#Openclaw is crazy slow

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fading nova
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It's taking about 30 seconds to receive a response from openclaw via telegram.
I'm on the latest version of OpenClaw.
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spiral cryptBOT
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30s is slow enough that we should isolate Telegram pickup vs agent/model latency.

First: “latest” changes fast — npm currently shows OpenClaw 2026.4.25. Please paste:

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

Then tail logs, send one Telegram message, and watch where the delay happens:

openclaw logs --follow

What to look for:

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  • Telegram message appears in logs immediately, then 30s wait → likely model/agent/tool latency.
  • Telegram message itself appears ~30s late → Telegram polling/network/proxy/DNS issue.
  • Gateway busy / session already running → run /status in chat and check if an old task is blocking.

If you’re on 2026.4.24, update first; there were a couple nasty regressions around that area. Docs for the relevant checks: https://docs.openclaw.ai/help/faq and https://docs.openclaw.ai/channels/troubleshooting 🦐

fading nova
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I am going to paste the output in chunks, dont response until I say I'm done

Version │ 2026.4.25 │
│ OS │ macos 26.3 (arm64) │
│ Node │ 24.13.1 │
│ Config │ ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json │
│ Dashboard │ http://127.0.0.1:18789/ │
│ Tailscale exposure │ off │
│ Channel │ stable (config) │
│ Update │ pnpm · up to date · npm latest 2026.4.25 │
│ Gateway │ local · ws://127.0.0.1:18789 (local loopback) · reachable 65ms · auth token · macminis-Mini. │
│ │ localdomain (192.168.1.72) app 2026.4.25 macos 26.3 │
│ Security │ Run: openclaw security audit --deep │
│ Gateway self │ unknown │
│ Gateway service │ LaunchAgent installed · loaded · running (pid 55241, state active) │
│ Node service │ LaunchAgent not installed │
│ Agents │ 2 total · 0 bootstrapping · 1 active · 268 sessions │
│ Secrets │ none

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Agents
┌────────────┬────────────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Agent │ Bootstrap file │ Sessions │ Active │ Store │
├────────────┼────────────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ main │ ABSENT │ 266 │ just now │ ~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json │
│ qwen │ ABSENT │ 2 │ 5h ago │ ~/.openclaw/agents/qwen/sessions/sessions.json

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Diagnosis (read-only)

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

✓ Config: /Users/macmini/.openclaw/openclaw.json
✓ Secret diagnostics (0)
✓ Restart sentinel: none

Gateway last log line:
2026-04-27T21:35:57.220+01:00 [model-fallback/decision] model fallback decision: decision=candidate_succeeded requested=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 candidate=openai/gpt-5.5 reason=unknown next=none
! Port 18789
Port 18789 is already in use.

  • pid 55241 macmini: openclaw-gateway (127.0.0.1:18789)
  • Gateway already running locally. Stop it (openclaw gateway stop) or use a different port.
    ! Tailscale exposure: off · daemon unknown
    ✓ Skills: 20 eligible · 0 missing · /Users/macmini/.openclaw/workspace
    ✓ Plugin compatibility (none)
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2026-04-27T21:33:36.657+01:00 [diagnostic] lane task error: lane=main durationMs=34152 error="FailoverError: LLM request timed out."
2026-04-27T21:33:36.657+01:00 [diagnostic] lane task error: lane=session:agent:main:telegram:direct:6034907749 durationMs=34152 error="FailoverError: LLM request timed out."
2026-04-27T21:33:36.662+01:00 [model-fallback/decision] model fallback decision: decision=candidate_failed requested=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 candidate=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 reason=timeout next=openai/gpt-5.5 detail=LLM request timed out.
2026-04-27T21:34:04.477+01:00 [model-fallback/decision] model fallback decision: decision=candidate_succeeded requested=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 candidate=openai/gpt-5.5 reason=unknown next=none

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2026-04-27T21:34:41.540+01:00 [agent/embedded] Profile anthropic:default timed out. Trying next account...
2026-04-27T21:34:41.541+01:00 [agent/embedded] embedded run failover decision: runId=c14143fc-0a65-41dc-92db-b69b6f793a56 stage=assistant decision=fallback_model reason=timeout from=openai/gpt-5.5 profile=sha256:154a23a3efe6
2026-04-27T21:34:41.541+01:00 [diagnostic] lane task error: lane=main durationMs=34564 error="FailoverError: LLM request timed out."
2026-04-27T21:34:41.541+01:00 [diagnostic] lane task error: lane=session:agent:main:telegram:direct:6034907749 durationMs=34564 error="FailoverError: LLM request timed out."
2026-04-27T21:34:41.543+01:00 [model-fallback/decision] model fallback decision: decision=candidate_failed requested=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 candidate=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 reason=timeout next=openai/gpt-5.5 detail=LLM request timed out.
2026-04-27T21:35:57.220+01:00 [model-fallback/decision] model fallback decision: decision=candidate_succeeded requested=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 candidate=openai/gpt-5.5 reason=unknown next=none

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stdout: /Users/macmini/.openclaw/logs/gateway.log

2026-04-27T21:31:12.158+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 170ms conn=fbb92bf6…d827 id=febc5f8f…e232
2026-04-27T21:31:12.429+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ commands.list 270ms conn=fbb92bf6…d827 id=d7746af4…a6ab
2026-04-27T21:31:24.038+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ chat.history 12083ms conn=fbb92bf6…d827 id=20a98df6…3f96
2026-04-27T21:31:24.040+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ models.list 11882ms conn=fbb92bf6…d827 id=d5fab1c9…176b
2026-04-27T21:31:24.050+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ node.list 12095ms conn=fbb92bf6…d827 id=6a4e6d65…0a54
2026-04-27T21:31:24.050+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ device.pair.list 12096ms conn=fbb92bf6…d827 id=0d26b12e…a21b
… 18 lines omitted …

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Gateway restart attempts (tail): /Users/macmini/.openclaw/logs/gateway-restart.log
[2026-04-27T11:45:17Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T11:47:48Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=26164
[2026-04-27T11:47:49Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T12:43:31Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=33270
[2026-04-27T12:43:31Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
… 14 lines omitted …

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[2026-04-27T17:34:04Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=40381
[2026-04-27T17:34:09Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T19:51:56Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=54378
[2026-04-27T19:52:02Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T20:03:50Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=54680
[2026-04-27T20:03:55Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T20:13:04Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=54915
[2026-04-27T20:13:09Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T20:29:17Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=55225
[2026-04-27T20:29:23Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
✓ Channel issues (none)

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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.25 (aa36ee6) — Hot reload for config, cold sweat for deploys.

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Config warnings ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ - plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is │
│ present │
│ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
│
Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    ◇
    Gateway reachable.
  • Telegram default: enabled, configured, running, connected, in:4m ago, mode:polling, bot:@Merv1Bot, token:config, groups:unmentioned, works, audit failed

Tip: status --deep adds gateway health probes to status output (requires a reachable gateway).

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Im done

spiral cryptBOT
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Yep, the smoking gun is here:

durationMs=34152 error="FailoverError: LLM request timed out."
candidate_failed ... candidate=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 reason=timeout next=openai/gpt-5.5
candidate_succeeded ... candidate=openai/gpt-5.5

So Telegram is not the slow part. OpenClaw is waiting ~34s for anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 to time out, then falling back to openai/gpt-5.5.

Fast fix:

openclaw models set openai/gpt-5.5
openclaw gateway restart
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Or in the Telegram chat, try:

/model openai/gpt-5.5

Then send a test message. If replies become fast, Anthropic is the problem path.

