openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Add silentErrorReplies support for WhatsApp channel

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The channels.telegram.silentErrorReplies config option exists for Telegram but there's no equivalent for WhatsApp.

When a request fails to process, the agent runner automatically sends this message to the WhatsApp chat:

⚠️ Something went wrong while processing your request. Please try again, or use /new to start a fresh session.

Error Message

Add a channels.whatsapp.silentErrorReplies (or similar) config option so that error replies can be suppressed on WhatsApp, matching the existing Telegram behavior. The error text is generated in agent-runner.runtime (buildProcessingFailureText) and delivered via web-auto-reply. There's no config gate for WhatsApp — the reply is always sent.

Root Cause

The channels.telegram.silentErrorReplies config option exists for Telegram but there's no equivalent for WhatsApp.

When a request fails to process, the agent runner automatically sends this message to the WhatsApp chat:

⚠️ Something went wrong while processing your request. Please try again, or use /new to start a fresh session.

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Description

The channels.telegram.silentErrorReplies config option exists for Telegram but there's no equivalent for WhatsApp.

When a request fails to process, the agent runner automatically sends this message to the WhatsApp chat:

⚠️ Something went wrong while processing your request. Please try again, or use /new to start a fresh session.

Request

Add a channels.whatsapp.silentErrorReplies (or similar) config option so that error replies can be suppressed on WhatsApp, matching the existing Telegram behavior.

Ideally this could also be a global agent.silentErrorReplies setting that applies across all channels.

Context

The error text is generated in agent-runner.runtime (buildProcessingFailureText) and delivered via web-auto-reply. There's no config gate for WhatsApp — the reply is always sent.

Reference: Telegram implementation added in #19776.

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