Several `openclaw <parent>` commands (channels, plugins, approvals, devices,
cron, mcp) were exiting with code 1 when invoked bare, while printing the
same help-style content that `<parent> --help` produces (which exits 0).
This broke `&&` chains and surfaced a misleading
`ELIFECYCLE Command failed with exit code 1.` line under pnpm.
Add a small `applyParentDefaultHelpAction(cmd)` helper in
`src/cli/program/parent-default-help.ts` that attaches a default action
which prints the parent's own help and sets `process.exitCode = 0`. The
helper is a no-op when the parent already has its own action (e.g.
`agents` defaulting to `agents list`), so existing intentional defaults
are preserved.
Apply it to the six core parents listed in #73077.
On ARM64 devices (e.g. Raspberry Pi 4), resolvePluginProviders takes ~20s
on first call. Three bugs cause this cost to be paid repeatedly:
1. ensureOpenClawModelsJson readyCache fingerprint includes models.json
mtime. After a write, the stored fingerprint (pre-write mtime) never
matches again, forcing every caller to re-run planOpenClawModelsJson.
2. readyCache has one entry per file path. Agents with different configs
(e.g. main agent vs active-memory subagent) overwrite each other's
entry, so neither benefits from caching.
3. resolveExplicitModelWithRegistry calls shouldSuppressBuiltInModel →
resolveProviderPluginsForCatalogHooks on every agent run. The internal
cache key includes the full config, so callers with slightly different
configs each pay the full provider-load cost.
Fixes:
- Remove modelsFileMtimeMs from fingerprint (bug 1)
- Add noopCache to MODELS_JSON_STATE keyed by (path, mtime) — a noop
result is config-agnostic, so any caller can reuse it (bug 2)
- Cache resolveExplicitModelWithRegistry by (provider, modelId, agentDir),
stable for the lifetime of a gateway session (bug 3)
Measured on Raspberry Pi 4 (ARM64):
active-memory subagent preprocessing: 66-75s → ~3s (warm)
active-memory total elapsed: ~96s → ~14s (warm)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
