title: Threaded follow-up

scenario:
  id: thread-follow-up
  surface: thread
  coverage:
    primary:
      - channels.threads
      - channels.thread-parent-child-placement
    secondary:
      - channels.qa-channel
  objective: Verify the agent can keep follow-up work inside a thread and not leak context into the root channel.
  successCriteria:
    - Agent creates or uses a thread for deeper work.
    - Follow-up messages stay attached to the thread.
    - Thread report references the correct prior context.
  docsRefs:
    - docs/channels/qa-channel.md
    - docs/channels/group-messages.md
  codeRefs:
    - extensions/qa-channel/src/protocol.ts
    - extensions/qa-lab/src/bus-state.ts
  execution:
    kind: flow
    summary: Verify the agent can keep follow-up work inside a thread and not leak context into the root channel.
    config:
      requiredChannelDriver: qa-channel
      prompt: "@openclaw reply in one short sentence inside this thread only. Do not use ACP or any external runtime. Confirm you stayed in-thread."

flow:
  steps:
    - name: keeps follow-up inside the thread
      actions:
        - call: reset
        - call: handleQaAction
          saveAs: threadPayload
          args:
            - env:
                ref: env
              action: thread-create
              args:
                channelId: qa-room
                title: QA deep dive
        - set: threadId
          value:
            expr: "threadPayload?.thread?.id"
        - assert:
            expr: "Boolean(threadId)"
            message: missing thread id
        - sendInbound:
            conversation:
              id: qa-room
              kind: channel
              title: QA Room
            senderId: alice
            senderName: Alice
            text:
              expr: config.prompt
            threadId:
              ref: threadId
            threadTitle: QA deep dive
        - call: waitForOutboundMessage
          saveAs: outbound
          args:
            - ref: state
            - lambda:
                params: [candidate]
                expr: "candidate.conversation.id === 'qa-room' && candidate.threadId === threadId"
            - expr: "env.providerMode === 'mock-openai' ? 15000 : 45000"
        - assert:
            expr: "!state.getSnapshot().messages.some((candidate) => candidate.direction === 'outbound' && candidate.conversation.id === 'qa-room' && !candidate.threadId)"
            message: thread reply leaked into root channel
        - assert:
            expr: "!['acp backend','acpx','not configured'].some((needle) => normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(outbound.text).includes(needle))"
            message:
              expr: "`thread reply fell back to ACP error: ${outbound.text}`"
      detailsExpr: outbound.text