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Session: 2026-04-06 00:15:19 UTC

  • Session Key: agent:main:telegram:dm:8433292660
  • Session ID: e71dfb59-fcb3-49eb-ba1e-19560e81ece1
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Conversation Summary

assistant: I can, but the Gmail sender on this host is locked behind a keyring passphrase right now (it’s prompting: “Enter passphrase to unlock …/gogcli/keyring”), so I can’t actually send the email until it’s unlocked.

Two quick options—pick one:

  1. You unlock it on the EC2 once (recommended):

    • Start a tmux session on the box
    • Run gog auth list and enter the passphrase when prompted
    • Tell me “ok unlocked”, and I’ll send the email immediately.

  2. Set an env var for non-interactive sends:

    • Set GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD in the environment for the OpenClaw process (more permanent, but you’d need to do that on the host).

If you want, I can also just paste the exact email body here for you to copy/paste into Gmail—do you want the subject line to be something like “B2B Internal AI PM operating system”? user: System: [2026-04-05 22:19:58 UTC] Exec failed (mellow-g, signal 9) :: Enter passphrase to unlock "/home/ubuntu/.config/gogcli/keyring":

[Telegram S L id:8433292660 +1m 2026-04-05 22:21 UTC] But I set the env var already I thought [message_id: 570] assistant: Yeah—I checked the environment this running OpenClaw session is actually executing with, and GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD is not set (it prints 0 bytes / empty). So even if you set it somewhere, it’s not in scope for the process that’s running gog here.

Most common reasons:

  • you set it in your interactive shell (.zshrc/.bashrc), but OpenClaw runs as a service and doesn’t inherit that
  • you set it in one tmux/SSH session, not globally
  • you set it on your laptop, not on the EC2 host

Two ways to fix:

Option A (fastest, no env vars): unlock once in tmux

On the EC2 host:

  1. tmux new -s gog
  2. gog auth list
  3. enter the keyring passphrase when prompted Then tell me “unlocked” and I’ll send the email.

Option B (non-interactive): set env var for the OpenClaw service

Set GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD in whatever starts OpenClaw (systemd service file / docker env / your process manager), then restart OpenClaw so it picks it up.

If you tell me how OpenClaw is launched on your EC2 (systemd vs openclaw gateway start in a shell vs docker), I’ll give you the exact 2–3 commands to set it correctly. user: [Telegram S L id:8433292660 +1m 2026-04-05 22:23 UTC] We added to ~/.bashrc though [message_id: 572] assistant: ~/.bashrc only affects interactive bash shells. The OpenClaw gateway process (and the gog command it spawns) usually runs as a service/non-interactive process, so it won’t read ~/.bashrc, which is why printenv GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD came back empty.

Fix options:

Best: put it where the gateway actually starts (systemd)

  1. Check if OpenClaw is managed by systemd:
  • systemctl status openclaw

If it is, add an override env var:

  • sudo systemctl edit openclaw

Paste:

[Service]
Environment="GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD=your-passphrase-here"

Then:

  • sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  • sudo systemctl restart openclaw

If you start it manually in a shell

Start it like:

  • export GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD='...'
  • openclaw gateway start

…but this won’t survive reboots unless you script it.

Quickest one-time workaround

Unlock the keyring once in a tmux session (so it stays unlocked for that session):

  • tmux new -s gog
  • gog auth list (enter passphrase)

Tell me which setup you’re using:

  • does systemctl status openclaw show a service, or are you starting it manually? user: [Telegram S L id:8433292660 +46s 2026-04-05 22:24 UTC] Stop telling me one time workarodun… I need to fix this [message_id: 574] assistant: Got it. The reason ~/.bashrc didn’t work is: your OpenClaw gateway is running under systemd --user (openclaw-gateway.service), and systemd does not load ~/.bashrc.

