openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Windows] scheduled task watchdog: repetition Duration=P1D expires after 1 day, loses auto-restart

Problem

onboard --install-daemon on Windows registers a scheduled task (OpenClaw Gateway) with a LogonTrigger whose repetition Duration is set to P1D (1 day). Since the task's StartBoundary is the installation date, the repetition expires after 24 hours. After that:

• The task still fires once at user logon (the LogonTrigger itself)
• But the 3-minute repeat interval stops
• If the gateway crashes on day 2+, there is no automatic restart

Reproduction

1. Run openclaw onboard --install-daemon on Windows
2. Gateway crashes 2+ days later
3. It stays dead — the scheduled task's NextRunTime is empty

Root cause

P1D repetition duration is relative to the task's StartBoundary, not a rolling window. After 1 day, the repetition is exhausted.

Suggested fix

Change the repetition Duration to an effectively infinite value like P9999D (~27 years) so the watchdog survives the lifetime of the installation.

Alternatively, use a separate watchdog task with a -Once trigger + repetition (what we ended up deploying manually) because:

• LogonTrigger repetition doesn't kick in if the user is already logged in when the task is modified
• A dedicated watchdog task is cleaner to manage

Workaround we deployed

A standalone OpenClaw Watchdog task that:

• Runs a check script via wscript.exe (no console flash)
• Checks every 3 minutes if port 18789 is listening
• If not, starts gateway.cmd
• Uses IgnoreNew to skip when gateway is already running

Environment

• OpenClaw 2026.5.7 (eeef486)
• Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200