fix(discord): preserve explicit delivery target kind

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Cron: treat isolated run-level agent failures as job errors even when no reply payload is produced, synthesizing a safe error payload so model/provider failures increment error counters and trigger failure notifications instead of clearing as successful. Fixes #43604; carries forward #43631. Thanks @SPFAdvisors.
 - Cron: preserve exact `NO_REPLY` tool results from isolated jobs with empty final assistant turns as quiet successes instead of surfacing incomplete-turn errors. Fixes #68452; carries forward #68453. Thanks @anyech.
 - Cron: resolve failure alerts and failure-destination announcements against `session:<id>` targets before falling back to the creator session, so jobs created from group chats can notify the targeted direct session without cross-account routing errors. Refs #62777; carries forward #68535. Thanks @slideshow-dingo and @likewen-tech.
+- Discord: preserve explicit `user:` and `channel:` delivery targets through plugin routing so cron announcements and failure alerts keep their intended recipient kind. Refs #62777; carries forward #62798. Thanks @neeravmakwana.
 - Cron: classify isolated runs as errors from structured embedded-run execution-denial metadata, with final-output marker fallback for `SYSTEM_RUN_DENIED`, `INVALID_REQUEST`, and approval-binding refusals, so blocked commands no longer appear green in cron history. Fixes #67172; carries forward #67186. Thanks @oc-gh-dr, @hclsys, and @1yihui.
 - Onboarding/GitHub Copilot: add manifest-owned `--github-copilot-token` support for non-interactive setup, including env fallback, tokenRef storage in ref mode, saved-profile reuse, and current Copilot default-model wiring. Refs #50002 and supersedes #50003. Thanks @scottgl9.
 - Gateway/install: add a validated `--wrapper`/`OPENCLAW_WRAPPER` service install path that persists executable LaunchAgent/systemd wrappers across forced reinstalls, updates, and doctor repairs instead of falling back to raw node/bun `ProgramArguments`. Fixes #69400. (#72445) Thanks @willtmc.

extensions/discord/src/channel.test.ts

@@ -119,6 +119,30 @@ describe("discordPlugin outbound", () => {
     expect(discordPlugin.outbound?.preferFinalAssistantVisibleText).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  it("preserves normalized explicit Discord targets for delivery routing", () => {
+    const parseExplicitTarget = discordPlugin.messaging?.parseExplicitTarget;
+    if (!parseExplicitTarget) {
+      throw new Error("Expected discordPlugin.messaging.parseExplicitTarget to be defined");
+    }
+
+    expect(parseExplicitTarget({ raw: "user:123" })).toEqual({
+      to: "user:123",
+      chatType: "direct",
+    });
+    expect(parseExplicitTarget({ raw: "<@!456>" })).toEqual({
+      to: "user:456",
+      chatType: "direct",
+    });
+    expect(parseExplicitTarget({ raw: "channel:789" })).toEqual({
+      to: "channel:789",
+      chatType: "channel",
+    });
+    expect(parseExplicitTarget({ raw: "1470130713209602050" })).toEqual({
+      to: "channel:1470130713209602050",
+      chatType: "channel",
+    });
+  });
+
   it("honors per-account replyToMode overrides", () => {
     const resolveReplyToMode = discordPlugin.threading?.resolveReplyToMode;
     if (!resolveReplyToMode) {

extensions/discord/src/channel.ts

@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ function parseDiscordExplicitTarget(raw: string) {
       return null;
     }
     return {
-      to: target.id,
+      to: target.normalized,
       chatType: target.kind === "user" ? ("direct" as const) : ("channel" as const),
     };
   } catch {