[Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent · Issue #2394 · OpenRouterLabs/spawn

What happened?

Multiple issues with the OpenClaw post-setup experience, especially on DigitalOcean:

1. openclaw command not found after SSH reconnect

After the initial spawn session ends (e.g., Ctrl+C or disconnect), SSH'ing back into the box and running openclaw tui or any openclaw subcommand fails with openclaw: command not found.

Root cause: OpenClaw is installed to ~/.npm-global/bin/ and the PATH export is appended to ~/.bashrc, but:

ssh user@ip may not invoke a login shell that sources .bashrc on all distros
.spawnrc is sourced in .bashrc, but only if .bashrc itself gets loaded
The user has no obvious way to know they need source ~/.bashrc or export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH first

2. Ctrl+C kills the SSH session / DO instance instead of exiting OpenClaw TUI

Pressing Ctrl+C while in the OpenClaw TUI kills the entire SSH connection rather than just exiting the TUI. On DigitalOcean, this effectively disconnects the user, and when they reconnect they hit problem #1.

Expected: Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+D) should cleanly exit the OpenClaw TUI and drop the user back to a shell prompt on the VM, not terminate the SSH session.

3. WhatsApp channel setup is broken end-to-end

Attempting to set up WhatsApp as a messaging channel:

openrouter/auto routes to a model that doesn't make tool calls for setup
Sonnet asks to run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp but Ctrl+C to exit TUI kills the session (problem Add NanoClaw spawn script #2), and after reconnecting the command isn't found (problem Refactor spawn scripts with shared library and OAuth fallback #1)
Opus tries to output a QR code inline but references one that doesn't exist
Telegram works; WhatsApp does not

Proposed fixes

Ensure PATH persists for all SSH session types: Write the PATH export to ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, AND ~/.bashrc (covering login shells, non-login shells, and sh). Also ensure .spawnrc is sourced from .profile for non-bash shells.
Fix signal handling in the TUI launch: The restart loop wraps openclaw tui — if Ctrl+C propagates to the SSH pseudo-terminal allocation (ssh -t), the whole session dies. Consider trapping SIGINT in the launch wrapper to cleanly exit the TUI without killing the connection, then drop to a shell.
Add a spawn shell or post-TUI shell: After the TUI exits, drop the user into an interactive shell on the VM instead of disconnecting. This lets users run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp directly.

Reproduction steps

spawn openclaw digitalocean
# Wait for setup to complete, TUI launches# Press Ctrl+C → entire SSH session terminates# SSH back into the box manually
openclaw tui # → "openclaw: command not found"

