Feat/perf dashboard (#770)

electron/api/routes/channels.ts

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import {
   deleteChannelConfig,
   cleanupDanglingWeChatPluginState,
   getChannelFormValues,
-  listConfiguredChannelAccounts,
+  listConfiguredChannelAccountsFromConfig,
   listConfiguredChannels,
+  listConfiguredChannelsFromConfig,
   readOpenClawConfig,
   saveChannelConfig,
   setChannelDefaultAccount,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   clearAllBindingsForChannel,
   clearChannelBinding,
   listAgentsSnapshot,
+  listAgentsSnapshotFromConfig,
 } from '../../utils/agent-config';
 import {
   ensureDingTalkPluginInstalled,
@@ -344,16 +346,21 @@ const CHANNEL_TARGET_CACHE_ENABLED = process.env.VITEST !== 'true';
 const channelTargetCache = new Map<string, { expiresAt: number; targets: ChannelTargetOptionView[] }>();
 
 async function buildChannelAccountsView(ctx: HostApiContext): Promise<ChannelAccountsView[]> {
-  const [configuredChannels, configuredAccounts, openClawConfig, agentsSnapshot] = await Promise.all([
+  // Read config once and share across all sub-calls (was 5 readFile calls before).
-    listConfiguredChannels(),
+  const openClawConfig = await readOpenClawConfig();
-    listConfiguredChannelAccounts(),
+
-    readOpenClawConfig(),
+  const [configuredChannels, configuredAccounts, agentsSnapshot] = await Promise.all([
-    listAgentsSnapshot(),
+    listConfiguredChannelsFromConfig(openClawConfig),
+    Promise.resolve(listConfiguredChannelAccountsFromConfig(openClawConfig)),
+    listAgentsSnapshotFromConfig(openClawConfig),
   ]);
 
   let gatewayStatus: GatewayChannelStatusPayload | null;
   try {
-    gatewayStatus = await ctx.gatewayManager.rpc<GatewayChannelStatusPayload>('channels.status', { probe: true });
+    // probe: false — use cached runtime state instead of active network probes
+    // per channel. Real-time status updates arrive via channel.status events.
+    // 8s timeout — fail fast when Gateway is busy with AI tasks.
+    gatewayStatus = await ctx.gatewayManager.rpc<GatewayChannelStatusPayload>('channels.status', { probe: false }, 8000);
   } catch {
     gatewayStatus = null;
   }

electron/api/routes/cron.ts

@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ export async function handleCronRoutes(
 
     try {
       const [jobsResult, runs, sessionEntry] = await Promise.all([
-        ctx.gatewayManager.rpc('cron.list', { includeDisabled: true })
+        ctx.gatewayManager.rpc('cron.list', { includeDisabled: true }, 8000)
           .catch(() => ({ jobs: [] as GatewayCronJob[] })),
         readCronRunLog(parsedSession.jobId),
         readSessionStoreEntry(parsedSession.agentId, sessionKey),
@@ -442,34 +442,66 @@ export async function handleCronRoutes(
 
   if (url.pathname === '/api/cron/jobs' && req.method === 'GET') {
     try {
-      const result = await ctx.gatewayManager.rpc('cron.list', { includeDisabled: true });
+      let jobs: GatewayCronJob[] = [];
+      let usedFallback = false;
+
+      try {
+        // 8s timeout — fail fast when Gateway is busy with AI tasks.
+        const result = await ctx.gatewayManager.rpc('cron.list', { includeDisabled: true }, 8000);
         const data = result as { jobs?: GatewayCronJob[] };
-      const jobs = data?.jobs ?? [];
+        jobs = data?.jobs ?? (Array.isArray(result) ? result as GatewayCronJob[] : []);
-      for (const job of jobs) {
+      } catch {
+        // Fallback: read cron.json directly when Gateway RPC fails/times out.
+        try {
+          const cronJsonPath = join(getOpenClawConfigDir(), 'cron', 'cron.json');
+          const raw = await readFile(cronJsonPath, 'utf-8');
+          const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+          const fileJobs = Array.isArray(parsed) ? parsed : (parsed?.jobs ?? []);
+          jobs = fileJobs as GatewayCronJob[];
+          usedFallback = true;
+        } catch {
+          // No fallback data available either
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Run repair in background — don't block the response.
+      if (!usedFallback && jobs.length > 0) {
+        const jobsToRepair = jobs.filter((job) => {
           const isIsolatedAgent =
             (job.sessionTarget === 'isolated' || !job.sessionTarget) &&
             job.payload?.kind === 'agentTurn';
-        const needsRepair =
+          return (
             isIsolatedAgent &&
             job.delivery?.mode === 'announce' &&
-          !job.delivery?.channel;
+            !job.delivery?.channel
-        if (needsRepair) {
+          );
+        });
+        if (jobsToRepair.length > 0) {
+          // Fire-and-forget: repair in background
+          void (async () => {
+            for (const job of jobsToRepair) {
               try {
                 await ctx.gatewayManager.rpc('cron.update', {
                   id: job.id,
                   patch: { delivery: { mode: 'none' } },
                 });
+              } catch {
+                // ignore per-job repair failure
+              }
+            }
+          })();
+          // Optimistically fix the response data
+          for (const job of jobsToRepair) {
             job.delivery = { mode: 'none' };
             if (job.state?.lastError?.includes('Channel is required')) {
               job.state.lastError = undefined;
               job.state.lastStatus = 'ok';
             }
-          } catch {
-            // ignore per-job repair failure
           }
         }
       }
-      sendJson(res, 200, jobs.map(transformCronJob));
+
+      sendJson(res, 200, jobs.map((job) => ({ ...transformCronJob(job), ...(usedFallback ? { _fromFallback: true } : {}) })));
     } catch (error) {
       sendJson(res, 500, { success: false, error: String(error) });
     }

