session refresh bounds; its CLI-provider cache work should remain separate if still desired.
Partially overlaps fix(telegram): add httpTimeoutMs config for health probe timeout control (fixes #77060) #77091 only for Control UI scoped-config/channel-status responsiveness; its Telegram timeout knob needs a split review if still desired.

Verification

Rebased onto current origin/main (338fbd8bfd).
git log --show-signature --max-count=3 confirms all branch commits have good SSH signatures for [email protected].
gh api repos/openclaw/openclaw/commits/<sha> --jq '.commit.verification' reports verified=true, reason=valid for 112955b6a0, d9f0eaa3e5, and 3d2466fe40.
pnpm test ui/src/ui/app-polling.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-gateway.sessions.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-settings.refresh-active-tab.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-lifecycle.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-lifecycle-connect.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-gateway-chat-load.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-gateway.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-chat.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-render.helpers.node.test.ts
pnpm test ui/src/ui/app-channels.test.ts ui/src/ui/controllers/channels.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-settings.refresh-active-tab.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-gateway.sessions.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-lifecycle-connect.node.test.ts ui/src/ui/controllers/sessions.test.ts ui/src/ui/views/config.browser.test.ts src/gateway/server-methods/channels.status.test.ts src/gateway/control-ui.http.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-polling.node.test.ts
pnpm exec oxfmt --check --threads=1 <changed TS files>
git diff --check origin/main...HEAD
pnpm changed:lanes --json reported core, coreTests, docs
pnpm check:changed

Notes

This intentionally keeps Logs live-tail cadence unchanged while the Logs tab is active; the churn reduction comes from active-tab scoping, slower Nodes polling, stale-tab guards, and bounded/debounced session refreshes.
ClawSweeper reviewed the previous signed head and found no discrete blocker; it requested normal maintainer review before merge.

clawsweeper · 2026-05-11T13:03:17Z

Codex review: needs maintainer review before merge.

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BunsDev · 2026-05-11T13:05:51Z

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Pull request overview

This PR targets progressive Control UI sluggishness by reducing background churn and preventing slow channel-status/probe work (and off-tab config schema normalization) from blocking tab paints or overwriting newer UI snapshots.

Changes:

Pre-scope config schemas before analysis/rendering so off-tab sections aren’t normalized during scoped-tab paints.
Keep Channels navigation on a fast cached/runtime status path, while protecting UI state from stale/slow probe completions.
Reduce background load by scoping Nodes polling to the Nodes tab, debouncing sessions.changed reconciliation reloads, and bounding chat-driven session refreshes.

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File	Description
ui/src/ui/views/config.ts	Pre-scope schema sections before `analyzeConfigSchema` to avoid off-tab normalization work.
ui/src/ui/views/config.browser.test.ts	Adds regression coverage for scoped schema normalization avoidance.
ui/src/ui/controllers/channels.types.ts	Extends channels state with probe/loading sequencing fields.
ui/src/ui/controllers/channels.ts	Adds refresh sequencing + stale-probe guarding so slow probes can’t overwrite newer snapshots.
ui/src/ui/controllers/channels.test.ts	Adds test ensuring stale probes don’t replace newer non-probe snapshots.
ui/src/ui/chat/session-controls.ts	Bounds session option refresh to a limited recent window.
ui/src/ui/app.ts	Adds host field for debounced `sessions.changed` reload timer.
ui/src/ui/app-settings.ts	Stops auto live-probe on Channels tab load; scopes Nodes polling to Nodes tab; clears pending session reload timers on tab change.
ui/src/ui/app-settings.refresh-active-tab.node.test.ts	Updates/extends tests for Channels load behavior, Nodes polling scoping, and timer clearing.
ui/src/ui/app-render.ts	Bounds session list refresh when navigating to Sessions from chat-related UI.
ui/src/ui/app-render.helpers.ts	Uses bounded sessions refresh options in chat session creation / option refresh.
ui/src/ui/app-render.helpers.node.test.ts	Updates expectations for bounded sessions refresh parameters.
ui/src/ui/app-polling.ts	Introduces a 30s Nodes polling interval and guards polling by active tab.
ui/src/ui/app-polling.node.test.ts	Adds coverage for “don’t poll nodes unless Nodes tab is active”.
ui/src/ui/app-lifecycle.ts	Starts Nodes polling only if connected on Nodes tab; clears pending session reload timer on disconnect.
ui/src/ui/app-lifecycle.node.test.ts	Adds teardown coverage for clearing pending session reload timers.
ui/src/ui/app-lifecycle-connect.node.test.ts	Tests Nodes polling starts only when Nodes tab is active on connect.
ui/src/ui/app-gateway.ts	Debounces session reconciliation reloads after unapplied `sessions.changed` events; bounds chat-side session refresh limit.
ui/src/ui/app-gateway.sessions.node.test.ts	Adds tests for debounce/coalescing and skip-conditions (chat/disconnect).
ui/src/ui/app-gateway.node.test.ts	Adds coverage for clearing pending session reload timers on client close.
ui/src/ui/app-gateway-chat-load.node.test.ts	Ensures hello handling doesn’t eagerly load nodes/devices; defers to active-tab refresh.
ui/src/ui/app-chat.ts	Introduces shared constant for bounded chat-side sessions refresh limit.
ui/src/ui/app-chat.test.ts	Updates assertions for bounded sessions refresh payload.
src/gateway/server-methods/channels.ts	Adds bounded/timed summary building + preserves lastError when probe/audit returns failures.
src/gateway/server-methods/channels.status.test.ts	Adds coverage for preserving account rows on probe throw and summary fallback behavior.
CHANGELOG.md	Documents Control UI responsiveness/performance improvements.

BunsDev · 2026-05-11T15:10:24Z

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

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Copilot · 2026-05-11T15:20:14Z

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

Applied the review-thread follow-ups in commits cbbee9be and 0e3821c0: extracted a shared timeout race helper for channel status hook/summary paths and fixed app-polling.node.test.ts cleanup to stop the real test host interval in afterEach. Re-ran pnpm test src/gateway/server-methods/channels.status.test.ts ui/src/ui/app-polling.node.test.ts and validation is clean.

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fix(control-ui): keep channel status refreshes responsive #78803

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Merge branch 'main' into meow/control-ui-responsiveness-signed

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BunsDev merged commit 6b3cd90 into main May 11, 2026
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