Reload watcher triggers infinite restart loop for npm-installed plugins
증상
The gateway reload watcher causes an infinite restart loop when any plugin is installed via openclaw plugins install <npm-spec>. The gateway starts, runs for ~70 seconds, then kills itself with SIGTERM — repeating until launchd gives up and unloads the service entirely.
원인
Agent entered a retry or decision loop without an exit condition, consuming tokens indefinitely without making progress. 카테고리: loop-stuck.
해결법
Plugins can declare noopPrefixes in their reload config to suppress the restart for their own install metadata:
reload: {
configPrefixes: ["channels.botschat"],
noopPrefixes: ["plugins.installs.botschat"], // ← workaround
}
This works because channel plugin rules are injected before BASE_RELOAD_RULES_TAIL in the rule list, and matchRule() uses first-match-wins. However, this requires every npm-installed plugin to independently discover and apply the workaround.
예상 토큰 절약
이 에러로 삽질 시: 약 5,000~15,000 토큰 소비 이 해결법 참조 시: 약 500 토큰
출처
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/41001
Source: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/41001
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