diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 240ba066bc5..7213b326669 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Telegram: harden quote parsing; preserve quote context; avoid QUOTE_TEXT_INVALID; avoid nested reply quote misclassification. (#12156) Thanks @rybnikov.
 - Telegram: recover proactive sends when stale topic thread IDs are used by retrying without `message_thread_id`. (#11620)
 - Discord: auto-create forum/media thread posts on send, with chunked follow-up replies and media handling for forum sends. (#12380) Thanks @magendary, @thewilloftheshadow.
+- Discord: cap gateway reconnect attempts to avoid infinite retry loops. (#12230) Thanks @Yida-Dev.
 - Telegram: render markdown spoilers with `<tg-spoiler>` HTML tags. (#11543) Thanks @ezhikkk.
 - Telegram: truncate command registration to 100 entries to avoid `BOT_COMMANDS_TOO_MUCH` failures on startup. (#12356) Thanks @arosstale.
 - Telegram: match DM `allowFrom` against sender user id (fallback to chat id) and clarify pairing logs. (#12779) Thanks @liuxiaopai-ai.
diff --git a/src/discord/monitor/provider.ts b/src/discord/monitor/provider.ts
index a61016a4243..5d9a986c260 100644
--- a/src/discord/monitor/provider.ts
+++ b/src/discord/monitor/provider.ts
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ export async function monitorDiscordProvider(opts: MonitorDiscordOpts = {}) {
     [
       new GatewayPlugin({
         reconnect: {
-          maxAttempts: Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY,
+          maxAttempts: 50,
         },
         intents: resolveDiscordGatewayIntents(discordCfg.intents),
         autoInteractions: true,