Summary

OpenClaw logs [agents/model-providers] No Ollama models found on local instance at INFO level on every agent invocation, even when Ollama is not configured and not intended to be used.

Environment

• OpenClaw: 2026.2.24
• Platform: WSL2 / Ubuntu on Linux
• Ollama: binary removed, not configured in config

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run OpenClaw with no Ollama configuration
2. Send any message to the agent
3. Check gateway logs

Expected Behavior

Either:

• No log output when Ollama is not configured/unavailable
• Log at debug level (not info) so it doesn't pollute production logs

Actual Behavior

Every agent invocation logs:

[agents/model-providers] No Ollama models found on local instance

Notes

• This occurs unconditionally on Linux/WSL even with no models.providers.ollama config entry
• macOS does not appear to exhibit this behavior (same OpenClaw version)
• The ollama-stub.service (included with OpenClaw) suppresses errors but the INFO log persists
• Suggested fix: drop to debug level, or skip the check entirely when no Ollama config/env is present