Is there automatic recovery for stuck OpenClaw sessions?

No — the diagnostic watchdog detects stuck sessions but only logs warnings without attempting automatic lane reset.

What fixes are proposed for processing lane stalls?

Proposed solutions include configurable processing lane timeouts of 60-120 seconds and automatic lane reset when the watchdog detects stuck sessions.

What causes OpenClaw agent sessions to stall?

The main agent processing lane periodically enters a stuck state where processing persists for 2-4+ minutes with queueDepth=1, unable to process new messages.

How do you fix a stuck OpenClaw session?

Currently requires a full Gateway restart via systemd, which is disruptive because it drops all active connections.

What is the OpenClaw dreaming cron race condition?

When dreaming is enabled, memory-core creates a daily 3 AM cron job for memory consolidation that can race with Gateway restart, leaving sessions permanently stuck.

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OpenClaw Agent Processing Lane Stalls 2-4+ Minutes With Dreaming Cron Race Condition on Gateway Restart

Main agent session periodically enters stuck processing state for 2-4+ minutes with queueDepth=1, unable to process new messages. Requires full Gateway restart via systemd to clear. Compounded by memory-core dreaming cron race condition: when dreaming is enabled, the 3 AM daily sweep can collide with Gateway restart, leaving sessions permanently stuck. No automatic recovery exists.

Product Idea from this Signal

A runtime middleware that intercepts OpenClaw agent failures, reasoning leaks, memory timeouts, and processing stalls before they reach end users

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OpenClaw agents fail in at least four distinct patterns that existing monitoring tools only detect after the damage is done. Internal reasoning text leaks into user-visible messages across Discord, Telegram, and WhatsApp (9+ open GitHub issues, recurring across versions). Active Memory timeouts kill all conversations after upgrades. Processing lanes stall for minutes with no automatic recovery. Codex runtime injects 30K tokens of overhead per turn making interactive use impossible. This middleware sits between the OpenClaw Gateway and channel outputs, pattern-matches known failure signatures in real time, and either suppresses the bad output (reasoning leaks), force-resets stuck lanes (stalls), or falls back to a cached last-good response (timeouts) before the user ever sees the error.

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