electron/utils/agent-config.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { access, copyFile, mkdir, readdir, rm } from 'fs/promises';
 import { constants } from 'fs';
 import { join, normalize } from 'path';
 import { deleteAgentChannelAccounts, listConfiguredChannels, readOpenClawConfig, writeOpenClawConfig } from './channel-config';
+import type { OpenClawConfig } from './channel-config';
 import { withConfigLock } from './config-mutex';
 import { expandPath, getOpenClawConfigDir } from './paths';
 import * as logger from './logger';
@@ -450,9 +451,9 @@ function listConfiguredAccountIdsForChannel(config: AgentConfigDocument, channel
     });
 }
 
-async function buildSnapshotFromConfig(config: AgentConfigDocument): Promise<AgentsSnapshot> {
+async function buildSnapshotFromConfig(config: AgentConfigDocument, preloadedChannels?: string[]): Promise<AgentsSnapshot> {
   const { entries, defaultAgentId } = normalizeAgentsConfig(config);
-  const configuredChannels = await listConfiguredChannels();
+  const configuredChannels = preloadedChannels ?? await listConfiguredChannels();
   const { channelToAgent, accountToAgent } = getChannelBindingMap(config.bindings);
   const defaultAgentIdNorm = normalizeAgentIdForBinding(defaultAgentId);
   const channelOwners: Record<string, string> = {};
@@ -539,6 +540,10 @@ export async function listAgentsSnapshot(): Promise<AgentsSnapshot> {
   return buildSnapshotFromConfig(config);
 }
 
+export async function listAgentsSnapshotFromConfig(config: OpenClawConfig, configuredChannels?: string[]): Promise<AgentsSnapshot> {
+  return buildSnapshotFromConfig(config as AgentConfigDocument, configuredChannels);
+}
+
 export async function listConfiguredAgentIds(): Promise<string[]> {
   const config = await readOpenClawConfig() as AgentConfigDocument;
   const { entries } = normalizeAgentsConfig(config);

electron/utils/channel-config.ts

@@ -966,8 +966,7 @@ function channelHasAnyAccount(channelSection: ChannelConfigData): boolean {
     return false;
 }
 
-export async function listConfiguredChannels(): Promise<string[]> {
+export async function listConfiguredChannelsFromConfig(config: OpenClawConfig): Promise<string[]> {
-    const config = await readOpenClawConfig();
     const channels: string[] = [];
 
     if (config.channels) {
@@ -1005,13 +1004,17 @@ export async function listConfiguredChannels(): Promise<string[]> {
     return channels;
 }
 
+export async function listConfiguredChannels(): Promise<string[]> {
+    const config = await readOpenClawConfig();
+    return listConfiguredChannelsFromConfig(config);
+}
+
 export interface ConfiguredChannelAccounts {
     defaultAccountId: string;
     accountIds: string[];
 }
 
-export async function listConfiguredChannelAccounts(): Promise<Record<string, ConfiguredChannelAccounts>> {
+export function listConfiguredChannelAccountsFromConfig(config: OpenClawConfig): Record<string, ConfiguredChannelAccounts> {
-    const config = await readOpenClawConfig();
     const result: Record<string, ConfiguredChannelAccounts> = {};
 
     if (!config.channels) {
@@ -1059,6 +1062,11 @@ export async function listConfiguredChannelAccounts(): Promise<Record<string, Co
     return result;
 }
 
+export async function listConfiguredChannelAccounts(): Promise<Record<string, ConfiguredChannelAccounts>> {
+    const config = await readOpenClawConfig();
+    return listConfiguredChannelAccountsFromConfig(config);
+}
+
 export async function setChannelDefaultAccount(channelType: string, accountId: string): Promise<void> {
     return withConfigLock(async () => {
         const resolvedChannelType = resolveStoredChannelType(channelType);

src/pages/Channels/index.tsx

@@ -96,8 +96,20 @@ export function Channels() {
   const hasStableValue = visibleChannelGroups.length > 0 || visibleAgents.length > 0;
   const isUsingStableValue = hasStableValue && (loading || Boolean(error));
 
