feat(approvals): auto-enable native chat approvals

src/plugin-sdk/approval-client-helpers.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   createChannelExecApprovalProfile,
+  isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig,
   isChannelExecApprovalTargetRecipient,
 } from "./approval-client-helpers.js";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "./config-runtime.js";
@@ -76,6 +77,37 @@ describe("createChannelExecApprovalProfile", () => {
     matchesRequestAccount: ({ accountId }) => accountId !== "other",
   });
 
+  it("treats unset enabled as auto and false as disabled", () => {
+    expect(
+      isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig({
+        approverCount: 1,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig({
+        enabled: "auto",
+        approverCount: 1,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig({
+        enabled: true,
+        approverCount: 1,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig({
+        enabled: false,
+        approverCount: 1,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig({
+        approverCount: 0,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
   it("reuses shared client, auth, and request-filter logic", () => {
     expect(profile.isClientEnabled({ cfg: {} })).toBe(true);
     expect(profile.isApprover({ cfg: {}, senderId: "owner" })).toBe(true);

src/plugin-sdk/approval-client-helpers.ts

@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import { normalizeAccountId } from "./routing.js";
 
 type ApprovalRequest = ExecApprovalRequest | PluginApprovalRequest;
 type ApprovalTarget = "dm" | "channel" | "both";
+type ChannelExecApprovalEnableMode = boolean | "auto";
 
 type ChannelApprovalConfig = {
-  enabled?: boolean;
+  enabled?: ChannelExecApprovalEnableMode;
   target?: ApprovalTarget;
   agentFilter?: string[];
   sessionFilter?: string[];
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@ function isApprovalTargetsMode(cfg: OpenClawConfig): boolean {
   return execApprovals.mode === "targets" || execApprovals.mode === "both";
 }
 
+export function isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig(params: {
+  enabled?: ChannelExecApprovalEnableMode;
+  approverCount: number;
+}): boolean {
+  if (params.approverCount <= 0) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return params.enabled !== false;
+}
+
 export function isChannelExecApprovalTargetRecipient(params: {
   cfg: OpenClawConfig;
   senderId?: string | null;
@@ -91,7 +102,10 @@ export function createChannelExecApprovalProfile(params: {
 
   const isClientEnabled = (input: ApprovalProfileParams): boolean => {
     const config = params.resolveConfig(input);
-    return Boolean(config?.enabled && params.resolveApprovers(input).length > 0);
+    return isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig({
+      enabled: config?.enabled,
+      approverCount: params.resolveApprovers(input).length,
+    });
   };
 
   const isApprover = (input: ApprovalProfileParams & { senderId?: string | null }): boolean => {
@@ -119,16 +133,19 @@ export function createChannelExecApprovalProfile(params: {
       return false;
     }
     const config = params.resolveConfig(input);
-    if (!config?.enabled) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    if (params.resolveApprovers(input).length === 0) {
+    const approverCount = params.resolveApprovers(input).length;
+    if (
+      !isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig({
+        enabled: config?.enabled,
+        approverCount,
+      })
+    ) {
       return false;
     }
     return matchesApprovalRequestFilters({
       request: input.request.request,
-      agentFilter: config.agentFilter,
-      sessionFilter: config.sessionFilter,
+      agentFilter: config?.agentFilter,
+      sessionFilter: config?.sessionFilter,
       fallbackAgentIdFromSessionKey: params.fallbackAgentIdFromSessionKey === true,
     });
   };

src/plugin-sdk/approval-runtime.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export {
 export { createResolvedApproverActionAuthAdapter } from "./approval-auth-helpers.js";
 export {
   createChannelExecApprovalProfile,
+  isChannelExecApprovalClientEnabledFromConfig,
   isChannelExecApprovalTargetRecipient,
 } from "./approval-client-helpers.js";
 export {