openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix openclaw status --deep hangs indefinitely (no timeout on subprocess probe) [1 pull requests]

Severity: medium — blocks scripted/audit use; must be killed manually.

Version: 2026.5.18 (also 2026.5.7).

Summary: openclaw status --deep never returns. It emits the command banner then hangs with no further output. Observed to spawn a docker ps subprocess and then stall. Required SIGTERM to recover in every observed run.

Reproduction:

1. openclaw status --deep
2. Observe it print the header and then hang (>15 min with no completion).

Expected: status --deep completes within a bounded time, or has a default timeout that returns partial results with a diagnostic instead of hanging.

Notes: plain openclaw status and openclaw gateway status return fine. The hang appears specific to the deep path (possibly a subprocess probe — docker — without a timeout).