openclaw-backups/memory/2026-02-21-openai-onboard.md

Session: 2026-02-21 07:08:22 UTC

• Session Key: agent:main:main
• Session ID: 006639e1-5f14-4a4c-8982-0057b2cf36c6
• Source: telegram

Conversation Summary

user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

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  "message_id": "1358",
  "sender": "1793951355"
}

Can we run though the process openclaw onboard --auth-choice openai-codex assistant: Yep — we’re in it right now.

Open this URL on your local device browser (phone/laptop where you’re logged into OpenAI), complete the login/consent, then copy the final redirect URL from the address bar and paste it back here:

https://auth.openai.com/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=app_EMoamEEZ73f0CkXaXp7hrann&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A1455%2Fauth%2Fcallback&scope=openid+profile+email+offline_access&code_challenge=BiBEieWpvOHrL4UhF7ed4ue_DEDWvhEpDuSHeVIuMj0&code_challenge_method=S256&state=b160ee54409cd1c5271ed44f1484c444&id_token_add_organizations=true&codex_cli_simplified_flow=true&originator=pi

Once you paste the redirect URL, I’ll continue the onboarding in the terminal. user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "message_id": "1360",
  "sender": "1793951355"
}

localhost:1455/auth/callback?error=invalid_state&error_description=The+state+is+missing+or+does+not+have+enough+characters+and+is+therefore+considered+too+weak.+Request+parameter+%27state%27+must+be+at+least+be+8+characters+long+to+ensure+sufficient+entropy.&state= assistant: That error means the OAuth “state” got lost/blank in the redirect you pasted (usually because the browser didn’t actually complete the flow, or it opened in a weird in-app browser that strips params, or you copied only part of the URL).

Good news: I’ve restarted the onboarding and we’ve got a fresh OAuth URL ready.

Do this carefully:

1. Open this link in a real browser (Safari/Chrome), not inside a Telegram in-app webview: (ideally long-press → “Open in Safari”)

https://auth.openai.com/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=app_EMoamEEZ73f0CkXaXp7hrann&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A1455%2Fauth%2Fcallback&scope=openid+profile+email+offline_access&code_challenge=FpdFieL8DnSyYkq_TddQW2XLVLnVf-ZyfoaLKYqf6RU&code_challenge_method=S256&state=22266876430cfd711e69b6aafdf67411&id_token_add_organizations=true&codex_cli_simplified_flow=true&originator=pi

2. Log in / Continue.

3. When it lands on the weird localhost page, copy the entire address bar URL. It should look like: http://localhost:1455/auth/callback?code=...&state=... (Important: it must include a non-empty state=.)

4. Paste that full redirect URL here.

Send me whatever you get (even if it looks long). user: [Queued messages while agent was busy]

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Queued #1 Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "message_id": "1361",
  "sender": "1793951355"
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Oops sorry wrong one. This one use localhost:1455/auth/callback?code=ac_Z7PiQYJsTG5ih-PTKGUyIFCYRlcPEX-J-BfJimyaTY0.1YfHtOvWl6IsLpafILAeG9iSl_cl5_9pO_5ET9i8Xgk&scope=openid+profile+email+offline_access&state=b160ee54409cd1c5271ed44f1484c444 assistant: Yep I see what happened — the redirect URL you pasted has:

state=b160ee...

…but the current onboarding run generated a different state:

state=22266876430cfd711e69b6aafdf67411

OpenClaw is strict here: state must match (it’s the CSRF protection). So it throws “State mismatch”.

Fix (quick)

Please redo the login using the current OAuth URL that OpenClaw just printed (the one with state=222668...). After you finish, the redirect you paste back must end with that same state.

