refactor IPC (#341)

electron/utils/channel-config.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export interface PluginsConfig {
 export interface OpenClawConfig {
     channels?: Record<string, ChannelConfigData>;
     plugins?: PluginsConfig;
+    commands?: Record<string, unknown>;
     [key: string]: unknown;
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +72,14 @@ export async function writeOpenClawConfig(config: OpenClawConfig): Promise<void>
     await ensureConfigDir();
 
     try {
+        // Enable graceful in-process reload authorization for SIGUSR1 flows.
+        const commands =
+            config.commands && typeof config.commands === 'object'
+                ? { ...(config.commands as Record<string, unknown>) }
+                : {};
+        commands.restart = true;
+        config.commands = commands;
+
         await writeFile(CONFIG_FILE, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2), 'utf-8');
     } catch (error) {
         logger.error('Failed to write OpenClaw config', error);