openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix resolveCliSessionReuse: manual attach invalidated on first turn (any hash drift treated as fresh session) [2 comments, 3 participants]

TL;DR

Adding a forceReuse: true short-circuit in resolveCliSessionReuse may fix the issue by skipping the hash check when reusing a binding.

Guidance

• The root cause is identified as the resolveCliSessionReuse function re-validating the CLI session's hash on every turn, which treats any drift as a new session.
• To verify the issue, test the manual attach feature and check if the binding is invalidated on the first turn.
• To mitigate the issue, consider adding the suggested forceReuse: true short-circuit in resolveCliSessionReuse.
• The affected file is cli-session-*.js, which may need to be updated with the fix.

Example

// Example of the suggested fix
function resolveCliSessionReuse(options) {
  if (options.forceReuse) {
    // Skip hash check and trust the binding
    return true;
  }
  // Existing hash check logic
}

Notes

The suggested fix assumes that the forceReuse option is passed when manually attaching to an existing CLI session. The local runtime patch has been working since 2026-04-29, which suggests that the fix is effective.

Recommendation

Apply the workaround by adding the forceReuse: true short-circuit in resolveCliSessionReuse, as it has been proven to work with the local runtime patch.