openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: Browser runtime ignores root browser.executablePath on 2026.4.26 [3 comments, 4 participants]

openclaw config set browser.executablePath /usr/bin/google-chrome
openclaw config set browser.headless true
openclaw config set browser.noSandbox true
openclaw gateway restart
openclaw browser status
openclaw browser start

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civil@debian:~/.openclaw$ openclaw config file
openclaw config get browser --json
openclaw config get browser.profiles.openclaw --json
openclaw gateway status

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.26 (be8c246)
   One CLI to rule them all, and one more restart because you changed the port.

~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
{
  "enabled": true,
  "executablePath": "/usr/bin/google-chrome",
  "headless": true,
  "noSandbox": true
}
Config path not found: browser.profiles.openclaw

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.26 (be8c246)
   I'm not saying your workflow is chaotic... I'm just bringing a linter and a helmet.

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Service: systemd (enabled)
File logs: /tmp/openclaw/openclaw-2026-04-29.log
Command: /usr/bin/node /home/civil/.local/share/pnpm/global/5/.pnpm/openclaw@2026.4.26/node_modules/openclaw/dist/index.js gateway --port 18789
Service file: ~/.config/systemd/user/openclaw-gateway.service
Service env: OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT=18789

Config (cli): ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
Config (service): ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Gateway: bind=lan (0.0.0.0), port=18789 (service args)
Probe target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
Dashboard: http://192.168.0.96:18789/
Probe note: bind=lan listens on 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces); probing via 127.0.0.1.

Runtime: running (pid 178221, state active, sub running, last exit 0, reason 0)
Connectivity probe: ok
Capability: admin-capable

Listening: *:18789
Troubles: run openclaw status
Troubleshooting: https://docs.openclaw.ai/troubleshooting
civil@debian:~/.openclaw$ openclaw browser --json --browser-profile openclaw doctor --deep
openclaw browser --json --browser-profile openclaw status

/usr/bin/google-chrome --version
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:18800/json/version
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OK gateway: browser control endpoint reachable
OK plugin: enabled
OK profile: openclaw (cdp)
FAIL browser: not running; run `openclaw browser start`
OK profiles: 2 configured
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profile: openclaw
enabled: true
running: false
transport: cdp
cdpPort: 18800
cdpUrl: http://127.0.0.1:18800
browser: unknown
detectedBrowser: unknown
detectedPath: auto
headless: true (linux-display-fallback)
profileColor: #FF4500
Google Chrome 147.0.7727.116 
{
   "Browser": "Chrome/147.0.7727.116",
   "Protocol-Version": "1.3",
   "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) HeadlessChrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
   "V8-Version": "14.7.173.20",
   "WebKit-Version": "537.36 (@dbcf1b1bfb506cc580859bcb5ff9460a8443af90)",
   "webSocketDebuggerUrl": "ws://127.0.0.1:18800/devtools/browser/0497dbae-5bcb-46f5-a7ad-f3f7f42af7e1"
}