Environment

Cloud: DigitalOcean (also likely affects other clouds)
Agent: OpenClaw

Filed from Slack by SPA

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OpenRouterLabs /spawnPublic Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 34 Star 233 Code Issues22 Pull requests23 Actions Security and quality0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Security and quality Insights [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent #2394 Copy link Copy link Closed #2399 Closed [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent#2394 #2399 Copy link Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Description la14-1 opened on Mar 9, 2026 Issue body actions What happened? Multiple issues with the OpenClaw post-setup experience, especially on DigitalOcean: 1. openclaw command not found after SSH reconnect After the initial spawn session ends (e.g., Ctrl+C or disconnect), SSH'ing back into the box and running openclaw tui or any openclaw subcommand fails with openclaw: command not found. Root cause: OpenClaw is installed to ~/.npm-global/bin/ and the PATH export is appended to ~/.bashrc, but: ssh user@ip may not invoke a login shell that sources .bashrc on all distros .spawnrc is sourced in .bashrc, but only if .bashrc itself gets loaded The user has no obvious way to know they need source ~/.bashrc or export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH first 2. Ctrl+C kills the SSH session / DO instance instead of exiting OpenClaw TUI Pressing Ctrl+C while in the OpenClaw TUI kills the entire SSH connection rather than just exiting the TUI. On DigitalOcean, this effectively disconnects the user, and when they reconnect they hit problem #1. Expected: Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+D) should cleanly exit the OpenClaw TUI and drop the user back to a shell prompt on the VM, not terminate the SSH session. 3. WhatsApp channel setup is broken end-to-end Attempting to set up WhatsApp as a messaging channel: openrouter/auto routes to a model that doesn't make tool calls for setup Sonnet asks to run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp but Ctrl+C to exit TUI kills the session (problem Add NanoClaw spawn script #2), and after reconnecting the command isn't found (problem Refactor spawn scripts with shared library and OAuth fallback #1) Opus tries to output a QR code inline but references one that doesn't exist Telegram works; WhatsApp does not Proposed fixes Ensure PATH persists for all SSH session types: Write the PATH export to ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, AND ~/.bashrc (covering login shells, non-login shells, and sh). Also ensure .spawnrc is sourced from .profile for non-bash shells. Fix signal handling in the TUI launch: The restart loop wraps openclaw tui — if Ctrl+C propagates to the SSH pseudo-terminal allocation (ssh -t), the whole session dies. Consider trapping SIGINT in the launch wrapper to cleanly exit the TUI without killing the connection, then drop to a shell. Add a spawn shell or post-TUI shell: After the TUI exits, drop the user into an interactive shell on the VM instead of disconnecting. This lets users run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp directly. Reproduction steps spawn openclaw digitalocean # Wait for setup to complete, TUI launches# Press Ctrl+C → entire SSH session terminates# SSH back into the box manually openclaw tui # → "openclaw: command not found" Environment Cloud: DigitalOcean (also likely affects other clouds) Agent: OpenClaw Filed from Slack by SPA Reactions are currently unavailable Metadata Metadata Assignees No one assigned Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Type No type Projects No projects Milestone No milestone Relationships None yet Development No branches or pull requests Issue actions Footer © 2026 GitHub, Inc. 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OpenRouterLabs /spawnPublic Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 34 Star 233 Code Issues22 Pull requests23 Actions Security and quality0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Security and quality Insights [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent #2394 Copy link Copy link Closed #2399 Closed [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent#2394 #2399 Copy link Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Description la14-1 opened on Mar 9, 2026 Issue body actions What happened? Multiple issues with the OpenClaw post-setup experience, especially on DigitalOcean: 1. openclaw command not found after SSH reconnect After the initial spawn session ends (e.g., Ctrl+C or disconnect), SSH'ing back into the box and running openclaw tui or any openclaw subcommand fails with openclaw: command not found. Root cause: OpenClaw is installed to ~/.npm-global/bin/ and the PATH export is appended to ~/.bashrc, but: ssh user@ip may not invoke a login shell that sources .bashrc on all distros .spawnrc is sourced in .bashrc, but only if .bashrc itself gets loaded The user has no obvious way to know they need source ~/.bashrc or export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH first 2. Ctrl+C kills the SSH session / DO instance instead of exiting OpenClaw TUI Pressing Ctrl+C while in the OpenClaw TUI kills the entire SSH connection rather than just exiting the TUI. On DigitalOcean, this effectively disconnects the user, and when they reconnect they hit problem #1. Expected: Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+D) should cleanly exit the OpenClaw TUI and drop the user back to a shell prompt on the VM, not terminate the SSH session. 