openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: Critical Bug - Automated Cron Jobs Not Working [1 comments, 1 participants]

Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

What Worked Before (Perfectly, for 1 Month) ✅ Daily morning briefing automatically sent every day at 8:00 AM ✅ Hourly automated Kishurit email monitoring and responses ✅ All scheduled tasks executed without any manual intervention ✅ Zero approval requests - everything was automated as expected

What's Broken Now ❌ All automated cron jobs stopped working ❌ Every cron job execution requests approval codes via WhatsApp ❌ Even after approving codes, NEW codes are requested on next run ❌ Messages never get delivered (delivered: false on all runs) ❌ System is stuck in an infinite approval loop

Steps to reproduce

System Information:

Product: Genspark Claw / OpenClaw Gateway v2026.4.1 (da64a97) VM: tomer-5657aeae-5807-vm.westcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Email: [email protected] Broken Cron Job Example:

Job ID: 8d376887-d081-4621-9e28-f2b0a4c920a7 Name: "מעקב מיילים יומי" Schedule: Daily at 08:00 Israel time Status: Runs but never delivers Error Pattern in Every Run:

Copy{ "status": "ok", "delivered": false, "deliveryStatus": "not-delivered", "summary": "נדרש אישור להרצת הפקודות... /approve XXXXXXXX allow-always" } What I've Tried (With Your Technical Support Agent) I spent hours with your diagnostic agent trying to fix this. We attempted:

✗ Changed elevatedDefault from "full" to "on" ✗ Added gsk, bash, and other tools to the allowlist ✗ Modified exec-approvals.json to set defaults to {"exec": "allow"} ✗ Manually added multiple command hashes to allowlist ✗ Restarted gateway service multiple times ✗ Tried approving codes via WhatsApp - generates new codes each time NOTHING WORKED.

Root Cause (Identified by Your Diagnostic Agent) Cron jobs run in isolated sessions that don't inherit the main agent's elevated permissions or allowlist settings. This appears to be a product bug, not a configuration issue.

Impact on My Business 🚨 I cannot use the product as intended 🚨 Automation is the CORE VALUE of this product 🚨 I'm paying for a service that doesn't work

I rely on this system for:

Critical business communications (Kishurit customer inquiries) Daily schedule management Automated workflows that save me hours every day Without automation, this product has NO VALUE to me.

What I Need From You IMMEDIATE FIX or a supported workaround Clear timeline for when this will be resolved Refund consideration if this cannot be fixed quickly I was extremely happy with this product when it worked. But right now, I'm considering switching to a competitor because I cannot run my business without automation.

Expected Behavior Cron jobs should execute without approval requests when:

elevatedDefault: "on" is configured (which it is) Tools are in the allowlist (which they are) The system is configured for automation (which it was, and worked for a month) Additional Information If you need to access my VM for debugging:

FQDN: tomer-5657aeae-5807-vm.westcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com I can provide access if needed

Expected behavior

Impact on My Business 🚨 I cannot use the product as intended 🚨 Automation is the CORE VALUE of this product 🚨 I'm paying for a service that doesn't work

Actual behavior

סוכן לא מבצע משימות

OpenClaw version

01/04/2026+

Operating system

windohs

Install method

claude 4.6

Model

claude 4.6

Provider / routing chain

openclaw genspark

Additional provider/model setup details

No response

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Impact and severity

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Additional information

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