diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 885d87fcb..a2abe26ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout submodules (retry)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          if [ ! -f .gitmodules ]; then
+            echo "No .gitmodules found; skipping submodule update."
+            exit 0
+          fi
           git submodule sync --recursive
           for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
             if git -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --depth=1 --recursive; then
@@ -101,6 +105,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout submodules (retry)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          if [ ! -f .gitmodules ]; then
+            echo "No .gitmodules found; skipping submodule update."
+            exit 0
+          fi
           git submodule sync --recursive
           for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
             if git -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --depth=1 --recursive; then
@@ -217,6 +225,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout submodules (retry)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          if [ ! -f .gitmodules ]; then
+            echo "No .gitmodules found; skipping submodule update."
+            exit 0
+          fi
           git submodule sync --recursive
           for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
             if git -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --depth=1 --recursive; then
@@ -293,6 +305,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout submodules (retry)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          if [ ! -f .gitmodules ]; then
+            echo "No .gitmodules found; skipping submodule update."
+            exit 0
+          fi
           git submodule sync --recursive
           for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
             if git -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --depth=1 --recursive; then
@@ -389,6 +405,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout submodules (retry)
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          if [ ! -f .gitmodules ]; then
+            echo "No .gitmodules found; skipping submodule update."
+            exit 0
+          fi
           git submodule sync --recursive
           for attempt in 1 2 3 4 5; do
             if git -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --depth=1 --recursive; then
diff --git a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/AppState.swift b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/AppState.swift
index ce2a251cf..9a2a4ce3b 100644
--- a/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/AppState.swift
+++ b/apps/macos/Sources/OpenClaw/AppState.swift
@@ -422,11 +422,10 @@ final class AppState {
         let trimmedUser = parsed.user?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
         let user = (trimmedUser?.isEmpty ?? true) ? nil : trimmedUser
         let port = parsed.port
-        let assembled: String
-        if let user {
-            assembled = port == 22 ? "\(user)@\(host)" : "\(user)@\(host):\(port)"
+        let assembled = if let user {
+            port == 22 ? "\(user)@\(host)" : "\(user)@\(host):\(port)"
         } else {
-            assembled = port == 22 ? host : "\(host):\(port)"
+            port == 22 ? host : "\(host):\(port)"
         }
         if assembled != self.remoteTarget {
             self.remoteTarget = assembled
diff --git a/src/web/auto-reply/monitor/process-message.ts b/src/web/auto-reply/monitor/process-message.ts
index 27b638cfb..f5db01857 100644
--- a/src/web/auto-reply/monitor/process-message.ts
+++ b/src/web/auto-reply/monitor/process-message.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { resolveIdentityNamePrefix } from "../../../agents/identity.js";
+import { resolveHumanDelayConfig, resolveIdentityNamePrefix } from "../../../agents/identity.js";
 import { resolveChunkMode, resolveTextChunkLimit } from "../../../auto-reply/chunk.js";
 import {
   formatInboundEnvelope,
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ export async function processMessage(params: {
     dispatcherOptions: {
       responsePrefix,
       responsePrefixContextProvider: prefixContext.responsePrefixContextProvider,
+      humanDelay: resolveHumanDelayConfig(params.cfg, params.route.agentId),
       onHeartbeatStrip: () => {
         if (!didLogHeartbeatStrip) {
           didLogHeartbeatStrip = true;