some of my discord messages dont even get to the agents session. | Friends of the Crustacean 🦞🤝 | Page 1

strange girder Apr 13, 2026, 6:20 PM

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Like I'll send it a message, discord will say the agent is typing and then it doesnt respond, then i check the openclaw tui, and the dashboard, and my message just isnt there

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rose lanternBOT Apr 13, 2026, 6:20 PM

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ivory frigateBOT Apr 13, 2026, 6:22 PM

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Yeah, that sounds like the Discord inbound event is getting dropped before it ever becomes a session turn, not just a failed reply.

First thing, please paste:

openclaw --version
openclaw status --all
openclaw channels status --probe

Then do this live:

openclaw logs --follow

Send one Discord message that disappears, then paste the log lines around that moment.

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What I’d specifically look for in the logs:

drop guild message (mention required) → mention gating
blocked / allowlist → guild/channel/user filtering
Listener DiscordMessageListener timed out ...
discord inbound worker timed out ...
missing_scope, Forbidden, 401/403 → Discord permission issue

Also double-check in the Discord Developer Portal that your bot has Message Content Intent enabled, then restart the gateway after changing it.

If the logs show timeout lines, the docs recommend bumping these:

{
  channels: {
    discord: {

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      accounts: {
        default: {
          eventQueue: {
            listenerTimeout: 120000,
          },
          inboundWorker: {
            runTimeoutMs: 1800000,
          },
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Relevant docs:

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If you paste the version + probe + a failing log snippet, I can narrow it down pretty fast.

strange girder Apr 13, 2026, 6:34 PM

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i will send multiple messages because the ouput is too long

wait for me to say "im done" then respond

totaluser@Total-Hardware:~$ openclaw status --all
openclaw channels status --probe

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.11 (769908e)
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11:28:33-07:00 [skills] Skipping skill path that resolves outside its configured root.
11:28:33-07:00 [skills] Skipping skill path that resolves outside its configured root.
OpenClaw status --all

Overview
┌─────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Item │ Value │
├─────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Version │ 2026.4.11 │
│ OS │ linux 6.17.0-19-generic (x64) │
│ Node │ 25.6.1 │
│ Config │ ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json │
│ Dashboard │ http://127.0.0.1:18789/ │
│ Tailscale │ serve · unknown · total-hardware.tailb8cdb0.ts.net · │
│ │ https://total-hardware.tailb8cdb0.ts.net │
│ Channel │ stable (default) │
│ Update │ pnpm · npm update 2026.4.12 │
│ Gateway │ local · ws://127.0.0.1:18789 (local loopback) · reachable │
│ │ 149ms · auth token · Total-Hardware (192.168.4.98) app │
│ │ 2026.4.11 linux 6.17.0-19-generic │
│ Security │ Run: openclaw security audit --deep │
│ Gateway self │ unknown │

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│ Gateway service │ systemd installed · enabled · running (pid 1957085, state │
│ │ active) │
│ Node service │ systemd not installed │
│ Agents │ 8 total · 1 bootstrapping · 5 active · 492 sessions │
│ Secrets │ none │
└─────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Channels
┌──────────┬─────────┬────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Channel │ Enabled │ State │ Detail │
├──────────┼─────────┼────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Discord │ ON │ OK │ token config×4 (sha256:68b078bb · len 72) · │
│ │ │ │ accounts 4/5 │
│ Telegram │ ON │ OK │ token config×2 (sha256:881456bf · len 46) · │
│ │ │ │ accounts 2/2 │
└──────────┴─────────┴────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Discord accounts
┌──────────┬──────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Account │ Status │ Notes │
├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ cipher │ OK │ token:config │
│ forge │ OK │ token:config │
│ rush │ OK │ token:config │
│ total │ OK │ token:config │
└──────────┴──────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Telegram accounts
┌──────────┬──────────┬───────
│ Account │ Status │ Notes │
├──────────┼──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ default │ OK │ token:config · allow:* │
│ forge │ OK │ token:config · allow:* │
└──────────┴──────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Agents
┌─────────────────────┬────────────────┬──────────┬──────────┬─────────────────┐
│ Agent │ Bootstrap file │ Sessions │ Active │ Store │
├─────────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼─────────────────┤
│ main │ ABSENT │ 87 │ 2m ago │ ~/.openclaw/ │
│ │ │ │ │ agents/main/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions.json │
│ alfred (Alfred) │ ABSENT │ 4 │ 1m ago │ ~/.openclaw/ │
│ │ │ │ │ agents/alfred/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions.json │
│ cipher (Cipher) │ ABSENT │ 44 │ 48m ago │ ~/.openclaw/ │
│ │ │ │ │ agents/cipher/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions.json │
│ forge (Forge) │ ABSENT │ 95 │ 2m ago │ ~/.openclaw/ │
│ │ │ │ │ agents/forge/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions.json │

