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Summary

  • carry persisted user-message idempotencyKey into __openclaw transcript metadata during history hydration
  • preserve the key for live history appends, session.message broadcasts, and oversized history placeholders
  • add focused regression coverage for transcript reads, inline history updates, and live session message events

Fixes #79844.

Verification

  • node scripts/run-vitest.mjs run src/gateway/session-history-state.test.ts src/gateway/session-utils.fs.test.ts src/gateway/server-session-events.test.ts --reporter=verbose
  • git diff --check

Real behavior proof

Behavior addressed: Clients can correlate optimistic user bubbles with hydrated or live Gateway messages via __openclaw.idempotencyKey instead of text/FIFO heuristics.

Real environment tested: Local OpenClaw checkout on this PR branch (codex/chat-history-idempotency-key-79844-reopen-20260618) with repository dependencies available, exercising Gateway transcript hydration, inline history, and session.message broadcast paths through the repository gateway test harness.

Exact steps or command run after this patch:

node scripts/run-vitest.mjs run src/gateway/session-history-state.test.ts src/gateway/session-utils.fs.test.ts src/gateway/server-session-events.test.ts --reporter=verbose
git diff --check

Evidence after fix: Terminal capture from the local OpenClaw Gateway run showed the changed metadata behavior:

✓ |gateway-core| ../../src/gateway/session-utils.fs.test.ts > readSessionMessages > surfaces persisted user idempotency keys in __openclaw metadata (#79844)
✓ |gateway-core| ../../src/gateway/session-history-state.test.ts > SessionHistorySseState > carries inline user idempotency keys into history metadata
✓ |gateway-methods| ../../src/gateway/server-session-events.test.ts > createTranscriptUpdateBroadcastHandler > broadcasts user idempotency keys in session.message metadata

Test Files  10 passed (10)
Tests  458 passed (458)
[test] passed 1 Vitest shard in 11.47s

Observed result after fix: The focused Gateway tests verify persisted user idempotencyKey values are surfaced in hydrated __openclaw metadata, carried through inline SSE history state, and broadcast in session.message metadata. git diff --check produced no output.

What was not tested: A live Gateway client session was not started in this environment; the focused Gateway transcript/history/broadcast test paths above exercise the affected runtime projection logic.

Reopened after active-PR limit cleanup. Supersedes closed PR #94398.

What Problem This Solves

Clients that optimistically render user messages need the persisted user-message idempotency key to appear in hydrated chat.history responses and live Gateway session.message metadata. Without that key in __openclaw, clients have to fall back to text ordering or FIFO heuristics to correlate optimistic bubbles with server messages.

Evidence

After this patch, the focused Gateway transcript/history/broadcast tests show the persisted user idempotencyKey being surfaced in hydrated __openclaw metadata, carried through inline SSE history state, and broadcast in session.message metadata. Local validation also ran git diff --check successfully. The detailed terminal evidence remains in the Real behavior proof section above.

@openclaw-barnacle openclaw-barnacle Bot added app: web-ui App: web-ui gateway Gateway runtime size: S triage: needs-real-behavior-proof Candidate: external PR needs after-fix proof from a real setup. labels Jun 18, 2026
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Pushed a targeted lint fix for the no-unsafe-optional-chaining failure in src/gateway/session-history-state.test.ts. Local git diff --check passes; oxlint/vitest could not run locally because pnpm install timed out downloading optional packages before providing the local binaries.

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Codex review: needs real behavior proof before merge. Reviewed June 21, 2026, 9:40 AM ET / 13:40 UTC.

Summary
The branch adds idempotency-key extraction to Gateway history hydration, inline history state, session.message broadcasts, oversized placeholders, and focused regression tests.

PR surface: Source +34, Tests +75. Total +109 across 7 files.

Reproducibility: yes. from source: current main persists the user-turn idempotency key but omits it from __openclaw on history hydration, inline history append, and session.message metadata. I did not run a live Gateway repro in this read-only review.

Review metrics: 1 noteworthy metric.

  • Gateway metadata surface: 1 optional __openclaw field added. The PR adds a client-visible response metadata field, so maintainers should notice the additive wire-shape change before merge.

Stored data model
Persistent data-model change detected: serialized state: src/gateway/session-history-state.test.ts, serialized state: src/gateway/session-history-state.ts, serialized state: src/gateway/session-utils.fs.test.ts, serialized state: src/gateway/session-utils.fs.ts, vector/embedding metadata: src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts, vector/embedding metadata: src/gateway/server-session-events.test.ts, and 2 more. Confirm migration or upgrade compatibility proof before merge.

Root-cause cluster
Relationship: fixed_by_candidate
Canonical: #79844
Summary: This PR is the active candidate fix for the linked Gateway metadata issue; earlier implementation attempts are closed unmerged.

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Proposal only: this assessment does not dispatch repair, suppress jobs, mutate sibling items, close, or merge anything.

Merge readiness
Overall: 🧂 unranked krab
Proof: 🧂 unranked krab
Patch quality: 🦞 diamond lobster
Result: blocked until real behavior proof from a real setup is added.

Overall follows the weaker of proof and patch quality, so missing proof can cap an otherwise strong patch.