Next checks:

openclaw models status --probe
openclaw infer model run --model anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 --prompt "reply pong" --json
openclaw infer model run --model openai/gpt-5.5 --prompt "reply pong" --json

If Anthropic keeps timing out, either leave OpenAI as primary for now, re-auth Anthropic, or file an issue with those timeout logs: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues

fading nova
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there was still a delay

spiral cryptBOT
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Still delayed means we need the new run’s log lines after the model change.

Two likely cases:

  1. It’s still trying Anthropic first because the Telegram session is pinned/stale.
    In Telegram send this as a standalone message:

    /new openai/gpt-5.5

    Then test again.

  2. OpenAI is also slow, in which case the log will now show candidate=openai/gpt-5.5 taking the time.

Please paste the fresh lines after one delayed test:

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tail -n 160 ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway.log | grep -E "model-fallback|LLM request|durationMs|lane task|telegram"

Also useful:

openclaw models status --probe

The key thing I’m looking for is whether the delayed request still says candidate=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 or now says candidate=openai/gpt-5.5.

fading nova
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can we do this in very small stages?

In other words, you give me a command to run, you then wait for me to paste the output before moving to the next step?

spiral cryptBOT
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Yes, absolutely — small stages is better here.

Step 1: please run this and paste the output:

openclaw models status --plain

I’ll wait after that.

fading nova
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🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.25 (aa36ee6) — I'll butter your workflow like a lobster roll: messy, delicious, effective.

Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    openai/gpt-5.5
spiral cryptBOT
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Good — config primary is now OpenAI.

Step 2: in your Telegram chat with OpenClaw, send this exact standalone message:

/new openai/gpt-5.5

Then tell me whether that reply was still delayed, and paste only the reply text if it gave one.

fading nova
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This is the response after 30 seconds:

"Ready on GPT-5.5.

🎯 Before we get into anything: Companies House filings for AdTechLab + HeliumLab are due tomorrow — worth keeping top of stack first thing."

spiral cryptBOT
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Got it — that means the new Telegram session is definitely on GPT-5.5, but something in the run is still taking ~30s.

Step 3: run this direct model probe from Terminal:

time openclaw infer model run --model openai/gpt-5.5 --prompt "reply with only: pong" --json

Paste the output, including the real/user/sys timing at the end.

fading nova
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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    21:51:38 [agents/auth-profiles] read anthropic credentials from claude cli keychain
    21:52:14 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
    21:53:28 [diagnostic] lane task error: lane=main durationMs=78482 error="SessionWriteLockTimeoutError: session file locked (timeout 10000ms): unknown /Users/macmini/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/379e6ac6-50dc-47e1-ada9-e76eafa38b2f.jsonl.lock"
    21:53:28 [diagnostic] lane task error: lane=session:agent:main:main durationMs=78485 error="SessionWriteLockTimeoutError: session file locked (timeout 10000ms): unknown /Users/macmini/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/379e6ac6-50dc-47e1-ada9-e76eafa38b2f.jsonl.lock"
    SessionWriteLockTimeoutError: session file locked (timeout 10000ms): unknown /Users/macmini/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/379e6ac6-50dc-47e1-ada9-e76eafa38b2f.jsonl.lock
    openclaw infer model run --model openai/gpt-5.5 --prompt --json 63.41s user 46.67s system 92% cpu 1:59.47 total
spiral cryptBOT
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Good, we found a new clue: this is now a session file lock, not Telegram/model latency.

Step 4: run this one command:

cat ~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/379e6ac6-50dc-47e1-ada9-e76eafa38b2f.jsonl.lock

Paste the output and I’ll give the next single step.

fading nova
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no output

spiral cryptBOT
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Okay — likely an empty/stale lock file.

Step 5: run:

ls -l ~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/*.jsonl.lock

Paste the output.

fading nova
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-rw-r--r-- 1 macmini staff 0 27 Apr 21:48 /Users/macmini/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/379e6ac6-50dc-47e1-ada9-e76eafa38b2f.jsonl.lock

spiral cryptBOT
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That’s a stale empty lock. We’ll remove just that one file.

Step 6: run:

rm ~/.openclaw/agents/main/sessions/379e6ac6-50dc-47e1-ada9-e76eafa38b2f.jsonl.lock

Then send a quick Telegram test message and tell me if it’s still delayed.

fading nova
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Telegram message took about 10 seconds, so still delayed but not as much. I need to get this down to 1-2 seconds

spiral cryptBOT
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Yep — 10s is better, but 1–2s likely needs fast mode and/or a faster model path. Let’s test the easiest thing first.

Step 7: in Telegram, send this standalone command:

/fast on

Then send a tiny test message like ping and tell me how many seconds it takes.

fading nova
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10 seconds

spiral cryptBOT
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Fast mode didn’t move it, so next I want to remove reasoning/thinking overhead.

Step 8: in Telegram, send this standalone command:

/think off

Then send ping again and tell me the seconds.

fading nova
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10 seconds

spiral cryptBOT
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Okay — not reasoning either.

Step 9: run this so we can see where those 10 seconds are going:

tail -n 120 ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway.log | grep -E "durationMs|model-fallback|LLM request|session file locked|telegram|lcm|memory|context|compact|summary"

Paste the output.

fading nova
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2026-04-27T21:44:31.408+01:00 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
2026-04-27T21:44:31.779+01:00 [gateway] ready (5 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, telegram; 6.1s)
2026-04-27T21:46:27.286+01:00 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
2026-04-27T21:46:27.560+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider (@Merv1Bot)
2026-04-27T21:46:27.899+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 59 commands visible.
2026-04-27T21:47:00.152+01:00 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
2026-04-27T21:47:21.259+01:00 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
2026-04-27T21:47:28.128+01:00 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
2026-04-27T21:47:34.043+01:00 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
2026-04-27T21:50:17.716+01:00 [hooks/session-memory] Session context saved to ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/2026-04-27-cron-pause.md
2026-04-27T21:50:37.379+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20923
2026-04-27T21:56:20.554+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20927
2026-04-27T21:57:18.883+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20931

spiral cryptBOT
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Interesting — there are no model duration lines in that filtered tail, but I see repeated plugin loads/restarts.

Step 10: run this exact command to check whether the gateway has been restarting during tests:

tail -n 40 ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway-restart.log

Paste the output.

fading nova
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[2026-04-27T11:45:16Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=25953
[2026-04-27T11:45:17Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T11:47:48Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=26164
[2026-04-27T11:47:49Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T12:43:31Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=33270
[2026-04-27T12:43:31Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T12:49:22Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=33502
[2026-04-27T12:49:27Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T13:43:24Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=34406
[2026-04-27T13:43:30Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T14:07:56Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=35126
[2026-04-27T14:07:57Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T14:38:23Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=35830

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[2026-04-27T14:38:24Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T15:33:07Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=37492
[2026-04-27T15:33:12Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T15:48:38Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=38084
[2026-04-27T15:48:44Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T16:12:38Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=39267
[2026-04-27T16:12:43Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T17:34:04Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=40381
[2026-04-27T17:34:09Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T19:51:56Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=54378
[2026-04-27T19:52:02Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T20:03:50Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=54680
[2026-04-27T20:03:55Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T20:13:04Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=54915
[2026-04-27T20:13:09Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T20:29:17Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=55225
[2026-04-27T20:29:23Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart

spiral cryptBOT
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Looks like that paste got cut before the recent lines.

