Stabilize channels UX, reload flow, and i18n consistency

electron/utils/channel-config.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export interface PluginsConfig {
 export interface OpenClawConfig {
     channels?: Record<string, ChannelConfigData>;
     plugins?: PluginsConfig;
+    commands?: Record<string, unknown>;
     [key: string]: unknown;
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +72,14 @@ export async function writeOpenClawConfig(config: OpenClawConfig): Promise<void>
     await ensureConfigDir();
 
     try {
+        // Enable graceful in-process reload authorization for SIGUSR1 flows.
+        const commands =
+            config.commands && typeof config.commands === 'object'
+                ? { ...(config.commands as Record<string, unknown>) }
+                : {};
+        commands.restart = true;
+        config.commands = commands;
+
         await writeFile(CONFIG_FILE, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2), 'utf-8');
     } catch (error) {
         logger.error('Failed to write OpenClaw config', error);

electron/utils/openclaw-auth.ts

@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ async function readOpenClawJson(): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
 }
 
 async function writeOpenClawJson(config: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<void> {
+  // Ensure SIGUSR1 graceful reload is authorized by OpenClaw config.
+  const commands = (
+    config.commands && typeof config.commands === 'object'
+      ? { ...(config.commands as Record<string, unknown>) }
+      : {}
+  ) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  commands.restart = true;
+  config.commands = commands;
+
   await writeJsonFile(OPENCLAW_CONFIG_PATH, config);
 }
 
@@ -781,6 +790,20 @@ export async function sanitizeOpenClawConfig(): Promise<void> {
     }
   }
 
+  // ── commands section ───────────────────────────────────────────
+  // Required for SIGUSR1 in-process reload authorization.
+  const commands = (
+    config.commands && typeof config.commands === 'object'
+      ? { ...(config.commands as Record<string, unknown>) }
+      : {}
+  ) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  if (commands.restart !== true) {
+    commands.restart = true;
+    config.commands = commands;
+    modified = true;
+    console.log('[sanitize] Enabling commands.restart for graceful reload support');
+  }
+
   if (modified) {
     await writeOpenClawJson(config);
     console.log('[sanitize] openclaw.json sanitized successfully');