Channel QA reference

Buzz, Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp QA reference

The Matrix adapter uses the disposable Docker-backed lane documented in Matrix live lane. Buzz, Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp run against pre-existing real transports, so their reference lives here.

Shared CLI flags

These lanes register through the shared QA runner CLI contract. Transport plugins may own the registration while QA Lab remains the suite host. They accept the same flags:

Flag	Default	Description
`--scenario <id>`	-	Run only this scenario. Repeatable.
`--output-dir <path>`	`<repo>/.artifacts/qa-e2e/<transport>-<timestamp>`	Where reports, summaries, evidence, transport-specific artifacts, and the output log are written. Relative paths resolve against `--repo-root`.
`--repo-root <path>`	`process.cwd()`	Repository root when invoking from a neutral cwd.
`--sut-account <id>`	`sut`	Temporary account id inside the QA gateway config.
`--provider-mode <mode>`	`live-frontier` (Buzz: `mock-openai`)	`mock-openai`, `aimock`, or `live-frontier`.
`--model <ref>` / `--alt-model <ref>`	provider default	Primary/alternate model refs.
`--fast`	off	Provider fast mode where supported.
`--credential-source <source>`	shared environment (Buzz: `file` with a credential file)	Existing lanes use `env` or `convex`; Buzz uses a local file when `--credential-file` is set, otherwise it delegates to `OPENCLAW_QA_CREDENTIAL_SOURCE` and the shared environment source. See Convex credential pool.
`--credential-role <maintainer\|ci>`	`ci` in CI, `maintainer` otherwise	Role used when `--credential-source convex`.
`--credential-file <path>`	-	Buzz-only JSON credential file for local runs.
`--allow-failures`	off	Write artifacts without returning a failing exit code when scenarios fail.

Telegram fixes --credential-source to convex. Its Test Server userbot credential cannot be supplied through the shared environment credential mode. Each lane exits non-zero on any failed scenario. --allow-failures writes artifacts without setting a failing exit code. Telegram also accepts --list-scenarios to print available scenario ids and exit; the other lanes do not expose that flag.

Buzz QA

pnpm openclaw qa buzz \
  --credential-file /secure/path/buzz-qa-credentials.json

Targets one real Buzz room with two dedicated Nostr identities. The driver publishes inbound room events; the SUT identity is configured in the child OpenClaw Gateway and its outbound events are observed from the relay. The default mock-openai provider proves the real Buzz transport without requiring a model-provider credential. Local runs use --credential-file <path> with a private JSON file containing relayUrl, roomId, driverPrivateKey, and sutPrivateKey. Closed relays may also need driverAuthTag and sutAuthTag. Relative paths resolve from --repo-root. Hosted relays must use wss://; plaintext ws:// is accepted only for loopback development relays. Both identities must be members of the dedicated room, and the SUT public key must have the Bot role. A hosted closed relay may also require both public keys to be enrolled as relay members. Use dedicated QA identities only; never use a human owner or admin private key. Keep all private keys and authorization values out of logs, command lines, artifacts, screenshots, and source control. The default scenarios are:

channel-canary
channel-mention-gating

Each run writes qa-suite-report.md, qa-suite-summary.json, and qa-evidence.json under the selected output directory. The report identifies the real Buzz relay path but omits credential values.

Telegram QA

pnpm openclaw qa telegram

Targets one shared private group on Telegram’s Test Server. One Convex lease contains the SUT bot plus one independent TDLib authorization for the QA user. That user sends test messages and observes SUT messages and edits through one long-lived TDLib process. The shared live group requires a mention of the leased bot or a reply to that bot; scenarios use @openclaw, which the adapter replaces with the leased bot username. Native commands are addressed to that same bot. Required env:

OPENCLAW_QA_CONVEX_SITE_URL
OPENCLAW_QA_CONVEX_SECRET_MAINTAINER for the default local role, or OPENCLAW_QA_CONVEX_SECRET_CI with --credential-role ci

--credential-source defaults to convex; env is rejected. The lease owns the Test Server group, SUT token, and restored TDLib session. The lane does not use production Telegram credentials or Bot-to-Bot Communication Mode. The release profile selects taxonomy-owned Telegram scenarios that declare the channel, use the flow execution kind, and match the requested provider and model lane. Explicit --scenario values narrow that same selection instead of bypassing its constraints. Use pnpm openclaw qa telegram --list-scenarios --provider-mode mock-openai to print the current selection with regression refs. Supplying --model applies the same model constraint to listing and execution. telegram-startup-getme-live is a catalog script producer, not a live-adapter flow. Run it through qa suite --scenario telegram-startup-getme-live; the dedicated qa telegram command and --list-scenarios intentionally omit it. Output artifacts:

qa-suite-report.md
qa-suite-summary.json
qa-evidence.json - evidence entries for the live transport checks, including profile, coverage, provider, channel, artifacts, result, and RTT fields.

Package Telegram runs use the same Telegram credential contract. Repeated RTT measurement is part of the normal package Telegram live lane; the RTT distribution is folded into qa-evidence.json under result.timing for the selected RTT check.