3. WhatsApp channel setup is broken end-to-end Attempting to set up WhatsApp as a messaging channel: openrouter/auto routes to a model that doesn't make tool calls for setup Sonnet asks to run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp but Ctrl+C to exit TUI kills the session (problem Add NanoClaw spawn script #2), and after reconnecting the command isn't found (problem Refactor spawn scripts with shared library and OAuth fallback #1) Opus tries to output a QR code inline but references one that doesn't exist Telegram works; WhatsApp does not Proposed fixes Ensure PATH persists for all SSH session types: Write the PATH export to ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, AND ~/.bashrc (covering login shells, non-login shells, and sh). Also ensure .spawnrc is sourced from .profile for non-bash shells. Fix signal handling in the TUI launch: The restart loop wraps openclaw tui — if Ctrl+C propagates to the SSH pseudo-terminal allocation (ssh -t), the whole session dies. Consider trapping SIGINT in the launch wrapper to cleanly exit the TUI without killing the connection, then drop to a shell. Add a spawn shell or post-TUI shell: After the TUI exits, drop the user into an interactive shell on the VM instead of disconnecting. This lets users run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp directly. Reproduction steps spawn openclaw digitalocean # Wait for setup to complete, TUI launches# Press Ctrl+C → entire SSH session terminates# SSH back into the box manually openclaw tui # → "openclaw: command not found" Environment Cloud: DigitalOcean (also likely affects other clouds) Agent: OpenClaw Filed from Slack by SPA Reactions are currently unavailable Metadata Metadata Assignees No one assigned Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Type No type Projects No projects Milestone No milestone Relationships None yet Development No branches or pull requests Issue actions Footer © 2026 GitHub, Inc. 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OpenRouterLabs /spawnPublic Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 34 Star 233 Code Issues22 Pull requests23 Actions Security and quality0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Security and quality Insights [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent #2394 Copy link Copy link Closed #2399 Closed [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent#2394 #2399 Copy link Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Description la14-1 opened on Mar 9, 2026 Issue body actions What happened? Multiple issues with the OpenClaw post-setup experience, especially on DigitalOcean: 1. openclaw command not found after SSH reconnect After the initial spawn session ends (e.g., Ctrl+C or disconnect), SSH'ing back into the box and running openclaw tui or any openclaw subcommand fails with openclaw: command not found. Root cause: OpenClaw is installed to ~/.npm-global/bin/ and the PATH export is appended to ~/.bashrc, but: ssh user@ip may not invoke a login shell that sources .bashrc on all distros .spawnrc is sourced in .bashrc, but only if .bashrc itself gets loaded The user has no obvious way to know they need source ~/.bashrc or export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH first 2. Ctrl+C kills the SSH session / DO instance instead of exiting OpenClaw TUI Pressing Ctrl+C while in the OpenClaw TUI kills the entire SSH connection rather than just exiting the TUI. On DigitalOcean, this effectively disconnects the user, and when they reconnect they hit problem #1. Expected: Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+D) should cleanly exit the OpenClaw TUI and drop the user back to a shell prompt on the VM, not terminate the SSH session. 3. WhatsApp channel setup is broken end-to-end Attempting to set up WhatsApp as a messaging channel: openrouter/auto routes to a model that doesn't make tool calls for setup Sonnet asks to run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp but Ctrl+C to exit TUI kills the session (problem Add NanoClaw spawn script #2), and after reconnecting the command isn't found (problem Refactor spawn scripts with shared library and OAuth fallback #1) Opus tries to output a QR code inline but references one that doesn't exist Telegram works; WhatsApp does not Proposed fixes Ensure PATH persists for all SSH session types: Write the PATH export to ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, AND ~/.bashrc (covering login shells, non-login shells, and sh). Also ensure .spawnrc is sourced from .profile for non-bash shells. Fix signal handling in the TUI launch: The restart loop wraps openclaw tui — if Ctrl+C propagates to the SSH pseudo-terminal allocation (ssh -t), the whole session dies. Consider trapping SIGINT in the launch wrapper to cleanly exit the TUI without killing the connection, then drop to a shell. Add a spawn shell or post-TUI shell: After the TUI exits, drop the user into an interactive shell on the VM instead of disconnecting. This lets users run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp directly. Reproduction steps spawn openclaw digitalocean # Wait for setup to complete, TUI launches# Press Ctrl+C → entire SSH session terminates# SSH back into the box manually openclaw tui # → "openclaw: command not found" Environment Cloud: DigitalOcean (also likely affects other clouds) Agent: OpenClaw Filed from Slack by SPA Reactions are currently unavailable Metadata Metadata Assignees No one assigned Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Type No type Projects No projects Milestone No milestone Relationships None yet Development No branches or pull requests Issue actions Footer © 2026 GitHub, Inc. 