Description

All cron operations (via tool or CLI) timeout after 10 seconds with a gateway websocket error.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have a running gateway with cron jobs configured
2. Attempt any cron operation:
   • openclaw cron list
   • openclaw cron remove <job-id>
   • Or via the agent cron tool

Expected Behavior

Cron operations should complete normally.

Actual Behavior

Error: gateway timeout after 10000ms
Gateway target: ws://127.0.0.1:18789
Source: local loopback
Config: /Users/moltbot/.openclaw/openclaw.json
Bind: loopback

Workaround

Manually edit ~/.openclaw/cron/jobs.json while the gateway is fully unloaded:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.gateway.plist
echo '{"version":1,"jobs":[]}' > ~/.openclaw/cron/jobs.json
rm -f ~/.openclaw/cron/jobs.json.bak
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ai.openclaw.gateway.plist

Note: launchctl stop does not work because KeepAlive restarts the gateway immediately, and it overwrites jobs.json on shutdown.

Environment

• OpenClaw version: 2026.1.30
• OS: macOS (Darwin 24.6.0 arm64)
• Node: v25.5.0
• Gateway mode: local, loopback bind

Additional Context

The cron jobs themselves run fine (scheduled tasks execute). Only the management operations (list/add/remove) fail via the websocket interface.