• Version: OpenClaw 2026.5.28 (e932160)
• Command: openclaw backup create --output /home/gonto/backups/openclaw --verify
• Result: process exited 13 after ~2 min, leaving a partial .tmp archive.
• Only stderr:
  Warning: Detected unsettled top-level await at .../openclaw.mjs:653
• The leftover temp archive is corrupt: tar -tzf ends with:
  • gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
  • tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
• Disk space was fine: /dev/sda1 had ~105GB free.
• Workaround: created a compatible archive manually and verified it successfully with openclaw backup verify (196,281 entries scanned).
• Additional verifier regression: a previous backup from 2026-05-04 now fails current openclaw backup verify with Archive hardlink target is outside the declared archive root....

Expected behavior:

• backup create --verify should either complete and verify a usable archive, or fail cleanly without leaving a corrupt temp archive.
• backup verify should keep verifying previously valid OpenClaw backup archives, including archives with internal hardlinks, as long as hardlink targets remain inside the archive root.

Notes:

• The manual workaround suggests the source data and available disk were not the blockers.
• The temp archive left by the failing command appears truncated rather than merely failing verification.