Problem
SQLITE_CANTOPEN errors cause the gateway process to exit when running as a LaunchAgent on macOS. The same error is survived in terminal mode because it's caught by local try/catch handlers, but when it escapes to the global unhandledRejection handler, it falls through to process.exit(1) because it's not in any safe-list.
This creates a crash loop under launchd: crash → restart → crash → throttle → silent death.
Root Cause
In src/infra/unhandled-rejections.ts (compiled to audio-transcription-runner-*.js), the error classification has:
FATAL_ERROR_CODES → exit(1)CONFIG_ERROR_CODES → exit(1)TRANSIENT_NETWORK_CODES → log and continue- Everything else → exit(1)
SQLite transient errors (SQLITE_CANTOPEN, SQLITE_BUSY, SQLITE_LOCKED, SQLITE_IOERR) are not in any safe-list. They fall through to the catch-all process.exit(1).
Proposed Fix
Add a TRANSIENT_SQLITE_CODES set (or add to the existing transient set):
const TRANSIENT_SQLITE_CODES = new Set([
"SQLITE_CANTOPEN",
"SQLITE_BUSY",
"SQLITE_LOCKED",
"SQLITE_IOERR"
]);
And check it in installUnhandledRejectionHandler alongside isTransientNetworkError.
Environment
Workaround
Manually patching the compiled dist files to add SQLite codes to TRANSIENT_NETWORK_CODES. This survives until the next openclaw update.
Problem
SQLITE_CANTOPENerrors cause the gateway process to exit when running as a LaunchAgent on macOS. The same error is survived in terminal mode because it's caught by local try/catch handlers, but when it escapes to the globalunhandledRejectionhandler, it falls through toprocess.exit(1)because it's not in any safe-list.This creates a crash loop under launchd: crash → restart → crash → throttle → silent death.
Root Cause
In
src/infra/unhandled-rejections.ts(compiled toaudio-transcription-runner-*.js), the error classification has:FATAL_ERROR_CODES→ exit(1)CONFIG_ERROR_CODES→ exit(1)TRANSIENT_NETWORK_CODES→ log and continueSQLite transient errors (
SQLITE_CANTOPEN,SQLITE_BUSY,SQLITE_LOCKED,SQLITE_IOERR) are not in any safe-list. They fall through to the catch-allprocess.exit(1).Proposed Fix
Add a
TRANSIENT_SQLITE_CODESset (or add to the existing transient set):And check it in
installUnhandledRejectionHandleralongsideisTransientNetworkError.Environment
Workaround
Manually patching the compiled dist files to add SQLite codes to
TRANSIENT_NETWORK_CODES. This survives until the nextopenclaw update.