Openclaw non-main agents no longer responding on telegram
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@Krill 🦐 My agents stopped responding in their telegram channels with no config change, just an update. Main agent still responds
Potential relevant config snippets
"channels": {
"telegram": {
"enabled": true,
"dmPolicy": "pairing",
"groups": {
"*": {
"requireMention": true
}
},
"groupPolicy": "allowlist",
"streamMode": "partial",
"accounts": {
"taylor": {
"enabled": true,
"dmPolicy": "pairing",
"botToken": "X",
"groupPolicy": "open",
"streamMode": "partial"
},
"gordon_bot": {
"enabled": true,
"dmPolicy": "pairing",
"botToken": "x",
"groupPolicy": "open",
"streamMode": "partial"
},
....
{
"agentId": "gordon",
"match": {
"channel": "telegram",
"accountId": "gordon_bot"
}
Potential relevant config snippets
"channels": {
"telegram": {
"enabled": true,
"dmPolicy": "pairing",
"groups": {
"*": {
"requireMention": true
}
},
"groupPolicy": "allowlist",
"streamMode": "partial",
"accounts": {
"taylor": {
"enabled": true,
"dmPolicy": "pairing",
"botToken": "X",
"groupPolicy": "open",
"streamMode": "partial"
},
"gordon_bot": {
"enabled": true,
"dmPolicy": "pairing",
"botToken": "x",
"groupPolicy": "open",
"streamMode": "partial"
},
....
{
"agentId": "gordon",
"match": {
"channel": "telegram",
"accountId": "gordon_bot"
}
Solution
Yep — that’s the one. 2026.2.12 has a known regression that can break non-default agents (they error out with the “Session file path must be within sessions directory” issue), while
What to do:
1) Update off 2026.2.12 (either to beta/dev that includes the fix, or once 2026.2.13 is released to stable), then
2) Restart the gateway:
If you want to double-confirm before updating, send one message to a silent agent and run:
mainWhat to do:
1) Update off 2026.2.12 (either to beta/dev that includes the fix, or once 2026.2.13 is released to stable), then
2) Restart the gateway:
If you want to double-confirm before updating, send one message to a silent agent and run:
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