Here’s the current OAuth URL again (the one you need to open now):

https://auth.openai.com/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=app_EMoamEEZ73f0CkXaXp7hrann&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A1455%2Fauth%2Fcallback&scope=openid+profile+email+offline_access&code_challenge=FpdFieL8DnSyYkq_TddQW2XLVLnVf-ZyfoaLKYqf6RU&code_challenge_method=S256&state=22266876430cfd711e69b6aafdf67411&id_token_add_organizations=true&codex_cli_simplified_flow=true&originator=pi

Then paste back the final URL from your address bar. It should look like:

http://localhost:1455/auth/callback?code=...&...&state=22266876430cfd711e69b6aafdf67411

Once you send that, I’ll paste it in and we’ll complete the onboarding flow. user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "message_id": "1363",
  "sender": "1793951355"
}

localhost:1455/auth/callback?code=ac_qYR5h0l2MtcI-rJkXsPDfD_D-MeMY9d0BSwceokYZ04.Czgkk_repPTM7OkxHZWENSxBUuZae_ZOeqK-MleaLB8&scope=openid+profile+email+offline_access&state=22266876430cfd711e69b6aafdf67411 assistant: Yep I see what happened — the redirect URL you pasted has:

state=b160ee...

…but the current onboarding run generated a different state:

state=22266876430cfd711e69b6aafdf67411

OpenClaw is strict here: state must match (it’s the CSRF protection). So it throws “State mismatch”.

Fix (quick)

Please redo the login using the current OAuth URL that OpenClaw just printed (the one with state=222668...). After you finish, the redirect you paste back must end with that same state.

Here’s the current OAuth URL again (the one you need to open now):

https://auth.openai.com/oauth/authorize?response_type=code&client_id=app_EMoamEEZ73f0CkXaXp7hrann&redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost%3A1455%2Fauth%2Fcallback&scope=openid+profile+email+offline_access&code_challenge=FpdFieL8DnSyYkq_TddQW2XLVLnVf-ZyfoaLKYqf6RU&code_challenge_method=S256&state=22266876430cfd711e69b6aafdf67411&id_token_add_organizations=true&codex_cli_simplified_flow=true&originator=pi

Then paste back the final URL from your address bar. It should look like:

http://localhost:1455/auth/callback?code=...&...&state=22266876430cfd711e69b6aafdf67411

Once you send that, I’ll paste it in and we’ll complete the onboarding flow. user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "message_id": "1366",
  "sender": "1793951355"
}

Hello what’s. Happening with the oath user: System: [2026-02-21 06:59:31 UTC] WhatsApp gateway connected.

Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "message_id": "1369",
  "sender": "1793951355"
}

Run a backup asap! assistant: reply_to_current Backup done ✅

• Ran the Gitea backup script successfully
• Pushed to: Anthony/openclaw-backups.git
• Latest commit: 17b5b82 (“Auto backup: 2026-02-21 07:01”)
• Log: /tmp/openclaw-backup.log user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "message_id": "1371",
  "sender": "1793951355"
}

And can i confirm you are all hunky dory with the new watcher script? That keeps my machine stable and running? Is it on now. Exkain it assistant: Yep — the “watcher” (OpenClaw Watchdog v2) is on right now and running as a systemd user service ✅

Is it on?

Yes:

• Service name: openclaw-watchdog-v2.service
• Status: active (running)

What it actually does (plain English)

It’s a little loop that runs every 30 seconds and checks two things:

1. Is the gateway process running?
2. Is port 18789 answering locally? (basic socket health check)

If it fails 3 checks in a row (so ~90 seconds of “bad”), it will:

• attempt openclaw gateway restart
• then confirm the gateway is healthy again
• and send you an alert

Where it logs

• ~/.openclaw/watchdog-v2.log

Important: it’s now aligned with your new notifications

You asked for ntfy to be the platform, so I updated the watchdog v2 script to:

• send alerts via ntfy (topic anthony-krilly-9f3k2)
• minimum priority 4
• Sound: default (so iPhone/iPad vibrates) …and restarted the watchdog service so it’s using that immediately.

If you want, I can trigger a safe test (send a “Watchdog test ping” ntfy alert without actually killing anything). user: Conversation info (untrusted metadata):

{
  "message_id": "1374",
  "sender": "1793951355"
}

Yes please assistant: reply_to_current Sent ✅

Title: 🦀 Watchdog test ping
Priority: 4
Sound: default

Message says it’s just a notification test (no restart triggered).