Health Checks
Health Checks
The goal of health checks is to break vague "it feels broken" reports into verifiable layers. Local summary, deep probes, Gateway health snapshots and channel session state all answer different questions and use different commands.
Four Levels of Checks
Local summary
openclaw status
openclaw status --allDeep probe
openclaw status --deepGateway health snapshot
openclaw health --jsonCheck directly inside chat
/statusWhat to Check First When It Breaks
If WhatsApp or WebChat stops receiving messages, check the credential file timestamps and channel status before blaming the model.
If the Gateway is unreachable, get the process up first with openclaw gateway --port 18789 --force or service commands, then continue to health probes.
health --json does not directly talk to low-level sockets like Baileys. It summarizes the health view from the running Gateway.