pause autonomy during active user chats and expose waiting/retry telemetry

cmd/clawgo/cmd_gateway.go

@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ func gatewayCmd() {
 				reflect.DeepEqual(cfg.Tools, newCfg.Tools) &&
 				reflect.DeepEqual(cfg.Channels, newCfg.Channels)
 
-			changes := summarizeDialogTemplateChanges(cfg, newCfg)
+			templateChanges := summarizeDialogTemplateChanges(cfg, newCfg)
+			autonomyChanges := summarizeAutonomyChanges(cfg, newCfg)
 
 			if runtimeSame {
 				configureLogging(newCfg)
@@ -230,8 +231,11 @@ func gatewayCmd() {
 					sentinelService.Start()
 				}
 				cfg = newCfg
-				if len(changes) > 0 {
+				if len(templateChanges) > 0 {
-					fmt.Printf("↻ Dialog template changes: %s\n", strings.Join(changes, ", "))
+					fmt.Printf("↻ Dialog template changes: %s\n", strings.Join(templateChanges, ", "))
+				}
+				if len(autonomyChanges) > 0 {
+					fmt.Printf("↻ Autonomy changes: %s\n", strings.Join(autonomyChanges, ", "))
 				}
 				fmt.Println("✓ Config hot-reload applied (logging/metadata only)")
 				continue
@@ -275,8 +279,11 @@ func gatewayCmd() {
 				continue
 			}
 			go agentLoop.Run(ctx)
-			if len(changes) > 0 {
+			if len(templateChanges) > 0 {
-				fmt.Printf("↻ Dialog template changes: %s\n", strings.Join(changes, ", "))
+				fmt.Printf("↻ Dialog template changes: %s\n", strings.Join(templateChanges, ", "))
+			}
+			if len(autonomyChanges) > 0 {
+				fmt.Printf("↻ Autonomy changes: %s\n", strings.Join(autonomyChanges, ", "))
 			}
 			fmt.Println("✓ Config hot-reload applied")
 		default:
@@ -294,6 +301,34 @@ func gatewayCmd() {
 	}
 }
 
+func summarizeAutonomyChanges(oldCfg, newCfg *config.Config) []string {
+	if oldCfg == nil || newCfg == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	o := oldCfg.Agents.Defaults.Autonomy
+	n := newCfg.Agents.Defaults.Autonomy
+	changes := make([]string, 0)
+	if o.Enabled != n.Enabled {
+		changes = append(changes, "enabled")
+	}
+	if o.TickIntervalSec != n.TickIntervalSec {
+		changes = append(changes, "tick_interval_sec")
+	}
+	if o.MinRunIntervalSec != n.MinRunIntervalSec {
+		changes = append(changes, "min_run_interval_sec")
+	}
+	if o.UserIdleResumeSec != n.UserIdleResumeSec {
+		changes = append(changes, "user_idle_resume_sec")
+	}
+	if strings.TrimSpace(o.QuietHours) != strings.TrimSpace(n.QuietHours) {
+		changes = append(changes, "quiet_hours")
+	}
+	if o.NotifyCooldownSec != n.NotifyCooldownSec {
+		changes = append(changes, "notify_cooldown_sec")
+	}
+	return changes
+}
+
 func summarizeDialogTemplateChanges(oldCfg, newCfg *config.Config) []string {
 	if oldCfg == nil || newCfg == nil {
 		return nil

cmd/clawgo/cmd_status.go

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func statusCmd() {
 			}
 		}
 		if summary, nextRetry, dedupeHits, err := collectAutonomyTaskSummary(filepath.Join(workspace, "memory", "tasks.json")); err == nil {
-			fmt.Printf("Autonomy Tasks: todo=%d doing=%d blocked=%d done=%d dedupe_hits=%d\n", summary["todo"], summary["doing"], summary["blocked"], summary["done"], dedupeHits)
+			fmt.Printf("Autonomy Tasks: todo=%d doing=%d waiting=%d blocked=%d done=%d dedupe_hits=%d\n", summary["todo"], summary["doing"], summary["waiting"], summary["blocked"], summary["done"], dedupeHits)
 			if nextRetry != "" {
 				fmt.Printf("Autonomy Next Retry: %s\n", nextRetry)
 			}
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func collectAutonomyTaskSummary(path string) (map[string]int, string, int, error
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return map[string]int{"todo": 0, "doing": 0, "blocked": 0, "done": 0}, "", 0, nil
+			return map[string]int{"todo": 0, "doing": 0, "waiting": 0, "blocked": 0, "done": 0}, "", 0, nil
 		}
 		return nil, "", 0, err
 	}
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func collectAutonomyTaskSummary(path string) (map[string]int, string, int, error
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &items); err != nil {
 		return nil, "", 0, err
 	}
-	summary := map[string]int{"todo": 0, "doing": 0, "blocked": 0, "done": 0}
+	summary := map[string]int{"todo": 0, "doing": 0, "waiting": 0, "blocked": 0, "done": 0}
 	nextRetry := ""
 	nextRetryAt := time.Time{}
 	totalDedupe := 0

pkg/autonomy/engine.go

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ func (e *Engine) tick() {
 		for _, st := range e.state {
 			if st.Status == "running" {
 				st.Status = "waiting"
+				e.writeReflectLog("waiting", st, "paused due to active user conversation")
 			}
 		}
 		e.persistStateLocked()
@@ -204,6 +205,10 @@ func (e *Engine) tick() {
 		if st.Status == "completed" {
 			continue
 		}
+		if st.Status == "waiting" {
+			st.Status = "idle"
+			e.writeReflectLog("resume", st, "user conversation idle, autonomy resumed")
+		}
 		if st.Status == "blocked" {
 			if !st.RetryAfter.IsZero() && now.Before(st.RetryAfter) {
 				continue
@@ -437,6 +442,8 @@ func (e *Engine) persistStateLocked() {
 		switch st.Status {
 		case "running":
 			status = "doing"
+		case "waiting":
+			status = "waiting"
 		case "blocked":
 			status = "blocked"
 		case "completed":

pkg/autonomy/task_store.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type TaskItem struct {
 	Content     string `json:"content"`
 	Priority    string `json:"priority"`
 	DueAt       string `json:"due_at,omitempty"`
-	Status      string `json:"status"` // todo|doing|blocked|done
+	Status      string `json:"status"` // todo|doing|waiting|blocked|done
 	RetryAfter  string `json:"retry_after,omitempty"`
 	Source      string `json:"source"`
 	DedupeHits  int    `json:"dedupe_hits,omitempty"`