Summary

What went wrong?
on node restart the allow lists are string arrays vs apps/files

the node is spreading string array entries into {"0":"t","1":"h"...} objects on every
write.

{
"version": 1,
"socket": {
"path": "/Users/yetibob/.openclaw/exec-approvals.sock",
"token": ""
},
"defaults": {},
"agents": {
"main": {
"mode": "allowlist",
"allowlist": [
{
"0": "t",
"1": "h",
"2": "i",
"3": "n",
"4": "g",
"5": "s",
"id": "61858aaa-7c55-4517-a391-7920b92bc553"
},
{
"0": "r",
"1": "e",
"2": "m",
"3": "i",
"4": "n",
"5": "d",
"6": "c",
"7": "t",
"8": "l",
"id": "ef370110-561e-4d89-b2fd-5c8003db965f"
},
{
"0": "m",
"1": "e",
"2": "m",
"3": "o",
"id": "70971871-706e-4fbe-88fd-4bee9acd6d52"
},
{
"0": "w",
"1": "h",
"2": "i",
"3": "c",
"4": "h",
"id": "cf2dd440-1742-4d6a-b49b-071b690555e4"
},
{
"0": "l",
"1": "s",
"id": "34a6abca-5173-4b9f-922c-d0af244fc3fc"
},
{
"0": "c",
"1": "a",
"2": "t",
"id": "f735e10b-2057-4d34-9f01-9e33c77ae088"
},
{
"0": "e",
"1": "c",
"2": "h",
"3": "o",
"id": "ad7708d4-4ad9-42e2-a620-56b56f66de69"
}
]
}
}
}

Environment

• Clawdbot version:2026-2.3-1
• OS: mac 26.1
• Install method (pnpm/npx/docker/etc): brew

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