yeah i just did a fresh setup with

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curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_24.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

sudo npm install -g openclaw --quiet

Installed like so

openclaw onboard \
  --non-interactive \
  --mode local \
  --auth-choice skip \
  --gateway-bind loopback \
  --gateway-token test-token \
  --install-daemon \
  --accept-risk

then added setup token via

openclaw config

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trying previous stable

works on OpenClaw 2026.5.7 (eeef486)

let me confirm it wasn't a flakky claude server problem D:

seems like it was some claude flakiness