Health Checks
How the macOS app reports gateway/Baileys health states
How to see whether the linked channel is healthy from the menu bar app.
Menu bar
- Status dot now reflects Baileys health:
- Green: linked + socket opened recently.
- Orange: connecting/retrying.
- Red: logged out or probe failed.
- Secondary line reads "linked · auth 12m" or shows the failure reason.
- "Run Health Check" menu item triggers an on-demand probe.
Settings
- General tab gains a Health card showing: linked auth age, session-store path/count, last check time, last error/status code, and buttons for Run Health Check / Reveal Logs.
- Uses a cached snapshot so the UI loads instantly and falls back gracefully when offline.
- Channels tab surfaces channel status + controls for WhatsApp/Telegram (login QR, logout, probe, last disconnect/error).
How the probe works
- App runs ''openclaw health --json'' via ''ShellExecutor'' every ~60s and on demand. The probe loads creds and reports status without sending messages.
- Cache the last good snapshot and the last error separately to avoid flicker; show the timestamp of each.
When in doubt
- You can still use the CLI flow in ''Gateway health'' (''openclaw status'', ''openclaw status --deep'', ''openclaw health --json'') and tail ''/tmp/openclaw/openclaw-*.log'' for ''web-heartbeat'' / ''web-reconnect''.