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OpenRouterLabs /spawnPublic Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 34 Star 233 Code Issues22 Pull requests23 Actions Security and quality0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Security and quality Insights [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent #2394 Copy link Copy link Closed #2399 Closed [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent#2394 #2399 Copy link Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Description la14-1 opened on Mar 9, 2026 Issue body actions What happened? Multiple issues with the OpenClaw post-setup experience, especially on DigitalOcean: 1. openclaw command not found after SSH reconnect After the initial spawn session ends (e.g., Ctrl+C or disconnect), SSH'ing back into the box and running openclaw tui or any openclaw subcommand fails with openclaw: command not found. Root cause: OpenClaw is installed to ~/.npm-global/bin/ and the PATH export is appended to ~/.bashrc, but: ssh user@ip may not invoke a login shell that sources .bashrc on all distros .spawnrc is sourced in .bashrc, but only if .bashrc itself gets loaded The user has no obvious way to know they need source ~/.bashrc or export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH first 2. Ctrl+C kills the SSH session / DO instance instead of exiting OpenClaw TUI Pressing Ctrl+C while in the OpenClaw TUI kills the entire SSH connection rather than just exiting the TUI. On DigitalOcean, this effectively disconnects the user, and when they reconnect they hit problem #1. Expected: Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+D) should cleanly exit the OpenClaw TUI and drop the user back to a shell prompt on the VM, not terminate the SSH session. 3. WhatsApp channel setup is broken end-to-end Attempting to set up WhatsApp as a messaging channel: openrouter/auto routes to a model that doesn't make tool calls for setup Sonnet asks to run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp but Ctrl+C to exit TUI kills the session (problem Add NanoClaw spawn script #2), and after reconnecting the command isn't found (problem Refactor spawn scripts with shared library and OAuth fallback #1) Opus tries to output a QR code inline but references one that doesn't exist Telegram works; WhatsApp does not Proposed fixes Ensure PATH persists for all SSH session types: Write the PATH export to ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, AND ~/.bashrc (covering login shells, non-login shells, and sh). Also ensure .spawnrc is sourced from .profile for non-bash shells. Fix signal handling in the TUI launch: The restart loop wraps openclaw tui — if Ctrl+C propagates to the SSH pseudo-terminal allocation (ssh -t), the whole session dies. Consider trapping SIGINT in the launch wrapper to cleanly exit the TUI without killing the connection, then drop to a shell. Add a spawn shell or post-TUI shell: After the TUI exits, drop the user into an interactive shell on the VM instead of disconnecting. This lets users run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp directly. Reproduction steps spawn openclaw digitalocean # Wait for setup to complete, TUI launches# Press Ctrl+C → entire SSH session terminates# SSH back into the box manually openclaw tui # → "openclaw: command not found" Environment Cloud: DigitalOcean (also likely affects other clouds) Agent: OpenClaw Filed from Slack by SPA Reactions are currently unavailable Metadata Metadata Assignees No one assigned Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Type No type Projects No projects Milestone No milestone Relationships None yet Development No branches or pull requests Issue actions Footer © 2026 GitHub, Inc. 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OpenRouterLabs /spawnPublic Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 34 Star 233 Code Issues22 Pull requests23 Actions Security and quality0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Security and quality Insights [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent #2394 Copy link Copy link Closed #2399 Closed [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent#2394 #2399 Copy link Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Description la14-1 opened on Mar 9, 2026 Issue body actions What happened? Multiple issues with the OpenClaw post-setup experience, especially on DigitalOcean: 1. openclaw command not found after SSH reconnect After the initial spawn session ends (e.g., Ctrl+C or disconnect), SSH'ing back into the box and running openclaw tui or any openclaw