openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: 2026.4.5 accepts agents.defaults.videoGenerationModel in config validate but flags it as unrecognized in memory/tasks commands [1 participants]

Bug type

Behavior bug

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

In the installed OpenClaw 2026.4.5 CLI on macOS 26.3.1, openclaw config validate accepts a config containing agents.defaults.videoGenerationModel, but openclaw memory status and openclaw tasks list report the same key as unrecognized.

Steps to reproduce

1. Use an ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json config that contains agents.defaults.videoGenerationModel.primary.
2. Run openclaw config validate.
3. Run openclaw memory status.
4. Run openclaw tasks list.

Expected behavior

The same installed CLI release should treat agents.defaults.videoGenerationModel consistently across commands. A config that passes openclaw config validate should not be reported as invalid by openclaw memory status or openclaw tasks list.

Actual behavior

openclaw config validate prints Config valid: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.

openclaw memory status prints:

Invalid config at ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:\n- agents.defaults: Unrecognized key: "videoGenerationModel"

and then continues to show memory status.

openclaw tasks list prints the same invalid-config message and then continues to show task output.

OpenClaw version

2026.4.5 (3e72c03)

Operating system

macOS 26.3.1

Install method

npm global via Homebrew Node; installed under /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw

Model

NOT_ENOUGH_INFO

Provider / routing chain

NOT_ENOUGH_INFO

Additional provider/model setup details

The config contains:

"agents": {
  "defaults": {
    "videoGenerationModel": {
      "primary": "xai-images/grok-imagine-video"
    }
  }
}

The same installed package also contains videoGenerationModel in shipped artifacts, including:

• dist/zod-schema-C3jh3SvI.js
• dist/runtime-schema-CZl4UsDY.js

Latest upstream source at a830f4de4b also contains videoGenerationModel in src/config/zod-schema.agent-defaults.ts and has a corresponding acceptance test in src/config/zod-schema.agent-defaults.test.ts.

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

$ /opt/homebrew/bin/openclaw --version
OpenClaw 2026.4.5 (3e72c03)

$ openclaw config validate
Config valid: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

$ openclaw memory status
Invalid config at ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:\n- agents.defaults: Unrecognized key: "videoGenerationModel"
Memory Search (main)
...

$ openclaw tasks list
Invalid config at ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:\n- agents.defaults: Unrecognized key: "videoGenerationModel"
Background tasks: 46
...

Impact and severity

Affected users/systems/channels: local CLI users running OpenClaw 2026.4.5 with agents.defaults.videoGenerationModel in config Severity: annoying and misleading Frequency: observed on every run of openclaw memory status and openclaw tasks list Consequence: users receive a false invalid-config warning even though openclaw config validate accepts the same file

Additional information

Latest upstream source in a separate dev checkout was updated to upstream/main commit a830f4de4b before inspection. That source tree already includes videoGenerationModel in the agent-defaults schema and related tests.