From 31481d4ae2e916048e7c03707708fe9cfc746099 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lauren ten Hoor <laurentenhoor@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:58:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "fix: add explicit worker state update in task_pickup
 after dispatch (#23)"

This reverts commit d727a812e64abf01326f811ba35ca1079c3d832f.
---
 lib/tools/task-pickup.ts | 23 +----------------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/tools/task-pickup.ts b/lib/tools/task-pickup.ts
index 7143e17..02468e7 100644
--- a/lib/tools/task-pickup.ts
+++ b/lib/tools/task-pickup.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { dispatchTask } from "../dispatch.js";
 import { type Issue, type StateLabel } from "../task-managers/task-manager.js";
 import { createProvider } from "../task-managers/index.js";
 import { selectModel } from "../model-selector.js";
-import { activateWorker, getProject, getWorker, readProjects } from "../projects.js";
+import { getProject, getWorker, readProjects } from "../projects.js";
 import type { ToolContext } from "../types.js";
 import { detectContext, generateGuardrails } from "../context-guard.js";
 import { isDevTier, isTier, type Tier } from "../tiers.js";
@@ -313,27 +313,6 @@ export function createTaskPickupTool(api: OpenClawPluginApi) {
         pluginConfig,
       });
 
-      // 8b. Explicitly update worker state in projects.json
-      // Defense in depth: ensure state is set even if dispatchTask had issues
-      const now = new Date().toISOString();
-      const stateUpdateParams: {
-        issueId: string;
-        model: string;
-        sessionKey?: string;
-        startTime?: string;
-      } = {
-        issueId: String(issue.iid),
-        model: modelAlias,
-      };
-
-      // Only set sessionKey and startTime on new spawn (not on reuse)
-      if (dispatchResult.sessionAction === "spawn") {
-        stateUpdateParams.sessionKey = dispatchResult.sessionKey;
-        stateUpdateParams.startTime = now;
-      }
-
-      await activateWorker(workspaceDir, groupId, role, stateUpdateParams);
-
       // 9. Send notification to project group
       const notifyConfig = getNotificationConfig(pluginConfig);
       await notify(