From 93ff09f25399f1a54fee38063f05216e4818ae46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abhimanyu Saharan <asaharan@onemindservices.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 23:38:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: enhance approval serialization and implement agent
 notification for new task comments

---
 backend/app/api/approvals.py |  4 +++-
 backend/app/api/tasks.py     | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/backend/app/api/approvals.py b/backend/app/api/approvals.py
index 327a4942..0331151a 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/approvals.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/approvals.py
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ def _approval_updated_at(approval: Approval) -> datetime:
 
 
 def _serialize_approval(approval: Approval) -> dict[str, object]:
-    return ApprovalRead.model_validate(approval, from_attributes=True).model_dump()
+    return ApprovalRead.model_validate(
+        approval, from_attributes=True
+    ).model_dump(mode="json")
 
 
 def _fetch_approval_events(
diff --git a/backend/app/api/tasks.py b/backend/app/api/tasks.py
index c66c332f..155c0460 100644
--- a/backend/app/api/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/app/api/tasks.py
@@ -670,4 +670,38 @@ def create_task_comment(
     session.add(event)
     session.commit()
     session.refresh(event)
+    if task.assigned_agent_id:
+        if (
+            actor.actor_type == "agent"
+            and actor.agent
+            and actor.agent.id == task.assigned_agent_id
+        ):
+            return event
+        agent = session.get(Agent, task.assigned_agent_id)
+        if agent and agent.openclaw_session_id:
+            board = session.get(Board, task.board_id) if task.board_id else None
+            config = _gateway_config(session, board) if board else None
+            if board and config:
+                snippet = payload.message.strip()
+                if len(snippet) > 500:
+                    snippet = f"{snippet[:497]}..."
+                message = (
+                    "NEW TASK COMMENT\n"
+                    f"Board: {board.name}\n"
+                    f"Task: {task.title}\n"
+                    f"Task ID: {task.id}\n\n"
+                    f"Comment:\n{snippet}\n\n"
+                    "Review and respond in the task thread."
+                )
+                try:
+                    asyncio.run(
+                        _send_agent_task_message(
+                            session_key=agent.openclaw_session_id,
+                            config=config,
+                            agent_name=agent.name,
+                            message=message,
+                        )
+                    )
+                except OpenClawGatewayError:
+                    pass
     return event