feat(ios): add Live Activity connection status + stale cleanup (#33591)

* feat(ios): add live activity connection status and cleanup

Add lock-screen/Dynamic Island connection health states and prune duplicate/stale activities before reuse. This intentionally excludes AI/title generation and heavier UX rewrites from #27488.

Co-authored-by: leepokai <1663017+leepokai@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix(ios): treat ended live activities as inactive

* chore(changelog): add PR reference and author thanks

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Co-authored-by: leepokai <1663017+leepokai@users.noreply.github.com>

apps/ios/Sources/Info.plist

@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 	<string>OpenClaw needs microphone access for voice wake.</string>
 	<key>NSSpeechRecognitionUsageDescription</key>
 	<string>OpenClaw uses on-device speech recognition for voice wake.</string>
+	<key>NSSupportsLiveActivities</key>
+	<true/>
 	<key>UIApplicationSceneManifest</key>
 	<dict>
 		<key>UIApplicationSupportsMultipleScenes</key>

apps/ios/Sources/LiveActivity/LiveActivityManager.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import ActivityKit
+import Foundation
+import os
+
+/// Minimal Live Activity lifecycle focused on connection health + stale cleanup.
+@MainActor
+final class LiveActivityManager {
+    static let shared = LiveActivityManager()
+
+    private let logger = Logger(subsystem: "ai.openclaw.ios", category: "LiveActivity")
+    private var currentActivity: Activity<OpenClawActivityAttributes>?
+    private var activityStartDate: Date = .now
+
+    private init() {
+        self.hydrateCurrentAndPruneDuplicates()
+    }
+
+    var isActive: Bool {
+        guard let activity = self.currentActivity else { return false }
+        guard activity.activityState == .active else {
+            self.currentActivity = nil
+            return false
+        }
+        return true
+    }
+
+    func startActivity(agentName: String, sessionKey: String) {
+        self.hydrateCurrentAndPruneDuplicates()
+
+        if self.currentActivity != nil {
+            self.handleConnecting()
+            return
+        }
+
+        let authInfo = ActivityAuthorizationInfo()
+        guard authInfo.areActivitiesEnabled else {
+            self.logger.info("Live Activities disabled; skipping start")
+            return
+        }
+
+        self.activityStartDate = .now
+        let attributes = OpenClawActivityAttributes(agentName: agentName, sessionKey: sessionKey)
+
+        do {
+            let activity = try Activity.request(
+                attributes: attributes,
+                content: ActivityContent(state: self.connectingState(), staleDate: nil),
+                pushType: nil)
+            self.currentActivity = activity
+            self.logger.info("started live activity id=\(activity.id, privacy: .public)")
+        } catch {
+            self.logger.error("failed to start live activity: \(error.localizedDescription, privacy: .public)")
+        }
+    }
+
+    func handleConnecting() {
+        self.updateCurrent(state: self.connectingState())
+    }
+
+    func handleReconnect() {
+        self.updateCurrent(state: self.idleState())
+    }
+
+    func handleDisconnect() {
+        self.updateCurrent(state: self.disconnectedState())
+    }
+
+    private func hydrateCurrentAndPruneDuplicates() {
+        let active = Activity<OpenClawActivityAttributes>.activities
+        guard !active.isEmpty else {
+            self.currentActivity = nil
+            return
+        }
+
+        let keeper = active.max { lhs, rhs in
+            lhs.content.state.startedAt < rhs.content.state.startedAt
+        } ?? active[0]
+
+        self.currentActivity = keeper
+        self.activityStartDate = keeper.content.state.startedAt
+
+        let stale = active.filter { $0.id != keeper.id }
+        for activity in stale {
+            Task {
+                await activity.end(
+                    ActivityContent(state: self.disconnectedState(), staleDate: nil),
+                    dismissalPolicy: .immediate)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func updateCurrent(state: OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState) {
+        guard let activity = self.currentActivity else { return }
+        Task {
+            await activity.update(ActivityContent(state: state, staleDate: nil))
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func connectingState() -> OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState {
+        OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState(
+            statusText: "Connecting...",
+            isIdle: false,
+            isDisconnected: false,
+            isConnecting: true,
+            startedAt: self.activityStartDate)
+    }
+
+    private func idleState() -> OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState {
+        OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState(
+            statusText: "Idle",
+            isIdle: true,
+            isDisconnected: false,
+            isConnecting: false,
+            startedAt: self.activityStartDate)
+    }
+
+    private func disconnectedState() -> OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState {
+        OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState(
+            statusText: "Disconnected",
+            isIdle: false,
+            isDisconnected: true,
+            isConnecting: false,
+            startedAt: self.activityStartDate)
+    }
+}