Step 11: run this shorter recent-only command:

grep "2026-04-27T20:" ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway-restart.log

Paste the output.

fading nova
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[2026-04-27T20:03:50Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=54680
[2026-04-27T20:03:55Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T20:13:04Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=54915
[2026-04-27T20:13:09Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart
[2026-04-27T20:29:17Z] openclaw restart attempt source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart target=gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway waitPid=55225
[2026-04-27T20:29:23Z] openclaw restart done source=launchd-handoff mode=kickstart

spiral cryptBOT
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No gateway restarts during the current tests, so that’s not it.

Step 12: let’s time the raw OpenAI model path now that the stale lock is gone:

time openclaw infer model run --model openai/gpt-5.5 --prompt='reply with only: pong' --json

Paste the output plus the timing lines.

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That was the previous restart output, not the model timing — no worries.

Step 12 again: run this exact command:

time openclaw infer model run --model openai/gpt-5.5 --prompt='reply with only: pong' --json

Paste what it prints.

fading nova
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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    22:00:02 [agents/auth-profiles] read anthropic credentials from claude cli keychain
    22:00:38 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
    {
    "ok": true,
    "capability": "model.run",
    "transport": "local",
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "gpt-5.5",
    "attempts": [],
    "outputs": [
    {
    "text": "pong",
    "mediaUrl": null
    }
    ]
    }
    openclaw infer model run --model openai/gpt-5.5 --json 69.34s user 46.90s system 102% cpu 1:53.64 total
spiral cryptBOT
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That direct probe is very revealing: even “pong” took 1m53s locally, so this is no longer Telegram. Something in local OpenClaw startup/context/plugin path is very expensive.

I see lossless-claw / lcm loading, so let’s check whether it’s the active context engine.

Step 13: run:

openclaw config get plugins.slots.contextEngine

Paste the output.

fading nova
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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.25 (aa36ee6) — The only open-source project where the mascot could eat the competition.

Config path not found: plugins.slots.contextEngine

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Okay, so LCM is loaded but not selected as the context engine. Good to rule out.

Step 14: let’s see the actual Telegram turn timing, not the CLI startup timing. Send one more ping in Telegram, wait for the reply, then immediately run:

tail -n 80 ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway.log

Paste the output.

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Pasting in a few chunks:

2026-04-27T21:48:34.884+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 162ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=b3bc91f8…ad94
2026-04-27T21:48:41.372+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 147ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=8c1d407a…e4ea
2026-04-27T21:48:41.519+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 114ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=3a7f2a0b…eb56
2026-04-27T21:49:11.994+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 104ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=f2721b65…8444
2026-04-27T21:49:12.098+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 98ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=2f9c2405…cc02
2026-04-27T21:49:16.834+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 99ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=89a569d4…253d
2026-04-27T21:49:17.367+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.list 357ms conn=4f37a9c2…b3de id=7051b2d6…c871
2026-04-27T21:49:27.890+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 118ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=d61e6b27…04f2
2026-04-27T21:49:28.081+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.129+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.130+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 55ms conn=d1f26385…76e8 id=07eebb64…7432
2026-04-27T21:49:28.175+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.175+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 100ms conn=36a5237f…cc86 id=49203ff9…515a
2026-04-27T21:49:28.221+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.221+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 145ms conn=600af622…4d38 id=3a5358a2…f1ba
2026-04-27T21:49:28.267+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.267+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 190ms conn=c2187718…e1de id=209e4246…4bca
2026-04-27T21:49:28.313+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.314+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 237ms conn=bec9080d…f526 id=a6b21d11…9e89
2026-04-27T21:49:28.358+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.358+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 280ms conn=95fd76dd…44fd id=455fdfd8…dbf2
2026-04-27T21:49:28.403+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.404+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 324ms conn=1bb899ed…2581 id=92f5a793…0be5

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2026-04-27T21:49:28.449+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.449+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 370ms conn=3e6ef81a…6752 id=da72e9e5…0214
2026-04-27T21:49:28.495+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.495+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 415ms conn=9505065a…ed38 id=8672af4e…adbf
2026-04-27T21:49:28.539+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:28.540+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 459ms conn=01dab215…3a09 id=ee332de2…f940
2026-04-27T21:49:37.405+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 111ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=0511eab8…8b01
2026-04-27T21:49:37.591+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:37.639+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:37.639+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 55ms conn=0704caba…53ed id=d5abe53b…fb80
2026-04-27T21:49:37.684+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:37.685+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 99ms conn=dae461f1…6b3d id=c689ad87…6a8c
2026-04-27T21:49:37.730+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:37.730+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 145ms conn=cfb491f7…6147 id=cdc1ca1c…c668
2026-04-27T21:49:37.776+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated

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2026-04-27T21:49:37.776+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 190ms conn=962d450c…af26 id=352bf18a…7d6f
2026-04-27T21:49:37.821+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:37.821+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 234ms conn=d94a149a…270b id=4b32bdb2…8a41
2026-04-27T21:49:37.866+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:37.866+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 278ms conn=c8366f96…be49 id=d90dab12…1d89
2026-04-27T21:49:37.912+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:37.912+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 323ms conn=deb7c3c8…be68 id=77654bc4…609f
2026-04-27T21:49:37.957+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:37.957+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 368ms conn=44a83e8d…2620 id=1c9b2601…18a4
2026-04-27T21:49:38.002+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated
2026-04-27T21:49:38.002+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 413ms conn=2d98d075…3f80 id=192627ce…de94
2026-04-27T21:49:38.046+01:00 [gateway] cron: job updated

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2026-04-27T21:49:38.047+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ cron.update 456ms conn=95ade557…73cf id=0971dced…bbd1
2026-04-27T21:49:40.981+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 96ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=9813784d…6c59
2026-04-27T21:49:46.491+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 96ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=c278f231…ba3e
2026-04-27T21:49:49.862+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 97ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=1709acc5…05aa
2026-04-27T21:49:52.802+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 99ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=fedf1c22…736d
2026-04-27T21:49:52.935+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 102ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=32704bb3…1122
2026-04-27T21:50:12.869+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 102ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=853b5a54…a4e8
2026-04-27T21:50:17.619+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 96ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=2e6f9b57…22ad
2026-04-27T21:50:17.716+01:00 [hooks/session-memory] Session context saved to ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/2026-04-27-cron-pause.md

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2026-04-27T21:50:27.751+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 101ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=28a883ec…213d
2026-04-27T21:50:27.887+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 100ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=1224a0d9…c324
2026-04-27T21:50:32.531+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 97ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=6e1b6aa0…910f
2026-04-27T21:50:36.975+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 99ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=52d27c10…e5c6
2026-04-27T21:50:37.008+01:00 [sessions/store] pruned stale session entries
2026-04-27T21:50:37.109+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 100ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=bcf60bbb…a899
2026-04-27T21:50:37.379+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20923
2026-04-27T21:55:18.334+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 173ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=17a22f22…e081
2026-04-27T21:55:18.478+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 107ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=b8714890…324c
2026-04-27T21:55:22.574+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 103ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=9cd7ba01…fbdb
2026-04-27T21:55:22.708+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 102ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=13320968…3fb5
2026-04-27T21:56:20.554+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20927

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2026-04-27T21:56:37.739+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 103ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=f0581f3a…c746
2026-04-27T21:56:37.880+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 107ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=6e72a8af…7ca4
2026-04-27T21:56:39.974+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 101ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=910dc535…89b8
2026-04-27T21:56:40.108+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 101ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=094b5cf2…3008
2026-04-27T21:57:18.883+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20931
2026-04-27T21:57:33.495+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 104ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=b1dc8fe0…b57c
2026-04-27T21:57:33.636+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 108ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=9a31a147…a0e3
2026-04-27T21:57:36.299+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 102ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=81e21041…f3e0
2026-04-27T21:57:36.433+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 101ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=b0196899…3242

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I’m seeing lots of dashboard/session polling, but not the actual inbound/run lines. Let’s narrow it.

