Logs in OpenClaw
From the OpenClaw cheat sheet · Gateway Management · verified Jul 2026
Logs
View and tail gateway and agent logs.
bash
# View recent logs
openclaw logs
# Tail logs in real time
openclaw logs --follow
# Limit to last N lines
openclaw logs --limit 100
# JSON output (for piping to jq)
openclaw logs --json💡 "openclaw logs --follow" is your first stop when something isn't working
⚡ Add --local-time to see timestamps in your timezone instead of UTC
📌 Pipe --json output to jq for filtering: openclaw logs --json | jq 'select(.level == "error")'
🟢 On Linux, journalctl is an alternative — useful when the CLI itself is broken
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