fix(channel): Feishu channel gateway wont restart after config (#291)

Co-authored-by: Cursor Agent <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Co-authored-by: Haze <hazeone@users.noreply.github.com>

electron/gateway/manager.ts

@@ -33,16 +33,19 @@ import { buildProxyEnv, resolveProxySettings } from '../utils/proxy';
 import { syncProxyConfigToOpenClaw } from '../utils/openclaw-proxy';
 import { shouldAttemptConfigAutoRepair } from './startup-recovery';
 import {
+  type GatewayLifecycleState,
+  getDeferredRestartAction,
   getReconnectSkipReason,
   isLifecycleSuperseded,
   nextLifecycleEpoch,
+  shouldDeferRestart,
 } from './process-policy';
 
 /**
  * Gateway connection status
  */
 export interface GatewayStatus {
-  state: 'stopped' | 'starting' | 'running' | 'error' | 'reconnecting';
+  state: GatewayLifecycleState;
   port: number;
   pid?: number;
   uptime?: number;
@@ -218,6 +221,8 @@ export class GatewayManager extends EventEmitter {
   private deviceIdentity: DeviceIdentity | null = null;
   private restartDebounceTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
   private lifecycleEpoch = 0;
+  private deferredRestartPending = false;
+  private restartInFlight: Promise<void> | null = null;
 
   constructor(config?: Partial<ReconnectConfig>) {
     super();
@@ -292,6 +297,56 @@ export class GatewayManager extends EventEmitter {
     }
   }
 
+  private isRestartDeferred(): boolean {
+    return shouldDeferRestart({
+      state: this.status.state,
+      startLock: this.startLock,
+    });
+  }
+
+  private markDeferredRestart(reason: string): void {
+    if (!this.deferredRestartPending) {
+      logger.info(
+        `Deferring Gateway restart (${reason}) until startup/reconnect settles (state=${this.status.state}, startLock=${this.startLock})`
+      );
+    } else {
+      logger.debug(
+        `Gateway restart already deferred; keeping pending request (${reason}, state=${this.status.state}, startLock=${this.startLock})`
+      );
+    }
+    this.deferredRestartPending = true;
+  }
+
+  private flushDeferredRestart(trigger: string): void {
+    const action = getDeferredRestartAction({
+      hasPendingRestart: this.deferredRestartPending,
+      state: this.status.state,
+      startLock: this.startLock,
+      shouldReconnect: this.shouldReconnect,
+    });
+
+    if (action === 'none') return;
+    if (action === 'wait') {
+      logger.debug(
+        `Deferred Gateway restart still waiting (${trigger}, state=${this.status.state}, startLock=${this.startLock})`
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.deferredRestartPending = false;
+    if (action === 'drop') {
+      logger.info(
+        `Dropping deferred Gateway restart (${trigger}) because lifecycle already recovered (state=${this.status.state}, shouldReconnect=${this.shouldReconnect})`
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    logger.info(`Executing deferred Gateway restart now (${trigger})`);
+    void this.restart().catch((error) => {
+      logger.warn('Deferred Gateway restart failed:', error);
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get current Gateway status
    */
@@ -445,6 +500,7 @@ export class GatewayManager extends EventEmitter {
       throw error;
     } finally {
       this.startLock = false;
+      this.flushDeferredRestart('start:finally');
     }
   }
 
@@ -521,6 +577,7 @@ export class GatewayManager extends EventEmitter {
     }
     this.pendingRequests.clear();
 
+    this.deferredRestartPending = false;
     this.setStatus({ state: 'stopped', error: undefined, pid: undefined, connectedAt: undefined, uptime: undefined });
   }
 
@@ -528,9 +585,29 @@ export class GatewayManager extends EventEmitter {
    * Restart Gateway process
    */
   async restart(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.isRestartDeferred()) {
+      this.markDeferredRestart('restart');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.restartInFlight) {
+      logger.debug('Gateway restart already in progress, joining existing request');
+      await this.restartInFlight;
+      return;
+    }
+
     logger.debug('Gateway restart requested');
+    this.restartInFlight = (async () => {
       await this.stop();
       await this.start();
+    })();
+
+    try {
+      await this.restartInFlight;
+    } finally {
+      this.restartInFlight = null;
+      this.flushDeferredRestart('restart:finally');
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1639,6 +1716,7 @@ export class GatewayManager extends EventEmitter {
     // Log state transitions
     if (previousState !== this.status.state) {
       logger.debug(`Gateway state changed: ${previousState} -> ${this.status.state}`);
+      this.flushDeferredRestart(`status:${previousState}->${this.status.state}`);
     }
   }
 }

