From 5a657130c962ed625ab4f87f77c370e016c8d1b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: paisley <8197966+su8su@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:10:05 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: set default session retention to 7 days (#565)

---
 electron/gateway/config-sync.ts |  8 ++++++-
 electron/utils/openclaw-auth.ts | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/electron/gateway/config-sync.ts b/electron/gateway/config-sync.ts
index 31454f78e..ee82ce03a 100644
--- a/electron/gateway/config-sync.ts
+++ b/electron/gateway/config-sync.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { getProviderEnvVar, getKeyableProviderTypes } from '../utils/provider-re
 import { getOpenClawDir, getOpenClawEntryPath, isOpenClawPresent } from '../utils/paths';
 import { getUvMirrorEnv } from '../utils/uv-env';
 import { listConfiguredChannels } from '../utils/channel-config';
-import { syncGatewayTokenToConfig, syncBrowserConfigToOpenClaw, sanitizeOpenClawConfig } from '../utils/openclaw-auth';
+import { syncGatewayTokenToConfig, syncBrowserConfigToOpenClaw, syncSessionIdleMinutesToOpenClaw, sanitizeOpenClawConfig } from '../utils/openclaw-auth';
 import { buildProxyEnv, resolveProxySettings } from '../utils/proxy';
 import { syncProxyConfigToOpenClaw } from '../utils/openclaw-proxy';
 import { logger } from '../utils/logger';
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ export async function syncGatewayConfigBeforeLaunch(
   } catch (err) {
     logger.warn('Failed to sync browser config to openclaw.json:', err);
   }
+
+  try {
+    await syncSessionIdleMinutesToOpenClaw();
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.warn('Failed to sync session idle minutes to openclaw.json:', err);
+  }
 }
 
 async function loadProviderEnv(): Promise<{ providerEnv: Record<string, string>; loadedProviderKeyCount: number }> {
diff --git a/electron/utils/openclaw-auth.ts b/electron/utils/openclaw-auth.ts
index 730cf59a9..e413c39f4 100644
--- a/electron/utils/openclaw-auth.ts
+++ b/electron/utils/openclaw-auth.ts
@@ -826,6 +826,45 @@ export async function syncBrowserConfigToOpenClaw(): Promise<void> {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Ensure session idle-reset is configured in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.
+ *
+ * By default OpenClaw resets the "main" session daily at 04:00 local time,
+ * which means conversations disappear after roughly one day.  ClawX sets
+ * `session.idleMinutes` to 10 080 (7 days) so that conversations are
+ * preserved for a week unless the user has explicitly configured their own
+ * value.  When `idleMinutes` is set without `session.reset` /
+ * `session.resetByType`, OpenClaw stays in idle-only mode (no daily reset).
+ */
+export async function syncSessionIdleMinutesToOpenClaw(): Promise<void> {
+  const DEFAULT_IDLE_MINUTES = 10_080; // 7 days
+
+  return withConfigLock(async () => {
+    const config = await readOpenClawJson();
+
+    const session = (
+      config.session && typeof config.session === 'object'
+        ? { ...(config.session as Record<string, unknown>) }
+        : {}
+    ) as Record<string, unknown>;
+
+    // Only set idleMinutes if the user has not configured it yet.
+    if (session.idleMinutes !== undefined) return;
+
+    // If the user has explicit reset / resetByType / resetByChannel config,
+    // they are actively managing session lifecycle — don't interfere.
+    if (session.reset !== undefined
+      || session.resetByType !== undefined
+      || session.resetByChannel !== undefined) return;
+
+    session.idleMinutes = DEFAULT_IDLE_MINUTES;
+    config.session = session;
+
+    await writeOpenClawJson(config);
+    console.log(`Synced session.idleMinutes=${DEFAULT_IDLE_MINUTES} (7d) to openclaw.json`);
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * Update a provider entry in every discovered agent's models.json.
  */