Browser control
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Any hint how to control the browser? I tried to get the agent to run a browser and navigate but nothing is happening.
irsopenclaw is the VPS, while the Brave is running on an iMac.
On the iMac:
openclaw browser startmacOSirsopenclaw is the VPS, while the Brave is running on an iMac.
I tried all sorts of prompts from a slack channel, like "start the browser", "start the browser and navigate to google", "use the UI to start a browser and navigate to google.de" but nothing happens. I rather see in the chat:
```
ksh [5:08 PM]
start the browser and navigate to google
5 repliesOpenClaw [5:08 PM]
↪️ Model Fallback: IRONAi/llm (selected ironai/llm; selected model unavailable)
Opening Google in your browser now.ksh [5:10 PM]
retry
OpenClaw [5:12 PM]
🧭 New session: 3c60250b-a159-4ec8-aa89-bac70652d4be
↪️ Model Fallback: IRONAi/llm (selected ironai/llm; selected model unavailable)
Opening Google now: https://www.google.com
ksh [5:29 PM]
retry
OpenClaw [5:32 PM]
🛠️ Exec: xdg-open https://www.google.com
https://www.google.com
⚠️ 🛠️ Exec: xdg-open https://www.google.com failed: Tool exec not found
```
How the model is trying to exec via xdg-open instead of opening the browser or On the iMac:
Solution
(restart gateway)
After you run one of the forced prompts above, re-check:
If tabs still don’t change after the prompt (but CLI works), then it’s 100% “model didn’t call the browser tool”.
If you paste:
- the DM/Slack message you sent, and
- the before/after output of
3) Your tab list shows the browser is alive, it just didn’t open Google
openclaw browser tabs --browser-profile openclawAfter you run one of the forced prompts above, re-check:
If tabs still don’t change after the prompt (but CLI works), then it’s 100% “model didn’t call the browser tool”.
If you paste:
- the DM/Slack message you sent, and
- the before/after output of
openclaw browser tabs --browser-profile openclaw
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