fix(daemon): use locale-invariant schtasks running code detection (#39076)

Co-authored-by: ademczuk <andrew.demczuk@gmail.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 - Gateway/chat delta ordering: flush buffered assistant deltas before emitting tool `start` events so pre-tool text is delivered to Control UI before tool cards, avoiding transient text/tool ordering artifacts in streaming. (#39128) Thanks @0xtangping.
 - Voice-call plugin schema parity: add missing manifest `configSchema` fields (`webhookSecurity`, `streaming.preStartTimeoutMs|maxPendingConnections|maxPendingConnectionsPerIp|maxConnections`, `staleCallReaperSeconds`) so gateway AJV validation accepts already-supported runtime config instead of failing with `additionalProperties` errors. (#38892) Thanks @giumex.
 - Agents/OpenAI WS reconnect retry accounting: avoid double retry scheduling when reconnect failures emit both `error` and `close`, so retry budgets track actual reconnect attempts instead of exhausting early. (#39133) Thanks @scoootscooob.
+- Daemon/Windows schtasks runtime detection: use locale-invariant `Last Run Result` running codes (`0x41301`/`267009`) as the primary running signal so `openclaw node status` no longer misreports active tasks as stopped on non-English Windows locales. (#39076) Thanks @ademczuk.
 
 ## 2026.3.2
 

src/daemon/schtasks.test.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,41 @@ describe("scheduled task runtime derivation", () => {
       detail: "Task reports Running but Last Run Result=0x0; treating as stale runtime state.",
     });
   });
+
+  it("detects running via result code when status is localized (German)", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveScheduledTaskRuntimeStatus({
+        status: "Wird ausgeführt",
+        lastRunResult: "0x41301",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ status: "running" });
+  });
+
+  it("detects running via result code when status is localized (French)", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveScheduledTaskRuntimeStatus({
+        status: "En cours",
+        lastRunResult: "267009",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ status: "running" });
+  });
+
+  it("treats localized status as stopped when result code is not a running code", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveScheduledTaskRuntimeStatus({
+        status: "Wird ausgeführt",
+        lastRunResult: "0x0",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ status: "stopped" });
+  });
+
+  it("treats localized status without result code as stopped", () => {
+    expect(
+      deriveScheduledTaskRuntimeStatus({
+        status: "Wird ausgeführt",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({ status: "stopped" });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("resolveTaskScriptPath", () => {

src/daemon/schtasks.ts

@@ -163,13 +163,23 @@ export function deriveScheduledTaskRuntimeStatus(parsed: ScheduledTaskInfo): {
   if (!statusRaw) {
     return { status: "unknown" };
   }
-  if (statusRaw !== "running") {
-    return { status: "stopped" };
-  }
 
   const normalizedResult = normalizeTaskResultCode(parsed.lastRunResult);
   const runningCodes = new Set(["0x41301"]);
-  if (normalizedResult && !runningCodes.has(normalizedResult)) {
+  const isRunningByCode = normalizedResult != null && runningCodes.has(normalizedResult);
+  const isRunningByStatus = statusRaw === "running";
+
+  // schtasks.exe localizes its Status field ("Running" in English,
+  // "Wird ausgeführt" in German, "En cours" in French, etc.).
+  // Prefer the locale-invariant Last Run Result code 0x41301
+  // ("task is currently running") over string matching. (#39057)
+  if (!isRunningByStatus && !isRunningByCode) {
+    return { status: "stopped" };
+  }
+
+  // Cross-check: if the English status says "running" but the result
+  // code disagrees, the runtime state is likely stale.
+  if (isRunningByStatus && normalizedResult && !isRunningByCode) {
     return {
       status: "stopped",
       detail: `Task reports Running but Last Run Result=${parsed.lastRunResult}; treating as stale runtime state.`,