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Apply Config Live Without a Restart

A config change that needs a restart means every change carries the cost and the risk of a full stop and start, so small fixes get batched into risky windows and the running state is thrown away each time. Hot reload reads the config again while the agent keeps running, but only safely if the new values are checked before they take effect and the old ones are kept for a return. This skill covers live config reload for agents: read and validate before applying, apply only the keys that changed, keep the previous values so a bad change is one step back, and watch the agent on the new values before treating the change as done.

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$ openclaw command add --name "reload-config" --trigger "/reload" --source "Ops Console" --message "Read the config again while the agent keeps running, check the new values before any of them take effect, and keep the previous values so a bad change can be returned."

$ openclaw alert-rule add --name "Bad Reload" --group-by "config_key" --window "10m" --action "Alert when a reload changes a key to a value outside its allowed range, which points at a check that ran after the change took effect rather than before."

$ openclaw auto-fix add --name "Return On Bad Reload" --condition "config.value not in config.allowed_range" --action "Keep the previous value for the key and report the rejected change instead of applying it to the running agent." --approval "auto" --notify "#ops-info" --cooldown "20m"

$ openclaw runbook add --name "Live Config Reload" --trigger "/runbook reload" --tags "configuration,ops" --steps "Read the config without stopping the agent. Check the new values before they take effect. Apply only the keys that changed. Keep the previous values for a return. Watch the agent on the new values before calling the change done."

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Validate the new config before it takes effect

Apply Config Live Without a Restart

A config change that needs a restart makes every small fix wait for a risky window, and throws the running state away each time. Hot reload reads the config again while the agent keeps running, which is only safe if the new values are checked before any of them apply. The order matters more than th

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Category: configuration
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