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Shiny media proof means a screenshot, video, or linked artifact directly shows the changed behavior. Runtime, network, CSP, and security claims still need visible diagnostics.

Best possible solution:

Keep the passive backend identity for implicit local log reads, but either add an active service-aware live source with provenance for follow-mode failures or explicitly split the narrower paired-device fix from the broader stale-log issue before landing.

Do we have a high-confidence way to reproduce the issue?

Yes at source level: current main uses the normal CLI identity and configured-file fallback for implicit local RPC failures, while the PR diff adds passive backend identity and disables fallback in --follow. I did not run the live Linux/systemd cutover scenario in this read-only review.

Is this the best way to solve the issue?

No, not as a complete fix for both linked issues. The passive backend identity is a good fit for the paired-device side effect, but unconditional fail-closed follow behavior does not satisfy the active journal/provenance request and needs maintainer acceptance or a replacement live source.

Label justifications:

• P2: This is a focused CLI logs reliability fix with limited blast radius, but it affects real incident/debugging workflows.
• merge-risk: 🚨 compatibility: Merging the PR can make existing implicit local logs --follow workflows stop showing fallback logs and exit after Gateway failures.
• rating: 🦪 silver shellfish: Current PR rating is 🦪 silver shellfish because proof is 🌊 off-meta tidepool, patch quality is 🦪 silver shellfish, and Useful focused direction, but the patch is not merge-ready until maintainers resolve the compatibility choice around --follow fallback behavior and align the docs.
• status: ⏳ waiting on author: ClawSweeper has contributor-facing work open and is waiting for author action. Not applicable: The external-contributor proof gate does not apply because this is maintainer-authored and maintainer-labeled, although the PR body still records that no real environment test completed.

Full review comments:

• [P1] Preserve a live follow source on local failures — src/cli/logs-cli.ts:105-107
  This new opts.follow bypass makes implicit local openclaw logs --follow retry and then exit on local Gateway close/timeout/pairing failures instead of returning any log source. The linked stale-log report asks for an active systemd journal/provenance path, so landing this as-is can break existing local incident workflows and close the broader live-source issue without a replacement.
  Confidence: 0.84
• [P3] Update the logging overview for the follow exception — docs/cli/logs.md:60
  This documents the --follow fallback exception on the CLI page, but the public logging overview still says implicit local Gateway failures fall back automatically. If this behavior lands, docs/logging.md should get the same exception so users do not see contradictory docs.
  Confidence: 0.8

Overall correctness: patch is incorrect
Overall confidence: 0.84

Acceptance criteria:

• node scripts/run-vitest.mjs src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts
• Live Linux/systemd side-by-side cutover proof showing selected log source and openclaw logs --follow behavior

What I checked:

• Live PR state: GitHub API shows this PR is open, draft, authored by a MEMBER, assigned to vincentkoc, and labeled maintainer, so cleanup closure is not allowed and maintainer handling is required. (dc7505a73d4c)
• Current main fallback behavior: Current main calls callGatewayFromCli("logs.tail", ...) with only { progress }, then falls back to readConfiguredLogTail when implicit local Gateway RPC is unavailable. (src/cli/logs-cli.ts:77, 7fc691a426cb)
• Current docs promise automatic fallback: The current CLI logs page says implicit local loopback pairing, close, or timeout failures fall back to the configured Gateway file log automatically, with no --follow exception on main. Public docs: docs/cli/logs.md. (docs/cli/logs.md:59, 7fc691a426cb)
• PR diff disables follow fallback: The PR adds an opts.follow early return in shouldUseLocalLogsFallback, so implicit local follow-mode close/timeout failures no longer reach the configured-file fallback path. (src/cli/logs-cli.ts:105, dc7505a73d4c)
• Gateway read-scope contract: logs.tail is classified as operator.read, and callGatewayFromCliRuntime passes extra client identity, mode, device identity, and scopes through the existing Gateway call path. (src/gateway/methods/core-descriptors.ts:29, 7fc691a426cb)
• Related stale-log issue scope: The related report includes validated prototype behavior that preferred the active systemd journal and printed service/log-source provenance; this PR instead fails closed after live Gateway RPC failures.

Likely related people:

• steipete: Introduced the local logs fallback and is the visible author of the current shallow main snapshot for the affected CLI logs path. (role: feature-history owner; confidence: high; commits: 306fe841f54b, 29118a0f0b12; files: src/cli/logs-cli.ts, src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts, src/gateway/server-methods/logs.ts)
• shashank-poola: Added the openclaw logs --follow transient reconnect behavior that this PR changes for implicit local failures. (role: recent area contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 23fe3559e5a2; files: src/cli/logs-cli.ts, src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts, docs/cli/logs.md)
• RomneyDa: Recently updated the same follow reconnect surface for reconnect notices and JSON parity. (role: recent area contributor; confidence: medium; commits: 4bb4127a33bf; files: src/cli/logs-cli.ts, src/cli/logs-cli.test.ts, docs/cli/logs.md)
• vincentkoc: Beyond this PR, recent merged Gateway diagnostics work touched src/gateway/call.ts and log redaction behavior adjacent to this logs path. (role: recent adjacent owner; confidence: medium; commits: e06782d5e747, 935bd6de7fcb; files: src/gateway/call.ts, src/logging/log-tail-redaction.test.ts, src/logging/redact.ts)

Codex review notes: model gpt-5.5, reasoning high; reviewed against 7fc691a426cb.

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