OPENCLAW_QA_CREDENTIAL_SOURCE=convex \
pnpm test:docker:npm-telegram-live

The package live wrapper leases a kind: "telegram-test-userbot" credential, restores its isolated TDLib user session, and routes the SUT bot through the Test Bot API proxy. It heartbeats the lease and releases it on shutdown. The package wrapper defaults to 20 RTT checks of channel-canary, a 30s RTT timeout, and Convex role maintainer outside CI. Override OPENCLAW_NPM_TELEGRAM_RTT_SAMPLES, OPENCLAW_NPM_TELEGRAM_RTT_TIMEOUT_MS, or OPENCLAW_NPM_TELEGRAM_RTT_MAX_FAILURES to tune RTT measurement without creating a separate RTT command or Telegram-specific summary format.

Discord QA

pnpm openclaw qa discord

Targets one real private Discord guild channel with two bots: a driver bot controlled by the harness and a SUT bot started by the child OpenClaw gateway through the bundled Discord plugin. Verifies channel mention handling, that the SUT bot has registered the native /help command with Discord, and opt-in Mantis evidence scenarios. Required env when --credential-source env:

OPENCLAW_QA_DISCORD_GUILD_ID
OPENCLAW_QA_DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID
OPENCLAW_QA_DISCORD_DRIVER_BOT_TOKEN
OPENCLAW_QA_DISCORD_SUT_BOT_TOKEN
OPENCLAW_QA_DISCORD_SUT_APPLICATION_ID - must match the SUT bot user id returned by Discord (the lane fails fast otherwise).

Voice destination:

OPENCLAW_QA_DISCORD_VOICE_CHANNEL_ID selects the voice/stage channel for discord-voice-autojoin; without it, the scenario picks the first visible voice/stage channel for the SUT bot. It is required for discord-transcripts-voice-authorization when using env credentials.

Discord YAML module scenarios (qa/scenarios/channels/discord-*.yaml):

discord-canary
discord-mention-gating
discord-native-help-command-registration
discord-progress-draft-lifecycle - runs a deterministic tool turn, verifies the final answer has no synthesized activity receipt, confirms the working draft is deleted after a successful final, and confirms an error final keeps its draft visible as diagnostic context.
discord-voice-autojoin - opt-in voice scenario. Runs by itself, enables channels.discord.voice.autoJoin, and verifies the SUT bot’s current Discord voice state is the target voice/stage channel. Convex Discord credentials may include optional voiceChannelId; otherwise the runner adapter discovers the first visible voice/stage channel in the guild.
discord-transcripts-voice-authorization - opt-in live-model scenario. A real driver-bot message first proves a sender excluded from the target voice channel receives a visible transcript-tool denial without a join. The same sender is then allowlisted and must start, stop, and leave live capture. The scenario writes redacted JSON evidence and deletes its known Discord messages during cleanup. It requires an explicit voiceChannelId in the leased credential or OPENCLAW_QA_DISCORD_VOICE_CHANNEL_ID; it never discovers a room automatically. The operator must reserve a dedicated empty QA voice channel before running it. An explicit ID does not prove that prerequisite: the harness observes the SUT bot’s connection, not the room’s full membership.
discord-status-reactions-tool-only - opt-in Mantis scenario. Runs by itself because it switches the SUT to always-on, tool-only guild replies with messages.statusReactions.enabled=true, then captures a REST reaction timeline plus HTML/PNG visual artifacts. Mantis before/after reports also preserve scenario-provided MP4 artifacts as baseline.mp4 and candidate.mp4.
discord-thread-reply-filepath-attachment - opt-in Mantis scenario; see Discord Mantis scenarios.

Run the Discord voice auto-join scenario explicitly:

pnpm openclaw qa discord \
  --scenario discord-voice-autojoin \
  --provider-mode mock-openai

During teardown of a successfully started child gateway, the Discord adapter keeps its credential lease and heartbeat until that gateway has stopped. If shutdown fails, the suite withholds lease release. Run the transcript authorization scenario with a Convex lease whose payload contains the reserved QA room’s voiceChannelId:

pnpm openclaw qa discord \
  --scenario discord-transcripts-voice-authorization \
  --provider-mode live-frontier \
  --credential-source convex \
  --credential-role maintainer

Run the Mantis status-reaction scenario explicitly:

pnpm openclaw qa discord \
  --scenario discord-status-reactions-tool-only \
  --provider-mode live-frontier \
  --model openai/gpt-5.6-luna \
  --alt-model openai/gpt-5.6-luna \
  --fast

Output artifacts:

qa-suite-report.md
qa-suite-summary.json
qa-evidence.json - evidence entries for the live transport checks.
discord-qa-reaction-timelines.json and discord-status-reactions-tool-only-timeline.png when the status-reaction scenario runs.

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Channel QA reference

Buzz, Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp QA reference

Shared CLI flags

Buzz QA

Telegram QA

Discord QA

​Buzz, Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp QA reference

​Shared CLI flags

​Buzz QA

​Telegram QA

​Discord QA

Buzz, Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp QA reference

Shared CLI flags

Buzz QA

Telegram QA

Discord QA