From b2e648d9c060825340f693f419cf3d69705ac602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: selfboot <xuezaigds@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:58:52 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Webchat: canonicalize main session key for /new (fix #4446)

---
 src/auto-reply/reply/session.test.ts | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 src/auto-reply/reply/session.ts      |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/session.test.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/session.test.ts
index db420ce32..1d6114aa8 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/session.test.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/session.test.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,27 @@ describe("initSessionState thread forking", () => {
 });
 
 describe("initSessionState RawBody", () => {
+  it("canonicalizes main session aliases for explicit SessionKey", async () => {
+    const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-session-alias-"));
+    const storePath = path.join(root, "sessions.json");
+    const cfg = {
+      session: { store: storePath, mainKey: "work" },
+      agents: { list: [{ id: "ops", default: true }] },
+    } as OpenClawConfig;
+
+    const result = await initSessionState({
+      ctx: {
+        Body: "Hello",
+        SessionKey: "main",
+      },
+      cfg,
+      commandAuthorized: true,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.sessionKey).toBe("agent:ops:work");
+    expect(result.sessionCtx.SessionKey).toBe("agent:ops:work");
+  });
+
   it("triggerBodyNormalized correctly extracts commands when Body contains context but RawBody is clean", async () => {
     const root = await fs.mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "openclaw-rawbody-"));
     const storePath = path.join(root, "sessions.json");
diff --git a/src/auto-reply/reply/session.ts b/src/auto-reply/reply/session.ts
index d7f9305a7..283286eb9 100644
--- a/src/auto-reply/reply/session.ts
+++ b/src/auto-reply/reply/session.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../../config/config.js";
 import type { TtsAutoMode } from "../../config/types.tts.js";
 import {
   DEFAULT_RESET_TRIGGERS,
+  canonicalizeMainSessionAlias,
   deriveSessionMetaPatch,
   evaluateSessionFreshness,
   type GroupKeyResolution,
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ export async function initSessionState(params: {
   }
 
   sessionKey = resolveSessionKey(sessionScope, sessionCtxForState, mainKey);
+  sessionKey = canonicalizeMainSessionAlias({ cfg, agentId, sessionKey });
   const entry = sessionStore[sessionKey];
   const previousSessionEntry = resetTriggered && entry ? { ...entry } : undefined;
   const now = Date.now();
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ export async function initSessionState(params: {
 
   const sessionCtx: TemplateContext = {
     ...ctx,
+    SessionKey: sessionKey,
     // Keep BodyStripped aligned with Body (best default for agent prompts).
     // RawBody is reserved for command/directive parsing and may omit context.
     BodyStripped: formatInboundBodyWithSenderMeta({