electron/gateway/process-policy.ts

@@ -21,3 +21,36 @@ export function getReconnectSkipReason(context: ReconnectAttemptContext): string
   }
   return null;
 }
+
+export type GatewayLifecycleState = 'stopped' | 'starting' | 'running' | 'error' | 'reconnecting';
+
+export interface RestartDeferralContext {
+  state: GatewayLifecycleState;
+  startLock: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Restart requests should not interrupt an in-flight startup/reconnect flow.
+ * Doing so can kill a just-spawned process and leave the manager stopped.
+ */
+export function shouldDeferRestart(context: RestartDeferralContext): boolean {
+  return context.startLock || context.state === 'starting' || context.state === 'reconnecting';
+}
+
+export interface DeferredRestartActionContext extends RestartDeferralContext {
+  hasPendingRestart: boolean;
+  shouldReconnect: boolean;
+}
+
+export type DeferredRestartAction = 'none' | 'wait' | 'drop' | 'execute';
+
+/**
+ * Decide what to do with a pending deferred restart once lifecycle changes.
+ */
+export function getDeferredRestartAction(context: DeferredRestartActionContext): DeferredRestartAction {
+  if (!context.hasPendingRestart) return 'none';
+  if (shouldDeferRestart(context)) return 'wait';
+  if (!context.shouldReconnect) return 'drop';
+  if (context.state === 'running') return 'drop';
+  return 'execute';
+}

electron/main/ipc-handlers.ts

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export function registerIpcHandlers(
   registerClawHubHandlers(clawHubService);
 
   // OpenClaw handlers
-  registerOpenClawHandlers(gatewayManager);
+  registerOpenClawHandlers();
 
   // Provider handlers
   registerProviderHandlers(gatewayManager);
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ function registerGatewayHandlers(
  * OpenClaw-related IPC handlers
  * For checking package status and channel configuration
  */
-function registerOpenClawHandlers(gatewayManager: GatewayManager): void {
+function registerOpenClawHandlers(): void {
   async function ensureDingTalkPluginInstalled(): Promise<{ installed: boolean; warning?: string }> {
     const targetDir = join(homedir(), '.openclaw', 'extensions', 'dingtalk');
     const targetManifest = join(targetDir, 'openclaw.plugin.json');
@@ -808,7 +808,9 @@ function registerOpenClawHandlers(gatewayManager: GatewayManager): void {
           };
         }
         await saveChannelConfig(channelType, config);
-        gatewayManager.debouncedRestart();
+        logger.info(
+          `Skipping app-forced Gateway restart after channel:saveConfig (${channelType}); Gateway handles channel config reload/restart internally`
+        );
         return {
           success: true,
           pluginInstalled: installResult.installed,
@@ -816,8 +818,12 @@ function registerOpenClawHandlers(gatewayManager: GatewayManager): void {
         };
       }
       await saveChannelConfig(channelType, config);
-      // Debounced restart so the gateway picks up the new channel config.
+      // Do not force stop/start here. Recent Gateway builds detect channel config
-      gatewayManager.debouncedRestart();
+      // changes and perform an internal service restart; forcing another restart
+      // from Electron can race with reconnect and kill the newly spawned process.
+      logger.info(
+        `Skipping app-forced Gateway restart after channel:saveConfig (${channelType}); waiting for Gateway internal channel reload`
+      );
       return { success: true };
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Failed to save channel config:', error);

src/pages/Chat/ChatInput.tsx

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function ChatInput({ onSend, onStop, disabled = false, sending = false }:
     if (!disabled && textareaRef.current) {
       textareaRef.current.focus();
     }
-  }, []);
+  }, [disabled]);
 
   // ── File staging via native dialog ─────────────────────────────
 

tests/unit/gateway-process-policy.test.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 import {
+  getDeferredRestartAction,
   getReconnectSkipReason,
   isLifecycleSuperseded,
   nextLifecycleEpoch,
+  shouldDeferRestart,
 } from '@electron/gateway/process-policy';
 
 describe('gateway process policy helpers', () => {
@@ -49,4 +51,62 @@ describe('gateway process policy helpers', () => {
       ).toBeNull();
     });
   });
+
+  describe('restart deferral policy', () => {
+    it('defers restart while startup or reconnect is in progress', () => {
+      expect(shouldDeferRestart({ state: 'starting', startLock: false })).toBe(true);
+      expect(shouldDeferRestart({ state: 'reconnecting', startLock: false })).toBe(true);
+      expect(shouldDeferRestart({ state: 'running', startLock: true })).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('does not defer restart for stable states when no start lock', () => {
+      expect(shouldDeferRestart({ state: 'running', startLock: false })).toBe(false);
+      expect(shouldDeferRestart({ state: 'stopped', startLock: false })).toBe(false);
+      expect(shouldDeferRestart({ state: 'error', startLock: false })).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('drops deferred restart once lifecycle recovers to running', () => {
+      expect(
+        getDeferredRestartAction({
+          hasPendingRestart: true,
+          state: 'running',
+          startLock: false,
+          shouldReconnect: true,
+        })
+      ).toBe('drop');
+    });
+
+    it('waits deferred restart while lifecycle is still busy', () => {
+      expect(
+        getDeferredRestartAction({
+          hasPendingRestart: true,
+          state: 'starting',
+          startLock: false,
+          shouldReconnect: true,
+        })
+      ).toBe('wait');
+    });
+
+    it('executes deferred restart when manager is idle and not running', () => {
+      expect(
+        getDeferredRestartAction({
+          hasPendingRestart: true,
+          state: 'error',
+          startLock: false,
+          shouldReconnect: true,
+        })
+      ).toBe('execute');
+    });
+
+    it('drops deferred restart when reconnect is disabled', () => {
+      expect(
+        getDeferredRestartAction({
+          hasPendingRestart: true,
+          state: 'stopped',
+          startLock: false,
+          shouldReconnect: false,
+        })
+      ).toBe('drop');
+    });
+  });
 });