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Gateway Service Installation Failure: Missing systemd Service File

The OpenClaw Gateway service fails to install with a systemd error indicating the service unit file does not exist. This affects users attempting to run the gateway as a systemd user service.

ollama launch codex - ⚠ Model metadata for `gpt-oss:20b` not found. Defaulting to fallback metadata; this can degrade performance and cause issues.

[Bug]: Regression since 2026.3.22: agent replies “I’ll do it now” but execution stalls; once triggered it persists across new sessions until downgrade

After updating from 2026.3.22 (also reproduced on 2026.3.23, 2026.3.24, 2026.3.31), the main agent intermittently enters a broken state: - It sends an acknowledgement like “I’ll do it now” - Then actual execution does not proceed (or appears stuck/misaligned) - Once this state appears, it does **not** recover by creating a new session - Gateway restart may temporarily recover once, but issue returns quickly - Only downgrading to an older version reliably recovers behavior This is a high-impact regression because user-visible intent/response and actual execution diverge.

Telegram: image/photo attachments fail with "Something went wrong" after 2026.4.x update

Sending any image via Telegram results in a generic error response: **"Something went wrong while processing your request. Please try again."** This began after updating from **2026.3.31 → 2026.4.2**. Images were working prior to the update.

plugins install: --trust flag undocumented / dangerous code blocks community plugins that use child_process

When trying to install a community plugin (`openclaw-codex-app-server`) that legitimately uses `child_process` (to spawn the Codex CLI), installation is blocked with no way to proceed: \`\`\` WARNING: Plugin "openclaw-codex-app-server" contains dangerous code patterns: Shell command execution detected (child_process) (src/client.ts:660) Plugin "openclaw-codex-app-server" installation blocked: dangerous code patterns detected \`\`\`

Browser start reports CDP unreachable even while managed Chromium is live and /json/version responds

On this OpenClaw 2026.4.2 Linux host, the official managed browser lane for profile `openclaw` is degraded even though Chromium/CDP itself is healthy.

Gateway LaunchAgent not updated on non-git installs

Session hangs indefinitely when compaction times out, causing repeated duplicate message sends

When a session context becomes large enough to trigger compaction, and that compaction process times out, the agent enters a silent failure loop. Each timeout (~10 min) triggers a delivery retry that resends the same message to the user repeatedly — with no recovery, no fallback, and no way for the session to self-resolve.

[Bug]: pnpm install fail

$ pnpm install Scope: all 71 workspace projects Lockfile is up to date, resolution step is skipped Packages: +1285 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++  WARN  GET https://codeload.github.com/whiskeysockets/libsignal-node/tar.gz/1c30d7d7e76a3b0aa120b04dc6a26f5a12dccf67 error (ECONNRESET). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left.  WARN  GET https://codeload.github.com/tloncorp/api-beta/tar.gz/7eede1c1a756977b09f96aa14a92e2b06318ae87 error (ECONNRESET). Will retry in 10 seconds. 2 retries left.  WARN  GET https://codeload.github.com/whiskeysockets/libsignal-node/tar.gz/1c30d7d7e76a3b0aa120b04dc6a26f5a12dccf67 error (ECONNRESET). Will retry in 1 minute. 1 retries left.  WARN  GET https://codeload.github.com/tloncorp/api-beta/tar.gz/7eede1c1a756977b09f96aa14a92e2b06318ae87 error (ECONNRESET). Will retry in 1 minute. 1 retries left. Progress: resolved 1285, reused 1283, downloaded 0, added 1283

Windows desktop app hangs on reopen or new thread and gets stuck at "Reconnecting... 5/5" with "timeout waiting for child process to exit"

[Bug]: WhatsApp outbound send broken after update to 2026.3.13 — "No active WhatsApp Web listener" despite channel showing connected

**Version:** 2026.3.13 (updated 2026-03-16) **OS:** Linux 6.8.0-101-generic (x64)

[0.17.5][macOS Apple Silicon] model runner unexpectedly stopped (EOF/exit status 2) on /api/generate

openclaw gateway restart fails to restart service (SIGTERM instead of SIGUSR1)

When running `openclaw gateway restart`, the Gateway service stops but fails to restart. Only a manual system restart (or computer reboot) restores the service.

iMessage channel: self-sent messages (is_from_me=true) echoed back as inbound

When the agent sends a reply via iMessage, the sent message is picked up by `imsg watch` and fed back to the agent as a new inbound message from the remote party. This creates echo loops where the agent sees its own replies as user messages.

[Bug]: Stale plugin config entry emits noisy warning on every CLI invocation with no way to clean it up

Missing @slack/web-api and @slack/bolt dependencies cause HTTP 500 on all requests

On a fresh install of `[email protected]`, every HTTP request to the gateway returns `500 Internal Server Error` — including the Control UI, API endpoints, and RPC. WebSocket connections work fine.

[Windows] CUDA error: out of memory (cuMemAddressReserve) on 8x GPU setup

feat: bot-to-bot loop detection when allowBots=true

Isolated cron jobs fail with LiveSessionModelSwitchError when payload model differs from agent default

Isolated cron jobs (`sessionTarget: "isolated"`) fail with `LiveSessionModelSwitchError` when the job payload specifies a different model than the agent's default model.

nonInteractivePermissions needs an 'allow' option — currently only deny/fail