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│ rush (rush) │ PRESENT │ 5 │ 37m ago │ ~/.openclaw/ │
│ │ │ │ │ agents/rush/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions.json │
│ scout (Scout) │ ABSENT │ 89 │ 20m ago │ ~/.openclaw/ │
│ │ │ │ │ agents/scout/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions.json │
│ sentinel (sentinel) │ ABSENT │ 137 │ 6m ago │ ~/.openclaw/ │
│ │ │ │ │ agents/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sentinel/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions.json │
│ vital (vital) │ ABSENT │ 31 │ 2m ago │ ~/.openclaw/ │
│ │ │ │ │ agents/vital/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions/ │
│ │ │ │ │ sessions.json │
└─────────────────────┴────────────────┴──────────┴──────────┴─────────────────┘

Diagnosis (read-only)

Gateway connection details:
Gateway target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
Source: local loopback
Config: /home/totaluser/.openclaw/openclaw.json
Bind: loopback

✓ Config: /home/totaluser/.openclaw/openclaw.json
✓ Secret diagnostics (0)
✓ Restart sentinel: none

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! Port 18789
Port 18789 is already in use.

pid 1957092 totaluser: openclaw-gateway (127.0.0.1:18789)
Gateway already running locally. Stop it (openclaw gateway stop) or use a different port.
! Tailscale: serve · unknown · total-hardware.tailb8cdb0.ts.net
https: https://total-hardware.tailb8cdb0.ts.net
✓ Skills: 210 eligible · 0 missing · /home/totaluser/.openclaw/workspace
✓ Plugin compatibility (none)
✓ Channel issues (none)

Pasteable debug report. Auth tokens redacted.
Troubleshooting: https://docs.openclaw.ai/troubleshooting

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11:28:39-07:00 [plugins] plugins.allow is empty; discovered non-bundled plugins may auto-load: lossless-claw (/home/totaluser/.openclaw/extensions/lossless-claw/dist/index.js). Set plugins.allow to explicit trusted ids.
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Gateway reachable.

Discord cipher: enabled, configured, running, connected, bot:@Cipher, token:config, intents:content=limited, works
Discord default: enabled, not configured, stopped, disconnected, error:not configured
Discord forge: enabled, configured, running, connected, bot:@Forge, token:config, intents:content=limited, works
Discord rush: enabled, configured, running, connected, bot:@Rush, token:config, intents:content=limited, works
Discord total: enabled, configured, running, connected, bot:@Total, token:config, intents:content=limited, works
Telegram default: enabled, configured, running, mode:polling, bot:@Total_Oversight_Bot, token:config, works
Telegram forge: enabled, configured, running, mode:polling, bot:@Forge_developer_bot, token:config, works

Tip: status --deep adds gateway health probes to status output (requires a reachable gateway).
totaluser@Total-Hardware:~$

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im done

ivory frigateBOT Apr 13, 2026, 6:37 PM

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Nice, this actually narrows it down a lot.

What your output tells me:

Gateway is up
Discord transport is connected
Probes say works
This is not a basic token / service / port / allowlist-is-totally-broken problem
intents:content=limited is usually fine, that by itself is not the smoking gun

So now I’m most suspicious of one of these:

a Discord inbound event is being dropped before session persistence
a listener/worker timeout is killing some turns
a weird account-routing or thread-specific bug

Next step, please catch one failed message live:

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openclaw logs --follow

Then send a Discord message that does the "typing... then nothing" thing, and paste the log chunk from that exact moment.

I’m looking for any of these strings:

drop guild message
mention required
blocked
allowlist
Listener DiscordMessageListener timed out
discord inbound worker timed out
Forbidden
401
403

#some of my discord messages dont even get to the agents session.