https://errorvault.dev/tags/clw-prompt-oom/ Recent content in Clw-Prompt-Oom on ErrorVault — Developer Error Code Dictionary Hugo en-us Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:32:04 +0800 https://errorvault.dev/openclaw/openclaw-clw-prompt-oom-prompt-memory-exhaustion/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:32:04 +0800 https://errorvault.dev/openclaw/openclaw-clw-prompt-oom-prompt-memory-exhaustion/ <h2 id="1-symptoms">1. Symptoms</h2> <p>The <code>clw-prompt-oom</code> error occurs when the input prompt submitted to OpenClaw exceeds the configured or system-imposed memory allocation for prompt processing. Users encounter this error during normal operations when attempting to process large text inputs, batch operations, or complex multi-line prompts that consume more memory than the application has available or is willing to allocate.</p> <p>The characteristic shell output when this error manifests typically appears as follows:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#282a36;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-fallback" data-lang="fallback"><span style="display:flex;"><span>[ERROR] clw-prompt-oom: Prompt input exceeds available memory allocation </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Prompt size: 45.2 MB </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Available memory: 32.0 MB </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Suggestion: Reduce prompt size or increase memory limit </span></span></code></pre></div><p>In interactive mode, the error presents with additional context about the current session state:</p>