apps/ios/Sources/LiveActivity/OpenClawActivityAttributes.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import ActivityKit
+import Foundation
+
+/// Shared schema used by iOS app + Live Activity widget extension.
+struct OpenClawActivityAttributes: ActivityAttributes {
+    var agentName: String
+    var sessionKey: String
+
+    struct ContentState: Codable, Hashable {
+        var statusText: String
+        var isIdle: Bool
+        var isDisconnected: Bool
+        var isConnecting: Bool
+        var startedAt: Date
+    }
+}
+
+#if DEBUG
+extension OpenClawActivityAttributes {
+    static let preview = OpenClawActivityAttributes(agentName: "main", sessionKey: "main")
+}
+
+extension OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState {
+    static let connecting = OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState(
+        statusText: "Connecting...",
+        isIdle: false,
+        isDisconnected: false,
+        isConnecting: true,
+        startedAt: .now)
+
+    static let idle = OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState(
+        statusText: "Idle",
+        isIdle: true,
+        isDisconnected: false,
+        isConnecting: false,
+        startedAt: .now)
+
+    static let disconnected = OpenClawActivityAttributes.ContentState(
+        statusText: "Disconnected",
+        isIdle: false,
+        isDisconnected: true,
+        isConnecting: false,
+        startedAt: .now)
+}
+#endif

apps/ios/Sources/Model/NodeAppModel.swift

@@ -1695,6 +1695,7 @@ extension NodeAppModel {
         self.operatorGatewayTask = nil
         self.voiceWakeSyncTask?.cancel()
         self.voiceWakeSyncTask = nil
+        LiveActivityManager.shared.handleDisconnect()
         self.gatewayHealthMonitor.stop()
         Task {
             await self.operatorGateway.disconnect()
@@ -1731,6 +1732,7 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
         self.operatorConnected = false
         self.voiceWakeSyncTask?.cancel()
         self.voiceWakeSyncTask = nil
+        LiveActivityManager.shared.handleDisconnect()
         self.gatewayDefaultAgentId = nil
         self.gatewayAgents = []
         self.selectedAgentId = GatewaySettingsStore.loadGatewaySelectedAgentId(stableID: stableID)
@@ -1811,6 +1813,7 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                             await self.refreshAgentsFromGateway()
                             await self.refreshShareRouteFromGateway()
                             await self.startVoiceWakeSync()
+                            await MainActor.run { LiveActivityManager.shared.handleReconnect() }
                             await MainActor.run { self.startGatewayHealthMonitor() }
                         },
                         onDisconnected: { [weak self] reason in
@@ -1818,6 +1821,7 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                             await MainActor.run {
                                 self.operatorConnected = false
                                 self.talkMode.updateGatewayConnected(false)
+                                LiveActivityManager.shared.handleDisconnect()
                             }
                             GatewayDiagnostics.log("operator gateway disconnected reason=\(reason)")
                             await MainActor.run { self.stopGatewayHealthMonitor() }
@@ -1882,6 +1886,14 @@ private extension NodeAppModel {
                     self.gatewayStatusText = (attempt == 0) ? "Connecting…" : "Reconnecting…"
                     self.gatewayServerName = nil
                     self.gatewayRemoteAddress = nil
+                    let liveActivity = LiveActivityManager.shared
+                    if liveActivity.isActive {
+                        liveActivity.handleConnecting()
+                    } else {
+                        liveActivity.startActivity(
+                            agentName: self.selectedAgentId ?? "main",
+                            sessionKey: self.mainSessionKey)
+                    }
                 }
 
                 do {