Here’s the real fix (persistent, survives restarts/reboots):

Fix: add GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD to the systemd user service env

1) Create an env file (cleaner than putting secrets in the unit text)

mkdir -p ~/.config/openclaw
nano ~/.config/openclaw/env

Put this line in it:

GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD=your-passphrase-here

Lock down permissions:

chmod 600 ~/.config/openclaw/env

2) Add an override to the service to load that env file

systemctl --user edit openclaw-gateway

Paste:

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=%h/.config/openclaw/env

3) Reload + restart the gateway

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user restart openclaw-gateway

4) Verify it worked

cat /proc/$(pgrep -n openclaw-gateway)/environ | tr '\0' '\n' | grep '^GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD='

Once that prints the variable, I can send the email with gog without any TTY prompt.

If you want, paste the output of:

systemctl --user cat openclaw-gateway

and I’ll sanity-check the override is being applied correctly. user: [Telegram S L id:8433292660 +1m 2026-04-05 22:26 UTC] Are you sure? This sounds way too complicated [message_id: 576] assistant: Yes—I’m sure about the cause: your gateway is running as a systemd user service (openclaw-gateway.service), and systemd services do not read ~/.bashrc. That’s why the env var isn’t visible to the running process.

The fix sounds longer than it is because I’m spelling it out safely. Conceptually it’s just:

  • put the secret in a file
  • tell systemd to load that file for the service
  • restart the service

If you want the simplest (but slightly less clean) version with the fewest steps:

systemctl --user edit openclaw-gateway

Paste:

[Service]
Environment="GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD=your-passphrase-here"

Then:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user restart openclaw-gateway

That’s it.

If you’re worried about whether it’s applied, run:

systemctl --user show openclaw-gateway -p Environment

Want me to tailor the exact commands to your preference: env file (clean) vs inline Environment= (fast)? user: [Telegram S L id:8433292660 +49s 2026-04-05 22:27 UTC] But I already created an env file earlier [message_id: 578] assistant: You did — I found it: ~/.config/gogcli/env and it contains:

export GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD=snake

Two issues:

  1. That file isn’t being loaded by the systemd user service that runs openclaw-gateway, so the gateway never sees the variable.
  2. systemd EnvironmentFile= does not like export ... lines; it expects KEY=value.

So the minimal fix is:

1) Create a systemd-friendly env file (no export)

mkdir -p ~/.config/openclaw
cp ~/.config/gogcli/env ~/.config/openclaw/env
sed -i 's/^export[[:space:]]\\+//' ~/.config/openclaw/env
chmod 600 ~/.config/openclaw/env

2) Tell the gateway service to load it + restart

systemctl --user edit openclaw-gateway

Paste:

[Service]
EnvironmentFile=%h/.config/openclaw/env

Then:

systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user restart openclaw-gateway

After that, gog auth list should stop prompting and I can email you the content.

If you want, I can also skip the new path and instead point systemd directly at ~/.config/gogcli/env—but you’d still need to remove the export from that file. user: [Telegram S L id:8433292660 +11m 2026-04-05 22:38 UTC] Can you try send email again [message_id: 580] assistant: I tried—still can’t send yet.

gog is still failing with:

no TTY available ... set GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD

And I confirmed GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD is effectively empty in this process right now (it’s not being passed into the gateway environment), so the keyring prompt is still happening.

To get this working permanently, we need to confirm the systemd user service picked up the env file. Run these on the EC2 and paste the output:

  1. Show what env systemd thinks the service has:
systemctl --user show openclaw-gateway -p Environment -p EnvironmentFiles
  1. Show the override config:
systemctl --user cat openclaw-gateway

Once that’s correct and the service is restarted, I’ll re-try the send immediately.

If you want it right now without waiting, I can paste the full email text here for you to copy/paste—say “paste it” and I’ll format it cleanly. user: [Telegram S L id:8433292660 +3m 2026-04-05 22:42 UTC] Can you try again [message_id: 582] assistant: Sent — it went through to shuang.jhu@gmail.com with subject “B2B internal AI PM operating system”.