Agents: skip eager context warmup for status commands

src/agents/context.lookup.test.ts

@@ -104,6 +104,34 @@ describe("lookupContextTokens", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("skips eager warmup for status commands that only read model metadata opportunistically", async () => {
+    const loadConfigMock = vi.fn(() => ({ models: {} }));
+    mockContextModuleDeps(loadConfigMock);
+
+    const argvSnapshot = process.argv;
+    process.argv = ["node", "openclaw", "status", "--json"];
+    try {
+      await import("./context.js");
+      expect(loadConfigMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      process.argv = argvSnapshot;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("skips eager warmup for gateway commands that do not need model metadata at startup", async () => {
+    const loadConfigMock = vi.fn(() => ({ models: {} }));
+    mockContextModuleDeps(loadConfigMock);
+
+    const argvSnapshot = process.argv;
+    process.argv = ["node", "openclaw", "gateway", "status", "--json"];
+    try {
+      await import("./context.js");
+      expect(loadConfigMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    } finally {
+      process.argv = argvSnapshot;
+    }
+  });
+
   it("retries config loading after backoff when an initial load fails", async () => {
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     const loadConfigMock = vi

src/agents/context.ts

@@ -114,11 +114,13 @@ const SKIP_EAGER_WARMUP_PRIMARY_COMMANDS = new Set([
   "config",
   "directory",
   "doctor",
+  "gateway",
   "health",
   "hooks",
   "logs",
   "plugins",
   "secrets",
+  "status",
   "update",
   "webhooks",
 ]);