openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Bug: ControlUI right-side session dropdown click flashes but does not switch sessions

Describe the bug

In ControlUI WebChat, the session dropdown located at the top-right of the chat area (next to the agent name) has a click issue. When you click a different session from the dropdown, the UI briefly flashes (the dropdown closes and reopens for a split second) but the actual chat session does not switch. The session remains on the current one.

However, the left sidebar session list works correctly — clicking a session there does switch the chat view.

Additionally, the left sidebar only shows a few recent sessions, not all available sessions, making it impossible to find older sessions.

To Reproduce

1. Open ControlUI WebChat
2. Look at the top-right corner of the chat area next to the agent name — there is a session dropdown
3. Click the dropdown and select a different session
4. Observe: the dropdown flashes momentarily, but the chat content never changes

Expected behavior

Selecting a session from the right-side dropdown should switch the chat view to that session, just like clicking a session in the left sidebar does.

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.5.26
• Browser: Chrome
• Deployment: local gateway via Nginx reverse proxy
• Auth mode: token

Additional context

The left-side session list works correctly. The right-side dropdown appears to trigger a visual re-render but fails to issue the actual WebSocket session switch command, or the command gets overridden by the current sessions metadata push.