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After updating from 2026.5.7 to 2026.5.12, the agent appears to lose its identity/persona and behaves as if workspace files such as IDENTITY.md / SOUL.md are missing. However, /context list shows the correct workspace and reports all relevant workspace files as injected successfully.

Error Message

ACP error (ACP_SESSION_INIT_FAILED): Session is not ACP-enabled: agent:main:dashboard:29670003-3114-48a8-8836-47d8a191a6c5

Root Cause

After updating from 2026.5.7 to 2026.5.12, the agent appears to lose its identity/persona and behaves as if workspace files such as IDENTITY.md / SOUL.md are missing. However, /context list shows the correct workspace and reports all relevant workspace files as injected successfully.

Code Example

ACP error (ACP_SESSION_INIT_FAILED): Session is not ACP-enabled: agent:main:dashboard:29670003-3114-48a8-8836-47d8a191a6c5
next: If this session is stale, recreate it with /acp spawn and rebind the thread.


The suspicious part is that the active session key is agent:main:dashboard:..., and the issue happened in a web/dashboard session. This may indicate a stale or partially migrated dashboard session after update: prompt context is built from the correct workspace, but runtime/tool behavior appears to be using the wrong session/cwd/state.
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Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

After updating from 2026.5.7 to 2026.5.12, the agent appears to lose its identity/persona and behaves as if workspace files such as IDENTITY.md / SOUL.md are missing. However, /context list shows the correct workspace and reports all relevant workspace files as injected successfully.

Steps to reproduce

  1. have v2026.5.7
  2. openclaw update
  3. restart gateway, reboot,...
  4. talk to the agent

Expected behavior

The agent should continue to read and follow the injected workspace files after update, especially SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, USER.md, and MEMORY.md.

Actual behavior

The agent does not recognize its configured identity/name. When asked “What is your name according to IDENTITY.md?”, it performs confused/incorrect tool usage and appears to look for the wrong file or wrong location, despite /context list showing IDENTITY.md: OK.

OpenClaw version

2026.5.12

Operating system

Ubuntu 26.04

Install method

npm

Model

ollama/gemma4

Provider / routing chain

openclaw -> ollama

Additional provider/model setup details

OC runs in its dedicated VM, Interference Engine is a Jetson Orin NX as a 'provider'

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

ACP error (ACP_SESSION_INIT_FAILED): Session is not ACP-enabled: agent:main:dashboard:29670003-3114-48a8-8836-47d8a191a6c5
next: If this session is stale, recreate it with /acp spawn and rebind the thread.


The suspicious part is that the active session key is agent:main:dashboard:..., and the issue happened in a web/dashboard session. This may indicate a stale or partially migrated dashboard session after update: prompt context is built from the correct workspace, but runtime/tool behavior appears to be using the wrong session/cwd/state.

Impact and severity

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Additional information

Environment:

  • OpenClaw version: 2026.5.12 (f066dd2)
  • Previous working version: 2026.5.7
  • Updated via: openclaw update
  • Workspace: /home/elisabeth/.openclaw/workspace
  • Session was from the web/dashboard session

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Expected behavior

The agent should continue to read and follow the injected workspace files after update, especially SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, USER.md, and MEMORY.md.

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