openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Control UI: Session dropdown shows deleted sessions [1 comments, 2 participants]

Bug Description

After deleting a session (via CLI or UI), the Control UI session selector dropdown still displays the deleted session until a hard refresh (Cmd+Shift+R / Ctrl+Shift+R).

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Control UI at http://127.0.0.1:18789/
2. Open the session selector dropdown in the top bar
3. Select and delete a session (e.g., via `openclaw sessions delete <id>` or UI delete button)
4. Reopen the session selector dropdown
5. Expected: Deleted session should no longer appear
6. Actual: Deleted session is still visible in the dropdown

Environment

• OpenClaw version: v2026.5.4
• macOS Darwin 25.3.0 (arm64)
• Node: v22.22.0
• Gateway: LaunchAgent on port 18789

Additional Context

• The session is correctly deleted from storage (confirmed via `sessions.list` API)
• The issue is purely UI-side — the dropdown cache/state is not invalidated after delete
• A hard page refresh (Cmd+Shift+R) clears the stale entry, suggesting it is a client-side state management issue
• This may be related to how `sessions.subscribe` push updates are handled by the session selector component

Suggested Investigation

• Check if the session selector component properly handles the `sessions.subscribe` delete event
• Verify that the dropdown list is re-rendered or the relevant entry is removed from local state on delete
• Look for missing state invalidation after `sessions.delete` RPC completes