log error with discord

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I got the error form the log, [discord] [default] channel exited: Failed to get gateway information from Discord: Discord API /gateway/bot failed (401). i can't find the source where default bot configured, openclaw.json?

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Yep — default here means the Discord account id OpenClaw is starting, not a Discord “default bot” somewhere else.

A /gateway/bot failed (401) is Discord rejecting the bot token. Check the token source in this order:

openclaw --version
openclaw config file
openclaw config get channels.discord

For the default Discord account, the token is usually one of these:

{
  channels: {
    discord: {

      enabled: true,
      token: {
        source: "env",
        provider: "default",
        id: "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN",
      },
    },
  },
}

or, in multi-account config:

channels: {

  discord: {
    accounts: {
      default: {
        token: { source: "env", provider: "default", id: "DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN" }
      }
    }
  }
}

Docs note: config token values win over env fallback, and DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN fallback is only for the default account.

Common fixes:

• Make sure you copied the Bot Token from the Discord Developer Portal, not client secret/app id/public key.
• Don’t paste the token here.
• If you use DISCORD_BOT_TOKEN, make sure the gateway service actually has that env var; exporting it in your current shell won’t update an already-running daemon.