openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: v2026.4.5 Regression: CLI WS Handshake code=1008 & Silent exec failures with full profile [1 comments, 1 participants]

Bug type

Regression (worked before, now fails)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

After upgrading my Docker stack from v2026.4.1 to v2026.4.5, I encountered two breaking issues:

1. The local openclaw-cli container failed to connect to openclaw-gateway via WebSocket, spamming code=1008 reason=invalid request frame.
2. The exec tool silently failed for agents. Even with security: "full" and ask: "off", commands executed by the agent (like echo "test") returned an empty string "" instead of the expected output or a permission error.

Rolling back to v2026.4.1 immediately resolved both issues.

Steps to reproduce

1. Run OpenClaw v2026.4.5 via docker-compose on a Debian VPS.
2. Configure openclaw.json with auth: { mode: "token" }.
3. Set tools.exec to { "profile": "full", "security": "full", "ask": "off", "strictInlineEval": false }.
4. Ask the agent (MiniMax-M2.7) to run a simple command: echo exec-ok && pwd.
5. Observe the agent receiving an empty string instead of the command output.
6. Check gateway logs to see the code=1008 handshake errors from the CLI container.

Expected behavior

• The CLI should connect to the Gateway without 1008 errors.
• The exec tool should return the actual stdout/stderr of the command (e.g., exec-ok \n /home/node/.openclaw/workspace), or at least a clear SYSTEM_RUN_DENIED error if blocked by a new security policy.

Actual behavior

1. The local openclaw-cli container failed to connect to openclaw-gateway via WebSocket, spamming code=1008 reason=invalid request frame.
2. The exec tool silently failed for agents. Even with security: "full" and ask: "off", commands executed by the agent (like echo "test") returned an empty string "" instead of the expected output or a permission error.

OpenClaw version

2026.4.5

Operating system

Debian 13 (VPS)

Install method

docker compose

Model

Minimax-M2.7

Provider / routing chain

minimax

Additional provider/model setup details

No response

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

### Logs
**Gateway Logs (Handshake Error):**

[ws] closed before connect conn=f0a1a9d9... remote=127.0.0.1 fwd=n/a origin=n/a host=127.0.0.1:18789 ua=Python/3.11 websockets/10.4 code=1008 reason=invalid request frame

Impact and severity

No response

Additional information

Configuration snippet

  "agents": {
    "defaults": {
      "workspace": "/home/node/.openclaw/workspace"
    }
  },
  "tools": {
    "profile": "full",
    "fs": {
      "workspaceOnly": true
    },     
    "exec": {
      "host": "gateway",
      "security": "full",
      "ask": "off",
      "strictInlineEval": false
    }
  }

Environment

• OS: Debian 13 (VPS Netcup)
• Installation Method: Docker Compose
• Version: v2026.4.5 (Bugged) / v2026.4.1 (Stable)
• Model: MiniMax-M2.7