fix(channels): preserve global progress defaults

nanobot/channels/base.py

@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ class BaseChannel(ABC):
         """
         pass
 
+    def progress_transport_defaults(self) -> tuple[bool, bool] | None:
+        """Return channel-owned defaults for progress and tool-hint messages.
+
+        ``None`` keeps the global channel policy. Channels should override this
+        only when their transport requires different defaults.
+        """
+        return None
+
     def should_retry_send_error(self, error: Exception) -> bool:
         """Return whether the channel manager may retry a failed delivery.
 

nanobot/channels/manager.py

@@ -187,15 +187,9 @@ class ChannelManager:
         channel = cls(section, self.bus, **kwargs)
         if runtime_name and runtime_name != channel.name:
             channel.name = runtime_name
-        # Channel-owned config models may deliberately choose safer transport
+        progress_default, tool_hints_default = channel.progress_transport_defaults() or (
-        # defaults than the global channel policy (for example, a quota-limited
+            self.config.channels.send_progress,
-        # platform can disable progress messages).  Preserve those defaults
+            self.config.channels.send_tool_hints,
-        # while still letting an explicit per-channel value win below.
-        progress_default = getattr(
-            channel.config, "send_progress", self.config.channels.send_progress,
-        )
-        tool_hints_default = getattr(
-            channel.config, "send_tool_hints", self.config.channels.send_tool_hints,
         )
         channel.send_progress = self._resolve_bool_override(
             section, "send_progress", progress_default,

nanobot/channels/weixin/runtime.py

@@ -339,6 +339,9 @@ class WeixinChannel(BaseChannel):
         self._reply_run_ids: dict[str, str] = {}
         self._reply_progress_counts: dict[str, int] = {}
 
+    def progress_transport_defaults(self) -> tuple[bool, bool]:
+        return self.config.send_progress, self.config.send_tool_hints
+
     def should_retry_send_error(self, error: Exception) -> bool:
         if isinstance(error, WeixinAPIError):
             return error.retryable

tests/channels/test_channel_manager_delta_coalescing.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from nanobot.bus.outbound_events import (
 from nanobot.bus.queue import MessageBus
 from nanobot.channels.base import BaseChannel
 from nanobot.channels.manager import ChannelManager
+from nanobot.channels.mattermost.runtime import MattermostChannel
 from nanobot.config.schema import Config
 
 
@@ -311,6 +312,38 @@ class TestProgressFiltering:
         assert manager._should_send_progress("mock", tool_hint=False) is False
         assert manager._should_send_progress("mock", tool_hint=True) is False
 
+    def test_channel_config_defaults_do_not_override_global_policy(self, bus):
+        manager = ChannelManager.__new__(ChannelManager)
+        manager.config = Config.model_validate({
+            "channels": {
+                "sendProgress": False,
+                "sendToolHints": False,
+            },
+        })
+        manager.bus = bus
+
+        channel = manager._build_channel(
+            "mattermost",
+            MattermostChannel,
+            {"enabled": True},
+        )
+
+        assert channel.send_progress is False
+        assert channel.send_tool_hints is False
+
+        opted_in = manager._build_channel(
+            "mattermost",
+            MattermostChannel,
+            {
+                "enabled": True,
+                "sendProgress": True,
+                "sendToolHints": True,
+            },
+        )
+
+        assert opted_in.send_progress is True
+        assert opted_in.send_tool_hints is True
+
     def test_progress_visibility_returns_false_for_missing_channel(self, manager):
         assert manager._should_send_progress("nonexistent", tool_hint=False) is False
         assert manager._should_send_progress("nonexistent", tool_hint=True) is False