Clawdbot Logs & Diagnostics

Analyze Clawdbot performance, errors, and session data.

Quick Commands

Response Times (last N messages)

scripts/response-times.sh [count]

Recent Errors

journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service --no-pager --since "1 hour ago" | grep -iE "(error|fail|invalid)" | tail -20

Session Stats

scripts/session-stats.sh

Gateway Status

systemctl --user status clawdbot-gateway.service --no-pager

Config Validation

cat ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json | jq . > /dev/null && echo "Config valid" || echo "Config invalid"

Log Sources

Source

Location

Contains

Journal	journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service	Session state, errors, tool exec
Daily log	/tmp/clawdbot/clawdbot-YYYY-MM-DD.log	Detailed JSON logs
Session file	~/.clawdbot/agents/main/sessions/*.jsonl	Full conversation, token usage, costs
Sessions meta	~/.clawdbot/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json	Current session state, model info

Common Diagnostics

Slow Responses

Check response times: scripts/response-times.sh 20

Check token count in sessions.json: jq '.["agent:main:main"].totalTokens' ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/sessions/sessions.json

If tokens > 30000, run /compact in Telegram or start new session

Config Errors

journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service --no-pager --since "10 minutes ago" | grep -i "invalid config"

API Costs (from session)

scripts/session-stats.sh

Useful Patterns

Filter journal by category

# Session state changes
journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service | grep "session state"

# Tool execution
journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service | grep "\[tools\]"

# Telegram activity
journalctl --user -u clawdbot-gateway.service | grep "\[telegram\]"

Parse session file for recent messages

tail -20 ~/.clawdbot/agents/main/sessions/*.jsonl | jq -r 'select(.message.role=="user") | .message.content[0].text' 2>/dev/null | tail -10