fix(ios): preserve repeated optimistic user messages on refresh

apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Sources/OpenClawChatUI/ChatViewModel.swift

@@ -376,9 +376,16 @@ public final class OpenClawChatViewModel {
         guard !previous.isEmpty else { return incoming }
         guard !incoming.isEmpty else { return previous }
 
+        func countKeys(_ keys: [String]) -> [String: Int] {
+            keys.reduce(into: [:]) { counts, key in
+                counts[key, default: 0] += 1
+            }
+        }
+
         var reconciled = Self.reconcileMessageIDs(previous: previous, incoming: incoming)
         let incomingIdentityKeys = Set(reconciled.compactMap(Self.messageIdentityKey(for:)))
-        let incomingUserRefreshKeys = Set(reconciled.compactMap(Self.userRefreshIdentityKey(for:)))
+        var remainingIncomingUserRefreshCounts = countKeys(
+            reconciled.compactMap(Self.userRefreshIdentityKey(for:)))
 
         var lastMatchedPreviousIndex: Int?
         for (index, message) in previous.enumerated() {
@@ -389,8 +396,10 @@ public final class OpenClawChatViewModel {
                 continue
             }
             if let userKey = Self.userRefreshIdentityKey(for: message),
-               incomingUserRefreshKeys.contains(userKey)
+               let remaining = remainingIncomingUserRefreshCounts[userKey],
+               remaining > 0
             {
+                remainingIncomingUserRefreshCounts[userKey] = remaining - 1
                 lastMatchedPreviousIndex = index
             }
         }
@@ -401,7 +410,12 @@ public final class OpenClawChatViewModel {
             .filter { message in
                 guard message.role.lowercased() == "user" else { return false }
                 guard let key = Self.userRefreshIdentityKey(for: message) else { return false }
-                return !incomingUserRefreshKeys.contains(key)
+                let remaining = remainingIncomingUserRefreshCounts[key] ?? 0
+                if remaining > 0 {
+                    remainingIncomingUserRefreshCounts[key] = remaining - 1
+                    return false
+                }
+                return true
             }
 
         guard !trailingUserMessages.isEmpty else {

apps/shared/OpenClawKit/Tests/OpenClawKitTests/ChatViewModelTests.swift

@@ -553,6 +553,49 @@ extension TestChatTransportState {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test func preservesRepeatedOptimisticUserMessagesWithIdenticalContentDuringRefresh() async throws {
+        let sessionId = "sess-main"
+        let now = Date().timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000
+        let history1 = historyPayload(sessionId: sessionId)
+        let history2 = historyPayload(
+            sessionId: sessionId,
+            messages: [
+                chatTextMessage(
+                    role: "user",
+                    text: "retry",
+                    timestamp: now + 5_000),
+                chatTextMessage(
+                    role: "assistant",
+                    text: "first answer",
+                    timestamp: now + 6_000),
+            ])
+
+        let (transport, vm) = await makeViewModel(historyResponses: [history1, history2, history2])
+        try await loadAndWaitBootstrap(vm: vm, sessionId: sessionId)
+        try await sendMessageAndEmitFinal(
+            transport: transport,
+            vm: vm,
+            text: "retry")
+        try await sendMessageAndEmitFinal(
+            transport: transport,
+            vm: vm,
+            text: "retry")
+
+        try await waitUntil("repeated optimistic user message is preserved") {
+            await MainActor.run {
+                let retryMessages = vm.messages.filter { message in
+                    message.role == "user" &&
+                        message.content.compactMap(\.text).joined(separator: "\n") == "retry"
+                }
+                let hasAssistant = vm.messages.contains { message in
+                    message.role == "assistant" &&
+                        message.content.compactMap(\.text).joined(separator: "\n") == "first answer"
+                }
+                return hasAssistant && retryMessages.count == 2
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test func acceptsCanonicalSessionKeyEventsForOwnPendingRun() async throws {
         let history1 = historyPayload()
         let history2 = historyPayload(

extensions/device-pair/index.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type {
   OpenClawPluginCommandDefinition,
   PluginCommandContext,
-} from "../../src/plugins/types.js";
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/core";
 import { createTestPluginApi } from "../../test/helpers/extensions/plugin-api.js";
 import type { OpenClawPluginApi } from "./api.js";