0.5 v with notification access can monitor and auto reply but only if phone is unlocked

[kangarooo]

0.5 v with notification access can monitor and auto reply but only if phone is unlocked
it doesnt reply if phone is locked
also if unlock it doesnt start previous messege reply

[ithiria894]

yeah this is an Android limitation, when the phone is locked the app can't read the WhatsApp screen because there's no UI to read

we're looking at three approaches:

A — when you start monitoring, PokeClaw opens WhatsApp once, reads the conversation history and caches it locally. after that every new incoming message gets appended to the cache. replies while locked use the cached context + notification direct reply, no need to unlock the phone

B — simpler, just reads the last incoming message from the notification and replies based on that alone. no conversation context but works while locked

C — current behavior, needs the phone unlocked so it can open WhatsApp, read the full conversation on screen, and reply with full context

which would work for you? do you need full conversation awareness or is replying to the last message enough?

[ithiria894]

I pushed a lock-screen auto-reply fix in v0.6.2:

https://github.com/agents-io/PokeClaw/releases/tag/v0.6.2

The reply path now explicitly wakes/unlocks the device before trying to reopen the chat and send the reply. I also tested that path on-device before shipping this one.

Can you update to 0.6.2 and see whether auto-reply now works while the phone is locked?