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2026-05-02

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# 2026-05-02

## OpenClaw Update Failure & Recovery (CRITICAL)
- **April 29, 2026:** Topher noticed 2890-bot was behind on OpenClaw versions
- Requested update → system went sideways immediately
- Topher (and $Claude$) worked on fixing for **days**, lots of tokens spent
- Could not resolve the issues — update corrupted the system
- **May 1-2, 2026:** Recovery operation on the **old Pi**
  - Got 2890-Claw running enough to do a full system restore
  - Used **overnight backups** to roll back
  - Hard work merging redacted portions of backups to make functioning OC again
  - Now running on the old Pi (restored backup)

## System State
- **Still on the old/original Pi** (100.99.44.24) — not the Intel machine
- The failed update happened when we tried to update OpenClaw
- We rolled back to an overnight backup on this same Pi to recover
- Intel machine (migrated to on 2026-04-09) is sitting unused — we never redeployed to it
- SSH key still valid: `~/.ssh/id_media_to_pi`

## Session Activity (tonight)
- Current session started ~00:57 UTC
- Topher asked about "those" — referring to something from earlier work after overnight backup
- Confirmed bot still running after Pi restart
- Telegram: ON and connected
- Bot responded to roll call check

## OpenClaw Status (current - on old Pi)
- Running on old Pi (Intel machine not yet re-deployed)
- Gateway: local, reachable, running
- 7 agents active, 8 sessions
- Heartbeat: 30m for 2890-bot
- Security audit: 5 critical issues flagged

## Telegram
- Status: ON and connected
- Accounts: 1/1, requireMention=false for groups

## Pi Gateway Shutdown
- Topher preparing to shut down old Pi gateway
- Old Pi still available at 100.99.44.24

## Pending
- What was the "great work" done earlier today after overnight backup? Need details from Topher to document.
- Full aftermath of update failure needs documenting once Topher provides more detail

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