+  // Use refs to read current state inside fetchPageData without making it
+  // a dependency — keeps the callback reference stable across renders so
+  // downstream useEffects don't re-execute every time data changes.
+  const channelGroupsRef = useRef(channelGroups);
+  channelGroupsRef.current = channelGroups;
+  const agentsRef = useRef(agents);
+  agentsRef.current = agents;
+
   const fetchPageData = useCallback(async () => {
+    // Only show loading spinner on first load (stale-while-revalidate).
+    const hasData = channelGroupsRef.current.length > 0 || agentsRef.current.length > 0;
+    if (!hasData) {
       setLoading(true);
+    }
     setError(null);
     try {
       const [channelsRes, agentsRes] = await Promise.all([
@@ -116,10 +128,13 @@ export function Channels() {
       setChannelGroups(channelsRes.channels || []);
       setAgents(agentsRes.agents || []);
     } catch (fetchError) {
+      // Preserve previous data on error — don't clear channelGroups/agents.
       setError(String(fetchError));
     } finally {
       setLoading(false);
     }
+  // Stable reference — reads state via refs, no deps needed.
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -127,13 +142,31 @@ export function Channels() {
   }, [fetchPageData]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    // Throttle channel-status events to avoid flooding fetchPageData during AI tasks.
+    let throttleTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+    let pending = false;
+
     const unsubscribe = subscribeHostEvent('gateway:channel-status', () => {
+      if (throttleTimer) {
+        pending = true;
+        return;
+      }
       void fetchPageData();
+      throttleTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        throttleTimer = null;
+        if (pending) {
+          pending = false;
+          void fetchPageData();
+        }
+      }, 2000);
     });
     return () => {
       if (typeof unsubscribe === 'function') {
         unsubscribe();
       }
+      if (throttleTimer) {
+        clearTimeout(throttleTimer);
+      }
     };
   }, [fetchPageData]);
 

src/stores/channels.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const useChannelsStore = create<ChannelsState>((set, get) => ({
             } | null;
           }>>;
           channelDefaultAccountId?: Record<string, string>;
-      }>('channels.status', { probe: true });
+      }>('channels.status', { probe: false });
       if (data) {
         const channels: Channel[] = [];
 

src/stores/cron.ts

@@ -27,12 +27,19 @@ export const useCronStore = create<CronState>((set) => ({
   error: null,
   
   fetchJobs: async () => {
+    const currentJobs = useCronStore.getState().jobs;
+    // Only show loading spinner when there's no data yet (stale-while-revalidate).
+    if (currentJobs.length === 0) {
       set({ loading: true, error: null });
+    } else {
+      set({ error: null });
+    }
     
     try {
       const result = await hostApiFetch<CronJob[]>('/api/cron/jobs');
       set({ jobs: result, loading: false });
     } catch (error) {
+      // Preserve previous jobs on error so the user sees stale data instead of nothing.
       set({ error: String(error), loading: false });
     }
   },

src/stores/skills.ts

@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ export const useSkillsStore = create<SkillsState>((set, get) => ({
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Failed to fetch skills:', error);
       const appError = normalizeAppError(error, { module: 'skills', operation: 'fetch' });
-      set({ loading: false, error: mapErrorCodeToSkillErrorKey(appError.code, 'fetch') });
+      // Preserve previous skills on error (stale-while-revalidate).
+      set((prev) => ({ loading: false, error: mapErrorCodeToSkillErrorKey(appError.code, 'fetch'), skills: prev.skills }));
     }
   },
 

tests/unit/channel-routes.test.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ vi.mock('@electron/utils/channel-config', () => ({
   deleteChannelConfig: vi.fn(),
   getChannelFormValues: vi.fn(),
   listConfiguredChannelAccounts: (...args: unknown[]) => listConfiguredChannelAccountsMock(...args),
+  listConfiguredChannelAccountsFromConfig: (...args: unknown[]) => listConfiguredChannelAccountsMock(...args),
   listConfiguredChannels: (...args: unknown[]) => listConfiguredChannelsMock(...args),
+  listConfiguredChannelsFromConfig: (...args: unknown[]) => listConfiguredChannelsMock(...args),
   readOpenClawConfig: (...args: unknown[]) => readOpenClawConfigMock(...args),
   saveChannelConfig: vi.fn(),
   setChannelDefaultAccount: vi.fn(),
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ vi.mock('@electron/utils/agent-config', () => ({
   clearAllBindingsForChannel: vi.fn(),
   clearChannelBinding: vi.fn(),
   listAgentsSnapshot: (...args: unknown[]) => listAgentsSnapshotMock(...args),
+  listAgentsSnapshotFromConfig: (...args: unknown[]) => listAgentsSnapshotMock(...args),
 }));
 
 vi.mock('@electron/utils/plugin-install', () => ({
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ describe('handleChannelRoutes', () => {
     );
 
     expect(handled).toBe(true);
-    expect(rpc).toHaveBeenCalledWith('channels.status', { probe: true });
+    expect(rpc).toHaveBeenCalledWith('channels.status', { probe: false }, 8000);
     expect(sendJsonMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.anything(),
       200,