feat(ui): refresh session list after chat commands in Web UI

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ Status: stable.
 - TTS: read OPENAI_TTS_BASE_URL at runtime instead of module load to honor config.env. (#3341) Thanks @hclsys.
 - macOS: auto-scroll to bottom when sending a new message while scrolled up. (#2471) Thanks @kennyklee.
 - Web UI: auto-expand the chat compose textarea while typing (with sensible max height). (#2950) Thanks @shivamraut101.
+- Web UI: refresh sessions after queued /new or /reset commands once the run completes.
 - Gateway: prevent crashes on transient network errors (fetch failures, timeouts, DNS). Added fatal error detection to only exit on truly critical errors. Fixes #2895, #2879, #2873. (#2980) Thanks @elliotsecops.
 - Agents: guard channel tool listActions to avoid plugin crashes. (#2859) Thanks @mbelinky.
 - Discord: stop resolveDiscordTarget from passing directory params into messaging target parsers. Fixes #3167. Thanks @thewilloftheshadow.

ui/src/ui/app-chat.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type ChatHost = {
   basePath: string;
   hello: GatewayHelloOk | null;
   chatAvatarUrl: string | null;
-  refreshSessionsAfterChat: boolean;
+  refreshSessionsAfterChat: Set<string>;
 };
 
 export function isChatBusy(host: ChatHost) {
@@ -56,7 +56,12 @@ export async function handleAbortChat(host: ChatHost) {
   await abortChatRun(host as unknown as OpenClawApp);
 }
 
-function enqueueChatMessage(host: ChatHost, text: string, attachments?: ChatAttachment[]) {
+function enqueueChatMessage(
+  host: ChatHost,
+  text: string,
+  attachments?: ChatAttachment[],
+  refreshSessions?: boolean,
+) {
   const trimmed = text.trim();
   const hasAttachments = Boolean(attachments && attachments.length > 0);
   if (!trimmed && !hasAttachments) return;
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ function enqueueChatMessage(host: ChatHost, text: string, attachments?: ChatAtta
       text: trimmed,
       createdAt: Date.now(),
       attachments: hasAttachments ? attachments?.map((att) => ({ ...att })) : undefined,
+      refreshSessions,
     },
   ];
 }
@@ -84,7 +90,8 @@ async function sendChatMessageNow(
   },
 ) {
   resetToolStream(host as unknown as Parameters<typeof resetToolStream>[0]);
-  const ok = await sendChatMessage(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, message, opts?.attachments);
+  const runId = await sendChatMessage(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, message, opts?.attachments);
+  const ok = Boolean(runId);
   if (!ok && opts?.previousDraft != null) {
     host.chatMessage = opts.previousDraft;
   }
@@ -104,8 +111,8 @@ async function sendChatMessageNow(
   if (ok && !host.chatRunId) {
     void flushChatQueue(host);
   }
-  if (ok && opts?.refreshSessions) {
+  if (ok && opts?.refreshSessions && runId) {
-    host.refreshSessionsAfterChat = true;
+    host.refreshSessionsAfterChat.add(runId);
   }
   return ok;
 }
@@ -115,7 +122,10 @@ async function flushChatQueue(host: ChatHost) {
   const [next, ...rest] = host.chatQueue;
   if (!next) return;
   host.chatQueue = rest;
-  const ok = await sendChatMessageNow(host, next.text, { attachments: next.attachments });
+  const ok = await sendChatMessageNow(host, next.text, {
+    attachments: next.attachments,
+    refreshSessions: next.refreshSessions,
+  });
   if (!ok) {
     host.chatQueue = [next, ...host.chatQueue];
   }
@@ -153,7 +163,7 @@ export async function handleSendChat(
   }
 
   if (isChatBusy(host)) {
-    enqueueChatMessage(host, message, attachmentsToSend);
+    enqueueChatMessage(host, message, attachmentsToSend, refreshSessions);
     return;
   }
 

ui/src/ui/app-gateway.ts

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type GatewayHost = {
   assistantAgentId: string | null;
   sessionKey: string;
   chatRunId: string | null;
-  refreshSessionsAfterChat: boolean;
+  refreshSessionsAfterChat: Set<string>;
   execApprovalQueue: ExecApprovalRequest[];
   execApprovalError: string | null;
 };
@@ -196,8 +196,9 @@ function handleGatewayEventUnsafe(host: GatewayHost, evt: GatewayEventFrame) {
       void flushChatQueueForEvent(
         host as unknown as Parameters<typeof flushChatQueueForEvent>[0],
       );
-      if (host.refreshSessionsAfterChat) {
+      const runId = payload?.runId;
-        host.refreshSessionsAfterChat = false;
+      if (runId && host.refreshSessionsAfterChat.has(runId)) {
+        host.refreshSessionsAfterChat.delete(runId);
         if (state === "final") {
           void loadSessions(host as unknown as OpenClawApp, { activeMinutes: 0 });
         }

ui/src/ui/app.ts

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export class OpenClawApp extends LitElement {
   private logsScrollFrame: number | null = null;
   private toolStreamById = new Map<string, ToolStreamEntry>();
   private toolStreamOrder: string[] = [];
-  refreshSessionsAfterChat = false;
+  refreshSessionsAfterChat = new Set<string>();
   basePath = "";
   private popStateHandler = () =>
     onPopStateInternal(

ui/src/ui/controllers/chat.ts

@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ export async function sendChatMessage(
   state: ChatState,
   message: string,
   attachments?: ChatAttachment[],
-): Promise<boolean> {
+): Promise<string | null> {
-  if (!state.client || !state.connected) return false;
+  if (!state.client || !state.connected) return null;
   const msg = message.trim();
   const hasAttachments = attachments && attachments.length > 0;
-  if (!msg && !hasAttachments) return false;
+  if (!msg && !hasAttachments) return null;
 
   const now = Date.now();
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export async function sendChatMessage(
       idempotencyKey: runId,
       attachments: apiAttachments,
     });
-    return true;
+    return runId;
   } catch (err) {
     const error = String(err);
     state.chatRunId = null;
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export async function sendChatMessage(
         timestamp: Date.now(),
       },
     ];
-    return false;
+    return null;
   } finally {
     state.chatSending = false;
   }

ui/src/ui/ui-types.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type ChatQueueItem = {
   text: string;
   createdAt: number;
   attachments?: ChatAttachment[];
+  refreshSessions?: boolean;
 };
 
 export const CRON_CHANNEL_LAST = "last";