Step 15: run:

grep -n "20931\|6034907749\|telegram" ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway.log | tail -n 40

Paste that output.

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226862:2026-04-27T19:58:16.090+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 60 commands visible.
226975:2026-04-27T20:02:45.962+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20855
226995:2026-04-27T20:07:04.450+01:00 [gateway] ready (7 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, openclaw-engram, slack, telegram; 6.8s)
227015:2026-04-27T20:09:05.270+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider (@Merv1Bot)
227016:2026-04-27T20:09:05.421+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 60 commands visible.
227116:2026-04-27T20:17:51.619+01:00 [gateway] ready (6 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, slack, telegram; 6.1s)
227133:2026-04-27T20:19:30.851+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider
227135:2026-04-27T20:19:31.219+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 60 commands visible.
227154:2026-04-27T20:21:02.202+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20857
227180:2026-04-27T20:23:43.941+01:00 [gateway] ready (6 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, slack, telegram; 6.7s)
227200:2026-04-27T20:24:50.945+01:00 [gateway] ready (6 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, slack, telegram; 5.9s)
227221:2026-04-27T20:26:24.658+01:00 [gateway] ready (6 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, slack, telegram; 6.7s)
227231:2026-04-27T20:28:04.808+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider
227233:2026-04-27T20:28:05.148+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 60 commands visible.
227281:2026-04-27T20:32:03.273+01:00 [gateway] ready (6 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, slack, telegram; 6.2s)
227290:2026-04-27T20:33:42.245+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider (@Merv1Bot)

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227292:2026-04-27T20:33:42.553+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 60 commands visible.
227317:2026-04-27T20:34:54.506+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20859
227323:2026-04-27T20:37:12.575+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20863
227431:2026-04-27T20:52:10.551+01:00 [gateway] ready (6 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, slack, telegram; 6.3s)
227440:2026-04-27T20:53:50.249+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider
227442:2026-04-27T20:53:50.568+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 60 commands visible.
227529:2026-04-27T21:04:04.147+01:00 [gateway] ready (5 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, telegram; 6.3s)
227537:2026-04-27T21:05:42.950+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider
227539:2026-04-27T21:05:43.274+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 59 commands visible.
227590:2026-04-27T21:13:17.486+01:00 [gateway] ready (5 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, telegram; 6.1s)
227598:2026-04-27T21:14:55.771+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider
227600:2026-04-27T21:14:56.101+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 59 commands visible.
227631:2026-04-27T21:27:44.002+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20898
227659:2026-04-27T21:29:31.370+01:00 [gateway] ready (5 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, telegram; 6.2s)
227667:2026-04-27T21:31:11.451+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider

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227669:2026-04-27T21:31:11.780+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 59 commands visible.
227708:2026-04-27T21:36:42.357+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20910
227716:2026-04-27T21:43:19.115+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20912
227744:2026-04-27T21:44:31.779+01:00 [gateway] ready (5 plugins: acpx, browser, lossless-claw, memory-wiki, telegram; 6.1s)
227752:2026-04-27T21:46:27.560+01:00 [telegram] [default] starting provider (@Merv1Bot)
227754:2026-04-27T21:46:27.899+01:00 [telegram] menu text exceeded the conservative 5700-character payload budget; shortening descriptions to keep 59 commands visible.
227842:2026-04-27T21:50:37.379+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20923
227847:2026-04-27T21:56:20.554+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20927
227852:2026-04-27T21:57:18.883+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20931

spiral cryptBOT
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Thanks — that grep only shows Telegram send events, not the run itself.

Step 16: please run this exact command so we can see the surrounding lines around the last Telegram reply:

sed -n '227830,227856p' ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway.log

Paste the output.

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2026-04-27T21:49:49.862+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 97ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=1709acc5…05aa
2026-04-27T21:49:52.802+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 99ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=fedf1c22…736d
2026-04-27T21:49:52.935+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 102ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=32704bb3…1122
2026-04-27T21:50:12.869+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 102ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=853b5a54…a4e8
2026-04-27T21:50:17.619+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 96ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=2e6f9b57…22ad
2026-04-27T21:50:17.716+01:00 [hooks/session-memory] Session context saved to ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/2026-04-27-cron-pause.md
2026-04-27T21:50:27.751+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 101ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=28a883ec…213d
2026-04-27T21:50:27.887+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 100ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=1224a0d9…c324
2026-04-27T21:50:32.531+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 97ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=6e1b6aa0…910f
2026-04-27T21:50:36.975+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 99ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=52d27c10…e5c6
2026-04-27T21:50:37.008+01:00 [sessions/store] pruned stale session entries
2026-04-27T21:50:37.109+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 100ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=bcf60bbb…a899
2026-04-27T21:50:37.379+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20923

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2026-04-27T21:55:18.334+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 173ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=17a22f22…e081
2026-04-27T21:55:18.478+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 107ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=b8714890…324c
2026-04-27T21:55:22.574+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 103ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=9cd7ba01…fbdb
2026-04-27T21:55:22.708+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 102ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=13320968…3fb5
2026-04-27T21:56:20.554+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20927
2026-04-27T21:56:37.739+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 103ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=f0581f3a…c746
2026-04-27T21:56:37.880+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 107ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=6e72a8af…7ca4
2026-04-27T21:56:39.974+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 101ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=910dc535…89b8
2026-04-27T21:56:40.108+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 101ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=094b5cf2…3008
2026-04-27T21:57:18.883+01:00 [telegram] sendMessage ok chat=6034907749 message=20931
2026-04-27T21:57:33.495+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 104ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=b1dc8fe0…b57c
2026-04-27T21:57:33.636+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 108ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=9a31a147…a0e3
2026-04-27T21:57:36.299+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 102ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=81e21041…f3e0
2026-04-27T21:57:36.433+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 101ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=b0196899…3242

spiral cryptBOT
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Got it. The gateway log is too quiet around the actual model run, so next we’ll compare configured model latency directly.

Step 17: run:

openclaw models status --probe

Paste the output. This should show whether your configured model/auth path is inherently taking ~10s.

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You pasted another log chunk, not the probe — totally okay.

Step 17 again: run this command:

openclaw models status --probe

Paste the result.

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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    │
    22:08:50 [agents/auth-profiles] read anthropic credentials from claude cli keychain
    22:09:31 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
    ◇
    Config : ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
    Agent dir : ~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent
    Default : openai/gpt-5.5
    Fallbacks (1) : openai/gpt-5.5
    Image model : -
    Image fallbacks (0): -
    Aliases (9) : sonnet -> anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6, opus -> anthropic/claude-opus-4-7, gemini -> google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gemini-flash-lite -> google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview, gpt -> openai/gpt-5.4, sonnet-max -> claude-max/claude-sonnet-4, opus-max -> claude-max/claude-opus-4, qwen-local -> lmstudio/qwen2.5-7b-instruct, gpt-5.5 -> openai/gpt-5.5
    Configured models (24): anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6, anthropic/claude-opus-4-6, anthropic/claude-opus-4-7, anthropic/claude-haiku-4-6, google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview, google/gemini-3.1-flash-preview, google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview, google/gemini-2.5-pro, google/gemini-2.5-flash, google/gemini-2.5-flash-lite, xai/grok-4, xai/grok-4-fast, xai/grok-4-1-fast, xai/grok-3, xai/grok-3-fast, xai/grok-3-mini, xai/grok-3-mini-fast, openai/gpt-5.4, openai/gpt-5.4-pro, openai-codex/gpt-5.4, claude-max/claude-sonnet-4, claude-max/claude-opus-4, lmstudio/qwen2.5-7b-instruct, openai/gpt-5.5
spiral cryptBOT
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I don’t see probe timing rows there, but one obvious cleanup: your fallback is the same as your primary, so it can’t help and may add noise.