subcommand fails with openclaw: command not found. Root cause: OpenClaw is installed to ~/.npm-global/bin/ and the PATH export is appended to ~/.bashrc, but: ssh user@ip may not invoke a login shell that sources .bashrc on all distros .spawnrc is sourced in .bashrc, but only if .bashrc itself gets loaded The user has no obvious way to know they need source ~/.bashrc or export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH first 2. Ctrl+C kills the SSH session / DO instance instead of exiting OpenClaw TUI Pressing Ctrl+C while in the OpenClaw TUI kills the entire SSH connection rather than just exiting the TUI. On DigitalOcean, this effectively disconnects the user, and when they reconnect they hit problem #1. Expected: Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+D) should cleanly exit the OpenClaw TUI and drop the user back to a shell prompt on the VM, not terminate the SSH session. 3. WhatsApp channel setup is broken end-to-end Attempting to set up WhatsApp as a messaging channel: openrouter/auto routes to a model that doesn't make tool calls for setup Sonnet asks to run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp but Ctrl+C to exit TUI kills the session (problem Add NanoClaw spawn script #2), and after reconnecting the command isn't found (problem Refactor spawn scripts with shared library and OAuth fallback #1) Opus tries to output a QR code inline but references one that doesn't exist Telegram works; WhatsApp does not Proposed fixes Ensure PATH persists for all SSH session types: Write the PATH export to ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, AND ~/.bashrc (covering login shells, non-login shells, and sh). Also ensure .spawnrc is sourced from .profile for non-bash shells. Fix signal handling in the TUI launch: The restart loop wraps openclaw tui — if Ctrl+C propagates to the SSH pseudo-terminal allocation (ssh -t), the whole session dies. Consider trapping SIGINT in the launch wrapper to cleanly exit the TUI without killing the connection, then drop to a shell. Add a spawn shell or post-TUI shell: After the TUI exits, drop the user into an interactive shell on the VM instead of disconnecting. This lets users run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp directly. Reproduction steps spawn openclaw digitalocean # Wait for setup to complete, TUI launches# Press Ctrl+C → entire SSH session terminates# SSH back into the box manually openclaw tui # → "openclaw: command not found" Environment Cloud: DigitalOcean (also likely affects other clouds) Agent: OpenClaw Filed from Slack by SPA Reactions are currently unavailable Metadata Metadata Assignees No one assigned Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Type No type Projects No projects Milestone No milestone Relationships None yet Development No branches or pull requests Issue actions Footer © 2026 GitHub, Inc. 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OpenRouterLabs /spawnPublic Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 34 Star 233 Code Issues22 Pull requests23 Actions Security and quality0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Security and quality Insights [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent #2394 Copy link Copy link Closed #2399 Closed [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent#2394 #2399 Copy link Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Description la14-1 opened on Mar 9, 2026 Issue body actions What happened? Multiple issues with the OpenClaw post-setup experience, especially on DigitalOcean: 1. openclaw command not found after SSH reconnect After the initial spawn session ends (e.g., Ctrl+C or disconnect), SSH'ing back into the box and running openclaw tui or any openclaw subcommand fails with openclaw: command not found. Root cause: OpenClaw is installed to ~/.npm-global/bin/ and the PATH export is appended to ~/.bashrc, but: ssh user@ip may not invoke a login shell that sources .bashrc on all distros .spawnrc is sourced in .bashrc, but only if .bashrc itself gets loaded The user has no obvious way to know they need source ~/.bashrc or export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH first 2. Ctrl+C kills the SSH session / DO instance instead of exiting OpenClaw TUI Pressing Ctrl+C while in the OpenClaw TUI kills the entire SSH connection rather than just exiting the TUI. On DigitalOcean, this effectively disconnects the user, and when they reconnect they hit problem #1. Expected: Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+D) should cleanly exit the OpenClaw TUI and drop the user back to a shell prompt on the VM, not terminate the SSH session. 