Can't Add VAR - says "invalid config"
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When I'm in Dashboard → Config → Environment → Vars tab, I'm trying to add an API for Github, but I can't save and just get the invalid config error. My Agent is tell me to add it using the raw entry to env variables. Not sure if that is right.
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Nice — that confirms it was a stuck/stale
Two notes so it doesn’t bite you again:
1) If you see that error again, the quickest recovery is:
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- delete/rename
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2) The dashboard “Error: invalid config” toast might be a UI bug/misleading. The gateway log line you showed earlier (
If this fixed it, please mark the solution in the thread (right‑click the solution message → Apps →
Mark Solution) so Answer Overflow indexes it.
*.jsonl.lockTwo notes so it doesn’t bite you again:
1) If you see that error again, the quickest recovery is:
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docker stop …- delete/rename
*.jsonl.lock/data/.openclaw/agents/**/sessions/-
docker start …2) The dashboard “Error: invalid config” toast might be a UI bug/misleading. The gateway log line you showed earlier (
config change detected… requires gateway restartIf this fixed it, please mark the solution in the thread (right‑click the solution message → Apps →
Mark Solution) so Answer Overflow indexes it.
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