Control UI: reconnect on seq gaps

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Memory/builtin: keep memory-file indexing active in FTS-only mode (no embedding provider) so forced reindexes no longer swap in an empty index and wipe existing memory chunks. (#42714) Thanks @asamimei.
 - CLI/status: detect node-only hosts in `openclaw status` and `openclaw status --all`, show the configured remote gateway target instead of a false local `ECONNREFUSED`, and suppress contradictory local-gateway diagnosis output.
 - Gateway/SQLite transient handling: keep unhandled `SQLITE_CANTOPEN`, `SQLITE_BUSY`, `SQLITE_LOCKED`, and `SQLITE_IOERR` failures non-fatal in the global rejection handler so macOS LaunchAgent restarts do not enter a crash-throttle loop. (#57018)
+- Control UI/gateway: reconnect the browser client when gateway event sequence gaps are detected, so stale non-chat state recovers automatically instead of only telling the user to refresh. (#23912) thanks @Olshansk.
 
 ## 2026.3.24
 

ui/src/ui/app-gateway.node.test.ts

@@ -131,12 +131,17 @@ function createHost() {
     assistantAgentId: null,
     serverVersion: null,
     sessionKey: "main",
+    basePath: "",
+    chatMessage: "",
     chatMessages: [],
+    chatAttachments: [],
+    chatQueue: [],
     chatToolMessages: [],
     chatStreamSegments: [],
     chatStream: null,
     chatStreamStartedAt: null,
     chatRunId: null,
+    chatSending: false,
     toolStreamById: new Map(),
     toolStreamOrder: [],
     toolStreamSyncTimer: null,
@@ -195,9 +200,9 @@ describe("connectGateway", () => {
     expect(host.lastError).toBeNull();
 
     secondClient.emitGap(20, 24);
-    expect(host.lastError).toBe(
-      "event gap detected (expected seq 20, got 24); refresh recommended",
-    );
+    expect(gatewayClientInstances).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(secondClient.stop).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(host.lastError).toBeNull();
   });
 
   it("ignores stale client onEvent callbacks after reconnect", () => {

ui/src/ui/app-gateway.ts

@@ -264,8 +264,9 @@ export function connectGateway(host: GatewayHost) {
       if (host.client !== client) {
         return;
       }
-      host.lastError = `event gap detected (expected seq ${expected}, got ${received}); refresh recommended`;
+      host.lastError = `event gap detected (expected seq ${expected}, got ${received}); reconnecting`;
       host.lastErrorCode = null;
+      connectGateway(host);
     },
   });
   host.client = client;