#my claw instance went offline- error message

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weak stag
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(For context, I am running claw on a dedicated local installation on mac.
I asked my claw instance to do this:
Great. Can you implement mem0 memory now? Could we do both QMD in mem0 or is this not a thing?
Then my claw instance went offline and now giving this error in web ui dashboard: Error [ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND]: Cannot find module '/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/route-reply.runtime-BEsL(removed for security if any imporatant keys).js' imported from /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/dispatch-CYHz(removed for security if any imporatant keys).js

runic valveBOT
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That looks like a broken/mixed OpenClaw install, not a mem0/Qdrant issue.

The clue is this part:

/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist/... importing a hashed runtime chunk that no longer exists.

That usually means the package got partially updated or modified in place.

First, please paste:

openclaw --version
openclaw status --all

Then I’d try this repair sequence on the Mac:

# 
openclaw update
openclaw doctor
openclaw gateway install --force
openclaw gateway restart

If it still fails, do a clean reinstall of the global package, then restart again:

npm i -g openclaw@latest
openclaw doctor
openclaw gateway install --force
openclaw gateway restart

Important bit: if you want your local claw to implement OpenClaw features like mem0 support, I would not do that against the packaged global install in /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/openclaw/dist. Use a git/source checkout instead, so it edits real source and rebuilds cleanly.

weak stag
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openclaw version: OpenClaw 2026.4.14 (323493f)
openclaw status --all reply:
Invalid config at /Users/me/.openclaw/openclaw.json:\n- plugins.entries.openclaw-mem0.config: invalid config: must NOT have additional properties

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.14 — Your personal assistant, minus the passive-aggressive calendar reminders.

Config invalid
File: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
Problem:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-mem0.config: invalid config: must NOT have additional properties

Run: openclaw doctor --fix

openclaw update reply:
user@user-MacBook-Pro ~ % openclaw update
Config invalid
File: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
Problem:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-mem0.config: invalid config: must NOT have additional properties

Run: openclaw doctor --fix

runic valveBOT
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Nice, that narrows it down a lot.

Your first blocker is not the missing module, it’s this:

plugins.entries.openclaw-mem0.config: invalid config: must NOT have additional properties

That means the mem0 plugin config has keys in it that the plugin’s schema does not allow. OpenClaw validates plugin config strictly, so if your agent wrote ad-hoc mem0/Qdrant fields in there, startup/update can get wedged.

I’d do this in order:

openclaw doctor --fix

If that still complains about plugins.entries.openclaw-mem0.config, then back up the config and remove that plugin config block:

# 
cp ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.bak-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
openclaw config unset plugins.entries.openclaw-mem0.config
openclaw gateway restart

If config unset won’t run, open ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json manually and remove just:

plugins: {
  entries: {
    "openclaw-mem0": {
      config: { ... }
    }
  }
}
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or at least the invalid config: { ... } part for that plugin.

After the gateway boots again, then do:

openclaw update
openclaw doctor

If you want to see what config keys the plugin actually accepts before re-adding anything:

openclaw plugins inspect openclaw-mem0 --json

and look at its configSchema.

weak stag
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now that its fix and running again, how could my openclaw instance correctly install mem0?

runic valveBOT
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Yep. I’d do it manually once, not by asking the agent to invent the config 😅

For the Mem0 plugin, the clean path is:

1) Install the plugin

openclaw plugins install @mem0/openclaw-mem0

2) Add a minimal valid config to ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Under plugins.entries:

Mem0 Cloud

"openclaw-mem0": {
# 
  "enabled": true,
  "config": {
    "apiKey": "${MEM0_API_KEY}",
    "userId": "jacob"
  }
}

Open-source / self-hosted

"openclaw-mem0": {
  "enabled": true,
  "config": {
    "mode": "open-source",
    "userId": "jacob"
# 
  }
}

Open-source with Qdrant

"openclaw-mem0": {
  "enabled": true,
  "config": {
    "mode": "open-source",
    "userId": "jacob",
    "oss": {
      "vectorStore": {
        "provider": "qdrant",
        "config": {
# 
          "host": "localhost",
          "port": 6333
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

3) Validate and restart

openclaw config validate
openclaw gateway restart

4) Verify