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openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: Heartbeat functionality broken in 5.7. wsl2 [1 pull requests]

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Description The heartbeat system is technically running (logs show 'heartbeat: started') but it's not actually reading or executing HEARTBEAT.md from the workspace.

Root Cause

Description The heartbeat system is technically running (logs show 'heartbeat: started') but it's not actually reading or executing HEARTBEAT.md from the workspace.

Fix Action

Fixed

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Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

Description The heartbeat system is technically running (logs show 'heartbeat: started') but it's not actually reading or executing HEARTBEAT.md from the workspace.

Steps to reproduce

Steps to reproduce Configure heartbeat in openclaw.json with HEARTBEAT.md in workspace Wait for heartbeat interval to pass Observe that HEARTBEAT.md is not being read or executed

Expected behavior

Expected behavior Heartbeat should read HEARTBEAT.md from workspace Execute the steps in HEARTBEAT.md Produce output (messages or actions or pulse)

Actual behavior

Actual behavior Logs show 'heartbeat: started' entries No evidence of HEARTBEAT.md being read No steps being executed No output being produced Config details "heartbeat": { "every": "30m", "directPolicy": "allow", "target": "last" activeHours are set to 00:00-24:00 24/7 Heartbeat prompt is set correctly to read HEARTBEAT.md HEARTBEAT.md exists in workspace (20KB file)

OpenClaw version

2026.5.7

Operating system

Wsl2 ubuntu 24

Install method

npm

Model

minimax 2.5

Provider / routing chain

minimax

Additional provider/model setup details

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Impact and severity

Outage of proper functioning affected automated periodic tasks agents are dead missing check ins

Additional information

Environment OpenClaw gateway running All agents have heartbeat configured Workspace: ~/.openclaw/workspace/ This appears to be a bug where the heartbeat system is broken - it runs but doesn't do any actual work.

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Expected behavior Heartbeat should read HEARTBEAT.md from workspace Execute the steps in HEARTBEAT.md Produce output (messages or actions or pulse)

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