The updater was previously attempting to restart the service using the
installed codebase, which could be in an inconsistent state during the
update process. This caused the service to stall when the updater
deleted its own files before the restart could complete.
Changes:
- restart-helper.ts: new module that writes a platform-specific restart
script to os.tmpdir() before the update begins (Linux systemd, macOS
launchctl, Windows schtasks).
- update-command.ts: prepares the restart script before installing, then
uses it for service restart instead of the standard runDaemonRestart.
- restart-helper.test.ts: 12 tests covering all platforms, custom
profiles, error cases, and shell injection safety.
Review feedback addressed:
- Use spawn(detached: true) + unref() so restart script survives parent
process termination (Greptile).
- Shell-escape profile values using single-quote wrapping to prevent
injection via OPENCLAW_PROFILE (Greptile).
- Reject unsafe batch characters on Windows.
- Self-cleanup: scripts delete themselves after execution (Copilot).
- Add tests for write failures and custom profiles (Copilot).
Fixes#17225
Address review feedback - when --json mode is used, the drift warning
was completely suppressed. Now it's included in the warnings array
of the DaemonActionResponse so programmatic consumers can surface it.
When the gateway token in config differs from the token embedded in the
service plist/unit file, restart will not apply the new token. This can
cause silent auth failures after OAuth token switches.
Changes:
- Add checkTokenDrift() to service-audit.ts
- Call it in runServiceRestart() before restarting
- Warn user with suggestion to run 'openclaw gateway install --force'
Closes#18018
When OPENCLAW_HOME is set (indicating an isolated instance), the gateway
port should be read from config rather than inheriting OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT
from a parent process. This fixes running multiple OpenClaw instances
where a child process would incorrectly use the parent's port.
Changes:
- resolveGatewayPort() now prioritizes config.gateway.port when OPENCLAW_HOME is set
- Added getConfigPath() function for runtime-evaluated config path
- Deprecated CONFIG_PATH constant with warning about module-load-time evaluation
- Updated gateway run command to use getConfigPath() instead of CONFIG_PATH
Fixes the issue where spawning a sandbox OpenClaw instance from within
another OpenClaw process would fail because OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_PORT from
the parent (set in server.impl.ts) would override the child's config.
* CLI: clarify config vs configure descriptions
* CLI: improve top-level command descriptions
* CLI: make direct command help more descriptive
* CLI: add commands hint to root help
* CLI: show root help hint in implicit help output
* CLI: add help example for command-specific help
* CLI: tweak root subcommand marker spacing
* CLI: mark clawbot as subcommand root in help
* CLI: derive subcommand markers from registry metadata
* CLI: escape help regex CLI name
Mariano
Peter Steinberger
Gustavo Madeira Santana
Mariano Belinky
Sebastian
cpojer
artale
Operative-001
Saurabh.Chopade
Zaf (via OpenClaw)
Benjamin Jesuiter