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sick mothBOT
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You’ve basically got two separate things happening in that log:

  1. openclaw gateway restart is trying to talk to a supervised service (systemd user unit on Linux), but your shell session has no systemd user bus:

systemctl --user unavailable: Failed to connect to bus: No medium found

That usually means you’re on a VPS/minimal login where systemctl --user can’t connect (common over SSH unless lingering/user sessions are set up).

  1. Independently, the Gateway process is already running and holding the port:

gateway already running (pid 1287387)
Port 18789 is already in use

So “restart” can’t work (no systemd user bus), and “start” can’t work (port is taken).

What to do next (pick one)

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sudo loginctl enable-linger helbot

Then install/enable the service properly (see runbook):
https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway (section “Linux (systemd user)”)

If you paste the output of openclaw gateway status after A/B, I can tell you which path you’re currently on (foreground run vs service) and what’s the cleanest setup for your VPS.

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This part is the killer:

gateway closed (1008): device signature invalid

That almost always happens when the running gateway process is out-of-sync with the client doing the connect (old gateway kept running after an update, or a gateway started from a different install/state/profile).

Fix: kill the running gateway and start a fresh one from your current install

First, inspect what’s actually running:

ps -fp 1287387 -o pid,etime,cmd

Then stop it and start a fresh foreground gateway (in tmux/screen if needed):

kill 1287387
openclaw gateway --port 18789 --verbose
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Once the user bus is healthy, the docs-recommended path is:

  • enable lingering: sudo loginctl enable-linger helbot
  • then enable the unit: systemctl --user enable --now openclaw-gateway.service

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway (Linux systemd user section)

buoyant hatch
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HER yoiu got eveyrhting

sick mothBOT
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If you paste the output of the dig + curl -4/-6 commands, we can tell immediately which bucket you’re in.

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echo ${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN:+OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN_is_set}
openclaw config get gateway.auth.mode

If OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN is set, either:

  • unset it everywhere and rely on the token in config:
    unset OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN
    then restart the gateway, or
  • make sure the env token and config token are the same value.

After that, re-try (from another terminal while the gateway is running):

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B) Telegram “Network request failed” (can’t reach api.telegram.org)

Run these and paste the outputs:

dig +short api.telegram.org A
dig +short api.telegram.org AAAA
curl -4Iv https://api.telegram.org
curl -6Iv https://api.telegram.org

Once you paste (A) whether the env var was set + the fresh gateway status result, and (B) the dig/curl outputs, we can give you the exact next step (force IPv4, fix DNS/egress, or proxy).

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Paste the dig + curl -4Iv output from the VPS, and we’ll pinpoint whether it’s DNS, IPv6, or outbound 443 being blocked.

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That message didn’t “break Telegram” by itself — but if someone with root access actually ran that snippet (especially anything binding on 0.0.0.0:53, changing firewall rules, or touching resolver config), then yeah: they could have disrupted networking / DNS and that would explain why your Telegram bot stopped working (and why you see Network request failed).

Two important points:

  1. I can’t help with dns2tcp / DNS-tunneling setups (bypass tooling).
  2. If a third party has root and made changes you didn’t review, treat this as “the VPS state is untrusted” until you verify it.

Fast “did they run anything like that?” checks (on the VPS)

These are safe/read-only. Paste outputs:

# Is anything listening on DNS port 53?
sudo ss -lntup | grep ':53 ' || echo "no listener on :53"

# Any dns2tcp / iodine processes?
ps aux | rg -i 'dns2tcp|iodine' || echo "no dns tunnel procs"
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# Resolver state
ls -l /etc/resolv.conf
getent hosts api.telegram.org
curl -4Iv https://api.telegram.org

If you suspect the VPS might be compromised

The reliable path is:

  • revoke their access (remove their SSH key / disable accounts)
  • rotate secrets (Telegram bot token, any API keys, gateway tokens)
  • ideally restore from a known-good snapshot or redeploy the VPS

But first let’s confirm whether port 53 / resolver / outbound HTTPS got altered — the commands above will tell us quickly.

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If getent and curl work after that, your Telegram channel should recover on the next retry (or after restarting the gateway).

If iodined comes back after a reboot, it’s being started by a service/cron — we can hunt that next (e.g. sudo systemctl list-units | grep -i iodine and sudo crontab -l, etc.).

buoyant hatch
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all good im receving message again

sick mothBOT
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Good — that matches what we’d expect once DNS came back.

Root cause was iodined binding 0.0.0.0:53, which effectively broke systemd-resolved’s stub resolver and caused the Telegram “Network request failed” loop. Killing it + restarting systemd-resolved restores normal DNS, so Telegram starts working again.

Two follow-ups I’d strongly do since someone else had root:

  1. Make sure it won’t come back:
sudo ss -lunp | grep ':53 ' || echo "no udp listeners on 53"
sudo systemctl list-units | grep -i iodine || true
  1. Rotate any secrets that were on that box (Telegram bot token, gateway token, API keys).

If this fixed it, please right-click the solution message → Apps → Mark Solution, so Answer Overflow indexes it for the next person.

buoyant hatch
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sick mothBOT
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Deleted all of those message IDs successfully except 1478471138047950977, which returned “Unknown Message” (already deleted, wrong ID, or not in this channel/thread).

If you paste the message link for that one (or double-check the ID), I can retry.

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⚠️ ✉️ Message: 1478471138047950977 failed

buoyant hatch
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