From 45cce2a7a75ba0c829652d390e3595f0403e4cef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SakoroYou <165740095+Sakurapainting@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:10:48 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: avoid misleading message

RunChannelsOnly reuses createStartupProvider(), which emits user-facing text that says "gateway started in limited mode" when --allow-empty is used. In channel-only mode this message is misleading; consider parameterizing createStartupProvider() (or wrapping it) so the limited-mode warning references the correct runtime.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pkg/gateway/channel_only.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/gateway/channel_only.go b/pkg/gateway/channel_only.go
index 28046c393..d94d3482b 100644
--- a/pkg/gateway/channel_only.go
+++ b/pkg/gateway/channel_only.go
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ func RunChannelsOnly(debug bool, homePath, configPath string, allowEmptyStartup
 		return fmt.Errorf("error creating provider: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if allowEmptyStartup {
+		fmt.Println("⚠️ Channel-only runtime started in limited mode (--allow-empty); no startup agents are configured.")
+	}
 	if modelID != "" {
 		cfg.Agents.Defaults.ModelName = modelID
 	}