Update version to 0.1.37 and improve chat session handling with session_id in payloads

Author: techartdev

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to the OpenClaw Home Assistant Integration will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.1.37] - 2026-02-20
+
+### Fixed
+- Improved conversation continuity by sending `session_id` in chat completion JSON payloads (in addition to `X-Session-Id` header), for both regular and streaming requests.
+- Reduces cases where the gateway treats each message as a new conversation when custom headers are ignored upstream.
+
 ## [0.1.36] - 2026-02-20
 
 ### Fixed

custom_components/openclaw/__init__.py

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 # URL at which the card JS is served (registered via register_static_path)
 _CARD_STATIC_URL = f"/openclaw/{_CARD_FILENAME}"
 # Versioned URL used for Lovelace resource registration to avoid stale browser cache
-_CARD_URL = f"{_CARD_STATIC_URL}?v=0.1.36"
+_CARD_URL = f"{_CARD_STATIC_URL}?v=0.1.37"
 
 OpenClawConfigEntry = ConfigEntry
 

custom_components/openclaw/__pycache__/api.cpython-312.pyc

@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ async def async_send_message(
             "messages": messages,
             "stream": False,
         }
+        if session_id:
+            payload["session_id"] = session_id
         if model:
             payload["model"] = model
 
@@ -249,6 +251,8 @@ async def async_stream_message(
             "messages": messages,
             "stream": True,
         }
+        if session_id:
+            payload["session_id"] = session_id
         if model:
             payload["model"] = model
 

custom_components/openclaw/api.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "iot_class": "local_polling",
   "issue_tracker": "https://github.com/techartdev/OpenClawHomeAssistant/issues",
   "requirements": [],
-  "version": "0.1.36",
+  "version": "0.1.37",
   "dependencies": ["conversation"],
   "after_dependencies": ["hassio", "lovelace"]
 }

custom_components/openclaw/manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (async () => {
   try {
     if (!customElements.get("openclaw-chat-card")) {
-      const src = "/openclaw/openclaw-chat-card.js?v=0.1.36";
+      const src = "/openclaw/openclaw-chat-card.js?v=0.1.37";
       console.info("OpenClaw loader importing", src);
       await import(src);
     }