PR #78625: fix(discord): parse provider-prefixed channel targets

• Repository: openclaw/openclaw
• Author: Patrick-Erichsen
• State: closed | merged: True
• Link: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/78625

Description (problem / solution / changelog)

Summary

• Fixes #78572 by resolving bare numeric Discord message-tool targets through Discord's allowFrom-aware target resolver, so allowlisted DM user IDs route as user:<id> instead of being treated as channels.
• Parse Discord provider-prefixed channel/user targets before the legacy discord:<id> DM shorthand, so discord:channel:<id> remains a channel target.
• Preserve legacy discord:<userId> direct-message routing.
• Add Discord-owned parser, normalizer, outbound route, outbound adapter, and plugin resolver coverage.

Fixes #78572.

Real behavior proof

Behavior addressed: Discord message(action="send") target resolution for the #78572 repro shape: a bare numeric Discord user ID that appears in channels.discord.allowFrom must route as user:<id> for DM delivery, not as channel:<id>. Also verifies provider-prefixed discord:channel:<id> routes as a channel target and can deliver a real Discord channel message.

Real environment tested: Local OpenClaw CLI built from this PR branch on macOS, using a temporary OPENCLAW_HOME/XDG_CONFIG_HOME and a temp Discord config with the local Discord bot token provided through DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN. The live channel delivery target was Discord channel 1501672157829140502.

Exact steps or command run after the patch:

1. Create a temp OpenClaw home and patch config with channels.discord.enabled=true, channels.discord.token={ source: "env", provider: "default", id: "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN" }, and channels.discord.allowFrom=["*"].
2. Run pnpm openclaw message send --channel discord --target "discord:channel:1501672157829140502" --message "OpenClaw live Discord delivery check for PR 78625 2026-05-06T21:25:34Z" --json.
3. Separately run the #78572 target-resolution dry-run with channels.discord.allowFrom=["1439091261670948987"]: pnpm openclaw message send --channel discord --target "1439091261670948987" --message "dry-run allowFrom DM target check" --dry-run --json.

Evidence after fix: Live Discord channel delivery returned:

{
  "action": "send",
  "channel": "discord",
  "dryRun": false,
  "handledBy": "core",
  "payload": {
    "channel": "discord",
    "to": "channel:1501672157829140502",
    "via": "direct",
    "result": {
      "messageId": "1501696468438880377",
      "channel": "discord",
      "receipt": {
        "primaryPlatformMessageId": "1501696468438880377",
        "parts": [
          {
            "platformMessageId": "1501696468438880377",
            "kind": "text",
            "raw": {
              "channel": "discord",
              "messageId": "1501696468438880377",
              "channelId": "1501672157829140502"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

The #78572 bare numeric allowlisted DM dry-run returned:

{
  "action": "send",
  "channel": "discord",
  "dryRun": true,
  "handledBy": "core",
  "payload": {
    "channel": "discord",
    "to": "user:1439091261670948987",
    "via": "direct",
    "mediaUrl": null,
    "dryRun": true
  }
}

Observed result after fix: The provider-prefixed Discord channel target delivered a real Discord message with platform message id 1501696468438880377, and the #78572 bare numeric allowlisted Discord target resolves to user:1439091261670948987, which is the DM send target expected by Discord instead of channel:<id>.

What was not tested: Live Discord DM delivery to the #78572 reporter's user id was not run because we do not have that user's bot/channel relationship locally; the DM fix was verified at the target-resolution layer that produced the reported Unknown Channel misroute, and live channel delivery verified the Discord send path after provider-prefixed normalization.

Verification

• pnpm exec oxfmt --check --threads=1 extensions/discord/src/channel.ts extensions/discord/src/channel.test.ts extensions/discord/src/target-parsing.ts extensions/discord/src/normalize.ts extensions/discord/src/targets.test.ts extensions/discord/src/outbound-adapter.test.ts extensions/discord/src/outbound-session-route.test.ts CHANGELOG.md
• pnpm test extensions/discord/src/channel.test.ts extensions/discord/src/targets.test.ts extensions/discord/src/normalize.test.ts extensions/discord/src/outbound-adapter.test.ts extensions/discord/src/outbound-session-route.test.ts src/agents/tools/message-tool.test.ts -- --run

Changed files

• CHANGELOG.md (modified, +1/-0)
• extensions/discord/src/channel.test.ts (modified, +27/-0)
• extensions/discord/src/channel.ts (modified, +16/-0)
• extensions/discord/src/normalize.ts (modified, +3/-0)
• extensions/discord/src/outbound-adapter.test.ts (modified, +7/-0)
• extensions/discord/src/outbound-session-route.test.ts (modified, +32/-0)
• extensions/discord/src/target-parsing.ts (modified, +17/-0)
• extensions/discord/src/targets.test.ts (modified, +6/-0)