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Fix clw-worker-exhausted: Worker Process Memory Limit Exceeded

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:56:04 +0800

1. Symptoms

When the clw-worker-exhausted error manifests in your OpenClaw environment, you will observe several distinct indicators that point toward worker resource depletion. The most prominent symptom is a sudden cessation of task processing from a specific worker node. Tasks that were previously being executed will remain in a pending or in-progress state without completion.

In the command-line interface, running clawctl status or clawctl worker list typically reveals workers with an EXHAUSTED status. The output may include additional diagnostic information such as the memory threshold that was breached and the current memory consumption of the affected worker process.

Fix clw-router-oom: Router Process Memory Exhausted

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:56:04 +0800

1. Symptoms

The clw-router-oom error manifests when the OpenClaw router process exhausts its allocated memory budget. This error is critical and typically causes the router to terminate or enter a degraded state.

Observable Symptoms

When this error occurs, you will observe the following symptoms in your system:

Process Termination or Crash:

[OpenClaw Router] FATAL: clw-router-oom: Router heap exhausted
[OpenClaw Router]   Request count: 15,847
[OpenClaw Router]   Memory used: 2048 MB / 2048 MB
[OpenClaw Router]   Duration: 00:23:45
[OpenClaw Router]   Exiting with code 137 (SIGKILL)

Degraded Performance Leading to OOM: