- Channels/WhatsApp: allow `@whiskeysockets/libsignal-node` in `onlyBuiltDependencies` so pnpm v9+ `blockExoticSubdeps` no longer rejects the baileys git-tarball subdep and silences all inbound agent replies. Fixes #76539. Thanks @ottodeng and @vincentkoc.

- Gateway/systemd: preserve operator-added secrets in the Gateway env file across re-stage while clearing OpenClaw-managed keys (such as `OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN`) so a fresh staging value is never shadowed by a stale env-file copy; operator secrets are also retained when the state-dir `.env` is empty. Fixes #76860. Thanks @hclsys.

- QA/cache: require the full `CACHE-OK <suffix>` marker before live cache probes stop retrying, so suffix-only prose cannot hide a broken probe response. Thanks @vincentkoc.

- Slack/Matrix: avoid creating blank progress-draft messages when `streaming.progress.label=false` and progress tool lines are disabled. Thanks @vincentkoc.

- QA/Matrix: keep the mock OpenAI tool-progress provider aligned with exact-marker Matrix prompts so the hardened live preview scenario still forces a deterministic read before final delivery. Thanks @vincentkoc.

- OpenAI/Google Meet: wait for realtime voice `session.updated` before treating the bridge as connected, so Meet joins do not return with audio queued behind an unconfigured realtime session. Thanks @vincentkoc.

text: "",

}),

).toBe(false);

expect(

__testing.shouldRetryCacheProbeText({

attempt: 1,

suffix: "openai-stable-hit-a",

text: "I saw openai-stable-hit-a.",

}),

).toBe(true);

expect(

__testing.shouldRetryCacheProbeText({

attempt: 1,

}): boolean {

const responseTextLower = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(params.text);

const suffixLower = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(params.suffix);

return !responseTextLower.includes(suffixLower) && params.attempt <= LIVE_CACHE_RESPONSE_RETRIES;

const markerLower = `cache-ok ${suffixLower}`;

return (

(!responseTextLower.includes(markerLower) || !responseTextLower.includes(suffixLower)) &&

params.attempt <= LIVE_CACHE_RESPONSE_RETRIES

);

}

async function runToolOnlyTurn(params: {

}

const responseTextLower = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(text);

const suffixLower = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(params.suffix);

const markerLower = `cache-ok ${suffixLower}`;

assert(

responseTextLower.includes(suffixLower),

`expected response to contain ${params.suffix}, got ${JSON.stringify(text)}`,

responseTextLower.includes(markerLower),

`expected response to contain CACHE-OK ${params.suffix}, got ${JSON.stringify(text)}`,

);

const usage = normalizeCacheUsage(response.usage);

return {

hitRate: computeCacheHitRate(usage),

};

}

throw new Error(`expected response to contain ${params.suffix}`);

throw new Error(`expected response to contain CACHE-OK ${params.suffix}`);

}

async function runRepeatedLane(params: {