Fix Nextcloud Talk Mention Drops

Fix Nextcloud Talk Mention Drops | Generated by AI

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Here’s the flow that causes the drop:

extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/inbound.ts:206-211 — for group rooms, resolveNextcloudTalkRequireMention() is called
extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/policy.ts:105-116 — this defaults to true if no room-level or wildcard config overrides it
extensions/nextcloud-talk/src/inbound.ts:220-222 — if mentionGate.shouldSkip is true, the message is dropped with the log you’re seeing

The mention check uses buildMentionRegexes to look for patterns like @OpenClaw in the message body. If no match → wasMentioned = false → gate drops it.

How to fix it (without code changes)

Set requireMention: false on the room or wildcard config:

openclaw config set channels.nextcloud-talk.rooms.eu42ecdy.requireMention false

Or for all rooms:

openclaw config set channels.nextcloud-talk.rooms.*.requireMention false

How to check / debug

Watch the gateway log for the nextcloud-talk: drop room line — that confirms messages are arriving but being gated
To verify mention detection, send a message with @OpenClaw hello in the Nextcloud room — if the bot’s display name matches the mention regex, it should pass the gate
Check what mention patterns are configured: look at channels.nextcloud-talk.mentions in your config (or the global mentions config)

The simplest path: either set requireMention: false for that room, or use the bot in a 1:1 DM where the mention gate is skipped entirely (isGroup would be false at line 206).

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