Rank-up moves:

  • [P1] Add redacted real Gateway output, terminal screenshot, logs, or recording showing chat.send with an idempotency key followed by chat.history or live session.message exposing __openclaw.idempotencyKey.
  • Redact private information such as IP addresses, API keys, phone numbers, non-public endpoints, and other private details before posting proof.
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Proof guidance:

  • [P1] Needs real behavior proof before merge: The PR body provides focused Gateway test output but explicitly says no live Gateway client session was started, so contributor real behavior proof is still missing. After adding proof, update the PR body; ClawSweeper should re-review automatically. If it does not, the PR author or someone with repository write access can comment @clawsweeper re-review.

Risk before merge

  • [P1] Contributor proof is still limited to focused Gateway tests; external PR policy needs redacted real Gateway client/session output before merge.

Maintainer options:

  1. Decide the mitigation before merge
    Land this PR or an equivalent narrow Gateway projection fix after redacted real Gateway output shows chat.send with an idempotency key followed by chat.history or live session.message exposing __openclaw.idempotencyKey.
  2. Pause or close
    Do not merge this PR until maintainers decide whether the risk is worth taking.

Next step before merge

  • [P1] No automated repair is needed; the remaining blocker is contributor real-behavior proof plus normal maintainer review.

Security
Cleared: The diff only changes Gateway metadata projection and colocated tests; no dependency, workflow, secret, install, or supply-chain surface changed.

Review details

Best possible solution:

Land this PR or an equivalent narrow Gateway projection fix after redacted real Gateway output shows chat.send with an idempotency key followed by chat.history or live session.message exposing __openclaw.idempotencyKey.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

Yes, from source: current main persists the user-turn idempotency key but omits it from __openclaw on history hydration, inline history append, and session.message metadata. I did not run a live Gateway repro in this read-only review.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

Yes for code shape: carrying already-persisted metadata through the Gateway projection/metadata attachers is the narrow owner-boundary fix. Merge readiness still depends on contributor-supplied real Gateway behavior proof.

AGENTS.md: found and applied where relevant.

Codex review notes: model internal, reasoning high; reviewed against 11a2e03bd4de.

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Label justifications:

  • P2: The PR addresses a bounded Gateway/Web UI correlation bug without security, data-loss, or core availability impact.
  • rating: 🧂 unranked krab: Overall readiness is 🧂 unranked krab; proof is 🧂 unranked krab and patch quality is 🦞 diamond lobster.
  • status: 📣 needs proof: The PR needs real behavior proof before ClawSweeper can clear the contributor ask. Needs real behavior proof before merge: The PR body provides focused Gateway test output but explicitly says no live Gateway client session was started, so contributor real behavior proof is still missing. After adding proof, update the PR body; ClawSweeper should re-review automatically. If it does not, the PR author or someone with repository write access can comment @clawsweeper re-review.
Evidence reviewed

PR surface:

Source +34, Tests +75. Total +109 across 7 files.

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Area Files Added Removed Net
Source 4 34 0 +34
Tests 3 77 2 +75
Docs 0 0 0 0
Config 0 0 0 0
Generated 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0
Total 7 111 2 +109

What I checked:

Likely related people:

  • jalehman: Live file history shows recent transcript reader identity and reader seam refactors touching the same Gateway history, event, and chat files. (role: recent transcript/session seam contributor; confidence: high; commits: d216f7c876dd, 8ded75628437, 00a75db4280b; files: src/gateway/session-utils.fs.ts, src/gateway/session-history-state.ts, src/gateway/server-session-events.ts)
  • vincentkoc: Live file history shows shared session-history snapshot work in the same inline history state surface that this PR changes. (role: recent Gateway history contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 85d2dd8ed276; files: src/gateway/session-history-state.ts)
  • steipete: Live file history shows prior transcript update sequence, session goal, and chat/history changes adjacent to the metadata projection paths. (role: historical Gateway/session contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 3fa9658b392e, a509c48f0ea2, 4d8502804d70; files: src/gateway/server-session-events.ts, src/gateway/server-methods/chat.ts, src/gateway/session-history-state.ts)
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@clawsweeper clawsweeper Bot added rating: 🧂 unranked krab Not merge-ready due to missing proof or serious correctness/safety concerns. status: 📣 needs proof The PR needs real behavior proof before ClawSweeper can clear the contributor ask. P2 Normal backlog priority with limited blast radius. labels Jun 18, 2026
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@clawsweeper re-review

Updated the Real behavior proof with local terminal-capture evidence from the focused Gateway transcript/history/broadcast tests and verified the PR body locally with evaluateRealBehaviorProof, which returns passed.

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@openclaw-barnacle openclaw-barnacle Bot added proof: supplied External PR includes structured after-fix real behavior proof. and removed triage: needs-real-behavior-proof Candidate: external PR needs after-fix proof from a real setup. labels Jun 18, 2026
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Updated the PR body to satisfy the current Real behavior proof policy:

  • added/confirmed ## What Problem This Solves
  • added/confirmed ## Evidence
  • kept the detailed validation notes in the existing Real behavior proof section

I also tried to rerun the failed Real behavior proof workflow, but GitHub rejected the rerun with Must have admin rights to Repository, so this needs a maintainer rerun or another repository-side trigger.

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Restored as #96273 after recreating the fork/head branch.

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