Step 18: run:

openclaw models fallbacks clear

Paste the output.

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Auth overview
Auth store : ~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json
Shell env : off
Providers w/ OAuth/tokens (4): anthropic (1), claude-cli (1), openai-codex (1), openrouter (1)

  • anthropic effective=profiles:~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json | profiles=1 (oauth=0, token=1, api_key=0) | anthropic:default=token:sk-ant-a...6KSSlQAA | env=sk-ant-a...6KSSlQAA | source=env: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
  • anthropic-openai effective=env:sk-ant-a...6KSSlQAA | env=sk-ant-a...6KSSlQAA | source=env: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
  • brave effective=env:BSAeaA79...6WrI3uAs | env=BSAeaA79...6WrI3uAs | source=env: BRAVE_API_KEY
  • claude-cli effective=profiles:~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json | profiles=1 (oauth=0, token=1, api_key=0) | anthropic:default=token:sk-ant-a...6KSSlQAA | env=sk-ant-a...6KSSlQAA | source=env: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | synthetic=plugin-owned | source=plugin synthetic auth
  • claude-max effective=models.json:no...ed | models.json=no...ed | source=models.json: ~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent/models.json
  • elevenlabs effective=env:sk_c5e80...bb7ee04f | env=sk_c5e80...bb7ee04f | source=env: ELEVENLABS_API_KEY
  • github-copilot effective=env:ghp_xRrQ...OK0Ocug5 | env=ghp_xRrQ...OK0Ocug5 | source=env: GITHUB_TOKEN
  • google effective=env:AIzaSyAa...vWKb5pnM | env=AIzaSyAa...vWKb5pnM | source=env: GEMINI_API_KEY
  • openai effective=env:sk-proj-...ai2b1IwA | env=sk-proj-...ai2b1IwA | source=env: OPENAI_API_KEY
  • openai-codex effective=profiles:~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json | profiles=1 (oauth=1, token=0, api_key=0) | openai-codex:me@waynebickerton.com=OAuth (me@waynebickerton.com)
  • openrouter effective=profiles:~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent/auth-profiles.json | profiles=1 (oauth=0, token=1, api_key=0) | openrouter:default=token:sk-or-v1...23b231f5 | env=sk-or-v1...23b231f5 | source=env: OPENROUTER_API_KEY
  • perplexity effective=env:pplx-xW9...ZlUctGB2 | env=pplx-xW9...ZlUctGB2 | source=env: PERPLEXITY_API_KEY
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No need to paste more of the auth section — it’s enough, and safer not to share auth output in public even when redacted.

That was still from models status --probe, not the fallback clear.

Step 18 again: run exactly:

openclaw models fallbacks clear

Paste only the short confirmation/error from that command.

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Still the probe output. I’ll wait for the fallback clear result.

Please run:

openclaw models fallbacks clear
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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    Config overwrite: /Users/macmini/.openclaw/openclaw.json (sha256 957ac0eb69e18559b092c3b67dfd0de3cd3b0b1b826b698e07d6da24f5faacda -> 2978e2b679c2fe45256f8c29eb219c69763f6e616f4661091558117864d2412c, backup=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/openclaw.json.bak)
    Config warnings:
  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    Updated ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
    Fallback list cleared.
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Good. Now test the user-facing path.

Step 19: send ping in Telegram again and tell me the delay in seconds.

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22 seconds

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Oof, worse. Clearing duplicate fallback wasn’t the cause.

Step 20: immediately run this so we can capture the exact 22s turn:

grep "2026-04-27T22:13" ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway.log

Paste the output.

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2026-04-27T22:13:04.643+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ node.list 292ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=dd554e90…aedb
2026-04-27T22:13:05.158+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 177ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=196bc45f…36bf
2026-04-27T22:13:05.299+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 107ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=e7877960…5dd7
2026-04-27T22:13:08.069+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 104ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=6ecb8016…531a
2026-04-27T22:13:08.205+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 103ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=070fdc7d…df1f

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Those lines are only dashboard polling — no Telegram/run entry in that minute.

Step 21: capture a wider window around the test:

grep "2026-04-27T22:1" ~/.openclaw/logs/gateway.log | tail -n 80

Paste the output.

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2026-04-27T22:12:21.869+01:00 [reload] config change detected; evaluating reload (meta.lastTouchedAt, agents.defaults.model.fallbacks)
2026-04-27T22:12:22.227+01:00 [agents/auth-profiles] read anthropic credentials from claude cli keychain
2026-04-27T22:12:22.449+01:00 [reload] config hot reload applied (agents.defaults.model.fallbacks)
2026-04-27T22:13:04.643+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ node.list 292ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=dd554e90…aedb
2026-04-27T22:13:05.158+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 177ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=196bc45f…36bf
2026-04-27T22:13:05.299+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 107ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=e7877960…5dd7
2026-04-27T22:13:08.069+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 104ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=6ecb8016…531a
2026-04-27T22:13:08.205+01:00 [ws] ⇄ res ✓ sessions.list 103ms conn=bf095049…8f66 id=070fdc7d…df1f

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The log window still isn’t showing the Telegram run, so let’s split Telegram transport vs AI run with one non-model command.

Step 22: in Telegram, send this standalone command:

/status

Tell me how many seconds /status takes to reply. This should not need the LLM, so it’s the cleanest transport/control test.

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🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.25 (aa36ee6)
🧠 Model: openai/gpt-5.5 · 🔑 api-key (env: OPENAI_API_KEY)
🧮 Tokens: 268 in / 6 out
🗄️ Cache: 99% hit · 21k cached, 0 new
📚 Context: 21k/272k (8%) · 🧹 Compactions: 0
🧵 Session: agent:main:telegram:direct:6034907749 • updated just now
⚙️ Execution: direct · Runtime: OpenClaw Pi Default · Think: off · Fast · Text: low
🪢 Queue: collect (depth 0)

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Good — but I need the timing too.

Step 23: roughly how many seconds did /status take to reply?

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it was 1 second

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Perfect — Telegram transport is fine. The delay is inside the AI reply path.

/status shows 21k cached context even for tiny pings. To get 1–2s, we need a fresh tiny context.

Step 24: in Telegram, send:

/new openai/gpt-5.5

Then send ping and tell me the delay.

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22 seconds

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That confirms it: transport is 1s, but GPT-5.5 reply path is ~20s in your setup. For 1–2s, we need to test a lighter/fast model, not keep tuning Telegram.

Step 25: in Telegram, send:

/new gemini-flash-lite

Then send ping and tell me the delay. If it errors, paste the error.

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this command "/new gemini-flash-lite" took 22 seconds and then ping took 15 seconds

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Good data. Since both GPT and Gemini are slow, this is probably not one provider/model anymore — it’s the OpenClaw reply context/path.

Step 26: in Telegram, send:

/status

Paste the status output and tell me the delay.

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The new update for openclaw made it so slow

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Yeah, that’s possible — but in this thread we’ve narrowed Bickers76’s case pretty well:

  • /status via Telegram = ~1s
  • normal AI replies = 15–22s
  • happens on GPT-5.5 and Gemini Flash Lite
  • stale lock was present earlier, but removing it only partially helped

So this looks less like Telegram and more like an OpenClaw reply-path/context/plugin regression after the update.

