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Gateway crashes every 3 minutes on Windows - CIAO PROBING CANCELLED (bonjour plugin) #77734

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Description

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Bug type

Crash (process/app exits or hangs)

Beta release blocker

No

Summary

Gateway crashes every ~3 minutes on Windows 10 due to unhandled promise rejection: CIAO PROBING CANCELLED in the bonjour plugin

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install OpenClaw via npm install -g openclaw on Windows 10
  2. Run: openclaw gateway --force --port 8080
  3. Wait for "gateway] ready" message
  4. After approximately 3 minutes the gateway crashes

Expected behavior

Gateway should run continuously without crashing after startup

Actual behavior

Gateway crashes after ~3 minutes with:
bonjour: restarting advertiser (service stuck in probing)
[openclaw] Unhandled promise rejection: CIAO PROBING CANCELLED
[openclaw] wrote stability bundle: ...unhandled_rejection.json

OpenClaw version

2026.4.24 (cbcfdf6)

Operating system

Windows 10

Install method

npm install -g openclaw

Model

google/gemini-2.0-flash

Provider / routing chain

google/gemini-2.0-flash via GEMINI_API_KEY in .env file

Additional provider/model setup details

09:27:00 [gateway] ready (7 plugins: acpx, bonjour, browser, device-pair, talk-voice, telegram)
09:27:00 bonjour: watchdog detected non-announced service
09:09:07 bonjour: restarting advertiser (service stuck in probing for 73078ms)
09:09:07 [openclaw] Unhandled promise rejection: CIAO PROBING CANCELLED
09:09:07 [openclaw] wrote stability bundle: ...unhandled_rejection.json

Logs, screenshots, and evidence

09:27:00 [gateway] ready (7 plugins: acpx, bonjour, browser, device-pair, talk-voice, telegram)
09:27:00 bonjour: watchdog detected non-announced service
09:09:07 bonjour: restarting advertiser (service stuck in probing for 73078ms)
09:09:07 [openclaw] Unhandled promise rejection: CIAO PROBING CANCELLED
09:09:07 [openclaw] wrote stability bundle: ...unhandled_rejection.json

Impact and severity

Blocks workflow entirely. Gateway crashes every ~3 minutes on every startup attempt. Telegram channel cannot receive messages. Browser dashboard unreachable. Affects all Windows users. Frequency: always reproducible.

Additional information

Attempted openclaw plugins disable bonjour - had no effect, bonjour still loads and crashes gateway. Problem occurs on all ports tested (18789, 8080). Firewall rule added for port 18789 - no effect on crash.

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