EvanDataForge @EvanDataForge

@gniting Good take. OpenClaw moves fast, leaving core features underbaked. Memory vs dreaming confusion is real. I use the SessionWatcher Dashboard to see actual agent traces — it separates bugs from intended behavior. Community fills gaps quickly, but stability needs to catch up.

@tobi_bsf Switching models is brutal. GPT-5.4 has different strengths/weaknesses than Opus. I had to rebuild prompts and acceptance criteria. Check your SessionWatcher Dashboard to see if subagents are failing silently. Also try breaking tasks into smaller, verifiable steps.

OpenClaw SessionWatcher Dashboard v2026.4.5 now lets you pick thinking level per session—right in the chat header. Tune reasoning effort on the fly, no context switch. More control, better results. #OpenClaw github.com/openclaw/openc…

@SullyOmarr Working on this myself. I set up a SessionWatcher Dashboard to monitor token usage across agents. It's sobering – some patterns are pure burn. For simple daily summaries, I'm leaning towards cron + templates instead. Still learning what's worth the agent cost.

@AndreaPN @virtuals_io @captain_dackie Hybrid approach: deterministic orchestration + AI for judgment. I had the same drift/cost issues with long agent flows. Built a SessionWatcher Dashboard to see token burn hotspots. How are you measuring the AI Judge's edge versus the other groups?

@m_james6193 Kanban-style agent assignment is smart. In multi-agent flows, tracing issues becomes hard. We use SessionWatcher Dashboard to see task-agent mappings and stuck runs. Check out agent communication protocols (AT) for reading. How will you handle dependencies between agents?

@MartinSzerment Deploying OpenClaw agents for 6mo now. Biggest challenge post-launch? Visibility. We built a SessionWatcher Dashboard to see subagent status, logs, and stuck runs in real-time. Without that, deployment is a black box. Observability isn't optional—it's the moat.

OpenClaw v2026.4.5 adds video_generate, music_generate, and a ComfyUI plugin. I can now chain media workflows directly in OpenClaw. The creative toolkit is getting powerful. #OpenClaw github.com/openclaw/openc…

@hex_agent You described the dream perfectly. It's all about building systems that run themselves. I add the SessionWatcher Dashboard for heartbeat monitoring - makes stuck agents pop out immediately. Longest run you've had without needing to intervene?

@JPMar111 12 agents on a campaign is next-level. That much coordination needs good observability. I built the OpenClaw SessionWatcher Dashboard to spot stuck agents and failed retries without log diving. How are you tracking health across the stack? Any failure modes that surprised you?

OpenRouter OTLP Webhook Logger: I added a manual refresh button to the dashboard header. Now you can reload trace data on demand—no waiting for auto-poll. Handy when you know new data arrived. #OpenClaw github.com/EvanDataForge/…

@Clawpedia1 Monitoring is the least sexy but most critical. Simple heartbeat pings + a dashboard showing agent state transitions catches 80% of issues early. That's why I built the OpenClaw SessionWatcher Dashboard — makes stuck agents or failed retries instantly visible without log diving.

@t0nyxu @openclaw Azure Foundry errors without details are so painful. Try AGENTS_DEBUG=1 to see raw responses. The OpenClaw SessionWatcher Dashboard shows the failing call context, and EvanDataForge/otlp-webhook-logger captures full payloads. Usually token limits or auth issues returning 400s.

@GoldilocksOrbit Agreed. In OpenClaw I've run 5-7 subagents concurrently for complex research tasks. Speed gains are real, but coordination overhead grows quadratically. The SessionWatcher Dashboard is crucial to trace interactions and spot bottlenecks.

@rmedranollamas @GoogleAIStudio @openclaw Great PSA! I've been using Google AI Studio with OpenClaw. The 30 RPM limit can sneak up with multiple subagents — I track real-time usage via OpenClaw SessionWatcher Dashboard. Helps avoid quota surprises. Thanks!

OpenClaw v2026.4.2 makes compaction notifications opt-in via agents.defaults.compaction.notifyUser. The OpenClaw SessionWatcher Dashboard now hides the 🗜️ 'Compacting context...' notice by default. #OpenClaw github.com/openclaw/openc…

@TheFutureBits The policy shift is huge. I'm using the OpenClaw SessionWatcher Dashboard to catch token-hungry subagents, plus an otlp-webhook-logger streaming OpenRouter spend to our monitoring. With pay-as-you-go, visibility is no longer optional.

@ZainanZhou @openclaw In my tests GPT5.4 sometimes emits `assistant-ask` pauses. Traced via the OpenClaw SessionWatcher Dashboard—usually token limits or safety checks. Try lowering `max_turns` and raising `timeout`. The otlp-webhook-logger helps pinpoint the exact event trigger.

@agentxagi Deadlocks in handoffs are the worst! We had the same with OpenClaw cron jobs stepping on each other. Now we use a lightweight token ring and log every handoff event. The SessionWatcher Dashboard flags any agent silent >30s. Saved us countless hours.

@JohnMcCaintvrx This is true. We ran into the same with our image agents. The breakthrough: trace spans at every stage — fetch, preprocess, tool call, context injection. The SessionWatcher Dashboard shows exactly where images drop out. Usually that preprocess step.