Let’s keep the small-step flow: next best data point is the /status output after switching to Gemini, because it shows context size, model, cache, queue, think/fast, etc. If multiple people see the same on 2026.4.25, this may be worth filing as a GitHub issue with the timings/logs: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues

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1 second

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Great — /status still being 1s confirms Telegram/control path is healthy.

Step 27: please paste the /status output from that 1-second response. That tells us what model/context/queue OpenClaw is actually using after the Gemini test.

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🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.25 (aa36ee6)
🧠 Model: google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview · 🔑 api-key (env: GEMINI_API_KEY)
🧮 Tokens: 1.4k in / 21 out
🗄️ Cache: 94% hit · 21k cached, 0 new
📚 Context: 22k/1.0m (2%) · 🧹 Compactions: 0
🧵 Session: agent:main:telegram:direct:6034907749 • updated just now
⚙️ Execution: direct · Runtime: OpenClaw Pi Default · Think: off
🪢 Queue: collect (depth 0)

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Thanks — status explains the next target: even after /new, the run still has 22k context. That’s likely why tiny replies can’t hit 1–2s.

Step 28: in Telegram, send this standalone command:

/context list

Paste the output. This should show what’s making the context so large.

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🧠 Context breakdown
Workspace: /Users/macmini/.openclaw/workspace
Bootstrap max/file: 12,000 chars
Bootstrap max/total: 35,000 chars
Sandbox: mode=off sandboxed=false
System prompt (run): 45,854 chars (~11,464 tok) (Project Context 5,971 chars (~1,493 tok))

Injected workspace files:

• AGENTS.md: OK | raw 5,776 chars (~1,444 tok) | injected 5,776 chars (~1,444 tok)
• SOUL.md: OK | raw 5,340 chars (~1,335 tok) | injected 5,340 chars (~1,335 tok)
• TOOLS.md: OK | raw 4,447 chars (~1,112 tok) | injected 4,447 chars (~1,112 tok)
• IDENTITY.md: OK | raw 1,024 chars (~256 tok) | injected 1,024 chars (~256 tok)
• USER.md: OK | raw 2,840 chars (~710 tok) | injected 2,840 chars (~710 tok)
• HEARTBEAT.md: OK | raw 1,356 chars (~339 tok) | injected 1,356 chars (~339 tok)
• BOOTSTRAP.md: MISSING | raw 0 | injected 0
• MEMORY.md: OK | raw 1,707 chars (~427 tok) | injected 1,707 chars (~427 tok)

Skills list (system prompt text): 9,586 chars (~2,397 tok) (21 skills)
Skills: acp-router, adaction-crm, adaction-performance, browser-automation, coding-agent, healthcheck, himalaya, hubspot-crm, linkedin-content, node-connect, obsidian-vault-maintainer, openai-whisper-api, sa-property, seo-aeo, skill-creator, slack, taskflow, taskflow-inbox-triage, video-frames, weather, … (+1 more)
Tool list (system prompt text): 0 chars (~0 tok)
Tool schemas (JSON): 21,885 chars (~5,472 tok) (counts toward context; not shown as text)
Tools: read, edit, write, exec, process, cron, image_generate, music_generate, video_generate, sessions_list, sessions_history, sessions_send, sessions_spawn, sessions_yield, subagents, session_status, web_search, web_fetch, image, code_execution, x_search

Session tokens (cached): 21,971 total / ctx=200,000

Inline shortcut: a command token inside normal text (e.g. “hey /status”) that runs immediately (allowlisted senders only) and is stripped before the model sees the remaining message.

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That context is the problem: ~22k tokens every normal reply, mostly skills + tool schemas + bootstrap. For 1–2s, we need to try a “minimal tools” profile.

This is reversible, but it will temporarily leave the agent with basically only status/tool-light behavior.

Step 29: run:

openclaw config set tools.profile '"minimal"' --strict-json

Then send ping in Telegram and tell me the delay.

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12 seconds

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Nice, that cut it from ~22s to ~12s, so tool schemas were a big chunk. Still not 1–2s.

Next biggest chunks are the 21 skills and bootstrap files.

Step 30: run:

openclaw config set agents.defaults.skills '[]' --strict-json

Then send ping in Telegram and tell me the delay.

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12 seconds

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Okay, skills weren’t the remaining blocker.

Step 31: run this quick context check again:

/context list

Paste the output. I want to confirm tools/skills actually dropped and see what’s left.

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🧠 Context breakdown
Workspace: /Users/macmini/.openclaw/workspace
Bootstrap max/file: 12,000 chars
Bootstrap max/total: 35,000 chars
Sandbox: mode=off sandboxed=false
System prompt (run): 45,854 chars (~11,464 tok) (Project Context 5,971 chars (~1,493 tok))

Injected workspace files:

• AGENTS.md: OK | raw 5,776 chars (~1,444 tok) | injected 5,776 chars (~1,444 tok)
• SOUL.md: OK | raw 5,340 chars (~1,335 tok) | injected 5,340 chars (~1,335 tok)
• TOOLS.md: OK | raw 4,447 chars (~1,112 tok) | injected 4,447 chars (~1,112 tok)
• IDENTITY.md: OK | raw 1,024 chars (~256 tok) | injected 1,024 chars (~256 tok)
• USER.md: OK | raw 2,840 chars (~710 tok) | injected 2,840 chars (~710 tok)
• HEARTBEAT.md: OK | raw 1,356 chars (~339 tok) | injected 1,356 chars (~339 tok)
• BOOTSTRAP.md: MISSING | raw 0 | injected 0
• MEMORY.md: OK | raw 1,707 chars (~427 tok) | injected 1,707 chars (~427 tok)

Skills list (system prompt text): 9,586 chars (~2,397 tok) (21 skills)
Skills: acp-router, adaction-crm, adaction-performance, browser-automation, coding-agent, healthcheck, himalaya, hubspot-crm, linkedin-content, node-connect, obsidian-vault-maintainer, openai-whisper-api, sa-property, seo-aeo, skill-creator, slack, taskflow, taskflow-inbox-triage, video-frames, weather, … (+1 more)
Tool list (system prompt text): 0 chars (~0 tok)
Tool schemas (JSON): 21,885 chars (~5,472 tok) (counts toward context; not shown as text)
Tools: read, edit, write, exec, process, cron, image_generate, music_generate, video_generate, sessions_list, sessions_history, sessions_send, sessions_spawn, sessions_yield, subagents, session_status, web_search, web_fetch, image, code_execution, x_search

Session tokens (cached): 22,418 total / ctx=200,000

Inline shortcut: a command token inside normal text (e.g. “hey /status”) that runs immediately (allowlisted senders only) and is stripped before the model sees the remaining message.

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The config changes didn’t apply to this existing session yet. Let’s force a gateway restart so it reloads cleanly.

Step 32: run:

openclaw gateway restart

Then send ping in Telegram and tell me the delay.

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22 seconds

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Got it — restart didn’t help, so let’s verify the config actually stuck.

Step 33: run:

openclaw config get tools.profile

Paste the output.

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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.25 (aa36ee6) — We ship features faster than Apple ships calculator updates.

minimal

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Good, tools profile stuck. Now verify skills config.

Step 34: run:

openclaw config get agents.defaults.skills

Paste the output.

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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.25 (aa36ee6) — I'm basically a Swiss Army knife, but with more opinions and fewer sharp edges.

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Config is set, but /context still showed the old effective prompt — maybe the session needs reset after restart/config.

Step 35: in Telegram, send:

/new gemini-flash-lite

Then send:

/context list

Paste the /context list output.

