openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix Regression in v2026.4.1: Environment Hijacking and Orchestrator Deadlock [1 comments, 2 participants]

TL;DR

Modify the core orchestrator to prioritize CLI arguments over environment variables for OPENCLAW_TARGET.

Guidance

• Review the core orchestrator's code to ensure it checks for CLI arguments before environment variables for OPENCLAW_TARGET.
• Investigate the concurrency deadlock by analyzing kernel crash logs and cron job schedules to identify potential timing conflicts.
• Verify the dependency isolation issue by checking the logs for bs4 library errors and testing the library in isolation.
• Consider implementing a locking mechanism to prevent simultaneous cron job execution and resolve the concurrency deadlock.

Example

import os
import argparse

# Parse CLI arguments
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('--target')
args = parser.parse_args()

# Check if CLI argument is provided, otherwise use environment variable
target = args.target or os.environ.get('OPENCLAW_TARGET')

Notes

The provided information lacks specific technical details about the core orchestrator and kernel crash logs, making it challenging to provide a comprehensive solution.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Modify the core orchestrator to prioritize CLI arguments over environment variables for OPENCLAW_TARGET, as this addresses the explicit issue mentioned and can potentially mitigate the concurrency deadlock and dependency isolation problems.