openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: embedded run failover decision because of timeout [9 comments, 6 participants]

Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

After upgrated to 2026.4.1, the gateway display the following message after input some message in openclaw webpage:

17:48:38+08:00 [agent/embedded] embedded run failover decision: runId=fa92620f-4ad8-40d4-9855-9f82a5d42ac8 stage=assistant decision=surface_error reason=timeout provider=custom-127-0-0-1-8088/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B profile=- ...

and then the LLM running is idle, the openclaw stopped working.

Steps to reproduce

1. start openclaw 2026.4.1 in Windows 10 64bit, only CPU (the LLM launched by llama-server);
2. input some message let the openclaw do some work;
3. after sever miniutes, the above message displayed and then the llama-server displayed slots are idle.

Expected behavior

continue to let the LLM works without timeout error. or is there any settings need to do to increase the timeout value?

Actual behavior

as shown above, the openclaw stopped working because of timeout.

OpenClaw version

2026.4.1

Operating system

Windows 10 64bit

Install method

nmp global

Model

NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B

Provider / routing chain

local

Additional provider/model setup details

the whole openclaw.json: { "models": { "mode": "merge", "providers": { "custom-127-0-0-1-8088": { "baseUrl": "http://127.0.0.1:8088/v1", "apiKey": "tang-local", "api": "openai-completions", "models": [ { "id": "NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B", "name": "NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B (Custom Provider)", "contextWindow": 1048576, "maxTokens": 4194304, "input": [ "text" ], "cost": { "input": 0, "output": 0, "cacheRead": 0, "cacheWrite": 0 }, "reasoning": false } ] } } }, "agents": { "defaults": { "model": { "primary": "custom-127-0-0-1-8088/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B" }, "models": { "custom-127-0-0-1-8088/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B": { "alias": "local" } }, "workspace": "C:\Users\local\AppData\Roaming\SPB_Data\.openclaw\workspace", "timeoutSeconds": 360000 } }, "tools": { "profile": "full" }, "session": { "dmScope": "per-channel-peer" }, "gateway": { "port": 18789, "mode": "local", "bind": "loopback", "controlUi": { "allowInsecureAuth": true }, "auth": { "mode": "token", "token": "b570f2eda79ed6e911e4760688db6119263815c0dbf97204" }, "tailscale": { "mode": "off", "resetOnExit": false }, "nodes": { "denyCommands": [ "camera.snap", "camera.clip", "screen.record", "contacts.add", "calendar.add", "reminders.add", "sms.send", "sms.search" ] } }, "hooks": { "internal": { "enabled": true, "entries": { "session-memory": { "enabled": true } } } }, "wizard": { "lastRunAt": "2026-04-02T09:46:03.832Z", "lastRunVersion": "2026.4.1", "lastRunCommand": "doctor", "lastRunMode": "local" }, "meta": { "lastTouchedVersion": "2026.4.1", "lastTouchedAt": "2026-04-02T09:46:03.845Z" } }

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