openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: Openclaw no longer works after "Openclaw Update" from 4.23 to either 4.24 or 4.25. [8 comments, 7 participants]

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On 2012 Intel based Mac running Sequoia and have been unable to update since 4.23. Tried 4.24 and gateway timeouts; reverted to 4.23; tried 4.25 today and same result; reverted to 4.23 again.

Error Message

  1. Upon completion get "Completion cache update failed: Error: spawnSync /usr/bin/node ETIMEDOUT?"

Root Cause

On 2012 Intel based Mac running Sequoia and have been unable to update since 4.23. Tried 4.24 and gateway timeouts; reverted to 4.23; tried 4.25 today and same result; reverted to 4.23 again.

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Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

On 2012 Intel based Mac running Sequoia and have been unable to update since 4.23. Tried 4.24 and gateway timeouts; reverted to 4.23; tried 4.25 today and same result; reverted to 4.23 again.

Steps to reproduce

  1. On 4.23, in terminal run Openclaw Update
  2. Upon completion get "Completion cache update failed: Error: spawnSync /usr/bin/node ETIMEDOUT?"
  3. And gateway health check fails with....timeout after 10000ms.
  4. Gateway shows running in Activity monitor, but dashboard does not connect and telegram interface not working

Expected behavior

Functioning openclaw

Actual behavior

Not working

OpenClaw version

4.24 and 4.25

Operating system

Mac OS 15.7.3 (24G419)

Install method

Openclaw Update via terminal

Model

GPT 5.5

Provider / routing chain

OAuth

Additional provider/model setup details

No response

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Impact and severity

No response

Additional information

No response

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TL;DR

The issue can be mitigated by investigating and potentially adjusting the timeout settings for the gateway health check and the spawnSync node process.

Guidance

  • Investigate the ETIMEDOUT error in the context of the spawnSync /usr/bin/node command to understand why it's timing out.
  • Check the gateway health check configuration to see if the 10000ms timeout can be adjusted or if there are other settings that could be contributing to the failure.
  • Consider running the Openclaw Update process with increased verbosity or debugging to gather more information about the failure.
  • Review system resources and load on the 2012 Intel-based Mac to ensure it's not causing the timeouts due to performance issues.

Example

No specific code example can be provided without more details on the Openclaw Update script or the gateway health check configuration.

Notes

The issue seems to be related to timeouts, but without more information on the system's performance, network conditions, or specific configurations of Openclaw and its dependencies, it's challenging to provide a definitive fix.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Adjust timeout settings or system performance to mitigate the issue, as the problem seems to be related to timing out rather than a version-specific bug that would necessitate an upgrade to a fixed version.

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