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openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Slack explicit mentions need visible fallback on handler timeout

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Error Message

  • Original handler error behavior is preserved for diagnostics/status handling.

Root Cause

  • Only explicit human room/channel Slack mentions receive this fallback.
  • Bot-authored messages and non-explicit room messages do not get fallback posts.
  • Fallback is sent only when no prior visible reply/tool output was delivered.
  • Fallback is deduped by account, agent, Slack channel, and Slack message timestamp.
  • Original handler error behavior is preserved for diagnostics/status handling.
  • No automatic retry is added in this slice because the timed-out handler may already have side effects in flight.

Fix Action

Fix / Workaround

Focused Slack dispatch tests plus whitespace/format checks.

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Problem

An explicit human Slack mention can route into OpenClaw successfully, then the Codex/app-server handler can time out before producing assistant text, tool output, or any other visible reply. From Slack, that looks like a silent routing failure.

Acceptance criteria

  • Only explicit human room/channel Slack mentions receive this fallback.
  • Bot-authored messages and non-explicit room messages do not get fallback posts.
  • Fallback is sent only when no prior visible reply/tool output was delivered.
  • Fallback is deduped by account, agent, Slack channel, and Slack message timestamp.
  • Original handler error behavior is preserved for diagnostics/status handling.
  • No automatic retry is added in this slice because the timed-out handler may already have side effects in flight.

Validation target

Focused Slack dispatch tests plus whitespace/format checks.

Related: #44925, #58519.

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