openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Dreaming promotion annotation shows recallCount instead of signalCount; minRecallCount parameter name is misleading [2 pull requests]

Description

Two related issues with the dreaming short-term promotion system:

1. Promotion annotation shows recallCount instead of signalCount

When entries are promoted to MEMORY.md, the annotation format is:

[score=0.832 recalls=0 avg=0.620 source=memory/2026-05-24-0003.md:9-10]

The recalls field shows candidate.recallCount (how many times the entry was surfaced by memory_search), but the actual promotion gate checks signalCount = recallCount + dailyCount + groundedCount.

This means entries can show recalls=0 even though they passed the minRecallCount gate via dailyCount signals from daily memory file ingestion. This is confusing when auditing promotion decisions.

Source code reference (short-term-promotion-61_nO3VW.js):

• Line 1269: recallCount, — stored in candidate object
• Line 1454: annotation writes recalls=${candidate.recallCount} instead of recalls=${candidate.signalCount}

2. minRecallCount parameter name is misleading

The config parameter plugins.entries.memory-core.config.dreaming.phases.deep.minRecallCount is named as if it gates on recallCount, but the actual gate (line 1244) checks:

const signalCount = totalSignalCountForEntry(entry);
if (signalCount < minRecallCount) continue;

Where totalSignalCountForEntry (line 666-667) is:

function totalSignalCountForEntry(entry) {
  return Math.max(0, Math.floor(entry.recallCount ?? 0))
       + Math.max(0, Math.floor(entry.dailyCount ?? 0))
       + Math.max(0, Math.floor(entry.groundedCount ?? 0));
}

So minRecallCount actually gates on recallCount + dailyCount + groundedCount, not just recallCount.

Suggested fix

1. Change the annotation to show signalCount instead of recallCount:

   [score=0.832 signals=6 recalls=0 daily=6 avg=0.620 source=...]

   Or at minimum show signalCount:

   [score=0.832 signalCount=6 recalls=0 avg=0.620 source=...]

2. Rename minRecallCount to minSignalCount (or document that it checks total signal count).

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.5.26
• OS: macOS 26.5 (arm64)

Additional context

Verified with actual data: 79 promoted entries in our system, 58 of which have recallCount=0 but passed the gate via dailyCount=5-7. All 79 entries have signalCount >= 2 (our configured minRecallCount).