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🧠 Context breakdown
Workspace: /Users/macmini/.openclaw/workspace
Bootstrap max/file: 12,000 chars
Bootstrap max/total: 35,000 chars
Sandbox: mode=off sandboxed=false
System prompt (run): 33,565 chars (~8,392 tok) (Project Context 5,971 chars (~1,493 tok))

Injected workspace files:

• AGENTS.md: OK | raw 5,776 chars (~1,444 tok) | injected 5,776 chars (~1,444 tok)
• SOUL.md: OK | raw 5,340 chars (~1,335 tok) | injected 5,340 chars (~1,335 tok)
• TOOLS.md: OK | raw 4,447 chars (~1,112 tok) | injected 4,447 chars (~1,112 tok)
• IDENTITY.md: OK | raw 1,024 chars (~256 tok) | injected 1,024 chars (~256 tok)
• USER.md: OK | raw 2,840 chars (~710 tok) | injected 2,840 chars (~710 tok)
• HEARTBEAT.md: OK | raw 1,356 chars (~339 tok) | injected 1,356 chars (~339 tok)
• BOOTSTRAP.md: MISSING | raw 0 | injected 0
• MEMORY.md: OK | raw 1,707 chars (~427 tok) | injected 1,707 chars (~427 tok)

Skills list (system prompt text): 0 chars (~0 tok) (0 skills)
Skills: (none)
Tool list (system prompt text): 0 chars (~0 tok)
Tool schemas (JSON): 3,392 chars (~848 tok) (counts toward context; not shown as text)
Tools: read, edit, write, exec, process, session_status

Session tokens (cached): unknown / ctx=200,000

Inline shortcut: a command token inside normal text (e.g. “hey /status”) that runs immediately (allowlisted senders only) and is stripped before the model sees the remaining message.

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Good — we cut context from ~45.8k chars to ~33.6k chars, but that’s still big. The remaining bulk is bootstrap/persona files plus core system prompt.

For a true 1–2s “chat-only” mode, the next test is to remove bootstrap injection temporarily.

Step 36: run:

openclaw config set agents.defaults.bootstrapMaxChars 1 --strict-json
openclaw config set agents.defaults.bootstrapTotalMaxChars 1 --strict-json
openclaw gateway restart

Then in Telegram send:

/new gemini-flash-lite
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Then ping, and tell me the delay.

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65 seconds

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Oof — that made it worse, so bootstrap size is not the fix. Let’s undo that test first.

Step 37: run:

openclaw config set agents.defaults.bootstrapMaxChars 12000 --strict-json
openclaw config set agents.defaults.bootstrapTotalMaxChars 35000 --strict-json
openclaw gateway restart

Then just tell me when that’s done.

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done

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Okay. At this point, for 1–2s, we need to test a local/smaller model path.

Step 38: in Telegram, send:

/new qwen-local

Then send:

ping

Tell me the delay, and paste any error if it fails.

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I removed qwen

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Got it. Then don’t use qwen.

Given the tests, my read is: your “normal AI turn” path in 2026.4.25 is not going to hit 1–2s with hosted frontier models, even after stripping tools/skills. /status at 1s proves Telegram is fine; the delay is model/runtime prompt execution.

Two practical choices now:

  1. Rollback to the version that felt fast — best if this is a regression after updating.
  2. File a GitHub issue with the timings/context evidence so maintainers can profile the 2026.4.25 reply path.

If you want rollback, next small step:

openclaw update --dry-run

Paste the output and I’ll guide the safest rollback path from there.

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what about rolling back to 2026.4.23 or before?

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◇ Config warnings ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
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Yes — 2026.4.23 is available, and rollback is reasonable here.

Before rollback: your config is still in our test-stripped state (tools.profile=minimal, agents.defaults.skills=[]). We should restore that later.

Small-stage rollback step:

pnpm add -g openclaw@2026.4.23
openclaw gateway restart
openclaw --version

Paste the output. If pnpm add -g fails, stop there and paste the error.

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Update dry-run
No changes were applied.

Root: /Users/macmini/.local/lib/node_modules/openclaw
Install kind: package
Mode: npm
Channel: stable
Tag/spec: openclaw@latest
Current version: 2026.4.25
Target version: 2026.4.25

Planned actions:

  • Refresh package install with spec openclaw@latest; current version already matches 2026.4.25
  • Run plugin update sync after core update
  • Refresh shell completion cache (if needed)
  • Restart gateway service and run doctor checks
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Looks like only the first chunk came through. I’ll wait for the rest — paste the output from the install/restart/version command when ready.

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That was the dry-run, not rollback. Since install mode says npm package, use npm instead of pnpm for this one.

Rollback step:

npm i -g openclaw@2026.4.23
openclaw gateway restart
openclaw --version

Paste the output.

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npm warn deprecated node-domexception@1.0.0: Use your platform's native DOMException instead

added 42 packages, removed 10 packages, and changed 425 packages in 13s

85 packages are looking for funding
run npm fund for details
Invalid config at /Users/macmini/.openclaw/openclaw.json:\n- plugins.entries.openclaw-engram.hooks: Unrecognized key: "allowConversationAccess"

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.23 (a979721) — Making 'I'll automate that later' happen now.

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

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram.hooks: Unrecognized key: "allowConversationAccess"

Run: openclaw doctor --fix
Gateway aborted: config is invalid.
plugins.entries.openclaw-engram.hooks: Unrecognized key: "allowConversationAccess"
Fix the config and retry, or run "openclaw doctor" to repair.
OpenClaw 2026.4.23 (a979721)

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Rollback worked, but 2026.4.23 doesn’t recognize a newer config key:

plugins.entries.openclaw-engram.hooks.allowConversationAccess

Small next step: let doctor remove/repair the incompatible key.

openclaw doctor --fix
openclaw gateway restart
openclaw --version

Paste the output. If doctor --fix fails, stop and paste that error.

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Invalid config at /Users/macmini/.openclaw/openclaw.json:\n- plugins.entries.openclaw-engram.hooks: Unrecognized key: "allowConversationAccess"

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.23 (a979721) — iMessage green bubble energy, but for everyone.

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┌ OpenClaw doctor
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  • @aws-sdk/client-bedrock-runtime@3.1033.0 (used by amazon-bedrock) │
  • @aws-sdk/credential-provider-node@3.972.33 (used by amazon-bedrock) │
  • @aws/bedrock-token-generator@^1.1.0 (used by amazon-bedrock-mantle) - @grammyjs/runner@^2.0.3 (used by telegram) - @grammyjs/transformer-throttler@^1.2.1 (used by telegram) │
  • @slack/bolt@^4.7.0 (used by slack) @slack/web-api@^7.15.1 (used by slack) - acpx@0.5.3 (used by acpx) - grammy@^1.42.0 (used by telegram) - node-edge-tts@^1.2.10 (used by microsoft) - playwright-core@1.59.1 (used by browser) Fix: run openclaw doctor --fix to install them.
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Looks like doctor is still in progress or output got cut. I’ll wait for the final lines — especially whether it says config repaired / deps installed / gateway restarted, or shows an error.

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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    Config overwrite: /Users/macmini/.openclaw/openclaw.json (sha256 bf2ab6316804ae8037e9a247b9629fad46f71027b46754f724ec8ff555d60dd4 -> 4725e3a4e3dec9d2d4fc5772bcb649ba3c7b60b45ebc97cb99b101d6a64d9fdf, backup=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/openclaw.json.bak)
    Config warnings:
  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    Updated ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
    Backup: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.bak
    │
    └ Doctor complete.

Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.23 (a979721) — I'm not magic—I'm just extremely persistent with retries and coping strategies.

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│ │
│ - plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is │
│ present │
│ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
Restarted LaunchAgent: gui/501/ai.openclaw.gateway
OpenClaw 2026.4.23 (a979721)

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Great — rollback is running now on 2026.4.23.

Step 39: test Telegram:

  1. Send /status — confirm it replies quickly.
  2. Send ping — tell me the delay in seconds.
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🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.23 (a979721)
🧠 Model: google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview · 🔑 api-key (env: GEMINI_API_KEY)
🧮 Tokens: 4.7k in / 7 out
📚 Context: 4.7k/1.0m (0%) · 🧹 Compactions: 0
🧵 Session: agent:main:telegram:direct:6034907749 • updated just now
⚙️ Runtime: direct · Runner: pi (embedded) · Think: off
🪢 Queue: collect (depth 0)

reply in 1 second

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Excellent — rollback fixed the latency path. Context dropped from ~22k to 4.7k, and /status is 1s.

Step 40: now send normal ping in Telegram and tell me the delay. This confirms AI replies are also fixed, not just commands.

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6 seconds

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Good — 30s → 6s is a real fix. Not 1–2s, but much healthier.

One more thing: your config is still in the temporary “minimal/no skills” state from testing. If you want speed, keep it for now. If you want normal OpenClaw capabilities back later, restore:

openclaw config unset tools.profile
openclaw config unset agents.defaults.skills
openclaw gateway restart

For now I’d leave it minimal and file/report this as a 2026.4.25 regression: on 2026.4.25 context was ~22k and replies 15–65s; on 2026.4.23 context is ~4.7k and replies ~6s.

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so this is an issue with the new versions of openclaw right?

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Yes — based on your tests, this looks like a 2026.4.25 regression, not Telegram.

Evidence:

  • Telegram /status replied in 1s → transport/control path is fine.
  • 2026.4.25 normal AI replies were 15–65s.
  • 2026.4.25 context was around 22k tokens even after /new.
  • Rolled back to 2026.4.23 → context dropped to 4.7k and normal reply improved to ~6s.

So I’d phrase it as: OpenClaw 2026.4.25 appears to inflate/slown down the normal reply path in this setup.

Worth filing: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues

Include: macOS 26.3 arm64, Node 24.13.1, Telegram polling, 2026.4.25 slow vs 2026.4.23 faster, /status 1s, context 22k → 4.7k after rollback.

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we turned thinking off and we also havent updated the model to gpt 5.5 right?

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Correct.

Current state from /status:

  • Model: google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview
  • Think: off
  • Version: 2026.4.23
  • We also temporarily set:
    • tools.profile = "minimal"
    • agents.defaults.skills = []

If you want to test GPT-5.5 on the rolled-back version, send in Telegram:

/new openai/gpt-5.5
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Then ping and compare the delay.

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how do i revert tools and thinking

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Run these to restore normal tools/skills:

openclaw config unset tools.profile
openclaw config unset agents.defaults.skills
openclaw gateway restart

For thinking, in Telegram send:

/think default

If default isn’t accepted on 2026.4.23, use:

# 
/think adaptive

Then check:

/status
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ping was 5 seconds

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Nice — 5s is the best result so far.

If you revert tools/skills, expect latency may go back up because context gets bigger. I’d do it in this order:

  1. Restore tools/skills.
  2. Restart.
  3. /status
  4. ping

Then compare. If it jumps, we know exactly what tradeoff caused it.

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🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.23 (a979721)
🧠 Model: openai/gpt-5.5 · 🔑 api-key (env: OPENAI_API_KEY)
🧮 Tokens: 1.9k in / 17 out
🗄️ Cache: 92% hit · 23k cached, 0 new
📚 Context: 25k/200k (12%) · 🧹 Compactions: 0
🧵 Session: agent:main:telegram:direct:6034907749 • updated just now
⚙️ Runtime: direct · Runner: pi (embedded) · Think: xhigh · Text: low
🪢 Queue: collect (depth 0)

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You’re now on GPT-5.5, and thinking is xhigh — that will add latency.

To reduce latency, send this in Telegram:

/think off

Then ping again.

If you want a middle ground instead of fully off:

/think low

For fastest replies: GPT-5.5 + Think: off + Text: low.

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with /think xhigh, ping response is only 5 seconds

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That’s actually great. So on 2026.4.23, even with:

  • GPT-5.5
  • Think: xhigh
  • normal-ish context around 25k

you’re still getting ~5s.

That makes the regression case stronger: 2026.4.25 was the main slowdown, not thinking/model alone.

I’d keep 2026.4.23 for now if reliability matters, and include that comparison in the issue report.

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this wasted my entire day

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Yeah, that’s really frustrating. I’m sorry — this was a nasty one because it looked like Telegram/model/auth/config at different points, but the comparison finally showed the update regression pretty clearly.

The useful outcome is: you now have a working path again:

  • stay on 2026.4.23
  • GPT-5.5 + even xhigh is around 5s
  • avoid 2026.4.25 for now

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

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what about enabling my plugins again like engram, lcm etc?

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I’d re-enable one at a time, with a ping test after each. Don’t turn everything back on at once.

First check what’s already enabled:

openclaw plugins list --enabled

LCM / lossless-claw is probably okay to test first:

openclaw plugins enable lossless-claw
openclaw gateway restart

Then Telegram:

# 
/status
ping

For engram, I’d be more careful: on rollback to 2026.4.23, it already had a config incompatibility (allowConversationAccess). I’d leave engram disabled for now unless you really need it, or inspect it first:

openclaw plugins inspect openclaw-engram

Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/plugin

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Config warnings:

  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present
    23:18:27 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
    Config warnings:
  • plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is present

🦞 OpenClaw 2026.4.23 (a979721) — I'm not saying your workflow is chaotic... I'm just bringing a linter and a helmet.

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│ - plugins.entries.openclaw-engram: plugin disabled (disabled in config) but config is │
│ present │
│ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
23:18:29 [plugins] [lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true, db=/Users/macmini/.openclaw/lcm.db, threshold=0.75)
@joshuaswarren/openclaw-engram
id: openclaw-engram
Local-first memory plugin for OpenClaw. LLM-powered extraction, markdown storage, hybrid search via QMD.

Status: disabled
Format: openclaw
Source: ~/.openclaw/extensions/openclaw-engram/dist/index.js
Origin: global
Version: 9.1.9
Shape: non-capability
Capability mode: none
Legacy before_agent_start: no

Error: disabled in config

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LCM is already enabled and loading:

[lcm] Plugin loaded (enabled=true)

So leave LCM alone if latency is still ~5s.

For Engram: it’s installed but disabled. Since 2026.4.23 had config/schema trouble with Engram, only enable it if you’re ready to test and potentially turn it right back off.

Small-step test:

openclaw plugins enable openclaw-engram
openclaw gateway restart
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Then Telegram:

/status
ping

If latency jumps or gateway complains:

openclaw plugins disable openclaw-engram
openclaw gateway restart

Given the rough day you’ve had, I’d honestly keep Engram disabled until the regression is fixed upstream.

fading nova
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6 seconds

spiral cryptBOT
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6s with LCM enabled is fine — basically same as before.

I’d stop there for tonight. Current stable state:

  • OpenClaw 2026.4.23
  • GPT-5.5
  • LCM enabled
  • Engram disabled
  • replies ~5–6s

If you enable Engram, test immediately and disable it again if latency jumps.