fix: harden heartbeat acks + gateway reconnect

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 - Package contents: include Discord/hooks build outputs in the npm tarball to avoid missing module errors.
+- Heartbeat replies now drop any output containing `HEARTBEAT_OK`, preventing stray emoji/text from being delivered.
+- macOS menu now refreshes the control channel after the gateway starts and shows “Connecting to gateway…” while the gateway is coming up.
 
 ## 2.0.0-beta3 — 2025-12-27
 

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/GatewayProcessManager.swift

@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ final class GatewayProcessManager {
                 self.existingGatewayDetails = details
                 self.status = .attachedExisting(details: details)
                 self.appendLog("[gateway] using existing instance: \(details)\n")
+                self.refreshControlChannelIfNeeded(reason: "attach existing")
                 self.refreshLog()
                 return true
             } catch {
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ final class GatewayProcessManager {
                 let instance = await PortGuardian.shared.describe(port: port)
                 let details = instance.map { "pid \($0.pid)" }
                 self.status = .running(details: details)
+                self.refreshControlChannelIfNeeded(reason: "gateway started")
                 self.refreshLog()
                 return
             } catch {
@@ -307,6 +309,17 @@ final class GatewayProcessManager {
         }
     }
 
+    private func refreshControlChannelIfNeeded(reason: String) {
+        switch ControlChannel.shared.state {
+        case .connected, .connecting:
+            return
+        case .disconnected, .degraded:
+            break
+        }
+        self.appendLog("[gateway] refreshing control channel (\(reason))\n")
+        Task { await ControlChannel.shared.configure() }
+    }
+
     func clearLog() {
         self.log = ""
         try? FileManager.default.removeItem(atPath: LogLocator.launchdGatewayLogPath)

apps/macos/Sources/Clawdis/MenuSessionsInjector.swift

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ final class MenuSessionsInjector: NSObject, NSMenuDelegate {
 
         guard self.isControlChannelConnected else {
             menu.insertItem(self.makeMessageItem(
-                text: "No connection to gateway",
+                text: self.controlChannelStatusText,
                 symbolName: "wifi.slash",
                 width: width), at: insertIndex)
             return
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ final class MenuSessionsInjector: NSObject, NSMenuDelegate {
 
         guard self.isControlChannelConnected else {
             menu.insertItem(
-                self.makeMessageItem(text: "No connection to gateway", symbolName: "wifi.slash", width: width),
+                self.makeMessageItem(text: self.controlChannelStatusText, symbolName: "wifi.slash", width: width),
                 at: cursor)
             cursor += 1
             let separator = NSMenuItem.separator()
@@ -259,6 +259,29 @@ final class MenuSessionsInjector: NSObject, NSMenuDelegate {
         return false
     }
 
+    private var controlChannelStatusText: String {
+        switch ControlChannel.shared.state {
+        case .connected:
+            return "Connected"
+        case .connecting:
+            return "Connecting to gateway…"
+        case let .degraded(reason):
+            if self.shouldShowConnecting { return "Connecting to gateway…" }
+            return reason.nonEmpty ?? "No connection to gateway"
+        case .disconnected:
+            return self.shouldShowConnecting ? "Connecting to gateway…" : "No connection to gateway"
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var shouldShowConnecting: Bool {
+        switch GatewayProcessManager.shared.status {
+        case .starting, .running, .attachedExisting:
+            return true
+        case .stopped, .failed:
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+
     private func makeMessageItem(text: String, symbolName: String, width: CGFloat) -> NSMenuItem {
         let view = AnyView(
             Label(text, systemImage: symbolName)

docs/heartbeat.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ surface anything that needs attention without spamming the user.
 ## Prompt contract
 - Heartbeat body defaults to `HEARTBEAT` (configurable via `agent.heartbeat.prompt`).
 - If nothing needs attention, the model must reply **exactly** `HEARTBEAT_OK`.
+- Any response containing `HEARTBEAT_OK` is treated as an ack and discarded.
 - For alerts, do **not** include `HEARTBEAT_OK`; return only the alert text.
 
 ## Config

src/agents/system-prompt.ts

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export function buildAgentSystemPromptAppend(params: {
     "## Heartbeats",
     'If you receive a heartbeat poll (a user message containing just "HEARTBEAT"), and there is nothing that needs attention, reply exactly:',
     "HEARTBEAT_OK",
+    'Any response containing "HEARTBEAT_OK" is treated as a heartbeat ack and will not be delivered.',
     'If something needs attention, do NOT include "HEARTBEAT_OK"; reply with the alert text instead.',
     "",
     "## Runtime",

src/auto-reply/heartbeat.test.ts

@@ -19,18 +19,15 @@ describe("stripHeartbeatToken", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it("keeps content and removes token when mixed", () => {
+  it("skips any reply that includes the heartbeat token", () => {
     expect(stripHeartbeatToken(`ALERT ${HEARTBEAT_TOKEN}`)).toEqual({
-      shouldSkip: false,
+      shouldSkip: true,
-      text: "ALERT",
+      text: "",
     });
-    expect(stripHeartbeatToken("hello")).toEqual({
+    expect(stripHeartbeatToken("HEARTBEAT_OK 🦞")).toEqual({
-      shouldSkip: false,
+      shouldSkip: true,
-      text: "hello",
+      text: "",
     });
-  });
-
-  it("strips repeated OK tails after heartbeat token", () => {
     expect(stripHeartbeatToken("HEARTBEAT_OK_OK_OK")).toEqual({
       shouldSkip: true,
       text: "",
@@ -48,8 +45,15 @@ describe("stripHeartbeatToken", () => {
       text: "",
     });
     expect(stripHeartbeatToken("ALERT HEARTBEAT_OK_OK")).toEqual({
+      shouldSkip: true,
+      text: "",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps non-heartbeat content", () => {
+    expect(stripHeartbeatToken("hello")).toEqual({
       shouldSkip: false,
-      text: "ALERT",
+      text: "hello",
     });
   });
 });

src/auto-reply/heartbeat.ts

@@ -6,16 +6,8 @@ export function stripHeartbeatToken(raw?: string) {
   if (!raw) return { shouldSkip: true, text: "" };
   const trimmed = raw.trim();
   if (!trimmed) return { shouldSkip: true, text: "" };
-  if (trimmed === HEARTBEAT_TOKEN) return { shouldSkip: true, text: "" };
+  if (trimmed.includes(HEARTBEAT_TOKEN)) {
-  const hadToken = trimmed.includes(HEARTBEAT_TOKEN);
+    return { shouldSkip: true, text: "" };
-  let withoutToken = trimmed.replaceAll(HEARTBEAT_TOKEN, "").trim();
-  if (hadToken && withoutToken) {
-    // LLMs sometimes echo malformed HEARTBEAT_OK_OK... tails; strip trailing OK runs to avoid spam.
-    withoutToken = withoutToken.replace(/[\s_]*OK(?:[\s_]*OK)*$/gi, "").trim();
   }
-  const shouldSkip = withoutToken.length === 0;
+  return { shouldSkip: false, text: trimmed };
-  return {
-    shouldSkip,
-    text: shouldSkip ? "" : withoutToken || trimmed,
-  };
 }