Why do OpenClaw Discord messages disappear silently?

Nested lane congestion from long ACP runs can cause delivery context corruption, silently dropping assistant responses or rerouting them to the wrong channel.

OpenClaw ACP run blocks all other agents

The nested lane is global/shared. One long ACP run (7-14 min) blocks all other agents' nested runs across the entire gateway.

OpenClaw agent channel field changed from discord to webchat

This is a delivery context corruption bug where ACP runtime overwrites the parent session's channel field during nested runs.

How to fix OpenClaw nested lane congestion

No fix available yet. Proposed solutions include per-session lane isolation and delivery retry mechanisms. Avoid running multiple long ACP tasks simultaneously.

OpenClaw response generated but never delivered

This happens during nested lane timeout. Messages are silently dropped with no retry or dead-letter queue.

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OpenClaw v2026.4.14 Nested Lane Congestion Silently Drops Responses and Corrupts Delivery Context

Long ACP runs block the global nested lane, causing silent response loss and delivery context corruption that reroutes Discord messages to webchat.

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