openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix iMessage monitor: no per-turn watchdog for tool activity during agent silence [1 comments, 2 participants]

TL;DR

Implement a per-turn watchdog in the iMessage monitor to track tool activity and send progress updates when an agent is silent but still executing tools.

Guidance

• Review the suggested fix and consider adding a per-turn watchdog to the iMessage monitor to differentiate between "silent and idle" and "silent and busy executing tools" states.
• Investigate the separate issue (#75846) blocking the claude-cli backend tool_use events from reaching onAgentEvent to ensure a comprehensive solution.
• Verify that the stream:tool events are firing correctly for each turn to trigger the progress ping.
• Consider applying the local patch as a temporary workaround until a permanent fix is implemented.

Example

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Notes

The fix relies on resolving the separate issue (#75846) to ensure claude-cli backend tool_use events reach onAgentEvent. The local patch can be used as a temporary workaround.

Recommendation

Apply the workaround by implementing the local patch, as it has been successfully used since 2026-04-30 and is gated on the cli-tool-bridge fix.