openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [2026.4.5 regression] Agent crash when bash tool calls 'openclaw message send' — 'Agent listener invoked outside active run' [2 comments, 2 participants]

TL;DR

The most likely fix is to modify the agent listener callback to handle events triggered by outgoing messages sent via openclaw message send without assuming an active run.

Guidance

• Investigate the Agent.processEvents function in agent.ts to understand how it handles events and why it throws an error when invoked outside an active run.
• Verify that the openclaw message send command is indeed triggering an agent listener callback through the same event bus as incoming messages, as hypothesized in the root cause analysis.
• Consider adding a check in the agent listener callback to ignore events triggered by outgoing messages sent via openclaw message send when the agent run is not active.
• Review the changes made in version 2026.4.5 to identify what introduced this regression and assess whether a similar fix can be applied to the current version.

Example

No code snippet is provided as the issue does not contain sufficient information to create a concrete example.

Notes

The provided workaround of rolling back to version 2026.4.2 may not be feasible in all cases, and a more permanent fix is needed. The root cause hypothesis suggests that the issue is related to the interaction between the agent listener callback and the event bus, but further investigation is required to confirm this.

Recommendation

Apply a workaround by modifying the agent listener callback to handle events triggered by outgoing messages sent via openclaw message send, as this is likely to be a more feasible solution than rolling back to a previous version.