openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: wal-protocol hook: message:received event lacks workspaceDir/agentId, all agent data written to main workspace [1 comments, 2 participants]

[Bug]: wal-protocol hook: message:received event lacks workspaceDir/agentId, all agent data written to main workspace

Bug Description

The wal-protocol hook listens to the message:received event to write per-agent SESSION-STATE.md data. However, the message:received event context only exposes:

• from
• content
• channelId
• metadata

It does NOT expose workspaceDir or agentId, which are needed to determine which agent workspace to write to.

In contrast, the command:new/reset event DOES expose context.workspaceDir.

Impact

• All agents WAL data is written to the main agents SESSION-STATE.md
• Non-main agents SESSION-STATE.md files are never updated
• The wal-protocol hook cannot function correctly for any non-main agent

Root Cause

Event context comparison:

Event | workspaceDir | agentId command:new/reset | available via context.workspaceDir | available message:received | NOT available | NOT available

The hook handler has no way to derive the correct per-agent workspace path from the message:received event.

Expected Fix

The message:received event should include workspaceDir and/or agentId in its context (similar to command:new/reset), OR the wal-protocol hook should use an alternative event/hook that provides this information.

Evidence

Hook source: dist/extensions/active-memory/skills/wal-protocol/HOOK.md

The hook listens to message:received but has no way to get workspaceDir:

const eventContext = { from, content, channelId, metadata }; // no workspaceDir

Official docs reference: https://docs.openclaw.ai/automation/hooks

• command:new/reset: has context.workspaceDir
• message:received: only has from, content, channelId, metadata

Workaround

Disable the wal-protocol hook. Core memory functionality (session-memory, active-memory, memory-wiki) is unaffected.

Environment

• OpenClaw: 2026.4.27 (stable)
• Platform: Windows_NT 10.0.26200
• Node: v24.14.0
• Channel: Feishu