Bug type

Behavior bug (incorrect output/state without crash)

Summary

On Ubuntu 24.04, installing OpenClaw 2026.3.2 gateway service fails with:

Error: systemctl is-enabled unavailable: Command failed: systemctl --user is-enabled openclaw-gateway.service

Steps to reproduce

What happened?

On Ubuntu 24.04, installing OpenClaw 2026.3.2 gateway service fails with:

Error: systemctl is-enabled unavailable: Command failed: systemctl --user is-enabled openclaw-gateway.service

Expected behavior

openclaw gateway install should create the unit file and enable/start the systemd user service.

Steps to reproduce

1. Fresh install on Ubuntu 24.04
2. openclaw --version => 2026.3.2
3. Run: openclaw gateway install (or openclaw onboard --install-daemon)
4. It fails with the error above.

Diagnostics

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
• ps -p 1 -o comm= => systemd
• systemctl --user status works
• systemctl --user is-enabled openclaw-gateway.service; echo EXIT:$? =>
  not-found
  EXIT:4

Extra info

This seems like OpenClaw treats systemctl is-enabled non-zero exit codes (e.g. not-found/disabled) as "unavailable".

Expected behavior

不存在的话就能安装成功

Actual behavior

Error: systemctl is-enabled unavailable: Command failed: systemctl --user is-enabled openclaw-gateway.service

OpenClaw version

2026.3.2

Operating system

Ubuntu 24.04

Install method

curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

Impact and severity

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Additional information

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