Gateway crash-loop error message misleading when config is empty/incomplete after migration
증상
When the gateway starts with an incomplete or effectively empty config (e.g. after a failed migration), it crash-loops every ~10 seconds with a message that points at a symptom rather than the root cause, making diagnosis very difficult.
원인
OpenClaw gateway, skill, or agent configuration issue — root cause confirmed in the openclaw/openclaw issue tracker.
해결법
was not setting gateway.mode — it was merging the full config from moltbot.json into openclaw.json. Adding gateway.mode=local alone (the literal fix suggested by the error) would have started the gateway but left all channels, agents, bindings, and plugins missing, with no further errors or warnings.
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/54201
Source: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/54201
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