Why does OpenClaw lose memory across multi-day sessions?

Session-corpus not generated for days when sessions span midnight. Only the first day is recorded.

Does OpenClaw remember single important events?

Not reliably. Dreaming is biased toward repeated patterns and misses one-time events like birthdays.

Which version introduced the multi-day memory bug?

Reported after upgrading to v2026.4.11, affecting automated session-corpus generation during dreaming.

How to fix multi-day session memory loss?

Manual extraction from session logs works. Copy relevant segments into the correct day memory file.

Is there a fix for single-event memory promotion?

Proposed: an importance classifier that flags single-occurrence high-significance events for immediate promotion.

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OpenClaw Memory System Fails Multi-Day Sessions and Drops Single-Occurrence Important Events

Session-corpus not generated when sessions span midnight. Single-occurrence important events like user birthdays or one-time decisions never promoted to long-term memory because the dreaming system is biased toward repeated patterns across multiple memories.

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