Gateway memory leak: 389MB → 14.7GB over 4 days with session accumulation
증상
The openclaw-gateway process leaks memory steadily over multi-day uptime, growing from ~389MB at startup to 14.7GB (58% of 24GB RAM on Mac Mini) after approximately 4 days of continuous operation.
원인
OpenClaw gateway, skill, or agent configuration issue — root cause confirmed in the openclaw/openclaw issue tracker.
해결법
We implemented a daily maintenance LaunchAgent that:
- Kills the gateway at 4 AM (auto-restarts via LaunchAgent service)
- Resets any session JSONL files > 500KB
- Deletes old
.reset.*files > 3 days - Tightened compaction:
maxHistoryShare: 0.3, pruning TTL2h,keepLastAssistants: 2
This keeps memory under control but doesn’t fix the underlying leak.
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/54155
Source: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/54155
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