pale prawn
Environment:
- Windows 11 (running via WSL2)
- Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
- OpenClaw: 2026.4.15 (041266a)
- CPU: Ryzen 9 7950X
- RAM: 64GB
- GPU: RTX 4090 (24GB VRAM)
Current Setup:
- Ollama + OpenWebUI working perfectly
- All models load and run fine (good performance, memory handling looks normal)
- OpenClaw successfully connects to Ollama
- Can chat, switch models, and run basic tasks without issues
Problem:
When I give OpenClaw longer or more complex tasks, it eventually hangs and stops progressing.
Example behavior:
- It starts normally
- Runs for a while
- Then stalls indefinitely until I manually refresh
Recent log excerpt:
Log file: /tmp/openclaw/openclaw-2026-05-02.log
17:56:25+00:00 error [tools] read failed: ENOENT: no such file or directory, access '/home/jake/.openclaw/workspace/Lees\ Site/src/index.js' raw_params={"path":"/home/jake/.openclaw/workspace/Lees\\ Site/src/index.js"}
17:57:04+00:00 error [tools] read failed: ENOENT: no such file or directory, access '/home/jake/.openclaw/workspace/Lees\ Site/src/index.js' raw_params={"path":"/home/jake/.openclaw/workspace/Lees\\ Site/src/index.js"}
18:25:39+00:00 error gateway connect failed: GatewayClientRequestError: pairing required
18:25:39+00:00 error gateway connect failed: GatewayClientRequestError: pairing required
gateway connect failed: GatewayClientRequestError: pairing required
Notes:
- Reloading the page lets it start working again
- Issue seems to happen consistently on longer-running tasks
- I’m trying to get it to continuously work on a project without needing supervision
Models in use:
- ollama/gemma3:27b
- ollama/qwen3-coder:30b
- ollama/qwen3:32b
- ollama/gemma4
Question:
What could be causing the hanging behavior, and what should I check or change to make OpenClaw reliably run long tasks without stalling?
summer rampart