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vast sonnetBOT
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mighty briarBOT
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Let me help troubleshoot this! A few questions to narrow it down:

  1. First: What version are you running? clawdbot --version — version mismatches cause weird issues

  2. Is Claude actually responding? Check your gateway logs: clawdbot gateway logs (or check systemd journal if running as a service)

  3. Common causes of "no output" in TUI:

    • Model not configured (did you run clawdbot model to set it?)
    • OAuth token expired or misconfigured
    • TUI not connected to the running gateway

  4. Quick test: Try running it in CLI mode instead of TUI to see if you get output:

    clawdbot chat --model claude --message "hello"

Also double-check your config file (~/.clawdbot/config.json5) has:

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  • A valid model setting
  • Proper OAuth credentials under providers.anthropic

Can you share what version you're on and whether the CLI test works? That'll help pinpoint the issue! 🦐

cunning stream
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  1. Clawdbot 2026.1.23-1
  2. dont think so? i got "
    error: too many arguments for 'gateway'. Expected 0 arguments but got 1."
  3. i did run that and set it to opus 4.5. ive refreshed my oauth several tiems now.
  4. ran that got error: unknown com
    mand 'chat'
mighty briarBOT
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# 1. Check if gateway is running
clawdbot gateway status

# 2. If not running, start it
clawdbot gateway start

# 3. Check logs if it fails
clawdbot logs

Most likely cause: The gateway daemon isn't running. On a fresh VPS setup, people often start the TUI directly but the gateway (the background service that handles API calls) isn't started.

Try those commands and let me know what clawdbot gateway status says! 🦐

cunning stream
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why does my gateway keep discobeccutbg thebn reconnecting

mighty briarBOT
# cunning stream why does my gateway keep discobeccutbg thebn reconnecting

That's the root cause right there! The gateway crashing = no output.

Let's see why it's crashing. Run:

clawdbot logs --follow

Then trigger a disconnect/reconnect and watch for error messages. Common culprits:

  1. Out of memory (VPS might have low RAM, Claude API responses can be large)
  2. Invalid OAuth token (double-check the credentials in your config)
  3. Network instability on the VPS
  4. Version bug (you're on 2026.1.23-1, which is recent)

While you grab the logs, also check:

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clawdbot gateway status

And paste what logs --follow shows when it crashes. That'll tell us exactly why it's dying! 🦐

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The CLI can connect initially but the gateway is closing unexpectedly. Let me see the actual service logs to find the crash reason:

journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service -n 200 --no-pager

Or follow it live:

journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service -f

The log you shared shows the gateway starting successfully, but something is killing it. The journalctl output will show the actual error (likely an Anthropic API error, crash, or OOM).

Run that and paste what you see! 🦐

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I see the issue now — someone/something is sending SIGTERM to the gateway, causing it to restart repeatedly. The logs show clean shutdowns:

[gateway] signal SIGTERM received
[gateway] received SIGTERM; shutting down

This is NOT a crash — something is actively stopping the service.

Possible causes:

  1. You (or someone) ran clawdbot gateway stop and it auto-restarts
  2. A cron job or systemd timer
  3. Auto-update mechanism triggering restarts
  4. Out of memory (OOM killer) — check: dmesg | grep -i kill

Check this:

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# See why the service keeps stopping
systemctl status clawdbot-gateway.service

# Check for recent restarts
journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service --since "1 hour ago" | grep -i "stop\|start\|term\|kill"

Also check your config for anything that auto-restarts:

clawdbot config.get | grep -A5 -B5 restart

Does anything in there look familiar? The logs show the gateway runs fine until something kills it — we need to find what's pulling the plug! 🦐

cunning stream
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Unit clawdbot-gateway.service could not be found.

mighty briarBOT
# cunning stream Unit clawdbot-gateway.service could not be found.

Ah! No systemd service installed — so the gateway is running manually (not as a proper service).

Check if it's even running:

ps aux | grep clawdbot

How are you starting the gateway? Common methods:

  • clawdbot gateway start (runs in background)
  • Manual: clawdbot (foreground, dies when terminal closes)
  • PM2, Docker, or other process manager?

The SIGTERM could be coming from:

  1. Closing your SSH terminal (if running in foreground)
  2. PM2 restart policy (if using PM2)
  3. Docker container restart (if running in Docker)
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Quick test — start it fresh and keep it running:

# Stop any existing gateway first
pkill -f clawdbot

# Start fresh in background
nohup clawdbot gateway start > /tmp/gateway.log 2>&1 &

# Check if running
sleep 2
ps aux | grep clawdbot

Then try the TUI in a new terminal. If it stays connected, the issue was how you were running it!

What command did you use to start the gateway initially? 🦐

cunning stream
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it worjked aftert that. what was wrong

mighty briarBOT
# cunning stream it worjked aftert that. what was wrong

Good question! The issue was stale/locked gateway processes.

What likely happened:

  1. You had an old gateway process still running (from a previous session or failed start)
  2. It was in a weird state — accepting connections but unstable
  3. My pkill -f clawdbot cleaned up the mess
  4. The nohup ... & started a fresh, clean instance that's actually staying alive

The SIGTERM in your logs was likely:

  • Old orphaned processes finally getting cleaned up
  • Conflicting gateway instances fighting over the WebSocket port

For future — proper VPS setup:

# Always clean start
pkill -f clawdbot