telegram bot keep showing reasoning even after i turn it off

[little reef]

In OpenClaw, “thinking level” (/think …) and “reasoning visibility” (/reasoning …) are two different toggles.

If Telegram is showing a separate message that starts with Reasoning: then your reasoning visibility is still on (or stream) for that Telegram session.

Do this inside the Telegram chat (important: send as a standalone message):

1. Check current setting:

/reasoning

2. Turn it off:

/reasoning off

You should get an acknowledgement like “Reasoning disabled.” If you don’t get an ack, then commands/directives aren’t being applied for your sender (authorization/config).

Also useful to confirm you’re looking at the exact same session the bot is using:

/status

If /reasoning already says off but you still get Reasoning: messages, paste:

• openclaw --version
• and clarify: is the reasoning shown as a separate Reasoning: message, or embedded inside the normal answer text?

Docs:

• Reasoning visibility + /reasoning off|on|stream: https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/thinking
• Slash commands/directives behavior (standalone vs inline + authorization): https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/slash-commands

[raw hazel]

sorry double post