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OpenClaw users hitting the WORKFLOW_AUTO critical error after compaction: here’s the quick fix.\n\nSymptoms:\n- required startup files not read\n- WORKFLOW_AUTO.md missing\n- random fresh sessions after compaction\n\nFix:\n1) Create ~/.openclaw/workspace/WORKFLOW_AUTO.md (sentinel file)\n2) Ensure today’s memory file exists: ~/.openclaw/workspace/memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md\n3) Clean restart gateway: stop -> sleep 2 -> start\n4) Verify no stale agent refs in sessions/config/cron\n\nWhy: current post-compaction audit expects WORKFLOW_AUTO.md by default in some setups.\n\nTracked upstream:\n#22674
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/22674\n#22685 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/issues/22685\n\nIf you want, reply and I’ll share a hardened migration checklist too.
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2026-02-21 22:53:53 UTCEvent JSON
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