Update changelog for version 0.1.11, enhance assistant message extraction, add fallback event emission on API errors, and improve custom card registration

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 All notable changes to the OpenClaw Home Assistant Integration will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.1.11] - 2026-02-20
+
+### Fixed
+- Chat card no longer waits forever when the gateway returns a non-`choices[0].message.content` response shape.
+- `openclaw.send_message` now extracts assistant text from multiple OpenAI-compatible formats (`choices`, `output_text`, `response`, `message`, `content`, `answer`).
+- Added fallback event emission on API errors so the frontend always receives a response and exits the typing state.
+
+## [0.1.10] - 2026-02-20
+
+### Fixed
+- Made custom card registration idempotent (`customElements.get(...)` guards) to prevent duplicate-load exceptions that can block card discovery.
+- Prevented duplicate `window.customCards` entries for `openclaw-chat-card`.
+- Synced registration hardening in both packaged and root `www/` card scripts.
+
 ## [0.1.9] - 2026-02-20
 
 ### Fixed

custom_components/openclaw/__init__.py

@@ -318,13 +318,16 @@ def _async_register_services(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
                 session_id=session_id,
             )
 
-            choices = response.get("choices", [])
+            assistant_message = _extract_assistant_message(response)
-            if choices:
-                assistant_message = (
-                    choices[0].get("message", {}).get("content", "")
-                )
             model_used = response.get("model", "unknown")
 
+            if not assistant_message:
+                assistant_message = "Response received, but no readable message content was found."
+                _LOGGER.warning(
+                    "OpenClaw response had no parseable assistant message. Keys: %s",
+                    list(response.keys()),
+                )
+
             hass.bus.async_fire(
                 EVENT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED,
                 {
@@ -338,6 +341,15 @@ def _async_register_services(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
 
         except OpenClawApiError as err:
             _LOGGER.error("Failed to send message to OpenClaw: %s", err)
+            hass.bus.async_fire(
+                EVENT_MESSAGE_RECEIVED,
+                {
+                    ATTR_MESSAGE: f"OpenClaw error: {err}",
+                    ATTR_SESSION_ID: session_id,
+                    ATTR_MODEL: "unknown",
+                    ATTR_TIMESTAMP: datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+                },
+            )
 
     async def handle_clear_history(call: ServiceCall) -> None:
         """Handle the openclaw.clear_history service call."""
@@ -366,3 +378,49 @@ def _get_first_entry_data(hass: HomeAssistant) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
         if isinstance(entry_data, dict) and "client" in entry_data:
             return entry_data
     return None
+
+
+def _coerce_text(value: Any) -> str | None:
+    """Convert known message content shapes to plain text."""
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        text = value.strip()
+        return text or None
+
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        parts: list[str] = []
+        for item in value:
+            if isinstance(item, str):
+                if item.strip():
+                    parts.append(item.strip())
+                continue
+            if isinstance(item, dict):
+                text_part = item.get("text") or item.get("content")
+                if isinstance(text_part, str) and text_part.strip():
+                    parts.append(text_part.strip())
+        if parts:
+            return "\n".join(parts)
+
+    return None
+
+
+def _extract_assistant_message(response: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    """Extract assistant text from multiple OpenAI-compatible response shapes."""
+    choices = response.get("choices")
+    if isinstance(choices, list) and choices:
+        first = choices[0]
+        if isinstance(first, dict):
+            message = first.get("message")
+            if isinstance(message, dict):
+                extracted = _coerce_text(message.get("content"))
+                if extracted:
+                    return extracted
+            extracted = _coerce_text(first.get("text"))
+            if extracted:
+                return extracted
+
+    for key in ("output_text", "response", "message", "content", "answer"):
+        extracted = _coerce_text(response.get(key))
+        if extracted:
+            return extracted
+
+    return None

custom_components/openclaw/manifest.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "iot_class": "local_polling",
   "issue_tracker": "https://github.com/techartdev/OpenClawHomeAssistant/issues",
   "requirements": [],
-  "version": "0.1.9",
+  "version": "0.1.11",
   "dependencies": ["conversation"],
   "after_dependencies": ["hassio", "lovelace"]
 }

custom_components/openclaw/www/openclaw-chat-card.js

@@ -836,16 +836,23 @@ class OpenClawChatCardEditor extends HTMLElement {
 
 // ── Card registration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+if (!customElements.get("openclaw-chat-card-editor")) {
   customElements.define("openclaw-chat-card-editor", OpenClawChatCardEditor);
+}
+
+if (!customElements.get("openclaw-chat-card")) {
   customElements.define("openclaw-chat-card", OpenClawChatCard);
+}
 
 window.customCards = window.customCards || [];
+if (!window.customCards.some((card) => card?.type === "openclaw-chat-card")) {
   window.customCards.push({
     type: "openclaw-chat-card",
     name: "OpenClaw Chat",
     description: "Chat interface for OpenClaw AI Assistant with streaming, voice, and file support.",
     preview: true,
   });
+}
 
 console.info(
   `%c OPENCLAW-CHAT-CARD %c v${CARD_VERSION} `,

www/openclaw-chat-card.js

@@ -836,16 +836,23 @@ class OpenClawChatCardEditor extends HTMLElement {
 
 // ── Card registration ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+if (!customElements.get("openclaw-chat-card-editor")) {
   customElements.define("openclaw-chat-card-editor", OpenClawChatCardEditor);
+}
+
+if (!customElements.get("openclaw-chat-card")) {
   customElements.define("openclaw-chat-card", OpenClawChatCard);
+}
 
 window.customCards = window.customCards || [];
+if (!window.customCards.some((card) => card?.type === "openclaw-chat-card")) {
   window.customCards.push({
     type: "openclaw-chat-card",
     name: "OpenClaw Chat",
     description: "Chat interface for OpenClaw AI Assistant with streaming, voice, and file support.",
     preview: true,
   });
+}
 
 console.info(
   `%c OPENCLAW-CHAT-CARD %c v${CARD_VERSION} `,