openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Internal reasoning / commentary leaked into Telegram chat [1 participants]

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Root Cause

Impact

This is a privacy and UX problem, because internal notes may expose technical context that is not intended for the end user.

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While using OpenClaw in a Telegram direct chat, internal working commentary started appearing as normal user-visible messages.

These were not final assistant replies. They looked like internal planning / commentary text, for example short technical notes in English about what the agent was about to inspect, change, or verify.

This should never be delivered into the user chat.

Expected behavior

Only the final user-facing assistant reply should appear in Telegram. Internal reasoning, commentary, planning notes, or tool-orchestration text must remain hidden.

Actual behavior

Internal commentary messages were sent into the Telegram chat as separate visible messages.

Environment

  • OpenClaw
  • Telegram
  • direct chat
  • happened during active multi-step work involving tools

Impact

This is a privacy and UX problem, because internal notes may expose technical context that is not intended for the end user.

Notes

No screenshot attached, to avoid sharing unrelated sensitive context.

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TL;DR

Filtering or suppressing internal commentary messages before they are sent to the Telegram chat is likely necessary to resolve the issue.

Guidance

  • Review the OpenClaw configuration and code to identify where internal commentary is being generated and sent to Telegram, to determine if there's an existing mechanism for filtering or suppressing these messages.
  • Investigate the possibility of adding a conditional check to only send final, user-facing assistant replies to the Telegram chat, while keeping internal planning and commentary hidden.
  • Consider implementing a message classification system to differentiate between internal commentary and final user-facing responses, ensuring only the latter are sent to the user.
  • Examine the multi-step work process involving tools to see if there's a specific point or condition under which internal commentary is incorrectly being sent to the user.

Example

No specific code example can be provided without more details on the OpenClaw implementation, but a hypothetical filter might involve checking the message content or metadata for indicators that it's an internal commentary.

Notes

The exact solution will depend on the internal workings of OpenClaw and how it integrates with Telegram. Without access to the codebase or more detailed information about the system's architecture, providing a precise fix is challenging.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by implementing message filtering based on content or metadata to prevent internal commentary from being sent to the user, as upgrading to a fixed version is not mentioned as an option in the provided context.

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Expected behavior

Only the final user-facing assistant reply should appear in Telegram. Internal reasoning, commentary, planning notes, or tool-orchestration text must remain hidden.

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