Local CLI operator commands intermittently fail with “connect challenge timeout” / “handshake timeout” (code 1000/1008) under gateway load
증상
Local CLI commands requiring a full authenticated operator WebSocket session (openclaw devices list, openclaw devices approve, openclaw nodes status) intermittently fail with:
원인
OpenClaw gateway, skill, or agent configuration issue — root cause confirmed in the openclaw/openclaw issue tracker.
해결법
~2x memory regression` (#45426) — changed internal chunk structure and memory footprint
fix(gateway): bound unanswered client requests(#45689) — adds new timer pressure on the event loop in the RPC path
Gateway log evidence showing the race (both server and client timeouts firing): ``` 2026-03-18T05:08:07.278-04:00 [ws] handshake timeout conn=28e60671… remote=127.0.0.1 2026-03-18T05:08:08.666-04:00 [ws] closed before connect conn=28e60671… code=1000 reason=n/a 2026-03-18T05:08:16.173-04:00 [ws] handshake timeout conn=b5dd94dc… remote=127.0.0.1 2026-03-18T05:08:16.345-04:00 [ws] clo
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/49726
Source: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/49726
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