hide gateway/ws

[main flame]

Can you set debug such that we don't see all the gateway/ws debug in the logs?

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[elfin matrix]

Let me check the actual config/docs so I don’t make up a key.

Yeah, the supported way is basically:

1. Do not start the gateway with --verbose
   That’s what turns on the noisy gateway/ws request/response logging.

2. Keep logging at info, for example in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

{
  logging: {
    level: "info",
    consoleLevel: "info"
  }
}

3. Make sure you do not have:

OPENCLAW_LOG_LEVEL=debug

Then restart:

openclaw gateway restart

Important bit: I don’t see a documented config key to hide only gateway/ws while keeping other debug on. The docs only expose the global knobs above, and --ws-log compact|full only matters when --verbose is enabled.

Docs:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/logging
• https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/configuration-reference#logging

If you’re still seeing gateway/ws spam without --verbose, can you paste:

openclaw --version

and how you’re starting the gateway?

[main flame]

I am starting with 'openclaw gateway --bind lan --token $OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN', but do have

"logging": {
"consoleLevel": "info"
},

[elfin matrix]

Let me check whether there’s a supported flag/config for silencing gateway/ws entirely, not just lowering overall verbosity.

Ah, got it, thanks. With that command you’re not enabling --verbose, so this is the key bit:

• the gateway/ws lines you’re seeing are not “debug mode”
• in normal mode, OpenClaw still logs “interesting” WS events at info
• so consoleLevel: "info" will still show them

Two supported options:

If you only want a quieter terminal

{
  logging: {
    consoleLevel: "warn"
  }
}

If you want them out of the file logs too

{
  logging: {
    level: "warn",
    consoleLevel: "warn"
  }
}

But that will hide all info logs, not just gateway/ws.

I checked the docs/CLI, and I don’t see a documented per-subsystem mute for gateway/ws. Also --ws-log auto|compact|full only changes formatting, not on/off.

So, short version: yes globally, no not just for gateway/ws with a supported config knob right now.

Can you paste:

openclaw --version

If you want, I can also help figure out whether what you’re seeing is more than the expected “interesting only” WS lines.

[main flame]

openclaw v2026.4.12

[elfin matrix]

Thanks, that helps. On v2026.4.12, I’d treat this as expected behavior, not a version mismatch.

So the answer is still:

• there’s no documented knob to mute only gateway/ws
• those lines are normal info WS logs, not just debug
• if you want less noise, the supported workaround is:

{
  logging: {
    consoleLevel: "warn"
  }
}

or, if you want file logs quieter too:

{
  logging: {
    level: "warn",
    consoleLevel: "warn"
  }
}

Then restart:

openclaw gateway restart

Docs:

• https://docs.openclaw.ai/logging