Slack w/ claude max "The AI service is temporarily overloaded. Please try again in a moment."

[torpid aspen]

I keep getting the message "The AI service is temporarily overloaded. Please try again in a moment." is that an claude issue or a open claw issue?

[mint sky]

That message is almost always upstream Claude/Anthropic overload, not an OpenClaw-specific bug.

In OpenClaw terms it typically shows up in logs as something like HTTP 529 overloaded_error (provider overload). OpenClaw just surfaces it (and in some cases will retry/back off, e.g. for cron jobs).

How to confirm quickly:

1. Reproduce once, while running:

openclaw logs --follow

2. Look for the actual provider error around that time (e.g. 529 overloaded_error vs 429 rate_limit_error vs a network/auth issue).

If you paste:

• openclaw --version
• the few log lines around the failure

…I can tell you definitively which side it is.

Docs refs:

• Troubleshooting command ladder: https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/troubleshooting
• (Related) Anthropic rate limit FAQ (if it’s actually 429): https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq#why-am-i-seeing-http-429-ratelimiterror-from-anthropic

[spark orchid]

same here, seems not like an issue..maybe claude slows down on max users