// src/logging/console.ts:263-274
if (loggingState.forceConsoleToStderr) {
  // In --json mode, all console.* writes are diagnostics and should stay off stdout.
  try {
    const redacted = redactSensitiveText(formatted);
    const line = timestamp ? `${timestamp} ${redacted}` : redacted;
    process.stderr.write(`${line}\n`);   // ← commitments' JSON payload lands here
  } catch (err) { … }
}

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writeRuntimeJson(runtime, summaries);  // ← writes directly to stdout, bypasses console patch

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cd ~/Gittensor/OpenCoven/openclaw-upstream         # any current checkout
export PATH=~/.nvm/versions/node/v22.22.2/bin:$PATH

# Seed one commitment to exercise dismiss too
mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/commitments
node -e '
  const fs=require("fs"),os=require("os"),p=require("path");
  const now=Date.now();
  fs.writeFileSync(p.join(os.homedir(),".openclaw/commitments/commitments.json"),
    JSON.stringify({version:1,commitments:[{id:"cm_evi",agentId:"qa",sessionKey:"qa",channel:"slack",kind:"follow_up",sensitivity:"normal",source:"qa",status:"pending",reason:"qa",suggestedText:"qa",dedupeKey:"qa-evi",confidence:0.9,dueWindow:{earliestMs:now-1000,latestMs:now+3600000,timezone:"UTC"},createdAtMs:now,updatedAtMs:now,attempts:0}]},null,2)+"\n",{mode:0o600});
'

for inv in "commitments --json" \
           "commitments list --json" \
           "commitments list --all --json" \
           "commitments dismiss cm_evi --json"; do
  echo "=== $inv ==="
  pnpm openclaw $inv 1>/tmp/cmout 2>/tmp/cmerr
  echo "exit=$? stdout=$(wc -c </tmp/cmout)b stderr=$(wc -c </tmp/cmerr)b"
  jq -e . </tmp/cmout >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "  ✓ stdout JSON parseable" || echo "  ✗ stdout NOT parseable (empty)"
done

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$ pnpm openclaw commitments list --json 1>/tmp/o 2>/tmp/e
$ echo "exit=$? stdout=$(wc -c </tmp/o)b stderr=$(wc -c </tmp/e)b"
exit=0 stdout=0b stderr=693b

$ cat /tmp/o                           # ← empty
$ cat /tmp/e                           # ← the JSON is here, on stderr
{
  "count": 1,
  "status": "pending",
  "agentId": null,
  "store": "/home/orin/.openclaw/commitments/commitments.json",
  "commitments": [ … ]
}

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$ pnpm openclaw commitments list --json | jq .
                                              # ← silently empty; jq exits 4 on parse error

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- import type { RuntimeEnv } from "../runtime.js";
+ import { type RuntimeEnv, writeRuntimeJson } from "../runtime.js";
  …
  if (opts.json) {
-   runtime.log(
-     JSON.stringify(
-       {
-         count: commitments.length,
-         status: status ?? (opts.all ? null : "pending"),
-         agentId: normalizeOptionalString(opts.agent) ?? null,
-         store: resolveCommitmentStorePath(),
-         commitments,
-       },
-       null,
-       2,
-     ),
-   );
+   writeRuntimeJson(runtime, {
+     count: commitments.length,
+     status: status ?? (opts.all ? null : "pending"),
+     agentId: normalizeOptionalString(opts.agent) ?? null,
+     store: resolveCommitmentStorePath(),
+     commitments,
+   });
    return;
  }
  …
  if (opts.json) {
-   runtime.log(JSON.stringify({ dismissed: ids }, null, 2));
+   writeRuntimeJson(runtime, { dismissed: ids });
    return;
  }

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