3. WhatsApp channel setup is broken end-to-end Attempting to set up WhatsApp as a messaging channel: openrouter/auto routes to a model that doesn't make tool calls for setup Sonnet asks to run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp but Ctrl+C to exit TUI kills the session (problem Add NanoClaw spawn script #2), and after reconnecting the command isn't found (problem Refactor spawn scripts with shared library and OAuth fallback #1) Opus tries to output a QR code inline but references one that doesn't exist Telegram works; WhatsApp does not Proposed fixes Ensure PATH persists for all SSH session types: Write the PATH export to ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, AND ~/.bashrc (covering login shells, non-login shells, and sh). Also ensure .spawnrc is sourced from .profile for non-bash shells. Fix signal handling in the TUI launch: The restart loop wraps openclaw tui — if Ctrl+C propagates to the SSH pseudo-terminal allocation (ssh -t), the whole session dies. Consider trapping SIGINT in the launch wrapper to cleanly exit the TUI without killing the connection, then drop to a shell. Add a spawn shell or post-TUI shell: After the TUI exits, drop the user into an interactive shell on the VM instead of disconnecting. This lets users run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp directly. Reproduction steps spawn openclaw digitalocean # Wait for setup to complete, TUI launches# Press Ctrl+C → entire SSH session terminates# SSH back into the box manually openclaw tui # → "openclaw: command not found" Environment Cloud: DigitalOcean (also likely affects other clouds) Agent: OpenClaw Filed from Slack by SPA Reactions are currently unavailable Metadata Metadata Assignees No one assigned Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Type No type Projects No projects Milestone No milestone Relationships None yet Development No branches or pull requests Issue actions Footer © 2026 GitHub, Inc. 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OpenRouterLabs /spawnPublic Notifications You must be signed in to change notification settings Fork 34 Star 233 Code Issues22 Pull requests23 Actions Security and quality0 Insights Additional navigation options Code Issues Pull requests Actions Security and quality Insights [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent #2394 Copy link Copy link Closed #2399 Closed [Bug]: OpenClaw commands not found after SSH reconnect + Ctrl+C kills instance instead of exiting agent#2394 #2399 Copy link Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Description la14-1 opened on Mar 9, 2026 Issue body actions What happened? Multiple issues with the OpenClaw post-setup experience, especially on DigitalOcean: 1. openclaw command not found after SSH reconnect After the initial spawn session ends (e.g., Ctrl+C or disconnect), SSH'ing back into the box and running openclaw tui or any openclaw subcommand fails with openclaw: command not found. Root cause: OpenClaw is installed to ~/.npm-global/bin/ and the PATH export is appended to ~/.bashrc, but: ssh user@ip may not invoke a login shell that sources .bashrc on all distros .spawnrc is sourced in .bashrc, but only if .bashrc itself gets loaded The user has no obvious way to know they need source ~/.bashrc or export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH first 2. Ctrl+C kills the SSH session / DO instance instead of exiting OpenClaw TUI Pressing Ctrl+C while in the OpenClaw TUI kills the entire SSH connection rather than just exiting the TUI. On DigitalOcean, this effectively disconnects the user, and when they reconnect they hit problem #1. Expected: Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+D) should cleanly exit the OpenClaw TUI and drop the user back to a shell prompt on the VM, not terminate the SSH session. 3. WhatsApp channel setup is broken end-to-end Attempting to set up WhatsApp as a messaging channel: openrouter/auto routes to a model that doesn't make tool calls for setup Sonnet asks to run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp but Ctrl+C to exit TUI kills the session (problem Add NanoClaw spawn script #2), and after reconnecting the command isn't found (problem Refactor spawn scripts with shared library and OAuth fallback #1) Opus tries to output a QR code inline but references one that doesn't exist Telegram works; WhatsApp does not Proposed fixes Ensure PATH persists for all SSH session types: Write the PATH export to ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, AND ~/.bashrc (covering login shells, non-login shells, and sh). Also ensure .spawnrc is sourced from .profile for non-bash shells. Fix signal handling in the TUI launch: The restart loop wraps openclaw tui — if Ctrl+C propagates to the SSH pseudo-terminal allocation (ssh -t), the whole session dies. Consider trapping SIGINT in the launch wrapper to cleanly exit the TUI without killing the connection, then drop to a shell. Add a spawn shell or post-TUI shell: After the TUI exits, drop the user into an interactive shell on the VM instead of disconnecting. This lets users run openclaw channels login --channel whatsapp directly. Reproduction steps spawn openclaw digitalocean # Wait for setup to complete, TUI launches# Press Ctrl+C → entire SSH session terminates# SSH back into the box manually openclaw tui # → "openclaw: command not found" Environment Cloud: DigitalOcean (also likely affects other clouds) Agent: OpenClaw Filed from Slack by SPA Reactions are currently unavailable Metadata Metadata Assignees No one assigned Labels bugSomething isn't workingSomething isn't workingin-progressIssue is being actively worked onIssue is being actively worked on Type No type Projects No projects Milestone No milestone Relationships None yet Development No branches or pull requests Issue actions Footer © 2026 GitHub, Inc. Footer navigation Terms Privacy Security Status Community Docs Contact You can’t perform that action at this time.