openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Feature]: Session display names in Control UI [1 comments, 2 participants]

Summary

When creating new sessions via the Control UI Dashboard ("New Chat"), sessions appear in the sidebar with raw UUIDs as their display names (e.g. d99e9ae7-8826-44d3-8cd1-8e852d6d93e3). This makes it impossible to distinguish sessions at a glance.

Problem to solve

Users who create multiple sessions in the Control UI have no way to tell them apart — every session shows a UUID like d99e9ae7-8826-44d3-8cd1-8e852d6d93e3 instead of a human-readable name. This hurts the UX, especially when switching between several active sessions.

Proposed solution

Auto-title — When a new session is created, use the first ~20 characters of the user's first message as the display name (similar to ChatGPT / Claude web UI). Custom naming — Add a displayName field to the session store and expose it via sessions.patch RPC, so users can manually rename sessions from the Control UI sidebar. Fallback — When no title is available, show something readable like New Chat or a formatted timestamp (2026-05-13 20:00) instead of the raw UUID. Control UI — Allow inline rename (double-click or context menu) on session list items.

Alternatives considered

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Impact

sessions.store schema — new optional displayName field sessions.* RPC group — optionally add sessions.setDisplayName or extend sessions.patch Control UI session sidebar component — display name instead of UUID, inline rename UI OpenClaw version: 2026.5.7

Evidence/examples

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Additional information

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